AJ Styles reaction to a WWE PPV being called Great Balls of Fire & performing in Glasgow

We sat down with AJ Styles right before the WWE Live event in Glasgow and asked him a bunch of different questions. Here we break the news to him that in July, WWE will have a pay-per view called Great Balls of Fire. Here is his reaction...
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[@empirestate87]

he's like thank god its a raw ppv

[@adampalmer7387]

Chris Devon get the piano oh my brother testify

[@CrothaTheCrobatman]

AJ Styles is like "so this is the biggest wrestling company?"

[@mallorycarll6280]

CrothaTheCrobatman -- Right? I'm kind of surprised he didn't know, considering the WWE has just started promoting it.

[@chrismkimmel1]

CrothaTheCrobatman well it's a raw pay-per-view and he's on SmackDown. I'm sure he's okay with WWE because he's getting paid more in WWE then he did anywhere else he wrestled

[@chrismkimmel1]

Mallory Carll well it's a raw Pay-Per-View and he's on SmackDown live.

[@mallorycarll6280]

Chris Kimmel -- He's still in the same company, and he has friends and co-workers on Raw. Plus, it's been everywhere on social media. I'd think he'd have some clue as to what's going on.

[@nineteenct]

"Even TNA wouldn't go for this fucking name"

[@cbennett_12]

Pianos? RAW exclusive ppv? BROKEN MATT CONFIRMED

[@ajk]

that would be the ONLY way this would be salvageable lol

[@DragonHeart613]

ajk Have Matt in his Broken persona challenge someone to a piano match where the winner is the first guy to drive his opponent thru a piano!!! They could even have Jerry Lee Lewis himself as the special guest referee seeing as how it's his hit song that inspired WWE to name their July PPV event in the first place LOL!!!

[@SwitsaSwoo]

Conor Bennett DELIGHTFUL!

[@lampini]

it really would be

[@thefuturegoat5769]

Even a veteran like AJ Styles who has dealt with strange and terrible feuds, matches, segments, etc. for YEARS in TNA can still be taken back by the name "Great Balls Of Fire" for a PPV. That says it all right there.

[@JonathanDMVSports]

Senile Is PG And somehow the WWE bubble will find a way to defend it, and later on buy the ppv. This is why I gave up on WWE

[@JonathanDMVSports]

DaToNeGuY12 For AJ Styles. He's my favorite wrestler of all time, and I saw him on the thumbnail, so I figured, "oh, what the hell...." and watched it

[@Promethazin3]

Jonathan Morgan ooooohhh ok sorry

[@JonathanDMVSports]

DaToNeGuY12 It's all good

[@snapjohn7155]

Jonathan Morgan in my opinion hike is the goat

[@MARKOUTTV]

Lol AJs face is like "why did I sign to the fucking twilight zone"

[@GnralexPlus]

For 2.4 million

[@gator9339]

MARKOUT TV It's a Raw ppv though

[@M.Sleeze]

His salary wasnt that much, if he wasnt too damn good in merchs selling fans/crowd favorite ratings, matches, ppvs buyrate that would be very low. but im so happy for him

[@umeercheema6895]

Yeaaah.. No. They're paid based on card placement. There is no such thing as PPV buyrates in WWE's books anymore. Merch helps a little, not very much. Title reigns give you a big paycheck. AJ was the face of one of their brands and top champ for a while Plus, he main events PPVs on a regular basis now.

[@marcuswerito6601]

Moeru Tōkon they stopped ppv buyrates after they launched the network.

[@sweet7864]

AJ is thanking god he is on Smackdown lol

[@jameslloyd1677]

Sent here by WrestleTalk

[@emanueleutzeri9118]

James Lloyd yap

[@gamerdude612]

Me too.

[@LeadSails]

James Lloyd Olli Davis sent me here too

[@foxymangle2.037]

James Lloyd same

[@DragonHeart613]

James Lloyd Same here dude :)

[@evansphenomenal]

You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain, too much love drives a man insane...

