Karl Anderson, one half of The Good Brothers, talked about how their appearance on Raw came about for the AJ Styles tribute during the latest episode of their podcast, Talk’n Shop.
Anderson said that he did not believe that Styles was really going to retire, and when he heard about it, he thought he’d finish up with WWE and go to AEW or TNA.
But the former Bullet Club member did not meet or talk to Styles since he and Gallows departed WWE and their first meeting was caught on camera by the WWE crew filming backstage.
“We get to the back, I said, ‘AJ! I did not know you were really gonna retire.’ He goes, Really!?’ I said, ‘Yeah! What do you mean ‘really?’ We haven’t spoke! How am I supposed to know if you’re really gonna retire or not,'” Anderson recounted.
The former tag team champion said that Styles told him he has to retire because his neck is hurting too much.
Anderson continued, “And he said, ‘Dude, I have to…my neck is hurting too bad, I’m beat up. It’s time. I want to help the next generation,’ and I go…’Well, I didn’t really believe it. So I just kept talking on my podcast about how you were not gonna retire, and you’re gonna go here and you’re gonna go there, and now, I gotta eat a lot of crow, pal!'”
