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RESULTS
08/16/08 - Ring of Honor
Chicago, IL
Bryan Danielson and Austin Aries defeated ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness and
Claudio Castagnoli.
Dragon forced Nigel to submit to Cattle Mutilation with a title shot coming in
Dragon's future.
After the match Claudio attacked Dragon again. Claudio hit a Ricola Bomb and
stomped a chair into Danielson's head.
08/15/08 - Ring of Honor
Cleveland, OH
Austin Aries defeated Tyler Black in a great scientific wrestling contest
with the Last Chancery.
Black announced before the match that it was to be held under "Age of the Fall
rules". No brawling allowed, just straight scientific wrestling.
08/02/08 - Ring of Honor
New York, NY
Austin Aries defeated Jimmy Jacobs and Necro Butcher in a 3 way dance.
Jimmy and Necro came out hugging and shaking hands but it didn't last. Jimmy
broke up a Necro pin and got in his face telling Necro to do what Jimmy tells
him to do. Necro hit Jimmy with a chair and left the match. Aries hits a
450 for the pin.
08/01/08 - Ring of Honor
Manassas, VA
Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin vs. Bryan Danielson and Austin Aries ends
in a 25 minute draw.
The match began with Dragon and Shelley having some excellent technical back
and forth. Sabin came in and he and Dragon had a great submission exhibition.
The Machine Guns hit stereo dives on Aries and Dragon. Aries gets tagged in
and drills the Guns with a Heat Seeking Missile. Shelley and Aries get back
in with some AWESOME fast paced back and forth reversals and counters. Match
ends in a 20 minute draw as Aries and Dragon have their respective finishers
applied.
Crowd wants five more minutes, and actually gets it this time! Shelley hits a
Superkick on Dragon knocking him back into Aries. It leads to a Sliced
Bread/Powerbomb INCREDIBLE near fall. Shelley and Aries trade back and forth
the Border City Stretch and Last Chancery. Time expires once again.
This time the Age of the Fall attack the Machine Guns. Aries runs them off.
Aries gets a mic and asks Shelley for a truce after all the bad history
between them. Shelley takes the mic and says NO! Machine Guns leave.
ROH World Tag Team Championships:
Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black defeat Go Shiozaki and Naomichi Marufuji to retain
in a match totally on par with the MCMG/Team Work tag.
After the match Aries and Shelley hit the ring and take out the Age. Shelley
says Aries and he can have their truce. They shake hands and that ends the show.
07/26/08 - Ring of Honor
Detroit, MI
Austin Aries is out with a mic. He calls out Jimmy Jacobs and Jimmy Jacobs
alone. He's attacked by Tyler Black and Mischif. Jimmy then does come out and
attacks Aries with a large HOOK! A large portion of the locker room come
out to break it up. In the midst of this, Steen gets a mic and demands a title
shot for he and El Generico. Jacobs says Steen has to earn it. Steen challenges
Jimmy but gets attacked by Necro.
After the Tyler Black/Bryan Danielson match Aries jumps Jimmy Jacobs and they
are beating the hell out of each other. The brawl has ended up in to the
crowd! Aries is bleeding. They've taken the fight to the autograph table!
A twenty foot ladder is brought into play. They fight to the top of the ladder.
Fans are chanting "PLEASE DON'T DIE!" Necro comes out with a chair! Both Aries
and Jacobs are telling him to hit the other with it. Necro throws down the chair
in frustration and bolts! All of a sudden, Necro returns and shoves the ladder
over sending BOTH men down through two tables! Necro turns back says that he
doesn't need either of them, and walks away leaving them in a pile of broken tables.
07/25/08 - Ring of Honor
Toronto, Canada
No Disqualification Non-Title Tag Team Match:
Austin Aries and The Briscoes defeated The Age Of The Fall (Jimmy Jacobs,
Tyler Black, and NecroButcher) after a Aries-Briscoe Road Warriors Doomsday
Device, then a Jay Driller on Tyler Black.