[@brandonarmstrong4947]

Goodness gracious great balls of fire!!

[@FaithTheSlayer]

Brandon Armstrong you broke my will but what a thrill. now your part.

[@clutteredpictures7421]

FaithTheSlayer fuck off jk

[@sumeetagrawal9708]

AJ's like, "this is the company I worked to get to ????" "I left new Japan for this ????" "I left bullet club for this????"

[@BackNBlackful]

Zack Sabre Jr. lmfao!

[@HACHIAttack]

I don't know why they've changed it from Badd Blood to the Great Balls of Fire... But if the reason why they don't want the word "Blood" because it's PG, then fuck WWE for replacing it to even more worst PPV title than Roadblock. I would be okay if they replace Badd Blood by using some other names in the past PPV like: Judgment Day, Vengeance, or maybe The Great American Bash. But really? Great Balls of Fire?

[@EdSmith313]

Vaas Montenegro And it would also be hypocritically stupid, if true. Can't use the word "Blood", but you can use "Hell" and "Balls of Fire"? What a stupid company.

[@ISetYourFaceOnFire]

this is the same petty, stupid company who is notorious for bullying their employees. Belittling women and men alike. Having Stephanie Mcmahon emasculating everything and everyone she sees on television to get herself over. BE A STAR!!!

[@mihaa94sky]

+ISetYourFaceOnFire Well said.

[@kyuubikid7971]

ISetYourFaceOnFire This is also a company who is so anti bullying that they let Stephanie McMahon break character to tell kids not to be like her character and to stand up to people like her character. This is also the same company who's most controversial superstar is the biggest make a wish granter in the world. I'd have changed the name too after that Taylor Swift song

[@TK45236]

This is the same company that had a pay per view called "Capitol Punishment" a few years back.

[@agamemnom]

great balls of fire makes me think of the old territorial days of events back when they used daft names so i'm kinda hoping its a southpaw regional wrestling ppv ;)

[@fayezfawzi3255]

it makes me think of ECW. the name would have been great for them XD

[@electricdevil2422]

alexa bliss for life I do recall the Dudley Boys putting Balls Mahoney through a flaming table.

[@RomeoBarnes]

Electric Devil D-Von has famously said he didn't want to do that and he was scared once the table actually ignited.

[@mynameisjeff830]

Wait, Great balls of fire is seriously going to be a ppv? I thought it was a joke.

[@JaegerWulf]

Mr Payne If The Great Balls Of Fire we're an​ ECW PPV I would watch it.

[@DragonHeart613]

LMAO, even AJ Styles the face that built the place thinks naming The WWE's July PPV event...LMAO, great balls of fire is cringe worthy!!! I heard Becky Lynch & several other Superstars' reactions were the same when they learned about this!!! AJ's reaction was simply priceless, phenomenally priceless LOL!!! AJ & his fellow Smackdown Superstars should consider themselves very fortunate that, oh my God I seriously cannot say or even type this without bursting out laughing all over again, GBofF is a Raw-exclusive PPV & they do not have to promote & compete at this halairiously-concieved event!!! Unfortunately the same cannot be said of Raw's talent like Seth, Finn, Joe, Dean, The Hardys, Anderson & Gallows, Bray, Bayley, Sasha, Shaemus & Cesaro because they are going to find it impossible to promote GBofF without giggling & rolling their eyes!!!

[@HDR2000]

DragonHeart613 If i'm a Raw superstar i'd pray i'm not even on the show, Axel better hope not to get a push till after lol

[@Cyber_PunkBJJ]

of course AJ wouldn't know about it! its a RAW ppv! lol #smackdownforthewin

[@theindifferentindividual1106]

Oh my god, that's an actual ppv name?

[@gamerdude612]

I Thought it was just a rib when I heard it that's the worst name for a wrestling ppv I'VE ever heard it awful.

[@NookTommy]

AJ Styles is the man!

[@sykevazer3235]

Who ever made this Paper view name YOU JUST MADE THE LIST!

