However, he was now about to be welcomed in the WWE as an established Superstar. Although he was eliminated by Kevin Owens, he entered the arena to a loud pop and was immediately established as the fan-favorite. But he formed a tag team partnership with Jericho to introduce Y2AJ to the world. Together, they took on The New Day. After multiple feuds, Styles was drafted to the SmackDown brand where he became the top Superstar.
He initiated a rivalry against the Authority which resulted in one of the best segments in his WWE run. The two fought for quite a long with most fans rooting for The Phenomenal One.
Styles also fought Mahal at Clash of Champions and retained the title. He was challenged by Shinsuke Nakamura for the title after the latter won the Royal Rumble. The two have shared history during their run in NJPW which makes their upcoming feud a dream match. AJ Styles then went on to defeat Nakamura on three different occasions at the Greatest Royal Rumble, Backlash in a no contest, and Money in the Bank in which he won in the last man standing match.
AJ Styles briefly had a feud with Samoa Joe. AJ Styles won the first meet-up at SummerSlam. Samoa Joe who was a heel went on to attack Wendy and bring his family into the feud.
He had a rematch at TLC but failed to regain the title. Styles finally had one final opportunity to get his title back but it was ruined by Randy Orton who eliminated AJ Styles inside the Elimination Chamber. This started a feud between the two. Styles left the company due to a hip injury. In April , Styles returned and he was quickly involved in a match to get hands at the Universal Championship.
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The following week, Styles came to Karen's rescue when she hit her head she was pushed by Kurt when she came out to check on him. Karen later revealed that she wanted a separation from Kurt. With Kurt constantly accusing Styles and Karen of seeing each other despite both vehemently denying anything beyond friendship, Styles snapped and quit the Alliance.
Styles turned into a face again on the May 29 episode of Impact! He then ran to the ring several minutes later to help Karen, only to be beat down by Team 3D and Kurt for the second week in a row. At Slammiversary , Styles defeated Kurt but was beat-down by Kurt and his former tag team partner Tomko after the match. The feud continued through Hard Justice , with Styles and Angle trading wins.
The episode after Hard Justice , he defeated Angle for his Olympic gold medal. Styles also won the rematch ladder match the following week, thus ending the feud. Later he was asked to give Kurt back his gold medal by Jeff Jarrett, in an effort to try to mend things with Kurt.
On the October 23 episode of Impact! On the October 30 episode of Impact! Later that night they were once again assaulted by the Main Event Mafia when Scott Steiner returned and joined them. The Frontline also had to deal with problems with The Motor City Machineguns, who showed little respect to the other members, and gang style attacks on members, such as Petey Williams, Brother Ray, and Samoa Joe, from the Mafia.
On the January 22, episode of Impact! Kurt Angle vowed to end Styles' career and later that night beat Styles in a tables match, where Styles was kayfabe injured. After doing so, he stole Booker T's Legends belt, then went on a rampage of weekly consecutive backstage sneak attacks on Booker T, which ended once Booker with Scott Steiner goaded him into trying the same in the ring in order to get him kayfabe arrested.
He won the first match, but lost the following two, resulting in Morgan advancing to Hard Justice. On the August 20 episode of Impact!
Styles came to the ring to announce his retirement because of his recent setbacks, but ended up being talked out of it by Sting, who said he had chosen Styles to carry the torch after him. Styles then went on to gain his place in the No Surrender main event in a tournament on the August 27 episode of Impact!
One month later at Bound for Glory , Styles retained his title against Sting, ending his undefeated streak at Bound for Glory in the process. Styles was mysteriously attacked by an anonymous assailant backstage leading him to believe it was Samoa Joe or Daniels, both of whom he faced the following month at Turning Point to retain his World Heavyweight Title in what was heavily hyped as the rematch from the Unbreakable main event, four years earlier.
On the December 10 episode of Impact! On the January 4 , , live three hour Monday night episode of Impact!
Styles' mystery attacker was revealed on the January 14, episode of Impact! After the match, he was assaulted by Tomko; Angle came to his rescue and offered a handshake, but Styles looked to Ric Flair at the commentary table and instead just exited the ring, hinting at a possible heel turn.
At Genesis , Styles turned heel and defeated Angle in a Last Chance match after hitting him with the title belt, while Ric Flair was distracting the referee. On the January 21, episode of Impact! On the same episode, Hulk Hogan announced that due to Ric Flair's interference in the Genesis match, Kurt Angle would get a rematch that same night, and if Flair were to interfere, Styles would be stripped of the title and awarded to Angle.
