AJ Styles recently took to Twitch to further speak on his issues with Paul Heyman. Recently, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson called Heyman a liar on their exodus podcast from WWE and now AJ is detailing (via Fightful) his side of issues.
“I told a friend what was said and he told me what he knew, which is that Gallows & Anderson weren’t on the list, but Paul Heyman spoke out abundantly like ‘we gotta get these guys out of here. We don’t need them, they’re getting paid too much.’ The one thing Paul Heyman is good at is talking, he’s very convincing. One thing led to another, Paul advocated to get them released. Their name wasn’t on the list until Paul brought it up. I think the reason why he did what he did, well, he’s just a liar, but it’s because he knew he had nothing we wanted to do with them. He didn’t want to get them to the next level or do anything for them. The best way to do that after what he said, was to get them out of there.”
“The reason I went to SmackDown is because I couldn’t stand looking at him. I can’t stand a liar. I’m a grown man, you’re a grown man, why lie? I talked to a lot of guys about this situation. You wouldn’t believe how many people that I work with despise this guy because of his lies and he’d find ways to throw them under the bus when he screwed up. I heard this from several people. It’s almost hard to find someone who likes him. I didn’t know this, I assumed everyone liked him and I was the only one. Vince is a very smart man and he can see through a lot of crap and I think he saw what everybody knew. ‘You’ve done some great things in the past, but you’re not well-liked here, hit the bricks.’ The only person he can blame for this is himself. Just don’t lie to people.”
AJ Styles on Paul Heyman: "I talked to a lot of guys about this situation and you wouldn't believe how many people that I worked with despise this guy because of his lies…. It was almost kinda hard to find someone who liked him." pic.twitter.com/ZvhugqoGq3
— Austin (@rondarouseyszn) July 23, 2020
Currently, AJ Styles is the Intercontinental Champion on SmackDown, having recently defended successfully against Matt Riddle.
