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K.J. Styles | ||
Styles in January 2014 | ||
Birth name | Kevin Neal Jones | |
Born | June 2, 1978 (age 33) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina | |
Residence | Gainesville, Georgia, United States | |
Spouse(s) | Wendy Jones | |
Children | 4 | |
Professional wrestling career | ||
Ring name(s) | Mr. Olympia Air Styles K.J. Styles KJ Styles | |
Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |
Billed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | |
Billed from | Gainesville, Georgia | |
Trained by | Rick Michaels NCW Wrestling School | |
Debut | 1998 |
Kevin Neal Jones (born June 2, 1977), better known by his ring name K.J. Styles (or KJ Styles), is an American professional wrestlerwho is currently signed to IWE on the SmackDown brand, where he is the current IWE Champion in his first reign.
Styles is credited as being the only professional wrestler in history to hold the highest-tier male championship of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and IWE.
Styles is widely known for his 11-year tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2002–2013. While in TNA, Styles held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship three times and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice. He was also the first X Division Champion, a title he held six times. Styles is the first professional wrestler ever to complete the TNA Triple Crown Championship (five times) and the TNA Grand Slam Championship (two times). In 2010, Styles became the first ever TNA-contracted wrestler to be ranked number one on Pro Wrestling Illustrated's annual PWI 500 list. He simultaneously appeared in Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2002–2006, winning the ROH World Tag Team Championship (with Amazing Aaron) and the ROH Pure Championship. In 2014, he signed with New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in his first match with the company, later becoming co-leader of Bullet Club. Between IWE, TNA, ROH, and NJPW, Styles has held eight world championships and 24 total championships. He has also had various championships reigns while competing on the independent circuit, winning titles such as the PWG World Championship and the RPW British Heavyweight Championship, among many others.
Styles first appeared in IWE (then the International Wrestling Federation, or the IWF) in 2002, but turned down a developmental deal he was offered with the company. He signed a multi-year contract with IWE fourteen years later in January 2016, making his official debut at that month's Royal Rumble pay-per-view. After appearing at his first WrestleMania that April, Styles headlined multiple pay-per-views en route to winning his first IWE World Championship at Backlash in September.
Early life
Professional wrestling career
Early career (1998–1999)
Independent circuit (1999-2002)
National Wrestling Alliance Wildside (1999–2001)
World Championship Wrestling (2001)
Return to NWA Wildside (2001–2005)
International Wrestling Federation (2002)
Ring of Honor
Early years (2002–2004)
Feud with Jimmy Rave (2005–2006)
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2002–2014)
Championship reigns and pursuits (2002–2004)
X Division (2004–2005)
Teaming with Christopher Barnhart (2005–2006)
- Main article: KJ Styles and Christopher Barnhart
Mexican and Japanese partnerships (2006–2013)
Khristian's Coalition (2006–2008)
- Main article: KJ Styles and Kanta
- See also: The Borske Alliance and Khristian's Coalition
TNA Frontline (2008–2009)
- Main article: TNA Frontline
World Heavyweight Champion and Fortune (2009–2010)
- Main article: Fortune
Feud with Bad Influence (2012)
The Lone Wolf and final storylines (2013)
Return to the independent circuit (2003–2012)
Return to ROH (2013–2016)
Second return to the independent circuit (2014–2016)
New Japan Pro Wrestling
- Main article: Bullet Club
Return to IWE
The Club (2016)
IWE Champion (2016-present)
Other media
Personal life
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Figure-four leglock – 2010–2011; adopted from Ric Flair
- Flying armbar – 2008–2009
- Frog splash – 2003–2006; used rarely as a finishing move thereafter
- Spiral Tap (Corkscrew somersault transitioned into either a leg drop or a senton bomb) – 2001–2007; used rarely thereafter
- Styles Clash (Belly-to-back inverted mat slam, sometimes from the second rope)
- Superman (Springboard 450° splash)
- Signature moves
- Brainbuster,
- Discus clothesline
- Fosbury Flop
