AJ Styles got a special send-off within the predominant event of “WWE Raw,” leaving his gear within the ring before being informed by the Undertaker that he could be the primary inductee of the 2026 Hall of Fame class.
TNA legends Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Park, now a WWE producer and donning his old Abyss persona, were in attendance. So were former WWE and NJPW stars Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows, who together because the Good Brothers rode alongside Styles as a part of Bullet Club and its WWE-equivalent the OC. Long-time absentee star Omos was also in attendance for his championship-winning tag partner. Various WWE stars paid verbal tribute to Styles in a series of video package throughout the night before the predominant event segment featuring Styles himself.
Styles got here out to the ring and was immediately emotional as the gang showered him with “Thanks AJ” chants. He joked that he would have worn a suit, however the last time he did he was beating up Cody Rhodes. After a heartfelt promo that covered the breadth of his profession, he took off his jacket and dropped it to the ring canvas, followed up along with his signature gloves, and gave one last ‘thanks’ and ‘love you’ to his family at ringside. The locker room got here out to the ramp, together with Paul “Triple H” Levesque to provide Styles one last round of applause together with the gang. After which the gong of Undertaker’s entrance saw the lights exit, coming back up with the Hall of Famer making his entrance on a motorcycle.
Undertaker asked if he was just going to depart his stuff within the ring and go, before continuing to say that they’ve unfinished business, and revealing that Styles will likely be the primary inductee into the 2026 WWE Hall of Fame class. That brought more tears of joy to Styles’ eyes as they embraced and his family joined him at within the ring to shut the night off.