Originally published on ProWrestlingSheet.

AJ Styles has heard the rumblings from fans saying his return to Raw this week could have been more special ... and "The Phenomenal One" agrees.

During a Mixer stream on Wednesday, Styles first addressed the lack of creativity in returning from being "buried alive" with no changes to his character.

"The return could have been more," he said. "I've heard people talk about 'Well, I mean, you kinda just wasted it. AJ Styles was buried alive and he could have come back as a different character, in a different mood, a different look. Something different about AJ Styles. He came back and he was exactly the same as before he got buried.' I'm with you."

In case you missed it ... Styles returned to action Monday night on Raw, winning a Gauntlet Match to earn himself a spot in Sunday's Money in the Bank ladder match. It was the first we've seen of Styles since getting "buried" in the Boneyard Match against The Undertaker at WrestleMania.

Speaking on his stream, AJ theorizes that he was brought back to beef up the card for Sunday's pay-per-view. "I think circumstances had a lot to do with AJ Styles coming back when he did ... maybe we need some more star power in that match," he said. "Maybe that's what it was."

Styles joins Daniel Bryan, Rey Mysterio, Aleister Black, King Corbin and Otis in Sunday's ladder match taking place at WWE Headquarters.

Regardless of reasoning, Styles wishes he had a do-over. "I wish we could have waited," he said. "I think, if times would have been different, that would have been something that we went with."

Watch his comments in the video below (starting after the 12-minute mark).