WWE Video – A.J. Styles sit-down interview – facing Reigns for WWE Title, getting emotional post-Raw, Jericho, first WrestleMania, more

A.J. Styles joined Michael Cole for the weekly interview on WWE’s website following up on WrestleMania.

The interview covered several subjects, closing with Styles vowing to “knock the chip of Roman Reigns’s shoulder” when they meet for the WWE World Title. Styles did not guarantee victory, focusing on making Reigns respect him when they get in the ring at an unspecified date.

Styles also talked about getting emotional when he became #1 contender on Raw and the crowd chanted “you deserve it” as Raw went off the air. “You work so hard,” Styles said. “And never know if you’re going to get the opportunity to wrestle here in WWE. You just learn to live with it. It is what is – you live with it.

“And then you win the opportunity to be #1 contender to the WWE World Title. And the lights go off and you settle down. But, the fans did not settle down. (pause to collect himself) It’s a hard business that we’re in. We work hard to achieve certain goals. And the fans started chanting. … I have worked hard for that moment and for them to say that, I’m very appreciative of that moment.”

Backing up to the middle of the interview, Styles talked up the storyline of losing to Chris Jericho at WrestleMania, hating the taste of losing, and then winning the #1 contender match the next night by pinning Jericho.

The first-half of the interview was promotional hype for the WrestleMania brand, focusing on the magnitude of the event, Styles being overwhelmed by his first WrestleMania, and the enormity of the building that WrestleMania was held at this year.