AJ Styles Bio

Aj Styles Bio

Name                       :                     Allen Neal Jones

Ring Name              :                    AJ Styles

Birth Date               :                    2 June 1977

Birth Place              :                    North Carolina, USA  

 Mini Bio

Allen Neal Jones (conceived June 2, 1977), known by the ring name A.J. Styles (additionally adapted as AJ Styles), is an American expert wrestler who is presently marked to WWE on the SmackDown brand, where he is the current WWE World Champion in his first rule. Styles has for some time been viewed as one of the world's most prominent expert wrestlers.

Styles is generally known for his 11-year residency in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2002–2013. While in TNA, Styles held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship three times and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice. He was additionally the primary X Division Champion, a title he held six times. Styles is the principal proficient wrestler ever to finish the TNA Triple Crown Championship (five times) and the TNA Grand Slam Championship (two times). In 2010, Styles turned into the principal ever TNA-contracted wrestler to be positioned number one on Pro Wrestling Illustrated's yearly PWI 500 rundown. He at the same time showed up in Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2002–2006, winning the ROH World Tag Team Championship (with Amazing Red) and the ROH Pure Championship.

In 2014, he marked with New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in his first match with the organization, later turning into the pioneer of Bullet Club. He contended on the free circuit, winning titles, for example, the PWG Championship and the RPW British Heavyweight Championship, among numerous others.

Styles initially showed up in WWE (then the World Wrestling Federation, or the WWF) in 2002, however turned down a formative arrangement he was offered with the organization. He marked a multi-year contract with WWE fourteen years after the fact in January 2016, making his official introduction at that month's Royal Rumble pay-per-view occasion. Subsequent to showing up at his first WrestleMania that April, Styles featured numerous compensation per-sees on the way to winning his first WWE World Championship at Backlash in September.

 Full Bio 

Early life

Jones was conceived in Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. He experienced childhood in neediness with an oppressive, alcoholic father. He went to Johnson High School in Gainesville, Georgia, graduating in the class of 1996. He cleared out school (in Anderson, South Carolina, where he was on a fractional wrestling grant) to attempt proficient wrestling, entering an expert wrestling school since his companions were doing it and to see if he had a characteristic fitness for it. To supplement his pay, he worked by cutting yards and driving an ambulance.

Early profession

Jones was prepared by Rick Michaels and appeared in 1998. In the Georgia-based National Championship Wrestling advancement he wrestled as Mr. Olympia, a conceal wrestler, losing to Michael Brooks in his first match. By August 1999, he had won the advancement's Television Championship.

Free circuit

From 1999 to 2001, Styles contended in less prominent free advancements.

In December 1999, NCW converged with NWA Georgia to frame NWA Wildside, and Jones was renamed A.J. Styles. He showed up sporadically even in the wake of marking with NWA-TNA, and is a previous NWA Georgia Championship, having vanquished Rick Michaels for the title on December 22, 2001, at Christmas Chaos.

On October 26, 2001, Styles took part in All Pro Wrestling's King of Indies competition. He crushed Jardi Frantz in his first round match however was dispensed with by Christopher Daniels in the quarter finals the accompanying night.

On November 13, 2001, Styles appeared in X Wrestling Federation, contending in a fight regal against Christopher Daniels, Juventud Guerrera, Kid Krash, Billy Fives, Prince Iaukea, Psicosis and Quick Kick for the XWF Cruiserweight Championship, yet was unsuccessful in winning the title. Soon thereafter, Styles vanquished Josh Mathews in a match taped for XWF TV. The next night, Styles was crushed by Daniels, again in a match taped for the XWF TV program.

Styles appeared for Australian advancement World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA) on February 24, 2002, making his compensation per-view debut at WWA: The Revolution against Super Nova, Christopher Daniels, Low Ki, Shark Boy and Tony Mamaluke in a six-manner cruiserweight survival end match, in a losing exertion. On April 7, Styles would group with Chuck E. Disarray to face Jerry Lynn and Super Nova, in a losing exertion. On April 10, Styles confronted Lynn and Nova in a three-manner move, in a losing exertion. On April 12, Styles crushed Nova in a competition semi-last match at WWA: The Eruption for the WWA International Cruiserweight Championship. Styles would advance to the last soon thereafter in which he crushed Jerry Lynn to win the title, which he would clear soon after.

On March 2, Styles appeared in the East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA), entering the advancements sixth yearly Super 8 competition. He vanquished Xavier in the first round, and in addition The Amazing Red in his semi-finals match, however was crushed in the last by Donovan Morgan.

On June 15, Styles appeared in Game Changer Wrestling, entering the Jersey-J Cup competition. In the first round, Styles vanquished Qenaan Creed, he then advanced to the quarter-last, overcoming Colt Cabana. In the semi-last, he was crushed by Reckless Youth, and was wiped out from the tournament.

In October, Styles would go to the UK, appearing in the Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA) on October 13, enduring a misfortune to Jonny Storm in his presentation match at FWA: British Uprising. On October 15, Styles was vanquished in a FWA British Heavyweight Championship number one contender round robin challenge three-path match by Jerry Lynn and Doug Williams at FWA: Seasons Beatings. Soon thereafter, Styles vanquished Jody Fleisch in the same round robin challenge.

