In an interview with Tokyo Sports, AJ Styles shared a timeline on when he intends to retire from professional wrestling.
The former WWE Champion talked about competing in Japan for the upcoming tour, stating:
I’m really excited. I think this will probably be my last match in Japan, so I’m really looking forward to it. I plan to retire soon, and I might not come back to Japan before that.
I’ll probably be at WrestleMania, but it’s not confirmed yet. The details are still undecided, but I will definitely retire within the next year. I don’t want to show my fans a side of me that isn’t AJ Styles. That’s the main reason. I’ve decided to retire before my body can no longer move.
On the topic of what he will do after retirement, Styles was uncertain but did express an interest in helping “develop young talent into main roster-caliber wrestlers.”
The conversation surrounding Styles’s retirement comes after an announcement that he will face John Cena at WWE Crown Jewel on October 11, one of the final appearances of Cena on his own retirement tour.
Source: Fightful