AJ Styles addresses his match against Dominik Mysterio from WWE RAW in Paris

As seen during the September 1st 2025 edition of WWE RAW, AJ Styles was unsuccessful in his attempt to win the Intercontinental title from Dominik Mysterio. After the match, Styles provided the following backstage comments…

“I got to soak it in, close my eyes, and just take mental images that will stay with me for the rest of my life. Man, I didn’t realize… I didn’t realize how much AJ Styles was loved, and that means a lot. It’s not just like… ‘Hey, he wrestles for the WWE.’ They appreciate the work that I put in for the past two decades, two and a half decades and man, that means a lot. I did something right in this business. Not everything, but tonight it showed me I did have what it takes to get the love and support that I need. Need is the key word. I needed that. I needed that love to have a great match with Dominik Mysterio. Not because Dominik Mysterio’s not great, cause he is. I needed it for me. I needed it for my ego. All these little things that shouldn’t matter, but sometimes it does cause you just don’t know if you’ve done enough. I needed that. I’ll take every opportunity that I can get, and I don’t know if this leads to another one, cause I lost.

I don’t have support from anybody else. I don’t have a clique or a squad or a club anymore. I have no one. All I’ve got is me and my family when I go home. That’s all I’ve got. I had France. They had my back, but they couldn’t get in the ring or come outside and help me outside of the ring. They couldn’t do that. I guess you could say I miss my boys. I miss Gallows and Anderson, Omos. Miss those guys, man. It’d be nice to have some help, but it’s on me now.” (quote courtesy of Corey Brennan)