Dave Meltzer recently reported that the reason AJ Styles had missed a few live events and was off TV last week was because he had a hernia, but that doesn't appear to be the case at all... at least, according to The Phenomenal One himself!
Another rumor doing the rounds was that Styles had sustained an injury, but anyone who saw the former WWE Champion in action last night on SmackDown LIVE would have a hard time believing that.
We may never know why AJ missed a few shows, but the important thing here is that we were all reminded of a very valuable lesson: Never take anything you hear from the dirtsheets as gospel!