“I want to be Universal Champion before my career is over.”
AJ Styles and Seth Rollins showing respect after their MITB 2019 match WWE
The Universal Championship match between Seth Rollins and AJ Styles at Money in the Bank delivered. It was a dream match that gave fans the first WWE match between both men and was full of spectacular moves and storytelling.
The story of AJ and Seth actually began 13 years ago when the two squared off in a high school gymnasium in Iowa, and finished Sunday with Rollins pinning Styles in front of thousands. But after the match, Styles returned to the ring to say something personal to Rollins.
“I told Seth I was right when I said 13 years ago that he would be something special in this business,” Styles told Newsweek.
Friendly words that capped off a feud that was anything but. Despite the weeks of alpha male bravado, the finish to Rollins and Styles’ match was clean and even when The Phenomenal One ran back into the ring to confront The Architect one last time, it was to show respect.
“We both respected each other that was never in question,” Styles said.
