AJ Styles Explains Why He Preferred To Work WWE SmackDown Over Raw
AJ Styles says he preferred to work WWE SmackDown because of the hours.
Earlier this year, AJ Styles retired from professional wrestling after his Royal Rumble match against Gunther. Styles was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame earlier in April as well.
During a recent episode of The Phenomenally Retro Podcast, Styles was asked about which WWE brand he preferred to work on.
“Well, you know, for the longest time, SmackDownwas two hours while Raw was three. So I would rather be on SmackDown because 3 hours is a lot to sit through, I think. So they’re pretty tired after 3 hours. Two was perfect. Two hours was perfect amount. You weren’t like… I felt like at Raw you were [in a] hurry up and waiting kind of thing. It was like, I’m ready but we still got an hour before you’re going on. Because it was so long where SmackDown was like, ‘Oh gosh, we’re already about to go out.’ You kind of want that. You don’t want to be waiting all night to do your job. So I’d prefer SmackDown at the time because of the hours. But then we get to Netflix and you’re not going as long as you used to.”
Elsewhere in the podcast, AJ Styles commented on The Fatal Influence after their recent WWE SmackDown debut. Fans can check his full comments here.
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