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NEWS - AEW Wants AJ Styles BAD!

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🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Today's wrestling news, including...


AEW Wants AJ Styles BAD!

Big Names At WWE HQ!

New NXT Champion Crowned!

HUGE WrestleMania 42 Match Rumoured?!


ENJOY!


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0:00.0

Hello there, my very good friends, on today's wrestling news.

0:03.0

We've got a massive update on AJ Styles with AW interested.

0:07.0

And AJ Stiles is heading to WWHQ very soon.

0:11.0

A literally huge WrestleMania match has been rumored.

0:15.0

And a new NXT champion has been crowned.

0:19.0

I'm Adam Wilborn.

0:20.0

I'm Andy H. Murray. The H stands for Hamann as in Didi. Shout out and this is the news. Bringing it back to when things were better. Anyway that chair's crew. How do we move off us and we got another cheeky, creaky The traditions continue. Almost called it a cheeky creer there. We're going to have to put some WD4 in this thing.

0:38.3

We're going to have to oil that bad boy up and go to town on it. I mean, get rid of this week. Anyway, we're going to talk about AJ Stiles. Yes. A bit of an update on his situation because he retired from WWE after losing to Goonfer at the Royal Rumble. so it's a bit murky at the moment

0:54.2

but AEW wants him and New Japan

0:56.1

seemingly wants him as well

0:57.3

so hey..., he's retired. Yeah, mate, once you retire from the only company that exists, is legally binding. And it's a wrestling retirement, Andy. When has anyone ever gone back on that? Terry Funk. We are contractually obligated to say Terry Funk anytime we talk about wrestling

1:12.4

retirements. God bless Terry Funk. Anyway, Fife will have this update here and they're noting

1:18.5

a previous report that they did suggesting that or more they were they'd heard rather than

1:24.4

they were saying for definite that AJ's contract with WW was up in February now they haven't confirmed that that's the case but they

1:31.7

haven't heard anything about an extension for this bloke either for this

1:35.0

geyser a bunch of outlets have spoken about it as if you know he was still

1:40.6

under contract and it's been extended and stuff but there haven't been any

1:43.1

updates TNA source has indicated that they believe that he was still under contract and it's been extended and stuff but there haven't been any updates.

1:54.1

TNA source has indicated that they believe that he would have extended with WW before the Royal Rumble or whatever, but they haven't confirmed that.

1:58.3

So his contractual status is murky, is what we're saying. Nobody seems to know.

2:03.8

However, the chance of working with other promotions, let's talk TNA first.

2:08.0

WW sources have indicated that actually, if AJ really wanted to do that,

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