Styles debuted for Australian promotion World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA) on February 24, 2002, making his pay-per-view debut at The Revolution against Christopher Daniels, Low Ki, Shark Boy, Super Nova and Tony Mamaluke in a six-way cruiserweight survival elimination match, in a losing effort. On April 10, Styles faced Jerry Lynn and Super Nova in a three-way-dance, in a losing effort. [13] On April 12, Styles defeated Nova in a tournament semi-final match at The Eruption for the International Cruiserweight Championship. Styles progressed to the final later that night in which he defeated Jerry Lynn to win the title, which he vacated soon after. [6] Power Struggle". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 9, 2015 . Retrieved November 7, 2015.

World Tag League 2014』出場チーム＆公式戦が決定！ 棚橋はヨシタツとタッグ結成！ 桜庭、AJ、柴田、ROH、NWAも参戦!". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). November 11, 2014. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014 . Retrieved December 5, 2014. Caldwell, James (December 15, 2011). "Caldwell's TNA Impact Wrestling report 12/15: PPV fall-out, Jarrett firing, Hardy-Ray". Pro Wrestling Torch . Retrieved December 15, 2011. On April 1, 2005, Styles returned to PWG, defeating Samoa Joe in a PWG Championship number one contender match at the promotion's All-Star Weekend – Day 1. The following night on Day 2 of All-Star Weekend, Styles successfully challenged Super Dragon for the title. Styles defended the title until August 6 at Zombies Shouldn't Run, where he lost it to Kevin Steen. On September 3, Styles entered the 2005 Battle of Los Angeles tournament but was defeated in the finals by Chris Bosh. Kreikenbohm, Philip. "GPW " Events Database " CAGE MATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". cagematch.net. Sokol, Chris (January 15, 2008). "Destination X marks a great PPV". Canadian Online Explorer . Retrieved August 24, 2008.Turner, Scott (May 11, 2012). "Turner's TNA Impact Wrestling results 5/10: Sacrifice lead-in, Morgan and Crimson final confrontation, James Storm update, King Mo calls out TNA Champ". Pro Wrestling Torch . Retrieved May 11, 2012.

Clevett, Jason (May 16, 2005). "Styles ends Jarrett's reign at Hard Justice". Slam Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer . Retrieved November 21, 2008. Styles feuded with Abyss and Jeff Jarrett throughout January, and on February 4, 2004, after Styles demanded a title shot, Jarrett's ally Don Callis forced him to team with Abyss in a match with the NWA World Tag Team Champions, Kevin Northcutt and Legend, which Styles' won, despite being abandoned by Abyss. [6] The following week, Styles defeated Abyss in a match to determine the sole owner of the tag team championship by disqualification after Jarrett interfered, but his victory was overturned by Callis, leading to another match the following week which was won by Abyss after Lex Luger interfered, thus granting Abyss sole control of the tag team championship. [6] On March 17, Abyss defeated Styles to become the number one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. [13] Russo granted Styles a championship steel cage match against Jarret on April 21, where he won his second world title. [6] He successfully defended the title in matches with Ron Killings, Raven and Chris Harris, and on May 19 he defended against all three men in a four-way title match. Styles lost the title to Killings after Jarrett interfered in the match, hitting him with a guitar. [13] X Division Champion (2004–2007) [ edit ] Styles in 2005 Benigno, Anthony (September 16, 20 Benigno, Anthony (April 8, 2018). "WWE Champion AJ Styles def. Shinsuke Nakamura". WWE. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018 . Retrieved April 8, 2018.Howell, Nolan. "Impact: Magnus battles Styles to become the true TNA belt holder". SLAM! Wrestling . Retrieved January 14, 2014. [ dead link] PWTorch.com - CALDWELL'S TNA SLAMMIVERSARY PPV RESULTS (Hour 3): Bully vs. Sting for the TNA World Title, plus Styles vs. Angle". www.pwtorch.com. Caldwell, James (December 11, 2011). "Caldwell's TNA Final Resolution PPV results 12/11: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV - Roode-Styles, five title matches". Pro Wrestling Torch . Retrieved December 11, 2011. On Night 1 of WrestleMania 37 on April 10, Styles and Omos defeated The New Day to win the Raw Tag Team Championship. [405] Styles became the twenty-second WWE Grand Slam Champion, and the first to achieve both the WWE and TNA/Impact Grand Slam. [406] Over the following months, Styles and Omos successfully defended the titles in rematches with The New Day and against Elias and Jaxson Ryker before entering into a feud with The Viking Raiders. A match was made between Styles and Omos and The Viking Raiders for the titles on July 18 at Money in the Bank, [407] where Styles and Omos retained their titles. [408] After this, Styles and Omos began feuding with Riddle and Randy Orton, collectively known as RK-Bro. After weeks of confronting each other, a match was made between Styles and Omos and RK-Bro at SummerSlam on August 21 for the titles, [409] where Styles and Omos lost the titles to RK-Bro, ending their reign at 133 days. [410] Caldwell, James (January 17, 2010). "CALDWELL'S TNA GENESIS PPV REPORT 1/17: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of A.J. Styles vs. Kurt Angle, Hulk Hogan's TNA PPV debut". Pro Wrestling Torch . Retrieved January 18, 2010.

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