Wrestling

WWE Ranks Top 25 Moments In The WWE Career Of AJ Styles

Jeremy LambertFebruary 8, 2026, 5:00 pm

AJ Styles finished his career at WWE Royal Rumble 2026, losing to Gunther.

With his WWE career over, WWE ranked the top 25 moments of AJ Styles:

Winning his first WWE Championship at Backlash 2016
Defeating John Cena at SummerSlam
His debut in the 2016 Royal Rumble
Winning the WWE Championship from Jinder Mahal on SmackDown
Giving Dean Ambrose a 450 splash through a table at TLC 2016
Defeating John Cena at Money in the Bank
Giving Roman Reigns a Phenomenal Forearm to the outside and through a table at WWE Payback
Defeating Shane McMahon at WrestleMania 33
Winning the Six Pack Challenge at WWE Fastlane
Defeating Shinsuke Nakamura in a Last Man Standing match at Money in the Bank
His entrance for the Boneyard Match at WrestleMania 36
Defeating Kevin Owens for the United States Championship at a Madison Square Garden house show
The ring introduction for his match against John Cena at Crown Jewel 2025
Defeating Chris Jericho in his first WWE singles match
Not leaving his gloves in the ring at WWE Royal Rumble 2026
Giving The Singh Brothers (Bollywood Boyz) a double Styles Clash on the November 28, 2017 episode of SmackDown
Defeating Shinsuke Nakamura at WrestleMania 34
His promo challenging The Undertaker to a match at WrestleMania 36
Defeating Daniel Bryan for the Intercontinental Championship on the June 12, 2020 episode of SmackDown
Winning the Raw Tag Team Championships with Omos at WrestleMania 37
Making Gunther tap out on the January 12, 2026 episode of Raw, even if the ref didn’t see it
Winning a number one contender battle royal on SmackDown in 2017
Defeating Finn Balor and JD McDonagh with Dragon Lee to win the World Tag Team Championships
Defeating Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn in a handicap match at the 2018 Royal Rumble
Throwing Shane McMahon through a car window during a 2017 backstage segment