AJ Styles has made an incredible impact on the WWE since making his debut at the Royal Rumble. He has had some incredible matches and has become WWE World Champion in less than a year. AJ is widely considered one of the best wrestlers in the entire world based on his resume. Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff, who worked with Styles in TNA a number of years ago, shared their first impressions of him.
Bischoff shared his first impression of AJ Styles back in TNA (speaking to Hulk):
“You and I both came in to TNA and, I’ll speak for myself, I didn’t have a lot of first hand familiarity with any of the talent. For me, personally, AJ was one of the guys who had that “something-something”. How’d you feel about him when you first met him?” (Source: Bischoff on Wrestling).
Hogan responded:
“He reminded me of a modern-day Jack Brisco. He had a good look. Had a good build on him. Very athletic and he had that fire. The main thing was he knew how to sell. A lot of guys don’t get it. If you don’t know how to sell with your head up. If you don’t know how to sell and stay alive. If you don’t know how to sell and make it believable… you’re dead in the water. AJ Styles has it. Jeff Hardy has it. Stone Cold has it. A lot of guys have it. He had it times ten. I knew that when I saw him selling, right off the bat, I couldn’t wait to see when he was up. Man did he surprise me. He had fire. He over extended his moves. Just, what an athlete. I knew he was destined for greatness. I was just wondering the whole time, “Man, I wonder what Vince would do with him if he went to WWE?” I guess we are getting to find out now!”(Source: Bischoff on Wrestling).
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Some high praise from Bischoff and Hogan!