AJ Styles - WWE World Champion

[FunKay the Inevitable]

So you know that guy who was the face of TNA, who ran the Bullet Club for a bit and was generally regarded as one of the finest wrestlers to never grace a WWE ring. Well he debuted in January and now, some eight plus months later, he's top dog: AJ Styles is the World Heavyweight Champion in WWE.

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Bloody hell 2016's been weird.

 

[Richard Blonoff]

This just a couple of days after reports from Ryback and Meltzer that Ryback was supposed to squash him at Mania this year.

 

[ShinChan]

This just a couple of days after reports from Ryback and Meltzer that Ryback was supposed to squash him at Mania this year.

Also:

that he was originally scheduled to face AJ Styles at WrestleMania 32, with McMahon telling him that he would "squash that little twerp."

 

[Shadowmancer]

Bloody hell 2016's been weird.

Not really that weird until you add in the fact that a Gaijin has won the G1, NJPW loses 3 top draws(Gallows and Anderson aren't 2 of those) and increases their revenue. Add in the fact that the CWC exists and is presenting itself more sportslike, Kevin Owens is Champion on RAW, Finn Balor was the First of RAWs new Champions. Hell add in the fact that Matt Hardy has become so interesting and he has managed to get a gardener over as well as a dilapidated boat. Surreal is a decent word to describe this year and wrestling. Hell there have been 4 Meltzer 5 star matches this year, the first time since the late 90s that this has happened.

 

[Deoxyribonucleic A.C.I.D.]

We can also say that Rollins was right about saying that this is a great time to be a wrestling fan. I don't watch NJPW, but from what I'm reading it looks like a great wrestling company yo get behind and then there's also NXT, CWC, ROH, LU and even that shit that Matt Hardy has turned into gold over at TNA.

 

[Shocky]

Pretty sure Ryback is just a liar.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Bizarre year. It's going to be hard to explain my stony indifference to most of it by the end.

 

[BaconBits]

Pretty sure Ryback is just a liar.

Yep.

 

[Alex]

Kind of annoyed Styles never won the ROH world title. If he had he'd have won every top title of pretty much every promotion in the world (although I'm sure he's not complaining)

 

[@smarkmouth]

Nerds, rejoice! Fan fiction sometimes comes true.

 

[nightmare]

Styles, Owens and Nakamura are the top 3 in WWE. Who the fuck would have seen this coming 3 years ago? It isnt a game roster folks, this shit is real.

 

[Bernkastel]

Not really that weird until you add in the fact that a Gaijin has won the G1, NJPW loses 3 top draws(Gallows and Anderson aren't 2 of those) and increases their revenue. Add in the fact that the CWC exists and is presenting itself more sportslike, Kevin Owens is Champion on RAW, Finn Balor was the First of RAWs new Champions. Hell add in the fact that Matt Hardy has become so interesting and he has managed to get a gardener over as well as a dilapidated boat. Surreal is a decent word to describe this year and wrestling. Hell there have been 4 Meltzer 5 star matches this year, the first time since the late 90s that this has happened.

The fact that Matt Hardy is now genuinely entertaining to watch is one of the most surreal things I have witnessed in the last decade.

 

[smizzy]

The fact that Matt Hardy is now genuinely entertaining to watch is one of the most surreal things I have witnessed in the last decade.

Should I start watching Impact? I hear about the Hardys a lot but have zero clue on what's been happening with them. I've seen five minutes of TNA since 2012 (it was Corgan confronting McIntyre).

 

[Bernkastel]

Should I start watching Impact? I hear about the Hardys a lot but have zero clue on what's been happening with them. I've seen five minutes of TNA since 2012 (it was Corgan confronting McIntyre).

I haven't been watching TNA full time, but The Final Deletion and Delete and Decay have been the most entertaining thing I have seen since Abyss/Joseph Park and the debut of Ace's and 8's.

 

[Good Golly It's Ollie]

Remember when 2016 happened and WWE was just like "fuck it, you smarks can have what you want"

In terms of shaking things up, it's been a bloody fantastic year for the company. It hasn't felt this fresh in ages.