AJ Styles

AJ Styles, born on June second, nineteen seventy-seven, is a renowned professional wrestler whose career spans nearly three decades. He first gained significant recognition in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he became a pivotal figure since the company's inception. Styles has held the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship three times. Notably, he was the inaugural titleholder of the X Division Championship, which he won six times, and he is celebrated as the first TNA Triple Crown and Grand Slam champion.

In addition to his success in TNA, Styles made a mark in Ring of Honor (ROH) from two thousand two to two thousand six, where he became the inaugural ROH Pure Champion. His international wrestling career includes significant achievements in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, and in Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro), where he held the RPW British Heavyweight Championship.

Styles first appeared in the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) in two thousand two but opted not to sign a developmental contract. He returned to WWE in two thousand sixteen, capturing the WWE Championship twice. His second victory in Manchester, England, marked him as the first wrestler to win the title outside North America. Styles' reign lasted three hundred seventy-one days, tying him with Randy Savage for the eighth-longest title reign in history. He has also won the WWE United States Championship three times, the WWE Intercontinental Championship once, and the World Tag Team Championship twice, making him a notable figure in both TNA and WWE as a Triple Crown and Grand Slam champion.

Throughout his illustrious career, Styles has headlined numerous pay-per-view events, including WrestleMania thirty-six – Night one and Bound for Glory on two occasions. He achieved the distinction of ranking atop the annual PWI five hundred in two thousand ten, becoming the first TNA wrestler to do so. Styles was voted PWI Wrestler of the Year three times between two thousand sixteen and two thousand eighteen and was named Wrestler of the Decade in two thousand twenty. His accolades include ten Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards, with Wrestler of the Year honors in two thousand fifteen and two thousand sixteen, and he was inducted into their Hall of Fame in two thousand seventeen. Styles is set to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame's class of two thousand twenty-six.