WWE Smackdown star AJ Styles is scheduled to face Seth Rollins this Saturday at Night of Champions. This match is going to be the final of the 12 man tournament which was booked to determine the new World Heavyweight Champion that was introduced by Triple H recently.
Last year, AJ Styles reunited with Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows. Together they are famously known as The OC. Former TNA Knockouts Champion Mia Yim also joined the faction recently. The faction was doing pretty well together but unfortunately, AJ Styles got injured in December last year which sidelined him from action for five months.
AJ Styles On The Mend: Breaking Down His Recent Injury And Rehabilitative Measures
AJ Styles suffered a broken ankle which forced him out of action for five months. Recently he got drafted to Smackdown along with the rest of the OC and got his main event push back. Recently the former two times WWE Champion spoke to Daily Mail where he talked about his rehabilitation process and recovery from injury;
On the process of injury and rehabilitation: “It was a simple thing, something I’ve done a million times and usually it happens the same. I was taking a backdrop, and I could have hit my back on the apron a little bit, but in that couple of seconds of landing on the outside my ankle, depending on the mat and where it was, turned in on me and snapped.
I knew right when I did it, it was one of those things, it was like ‘I’m done’. As far as rehab is concerned, as soon as I’m able to rehab, I’m on rehab and it’s crazy how being in a boot for a while you forget how to there are certain things we take for granted – like walking and running and jumping.
It’s like my body had to rehab that, I actually went for another MRI because I thought something wasn’t right. But they said the reason why it’s hurting so bad is because there’s so much inflammation. Once I realised that and that I wasn’t going to tear or rip anything I got after it because I wanted to get better. I was able to focus on jumping and running and stuff like that and it was like overnight it changed.
Once you tell your brain you can do it, you can. It was really that simple once I realised I could put forward my best effort.” The former two times WWE World Champion AJ Styles who is scheduled to face Seth Rollins this Saturday at Night of Champions.