Austin Aries
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| Austin Aries | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Real name: |
Dan Solwold |
| Height: |
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight: |
205 lb (98 kg) |
| Born: |
April 15, 1978 |
| Wrestling information | |
| Names: |
Austin Aries |
| Billed from: |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Trained by: |
Eddie Sharkey |
| Wrestling debut: |
2000 |
| Currently: | |
| Website: | |
| Ring of Honor | |
| Debut: |
Do or Die II |
| Full Impact Pro | |
| Debut: |
Emergence: Part One |
| SHIMMER Women Athletes | |
| Deubt: |
N/A |
Dan Solwold (born April 15, 1978 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Austin Aries. Aries currently competes for various independent promotions, including Ring of Honor and Full Impact Pro. In ROH, Aries is the current ROH World Champion and former ROH World Tag Team Champion, as well as the former head trainer of the ROH Wrestling Academy.
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[edit] Career
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- 450 splash
- Brainbuster
- Last Chancery (Briding arm triangle choke, usually preceding repeated knee strikes to the head)
- Crucifix bomb
- Death valley driver
- Frog splash
- Headstand escape from a neck scissors followed by a dropkick or kick to the chest of the seated opponent
- Heat Seeking Missle (Topé)
- Powerdrive Elbow (Pendulum elbow drop onto an opponent)
- Roaring elbow
- Running corner dropkick
- Shin breaker into a Saito suplex
- Managers
- Theme music
- "Born of a Broken Man" – Rage Against the Machine
- "Personal Jesus" – Marilyn Manson
- "Fire it Up" – Black Label Society
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- Mid-American Wrestling
- MAW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Midwest Championship Wrestling
- MWCW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Midwest Independent Association of Wrestling
- MIAW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- Minnesota Independent Wrestling
- MIW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- National Wrestling Alliance
- NWA Midwest X Division Championship (1 time)
- Neo Pro Wrestling
- Neo-Pro Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked #31 in the PWI 500 for 2008
- Pro Wrestling WAR
- PWW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Ring of Honor
- ROH World Championship (2 times - current)
- ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Roderick Strong
- Steel Domain Wrestling
- SDW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ted Dixon
[edit] Media
- Wrestling Machine: The Best of Austin Aries
- Our Time is Now: The Best of Generation Next
[edit] Videos
| Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs. Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal (November 19, 2005: Part 1) | Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs. Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal (November 19, 2005: Part 2) | Austin Aries vs. Eddie Edwards (December 22, 2006) | Austin Aries vs. Silas Young (April 19, 2008) |
