10 Major Stars That Could Leave WWE Next
3. AJ Styles
AJ Styles has spent more time in WWE than the combined duration of The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin's times atop the organisation.
This is as impressive now as it was unthinkable back before his surprising Royal Rumble 2016 entrance. 'The Phenomenal One' had built up an iconic body of work in ROH, TNA and NJPW specifically, and had countless glowing independent offerings on a wrestling resumé that was starting to position him as something of a 21st Century Sting - the guy who does everything there is to do in wrestling without ever needing the supposedly brightest lights of the market leader while working at his peak.
Against all prior convention though, Styles fit like one of own patterned gloves within the system when he finally arrived. A decorated former WWE Champion and still only 45, a serious ankle injury sustained in December 2022 has caused one of the first extended layoffs he's had since debuting.
Could he survey the scene during his time away and be tempted back towards the life he once knew? There are few that appear as content within the company as the former Bullet Club leader, but he need only look to certain present and former stablemates to see the wealth of opportunities for a man that might still have a few big bumps left on his body's ticking clock.