[@cetinkaya6204]

AJ have great balls of fire

[@jacobpolitte410]

"Wow." Yep, that about sums it up.

[@LegendMathai]

Styles > WWE

[@M.Sleeze]

Only his career in japan >>>>> the whole roster sd raw uk nxt 205

[@craigoneill8277]

Goodness gracious

[@klokar21]

why is kenny from what culture not in a what culture video??

[@masrata.5139]

One question--will the pianos be glorious? I don't fully support it, though, since RAW is already packed.

[@chemicalrose1335]

*GOODNESS GRACIOUS GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!!!!*

[@Iwillone]

One month later and oh it's true: It's damn true

[@lukewallace1878]

Didn't Chuck Berry do Great Balls of Fire

[@HTWHardcoretrampolinewrestling]

What why is Kenny on inside the ropes

[@DeUndefined1]

bring back the Great American Bash!!

[@yoodee2709]

Is the new PPV a Raw or SD exclusive?

[@M.Sleeze]

yeah is raw exclusive ppv. thank god is not sd ppv!

[@wgsmeister]

I want to see AJ Styles in a hardcore piano match. He would find a way to make it entertaining

[@MajorBeatings101]

song is 60yrs old.

[@Nater-The-Hater]

Style's reaction to the name of the PPV was like every other wrestling fan! Like WTF

[@michaelgaddum]

he is like wtf is this for PPV name hahaha

[@tragedyxxv1150]

When great balls of fire has to be on July 9th a day after my birthday..... 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@adampalmer7387]

goodness gracious great balls of fire bahaha

[@henrymeanwell3972]

AJ needs to start the BC in wwe. Get it done Vince

[@bgn3224]

اي جي ستيل يستحق القب احسن مصارع في العالم عشاق اي جي ستيل مصارع اسطوره اتمن يخذ القب احسن مصارع في العالم 😘🙌🙋👍👍👏👏

[@XDogeGamingX]

one day I want to main event great balls of fire!

[@siddharthabhattacharya3117]

shinsuke vs aj....at GREATBALLSOFFIRE

[@siddharthabhattacharya3117]

Even better then

[@Ilovegrunge123]

That's if they don't change it last minute....lets just pray it doesn't.

[@siddharthabhattacharya3117]

Yea totally

[@KCWNetwork]

This is a great marketing tactique by WWE because now everybody is talking about it and laughing at it. Now more people will watch it because of that, thus more money for WWE.

[@InstagramAWrestlingHistorian]

McMahon is going to wonder why the PPV got low buyrates afterwards, LOL.

[@EdSmith313]

AJ's reaction says: "Wait, I'm still in TNA?"

[@M.Sleeze]

tbh tna ppvs names were cool and very good

[@EdSmith313]

True. Felt very epic in some cases. Genesis, Final Resolution, Destination X, the list goes on and on. I should have clarified, the name sounds like an awful Hardy-less TNA kooky skit.

[@zakmo3671]

Who else loves his hair

[@joshuariley3615]

It use to be called Bad blood but they changed it for some reason

[@ant6495]

Great balls of fire sounds like a move naruto would use

[@autrystump]

Goodness gracious, why is the PPV called Great Balls of Fire?

[@SonofJones]

Seth Rollins vs. Samoa Joe in the very first Piano match. And don't pretend Vince McMahon isn't just crazy enough to do it xD

[@TheWrestlingPage]

Ace show

[@ethanhughes8602]

Someone better throw a fireball.

[@BSultimate]

His reaction sums it up....WWE ribbing it's audience.

[@canadalynx]

That PPV name is worse than Snow White and the Seven Clever Boys!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@presidentc4]

AJ Styles comes from TNA, he's used to bad PPV names.

[@captainbendavies5514]

Whatculture you love it

[@HabzTheMovieGuy]

Great Balls of Fire? Maybe someones getting the HADOUKEN as their new finishing move...

[@teenchampionshipwrestlinga4034]

KENNY!