On November 1, Styles appeared in IWA: Mid-South, partaking in the advancements yearly Ted Petty Invitational competition, yet was vanquished by Christopher Daniels in the main round.

Big showdown Wrestling

Atlanta-based World Championship Wrestling (WCW) had watched Styles' and Paris' system in NWA Wildside, and offered each an agreement in mid 2001. Styles (renamed Air Styles) and Paris were put in a label group, "Air Raid". The group's contrivance saw both men dress in G-suits. Air Raid showed up on Thunder three times. The groups most remarkable WCW match happened on the March 5, 2001 scene of Nitro, in which they were gone into a competition for the recently made WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship. They were disposed of from the competition in the first round by the inevitable victors, Elix Skipper and Kid Romeo.

World Wrestling Federation appearances

Styles showed up for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF): on the January 26, 2002, scene of Metal, in a losing exertion against The Hurricane, and in a dim match preceding the January 27 scene of SmackDown!, where he was crushed by Rico Constantino. In April, Styles would be offered a formative arrangement by the WWF, where it would oblige Styles to migrate to Cincinnati, Ohio, where the Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA) formative domain was located, with Styles at last declining the arrangement, as the move would meddle with his better half's school plans. Despite this, Styles would wrestle one non-contracted match for HWA, on February 19 against Matt Stryker, in a losing effort.

Ring of Honor

Early years

tyles appeared in Ring of Honor (ROH) at its third appear, 2002's A Night of Appreciation, and rapidly turned into a principle eventer (e.g., performing in matches against Low Ki for the ROH World Championship at Honor Invades Boston). After neglecting to win the title, he turned into the primary holder of the "Number One Contender's Trophy", which was seen inside the advancement as an auxiliary title, at the time. At the One Year Anniversary Show in February 2003, Styles went up against Low Ki and Paul London in a three-manner match, which was won by London. After this, Styles contended independent from anyone else and crushed The Backseat Boyz (Johnny Kashmere and Trent Acid), The S.A.T. (Jose Maximo [Julio Ramirez] and Joel Maximo [Kelvin Ramirez]), and The Carnage Crew (HC Loc and Tony DeVito) to get a title shot. He picked Amazing Red as his accomplice, and the two vanquished The Prophecy (Christopher Daniels and Xavier) for the championship. Styles then fought with London, who was disturbed that he had picked Red as his accomplice, wrestling to a draw at Night of the Grudges. Styles and Red then crushed the Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) on three separate events, yet lost to The Prophecy. At Wrath of the Racket, Christopher Daniels and Dan Maff put Red out of activity and Styles picked Homicide as his substitution accomplice. Styles and Homicide beat The Prophecy, however Styles needed to empty the title because of Red being sidelined.

After his rule as ROH Tag Team Champion, Styles took Jimmy Rave as his protégé and endeavored to wind up the ROH World Champion, vanquishing Bryan Danielson at Main Event Spectacles to end up the main contender. At War of the Wire, Styles unsuccessfully tested Samoa Joe for the title. He then crushed Rave, Matt Stryker, and CM Punk in a one night competition at the Second Anniversary Show to wind up the primary ROH Pure Wrestling Champion. Styles vanquished Punk in a rematch with Ricky Steamboat as the visitor official best case scenario for his last match for ROH in 2004, as TNA pulled back the greater part of its contracted wrestlers from all ROH occasions and ROH emptied his title.

Fight with Jimmy Rave

Styles came back to Ring of Honor at the Third Anniversary Celebration: Part Two to wrestle Jimmy Rave, who blamed him for taking the Styles Clash (which he called the Rave Clash) from him, however he was unsuccessful in overcoming Rave. During his quarrel with Rave and The Embassy, Styles shaped a cooperation with Generation Next, who were likewise fighting with The Embassy. At Glory by Honor IV, Styles crushed Rave with Mick Foley in his corner, with the stipulation that the washout could no more utilize the Rave/Styles Clash in Ring of Honor. At This Means War, he vanquished Generation Next pioneer Austin Aries, who was assaulted by The Embassy taking after the appear. At Vendetta, Styles had his last match against The Embassy when he, alongside Austin Aries, Jack Evans and Matt Sydal were vanquished by Rave, Shelley, Abyss and Prince Nana in an eight-man tag match.

Taking after his quarrel with The Embassy, Styles set his sights on winning a title. At A Night of Tribute, Styles confronted Christopher Daniels and Sydal in a triple risk match, which Daniels won. On the main show of 2006, Styles wrestled and vanquished Sydal. Taking after the match, the two consented to frame a label group and test for the ROH Tag Team Championship, which were held by Sydal's Generation Next partners Austin Aries and Roderick Strong. Before getting a shot at the label group title, Styles got a shot at the ROH World Championship when he was handpicked by Danielson, yet he was unsuccessful. At the Fourth Anniversary Show, Styles and Sydal got their shot at the Tag Team Championship, however were not able thrashing the champions.

