AJ Styles retired from in-ring competition earlier this year after losing to Gunther at the Royal Rumble PLE in Saudi Arabia. He was inducted into the 2026 Class of Hall of Fame by the Good Brothers at the WrestleMania 42 weekend. However, a former WWE star has now teased a return match with the Phenomenal One. The star in question is none other than the recently crowned TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth aka Dolph Ziggler.
AJ Styles became a globally renowned talent during his TNA run. Former WWE star Nic Nemeth aka Dolph Ziggler won the promotion’s World title at the Slammiversary pay-per-view last weekend. A fan on X recently asked Nemeth who he’d defend his title against if he had the choice of choosing his opponent from anyone in the company’s history. The Wanted Man responded by naming TNA Legends like AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle, Bobby Roode, Abyss and many others.
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This could be Nemeth’s way to play with the fans by teasing a match with the Phenomenal One. In his last TNA appearance, AJ Styles was eyeing the TNA World title backstage when Frankie Kazarian was Champion. However, the interaction never led to a Styles return match in the company.
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It would’ve been exciting to see AJ Styles return to TNA for one night and challenge for the TNA World title.
AJ Styles doesn’t want to see Sami Zayn lose the WWE Championship on RAW
Sami Zayn shocked the world by winning the Undisputed WWE Championship at Night of Champions. However, he’s set to defend the title against Cody Rhodes at the upcoming episode of RAW in Chicago. There is a big chance that the Last Real Good Guy’s title run could get cut short by the American Nightmare. While speaking on his Phenomenally Retro podcast, AJ Styles stated how he doesn’t want to see Sami Zayn lose on RAW.
“I don’t want to see a transitional champion. I think that Sami’s more than capable of pulling off being a world champion and totally being the underdog here. But I don’t know what the next part of the story is. The great thing about that is that’s a good thing. That keeps me interested in what’s going to happen, the buildup to SummerSlam. That’s a good thing where I’m not so sure what’s going to happen. You got people worried about that Sami’s just going to be a transitional champion. He’s gonna win it just to lose it to who knows. I don’t think that is the best way to go about doing the storyline,” he said. (H/T: Fightful on X)
It will be interesting to see if Sami Zayn will be able to leave Chicago with the Undisputed WWE Championship on his shoulders.
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Edited by Ishan Dubey
