Summary

AJ Styles says the long-discussed idea of a singles match with Kenny Omega is not going to happen.

Styles reflected on the possibility while looking back on his career, saying he would have liked to wrestle Omega again after the two shared a ring early in their careers. Even with their shared Bullet Club history and their brief crossover in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, that one-on-one match never came together.

Quote from AJ Styles

Speaking on the Phenomenally Retro podcast, Styles made it clear he does not expect that to change:

"I would have liked to have had a match with him anywhere, but it didn't happen. I got too old and we went different places. It is what it is, it just wasn't meant to be. It's never going to happen. Just throwing that out there, it's never going to happen. Never going to happen."

AJ Styles and Kenny Omega in NJPW

Styles and Omega did cross paths in New Japan, most notably at New Year Dash 2016. That show ended with Omega turning on Styles and taking over as leader of Bullet Club, a moment that pushed their history into wrestling's long list of unfinished rivalries.

Omega remains active in AEW, and Will Ospreay recently said Omega still pushes him forward in AEW, while Styles retired from in-ring competition in January.

Kenny Omega and AJ Styles remain a major what-if

AJ Styles shutting the door on Kenny Omega means a match many fans once viewed as inevitable is now likely to stay in the fantasy-booking category. Their Bullet Club connection and the 2016 split gave the rivalry a strong hook, but Styles' comments leave little room to think a belated singles meeting is still on the table.

For fans of that New Japan era, the consequence is simple: the story will be remembered more for the angle and the missed timing than for any eventual payoff in the ring.

Sources

AJ Styles on the Phenomenally Retro Podcast