After a nonappearance, Styles returned at Death Before Dishonor IV, overcoming Davey Richards. Styles returned at Time to Man Up, losing to Samoa Joe. In a pre-taped promo, Styles said he would take a while off from ROH taking after the match. ROH analysts, nonetheless, persistently alluded to the match as his last match and even played an uncommon tribute to him after it.

Add up to Nonstop Action Wrestling

NWA World Heavyweight Champion

In May 2002, Styles was marked to a non-restrictive contract by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He showed up on the primary week after week TNA pay-per-view, cooperating with Jerry Lynn and Low Ki and losing to The Flying Elvises (Jorge Estrada, Sonny Siaki and Jimmy Yang). The next week, Styles vanquished Lynn, Low Ki and Psicosis in a twofold end match to end up the inaugural TNA X Division Champion. He won a second title on the third TNA pay-per-view, collaborating with Lynn and overcoming Lenny Lane and Bruce in the finals of a competition for the empty NWA World Tag Team Championship. Styles effectively guarded both his titles in the next weeks, yet started to quarrel with the veteran Lynn amid their matches together. On August 7, Styles lost the X Division title to Low Ki in a three-manner move likewise including Lynn. The next week, he and Lynn battled Ron Killings and Jeff Jarrett to a no-challenge, and the Tag Team Title was held-up as a result. The next week, he and Lynn battled each other in a Falls Count Anywhere coordinate (which was won by Lynn), a No Disqualification match (which was won by Styles) and a ten-minute Iron Man match, which finished in a draw after both men scored three pinfalls. On August 28, Low Ki safeguarded the X Division Championship against Lynn and Styles in a step match and lost his title to Lynn. Recruiting Mortimer Plumtree and Sonny Siaki as partners, Styles kept on fighting with Lynn in progressive weeks. On October 23, he crushed Syxx-Pac for the X Division Championship, yet lost the title to Lynn on November 6 and attempted unsuccessfully to recover it all through the rest of the year.

In 2003, Styles started concentrating on the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. In the wake of crushing David Flair on January 15 to wind up the main contender, Styles enrolled the assistance of Larry Zbyszko and related himself with Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme (S.E.X.) stable. Styles confronted NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett on February 19, yet was defeated. over the span of the match, Styles turned into a fan top choice, assaulting S.E.X. as they attempted to meddle for his sake since he would not like to win in that way.

Styles quickly cooperated with D'Lo Brown, however disbanded for their reality title yearnings, testing each other on June 4 in a main contendership match which was won by Styles. Styles crushed Jarrett and Raven in a three-manner match for the Heavyweight Championship (turning into the main TNA Triple Crown victor simultaneously) on June 11 with help from Russo, turning into a heel. Throughout July 2003, Styles effectively protected his title in matches against Brown and a bunch determination of rivals before losing the title to Jarrett on October 22. Following his misfortune, Styles returned to being a fan top pick, while Jarrett turned into a scalawag. On November 12, he collaborated with Sting to overcome Jarrett and Lex Luger, however his offer for the title on December 3 was unsuccessful because of obstruction from Kid Kash.

Styles fought with Jeff Jarrett and Abyss all through January, and on February 4, 2004 after Styles requested a title shot, Jarrett's partner Don Callis constrained him to group with Abyss in a match with the NWA World Tag Team Champions, Kevin Northcutt and Legend, which Styles' won, regardless of being relinquished by Abyss. The next week, Styles vanquished Abyss in a match for both label group titles by exclusion after Jarrett meddled. His triumph was upset by Callis, prompting another match the next week which was won by Abyss after Lex Luger meddled, therefore conceding Abyss control of both titles. On March 17, Abyss vanquished Styles to end up the main contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Russo allowed Styles title steel confine match against Jarret on April 21, where he won his second world title. He effectively shielded the title in matches with Ron Killings, Raven and Chris Harris, and on May 19 he guarded against every one of the three men in a four-manner title match. Styles lost his title to Killings after Jarrett meddled in the match, hitting him with a guitar.

X Division Champion

Styles came back to the X Division presently, winning a four-route match to wind up the main contender to the X Division Championship on the June 4 scene of Impact!. On June 9, he vanquished Frankie Kazarian to end up a three-time X Division Champion. In the next weeks, Styles quarreled with Kid Kash and Dallas, while effectively shielding his title in matches with Kazarian and Mr. Águila. An extra match on June 23 with the appearing Jeff Hardy was hindered by Kash and Dallas. On July 28, he shielded the title against Kazarian and Michael Shane in a Ultimate X match. After Kash hit Styles with a brace, Shane and Kazarian all the while recovered the belt and got to be co-X Division Champions. After a few unsuccessful endeavors to recapture the title, Styles battled Kash in various matches, finishing on September 8 in a tables match which was won by Styles. In October he started fighting with Petey Williams, at this point the TNA X Division Champion, and on November 7 at Victory Road, the primary regularly scheduled pay-per-view held by TNA, Styles neglected to recapture the title from Williams.

