{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_xu23mrmfbdrxuetsj7tq","title":"AJ Styles On Avery Styles’ GCW Chair Controversy: “The Most Ridiculous Thing”","title_en":null,"outlets":2,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/aj-styles-on-avery-styles-chair-controversy-the-most-ridiculous-thing-xu23mrmfbd","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_ehxpr2phmusppqrd662q","seq":965939,"kind":"article","title":"AJ Styles On Avery Styles’ GCW Chair Controversy: “The Most Ridiculous Thing”","url":"https://www.pwmania.com/aj-styles-on-avery-styles-gcw-chair-controversy-the-most-ridiculous-thing","summary":"Cody Rhodes has further explained why he publicly defended AJ Styles’ 19-year-old son Avery following the controversy surrounding a GCW event in August. Arik Cannon criticized Avery for not helping set up chairs at the event, sparking an online debate about whether the young wrestler should have been expected to “pay his dues.” AJ Styles […]","published":"2026-09-30T17:10:57Z","seen":"2026-09-30T17:29:24Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-pwmania-com-cedf1d","name":"pwmania.com","domain":"pwmania.com"},"via":"kite-pwmania-com-cedf1d","topics":["professional-wrestling","misc","tna"],"authors":["Phil Johnson"],"entities":[{"id":"Q83816","name":"A.J. Styles","type":"person"},{"id":"Q140972469","name":"Avery Styles","type":"person"},{"id":"Q3913677","name":"Grand Canyon West Airport","type":"org"}],"story":"st_xu23mrmfbdrxuetsj7tq","category":"arts-culture-entertainment","category_p":0.6800000071525574,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.029999999329447746,"political":0.05999999865889549},{"id":"n_xu23mrmfbdrxuetsj7tq","seq":950150,"kind":"article","title":"AJ Styles On Avery Styles Chair Controversy: ‘The Most Ridiculous Thing That Was Ever Talked About’","url":"https://wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/styles-avery-styles-chair-controversy-most-ridiculous-thing-ever-talked-about","summary":"In August, Arik Cannon criticized the 19-year-old Avery Styles for not helping set up chairs at a GCW event. Once this went viral, his father, AJ, responded at the time that his son was there to wrestle and not to be part of the ring crew. Rhodes also defended Avery on social media. This was […] The post AJ Styles On Avery Styles Chair Controversy: ‘The Most Ridiculous Thing That Was Ever Talked About’ appeared first on Wrestling News .","published":"2026-09-30T14:18:48Z","seen":"2026-09-30T16:17:36Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-wrestlingnews-co-61a010","name":"wrestlingnews.co","domain":"wrestlingnews.co"},"via":"kite-wrestlingnews-co-61a010","topics":["professional-wrestling","wwe news","aj styles"],"authors":["Andrew Ravens"],"entities":[{"id":"Q83816","name":"A.J. Styles","type":"person"},{"id":"Q140972469","name":"Avery Styles","type":"person"}],"story":"st_xu23mrmfbdrxuetsj7tq","category":"arts-culture-entertainment","category_p":0.6600000262260437,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.03999999910593033,"political":0.03999999910593033}]}