On the May 31st edition of Friday Night SmackDown AJ Styles recreated one of the most iconic moments in WWE history.

The former WWE Champion donned a pastel blue blazer and took to the ring to cut a heartfelt promo about his need to spend more time with his family. With tears in his eyes Styles stated:

“This past week, my son graduated high school, and I got to be there. We had his graduation party at my house, and it was beautiful. So many friends and family were there.

“It was literally at that point, clarity hit me upside the head — ‘How many of these have I missed?’ So instead of being the Phenomenal AJ Styles, maybe I stay at home and be a phenomenal father.”

He then brought out his Backlash opponent Cody Rhodes and thanked him for giving him the match of life in front of an electric crowd before handing over the keys to the house that AJ Styles built.

“Before I came out here to do what I got to do, I just wanted to look you in the eyes, face-to-face, and tell you I had one of the greatest matches I’ve ever had at Backlash in Lyon, France

“The crowd was electric. And if I was going to have one last match, that would be it. But just so you know, this is still the house that AJ Styles built. And I called you out here to hand you the keys.”

The segment instantly drew comparisons to Mark Henry’s fake retirement speech back in 2013 and now he has responded to the viral moment.

What did Mark Henry think of AJ Styles’ fake retirement segment on WWE SmackDown?

Taking to social media, Mark Henry had nothing but praise for Styles’ execution of a segment he made famous.

”…..well done AJ 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 @BustedOpenRadio @WWE”