- Inverted STF
- Multiple DDT variations
- Cliffhanger (Crucifix hold flipped forward into a DDT)
- Phenomenon / Stylin' DDT (Springboard moonsault onto a standing opponent floated over into an inverted)
- Tornado
- Multiple kick]variations
- Multiple suplex variations
- Starmaker (High-angle belly to back)
- Styles Suplex Special (German followed into a belly to back wheelbarrow facebuster)
- Vertical suplex lifted and dropped into a neckbreaker slam
- Over the shoulder back to belly piledriver
- Rack Bomb (Backbreaker rack twisted into a powerbomb)
- Reverse frankensteiner
- Running swinging neckbreaker
- Shooting Styles Press (Springboard shooting star plancha)
- Spine Breaker (Backbreaker followed by a gutbuster)
- Springboard flying forearm smash
- Standing senton bomb
- Stylin' Crab (Boston Crab)
- With Christopher Barnhart
- Best Moonsault Ever by Barnhart followed directly by a frog splash by Styles or vice versa
- With Kanta
- Tornado-Plex (Aided snap swinging neckbreaker)
- With Air Paris
- Nicknames
- "The Georgia Pitbull"
- "The Lone Wolf"
- "Mr. TNA"
- "The New Nature Boy"
- "The Phenomenal (One)"
- "Prince"
- "The Prince of Phenomenal"
- "Stylin' and Profilin'"
- Entrance themes
- Ring of Honor
- "Also sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss
- "Touched" by VAST
- "Wherever I May Roam" by Metallica
- "Demi-Gods" (Feat. Slim Jim) by Lab Ratz
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- "I Am" by Dale Oliver (2003 – 2006)
- "Get Ready to Fly" by GRITS (2007 – 2011, 2011 – 2013; 2013 – 2014)
- "Fortune 4" by Dale Oliver (used while a part of Fortune)
- "I Am, I Am" (A.J. Styles '11 Remix) by Dale Oliver (2011)
- "Evil Ways" by Blues Saraceno (June 2, 2013 – August 22, 2013)
- New Japan Pro Wrestling
- "Shot'Em" by [Q]Brick (used while a part of Bullet Club)
- "Styles Clash" by Yonosuke Kitamura
- IWE
- "Phenomenal" by CFO$ (January 24, 2016–present)
- Ring of Honor
Championships and accomplishments
- All Access Wrestling
- AAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Ballpark Brawl
- Natural Heavyweight Championship (1 time
- Christian Wrestling Federation / Christian Wrestling Entertainment
- CWF/E Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Independent Professional Wrestling (Florida)
- IPW Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
- International Wrestling Cartel
- IWC Super Indies Championship (2 times)
- Independent Wrestling Revolution
- IWR King Of The Indies Championship (1 time)
- Maximum Pro Wrestling
- Max-Pro Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- Midwest Pro Wrestling
- MPW Universal Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- New Korea Pro Wrestling Association
- NKPWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA Wildside
- NWA Wildside Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA Wildside Television Championship (3 times)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI Tag Team of the Year (2006) with Christopher Barnhart
- PWI ranked him #1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010
- Tag Team of the Year (2006) with Christopher Barnhart
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Jerry Lynn (1), Abyss (1), and Christopher Barnhart (2)
- TNA World Heavyweight Championship (2 time)
- TNA X Division Championship (6 times)
- TNA Legends/Global/Television Championship (2 times)
- TNA World Tag Team Championship (2 time) – with Kanta (1) and Matt Borske (1)
- Bound for Glory Series (2013)
- Gauntlet for the Gold (2007 – Tag Team) – with Tomko
- First TNA Triple Crown Champion (5 times)
- First TNA Grand Slam Champion (2 times)
- Feud of the Year (2005) vs. Christopher Barnhart
- Finisher of the Year (2003) Styles Clash
- Match of the Year (2006) {{small|with Christoher Barnhart vs. Homicide and Hernandez at No Surrender, September 24, 2006</small>
- Match of the Year (2009) vs. Sting at Bound for Glory, October 18, 2009
- Mr. TNA (2003–2005)
- Tag Team of the Year (2006) with Christopher Barnhart
- X Division Star of the Year (2004)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- 5 Star Match (2005) vs. Dustin Simpson and Ryan Barnhart at Unbreakable on September 11
- Best Flying Wrestler (2005)
- Best Wrestling Maneuver (2003, 2015) Styles Clash
- Most Outstanding Wrestler (2014, 2015)
- Pro Wrestling Match of the Year (2014) vs. Minoru Suzuki on August 1
- Worst Worked Match of the Year (2006) TNA Reverse Battle Royal on TNA Impact!
- Wrestler of the Year (2015)
- IWE
- IWE Championship (1 time, current)