AJ Styles appeared on the Talk N Shop Live! Podcast with Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows, and shot down all rumors that he’s heading to AEW following his WWE retirement.

Styles, aware of the online discord that WWE “blocked” his move to AEW by surprising him with a Hall of Fame induction, directly addressed these rumors.

“Let me give you something to talk about. So, everybody wants to say, ‘Oh! WWE put him in the Hall of Fame so that he couldn’t go to AEW.’ Guys, I am retired from wrestling in the ring,” Styles said. “Like, that’s all this is. I make my own choices, I make my own decisions. I was ready.”

The 48-year-old further announced that he will be working with WWE and nothing will change on that front.

“I am still going to be working with WWE. That’s not going to change. I have these dreams of helping out young talent. If somebody is not ready once they get there, it’s my job to hopefully help them get to that point to where they can do it, and they are confident when they step into a WWE ring,” Styles continued. “Being able to help with that is a blessing.”