Tag main event started out as a no-DQ match of Austin Aries and Jay Briscoe
versus Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black. After a few minutes, Necro Butcher came
out to join the fun, followed by the return of Mark Briscoe getting into the
match. Highlights included Necro Butcher using a light pole; then taking out
a referee with a chair shot; (then putting a Briscoe through a ringside table.
Jay Briscoe bled from the top of the head, and Jacobs and Butcher celebrated
by taking a bite and doing a "Muta mist" spit. Jacobs got on the mike and gave
Butcher a spike of some kind and ordered him to take out Aries' eye. Necro
walked out instead, and the match went to the finish.
06/28/08 - Ring of Honor
Chicago, IL
Grudge Match:
Austin Aries defeated Jimmy Jacobs via 450 following 5 consecutive Running
Dropkicks in the corner.
06/27/08 - Ring of Honor
Dayton, OH
Necro Butcher defeated Austin Aries with a chair shot.
Aries said he didn't want to fight Necro since his problems were with Jacobs, and
that Jimmy doesn't care about Necro. Aries tells Necro that he should leave Age
of the Fall, but it didn't stop Necro from fighting. Aries stopped fighting back
midway through and took the chair shot.
06/08/08 - Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Los Angeles, CA
El Generico defeated Austin Aries.
06/07/08 - Ring of Honor
Philadelphia, PA
ROH World Tag Team Championships:
Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black (c) defeated Austin Aries and Bryan Danielson to
retain the titles.
Aries and Jacobs fought to the back. Tyler Black hit Dragon with two Small
Package Drivers and a Phoenix Splash to score a pin on him.
06/06/08 - Ring of Honor
Harford, CT
Austin Aries and Bryan Danielson defeated Roderick Strong and Davey Richards of
No Remorse Corps when Strong tapped to Danielson while in the Triangle Choke.
Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black defeated Austin Aries and Bryan Danielson via DQ.
Jacobs brought a chair into the ring really early on, but Aries used it thus
causing the DQ.
05/31/08 - Full Impact Pro Wrestling
Archadia, FL
Austin Aries defeated Jerry Lynn via the Horns of Aries.
05/30/08 - Full Impact Pro Wrestling
Crystal River, FL
Roderick Strong defeated Jerry Lynn and Austin Aries.
Lynn eliminated Aries with the cradle piledriver. Roderick retains over Lynn with
the Gibson Driver.
05/18/08 - Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Los Angeles, CA
Davey Richards defeated Austin Aries with the Texas Cloverleaf.
05/17/08 - Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Los Angeles, CA
Austin Aires defeated Jay Briscoe.
05/10/08 - Ring of Honor
New York, NY
ROH World Tag Team Title No Disqualification Match:
Jay Briscoe and Austin Aries defeated Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black to retain
the ROH World Tag Team Titles when Briscoe pinned Black following interference
from Mark Briscoe.
05/09/08 - Ring of Honor
Manassas, VA
Austin Aries defeated Erick Stevens.
04/26/08 - Full Impact Pro Wrestling
Crystal River, FL
YRR of Kenny King and Jason Blade defeated Jay Briscoe and Austin Aries
to retain the FIP Tag Team Championships.
04/19/08 - Ring of Honor
Chicago, IL
Austin Aries defeated Silas Young.
Aries wins with Horns of Aries in about 8min. Elongated Squash.
Post match: Jacobs comes out and congradulates Aries on joining AotF. Aries
said he's not joining, and Lacey has left the AotF. He tells Jimmy not to get
in his or Lacey's buisness.
Six Man Tag Team Match:
Jack Evans, Ruckus and Jigsaw vs. Jimmy Jacobs, Tyler Black and Joey Matthews
Zack Gowen replaced Jimmy. AotF win after Black pins Jack with Small Package Driver.
Post Match: Jimmy comes out and sends AotF to the back. He says he needs to do
this alone. He tells Aries he broke his heart, and calls out Aries. Aries
attacks, but Aotf come back out, minus Necro, and attack. They beat him down,
and are setting up to spike him. Lacey out and begs him to stop. Jimmy grabs
Lacey and sets to spike her, but collapses and cries. AotF leave. Lacey and
Aries embrace.
