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Fans have been missing AJ Styles, as the WWE legend hasn't been seen on TV for several weeks now. A recent report has mentioned that fans shouldn't expect The Phenomenal One to be back before 2025 commences.
In his first WWE match in nearly five months, Styles took on Carmelo Hayes on the October 4 episode of SmackDown, where he lost due to referee stoppage. It was later reported that the former WWE Champion had legitimately hurt his ligament during the match, which prompted the promotion to pull him from TV.
Sportskeeda Wrestling's Dr. Chris Featherstone has now provided a grim update on AJ Styles, mentioning he wasn't expected to return before next year begins.
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"Thanks! I was informed not to expect him on TV for the remainder of the year," wrote Featherstone.
A former WWE writer just went after JBL for his comments HERE
With Royal Rumble 2025 scheduled for February 1, it remains to be seen whether Styles manages to recover in time for the Men's Royal Rumble match, as his unannounced appearance could surely generate a huge pop from fans.
Grayson Waller has massive praise for AJ Styles
A few weeks ago in an interview, Grayson Waller shed his heel character to mention how his match with Styles back in 2022 on NXT positively impacted his career. Waller felt the match got him a lot of attention from fans and paved the way for his eventual success in the Stamford-based promotion.
"I think the two that—the first one was AJ Styles in NXT. I went so quickly from being the fourth best member of a WarGames team that no one cared about, that everyone was saying, 'Why is he even in it?' to four weeks later, being the guy who took [Johnny] Gargano out of NXT and wrestling AJ Styles on NXT TV. And this was back when main roster guys did not come down to NXT. So I think that quick transition of being nobody into somebody in wrestling one of the best of all time, that was extremely surreal," Grayson Waller recalled.
Waller has since then become a standout performer on SmackDown and has also had a run with the WWE Tag Team Championship alongside Austin Theory.
