A.J. Styles

Allen Neal Jones (June 2, 1977), better known by his ring name A.J. Styles is an American professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling

Entertainment (WWE) performing on the Raw brand. He is a two-time WWE Champion and three-time WWE United States Champion. He has also worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling(TNA), Ring of Honor (ROH), and New Japan Pro Wrestling(NJPW).

In TNA, Styles is a four-time World Heavyweight Champion, having held the NWA World Heavyweight Championshipthree times and the TNA World Heavyweight Championshiponce, the very first TNA X Division Champion, while also sharing the record for most reigns (six) with Jay Lethal, a five-time World Tag Team Champion (4 NWA and 1 TNA), and a two-time Television Champion. With having won the TNA X Division, NWA World Tag Team, and NWA World Heavyweight Championships, Styles was the first to complete the TNA Triple Crown Championship. Styles would later complete the Triple Crown three more times, making him the only man to complete it more than once. His victory over Booker T for the TNA Legends Championship made him the first man to have ever won the TNA Grand Slam Championship, which he has done twice. He is also the longest reigning TNA World Heavyweight Champion in the company's history. Also, he is the only wrestler in TNA to have held every male championship owned and sanctioned by TNA at any point during the company's history. All totaled, he has won 17 championships in TNA. In 2010 he became the first TNA contracted wrestler to rank in at #1 on Pro Wrestling Illustrated annual PWI 500 list.

Styles ended his long association with TNA in 2013 after his contract expired, returning to ROH (where he is a former Pure Wrestling and World Tag Team Champion). In March 2014, Styles signed a non-exclusive deal with New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), and took the promotion's top championship—the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, in his first match with the company. Between TNA, ROH, and NJPW, Styles has held seven world championships and 23 championships, overall. Concurrent with his NJPW and ROH work, Styles also made regular appearances on the independent circuit, where he has held numerous additional championships, as well, for a total amount of 51 championships.

In September 2016, Styles became only the third professional wrestler in history to hold both the WWE Championship and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, behind Buddy Rogers and Ric Flair. In the same year, PWI and Wrestling Observer Newsletter voted him "Wrestler Of The Year".

Main eventing multiple Pay Per Views throughout his tenure, he is regarded as one of the world's best professional wrestlers due to his highly acclaimed ring presence