The thing about AJ is that he, as Cornette pointed out when he first turned heel and became Flair Jr, is the exact opposite of Ric in almost every way. When he said this I immediately began to think about how the story would develop, my thoughts ran along the lines of AJ using Flair to learn how to carry himself as a champion (which is similar to the way WWE billed the Flair/Triple H relationship) before his own personality began to gain hold once more, Styles eventually becoming the new Ricky Steamboat going up against the real Flair apprentice, whoever that might turn out to be.