At Final Resolution, Styles won the X Division Championship for a fourth time in a Ultimate X match, vanquishing Chris Sabin and the authoritative champion Petey Williams. Styles confronted Christopher Daniels surprisingly on January 21, 2005, and in the wake of neglecting to thrashing him in ten minutes, fit the bill for a thirty-minute Iron Man match for the title at Against All Odds, where Styles crushed Daniels to hold his title after introductory tying and going into "sudden demise" rules. The quarrel amongst Styles and Daniels proceeded, and at Destination X on March 13, Styles lost the title to him in a Ultimate X Challenge additionally including Ron Killings and Elix Skipper.

In the wake of defeawting Abyss at Lockdown turn into the main contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, Styles won his third big showdown from Jeff Jarrett at Hard Justice, which he lost to Raven in a King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary. Styles then entered the TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament, which conceded the victor a shot at the X Division Championship. Styles crushed Matt Bentley in the quarter-finals and Petey Williams in the semi-finals, however lost to Samoa Joe at Sacrifice. As Christopher Daniels (the supreme X Division champion) had meddled in the match, TNA Director of Authority Larry Zbyszko added Styles to the resultant title session. At Unbreakable, Styles crushed Samoa Joe and Daniels in a fundamentally commended three-path match to wind up the TNA X Division Champion for a fifth time.

At Bound for Glory, Styles effectively guarded the title against Christopher Daniels in the second thirty-minute Iron Man. The next month at Genesis, Styles effectively protected the title against Petey Williams.  Styles then began a quarrel with Joe, asserting that he had broken the unwritten "code of the X Division" by mercilessly beating Daniels. At Turning Point, Styles lost the X Division Championship to Joe. Styles was unsuccessful in holding the title in a triple risk matche, additionally highlighting Daniels, at Against All Odds, and in a Ultimate X match at Destination X, which Daniels won. After Daniels lost the belt back to Samoa Joe, Styles joined Daniels to test America's Most Wanted for the NWA World Tag Team Championship. In the wake of losing to America's Most Wanted in title matches on two events, Styles and Daniels won the NWA World Tag Team Championship at Slammiversary. They effectively held against The Latin American Xchange (Homicide and Hernandez) (LAX) at Hard Justice, just to lose the title to them in a Border Brawl on the August 24 scene of Impact!. They recovered the title at No Surrender, yet dropped them back to LAX at Bound for Glory in a Six Sides of Steel match.

On the November 2 scene of Impact!, Styles stuck Chris Sabin to start his 6th rule as the new X Division Champion. The match was likewise the quarter-finals of the Fight For The Right competition for number one contendership to Sting's NWA World Heavyweight Championship; Styles won the semi-last match on the November 9 Impact! however, was stuck in the finals by Abyss. On the November 16 scene of Impact!, Styles lost the X Division Championship to Daniels in a three-manner match when Daniels scored the rollup pinfall on Sabin. At Genesis, Styles lost to Christian Cage, which Styles faulted for Daniels, who had attempted to mediate on his behalf.

He next fought with Rhino for endeavoring to accommodate him with Daniels. At Turning Point, Styles beat Rhino, and on the December 22 scene of Impact!, Styles and Samoa Joe crushed Rhino and Kurt Angle. Rhino then vanquished Styles in a Last Man Standing match at Final Resolution and at Destination X in an Elevation X match.

Cooperating with Tomko and TNA Front Line

Styles adjusted to Christian Cage for Lockdown, framing Team Cage (later Christian's Coalition), who were crushed by Team Angle at Lockdown. Styles cooperated with Tomko to face Sting and Abyss at Victory Road, yet were defeated. At No Surrender, Styles and Tomko won a ten-label group gauntlet match to win a label group title match at Bound for Glory against Team Pacman (Ron Killings and Adam Jones), where they vanquished them to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship. They effectively safeguarded against LAX on the November 1 scene of Impact!, and at Genesis, against The Steiner Brothers (Scott and Rick Steiner). Later that night, Styles and Tomko accidentally cost Christian his match and aided Kurt Angle hold his championship. Over the following couple of weeks, Styles attempted to pick amongst Cage and Angle, until at last settling on Angle at Final Resolution, where he joined The Angle Alliance.

In February 2008, Styles was, in storyline, wedded to Karen Angle. Meanwhile, Styles and Tomko lost the World Tag Team Championship to Kaz and Super Eric. With Kurt continually blaming Styles and Karen for an undertaking and both denying anything past kinship, Styles quit the Alliance. In countering, Tomko cost Styles his King of the Mountain qualifying match against Booker T. At Slammiversary, Styles vanquished Kurt, yet was beat-around Kurt and his previous label group accomplice Tomko after the match. The fight proceeded through Hard Justice, with Styles and Angle exchanging wins and, on the accompanying scene of Impact!, he crushed Angle for his Olympic gold medal. Styles likewise won the rematch step coordinate the next week, finishing the quarrel, however he was later requested that give Angle back his gold award by Jeff Jarrett, with an end goal to attempt to retouch things with Angle.