During the match, Angle applied his signature move, the Ankle Lock, on Styles. Styles reversed it and applied the same move to Angle, when suddenly referee Earl Hebner , paid off by Flair, called for the bell although Angle did not submit, essentially repeating the Montreal Screwjob.
On the March 8 Monday night episode of Impact! During this time, Styles began wearing Flair's signature style of robe to the ring and reverted to his old short trunks ring gear. Abyss won the match for his team by pinning Styles. The following week Styles was defeated by Hardy in a non-title match. The following month at Lockdown , Styles successfully defended his title against D'Angelo Dinero in a steel cage match.
The following day on Impact! On the May 3 episode of Impact! Styles invoked his rematch clause at Sacrifice, but was once again defeated by Van Dam. Styles quickly grew jealous of Kazarian and in trying to impress his mentor, first ruined a beatdown of Flair's most recent enemy, Jay Lethal, and the following week was pinned by him in a three-way match also involving Kazarian, after which Flair ordered him to go home and think about his future.
Ric Flair, who had aligned himself with Styles, Desmond Wolfe, Kazarian, Robert Roode and James Storm , announced that he would reform the Four Horsemen under the new name Fortune , stating that each of them would have to earn their spots in the group and that in order for Styles to earn his spot, he needed to become the Arn Anderson of the group.
The plan seemed to work as Styles and Kazarian were victorious due to outside interference from Desmond Wolfe and in the process earned themselves spots in Fortune. On July 13 at the tapings of the July 22 episode of Impact! Styles defeated Terry to win the Global Championship, formerly known as the Legends Championship, for the second time, after some assistance from Kazarian.
That same night Fortune's lineup was seemingly completed with the addition of Robert Roode and James Storm as the final two members of the group. However, on the August 12 episode of Impact! In the weeks leading to Bound for Glory , the stable's name was tweaked to Fortune to represent the expansion in the number of members in the group. On the December 23 episode of Impact! The match ended in a 1—1 draw, setting up another match at Genesis , where Styles would put his spot in Fortune on the line against Williams' title.
However, Styles was forced to pull out of the match, after suffering a legitimate hip injury, which was expected to sideline him for 6—8 weeks. Styles, who was replaced in the title match by Abyss, ended up interfering in the match and costing Williams the title. On January 31 at the tapings of the February 3 episode of Impact! Anderson and Jeff Hardy.
At the following day's tapings of the February 10 episode of Impact! Ric Flair, who did not take part in Fortune's turn due to a torn rotator cuff, returned at the February 14 tapings of the February 17 episode of Impact! On the March 10 episode of Impact! Styles was pinned by his former mentor following a low blow from him and a Twist of Hate from Hardy.
On the March 31 episode of Impact! On the May 5 episode of Impact! It was later revealed that Immortal had forced Dreamer to join them in order to save his job. After weeks of asking for a rematch, Styles finally granted Daniels one on the September 1 episode of Impact Wrestling , where Daniels managed to pick up the win.
After the match, Daniels refused to shake hands with Styles. On the September 22 episode of Impact Wrestling , Daniels refused to return the favor and give Styles a rematch, which eventually led to a brawl between the two.
When the two were finally separated from each other by Kazarian, Daniels kicked Styles in the groin, completing his heel turn. Two weeks later it was announced that, at Daniels' request, he and Styles would face each other at Bound for Glory in an "I Quit" match.
Styles and Roode wrestled a sudden death overtime period on the following episode of Impact Wrestling , where Roode managed to retain his title. During the following episodes of Impact Wrestling , Styles and Kazarian, the last two members of Fortune, made it to the finals of the Wild Card Tournament.
During the final match against Magnus and Samoa Joe on the January 5 , episode of Impact Wrestling , Kazarian abandoned Styles and aligned himself with Christopher Daniels, effectively ending Fortune. On the February 9 episode of Impact Wrestling , Kazarian, now seemingly a reluctant associate of Daniels, helped him defeat Styles in a singles match. On the February 23 episode of Impact Wrestling , Styles was attacked by Kazarian during his Television Championship match with Robbie E , which allowed Robbie to retain the championship.
On the following episode of Impact Wrestling , Kazarian defeated Styles in a gauntlet match; had Styles been successful, Kazarian would have to explain his alliance with Daniels. On the March 8 episode of Impact Wrestling , the returning Mr.
Anderson aligned himself with Styles to help him in his rivalry with Daniels and Kazarian. The rivalry continued on April 15 at Lockdown , where the two duos were on opposing teams in the annual Lethal Lockdown match. On the May 10 episode of Impact Wrestling , the returning Mr. Anderson aligned himself with Daniels to keep him from revealing Styles' secret, but changed his mind after learing what the secret was.
