{"id":354317,"date":"2026-06-21T18:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=354317"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:57:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T13:27:01","slug":"wwes-aj-styles-breaks-down-differences-between-vince-mcmahon-tko-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/wwes-aj-styles-breaks-down-differences-between-vince-mcmahon-tko-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE&#8217;s AJ Styles Breaks Down Differences Between Vince McMahon &#038; TKO Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"news-post\">\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2195868\/wwe-tko-aj-styles-vince-mcmahon-differences-leadership\/\" data-post-title=\"WWE's AJ Styles Breaks Down Differences Between Vince McMahon &#038; TKO Leadership\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"2195868\">\n<picture id=\"pae05a6a050a070b9a8138423568ee7fd\"><source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/wwes-aj-styles-breaks-down-differences-between-vince-mcmahon-tko-leadership\/intro-1781645415.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/wwes-aj-styles-breaks-down-differences-between-vince-mcmahon-tko-leadership\/intro-1781645415.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Ethan Miller\/Getty Images<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WWE Hall of Famer AJ Styles joined WWE after years in TNA in 2016, debuting on the Royal Rumble. Styles spent a decade of his profession in the corporate, with nearly all of his time spent working under former chairman Vince McMahon. Upon Styles&#8217; retirement in 2026, TKO was, and still is, running the show, after WWE merged with UFC, creating the corporate, in September 2023.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Styles spoke about working under each McMahon and the &#8220;recent regime&#8221; on an episode of his &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JW2i_9uyWUs\" target=\"_blank\">Phenomenally Retro Podcast<\/a>.&#8221; Under McMahon, Styles said he enjoyed the indisputable fact that he would at all times get a solution from McMahon when he needed it.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;There was one time where I told him I used to be attempting to read him, meaning how he felt about something,&#8221; Styles explained. &#8220;He said, &#8216;Don&#8217;t do this. You may&#8217;t read me.&#8217; Things were different. I feel like guys walked around just a little bit more timid when Vince was in charge. Where now, they&#8217;ll type of give their opinions and stuff like that more freely and ask questions without being yelled at&#8230; I do not think it&#8217;s as micromanaged because it was, which is  thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Styles explained that McMahon liked being on top of &#8220;every little thing,&#8221; which he said was unimaginable, as WWE is such an enormous company. &#8220;The Phenomenal One&#8221; said that he can appreciate that McMahon was his boss, who gave him a possibility.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;It was neither good nor bad working for Vince,&#8221; he said. He gave me a probability to be AJ Styles in WWE and a two-time World Heavyweight Champion, so what am I to complain about?We weren&#8217;t hanging out after work, I can promise you that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>In the event you use any quotes from this text, please credit &#8220;The Phenomenally Retro Podcast&#8221; and supply a h\/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethan Miller\/Getty Images WWE Hall of Famer AJ Styles joined WWE after years in TNA in 2016, debuting on the Royal Rumble. Styles spent a decade of his profession in the corporate, with nearly all of his time spent working under former chairman Vince McMahon. 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