6 Superstars who didn't join WWE for unusual reasons

#3 AJ Styles

AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan

When AJ Styles signed with WWE back in 2016, many were surprised that it took him so long to actually join the company. Styles, who had been a mainstay of TNA for years, finally joined Vince McMahon's promotion after a stint in ROH and NJPW.

Styles could have actually joined WWE way back in 2002, when he was offered a developmental deal by the company, after his stint with WCW came to an end.

But, Styles rejected that deal as he did not want to move away from his family, especially his wife, who was in college.

“My wife was in college and I couldn’t go to Ohio and make her move back in with her mother. That would have been terrible. She even told me to take the deal and run with the opportunity, but I couldn’t do that to her. It’s God first and family second.”

Styles is a family man, and no one can criticize him for putting family first, but we wonder how the landscape of WWE would have been if Styles had actually progressed in WWE in the 2000s.