In January 2016, Styles made his WWE debut in the Royal Rumble match. Three months later, he was expected to pick up a statement-making victory over Jericho at WrestleMania. However, Vince McMahon decided to book Jericho as the winner instead.
Speaking on his ARN podcast, Anderson said the WWE Chairman wanted to gauge Styles’ real-life reaction to his character’s storyline setback.
Anderson previously said Styles would have been a good pick to win the 2016 WWE Royal Rumble instead of Triple H.
Arn Anderson thinks Vince McMahon stalled AJ Styles’ progress
In his first WWE year, AJ Styles defeated John Cena at SummerSlam 2016 before winning the WWE Championship from Dean Ambrose at Backlash 2016. Despite those victories, Arn Anderson believes The Phenomenal One could have had more success if Vince McMahon allowed him to defeat Chris Jericho.
Five years on from his WWE debut, AJ Styles is currently preparing to join forces with another debutant at WrestleMania 37. The two-time WWE Champion will team up with Omos to challenge The New Day’s Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods for the RAW Tag Team Championship.
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