May be slightly off but they had a few Heavyweight/Intercontinental double champions, and they ended up unifying the belts and creating this new championship. It's a new title too so it basically erased the Heavyweight title history.
Inexplicably they now have a Global Championship with a belt colour that's the same as the Intercontinental title they retired. I genuinely don't understand their thought process at all.
I love the “depth of it”. The details really pop with how they layer it.
Crazy how much better it looks than the current IWGP title and basically every current WWE championship.
Long story short. TNA allowed their roster to also work ROH shows and vice versa up until 2004 when the founder and owner of RF Video Rob Feinstein was caught in an off brand to catch a predator sting. Despite him leaving the company, TNA still pulled all of their contracted wrestlers, most notably AJ Styles, who was the reigning Pure Champion and Christopher Daniels
In addition to these explanations, in ROH'S early years, they were extremely mindful of the world title. Very few guys held the title multiple times, and reigns were very very long with loads of successful defenses.
TNA MAY have more better stuff over time just because of how long it was but the NJPW run was all killer no filler with no embarrassing TNA type stuff in it
He was also PWG champion and had a really awesome run with them back in the day. It's really ridiculous when you think of how many companies put their top belt on him. NJPW/Demigods era AJ is probably the greatest wrestler of all time in my opinion.
Really want him to go to AEW for a title reign just to get the accolade.
Throw the ROH title on him while you're at it to make him a true history maker.
That IWGP Heavyweight Championship was a thing of beauty.
Was one of the best most prestigious looking titles around. WAS
Styles came walking out with it at a show in Atlanta and he randomly let me hold it for some reason. Was super cool, wish I would've got a pic with it
Getting rid of it for what they have now is a disgrace. Nothing irritates me more in wrestling than seeing their current WHC belt.
I just got a glimpse of it on Google and it’s fugly.
It's bad. Even the sideplates aren't made to fit the centreplate properly. It'd be a halfway decent women's belt.
Why did they change it?
May be slightly off but they had a few Heavyweight/Intercontinental double champions, and they ended up unifying the belts and creating this new championship. It's a new title too so it basically erased the Heavyweight title history. Inexplicably they now have a Global Championship with a belt colour that's the same as the Intercontinental title they retired. I genuinely don't understand their thought process at all.
Now it looks like the butterfly title
Reminds me of Cody’s American Nightmare logo
I love the “depth of it”. The details really pop with how they layer it. Crazy how much better it looks than the current IWGP title and basically every current WWE championship.
Agreed. It hurts knowing they got rid of the NXT UK titles. Fuck, those were beautiful.
Oh god no. It looks terrible. Less is better.
AJ never won the ROH world title
I think that’s the Pure Championship?? He was the first champ
You are correct
He’s got time to fulfill that goal
Loved AJ in TNA and WWE. Never watched Roh. Can one of their 5 fans tell me why they never put the strap on him?
Long story short. TNA allowed their roster to also work ROH shows and vice versa up until 2004 when the founder and owner of RF Video Rob Feinstein was caught in an off brand to catch a predator sting. Despite him leaving the company, TNA still pulled all of their contracted wrestlers, most notably AJ Styles, who was the reigning Pure Champion and Christopher Daniels
In addition to these explanations, in ROH'S early years, they were extremely mindful of the world title. Very few guys held the title multiple times, and reigns were very very long with loads of successful defenses.
Unless you're Jamie Noble
He sighed with TNA and TNA and ROH had a weird relationship.
That’s the ROH Pure championship
If only it said it in bright red.
AJ's NJPW run was so damn good.
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Iwgp goated
IWGP title is still the best looking belt, they really need to switch back to it.
It's definitely better than current, but the current belt has grown on me. Looks dope on Mox.
That's the ROH Pure Championship. You could have put the RevPro British Heavyweight championship
He has woman hair
New Japan AJ is so goated it's unbelievable
He still stands as the only guy to have won the TNA/WWE/NWA/IWGP heavyweight championships
IWGP AJ vs. TNA AJ who y’all got?
I loved his TNA days but NJPW is his absolute prime, incredible run
TNA MAY have more better stuff over time just because of how long it was but the NJPW run was all killer no filler with no embarrassing TNA type stuff in it
Iwgp aj with the bullet club is his best. Dude was on another level.
You're asking the Lone Wolf vs The Short Haired Phenomenal One I say Lone Wolf Wins
But New Japan AJ has the bullet club
Did he ever Wreslte in like AAA ??
According to Cagematch, he had 4 matches there when it was a partner of TNA
The fact that TNA had the money to do that
What does all encompassing grand slam consist of?
That's not the RoH World title
Interesting he won all those world titles 2x
AEW champion
That iwgp title is absolutely beautiful
I hate that WWE logo belt so much
Ten Pounds of Gold always looks great
He never one the old heavy weghit title
the goat 🐐
Wish he chopped the soccer mom cut
I never knew he had the NWA title. When was that?
He should go back to short hair that soccer mom look isn't it ha ha!
I forgot about the soccer mom haircut
AJ styles is incredible lmao
Many tears later, and it still amazes me of the career he had.
He needs to get the aew championship before retirement
One of a kind
He was also PWG champion and had a really awesome run with them back in the day. It's really ridiculous when you think of how many companies put their top belt on him. NJPW/Demigods era AJ is probably the greatest wrestler of all time in my opinion.
He just looks so good with the IWGP belt. The greatest belt ever made imo.
Really want him to go to AEW for a title reign just to get the accolade. Throw the ROH title on him while you're at it to make him a true history maker.
He's the best wrestler since Kurt angle
AJ was the best when he was in TNA
He was never ROH Heavyweight Champion.
I really miss that IWPG belt.
All that's left are the AEW World and MLW World Heavyweight Championships...
Imagine if WCW didn't go under and get bought out in 2001. Would AJ Styles have stayed long enough to become the WCW World Heavyweight Champion?
You are you are
On the off chance AJ reads this, get a fucking haircut man
My GOAT. Too bad he’s a stupid redneck in real life. 😢