10 Most Succesful TNA Wrestlers In WWE

by Andrew Soucek

1. A.J. Styles

AJ Styles SummerSlam 2016
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It’s still pretty incredible to think about A.J. Styles being employed by WWE. He's arguably the most talented man to ever step foot in a TNA ring, but for some reason, Vince McMahon didn't seem that interested in him, and never made him a big money offer to join the company.

Finally, after Styles left TNA, spent some time in Japan and was approaching 40, he was picked up by WWE and amazingly, skipped through NXT completely. Even more surreal is that he has defeated John Cena on multiple occasions. Five years ago if someone told you that would happen someday, you’d probably think they took one too many Styles Clashes.

While it is a bit of a shame that WWE didn’t pick Styles up 10 years ago, and pushed him as one of the best babyfaces in the world during that time, he’s doing great work right now, and is positioned higher than most would have ever dreamed for the former top TNA star.

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