04/18/08 - Ring of Honor
Detroit, MI
Jay and Mark Briscoe defeated Kota Ibushi and Austin Aries.
Briscoes win after a spike Jaydriller on Ibushi.
03/29/08 - Ring of Honor
Orlando, FL
ROH Champion Nigel McGuinness defeated Austin Aries.
Age of the Fall came out. Jacobs said it was Aries destiny to lose tonight.
Jacobs says he could be Aries own personal Jesus. Lacey tries to get Aries to
leave with her. Tammy out. She thinks that Aries must have a concussion if he
would leave with Lacey and not her. Tammy offered money, fame, and sex and
he turned her down. Aries leaves with Lacey anyway. Jacobs and Black hold
Tammy to be slapped until the Briscoes made the save.
03/28/08 - Ring of Honor
Orlando, FL
Austin Aries defeated Genki Horiguchi.
Jimmy Jacobs told Aries it was time to make a choice on joining The Age of
the Fall or not. Tammy Sytch came out and tried to get Aries to go with her
instead. Aries said he didn't need any of them and left. Lacey attacked Tammy
and gave her a DDT.
03/22/08 - Full Impact Pro Wrestling
Crystal River, FL
Roderick Strong defeated Austin Aries via countout to retain the FIP title
after Nigel McGuinness attacked Aries on the outside with the ROH belt.
03/21/08 - GEAR Wrestling
Brooksville, FL
Austin Aries and Delirious defeated Austin Amadeus and Kenny King.
03/16/08 - Ring of Honor
Philadelphia, PA
Bryan Danielson defeated Austin Aries via submission with a seated
fujiwara armbar.
03/15/08 - Ring of Honor
Dover, NJ
Bryan Danielson and Austin Aries defeated Go Shiozaki and Nigel McGuinness.
03/14/08 - Ring of Honor
Dover, NJ
Austin Aries and Bryan Danielson defeated Jigsaw and Ruckus.
Aries pinned Jigsaw after a distraction from Eddie Kingston who was sitting in
the front row.
03/08/08 - AAW
Berwyn, IL
Austin Aries defeated Josh Abercrombie.
Silas Young defeated Austin Aries.
03/01/08 - Wisconsin Pro Wrestling
Black River Falls, WI
Austin Aries defeated Zakk Neo.
02/23/08 - Ring of Honor
New York, NY
Austin Aries defeated Go Shiozaki with a Brainbuster/450 combo.
Post-match: Tyler Black and Jimmy Jacobs are up in the balcony trying to persuade
Aries to join The Age Of The Fall. Tammy Sytch comes out and interrupts the
recruitment and tries to recruit Aries. She offers him "more". Aries says he
will take his time to decide and leaves.
02/22/08 - Ring of Honor
Long Island, NY
El Generico defeated Austin Aries with a flash rollup after taking the horns
and knees from Aries.
02/16/08 - Full Impact Pro Wrestling
Crystal River, FL
Austin Aries defeated Davey Richards.
02/09/08 - AAW
Berwyn, IL
Austin Aries defeated Arik Cannon via KO to earn a spot in the 3/8 Final Four.
A hard hitting match that saw Aries victorious after a brainbuster/submission
combo that left Cannon unconscious. Aries moves on to the final four next month.
01/26/08 - Ring of Honor
Chicago, IL
Dream Partner Tag Match:
Austin Aries and Bryan Danielson defeated Erick Stevens and Jay Briscoe when
Danielson pinned Jay Briscoe with a small package. Danielson bows to Aries after
the match since Aries still refuses to shake hands.
Ultimate Endurance Match:
Austin Aries and Bryan Danielson vs Davey Richards and Rocky Romero vs
Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black vs BJ Whitmer and Brent Albright.
Things started out very fast paced with no real alliances as everybody attacked
everybody. The AOTF elimination came when Davey Richards eliminated Tyler Black
via a roll-up. Once things settled into the I Quit fall, everyone targeted
Dragon’s leg with kicks and submissions. After a long, brutal workover session,
Dragon got the tag and there was lots of chaos and everyone going for falls.
