Overview
- Styles confirmed on Talk N Shop that he will remain with WWE to help develop younger talent and prepare them for the main roster.
- Multiple outlets citing PWInsider report a new multi-year agreement that places Styles in a backstage and talent-development role.
- Reporting says he has already begun working at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando in a coaching capacity.
- He publicly denied speculation that his Hall of Fame induction was a maneuver to block an AEW move, stating he chose to retire.
- Styles’ in-ring career ended with a career-on-the-line loss to GUNTHER at the Jan. 31 Royal Rumble, followed by a Raw tribute where The Undertaker announced his 2026 Hall of Fame induction.