17 Things We Learned From AJ Styles On Stone Cold's WWE Network Podcast
2. Finally Joining WWE
Austin wants to know what prompted AJ to finally come to WWE, and he says because there was an opportunity for him. He reached out to Triple H through a friend, who said he would call Styles but never did.
He had come to terms with the fact that WWE wasn't interested and at his age that door was probably closed forever. He had even met up with people from TNA about potentially returning, when he finally received the long-awaited call from Hunter.
After a thirty minute conversation he knew WWE was where he wanted to be, and talks about how difficult it was for him to walk away from New Japan because he thinks so highly of everyone there, saying they treated him amazing during his time working for them.