EXCLUSIVE: TNA World Champion Trick Williams Wants To Face AJ Styles (WWE News)
Trick Williams vs. AJ Styles? "Let's book it!"
We recently had the pleasure to grab some time with WWE star and TNA World Champion Trick Williams ahead of TNA Slammiversary this weekend, and one particular topic that came up during that chat was Trick's wish to face AJ Styles.
When discussing the TNA World Champions of yesteryear, Williams said the Phenomenal One was the TNA great he most wanted to face off with.
As Trick Willy put it:
"I went out there on [NXT on] Tuesday and I made a bold statement, and I meant what I said. I said that I am the greatest TrickNA, TNA Champion of all time. We were in Atlanta, I’m still in Atlanta, and the crowd chanted AJ Styles. The audacity! AJ Styles?! I thought about it, ‘Wow, wouldn’t that be amazing?’ Since the word around town is Trick Williams does not respect this title, which I am defending on two different shows, which I am increasing the viewership, which I am doing exactly what I’m supposed to do, which I’ll rightfully claim that I am the best TNA Champion of all time. If [there is] anybody who they perceive to be someone who actually does honor and respect TNA, it’s probably AJ Styles. So, why don’t we book that? I think that’s the most formidable opponent for someone like myself."
Of course, AJ Styles is TNA royalty, viewed by many as being the company's greatest ever wrestler, and somebody who is so often the first pick when fans put together their Mount Rushmore of TNA Wrestling.
Having made his in-ring debut in 1998 and briefly being a part of WCW during the company's final months, Styles would become a TNA Original - well, an NWA-TNA Original - when he joined the company in 2002, even being a part of the promotion's very first PPV back when they were running weekly PPVs in the Asylum
P1 would go on to spend 12 years with TNA, becoming a five-time World Champion, a six-time X Division Champion, a six-time Tag Team Champion, and a two-time Legends Champion. The point being, for so long, AJ Styles was a bona fide pillar of TNA. So, if Trick wants to position himself as the modern-day Mr. TNA, going up against AJ would certainly be one way to do that. As Williams would say later in the interview, "Let's book it" when the subject of Styles came up again.
From New York's UBS Arena, TNA Slammiversary takes place this Sunday, where the main event will see Trick Williams defend the TNA World Championship in triple-threat action against Mike Santana and Joe Hendry.
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