15 Best Wrestling TV Quotes Of The Week

15. How Many People, AJ?

“Is this not the new era of the WWE? ’Cause I can tell you, this isn’t new to AJ Styles: I have headlined the Tokyo Dome in front of 60,000 people.” — AJ Styles, Raw, May 16.

Perusing the history books, this writer can find no record of any AJ Styles main event at the Tokyo Dome which played before 60,000 spectators.

With around 24,000 fans looking on, Styles participated in the six-man opener of New Japan’s Tokyo Dome supershow on January 4, 2008.

Seven years later, Styles defeated Tetsuya Naito in a match positioned two down from the main event at NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 9. That attracted approximately 36,000 fans, NJPW’s largest Tokyo Dome audience in many years.

And at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 on January 4 this year, Styles lost to Shinsuke Nakamura in a match underneath the Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi main event. Attendance that night: 25,204.

Nevertheless, I’m going to excuse this act of aggrandisement because Styles’ match with Nakamura at WK10 was arguably the co-main event — and, moreover, was among the three finest wrestling matches held anywhere this year.

Anyone responsible for that degree of wrestling virtuosity is entitled to use a little artistic licence.