AJ Styles Says Wins And Losses Don’t Mean Anything In Wrestling: ‘This Isn’t The UFC’

AJ Styles doesn’t think wins or losses matter that much.

Winning and losing are part of the wrestling business. Some wrestlers tend to win more often than others, but it doesn’t necessarily mean much, according to AJ Styles.

Speaking on The Phenomenally Retro Podcast, Styles answered a fan question where someone asked if the booking affects wrestlers on how the fans perceive them. The fan mentioned that Styles has only won one singles match on WWE PLEs in his career.

“Sometimes you’re not the story in the match. You’re just in the match. To tell you the truth, you probably wouldn’t remember whether or not I win or lost unless somebody went through and wrote it all down because it’s not that important. Guys win and lose all the time. So it’s best served where it’s at in the story. That’s what means the most to me. I couldn’t care less about wins and losses. They don’t mean anything. This is a show. This is pure entertainment. This isn’t the UFC. That’s the biggest difference. Definitely the older I got, my job wasn’t to be the heavyweight champion of the world. Some people want that. Some people need that. I don’t. I didn’t. So my job was to make sure I get the younger talent over as well, if I could. If they were older, who cares? I had a job to do. Unless I had a better idea of how to do it, then there’s no point in saying anything. Do your job. It’s like I’m not as concerned with that as much as the fans were.”

Elsewhere in the podcast, Styles talked about Dominik Mysterio’s character development. Fans can read his comments here. 

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