At Bound for Glory IV, Styles confronted Christian Cage and Booker T in a three-manner match in which Booker T won. Shortly after that, Booker T, Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash and Sting framed The Main Event Mafia, and Styles collaborated with Samoa Joe to battle them. On the October 30 scene of Impact!, Styles and Joe shaped a group of more youthful wrestlers known as The TNA Front Line to battle the Mafia, while the Mafia enlisted Scott Steiner. Styles tested Sting for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Turning Point, and again in an eight-man label group match at Final Resolution, however was unsuccessful each time. On the January 22, 2009, scene of Impact!, Angle promised to end Styles' profession and soon thereafter beat Styles in a tables match, where Styles was (kayfabe) injured.

At Against All Odds, Styles returned, assaulting Booker T and taking his TNA Legends Championship. Styles crushed Booker T to end up Legends Champion (and the primary TNA Grand Slam Champion) at Destination X, and he held in a rematch at Sacrifice. At Slammiversary, Styles contended in the King of the Mountain match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, however was unsuccessful after Samoa Joe turned on Front Line and calculated win. Nash won Styles' Legends Championship at Victory Road. Following the misfortune, Styles started a "Best of Three Series" against Matt Morgan for section into the TNA World Heavyweight Championship match with Sting and Kurt Angle at Hard Justice. He won the primary match, however lost the accompanying two, bringing about Morgan progressing to Hard Justice.

TNA World Heavyweight Champion and Fortune

On the August 20 scene of Impact!, Styles was talked out of resigning by Sting, who said he had picked Styles to lead after him. At No Surrender, Styles won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a five-manner match against Matt Morgan, Sting, Hernandez, and guarding champion Kurt Angle. At Bound for Glory, Styles held his title against Sting, finishing his undefeated streak at Bound for Glory in the process. Styles was bafflingly assaulted by an unknown aggressor backstage persuading it was Samoa Joe or Daniels, both of whom he confronted the next month at Turning Point to hold his TNA World Heavyweight Championship. He proceeded to effectively protect his title against Desmond Wolfe on the December 10 scene of Impact!, against Daniels at Final Resolution, against Angle on the January 4, 2010 scene of Impact!, and against Tomko, who had been uncovered as his secret assailant, on the January 14 scene of Impact!. At Genesis, Styles turned heel and crushed Angle in a Last Chance match with help from Ric Flair. On the January 21, scene of Impact!, Flair reported that he had adjusted himself to Styles and dedicated Styles "the New Nature Boy". On the same scene, Hulk Hogan declared a Genesis rematch, where if Flair somehow managed to meddle, Styles would be stripped of the title and granted to Angle. Amid the match, Angle connected his mark move, the Ankle Lock, on Styles, who turned around it and connected the same move to Angle, when all of a sudden arbitrator Earl Hebner, paid off by Flair, required the ringer despite the fact that Angle did not submit. At Against All Odds, Styles held his title against Samoa Joe, with assistance from Flair, in a match refereed by Eric Bischoff. On the March 8 scene of Impact!, Styles collaborated with Ric Flair in a label group match, in a losing exertion against Abyss and Hulk Hogan. Styles guarded his title against Abyss at Destination X in a match that went to no challenge, after Abyss chokeslammed Styles through the ring. At Lockdown, Styles effectively protected his title against D'Angelo Dinero in a steel confine match. The next day on Impact!, Styles dropped the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Rob Van Dam, finishing his rule at a then-record 211 days.

Styles confronted Van Dam in a rematch at Sacrifice, however was vanquished again. With these inadequacies, Flair received Kazarian as his most up to date protégé. Styles got to be desirous and attempted to awe his tutor; in the wake of neglecting to thrashing Jay Lethal, Flair requested him to go home. At Slammiversary VIII, Styles endeavored to win Flair back by crushing Lethal, however lost again. On the accompanying scene of Impact!, Ric Flair, who had adjusted himself to Styles, Desmond Wolfe, Kazarian, Robert Roode and James Storm, reported that he would change the Four Horsemen under the new name Fourtune, expressing that each of them would need to win their spots in the group. Styles and Kazarian earned their spots by overcoming Samoa Joe and Rob Terry due to outside obstruction from Desmond Wolfe. On the July 22 scene of Impact!, Styles vanquished Terry to win the Global Championship (in the past the Legends Championship), for the second time. The next week, Styles renamed the title the TNA Television Championship. Fourtune (soon renamed Fortune) then fought with EV 2.0; at No Surrender, Styles crushed EV 2.0 pioneer Tommy Dreamer in a non-title "I Quit" match, in spite of the fact that Fortune were vanquished in a Lethal Lockdown match by EV 2.0 at Bound for Glory. On the accompanying scene of Impact!, Fortune framed a union with Hulk Hogan's and Eric Bischoff's new steady, Immortal. At Turning Point, Fortune vanquished EV 2.0 in a ten-man label group match and, therefore, EV 2.0's Sabu was discharged from TNA. The next month at Final Resolution, Styles lost the Television Championship to Douglas Williams, who had turned on Fortune. On the February 3, Fortune turned face by assaulting Immortal, when they meddled in a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match between Mr. Anderson and Jeff Hardy. Ric Flair, who did not partake in Fortune's swing because of a harm, returned on the February 17 scene of Impact!, turning on Fortune amid a match amongst Styles and Matt Hardy and bouncing to Immortal. Styles confronted Flair and Hardy in a three-manner road battle on March 10, where Styles was stuck by his previous tutor, with help from Hardy. At Victory Road, Styles vanquished Hardy in a singles match, notwithstanding obstruction from Flair.

