Bully Ray Hopes AJ Styles Will Wrestle One Last Time in TNA

During a recent edition of Busted Open Radio, WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray analyzed AJ Styles losing his career-ending match against Gunther at WWE Royal Rumble 2026. He took the post-show comments by Triple H as suggesting that while AJ Styles is done as a wrestler in WWE, he might still be able to wrestle one last time in TNA before he calls it a career. Below are some highlights (via WrestlingInc.com):

Bully Ray on AJ Styles Needing To Wrestle One Last Time in TNA

“It would be a travesty if you did not, at the very least…if you did not see AJ Styles wrestle one last match in TNA at Bound for Glory, and then be inducted into the Hall of Fame. It’s a travesty. There’s no reason it should not happen. Zero, zilch, none, nada. There’s no good reason.”

Bully later gave Styles an 80% chance of wrestling again outside of WWE, once again bringing up TNA as a likely destination. He also attempted to uncover the motives of Triple H, saying that Styles’s heart wasn’t in wrestling anymore, despite Styles hinting towards otherwise in the days leading up to the Rumble.

“My personal feeling is I hope that AJ Styles [is done] as an in-ring performer in the WWE, but I would love to see him have one last match in TNA, and then be inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame. That’s what sounds right to me. And by [Triple H] saying ‘His heart isn’t in it anymore,’ I’m kind of…I’m alluding that maybe they’re concerned that AJ is going to go do something else one last time in a different company.”

As previously noted, there’s been no indication from AJ Styles that he plans on wrestling again after losing to Gunther at the Royal Rumble.