Odyssey Jones is the new GAORA TV Champion in All Japan Pro Wrestling. The former WWE star, who works AJPW shows under the shortened name Oddyssey, beat Masaaki Mochizuki on November 3 in Sapporo and has since announced the win on Instagram.
Oddyssey ended Mochizuki’s second defense with a splash from the second rope, becoming the 35th man to hold the title. Mochizuki, a Dragon Gate veteran, had won the belt on August 2.
The title comes more than two years after WWE let Jones go. He was released in September 2024, and reports later tied the move to domestic violence allegations. Jones addressed the allegations publicly in January 2025 as he began taking independent bookings.
Jones already had AJPW gold. He and Xyon, the former Xyon Quinn, beat Hideki Suzuki and Kengo Mashimo for the AJPW World Tag Team Championship on September 23, 2025, in Tachikawa, their first titles in the promotion.
Jones has also left the door open to a move to AEW. In September, he said he isn’t ruling out AEW as he continues rebuilding his career after WWE.