On the accompanying scene of Impact!, Styles was sidelined with a storyline damage after Flair harassed Ray powerbomb him off the passageway stage through a table. Styles made his arrival on April 17 at Lockdown, assaulting Bully Ray and helping Fortune rout Immortal. He then fought with Tommy Dreamer, who joined Immortal to spare his job; Ray cost Styles his match against Dreamer at Sacrifice by hitting him with a chain. On the May 26 scene of Impact Wrestling, Styles and Daniels vanquished Ray and Dreamer in a no exclusion Street Fight, with Styles sticking Dreamer to vindicate his misfortune at Sacrifice. The quarrel finished at Slammiversary IX, where Ray crushed Styles in a Last Man Standing match. Styles then vanquished kindred Fortune part Christopher Daniels in the headliner of Destination X. After weeks of requesting a rematch, Styles at last conceded Daniels one on the September 1 scene of Impact, where Daniels won. After the match, Daniels declined to shake hands with Styles. At Bound for Glory, Styles crushed Daniels in an "I Quit" match. After overcoming Daniels again on the November 10 scene of Impact, Styles went into a fight with TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode, neglecting to catch the title at Turning Point,  tying him in an Iron-Man Match at Final Resolution, yet losing the sudden-passing sudden death round on the accompanying Impact.

Amid the accompanying scenes of Impact, Styles and Kazarian, the last two individuals from Fortune, made it to the finals of the Wild Card Tournament. During the last match against Magnus and Samoa Joe on the January 5, 2012, scene of Impact, Kazarian surrendered Styles and adjusted himself to Christopher Daniels, viably finishing Fortune.

Come back to ROH

Styles vanquished Roderick Strong in his arrival match on the January 4, 2014 taping of Ring of Honor Wrestling, and got triumphs over Jay Lethal at the twelfth Anniversary Show and Chris Hero at the Flyin' High event. At All Star Extravaganza VII, he turned into the main contender for the ROH World Championship by winning a four-way coordinate including Adam Cole, Michael Elgin, and Roderick Strong. He unsuccessfully tested champion Jay Lethal at Final Battle.

Styles showed up before he started working for WWE at ROH's TV recordings in Duluth, Georgia on January 23, 2016. At the recordings, Styles was hindered by Jay Lethal and The House of Truth, trailed by Roderick Strong. A following fight saw Styles' previous Bullet Club stablemates Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson and The Young Bucks (who had discharged Styles from the stable a little more than two weeks earlier) help him against different individuals from the ROH program. Toward the end of the appear, Styles continued to join Bullet Club in a gathering embrace, reflecting the acclaimed 1996 WWF Madison Square Garden "Drapery Call".

Second come back to the autonomous circuit

Taking after his takeoff from TNA, Styles would start taking autonomous appointments without precedent for a long time, tolerating however many dates as could reasonably be expected and all the more frequently. Amid his second keep running on the free circuit, he contended in different nations around the globe, most outstandingly England.

On March 1, 2014, Styles showed up for English advancement, Preston City Wrestling, losing to British wrestler Lionheart in the headliner. Taking after the match, Styles gave Lionheart the Styles Clash, amid which Lionheart despicably tucked his jaw, bringing about him arriving on top of his head and honestly breaking his neck.

On February 8, Styles came back to CZW following 11 years, vanquishing CZW World Heavyweight Champion Drew Gulak through preclusion, which implied that Gulak held his title.

In August, Styles came back to PWG following 11 years, partaking in the advancements yearly Battle of Los Angeles competition, where he made it to the quarterfinals before losing to Roderick Strong by means of disqualification.

On March 11, 2015, Styles vanquished John Hennigan to win the FWE Heavyweight Championship in a best of three falls match two tumbles to one; Hennigan won the principal fall in the wake of hitting Starship Pain, however Styles made Hennigan tap out to the Calf Killer presently to score fall number two, and at last Styles stuck Hennigan taking after a Styles Clash to catch the belt.

On June 14, Styles caught the Revolution Pro Wrestling British Heavyweight Championship, overcoming Marty Scurll at Summer Sizzler for the belt.

In September, Styles made his presentation for Chikara, when he cooperated with kindred Bullet Club individuals The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) in the 2015 King of Trios. The group made it to the finals of the three-day-long competition, yet were eventually vanquished by Team AAA (Aero Star, Drago and Fénix).

On January 14, 2016, Styles wrestled a match for 5 Star Wrestling in Sheffield, England, where he confronted Rey Mysterio, for the principal time. Styles stuck Mysterio with the Styles Clash.

On January 16, Styles came back to Revolution Pro Wrestling in London, England, losing the British Heavyweight Championship to Zack Saber Jr. Taking after the match, Styles cut a promo tending to his future and prodded entering the Royal Rumble match.

