AJ Styles: If I Can’t Pull Off The ‘Spiral Tap’ The Way I Want, I Don’t Want To Do It At All
AJ Styles has put the “Spiral Tap” on the backburner.
During his X-Division days in TNA Wrestling, AJ Styles would often break out moves like the “Spiral Tap” and “Fosbury Flop.” As he’s gotten older, those moves have left his repertoire, and in the case of the “Spiral Tap,” is unlikely to return.
“If you’ve ever heard, ‘if you don’t use it, you lose it,’ that’s 100% the case. It’s a very awkward way to flip and do stuff. I had put it on the backburner for so long, I just lost it. It’s in my head. I can’t pull it off the way…if I can’t pull it off the way that I want to do it, I don’t want to do it at all. If it’s not perfect…I haven’t attempted it on a trampoline, in a pool, nothing. It’s there for the Ospreays [Will Ospreay] and anybody else who wants to do it,” Styles told Shakiel Mahjouri of CBS Sports.
Asked when the last time he hit the move was, Styles couldn’t quite recalling, saying, “I think the last time I hit was in TNA, maybe Bully Ray. Matt Hardy, maybe? No clue.”
Styles challenged Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at WWE Backlash, but came up short in his efforts.
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