Triple H Says AJ Styles Has A List Of People He Wants To Wrestle Before Retiring (WWE News)
WWE's AJ Styles still has plenty of people on his hitlist.
With AJ Styles potentially having just a matter of days remaining in his legendary career, WWE CCO Paul Levesque says that the Phenomenal One has a list of opponents he'd like to wrestle before hanging up his boots.
Speaking on ESPN's Unsportsmanlike (via f4wonline), Triple H said:
"AJ Styles has not made it a secret this year, 2026, is going to be his last in-ring year, but he has a lot of goals and a lot of people. I know, he’s with me every week making a list of people that he would want to face and that he wants to meet in the ring before he retires."
The Game didn't name anybody specific that Styles wants to cross off his hitlist before calling it a day, but he did have plenty of praise for P1, describing the former two-time WWE Champion's career as "unbelievable", and describing AJ as an "incredible talent".
Of course, AJ Styles faces Gunther at the Royal Rumble in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this Saturday, where Styles will have to retire should he come up short against the Ring General. On the potential retirement of AJ, Triple H said he hopes that doesn't happen, but that remains to be seen when the Rumble rolls around this weekend.
Interestingly, WWE recently filed for a "Career Killer" trademark as a new nickname for Gunther. Having had the final match of both Bill Goldberg and John Cena's careers, will the powerhouse Austrian add AJ Styles to that list on Saturday?
It's also worth noting that this week's Raw saw AJ specifically reference this upcoming match possibly being the final match of his "WWE career", which has since led to fans speculating that, should Styles come up short against Gunther, he may see out the rest of 2026 competing in certain other promotions, be that revisiting old stomping grounds like TNA and NJPW, or potentially even stopping by AEW for a dream match or two before all is said and done.