10 Best TNA Wrestling Moments

4. AJ Styles becomes TNA World Heavyweight Champion

AJ Styles was pivotal to the success of TNA from the very get-go. 

A relative unknown whose main exposure came briefly during the dying days of WCW, the Phenomenal One was the lynchpin of the X-division, winning the X-Division Title on the promotion’s second weekly pay-per-view. 

Over time, Styles outgrew the division and made the move up to the heavyweight ranks. 

He became king of the mountain for the third time when he beat Jeff Jarrett to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title at Hard Justice 2005, though his reign sadly only lasted a little over a month. 

It would take AJ more than four years to win another world title, but it was worth the wait. 

After outpacing Kurt Angle, Sting, Matt Morgan, and Hernandez to bag his first TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a five-way at No Surrender 2009, Styles was joined in celebration by his longtime rival-turned-partner Christopher Daniels, with friends and fans in the IMPACT Zone flooding the ring to show their appreciation for a man who as much as any other had gotten the company to where it was.