Allen Neal Jones (born June 2, 1977), better known by his ring name AJ Styles (or A.J. Styles), is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand. He is one-half of the current World Tag Team Champions with Dragon Lee in their first reign as a team and Styles' second individual reign.
Jones debuted in 1998 and competed for various independent promotions before gaining initial mainstream exposure in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001. He gained prominence after signing with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) having been described as "the cornerstone of the company since its inception"; he won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice, the NWA World Heavyweight Championship three times, and was the inaugural titleholder of the X Division Championship, which he won six times. He is also the first TNA Triple Crown and Grand Slam champion. Jones simultaneously appeared in Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2002 to 2006, where he became the inaugural ROH Pure Champion. Jones has also wrestled extensively internationally, in promotions such as New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion and the United Kingdom based Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro), where he is a former RPW British Heavyweight Champion.
Jones first appeared in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 2002, but declined a developmental contract. He returned to the company in 2016, and won the WWE Championship twice. With his second victory in Manchester, England, Jones is recognized by WWE as the first wrestler to win the title outside North America. At 371 days, he is tied with Randy Savage for the eighth-longest reign in title history. He also won the United States Championship three times, the Intercontinental Championship and the Raw Tag Team Championship once each, becoming the second wrestler after Kurt Angle to become a TNA and WWE Triple Crown winner and first Grand Slam champion in both promotions, as well as the third man (after Brock Lesnar and Angle) to be both IWGP and WWE Champion.
Jones has headlined numerous pay-per-view events, including WrestleMania 36 - Night 1 and Bound for Glory twice (in 2009 and 2013), the flagship events of WWE and TNA, respectively. He ranked atop the annual Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 in 2010, the first TNA wrestler to do so, was voted PWI Wrestler of the Year three times between 2016 and 2018, and Wrestler of the Decade in 2020. He also won 10 Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards, including Wrestler of the Year in 2015 and 2016, and was inducted in their Hall of Fame in 2017.
llegir més...El 2 de juny de 1977 era un dijous sota el signe estrella de ♊. Era el 152 dia de l'any. El president dels Estats Units era Jimmy Carter.
Si vas néixer aquest dia, tens 48 anys. El teu darrer aniversari va ser el dilluns, 2 de juny de 2025, fa 355 dies. El teu proper aniversari és el dimarts, 2 de juny de 2026, d'aquí a 9 dies. Heu viscut durant 17.887 dies, o unes 429.289 hores, o uns 25.757.375 minuts, o uns 1.545.442.500 segons.
Date: 02 June 1977
By CRAIG R. WHITNEY Special to The New York Times
Craig WHITNEY
Pol terrorists like S Moluccans holding 56 train passengers in Netherlands always call on internatl press to play major role in their hijacking dramas; events described (S)
Date: 02 June 1977
By A.H. RASKIN Special to The New York Times
A. RASKIN
AFL-CIO sec-treas Lane Kirkland, charging business interests and press with trying to turn pub opinion against unions, cites defeat in HR of construction 'situs picketing' bill as sign of effectiveness of effort (S)
Date: 03 June 1977
session; Labor Sec Ray Marshall speaks (S)
Date: 03 June 1977
By PHILIP H. DOUGHERTY
Philip DOUGHERTY
Names Timothy W Knipe ad dir (S)
Date: 02 June 1977
Top-ranking Israeli Govt official says Menahem Begin caused 'nearly irreparable damage' to Israeli interests with his comments against returning occupied Arab land (S)
Date: 03 June 1977
653 passengers, including 27 Amers, survive; 2 crew members die and 3 are missing (S)