AJ Styles Gives Details On His New Role In WWE, Talks Scouting Talent & More

AJ Styles recently revealed some details on his new backstage role in WWE now that he’s retired from the ring. As noted, Styles signed a new deal with WWE now that he’s retired from the ring and will be working backstage with talent. Styles said recently that he is going to work with younger talent, something he spoke more in depth on in the first episode of his new video game podcast Phenomenally Retro.

Styles noted that he will be scouting talent for the company and working with NXT and main roster talent to help develop them. You can see some highlights below:

On Scouting Talent For WWE:

“I’m on the internet and I’m checking out talent, because it’s kind of going to be part of my job with WWE now, is I’m looking for talent. And I’m looking to see what I can do, if I can do anything for them, if they can get better — you know, little things like that. Because if there’s the possibility of them getting a WWE ID or something like that, then hopefully I can facilitate and get that to happen.

On Other Aspects Of His Job:

“So as of right now, it’s a little slow. But there’s phone calls that’s gonna to have to be made to make sure my job is done. And it’s not just with indie talent. It’ll be NXT talent, and as well as — it may be some main roster talent as well. I’m gonna go to Seattle the next Monday Night Raw, talk to talent.

“And who knows? Sometimes, you need to talk to somebody to see how they’re feeling. And maybe they want to go down to the PC and work on some stuff. I’m that guy, that’s what I’m there for. So the morale, if I can help make sure it’s still there in a good way, I want to be that guy. So there’s a lot of things that {I’m] going to be doing. And as things come up it’ll change, I’m sure the job will. As of right now, that’s kind of what I’m doing.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit the Phenomenally Retro Podcast with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.