As noted, AJ Styles is in a lot of pain these days as he is dealing with what is believed to be a herniated disc and nerve pain in his lower back. Styles is scheduled to headline the 12/18 ROH Final Battle PPV against Jay Lethal for the ROH championship, and then on 1/4, wrestling Shinsuke Nakamura at the Tokyo Dome for the IC title.
It was reported in last week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that he would be competing at both events. Styles spoke to The Two Man Power Trip Of Wrestling Podcast about the back injury, his status for the events and more.
“As far as right now I definitely plan on doing both events. I’ve just been rehabbing a little bit on the back, I don’t know if it’s a slipped disc or a herniated disc it was very minimal which is good. The Doctor says it looks like it mostly seems like it is muscle so basically that’s just rehabbing that, and I am feeling pretty good. I just got into DDPY. He (Diamond Dallas Page) doesn’t like it being called yoga. It is a little bit different and man, this thing has done wonders for me and everyday you do DDPY and you get your heart rate up to 150 just stretching and it just awesome,” Styles said.
The full interview will be available this Tuesday.
