AJ Styles\u2019 legendary WWE run came to a dramatic end at Royal Rumble<\/a>: Riyadh\u2014but what comes next for The Phenomenal One is still a mystery.<\/p>\nFollowing his loss to GUNTHER in a career-threatening match on January 31, PWInsider.com reports that Styles is not currently scheduled to appear on this Monday\u2019s Raw, leaving his post-match future with WWE\u2014and in pro wrestling overall\u2014entirely open-ended.<\/p>\n
Styles had already made it clear that 2026 would be his final year in the ring. The Royal Rumble was long rumored to be a potential retirement stage, and WWE leaned all the way into that narrative. But after his emotional post-match moment\u2014where Styles teased leaving his gloves in the ring, only to put them back on\u2014the story doesn\u2019t feel entirely closed.<\/p>\n
His in-ring resume spans WCW, TNA, NJPW, ROH, and WWE, with titles and accolades everywhere he went: two-time WWE Champion, IWGP Heavyweight Champion, TNA World Champion, and one of the original pillars of TNA\u2019s X-Division. He recently revisited rivalries with CM Punk and Shinsuke Nakamura, building momentum toward what many assumed would be his final WWE bout.<\/p>\n
But here\u2019s where things get interesting\u2014Styles recently filed trademarks for his ring name and logo, sparking speculation that he may not be fully done with wrestling. Whether he appears in another promotion like AEW, works behind the scenes, or walks away entirely is still unknown.<\/p>\n
Is this truly the end for AJ Styles? Or just the beginning of his next chapter\u2014outside of WWE? Drop your thoughts in the comments and let us know what you want to see next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AJ Styles\u2019 WWE Career Ends at Royal Rumble\u2014Future After Retirement Match Remains Unclear AJ Styles\u2019 legendary WWE run…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[11695,49,48,75,11805],"class_list":["post-446066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-aj-styles","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-wwe-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}