AJ Styles On How He Built Up His Feud With John Cena

AJ Styles’ rivalry with John Cena is arguably one of the best rivalries in the last decade in WWE. They had quite a few excellent matches and Cena certainly helped Styles early on in his WWE career.

While speaking on his Twitch stream, AJ Styles explained to fans how he and John Cena set built up their feud. Styles had no trouble finding something to insult Cena with. However, John Cena could not find much to insult Styles with, despite doing his research.

“I remember the first time we had the opportunity to talk about what we wanted to do and what kind of story we wanted to tell. He was asking what I wanted to say about him, and I was like – this is John Cena, you know, so I’m trying to figure out how to approach this without being a jerk about it – so, I was like, ‘Well, people always seem to think you bury them once you get in the ring with them, and it’s kind of over for them after that.’”

“He was just like, ‘Okay that’s good,’ Styles added. “He went on to say, ‘Well, I tried digging up some stuff on you and I couldn’t really find anything’, so that’s when he ended up coming up with the stuff about, ‘Well, if you don’t like it then you’ll just end up leaving to go somewhere else’. But I thought it was really cool that he takes some real stuff and throws it in the mix of entertainment, and you ended up with a matchup like AJ Styles and John Cena. I enjoyed working with him and can’t wait for the next one.”