Styles Clash

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Styles Clash is a professional wrestling finishing maneuver popularized by AJ Styles, where the attacker hooks the opponent’s arms and drives them face-first into the mat.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf finishing maneuver
professional wrestling move
alsoKnownAs Styles Clash (wrestling move) NERFINISHED
associatedWith AJ Styles’ main event matches
IWGP Heavyweight Championship matches NERFINISHED
TNA World Heavyweight Championship matches NERFINISHED
counteredBy back body drop
hurricanrana
roll‑through pin
era 2000s
2010s
2020s
execution attacker falls forward driving opponent face‑first into the mat
attacker hooks opponent’s arms from a face‑down position
attacker lifts opponent upside down
finisherCategory impact move
finisherOf AJ Styles NERFINISHED
firstPromotionUsedIn NJPW GENERATED
ROH GENERATED
TNA GENERATED
impactSurface wrestling ring mat
inspiredVariant Belly‑to‑back Styles Clash NERFINISHED
Top‑rope Styles Clash
moveType double underhook facebuster
facebuster
notableUser Colt Cabana NERFINISHED
Mia Yim NERFINISHED
Yoshi Tatsu NERFINISHED
popularizedBy AJ Styles NERFINISHED
promotionAssociation New Japan Pro-Wrestling NERFINISHED
Ring of Honor NERFINISHED
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling NERFINISHED
WWE NERFINISHED
requires attacker to maintain opponent’s head clearance from the mat
opponent’s arms to be hooked
requiresSetup attacker standing in front of opponent
opponent bent forward
risk neck injury if opponent tucks chin
safetyInstruction opponent must keep head up
signatureOf AJ Styles NERFINISHED
sport professional wrestling
targetArea face
neck
upper body
usedBy AJ Styles NERFINISHED

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AJ Styles signatureMove Styles Clash