The finish to the fall came when the legal men were Whitmer and Dragon. Dragon
slapped the Triangle Choke onto Whitmer and we got WACKY SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS!
with Davey slapping the Kimura onto Aries and Albright going for the
Crowbar on Rocky. There were simultaneous taps but Todd Sinclair correctly ruled
that only Whitmer’s tap out counted as he and Dragon were legal. That lead to
Team Work versus NRC for the belts. The crowd was solidly behind Dragon and
Aries and was going nuts as Dragon had the Cattle Mutilation on at the
same time as Aries had the Horns of Aries on. Then, they both teamed
up on the legal man and unleashed a nasty barrage of Aries knees and Dragon
elbows. It seemed at that point that Team Work, would prevail but Davey managed
a quick roll-up on Aries to take the win and the titles.
Post-Match: Aries refused to shake Dragon’s hand.
Winners and NEW Ring of Honor Tag Team Champions: Davey Richards and Rocky Romero.
01/25/08 - Ring of Honor
Dayton, OH
Erick Stevens defeated Davey Richards and Austin Aries in the FIP World
Heavyweight Title Match when Stevens pinned Richards with the Doctor Bomb.
Post-match: Aries still refuses to shake hands.
01/12/08 - Ring of Honor
Edison, NJ
Claudio Castagnoli defeated Austin Aries after two Ricola Bombs.
01/11/08 - Ring of Honor
Boston, MA
FIP World Heavyweight Title Match:
Erick Stevens vs. Austin Aries ended in a double count out. Erick Stevens
had them restart the match and he pinned Aries with the Doctor Bomb.
01/05/08 - Lethal Wrestling Alliance
Fairview Heights, MO
Adam Raw defeated Austin Aries.
12/30/07 - Ring of Honor
New York, NY
Four Way Eliminaton Match:
Bryan Danielson defeated Austin Aries, Chris Hero and Takeshi Morishima.
Aries hit the 450 on Morishima, then he and Dragon covered him together and Hero ran
in and put hisarms on top (contributing nothing, of course) to eliminate Morishima.
Hero then celebrated and raised Aries' and Dragon's hands. Aries cradled Hero to
eliminate him, leaving Aries and Dragon to battle it out. After a heated final
exchange that saw Dragon lock in the cattle mutilation, Aries lock in his
finisher and both men deliver stiff elbows and knees. Dragon eventually elbowed
Aries into oblivion until the ref called it.
Postmatch: Aries wouldn't shake Dragon's hand and leaves.
12/29/07 - Ring of Honor
New York, NY
Nigel McGuiness defeated Austin Aries with the jawbreaker.
12/09/07 - Dragon Gate
Aichi, Japan
BxB Hulk, YAMATO and Austin Aries defeated Magnitude Kishiwada, Genki Horiguchi
and Dr. Muscle in 11:33 with the 450 Splash.
12/08/07 - Dragon Gate
Kagawa, Japan
King of Gate 2007 2nd Round:
CIMA defeated Austin Aries in 14:56 with the Crossfire.
12/07/07 - Dragon Gate
Hyogo, Japan
Shingo Takagi, YAMATO, Cyber Kong and Austin Aries defeated CIMA, Ryo Saito,
PAC and Anthony W. Mori in 14:44 via the Horns of Aries.
12/06/07 - Dragon Gate
Kanagawa, Japan
Shingo Takagi, YAMATO and Austin Aries defeated CIMA, Susumu Yokosuka and
Anthony W. Mori in 11:34 when Aries hit the 450 Splash.
12/05/07 - Dragon Gate
Tokyo, Japan
King of Gate 2007 1st Round:
Austin Aries defeated Naruki Doi in 19:17 with the Horns of Aries.
12/01/07 - Ring of Honor
Chicago, IL
Austin Aries defeated Tyler Black via a Brainbuster followed by a 450 Splash.
