WWE Champion Announces He Will Retire In 2026 & End His Career

This is goodbye (Credit: WWE.com)
This is goodbye (Credit: WWE.com)

A WWE champion announced that he will end his career once and for all on RAW. His career will come to an end in 2026.

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Currently, WWE are in the middle of a huge retirement tour from John Cena, but as it turns out, he's not the only one who will be retiring. A current WWE champ has announced that he will too, next year. AJ Styles was speaking to Adam Pearce on RAW this week, where he made his opinion clear.

He was speaking to Pearce backstage and there, he said that he was bringing an end to his career next year. He said that until he retired, he would be putting everything on the line and defending his title regularly, wanting big matches against whoever came to challenge him. He and Lee were ready to face anyone and everyone.

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Adam Pearce was not about to give the Judgment Day star the chance for the titles, but Styles, given that he is retiring soon, seemed ready to take on everyone. He agreed for the championship match, and now the two teams will be facing each other on the next show as well.


AJ Styles could have a retirement tour of his own in WWE

With Styles retiring next year, it seems that the company is setting him up for a retirement tour of his own. Currently, as the tag team champion, he is in the middle of a title feud, but it's expected that he will face a lot of stars in dream matches before he ends up winding up his career.

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As for who he will face in his last-ever match, there have been some saying that Shinsuke Nakamura would be a good candidate, while others have mentioned that he could put someone over before he leaves.

At the moment, the identity of the star he will face in his is up in the air.

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Edited by Anirban Banerjee
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