Posted on 1/19/126 by Colin Vassallo
AJ Styles challenged Gunther for a match at the Royal Rumble
in Riyadh, a match which Gunther rejected…unless Styles was
ready to put his career on the line.
Kicking off Monday Night Raw from Belfast, Northern Ireland,
Gunther addressed the crowd but was swiftly interrupted by
Styles, who last week lost to Gunther in a one-on-one match.
Styles asked Gunther for another match, but the former two-
time WWE World Heavyweight champion said he had no incentive
to wrestle Styles again, and seeing that he had just
declared himself for the Rumble match, he had no intention
of doing double duty.
Styles reminder Gunther that last week he tapped out “like a
little bitch” and if he’s scared, then they should move on.
Gunther said that there might be something that would tempt
him to wrestle Styles, and that is if Styles agrees to put
his career on the line.
The Austrian gave Styles till the end of the night to decide
if that was a hill worth dying on.
AJ has repeatedly said that 2026 would be his last year as
an in-ring competitor.