AJ Styles recently signed a new multi-million dollar, multi-year contract extension with WWE that is believed to be worth over $3 million per year in addition to his travel costs. He signed the deal before becoming a free agent because WWE didn’t want him to entertain other offers.
Dave Meltzer reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that AEW didn’t make overtures to Styles before he decided to re-sign with WWE. The reason for that is due to WWE signing him before he could legally talk to other promotions.
Styles’ new WWE deal puts him up there with the top stars in the company. He would be behind Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, Ronda Rousey and Randy Orton, so around the same level as Edge, Goldberg, The Miz and Kevin Owens. It was also noted that Styles is making above what Owens recently re-signed for. Rollins will likely hit that level with his next deal.
Styles did talk with AEW when his original WWE contract was going to expire.