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From 2014 to 2016, AJ Styles, Luke Gallows (under the name Doc Gallows), and Karl Anderson were members of Bullet Club, primarily appearing in the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). In NJPW, Styles was a two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, and Gallows and Anderson were three-time IWGP Tag Team Champions.
Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the SmackDown brand, [9] [10] while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television show, SmackDown Live. [11] At SummerSlam, AJ Styles defeated John Cena. [12] Styles went on to win the WWE World Championship at Backlash, when he defeated Dean Ambrose after a low blow and a Styles Clash. [13]
In 2013, ROH released AJ Styles - Styles Clash, a 2-disc DVD featuring Styles' best ROH matches from 2002 to 2005. In 2016, TNA released The Essential AJ Styles Collection, a 4-disc DVD set showcasing Styles' top 30 greatest TNA matches. [464] In 2018, it was announced that Styles would be on the cover for WWE 2K19. [465]
In other prominent matches, SmackDown's WWE Championship match between defending champion AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura resulted in a double countout, The Undertaker defeated Rusev in a casket match, and in the opening bout, John Cena defeated Triple H. The Greatest Royal Rumble match was notable for being Chris Jericho's final match in WWE.
On the May 23 episode of SmackDown, Commissioner Shane McMahon introduced AJ Styles, Shinsuke Nakamura, Dolph Ziggler, Sami Zayn, and Baron Corbin as the 2017 participants of the titular Money in the Bank ladder match. United States Champion Kevin Owens argued that he deserved to be in the match since he retained his title against Styles at ...
Daniel Bryan's match against AJ Styles for the WWE Championship was rescheduled to the October 30 episode of SmackDown after the two had a heated exchange on that same episode (in reality, this happened because Bryan refused to participate at Crown Jewel due to the controversy surrounding the event [35]). Styles defeated Bryan via submission to ...
The event was held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.. TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs was an annual gimmick event produced every December by WWE since 2009. The concept of the show was based on the primary matches of the card each containing a stipulation using tables, ladders, and chairs as legal weapons, with the main event generally being a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match.
The event was held at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia.. Backlash is a pay-per-view (PPV) event that was established by WWE in 1999. [3] It was held annually from 1999 to 2009, however, in 2010, Backlash was discontinued and replaced by Extreme Rules [4] —in April 2011, the promotion ceased going by its full name of World Wrestling Entertainment, with "WWE" becoming an orphaned ...