WWE is going to get a little bit less phenomenal.

Just 24 hours before facing John Cena on the Hollywood star’s farewell tour, AJ Styles has announced his own impending retirement plans.

The decorated former world champion, known to fans as the Phenomenal One, confirmed that he will hang up his boots in 2026 as he addressed fans in Perth, Australia before this weekend’s Crown Jewel show.

Veteran commentator Michael Cole asked Styles, 48, about a recent interview in which he hinted at calling it a day, having made his debut in 2002.

He said: ‘I’m getting old, folks. Listen, if I can find the Fountain of Youth and take a couple if sips, I’d wrestle for the rest of my life. But you know, I am getting older. The fear of embarrassing myself is getting closer.

‘And you know what? There come

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