Posted on 2/25/126 by Colin Vassallo
Karl Anderson, one half of The Good Brothers, talked about
how their appearance on Raw came about for the AJ Styles
tribute during the latest episode of their podcast, Talk’n
Shop.
Anderson said that he did not believe that Styles was really
going to retire, and when he heard about it, he thought he’d
finish up with WWE and go to AEW or TNA.
But the former Bullet Club member did not meet or talk to
Styles since he and Gallows departed WWE and their first
meeting was caught on camera by the WWE crew filming
backstage.
“We get to the back, I said, ‘AJ! I did not know you were
really gonna retire.’ He goes, Really!?’ I said, ‘Yeah! What
do you mean ‘really?’ We haven’t spoke! How am I supposed to
know if you’re really gonna retire or not,'” Anderson
recounted.
The former tag team champion said that Styles told him he
has to retire because his neck is hurting too much.
Anderson continued, “And he said, ‘Dude, I have to…my neck
is hurting too bad, I’m beat up. It’s time. I want to help
the next generation,’ and I go…’Well, I didn’t really
believe it. So I just kept talking on my podcast about how
you were not gonna retire, and you’re gonna go here and
you’re gonna go there, and now, I gotta eat a lot of crow,
pal!'”