A . J . Styles and Christopher Daniels A . J . Styles and Christopher Daniels are former tag team partners in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . History . Their first interactions came throughout their feuds for the TNA X Division Championship . They feuded for most of 2005 over the title , with Styles as face and Daniels as heel . Some of the most notable matches between the two include the series of three way matches they had with Samoa Joe . However , that changed after Samoa Joe critically injured Daniels at Genesis 2005 , leaving Daniels with a major concussion . After his return from the injury , Daniels seemed to turn face , and came to the assistance of A . J . at Turning Point , after A . J . lost the X Title to Joe , when Joe tried to injure A . J . the same way he injured Daniels . On the New Year ' s Eve episode of " TNA iMPACT ! " , Daniels again saved A . J . when a singles match with James Storm of America ' s Most Wanted went awry . This led to a match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship with AMW later that night on a midnight special , which AMW won after considerable interference . From that point on , Daniels and Styles continued their feud with Samoa Joe . Their newfound friendship , however , was threatened at Final Resolution 2006 when Styles threw in the towel on Daniels ' behalf , ending their X Division Title bout when Joe refused to let go of a Kokina Clutch and Daniels refused to tap out . After two three - ways between them , including an Ultimate X match at Destination X 2006 where Daniels won the title after Joe couldn ' t climb the X structure , Styles and Daniels solidified their friendship . After Daniels lost the title back to Samoa Joe in April 2006 , though , the two began teaming up more , partially as part of a larger grouping of faces who were opposing Planet Jarrett . As part of this large feuds , the two began to specifically team up often in a series of title matches against America ' s Most Wanted , then the NWA World Tag Team Champions . Part of this feud between the teams featured the idea that Styles and Daniels kept getting screwed by the interference from Gail Kim . They finally won a title match , and the titles , when they brought Sirelda to keep Gail Kim from interfering in the match . In July 2006 , amidst ( kayfabe ) criticism of the two as a team ( likely due to the fact that the team is a very new one and are tag champs already ) , Styles and Daniels produced a series of envelopes containing contracts with every tag team in TNA to prove that they are fighting champions . Konnan interrupted them from the Spanish announce table and accused them of not having the Latin American Exchange within their contracts , and called them racist . Styles quickly pulled out LAX ' s envelope and the team came down to the Spanish announce table to have Konnan sign it . They were ambushed by Homicide and Hernandez and beaten down , with Daniels being busted open . Konnan then signed the contract using Daniels blood , sealing the team ' s title defense against LAX at Hard Justice 2006 . At the event , Styles and Daniels successfully defended the titles . On the August 24th , 2006 edition of TNA iMPACT ! , Styles and Daniels defended their tag titles against Hernandez and Homicide in a rematch of Hard Justice 2006 in a Border Brawl match . They subsequently lost them after interference from Konnan . The next week on the August 31 , 2006 edition of iMPACT , They ( Styles and Daniels ) have used their rematch clause for No Surrender 2006 in the first - ever tag team Ultimate X match against LAX , a match which they won and became two - time NWA World Tag Team Champions . At Bound for Glory 2006 , Styles and Daniels lost their titles to LAX in a Six Sides of Steel match . At Genesis 2006 they had their final falling out after Daniels got involved in Styles match against Christian Cage . The team had what was billed as their last match against The Naturals on the November 23 show , winning . Although AJ and Daniels have both turned heel and teamed up twice , there is no mention of the team being reformed .