However, after the match, Angle turned on Daniels and Kazarian, saving Styles from a beatdown. Styles would go on to fail in his challenge against Bobby Roode, who, in the process, also broke the record for the longest reign as TNA World Heavyweight Champion. The following week, Styles defeated Daniels in the main event. The tape was abruptly cut short by Carter ending the show.
On the following episode of Impact Wrestling, Styles entered himself in the Bound for Glory Series, taking part in the opening gauntlet match, from which he was eliminated to Daniels.
On the June 21 episode of Impact Wrestling, Carter and styles revealed their secret; they were not having an affair, but were instead together helping an addicted pregnant woman named Claire Lynch overcome her problems. The following week, styles and Angle lost the TNA Tag team Championships to Daniels and Kazarian, after Kazarian, who had originally teased dissension with Daniels following the previous weeks reveal, hit Styles with a steel chair.
Following the match, Daniels admitted that Styles and Carter had told the truth about Claire, but claimed that they left out the part about Styles being the father of her unborn child. On the august 16 episode of Impact Wrestling, Styles again defeated Daniels in a Bound for Glory series match, and per the pre-match stipulations, earned the right to get a paternity test on Claire's baby. The following week it was revealed that Claire was never pregnant with her attorney revealing, Daniels' and Kazarian's plan to blackmail Styles, effectively ending the storyline.
On the August 30 episode of Impact Wrestling, Styles wrestled his final match in the Bound for Glory series, losing to Samoa Joe, which caused him to be eliminated from the tournament. On November 11 at Turning Point , Styles was pinned by James Storm in a three-way number one contenders match for the World Heavyweight Championship, also involving Bobby Roode, preventing him from receiving another title shot until Bound for Glory as per the pre-match stipulation set by General Manager Hulk Hogan two weeks prior.
On December 9 at Final Resolution , Styles was defeated by Christopher Daniels in what was billed as their "final match", after being hit by his own Styles Clash finisher. On the following week of Impoact Wrestling, Styles cut a promo, saying he was tired of doing the right thing and that he was going to do his own thing from there.
Beginning in February , TNA began airing videos at Styles' home interviewing his wife, a friend, and even attempting to interview Styles himself before he angrily forced them to leave. Styles, now sporting a beard, unkempt hair and all-black attire, returned to TNA on the March 14 episode of Impact Wrestling , where he saved James Storm from a post-match assault from Christopher Daniels and Kazarian before attacking Storm himself.
The following week, Styles was to explain his actions in an interview with Mike Tenay , and despite being asked by both Storm and Tenay, Styles remained mute and ultimately left the arena. Styles wrestled his return match on the April 18 episode of Impact Wrestling , defeating Storm via submission with his new Calf Killer submission hold.
Anderson announced that Styles would be patched in as member of their stable. The following week, Styles' first BFG series match with Samoa Joe ended in a time limit draw and as a result, both competitors received two points. On the July 4 episode of Impact Wrestling , Styles defeated old rival Kazarian via submission to earn an additional ten points in the tournament. On the August 29 episode of Impact Wrestling , Styles clarified that despite helping the Mafia and respecting their intentions, he was not their newest member and reiterated that he was allied with no one.
That same night, Styles defeated Bobby Roode via pinfall in a Bound For Glory series match to earn seven points, although he needed ten points via submission victory in order to place in the top four. The following week, Styles claimed he was no longer under contract with TNA, insulted Carter's work ethic, and vowed to make her pay. Carter responded to his remarks by saying that Styles was not a great wrestler and that she was the one who created his Phenomenal One persona to get marketing for the company.
On the September 26 episode of Impact Wrestling , General Manager Hulk Hogan presented Styles with a new contract, but Carter tore up the contract before he could sign. Styles made his first televised title defense on the following episode of Impact Wrestling , defeating Ray in a rematch after an interference from Mr.
After the match, Styles refused Carter's new contract offer and made her pay by taking the title and walking out of TNA. On December 5 taping of Impact Wrestling which aired on tape delay on January 9, Styles faced Magnus in a no disqualification title unification match.
Magnus won the match to unify both titles after interference from eight other wrestlers on Magnus' behalf and Sting interfering on Styles' behalf, in what would be Styles' final match with TNA. On December 8, it was reported that contract negotiations between Styles and TNA had broken down and that Styles would be leaving the promotion, becoming a free agent effective December 17 ending his near twelve-year run with the company.
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