THE NEAR END OF PHENOMENAL ERA IN TNA

TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION (2009–2010)

On the August 20 episode of Impact!, Styles was talked out of retiring by Sting, who said he had chosen Styles to carry the torch after him. At No Surrender, Styles won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a five-way match against Matt Morgan, Sting, Hernandez, and defending champion Kurt Angle.

NO SURRENDER MATCH

At Bound for Glory, Styles retained the 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 Christopher Daniels, both of whom he faced the following month at Turning Point to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. He continued to successfully defend the title against Desmond Wolfe on the December 10 episode of Impact!, against Daniels at Final Resolution, against Angle on the January 4, 2010 episode of Impact!, and against Tomko, who had been revealed as his mystery attacker, on the January 14 episode of Impact!.

STYLES VS STING

AJ VS WOLFE

At Genesis, Styles turned into a villain and defeated Angle in a Last Chance match with assistance from Ric Flair. On the January 21 episode of Impact!, Flair announced that he had aligned himself with Styles and christened Styles "the New Nature Boy", but on the same episode, Hulk Hogan announced a Genesis rematch, where 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, who 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.

At Against All Odds, Styles retained the title against Samoa Joe, with help from Flair, in a match refereed by Eric Bischoff. On the March 8 episode of Impact!, Styles teamed up with Ric Flair in a tag team match, in a losing effort against Abyss and Hulk Hogan.

AJ STYLES VS SAMOA JOEAGAINST ALL ODDS

Styles defended the title against Abyss at Destination X in a match that went to no contest, after Abyss hit Styles with a chokeslam through the ring. At Lockdown, Styles successfully defended the title against D'Angelo Dinero in a steel cage match. The following day on Impact!, Styles dropped the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Rob Van Dam, ending his reign at a then-record 211 days.

AJ VS ABYSS DESTINATION X

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TEAMING AND TNA FRONTLINE

TEAM CAGE VS TEAM ANGLE Styles along with Christian Cage and Rhino were considered as TEAM CAGE and secondly the present day Dudley Boys along with Angle were the TEAM ANGLE . Styles team was later called Christian's Coalition . Team Cage lost to Team Angle at Lockdown . After the Lockdown was over AJ teamed up with Tomko . They had a match with Sting and Rhino at Victory Road , but were defeated. Later, at No Surrender AJ and Tomko won a 10-tag team gauntlet match and became the new number one contender for the tag team championship. At Bound For Glory , AJ and Tomko went against b where they defeated them to become the new TNA tag team champions. AJ and TOMKO with their titles They successfully defended against LAX on the November 1 episode of Impact, and at Genesis against The Steiner Brothers ( Rick and Scott Steiner ) . Later that night, Styles and Tomko inadvertently cost Cage his match and helped Kurt Angle re

MEXICAN AND JAPANESE PARTNERSHIPS (2006–2013)

While in TNA, AJ was involved with the Mexican and Japanese promotions. He was involved in multiple promotions and was at his best. AJ IN MEXICAN PROMOTION On September 17, 2006 at Verano de Escándalo , Styles made his debut for Mexican promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) , as part of a cross promotion deal between TNA and AAA . Team TNA (Styles, Homicide, Low Ki and Samoa Joe) defeated Vipers Revolution (Abismo Negro, Charly Manson, Electroshock and Histeria) in a semi finales tournament match then later defeating The Mexican Powers (Crazy Boy, Joe Lider and Juventud Guerrera) in the finals. AJ IN AAA During a partnership between TNA and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) , Styles made four appearances for NJPW in 2008 , starting on January 4 at Wrestle Kingdom II , where Styles teamed with Christian Cage and Petey Williams to defeat RISE (Milano Collection AT, Minoru and Prince Devitt) in a six-man tag team match. NJPW 2008

FINAL STORYLINES (2012-13)

ENTIRE STORYLINE On the February 9 episode of Impact Wrestling, Kazarian , now seemingly a reluctant associate of Daniels , helped him defeat Styles in a singles match. Three days later at Against All Odds , Styles was defeated by Kazarian in a singles match. STYLES VS KAZARIAN AGAINST ALL ODDS On the March 3 episode of Impact Wrestling , Kazarian defeated Styles in a gauntlet match ; had Styles been successful, Kazarian would have to explain his alliance with Daniels . Mr. Anderson then aligned with Styles , defeating them in a match at Victory Road and at Lockdown , where the two duos were on opposing teams in the annual Lethal Lockdown match . On the May 10 episode of Impact Wrestling, Kazarian revealed that he originally aligned himself with Daniels to keep him from revealing Styles' secret, but changed his mind after learning what the secret was, at which point Daniels revealed a series of photographs insinuating a relationship between Styles and

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