AJ Styles is IWGP Heavyweight Champion (New Japan)

[Kidd Dibiase]

so was Prince Devitt outed from Bullet Club? them potential matches thoguh

 

[Sypress]

:saddixie:

 

[Prince Akeem]

Its funny how Japan always gives our guys respect and puts our guys over but when they come here I can't recall any Japanese wrestler who really got main event shine or the main title in the states in WWF or WCW, maybe WCW gave ultimo dragon and The Great Muta a little bit of love

Because they aren't run by people who don't respect wrestlers from other countries or promotions like WWE.

 

[Slystallion]

Yokozuna

That Samoan was one of the greatest heels ever and could move in the ring...I legit hated him as a kid in fact I think he was the only heel I ever hated in hindsight he made wrestling real to me

I remember being so angry when Yoko had to get help from like 20 other wrestlers to beat Taker in that casket match

 

[TreyAce]

I guess if okada had to lose it to someone im glad its aj

 

[ORDER_66]

AJ styles left TNA?!?!? WTF!

 

[ADK]

AJ styles left TNA?!?!? WTF!

The Undertaker lost at Wrestlemania too

 

[DoubleJ13]

The Undertaker lost at Wrestlemania too

I don't know why this came off funny to me.

 

[Nintendough]

This is the ceiling for AJ Styles...

 

[SirMo]

This is the ceiling for AJ Styles...

Agree. Unless WWE come knocking with an intention to use him well, he ain't getting no higher.

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

This is the ceiling for AJ Styles...

Decent ceiling though. I dont think a gaijin won that strap since Lesnar and we know how that ended...

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

AJ Bullet'd up?

This is the ceiling for AJ Styles...

More prestigious than being TNA champ. He's probably making an incredible amount of money. If he stays healthy he can have a good career over there.

 

[FreshAIG]

Having someone win the world title in their first match in a new promotion makes the promotion look terrible more than the champion look strong.

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Having someone win the world title in their first match in a new promotion makes the promotion look terrible more than the champion look strong.

Not necessarily, I mean if it was Curtis Axel holding that title after getting them deavors then yeah, but AJ walked from TNA and is an internationally recognized top player.

Him holding that title like that shows that's where the big boys play, plus the Japanese don't even view things like that the same way we do. We tend to over analyze what's going on, how it got this person over, did it draw, what does it mean to the compant, ect...they just sit back and enjoy the show.

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

Having someone win the world title in their first match in a new promotion makes the promotion look terrible more than the champion look strong.

Generally yes but theyve booked Okada perfectly up until now so now it places Bullet Club as the top heel faction over Chaos. With Suzuki-Gun in the mix as well we needed to so a face turn for someone