AJ Styles is guilty of it himself, but he believes wrestling needs to take a more old-school approach.
Styles was a recent guest on the No-Contest Wrestling and shared what he thinks is missing most from the current era of professional wrestling. Styles, who plans on retiring next year, believes that wrestling needs to sell more.
“The one thing that I think is missing the most is selling. The way they used to sell back in the day, man, they really made you believe that this hurt, that this guy is in pain,” Styles explained.
“I just feel like we’ve gotten away from that. And I’m just as guilty as anybody,” he noted. “But if we could take it back and make a ‘less is more’ [approach], I think that would be best for everybody.”
During the same interview, Styles watched a clip of TNA World Champion Mike Santana naming him as a dream opponent. Styles said Santana reminded him of how he felt when he wanted to wrestle legends earlier in his career, however, he said that the match is unlikely to happen.
“I get it, man, I really do. I was hoping that this would happen, I really was. But then I realized it probably never could as far as WWE letting me do that.
Styles gave a more detailed explanation as to why it might not happen, but still sounded a bit optimistic and said we’ll all find out if it does in the future.
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