10 Reasons AJ Styles Is The Best WWE Signing Of The Decade
3. The Showstopper
"AJ Styles is the best wrestler in the world."
That objective take on an extremely subjective industry has been thrown around for several years now, with Styles a rare WWE standout in contrast to the crew of elite performers that arguably outwork him year on year from Japan and the Independent scene.
That he's been in said debate as a constant with the rotating cast of Kenny Omega, Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Ricochet over the last several years speaks to his astonishing adaptability and ferocious form over a protracted period. Only Daniel Bryan's CV looked close to it, and even he was too hampered booking that handcuffed several of his high level clashes.
Paul Heyman named the three wrestlers Styles has been compared to in this article as those he'd since surpassed for good reason. There was a measured effort to find those that collectively made up the perfect pro wrestlers, with Shawn Michaels' name dropped purposefully to position him alongside the one man WWE undisputedly consider their best ever.
With seemingly limitless gas in the tank and Michaels' own knack for unlocking an ostensibly hidden higher level in his big matches, AJ looks set to become the 'Icon that can still go' and could easily take 'HBK's 'Mr WrestleMania' mantle with enough efforts on the 'Show Of Shows'. In North America at least, there is still no finer all-rounder.