On February 5, Styles wrestled his last free match (which he had pre-booked before marking with WWE), crushing Corey Hollis at Georgia Premier Wrestling.

WWE

Following quite a while of hypothesis and WWE themselves covering the bits of gossip about Styles leaving NJPW for WWE, on January 20, 2016, it was affirmed that he had marked with WWE. Prior to marking, Styles had additionally had broad discourses with TNA and as indicated by them, Styles had consented to come back to the advancement with Bullet Club stablemates Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson, before being offered a "clear out arrangement" by WWE. After not being on WWE TV since his Metal match in 2002, Styles made his official presentation to WWE at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view amid the eponymous match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, entering at number three and getting a noisy ovation. Styles went ahead to wipe out Curtis Axel and Tyler Breeze, before being wiped out by Kevin Owens, enduring just shy of 28 minutes in the match.

Styles then entered a storyline with Chris Jericho, with the two trading triumphs on both Raw and SmackDown, which at last prompted an experience between the two at Fastlane, where Styles rose victorious. After Fastlane, Jericho and Styles framed a label group, named "Y2AJ", and went ahead to crush The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) in two non-title matches. This prompted a match for the WWE Tag Team Championship on the March 7 scene of Raw, which Y2AJ neglected to win, and after the match, Jericho turned on Styles and assaulted him, authoritatively finishing their team. The two accordingly meddled in each other's matches, prompting Styles testing Jericho to a match at WrestleMania 32, which Jericho at last acknowledged on the March 28 scene of Raw. However, at WrestleMania 32, Styles was vanquished by Jericho.

On the post-WrestleMania scene of Raw, Styles turned into the main contender for Roman Reigns' WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Payback, in the wake of crushing Kevin Owens, Jericho and Cesaro in a lethal four-manner match, sticking Jericho to end their feud. In the weeks that took after, Styles rejoined with previous Bullet Club stablemates Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson (later known as The Club), and a cooperation, which Styles at first denied, was teased. At Payback, he was in the long run vanquished by Reigns by means of pinfall after the match was restarted both times, in spite of Gallows and Anderson's interference. Styles got a rematch against Reigns at Extreme Rules in an Extreme Rules match, yet was unsuccessful because of obstruction from The Usos.

Taking after his misfortune at Extreme Rules, Styles invited back a returning John Cena, just to assault Cena with assistance from Gallows and Anderson, therefore turning heel in the process. This set up a match amongst Styles and Cena at Money in the Bank, which Styles won with assistance from The Club. At Battleground, The Club went up against Cena and Enzo Amore and Big Cass in a six-man label group mach, where they were defeated. During the 2016 WWE draft, Styles was drafted to SmackDown in the first round of picks, being the brand's second pick generally speaking, while Gallows and Anderson were drafted to Raw, along these lines part up The Club. Styles confronted Cena yet again at SummerSlam, vanquishing him at the event. After crushing Cena, Styles guaranteed himself to be the new face of the WWE and "the face that runs the place".

WWE World Champion

Because of his triumph at SummerSlam, Styles promptly re-entered the now renamed WWE World Championship picture and got another open door at the title at Backlash against champion Dean Ambrose. However, Styles' self-importance prompted Dolph Ziggler, who lost a title match over Ambrose likewise at SummerSlam, assaulting him and testing to a singles match, Styles won to keep the match being transformed into a triple risk coordinate additionally including Ziggler. At Backlash, Styles crushed Ambrose to end up the WWE World Champion without precedent for his career. On the September 13 scene of SmackDown Live, a returning John Cena intruded on Styles' message to the fans about getting to be WWE World Champion, and Cena tested Styles for the title. Senior member Ambrose additionally showed up and summoned his rematch provision. Thus, SmackDown Live Commissioner Shane McMahon made the headliner of No Mercy a Triple Threat match for the WWE World Championship between Styles, Ambrose and Cena.

Reception

Ace Wrestling Torch writer Michael Moore, in a 2016 article, noticed that Styles "has for quite some time been viewed as one of the best wrestlers in the world". In November 2012, IGN UK editorialist Matt Fowler positioned Styles at number 38 in his main 50 proficient wrestlers ever list.

Ayub Nouinou, a feature writer for The Independent, depicted him as the "crown gem" of TNA for over 10 years, before "applying his art" for NJPW and ROH, among others. Nouinou went ahead to express that Styles had "set up himself as one of the best abilities on the planet in the course of the most recent two years (2014 and 2015)" and noticed that, relating to Styles' 2016 WWE marking, "the expansion of Styles would need to be viewed as one of the best signings since the turn of the thousand years". Concerning's budgetary quality to WWE, Nouinou expressed that "there is most likely "The Phenomenal One" can be an immense draw for the organization in all offices – whether that be stock, TV appraisals or pay-per-view purchases". Nouinou likewise noticed the effect in which WWE director Vince McMahon's viewpoint on expert wrestlers that might be "too little", may have conceivably changed after the marking of Styles, expressing that "the procurement of Styles means an adjustment in McMahon's theory. Rather than adhering to the cliché perspectives of what a headliner whiz ought to appear as though, it appears like WWE may have acknowledged that both wrestling capacity and the capacity to engage ought to be organized above everything else". At long last, Nouinou made the expectation that "Styles can be the genius that points WWE into another era".