[@DiBago7]

Came from twfs

[@kyuubikid7971]

Reigns Vs Strowman vs Lesnar. GREAT BALLS OF FIRE

[@Macephtopheles]

Only good thing about the PPV name as far as I'm concerned is that I can't wait to see Paul Heyman try to legitimately build up how his client, BURR-OCK LES-NAAAR, is going to destroy someone at Great Balls of Fire.

[@br00talitydawg]

Oh god great balls of fire is soon...

[@joeshippers7296]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@roxanasantiago6838]

lol😄

[@harshdarshlopez3468]

i dont even think paul heyman could sell great balls of fire

[@huffy6192]

Let this not distract you from the fact that there is two backlashs...within 8 months of each other.

[@shadowandroid1823]

even aj agrees the name is stupid.

[@archievaughan7659]

hahahaha

[@kevindunn4592]

Is that Kenny?? Ahaha

[@thegoatguentzel4904]

Is this just me or is this KENNY MAC-ENTOSH

[@bryan-501]

Isn't he from what culture !

[@theclaw8519]

Yeah, he doesn't work for them anymore

[@laughablechimp4787]

Kurt T SINCE WHEN?

[@TheTruthDragonNJ09]

twitter.com/KennyMc1985/status/860567789630885888

[@bryan-501]

Ok tnx

[@jaydenbalahura3589]

Bryan Pacheco noooo

[@piyushpandita9999]

aj needs to work on his mic skills, both in and outside of the ring

[@johamann9889]

0:44 "What the heck?"

[@coath514]

every time i hear its going to be called great balls of fire, i'm reminded of the Mormon episode of south park. Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb

[@legendpaybackapocalipsisga8480]

brock vs strowman pianos macth

[@iiiiiiii9513]

They renamed Badd Blood to this...

[@tyresejames8044]

WWE PPV names have started to get weird over the years

[@DaddyFutbol]

It was going to be Bad Blood 2017 but because of Jerry Lawler we have this bullshit ppv name

[@Just_Clownin_Son]

great balls of fire should not even be a ppv name, da fuck

[@mgz_lxw4492]

who else thought about top gun

[@frankunodostres473]

goodbye kenny

[@Will831100]

Great Balls of Fire? Shows Vince has truly lost the plot more than he already had.

[@metalprisoner784]

Great balls of fire? definite Vince McMahon organ failure

[@JM1992]

Wot in tarnation

[@adampalmer7387]

Spice up your life next

[@Heelo_0]

F*CKED UP NAME

[@kashifreza1993]

Why not call it VENGEANCE

[@dlaw620]

lol so so WWE not PG no more cause I mean that PPV doesn't sound PG

[@Just_Clownin_Son]

you can tell that they running out of names

[@swaoswauce2884]

D

[@rayshawnhoward385]

great balls of fire really why not bring back king of the ring or judgement day even no way out wwe not smart at all

[@danielpejic9342]

judgement day would be better

[@MysticTaco9]

Interviewer: " I just thought of the song." yeah that's what AJ meant when he was talking about the pianos -_-

[@markohara6962]

Wenger out

[@serotonin2268]

Hardcore Match with pianoes hmm aj makes more interesting match than vince

[@jeremydiesel7805]

Jerry Lee Lewis

[@adu1991]

Very underwhelming & lame title for a WWE PPV. I'm predicting that they'll drop the name after 2017(or 2018). In my opinion, they should've brought back Bad Blood or The Great American Bash, and it would be fine.

[@rubihmartinez1756]

I would call it great stupid ppv p.s. worst ppv named

[@dougrockford5390]

lol I love how people from the UK always trying to get the WWE stars to say their crowds are better than ours

[@thezombiemage7225]

Vince has finally gone senile.

[@vuefortifore9039]

vince has Alzheimer's

[@e.s.1873]

Why they don't use an old PPV name like Vengeance or No Mercy? Literally all sounds better than Great balls of fire...

[@majohnson255839]

I can't believe they came up with such a stupid name for a pay per view