Aj Styles :Splended Wrestler

In wrestling

Styles performing a dropkick on Matt Morgan. Styles prepares to perform a Styles Clash on Sheik Abdul Bashir. Styles participating in an Ultimate X match

• Finishing moves
  • Figure four leglock^[119] – 2010–present; adopted from Ric Flair
  • Flying armbar^[120] – 2008–2009
  • Frog splash^[121] – 2003–2006; used rarely as a finishing move thereafter
  • Spiral Tap^[122] (Corkscrew somersault transitioned into either a leg drop or a senton bomb) - 2001-2008; used rarely thereafter
  • Styles Clash ^[3] (Belly to back inverted mat slam,^[123] sometimes from the second rope)^[2]
  • Superman (Springboard 450° splash)^[2]

• Signature moves
  • Brainbuster,^[2] sometimes onto the ring apron^[124]
  • Cliffhanger (Crucifix hold flipped forward into a DDT)^[2]
  • Discus clothesline^[2]
  • Dropkick^[2]
  • Enzuigiri^[2]
  • Inverted STF^[2]
  • Over the shoulder belly to back piledriver^[2]
  • Pelé Kick^[117][125] (Back flip kick)
  • Phenomenon^[2] / Stylin' DDT^[126] (Springboard moonsault onto a standing opponent floated over into an inverted DDT)
  • Rack Bomb^[127] (Backbreaker rack twisted into a powerbomb)
  • Reverse frankensteiner^[123]
  • Running swinging neckbreaker^[2]
  • Shooting Styles Press^[117] (Springboard shooting star press)
  • Spine Breaker^[2] (Backbreaker followed by a gutbuster)^[2]
  • Springboard flying forearm smash^[128]
  • Standing senton bomb^[123]
  • Starmaker^[2] (High-angle belly to back suplex)
  • Styles Suplex Special^[2] (German suplex followed into a belly to back wheelbarrow facebuster)
  • Stylin' Crab^[2] (Boston crab)
  • Tornado DDT^[129]
  • Vertical suplex lifted and dropped into a neckbreaker slam^[2]

• With Christopher Daniels
  • Best Moonsault Ever by Daniels followed directly by a frog splash by Styles or vice versa^[117]

• With Tomko
  • Tornado-Plex^[130] (Aided snap swinging neckbreaker)

• With Air Paris
  • Catching hip toss into a double powerbomb^[123]
  • Double belly to back wheelbarrow facebuster^[123]

• Managers
  • Jeff G. Bailey^[131]
  • Mortimer Plumtree^[132]
  • Larry Zbyszko^[2]
  • Alexis Laree^[133]
  • Vince Russo^[134]
  • Trinity^[135]
  • Jimmy Hart^[2]
  • Mick Foley^[2]
  • Sting^[2]
  • Ric Flair^[85]

• Nicknames
  • "The Phenomenal" A.J. Styles^[4]
  • "The Most Decorated Man in TNA"^[4]
  • "A.J. "Stylin' and Profilin'" Styles"^[136]
  • "The Prince of Phenomenal"^[4]
  • "Mr. TNA"^[4]
  • "Prince A.J."^[4]
  • "The New Nature Boy"^[137]
  • "The Phenomenal One"^[4]
  • "T.N.A.J. Styles"

• Entrance themes
  • "I Am" by Dale Oliver^[138] (TNA)
  • "I Am (Phenomenal Remix)" by Dale Oliver
  • "I Am (Heel Remix)" by Dale Oliver (TNA / NJPW)
  • "I Am (Third Remix)" by Dale Oliver
  • "Get Ready to Fly" by GRITS^[139]
  • "Also sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss^[138] (ROH)
  • "Touched" by VAST^[138] (ROH)
  • "Wherever I May Roam" by Metallica^[138] (ROH)

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

Styles with Tomko as TNA World Tag Team Champions Styles as TNA World Heavyweight Champion Styles with the TNA Television Championship Styles entering the Impact! Zone as the TNA Television Champion

• All Access Wrestling
  • AAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[2]
• Ballpark Brawl
  • Natural Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[140]
• Christian Wrestling Federation / Christian Wrestling Entertainment
  • CWF/E Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[2][141]
• 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 (2 times)^{[142][143][144]}
• Independent Wrestling Revolution
  • IWR King Of The Indies Championship (1 time)^[145]
• Maximum Pro Wrestling
  • Max-Pro Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)^[4]
• Midwest Pro Wrestling
  • MPW Universal Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[2]
• New Korea Pro Wrestling Association
  • NKPWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[2]
• NWA Wildside
  • NWA Wildside Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[146]
  • NWA Wildside Television Championship (3 times)^[147]
• Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
  • PWG Championship (1 time) ^[148]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI Tag Team of the Year (2006)^[149] with Christopher Daniels
  • PWI ranked him #1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010^[111]
• Pro Wrestling Report
  • Tag Team of the Year (2006) with Christopher Daniels
• Ring of Honor
  • ROH Pure Wrestling Championship (1 time)
  • ROH Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Amazing Red
• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  • NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)^[151]
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Jerry Lynn (1), Abyss (1), and Christopher Daniels (2)
  • TNA Legends/Global/Television Championship (2 times, current)^[2]
  • TNA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[153]
  • TNA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tomko^[154]
  • TNA X Division Championship (6 times)^[155]
  • First TNA Triple Crown Champion (4 times)
  • First TNA Grand Slam Champion (2 times)
  • Mr. TNA (2003–2005)
  • TNA Match of the Year (2006) with Christopher Daniels vs. Homicide and Hernandez at No Surrender, September 24, 2006
  • TNA Match of the Year (2009) vs. Sting at Bound for Glory, October 18, 2009
  • TNA Tag Team of the Year (2006) with Christopher Daniels
• World Wrestling All-Stars
  • WWA International Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
  • Best Flying Wrestler (2005)
  • Best Wrestling Maneuver (2003) Styles Clash
  • Worst Worked Match of the Year (2006) TNA Reverse Battle Royal on TNA Impact!
  • 5 Star Match (2005) vs. Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels at Unbreakable on September 

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