>"I have a certain amount of respect for AJ Styles. I

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>"I have a certain amount of respect for AJ Styles. I remember when he first came in, I remember commenting on stuff that he did. Because I'd usually give wrestlers my thoughts and try to help them on stuff... AJ has always been a good wrestler. But great? What is he now, a 5 time world champion? How great really is he?

>"I look at [CM] Punk... I can look at certain wrestlers and I go, this guy is an innovator. Like a Rey Mysterio, who's done stuff that no one has ever thought of before. Punk has done stuff -- really unique moves and you go, 'gee I've never seen anything like that before.' They innovate all the time, and they create new sequences and moves and things.

>"Then you look at someone like AJ Styles. When I look at him -- he's always had a good look as far as his body went -- he always had a pretty muscular physique. But you look at someone like AJ and you wonder, what has he really done. One move that he ever created that nobody ever saw before or some highspots or an idea for a match... He's mostly a guy that just showed up and they made him. He's always been a decent wrestler -- I would consider him a good wrestler and pretty talented. But great? I don't know, I don't think so.

>"What has he ever done that's great? He's never had a great match, I don't think ever. Whenever I look at AJ Styles matches, including the last one he had with Kevin Owens -- and I don't really mean it as a knock -- but I told myself before I watched it because I'm trying to like AJ now these days, that I want to see him do something to make me think he's got greatness in him.

>"Before AJ wrestled John Cena this year, I remember watching it and going, 'I can picture the whole match in my head, I can tell you exactly what this match is going to be like and how it's going to go. And I remember watching it and it went exactly how I predicted it... I thought it was mediocre at best, maybe a 4 out of 10, or 3 out of 10.