AJ Styles On Trying to Meet Fan Expectations For WrestleMania 38 Match, His Future In WWE

AJ Styles battles Edge in a highly-anticipated match tonight at WrestleMania 38, and he discussed the weight of fan expectations and more in an interview. Styles spoke with PWInsider and a few excerpts are below:

On fans having high expectations for the match: “Well, this is for me, the expectations, when they’re so high and people expect so much, it’s hard to reach those expectations. So I think it’s very hard, very hard, but we’re not going to go out there and try to please everybody. We’re going to go out there and tell the match, the story within that match that needs to be told. And hopefully, people will find it as entertaining as we do.”

On how he envisions the next couple of years for himself: “That is a tough question because I’m not sure how I envision it. I just hope that I’m able to stay healthy and excited enough to finish strong. I just want to keep going as hard as I can until I decide it’s time to hang them up. The Undertaker was able to decide it’s time to hang them up. I want to make the decision. I hope that’s what I’m able to do in my career.”

On what this match means for him: “I love it, man. This is what it’s about. Honestly, it’s about the moments and I feel like that we can make some moments, Edge and myself, out there at WrestleMania, biggest stage of them all. That’s exciting. I mean, right now, I’m getting the cold chills because, man, this is what it’s all about. This is everything that we worked for is for this moment, and I get to have it with a guy that I respect, who understands his character, has great ideas. It’s exciting.”