Amazing Red has AJ Styles on his mind for one more match, and he thinks there might actually be a way to pull it off. With Styles now retired, Red has noticed something about his old rival that makes him wonder if wrestling could eventually drag him back into the ring.
During an interview with Sports Matters TV in association with Wrestle Slam, Red was asked about potential dream matches following his TNA Hall of Fame induction and X-Division Championship victory. The interviewer specifically floated the idea of Red convincing Styles to come out of retirement for one more match in TNA.
Turns out Red has already been thinking about it. He compared the situation to his own experience with Will Ospreay, who kept pushing Red to wrestle again after he had stepped away. Eventually, it worked.
“I totally agree with you. I feel like, just because I’ve been thinking that also. And the way Will Ospreay took me out of retirement and just kept pushing me, pushing me, and then I kind of came back.”
That experience apparently has Red wondering whether the same thing could happen with Styles. Red said he’s noticed Styles continuing to train and spending time at the dojo while helping his son. From Red’s perspective, those are signs that Styles hasn’t completely left wrestling behind just because his in-ring career is over.
“I see what you see, where I see AJ training. I see AJ going to the dojo. I see him following his son and making sure he’s doing here and there. And you can tell, you can tell. I don’t think you can leave wrestling.”
Red knows firsthand how difficult it can be to completely walk away. He compared wrestling to an ex-girlfriend who keeps finding her way back into your life, even when you need some time apart.
“I think there are moments where we have to step away, for sure, if it’s a mental break, physical break, but wrestling is such a hard thing to leave. It’s just one of those ex-girlfriends that just doesn’t leave you alone.”
As for actually getting Styles back in the ring, Red jokingly suggested he might have to take a slightly different route and go through Styles’ son first.
“And I feel like if the timing is right for him, maybe I have to go through his son to get to him, you know? Who knows?”
That got Red thinking about another pretty wild possibility. Even if he never gets another match with Styles himself, he could potentially end up facing the next generation of the family with the X-Division Championship involved.
“But even thinking that that’s kind of a possibility, isn’t that crazy? I could probably wrestle AJ Styles’ son at some point for the X-Division title. It’s just so crazy. So crazy.”
Red and Styles were both huge parts of the X-Division’s early identity, so the idea of them sharing a TNA ring again naturally carries some history with it. Red isn’t saying Styles is coming back, but he clearly hasn’t ruled out trying to tempt his old rival into putting the boots on one more time if the timing ever feels right.
Would you want to see Amazing Red and AJ Styles share the ring one more time, or is there another opponent you’d rather see Red face during his current run? Let us know what you think in the comments.
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