10 Wrestlers Banned From Using THEIR OWN Moves
3. AJ Styles
The Styles Clash has a strange history, one that scuppered its pioneer from using it for a few weeks in WWE.
For years and years, AJ Styles executed his unique facebuster variation with zero incident, which was very impressive, given the rapid and convoluted set-up spots he dreamed up in Ring Of Honor in particular. While counter-intuitive for his opponents to take - unlike the vast majority of throws, the head mustn't be tucked - AJ's safety record was near 100%. Provided that one crucial step was taken (or rather not taken), the landing was as gentle as wrestling gets.
That was until AJ left TNA in 2014 and left a veritable spree of injuries in his wake. Both Yoshi Tatsu and Lionheart suffered broken necks, while others were only narrowly spared such a significant injury.
New Japan did an altogether too successful job of marketing the Styles Clash as a dangerous move to capitalise on the controversy; WWE were reluctant to let him use it, and he didn't, despite Michelle McCool using her own variation a few years prior, until Chris Jericho per Inside The Ropes slyly pitched it to Vince without telling him the name, and kicked out to prove it was safe.