AJ Styles

Styles at WrestleMania!

**Allen Neal Jones** (born June 2, 1977), is an American professional wrestler that is currently an active member of the WSC roster under the ring name *"The Phenomenal"* **AJ Styles** and is the current Mr. Money in the Bank. Styles is also a member of The O.C. and is the current and 2nd leader.

### First O.C. (2020)

Styles made his WSC on February 19, 2020 where he competed in a Fatal 5 Way match for the WSC Hardcore Championship along with champion Brock Lesnar, Keith Lee, Jeff Hardy, and Matt Hardy. Unfortunately, Lesnar retained.

Styles returned during Finn Bálor vs Edge's match. Just when Edge looked like he was about to retain, the ref got pulled out by The Good Brother's, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. Then Styles appeared with a Phenomenal Forearm to Edge. Gallows and Anderson beats up Edge as AJ helps Bálor up. Then, they placed a chair on Edge, and Bálor did a Coupe de Grace onto Edge's stuck leg, injuring it. One pin later, and Bálor won the championship. The O.C. then helped Bálor retain against Jon Moxley. Bálor then competed in a Triple Threat Match for the WSC Hardcore Championship along with Adam Cole and Seth Rollins. This is also the first time Bálor unleashed 'The Demon'. During the match, there was a big war backstage between The O.C., The Disciples (Akam, Rezar, and Murphy) and The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong). That battle then went out the ramp to the arena, ending with Murphy splashing down on them. The battle regained close to the ring then ending with Rollins Suicide Diving off the ring into the men. Fortunately, Cole got pinned by Bálor to retain. Then The O.C. Came out to celebrate with Bálor. The O.C. then celebrated with Bálor after he retained the championship in the first Ultimate X Match. Seconds later, The Stage Creator said that Bálor needed to defend the title in the April 2020 Royal Rumble, which led to a big brawl. Styles enters the rumble at #29 and attacks a restrained Keith Lee that Bálor was holding. The two eventually eliminated Lee, but then got eliminated accidentally by Bálor when Edge moved out of the way as Bálor was pouncing at him. Balor then got eliminated by Edge.

After a brief hiatus, Styles returned in the third ever Deadly Games Match along with Daniel Bryan, Moxley, Rollins, Ricochet, and champion The Fiend. Sadly, Moxley was the one to yank the championship down. AJ then competed in a tag team match with Balor (billed as "AJ Styles and Finn Balor" for whatever reason) for the WSC Hardcore Tag Team Championships against champions D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels and Triple H). Unfortunately, they lost the match. Styles then participated in the November 2020 Royal Rumble at #25. Styles then helped and eliminated Kane as he was choking Balor. Then The O.C. (with help from Moxley) eliminated The Undertaker. Then, The O.C. brawled with Moxley and Rollins, which ends with AJ unexpectedly eliminating Balor. In response, AJ just shrugs like "i dunno every man for themselves". AJ then got eliminated by Triple H. This is presumably the end of The O.C..

### vs Triple H (2021)

Styles then had a match with Triple H for the championship (which was the first match of 2021), but lost.

### Multiversal Seen (2022)

After 1 year of inactivity, Styles returned at the WSC Pool Rumble at #16, showing impressive strengths by Styles Clashing The Big Show, but then got eliminated by Dean Ambrose (2016 Jon Moxley).

During the reveal of the fifth Deadly Games match, Styles was announced to have a qualifying match against debuting Theory to fight in the Deadly Games at WrestleMania. Styles would unfortunately lose. Luckily, Styles got his redemption when it was announced that he will be facing against Adam Cole to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match, in which Styles won.

### WrestleMania and Second O.C. (2023-present)

That day came when Styles faced against Drew McIntyre, Shinsuke Nakamura, Bron Breakker, Sami Zayn, Johnny Gargano, Bobby Lashley, Karrion Kross, Edge, and Kevin Owens in the Money in the Bank ladder match. Unexpectedly, Styles overcame the odds and ended up pulling the briefcase down to win, becoming the third Mr. Money in the Bank and winning his first accomplishment ever in WSC. He then attempted to cash in immediately at the Deadly Games, but got stopped by CM Punk.

Weeks later as he was talking Punk in the locker room, he brought out Gallows and Anderson, revealing that The O.C. is back, saying that this is their locker room. Months later, Styles attempts to cash in his Money in the Bank contract on a beaten up Cody Rhodes. As he was about to cash in, he got hit with the GTS by Punk. That's when The O.C. shows up to get Punk to scram, also revealing that Michin was added to the group at the same time. Styles would then enter the 2023 Royal Rumble at #16, eliminating Fat Bastard (along with everyone). During the match, Styles would briefly team up with former O.C. member Finn Balor, but that wouldnt last long as Styles would get tossed over by Balor, similar to how Styles eliminated Balor in the December 2020 Royal Rumble.

A month after the rumble, Styles and Punk confronted each other in a promo, and after arguments, they both wanted to face each other at WSC No Mercy, WSC's second premium live event, with the Briefcase on the line. And it was made official when Nathan announced the match card, confirming Punk vs AJ. The match then began on November 17, and after a 14 minute five star match, Styles won off of a Phenomenal Forearm, retaining the Briefcase.

### Personal Life

Jones has been married to school teacher Wendy since 2000. They have three sons: Ajay Covell Jones (born May 3, 2005), Avery Jones (born February 14, 2007), and Albey Jones (born September 15, 2009), and a daughter, Anney Jones (born October 8, 2014). Their first son's middle name was taken from the last name of Jones' best friend and fellow wrestler Christopher Daniels, whose real name is Daniel Covell. In 2010, Jones acquired a large tattoo down the right side of his torso which reads "AJ 05-03-05 02-14-07 09-15-09", representing his initials and birth dates of his first three children. In 2016, he added the birth date of his fourth child, reading "10-08-14". The family lives in Gainesville, Georgia. Jones revealed on TNA's official website, and in an interview with New Zealand Pro Wrestling Journalists that he grew up in a poor family and that they could not afford cable television while he was growing up, which resulted in him being unable to watch professional wrestling.

Jones is a devout Christian, stating that in his life, "It's God first and family second." He is a big fan of Christian hip hop music, and boasts that he can "school almost any rapper" on the genre's history. His favorite groups to listen to are the West Coast-based K2S, Lil' Raskull, FTF, and L.G. Wise. While Jones was working for TNA, he met GRITS members Stacey "Coffee" Jones and Teron "Bonafide" Carter at Universal Studios Florida, TNA's former primary television taping location. Jones would become good friends with the duo, using their remix of his entrance music "I Am" (renamed "Get Ready to Fly") from 2009 through 2013 and continues to stay in touch with them to this day.

Jones is a fan of video games (specifically retro games from the 1980s and 1990s). He is also an internet streamer. He regularly streams games under the name 'STYLESCLASH' on Twitch.

The Stage Creator •
**AJ Styles**