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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Styles Clash canonical 3
Styles Clash (wrestling move) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf finishing maneuver
professional wrestling move
alsoKnownAs Styles Clash (wrestling move)
linked to: Styles Clash
associatedWith AJ Styles’ main event matches
IWGP Heavyweight Championship matches
TNA World Heavyweight Championship matches
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
firstPromotionUsedIn NJPW
ROH
TNA
impactSurface wrestling ring mat
inspiredVariant Belly‑to‑back Styles Clash
Top‑rope Styles Clash
moveType double underhook facebuster
facebuster
notableUser Colt Cabana
Mia Yim
Yoshi Tatsu
popularizedBy AJ Styles
promotionAssociation New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Ring of Honor
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
WWE
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
sport professional wrestling
targetArea face
neck
upper body
usedBy AJ Styles

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AJ Styles signatureMove Styles Clash
Allen Neal Jones signatureMove Styles Clash
Styles Clash alsoKnownAs Styles Clash (wrestling move)
linked to: Styles Clash