Gold medalist and industry veteran Kurt Angle put forth the accompanying expression in a February 2016 ESPN meeting with respect to Styles' wrestling capacity: "I would need to say the best wrestler I wrestled was AJ Styles. He's an exceptional ability, an uncommon breed...".

Individual life

Jones has been hitched to a teacher named Wendy since 1995. They have three children: Ajay Covell Jones (conceived May 3, 2005), Avery Jones (conceived February 14, 2007), and Albey Jones (conceived September 15, 2009), and additionally a little girl, Anney Jones (conceived October 8, 2014). The principal youngster's center name was taken from the last name of Jones' closest companion and kindred wrestler Christopher Daniels, whose genuine name is Daniel Covell. In 2010, Jones gained a substantial tattoo down the right side his middle which peruses "AJ 05-03-05 02-14-07 09-15-09", speaking to the initials and birth dates of his initial three children. In 2016, he included the birth date of his fourth tyke, perusing 10-08-14. The family lives in Gainesville, Georgia. Jones uncovered on TNA's legitimate site, the TNA home video discharge Phenomenal: The Best of A.J. Styles Volume 2, and in a meeting with New Zealand Pro Wrestling Journalists that he experienced childhood in a poor family and that they couldn't bear the cost of digital TV while he was growing up, which brought about him being not able watch proficient wrestling.

Religion

Jones is a faithful Christian, expressing that in his life, "It's God first and family second." He is a major fanatic of Christian hip bounce music, and gloats that he can "school any rapper" on the class' history. His most loved gatherings to listen to are the West Coast-based K2S, Lil' Raskull, FTF, and L.G. Insightful. While Jones was working for TNA, he met GRITS individuals Stacey "Espresso" Jones and Teron "Bonafide" Carter at Universal Studios Florida, TNA's previous essential TV taping area. Jones would turn out to be great companions with the twosome, to such an extent that he utilized their melody "Inspire Ready To Fly" for a long time as his second TNA signature tune and stays in contact with them right up 'til today.

Titles and achievements

All Access Wrestling

AAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Ballpark Brawl

Common Heavyweight Championship (3 times)

Christian Wrestling Federation/Entertainment

CWF/E Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Family Wrestling Entertainment

FWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Autonomous Professional Wrestling (Florida)

IPW Heavyweight Championship (4 times)

Autonomous Wrestling Association Mid-South

IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Ted Petty Invitational (2004)

Universal Wrestling Cartel

IWC Super Indies Championship (4 times)

Autonomous Wrestling Revolution

IWR King of The Indies Championship (1 time)

Most extreme Pro Wrestling

Max-Pro Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

Midwest Pro Wrestling

MPW Universal Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

New Japan Pro Wrestling

IWGP Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

New Korea Pro Wrestling Association

NKPWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

NWA Wildside

NWA Wildside Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

NWA Wildside Television Championship (3 times)

Pennsylvania Premiere Wrestling

PPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tommy Suede

Genius Wrestling Guerrilla

PWG Championship (1 time)

Genius Wrestling Illustrated

Label Team of the Year (2006) with Christopher Daniels

PWI positioned him #1 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 2010

Insurgency Pro Wrestling

RPW British Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Ring of Honor

ROH Pure Championship (1 time)

ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Amazing Red

ROH Pure Wrestling Championship Tournament (2004)

Add up to Nonstop Action Wrestling

NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)

NWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Jerry Lynn (1), Abyss (1), and Christopher Daniels (2)

TNA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

TNA Legends/Global/Television Championship (2 times)

TNA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Tomko (1) and Kurt Angle (1)

TNA X Division Championship (6 times)

Destined For Glory Series (2013)

Gauntlet for the Gold (2007 – Tag Team) – with Tomko

To start with TNA Triple Crown Champion (5 times)

To start with TNA Grand Slam Champion (2 times)

Quarrel of the Year (2005) versus Christopher Daniels

Finisher of the Year (2003) Styles Clash

Match of the Year (2006) with Christopher Daniels versus Manslaughter and Hernandez at No Surrender, September 24, 2006

Match of the Year (2009) versus Sting at Bound for Glory, October 18, 2009

Mr. TNA (2003–2005)

Label Team of the Year (2006) with Christopher Daniels

X Division Star of the Year (2004)

World Wrestling All-Stars

WWA International Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

5 Star Match (2005) versus Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels at Unbreakable on September 11

Best Flying Wrestler (2005)

Best Wrestling Maneuver (2003, 2015) Styles Clash

Most Outstanding Wrestler (2014, 2015)

Star Wrestling Match of the Year (2014) versus Minoru Suzuki on August 1

Most exceedingly awful Worked Match of the Year (2006) TNA Reverse Battle Royal on Impact!

Wrestler of the Year (2015)

WWE

WWE World Championship (1 time, current)