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“He’s A Bold-Faced Liar”- AJ Styles Rips Into Paul Heyman

Published 07/10/2020, 2:18 AM EDT

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If you turn the clock just two years back, Paul Heyman was all praise for AJ Styles, proclaiming him as one of the best wrestlers in the world after his absolutely amazing contest against Brock Lesnar.

When they say times change and so do people’s opinions, they are talking about this particular moment.

It seems like the healthy professional respect between AJ and Heyman has gone down the drains as the phenomenal one openly fired shots at the former Raw creative head.

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Notably, there were rumours earlier that AJ was very unhappy with Paul Heyman. It was being reported that he was upset with the fact that Heyman didn’t vouch for Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson before their unfortunate release.

AJ trashed all those rumours. As per him, his dislike for Heyman originates out of a much bigger personality flaw in the man.

Let’s find out the reasons for AJ’s anger.

Why is AJ Styles so angry with Paul Heyman?

AJ Styles was very straightforward in his assessment of Heyman. He started out on his rant by putting some rumours to rest first on the Wrestlingnews podcast.

“There are some rumours going around that AJ Styles left Raw to go to SmackDown because he was being bullied (sighs). That may be the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Um, I mean, I’m a grown man. If there was bullying going on that upset me enough to leave Raw and go to SmackDown, I would handle it. And whether I got my tail beat or not, I’ll still handle it, I’m a grown man. So, I’ll put that out there.”

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Post this, he revealed what actually went wrong between him and Paul Heyman.

“When it came to Paul Heyman and the rumour about me being upset with him because he didn’t take up for Gallows and Anderson before they got released, that’s not what it was at all, not even close. I’ll give you a snippet of what me, Gallows and Anderson already know. He’s a liar. Now you know, I’m sure if you go back to ECW days, you’ll hear that. He’s a bold faced liar.”

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Paul Heyman has a chequered past in the ECW

Even though Paul Heyman is only remembered today in a positive light when it comes to ECW, back in the day there were many controversies when the promotion met its end.

The foremost among these was the one which indicated that Heyman kept his employees in the dark about the fortunes of the company.

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Thus, when the company eventually folded and Heyman signed with the WWE, many ECW performers soured on Paul Heyman.

It’s surprising to see AJ Styles openly alluding to those controversies. These are indications that things have become really bad between him and Paul Heyman. Only time will tell what comes out of this or if Paul Heyman decides to respond to these grave allegations.

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Aryan Sharma is a WWE and Tennis author and editor at EssentiallySports. Being a journalism graduate from Delhi University, he combines his love for creating content with an astute knowledge of almost three eras of professional wrestling. He's also a Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova fan and likes to write on the social impact of these two legends beyond their achievements on the tennis court.
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