Speaking through his official Twitter account, WWE Champion AJ Styles reflected on his first year in WWE, which saw him leave New Japan Pro Wrestling and make a surprise debut at the 2016 WWE Royal Rumble, make his first WrestleMania appearance and become WWE Champion.

When 2016 year started no one thought AJ Styles would be in @WWE. Well look how far we've come …#PhenomenalWWEChampion #SDLive

— AJStyles.Org (@AJStylesOrg) December 27, 2016