AJ Styles patented 'Styles Clash' has finally been unbanned by WWE, and it's due in large part to Chris Jericho.

Upon his entry into the WWE, Styles began to feud with Chris Jericho for his first major program. This led to the pair exchanging victories on both Monday Night RAW and SmackDown Live before their first pay-per-view (PPV) meeting at Fastlane. Styles would emerge victorious and the pair would seemingly settle their differences, so much so that they'd form a tag team with one another which they dubbed 'Y2AJ.' Soon after that, however, Jericho turned on Styles and attacked him on RAW, setting up their one-on-one meeting at WrestleMania 32.

Unfortunately for Styles, however, he was unable to pick up the victory against the first ever WWE Unified Champion. In the beginning of his WWE run, however, one key move missing from Styles' arsenal was his fan-favorite finisher, The Styles Clash.

Although it had been teased in many of his early matches, he was never able to execute it as his opponents would always find a way to escape. While rumors circulated around the professional wrestling newswire that the move had been banned by Vince McMahon, Jericho claims that he is actually a key reason why the move is around and well in WWE today.

Jericho recently did an interview with '107.7 The Bone’ to promote his new book, No Is a Four-Letter Word: How I Failed Spelling but Succeeded in Life, and revealed how he helped get the move unbanned (quotes via IWNerd):

“When A.J. came in I believed he was going to be a huge star which of course he is. He had this finishing move called the Styles Clash which was kind of unofficially banned in the WWE because there was rumors that people had gotten hurt from it and all that sort of thing, but I knew it was a great move.

"I knew it was an easy move to take. I knew it was something that could give AJ an extra color to paint your pictures with. I basically…started using it (taking it) during matches just so Vince could see it.

"I figured if he saw it and didn’t want me to do it then he would know…and people were so mad at me because I was kicking out of the move like “Jericho’s burying A.J…” It’s like shut up you idiots I have a plan here…”

“Eventually I went to Vince and said “Did you see that move that AJ Did?” Never using the words the Styles Clash because I knew…that name is taboo. Oh, the Styles Clash you can’t do it. So, I said you know that move where he picks me up and dumps me on my face?…

"He should use that as a finish!” Yes, absolutely use it as a finish.” So, I was able to kind of indirectly able to get the move unbanned by just doing it, and not asking for permission, and never using the name Styles Clash when I talked to Vince about it.

"Now it’s one of AJ’s biggest moves. I believed it could work. I wanted to stand up for it, but once again you have to be kind of sly about it sometimes”

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