Top 10 AJ Styles WWE Matches
These are his most phenomenal matches so far. Welcome to Watchmojo.com and today we'll be counting down the very best matches of AJ Styles in WWE.
For this list, we'll be limiting ourselves to The Phenomenal One's WWE run and recommending his most impressive performances. We're sticking to one per opponent, unless it's a multi-man match. So without further ado, get ready to fly.
#10: Vs. Sami Zayn Vs. Baron Corbin Vs. Dolph Ziggler Vs. Kevin Owens Vs. John Cena
Fastlane 2018
It’s the classic WWE mentality. When you don’t know what match to book, just throw a bunch of your top blokes in and hope it works out. Well, much to everyone’s surprise, it actually did! It wasn’t exactly wrestling at its finest, but certainly at its funnest, with all 6 competitors putting on a non-stop show that didn’t let you blink.
Here Styles and the gang Proved that sometimes, you can have a good match even with Corbin involved. Bravo.
#9: Vs. Chris Jericho
Wrestlemania 32
It wasn’t the first time these two had faced off, and by this point their feud was stagnating a little. But nevertheless, Styles and Jericho managed to put on a match that was far better than their previous encounters. Standing out as best wrestling match of the night, the only real downside to this match was Jericho winning, which kind of killed the phenomenal one’s momentum. But of course, if he had to lose to anyone, it might ends well be Y2J.
#8: Vs. Dean Ambrose
TLC 2016
It’s hard to separate one TLC match from the rest of the crowd, but leave it to Styles to put on a classic. When their feud reached a boiling point, it was decided that the best way for these two to decide who the belt belongs to was to hoist it up atop the ring. Chairs were thrown, tables broken, and spines bent, but the deciding factor was something far more horrifying. James Ellsworth.
#7: Vs. Roman Reigns
Extreme Rules 2016
In another match that exceeded expectations, AJ sought to take the gold from the huge hound.
They took the fight all around the arena and beat seven bells outta each other.
It was a scenario where Roman could actually put on a powerhouse offence, throwing AJ all over the place and actually pulling off some pretty neat moves - The two clearly had great chemistry with one another.
The crowd was quite firmly behind Styles but it just wasn’t his night.
#6: Vs. Shane McMahon
Wrestlemania 33
When we heard that they were throwing away his second Wrestlemania bout on the boss’s son, we said that we don’t want none. But in reality the match ended up being far better than it had any right to be. You might argue that Styles carried Shane throughout the bout, but shane put on a solid performance himself.
It ended with Styles beating the tar out of Shane and somehow that marked the start of Styles’ much needed face turn.
#5: Vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Wrestlemania 34
The much awaited rematch to Styles vs. Nakamura at Wrestle Kingdom in New Japan – which some might argue is his greatest match of all time – this time the two stepped on the grandest stage of them all. Their friendly rivalry was built up with Nakamura’s promise to knee him in the face, but in the actual match Styles was able to counter at every turn.
It didn’t quite live up to expectations, but let’s face it was far better than most of the other matches that night and the Nakamura heel turn was fantastic.
#4: Vs. Dean Ambrose Vs. John Cena
No Mercy 2016
Another match that you might mistake for a bit of a throw-away, when AJ Styles defended his title against smackdown’s two biggest babyfaces the results were pretty damned good. Highlights included Dean and John making Styles tap at the same time and pretty much any other time the two had enough of his shennaigans and decided they wanted to throttle him.
AJ played the heel role to perfection, and his slippery victory cemented him as the face that runs the place.
#3: Vs. Finn Balor
TLC 2017
When a case of viral meningitis shocked the raw roster, it was up to Styles to save the day with a phenomenal performance. The man he faced? None other than Finn Balor who had his sights set on victory. The match of course did not disappoint, with the in-ring action being top-notch, but the real story here was the fact that two former Bullet Club leaders were facing off for the first time, giving this match incredible underlying significance for the two stars.
#2: Vs. Brock Lesnar
Survivor Series 2017
We were all expecting a squash match, but instead we got an awesome competition. The beast was at the top of his game, with very few opponents putting up a fight, so when it came time for a champion versus champion match the hype levels were pretty high. AJ looked like an absolute star, putting up an incredible fight against the seemingly unbeatable lesnar – even making us believe for a few moments that he might actually win. We’re grateful for this match for more reasons than one, since it saved us from the horror that could have been Lesnar vs. Jinder Mahal.
#1: Vs. John Cena
Royal Rumble 2017
There’s no doubt that John and AJ had a terrific series of matches, so it can be a daunting task to pick which one is best of all.
But we’ve got to give it to their world championship match at Royal Rumble because it was a culmination of everything they had been through before it.
Each calling back to spots from their previous encounters and using some mind blowing moves to counter them. It was short, sweet, and a showcase of two of the best wrestling talents today.
