(1978-04-15) April 15, 1978 (age 46)[1] Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Austin Aries Austin Starr[2] Dan Sexon[1]
Billed height
5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[3]
Billed weight
202 lb (92 kg)[3]
Billed from
Milwaukee, Wisconsin[4] Savage, Minnesota[5]
Trained by
Eddie Sharkey[1] Terry Fox[1]
Debut
November 11, 2000[2]
Daniel Healy Solwold Jr. (born April 15, 1978), better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American professional wrestler. He is known for his time with Impact Wrestling, where he is a three-time Impact World Champion and a six-time Impact X Division Champion, and Ring of Honor (ROH) where he was the first multi-time ROH World Champion. He is also known for his time with WWE, where he competed in the cruiserweight division as well as doing color commentary. Between TNA/Impact and ROH, Aries has held 14 total championships and has also held numerous international and U.S. independent championships.
Aries began to work with ROH in 2004, joining the Generation Next faction. He won the ROH World Tag Team Championship with his teammate Roderick Strong, and at Final Battle 2004, ROH's biggest event, defeated Samoa Joe to win the ROH World Championship, ending the latter's 645-day reign. He would regain the title in 2009, becoming the first multi-time champion. After moving on to Impact Wrestling, then known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Aries won the X Division Championship six times. His first reign is the longest of the title's history at 301 days and created the "Option C" clause, trading the title for a TNA World Heavyweight title opportunity at Destination X, winning the title. He also won the TNA World Tag Team Championship and the Impact Grand Championship, becoming a Grand Slam Champion in Impact Wrestling.[1] After a short hiatus from the wrestling industry from 2019 to 2021, he is currently making appearances for the National Wrestling Alliance and other independent wrestling companies.
^ abcdefMilner, John M. "Austin Aries". Wrestling. SLAM! Sports. Canoe.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
^ abCite error: The named reference OWW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ab"Austin Aries WWE profile". Retrieved February 17, 2021.
^"Austin Aries". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
^"Roster". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Archived from the original on June 20, 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
Healy Solwold Jr. (born April 15, 1978), better known by his ring name AustinAries, is an American professional wrestler. He is known for his time with...
characters in Marvel Comics Aries (journal), a journal of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism AustinAries (Daniel Healy Solwold Jr...
Strong won the ROH World Tag Team Championship with AustinAries. Strong later turned on Aries, forming a new faction, the No Remorse Corps, with Davey...
Black lost a number one contender match to AustinAries, Jacobs turned on him, and Black was then attacked by Aries. At Full Circle, Black was given a non-title...
645 days when he lost to AustinAries at Final Battle in December 2004. Soon after losing the ROH World Championship to Aries, Joe became the ROH Pure...
with the company, Roode also won the World Tag Team Championship with AustinAries and was a one-time TNA King of the Mountain Champion. In 2016, he began...
Next on May 22, 2004, Shelley formed a stable, "Generation Next", with AustinAries, Jack Evans and Roderick Strong. Generation Next, led by Shelley, spent...
judges. On June 4, 2018, during the Slammiversary XVI press conference, AustinAries announced that the Grand and Impact World Championship would be merged/unified...
for AustinAries to join them, writing blogs and posting YouTube videos about and directed at him. Tammy Sytch had made a counter offer to Aries of her...
Association's 2011 Super 8 Tournament. He defeated Sami Callihan and AustinAries en route to the final, where he lost to Tommaso Ciampa. On November 30...
a rivalry with X Division Champion AustinAries, after interrupting an X Division Championship match between Aries, Anthony Nese, Kid Kash and Zema Ion...
out of the match. On November 14, Angle won a submission match against AustinAries in the World title tournament, but by using Roode's finisher: the arm...
in their first shot at the ROH World Tag Team Championship, against AustinAries and Roderick Strong. On November 25, they defeated Chris Hero and Claudio...
Steve Austin (born Steven James Anderson; December 18, 1964), better known by his ring name "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, is an American retired professional...
Heavyweight Championship match. It began in June 2012 when then-champion AustinAries said that he was not satisfied with being just the X Division Champion...
Ring of Honor. At This Means War, he defeated Generation Next leader AustinAries, who was attacked by The Embassy following the show. At Vendetta, Styles...
One of his matches with AustinAries, performed on August 7, 2004, at Testing the Limit, lasted seventy-four minutes before Aries was finally declared the...
Devon revealed AustinAries as the man who outpaid Roode for the Aces & Eights to interfere in their match, which led to Hardy issuing Aries a title challenge...
IMPACT WRESTLING RESULTS: McMahon's report on OVE vs. Pentagon/Fenix, AustinAries vs. Dustin Cameron". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original...
defeated AustinAries, Jay Briscoe, and Roderick Strong in a Four-Corner Survival match. On November 14, 2009, Omega competed against Aries for the ROH...
Cruiserweight Championship against AustinAries. In the climax, as Aries applied the "Last Chancery" on Neville, Neville poked Aries' eyes to escape and performed...
tournament would take place on July 10 at Destination X. First round AustinAries defeated Jimmy Rave and Kid Kash (Impact Wrestling, June 16, 2011) Zema...
2017). "Powell's WrestleMania 33 Kickoff Show live review: Neville vs. AustinAries for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, Andre the Giant Memorial Battle...
Global Information