AJ Styles: podcast appearances and interviews

Allen Neal Jones, known by his ring name AJ Styles, is an American retired professional wrestler associated with WWE as a talent scout. He has an extensive career that includes notable tenures in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and Ring of Honor (ROH). Jones debuted in 1998 and initially competed for various independent promotions as well as World Championship Wrestling before gaining mainstream recognition through TNA. During his time in TNA, he became a prominent figure and held multiple championships, including the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice, the NWA World Heavyweight Championship three times, and the inaugural X Division Championship, which he won six times. He is recognized as the first TNA Triple Crown and Grand Slam champion. Jones also competed in ROH from 2002 to 2006, where he became the inaugural ROH Pure Champion. His international career includes triumphs in Japan with NJPW, where he is a two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, and in the United Kingdom with Revolution Pro Wrestling, where he is a former RPW British Heavyweight Champion. Jones first appeared in what is now WWE in 2002, declining a developmental contract, but returned in 2016 to win the WWE Championship twice. He is noted for being the first wrestler to win the WWE title outside North America and has held multiple other WWE titles. Over a 28-year career, he has headlined major events including WrestleMania 36 Night 1 and multiple Bound for Glory events. Jones has received numerous accolades, including ranking atop the PWI 500 in 2010, being voted PWI Wrestler of the Year three times, and earning induction into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2017.