33 postsAries is a guest on Piper’s Pit to discuss villains in wrestling, TNA and his future goals.
Given the opportunity I’d like to think I could carry a title in any promotion on any level. Just give me the ball and I’ll run with it.
Roode becomes number one contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Hardy, Aries and Young in an elimination match on IMPACT.
Aries retains the X Division Championship in an eight man gauntlet match on TNA IMPACT. Aries last eliminates Sanada via pinfall to score the victory at sixteen minutes and forty-three seconds.
Young retains the TNA World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Lashley and Aries in a steel cage match at Slammiversary. Young picks up the victory by pinning Aries at twelve minutes and thirty-five seconds.
Aries talks to The Room radio show about booking in TNA and the current state of the company.
I think TNA’s fine. I think people get a little wrapped up in the day-to-day operations, per se. They like to maybe read into things without really having the knowledge of everything that’s going on behind the scenes. … My paychecks are coming. I’m working consistently … There’s a lot of good things on the horizon.
Aries defeats Sabin in singles competition on the Genesis themed special edition of IMPACT to retain the X Division Championship. Aries picks up the pinfall victory at five minutes and eight seconds.
Sabin defeats Aries in singles competition on IMPACT to retain the X Division Championship. Sabin picks up the pinfall victory after outside interference from Sky at five minutes and forty-five seconds.
Aries speaks to Ring Rust Radio about the X-Division title, AJ Styles and his future in TNA.
My responsibility is to just go out there and do whatever I’m asked to do to the best of my ability, I don’t put any extra pressure on myself. I don’t necessarily get rubs from championships; I’d like to feel the championship gets a rub off of me.
Sabin obtains the TNA X Division Championship by defeating Aries, Hardy, Joe and Manik in an Ultimate X match at Bound for Glory. Sabin grabs the title, hanging above the ring, for the victory at eleven minutes and fifty seconds.
Sabin captures the TNA X Dvision title at Bound for Glory in an Ultimate X match. Sabin grabs the title suspended above the ring before Hardy, Joe, Manik or Aries to claim victory.
Aries talks to DirecTV about his favorite opponent, Bobby Heenan.
Bobby Heenan is one of my favorites of all time. Even back in the AWA, I just always thought he was great. And obviously The Horsemen dominating as well as Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, Magnum T.A., The Midnight Express, and The Freebirds. Of course Jake Roberts and Rick Rude. Those are the guys I grew up watching and idolizing.
Aries talks to V2 Wrestling about Kevin Nash, nearly retiring and TNA.
“I had made the decision (to retire). It was just one of those situations where I didn’t feel that I was getting back what I was putting in. I didn’t want to be a prisoner to the world of wrestling; I didn’t want to be a guy who was trying to hustle every weekend and do a convention. I didn’t want to be Randy The Ram in 10, 20 years. I felt at that point of my life I was ok with transitioning into something else, and I’d stopped taking bookings and had nothing on my schedule, and before that really sunk in I got a call from TNA offering me the opportunity to come down there for an X Division qualifying match. and I figured, well why not take one more pay day, that certainly can’t hurt!
Sabin obtains the TNA X Division Championship by defeating Manik and Aries in triple threat action on IMPACT. Sabin claims the pinfall victory over Aries at sixteen minutes and fifteen seconds.
Aries and Roode retain the TNA World Tag Team Championships by defeating Guerrero and Hernandez in tag team action on IMPACT. Aries picks up the pinfall victory over Guerrero at eleven minutes and fifty-five seconds.
Roode and Aries retain the TNA World Tag Team Championships by defeating Guerrero, Hernandez and Bad Influence in triple threat tag team action at Lockdown. Roode picks up the pinfall victory over Daniels at seventeen minutes.
Roode and Aries defeat Guerrero and Hernandez to obtain the TNA World Tag Team Championships on IMPACT. Aries picks up the pinfall victory over Guerrero after delivering a 450 splash at seventeen minutes and forty-five seconds.
Hardy defeats Aries and Roode in elimination style triple threat action at Genesis to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Hardy picks up the pinfall victory by last eliminating Aries at twenty minutes and twenty seconds.
Hardy retains the TNA World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Aries in singles competition on IMPACT. Hardy picks up the pinfall victory after delivering a Swanton Bomb at eighteen minutes and two seconds.
Aries defeats Van Dam on IMPACT via disqualification. The match ends at twelve minutes and twenty-nine seconds when Ray runs in to attack Aries. Due to the circumstances of the match’s end, the X Division titles does not change hands.
Hardy defeats Aries in a ladder match contested for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Turning Point. the match ends when Hardy ascends the ladder to retrieve the championship belts hanging above the ring at twenty-one minutes and ten seconds.
Hardy defeats Aries in singles competition at Bound for Glory to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Hardy picks up the pinfall victory after delivering a Swanton Bomb at twenty-three minutes and ten seconds.
Aries defeats Roode in singles competition at Hardcore Justice to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Aries picks up the pinfall victory with a roll-up pin at twenty-five minutes.
Aries defeats Roode in singles competition, after vacating the X Division Title, at Destination X to become the TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Aries picks up the pinfall victory after delivering a Brainbuster suplex at twenty-two minutes and forty seconds.
Aries retains the TNA X Division Championship by defeating Ion and Sabin in an Ultimate X match on IMPACT. Aries picks up the victory by grabbing the title hung above the ring at seven minutes and twenty-one seconds.
Aries defeats Joe in singles competition at Slammiversary to retain the TNA X Division Championship. Aries picks up the pinfall victory after delivering a brainbuster suplex at eleven minutes and forty-five seconds.
Aries defeats Ion in singles competition at TNA Victory Road on pay-per-view to retain the X Division Championship. Aries picks up the submission victory at eleven minutes and ten seconds.
Aries defeats Shelley in singles competition at TNA Against All Odds on pay-per-view to retain the TNA X Division Championship. Aries picks up the submission victory at fifteen minutes and five seconds.
Aries defeats Kash in singles competition at TNA Final Resolution on pay-per-view to retain the X Division Championship. Aries picks up the pinfall victory after hitting a “Brainbuster” suplex at twelve minutes and forty-five seconds.
Aries defeats Jesse and Kash in triple-threat competition at TNA Turning Point on pay-per-view to retain the X Division Championship. Aries picks up the pinfall victory with a roll-up pin on Kash at twelve minutes and fifty-one seconds.
Aries defeats Kendrick in singles competition at TNA Bound for Glory on pay-per-view. Aries picks up the pinfall victory after delivering a “Brainbuster” suplex at ten minutes and thirty seconds.
Ring of Honor wrestling hosts its very first event in New York City. The event features Daniel Bryan vs KENTA and The Kings of Wrestling vs Austin Aries and Roderick Strong.
Punk defeats Aries in singles competition at Death Before Dishonor to become the Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Champion. The match ends when Punk delivers a Pepsi Plunge and picks up the pinfall. Punk announces that he has signed with WWE and begins threatening to take the ROH championship to WWE with him.
Aries (Daniel Solwold Jr.) is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He develops an early interest in professional wrestling through watching the NWA.
The influences I had growing up I think comes out in the way I perform and maybe that’s what helps set me apart from some of the guys who grew up watching different types of wrestling. I appreciated all of it, but what originally caught my attention was that dirty wrasslin’ with those real characters and blood and Dick Murdoch and Buzz Saywer. That was the stuff that really grabbed me as a kid and really fell in love with.