WWE: 5 Reasons AJ Styles Won't Be Signed (And 5 Reasons Why They Should)

3. WWE Is Still A 'Big Man's Club'

When I re-read my Daniel Bryan article from a few months back, I hear a voice so full of hope, so full of longing for a better future and I am utterly saddened by hindsight. I admit it, I was wrong. Yes, Daniel Bryan could be the future of WWE, but after the drubbing he received at the 'Hell in a Cell' PPV, I knew that he probably wouldn't be. Instead, over the next few weeks, we saw the return of 'Super-Cena' and eventually (shudders) Batista. Don't get me wrong, I love watching huge blokes slamming the living sh*t out of each other (really I do). I thoroughly enjoyed Mark Henry's heel turn and resulting World Title run and I mark out for Andre The Giant the same way that every true wrestling fan does. I am a huge fan of The Undertaker, Vader and The Big Show. I think Earthquake is one of the most underrated big men ever. And yes, Hulk Hogan was my childhood hero, but man, there comes a time when you have to offer more than just an endless cavalcade of huge motherf*ckers in spandex, don't you? Don't you? ...Apparently not. At 5,11, and 214 lbs, A.J Styles just isn't what the WWE are looking for in a main event player. Yeah, Rey Mysterio went over Randy Orton (as did D-Bry, for that matter) and Eddie Guerrero went over Brock Lesnar, but these were exceptions, not rules. After all, we're talking about a company who made Bob Backlund (a legitimately superb technical wrestler - and last of the great 'old school' champions) put over Kevin Nash (a very tall bloke with girly hair) in a squash. In WWE, size does matter. In fact, sometimes size is ALL THAT MATTERS. Let us also not forget that WWE invests a lot of time and money into its developmental programs, ensuring that its wrestlers are all employing essentially the same in-ring style. A WWE main event has a certain flavour, but A.J has a totally different way of working. Perhaps WWE are worried that he won't mesh?