AJ Styles

[Necro]

Championships and accomplishments

• All Access Wrestling
  • AAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[27]
• Ballpark Brawl
  • Natural Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[432]
• The Baltimore Sun
  • WWE Male Wrestler of the Year (2016)[433]
  • WWE Best In-Ring Moment (2016) – Styles winning the WWE Championship[433]
• Christian Wrestling Federation/Entertainment
  • CWF/CWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[27][434]
• Family Wrestling Entertainment
  • FWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[435]
• Independent Professional Wrestling (Florida)
  • IPW Heavyweight Championship (4 times)[436]
• Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
  • IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[4]
  • Ted Petty Invitational (2004)[4]
• International Wrestling Cartel
  • IWC Super Indies Championship (4 times)[437][438][439]
• Independent Wrestling Revolution
  • IWR King of The Indies Championship (1 time)[440]
• Maximum Pro Wrestling
  • Max-Pro Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[4]
• Midwest Pro Wrestling
  • MPW Universal Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[27]
• New Japan Pro-Wrestling
  • IWGP Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[217][238]
• New Korea Pro Wrestling Association
  • NKPWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[27]
• NWA Wildside
  • NWA Wildside Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[441]
  • NWA Wildside Television Championship (3 times)[442]
• NWA: Total Nonstop Action/Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  • NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[443]
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Jerry Lynn (1), Abyss (1) and Christopher Daniels (2)[444]
  • TNA Legends/Global/Television Championship (2 times)[27]
  • TNA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[445]
  • TNA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Tomko (1) and Kurt Angle (1)[446]
  • TNA X Division Championship (6 times)[447]
  • First TNA Triple Crown Champion (5 times)
  • First TNA Grand Slam Champion (2 times)
  • Bound For Glory Series (2013)
  • Gauntlet for the Gold (2007 – TNA World Tag Team Championship) – with Tomko[448]
  • Feud of the Year (2005) vs. Christopher Daniels[449]
  • Finisher of the Year (2003) Styles Clash[450]
  • Match of the Year (2006) with Christopher Daniels vs. Homicide and Hernandez at No Surrender on September 24, 2006[451]
  • Match of the Year (2009) vs. Sting at Bound for Glory on October 18, 2009[452]
  • Mr. TNA (2003–2005)[4]
  • Tag Team of the Year (2006) with Christopher Daniels[451]
  • X Division Star of the Year (2004)[450]
• Pennsylvania Premiere Wrestling
  • PPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tommy Suede[453]
• Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
  • PWG World Championship (1 time)[454]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Match of the Year (2016) vs. John Cena at SummerSlam[455]
  • Tag Team of the Year (2006) with Christopher Daniels[456]
  • Most Popular Wrestler (2017, 2018)[457][458]
  • Wrestler of the Year (2016–2018)[455][459][460]
  • Wrestler of the Decade (2010s)[461]
  • Ranked No. 1 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 2010[462]
• Revolution Pro Wrestling
  • RPW British Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[463]
• Ring of Honor
  • ROH Pure Championship (1 time)[464]
  • ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Amazing Red[24]
  • ROH Pure Wrestling Championship Tournament (2004)[465]
• Rolling Stone
  • WWE Wrestler of the Year (2016)[466]
• World Wrestling All-Stars
  • WWA International Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[467]
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Best Flying Wrestler (2005)[468]
  • Best Wrestling Maneuver (2003, 2015) Styles Clash[469]
  • Most Outstanding Wrestler (2014–2016)[470][469][471]
  • Pro Wrestling Match of the Year (2014) vs. Minoru Suzuki on August 1[470]
  • Wrestler of the Year (2015, 2016)[469][471]
  • United States/Canada MVP (2018)[472]
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2017)[473]
• WWE
  • WWE Championship (2 times)[326][a]
  • WWE Intercontinental Championship (1 time)[474]
  • WWE United States Championship (3 times)[475]
  • WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament (2020)
  • Slammy Award (1 time)
    • Match of the Year (2020) vs. The Undertaker in a Boneyard match at WrestleMania 36

Themes:







Tribute:

 

[Adapting]

What a career. One of my favorites and one of the bests to do it.

