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AJ Styles

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Allen Neal Jones (born June 2, 1977), better known by the ring name A.J. Styles (also formatted as AJ Styles), is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE on the Raw brand. He is best known for his 12-year tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2002–2014, along with his work in Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2002–2006 and 2014–2015, and in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) from 2014–2016 as a member and the third leader of Bullet Club. In the WWE Styles has also won the World Heavyweight Championship three times, the European, Intercontinental and Tag Team Championships once each and the WWE Hardcore Championship 13 times.

Styles made his professional wrestling debut in 1998, and briefly appeared in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001. He wrestled internationally before joining the NWA: Total Nonstop Action promotion – later renamed Total Nonstop Action – upon its foundation. While in TNA, Styles held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship three times and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice. He was also the inaugural TNA X Division Champion, a title he held six times. Styles is the first professional wrestler ever to complete the TNA Triple Crown Championship, and the TNA Grand Slam Championship. In 2010 he became the first ever TNA-contracted wrestler to be ranked 1 at the PWI 500.

In Ring of Honor (ROH), Styles won the ROH Tag Team Championship and the ROH Pure Championship. In March 2014, he signed a non-exclusive deal with New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and took the promotion's top championship, the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, in his first match with the company. Between TNA, ROH, and NJPW, Styles has held seven world championships and 23 championships. He has also held numerous championships on the independent circuit, including the PWG World Championship.

Styles first appeared in WWE (then the WWF) in 2002, but turned down a developmental deal he was offered with the company. He signed a multi-year contract with WWE 13 years later in November 2015, and made his return in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament.

Styles holds the distinction of being the first and only professional wrestler in history to compete in the NWA, WCW, the WWF/E, ROH, TNA, AAA, CMLL, W-1 and NJPW.

In Wrestling[]

  • Finishing moves
    • Calf Killer (WWE/TNA/NJPW/AAA/W-1) / Calf slicer (Independent circuit/ROH) – 2013–present
    • Figure-four leglock – 2009–10
    • Flying armbar – 2008–09
    • Frog splash – 2003–06
    • Spiral Tap (Corkscrew senton bomb)
    • Styles Clash (Belly-to-back inverted mat slam)
    • Superman (Springboard 450° splash)
    • Phenomenal Forearm (Springboard forearm smash) – 2016–present; used as a signature 1998–2016
  • Signature moves
    • Brainbuster, sometimes onto the ring apron
    • Discus clothesline
    • Diving knee drop
    • Fireman's carry facebuster
    • Frankensteiner, sometimes inverted or preceded by a kip-up
    • Hollow Point (Kneeling ganso bomb) – 2014–2015
    • Multiple DDT variations
      • Bloody Sunday (Lifting single underhook) – 2014–2016; adopted from Prince Devitt
      • Cliffhanger (Crucifix hold dropped into a)
      • Phenomenon/Stylin' DDT (Springboard moonsault onto a standing opponent transitioned into an inverted)
      • Tornado
    • Multiple kick variations
      • Drop, sometimes from the top rope
      • Enzuigiri
      • Pelé Kick (Backflip)
      • Spin
      • Super
    • Multiple suplex variations
      • Snap, sometimes into the turnbuckles
      • Starmaker (High-angle belly-to-back)
      • Styles Suplex Special (German followed by a belly-to-back wheelbarrow facebuster)
      • Vertical lifted and dropped into a neckbreaker slam
    • Muta Lock
    • Over the shoulder back-to-belly piledriver
    • Rack Bomb (Backbreaker rack dropped into a powerbomb)
    • Running swinging neckbreaker
    • Shooting Styles Press (Springboard shooting star plancha) – 2001–2005; used rarely thereafter
    • Sliding forearm smash
    • Spine Breaker (Backbreaker followed by a gutbuster)
    • Stylin' Crab (Modified Boston crab) – 2001–2002
    • Two punches followed by a shoot kick followed by a spinning backfist followed by a lariat – 2013–present
    • Ushigoroshi (Fireman's carry neckbreaker) – 2016–present
  • Managers
  • Nicknames
    • ​"The Phenomenal (One)"
    • "Mr. Money in the Bank"
    • "Mr. TNA"
    • "Prince"
    • "The Prince of Phenomenal"
    • "Stylin' and Profilin'"
    • "The New Nature Boy"
    • "The Lone Wolf"
    • "The Georgia Pitbull"
  • Entrance Themes
    • ​Ring of Honor
      • ​"Also sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss
      • "Touched" by VAST
      • "Wherever I May Roam" by Metallica
    • Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
      • ​"I Am" by Dale Oliver (2003–06)
      • "Get Ready to Fly" by GRITS (2007–14)
      • "Fortune 4" by Dale Oliver (used while a part of Fortune)
      • "I Am, I Am" (A.J. Styles '11 Remix) by Dale Oliver (2011)
      • "Evil Ways" by Blues Saraceno (June 2, 2013 – August 22, 2013)
    • New Japan Pro Wrestling
      • "Shot'Em" by [Q]Brick (used while a part of Bullet Club)
      • "Styles Clash" by Yonosuke Kitamura
    • WWE
      • ​"Phenomenal" by CFO$ (November 9, 2015 – present)
      • "Shot'Em" by [Q]Brick (used while a part of Bullet Club)


Championships and Accomplishments[]

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