{"id":9817,"date":"2016-02-04T10:49:58","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T16:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=9817"},"modified":"2016-02-05T02:01:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T08:01:00","slug":"a-j-styles-ending-one-era-starting-new-era-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/04\/a-j-styles-ending-one-era-starting-new-era-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"A.J. Styles ending one era &#038; starting new era this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1867052758\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>A.J. Styles is ending one era of his career Friday night in Georgia,\u00a0then officially beginning a new era Saturday night in California.<\/p>\n<p>Styles&#8217;s last independent booking date is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/996265333794759\/\" target=\"_blank\">Friday night in Canton, Georgia<\/a> when he faces Corey Hollis in the main event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A.J. Styles is no longer accepting Independent bookings having signed with WWE,&#8221; Styles&#8217;s representative Bill Behrens announced Thursday. &#8220;We thank all the promoters worldwide who help A.J. grow his brand over the last two years.\u00a0 It&#8217;s been Phenomenal!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Styles then joins WWE&#8217;s road crew for his first house show Saturday night in San Jose, California <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwe-live-tour\/wwelive-sanjose-feburary\" target=\"_blank\">at the SAP Center<\/a>. 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