AJ Styles, a renowned professional wrestler, boasts a net worth of $4 million. He is a WWE SmackDown performer with a career spanning numerous promotions like TNA, NWA, and NJPW. Styles has achieved remarkable milestones, including being the first wrestler to win the WWE Championship outside North America.
Born Allen Neal Jones on June 2, 1977, at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Styles grew up in poverty with an abusive father. He attended Johnson High School in Gainesville, Georgia, where he excelled in amateur wrestling, becoming a two-time state champion. After graduating in 1996, Styles pursued higher education at Anderson University in South Carolina.
Styles began wrestling in 1998 with Georgia-based National Championship Wrestling under the name Mr. Olympia. He transitioned to independent promotions in 1999, eventually adopting the name AJ Styles in NWA Wildside. By 2001, he joined World Championship Wrestling, forming a tag team with Air Paris. Over the next few years, Styles wrestled for various promotions, including All-Pro Wrestling and Frontier Wrestling Alliance.
Styles debuted in Ring of Honor in 2002, quickly becoming a top attraction. Teaming with Amazing Red, he secured the ROH Tag Team Championship in 2003. Although unsuccessful in claiming the ROH World Champion title from Samoa Joe, Styles won the inaugural ROH Pure Championship and engaged in notable feuds with Jimmy Rave and the Embassy.
During this period, Styles achieved significant victories in promotions like Combat Zone Wrestling, Maximum Pro Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. He secured titles such as the IWC Super Indy Championship and the PWG Championship, cementing his reputation as a skilled and versatile wrestler.
Styles made history in TNA and NWA, becoming the first TNA X Division Champion and winning multiple NWA World Heavyweight Championships. He claimed numerous titles, including the TNA World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships, and set records like a 211-day title defense streak in 2009. His tenure with TNA ended in 2013 after a 12-year run.
From 2006 to 2013, Styles competed in Japanese promotions like NJPW and Mexican promotions like AAA. Returning to NJPW in 2014, he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship twice, further enhancing his global status.
After leaving TNA, Styles wrestled in promotions like Revolution Pro Wrestling and Combat Zone Wrestling, earning titles such as the RPW British Heavyweight Championship and the FWE Heavyweight Championship.
Styles joined WWE in 2016, quickly capturing the WWE World Championship. He made history in 2017 as the first WWE Champion crowned outside North America. Styles also won titles like the United States, Intercontinental, and Raw Tag Team Championships, achieving milestones such as the longest SmackDown WWE Championship reign.
Married to Wendy since 2000, Styles is a devoted family man with three sons and a daughter. The family resides in Gainesville, Georgia, maintaining a close-knit and grounded life.