 

[Marty McFourth]

I'm pissed he's being wasted in a Tag Match at Mania.

About to watch this banger again. Cena and Styles were made to feud together. These are the sort of matches I'm thinking about when I miss John. AJ is the type of guy that really should be in one of the marquee matches in the card. You put him in a singles contest with another relatively big guy, and it's another match that reels people in. This year he's going to be in some throwaway contest that likely doesn't go long. Just a shame, really.

 

[Chris]

I'm pissed he's being wasted in a Tag Match at Mania.

About to watch this banger again. Cena and Styles were made to feud together. These are the sort of matches I'm thinking about when I miss John. AJ is the type of guy that really should be in one of the marquee matches in the card. You put him in a singles contest with another relatively big guy, and it's another match that reels people in. This year he's going to be in some throwaway contest that likely doesn't go long. Just a shame, really.

Just look at it as him completing his grand slam/triple crown or whatever bc this is the only way he's getting a tag belt lol

 

[Marty McFourth]

Just look at it as him completing his grand slam/triple crown or whatever bc this is the only way he's getting a tag belt lol

I guess so.

I suppose when AJ does retire (whenever that may be) they will give him a huge match at WrestleMania. Who against? I'm not sure. I always wanted to see AJ and Rollins go at it, but I don't know how you get those two feuding. I just know I'd love to see that shit.

Their Money in the Bank match was TIGHT.

 

[Dale]

Crazy to think how successful he's been in the WWE, like he was legit the guy during that SmackDown run.

The tag run I just see as a fun little diversion, it's not like he's gonna be forgotten about and left at the bottom of the card.

 

[Marty McFourth]

Crazy to think how successful he's been in the WWE, like he was legit the guy during that SmackDown run.

The tag run I just see as a fun little diversion, it's not like he's gonna be forgotten about and left at the bottom of the card.

I often think about that too. I think of AJ as a WWE guy now, which is weird. He really came in to his own in the company. I was not expecting him to have such a long stint, I'll be honest.

Yeah, I guess I'm just impatient and want to see him doing bigger things all the time. I know that is unrealistic. At least he's conserving his body a bit more.

 

[Necro]

ROH Throwback: AJ Styles vs Paul London



Brock Lesnar vs. AJ Styles - Champion vs. Champion Match: Survivor Series 2017




AJ Styles vs Jerry Lynn: FULL MATCH (NWA-TNA PPV #20)




Bryan Danielson vs AJ Styles ROH




AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura – No Disqualification Title Match: WWE Backlash 2018




AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe vs Christopher Daniels (Turning Point 2009)




AJ Styles vs Adam Cole ROH




3 PHENOMENAL AJ Styles Matches in ROH
00:00 - AJ Styles vs Matt Sydal (Hell Freezes Over, 1/14/2006) 17:50 - AJ Styles vs Adam Cole (All-Star Extravaganza VI, 9/6/14) 49:06 - ROH World Championship: Jay Lethal (c) vs AJ Styles (Final Battle 2015, 12/18/2015)



CM Punk vs AJ Styles: Pure Championship Finals! FULL MATCH (ROH 2nd Anniversary)




Here are some matches.

 

[Marty McFourth]

Whenever AJ/Daniels/Joe worked together

Just pure gold.

 

[Necro]

AJ Styles vs Kaz Hayashi: FULL MATCH! (ROH Final Battle 2003)

 

[Necro]

 

[Marty McFourth]

Not going to lie I'm missing AJ have bigger matches on shows. I'm sure the tag matches are easier on his body but he still can go and I just hope he gets to put on some more banger marquee matches before he retires. I've been drifting away from him for a bit, not because I stopped being a fan but I'm just not overly invested in anything he's doing. At one point he was my favourite guy in TNA and WWE, so it obviously stings.

 

[Alexa]

I present you AJ in a random Country music video

 

[Alexa]

Essay about AJ's arc during the 24th G1 Climax, and in the video he makes a pretty good comparison about New Japan to Shonen Jump, which is pretty accurate.

 

[Chris]

8 years ago today, AJ Styles won what will most likely be his final TNA World Championship