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Shane McMahon had many memorable WrestleMania matches, but arguably none were better than his match with AJ Styles.
It wasn’t as much shocking as it was surreal that the WWE career of AJ Styles is over. Ten years after he debuted at the 2016 Royal Rumble, calling it quits on a career that should've started much earlier in WWE — it's a heck of a way to go out.
Stone Cold Steve Austin initially retired after facing The Rock at WrestleMania 19. He then returned for a one-off match against Kevin Owens at WrestleMania 38. While the bout against Owens was spectacular, the setting for it was impromptu.
Liv Morgan and Roman Reigns win their chance to main event WrestleMania 42, while AJ Styles' career comes to an end at the hands of Gunther.
Like Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair and Lou Thesz before him, AJ was “the guy” in his generation. He’s the one that those who followed him look up to and try to emulate. He is one of the architects of the modern style of wrestling. In the blueprints for classic matches at WrestleMania, SummerSlam, All In and Full Gear, there’s AJ Styles’ signature.
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Additional details on AJ Styles’ WWE retirement before WrestleMania 42 after Shinsuke Nakamura’s deleted note for him
It has started to sink in that AJ Styles might really hang up his wrestling boots this weekend at the