Aries vs Hardy – TNA title
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 vs Roode – TNA title
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 vs Roode – TNA title
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 vs Ion vs Sabin – X Division title
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 vs Joe – X Division title
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 vs Ion – X Division title
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 vs Shelley – X Division title
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 vs Kash – X Division title
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 vs Jesse vs Kash – X Division title
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 vs Kendrick – X Division title
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.
Inaugural show
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 vs Aries – ROH title
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.
Austin Aries born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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.