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MightyJordan

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23 minutes ago, LOC said:

If I'm not mistaken, AJ Styles said the same things Sting said over the years about working for WWE. He felt the storylines were to adult and didn't mesh with his religious convictions etc. I think he said that, I could be wrong. But the guy is a very religious guy from what we have been told over the years (like Sting) and WWE has been PG for years now while TNA is going in  a much more adult oriented direction.

Pretty much; ever since TNA's beginning, there's usually been something that he didn't agree with: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/wrestling/blog/2009/10/qa_with_aj_styles.html

 

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Do you ever feel conflicted as far as being a Christian and being on a show that has its share of risqué content?

 

Well, I remember when we were doing pay-per-views in Tennessee and there was a part where [dancer] Lollipop got her shirt ripped off. I was like, “Oh, we didn’t need that.” There’s no way I can control things like that. It’s not up to me. When I get in the ring, I know that people are going to see it and they’re going to judge me regardless of whether I like it or not, so I have to make sure that what I say and do is positive. There are times when I have to be angry and I have to say stuff that’s – ugh. A borderline word for me is saying “###### off.” I wonder if people will take that the wrong way. Some may, some may not, but they have to understand that if I were really mad, I may say “###### off.” Even when I’m mad at home I don’t cuss, but I may say “###### off.” It’s a fine line, man. It could be a lot worse, that’s for sure. At times I watch the other product and I go, “Well, at least we’re not doing that.”

 

Has there ever been an instance when TNA came to you with something and you said, “No, I’m not comfortable saying or doing that?”

 

Maybe once or twice they had a word in there that I wouldn’t really use. I don’t even ask them, I just change it. They don’t really care; it’s not that big of a deal. The only frustrating thing about being a good guy is that it’s changed and evolved over the years to where it’s almost like you have to say, “I kick some a-double-s” to sound cool. So I have to find ways of avoiding that. The good thing about being a bad guy was that I could say “butthole” and “jerk” and “turd,” and the fans thought, “Oh, he’s just stupid.” [laughs]

He does mention discovering Sting being a Christian in that interview, too:

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Having grown up watching Sting, as you said, what is it like now to be accepted as a peer by him?

 

It just goes to show how cool of a guy he really is. We have a lot in common when it comes to our faith, so I’m sure that helps out a lot. Sting’s kind of quiet. He’s not like a Booker T., who will let everybody know that he has arrived. Sting’s the total opposite. He just walks in just as casual as he can be – just a really nice guy. It’s just one of those things where we kind of hit it off. I remember walking into a Christian bookstore and seeing his face on a magazine and thinking, “That’s so cool. Sting’s a Christian.” So to be his friend and to be his peer, it’s really neat to be able to sit and have a conversation about what we both believe in and just enjoy each other’s company.

 

Funnily enough, I saw this recently...

 

 

It talks about AJ's heel turn in TNA when he became Ric Flair 2.0, pretty much going entirely against his religion.

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MightyJordan

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3 minutes ago, Vykranth said:

There are plenty of interviews of Styles where he is not shy about being a very religious born again Christian and others about going to WWE or not. The thing is that he is now 37 and, let's face it, he has a few years left of wrestling even if you look at his matches in NPJW when he looks like he is 25. He has made it clear that he is looking first for a financial deal to secure his family.

Oh yeah, speaking of born-again Christians, that was why Taryn Terrell left TNA recently; she's pretty much retired from wrestling now after becoming an "infant Christian". Her departure's pretty much killed The Dollhouse in TNA; she was the leader, a good heel, and a decent wrestler (reference), and her replacement? Rebel, a cheerleader/lingerie football player who's been wrestling for just over a year and is still "greener than goose ######".

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MightyJordan

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Looks like WWE listened to complaints about the camera work on AJ's entrance...

 

 

 

^^ This one isn't perfect, but it's still a big improvement over the live one (and doesn't have Kevin Dunn's ADHD, as Heelbook put it).

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12 hours ago, episode said:

 

 

If its not Bryan, then its a disappointment. However, The Rock has a new partnership with Under Armour to promote, so it very well could be him, same as one of his 'returns' was to promote him joining Twitter.

well, we know now it was The Rock.  Funny segments with other wrestlers in the back, and mostly in the ring.  The bit with New Day wasn't as good, as I thought it ran a bit long.  Anyway, only segments I really liked what The Rock causing trouble, "going off script" as he called it, and the bit with Gold dust and R-Truth.  Turned it off after Rock's bit, as it seemed a boring show.   Seeing AJ Style's in the ring, I couldn't believe how he had to "slow down and act tired/hurt" so early in his match with Y2J.  I remember him being lots better than that.

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