11/30/07 - Ring of Honor
Dayton, OH
Austin Aries defeated Roderick Strong 4-3 in a 30-minute Iron Man Match.
Aries got the final fall by knockout with a knee to the head.
11/24/07 - AAW: Professional Wrestling Redefined
Berwyn, IL
Austin Aries defeated Silas Young via a brainbuster into a submission combo.
11/03/07 - Ring of Honor
New York, NY
Austin Aries defeated Shane Hagadorn.
After the match, Aries gets on the mic and announces he is disbanding the
Resilience to focus on winning the ROH World Championship. Austin Aries will
challenge Nigel McGuinness for the ROH World Championship at the next PPV
taping in New York.
Larry Sweeney and Chris Hero came to the ring and announced that at the
12/29 PPV taping it would be Hero vs. Castagnoli. Sweeney said that it would
if Castagnoli didn't win, he would be forced to leave Ring of Honor. Hero
said earlier it was all fun and games but he's not happy because he should be
the ROH champion because last night he made Nigel McGuinness tap out. He said
ROH isn't fair because not only is he not champion but he's not even the top
contender. Hero said that Austin Aries is supposedly the top contender,
but he used to be a big deal in 2005. Compared to Hero, Aries is nothing
and was the worst ROH champion of all time. Aries came out and said that
Hero may have made Nigel tap out last night, but he was ROH champion. He said
he earned his shot at the ROH title and he didn't have a real match tonight,
so he challenges him. Larry Sweeney steps in and says if Hero wins, he gets
Aries' title shot. Aries said he knew that was coming, so when
he beats Hero, Sweeney has to agree to face Claudio Castagnoli at Final Battle
on 12/30. The match starts.
Austin Aries defeated Chris Hero via submission.
11/02/07 - Ring of Honor
Philadelphia, PA
Austin Aries defeated Bryan Danielson to win the best of 3 #1 Contenders series
with a 450 Splash.
10/28/07 - Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Essen, Germany
Austin Aries defeated Emil Sitoci.
10/27/07 - Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Portsmouth, England
Zebra Kid defeated Austin Aries.
10/26/07 - Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Nanterre, France
Bryan Danielson defeated Austin Aries with a small package to retain the PWG title.
10/21/07 - Ring of Honor
San Francisco, CA
Bryan Danielson defeated Austin Aries with a small package to even their best of
3 series up at 1 apiece.
10/19/07 - Ring of Honor
Las Vegas, NV
Survival of the Fittest 2007:
Austin Aries defeated Delirious via submission.
Survival of the Fittest 2007 Finale:
~Hero pinned Tornado after Hero's Welcome.
~Hero pinned Romero after Aries hit 450 splash.
~Hero pinned Aries with a roll-up.
~Hero pinned Strong after Hero's Welcome.
~Chris Hero over Claudio Castagnoli after Todd Sinclair stopped the match when
Claudio passed out in a submission hold by Hero.
Chris Hero is your 2007 Survivial of the Fittest Winner!
10/06/07 - Ring of Honor
Edison, NJ
Austin Aries defeated Roderick Strong with a brainbuster through a table and
a 450 splash.
10/05/07 - Ring of Honor
Boston, MA
Austin Aries defeated Bryan Danielson via submission to take the lead (1-0)
in their best of 3 series.
09/29/07 - All American Wrestling
Berwyn, IL
Tyler Black defeated Austin Aries.
09/15/07 - Ring of Honor
Chicago, IL
Austin Aries defeated Davey Richards.
Richards used a ton of headbutts, german suplexes, and a crossface. Aries wins
with a 450 Splash.
09/14/07 - Ring of Honor
Detroit, MI
World Tag Team Title Match:
Jay and Mark Briscoe defeated Austin Aries and Matt Cross.
The Brisoces break out the old Havana Pitbulls’ “Cuban Missile Crisis” for a
near fall. Cross who hits a double stomp for a near fall. Aries hits a Brian
Buster but misses the 450 splash. Cross hits a picture perfect Shooting Star
Press, for a long two count. Aries counters the Springboard Doomsday Device, and
Cross pulls out a victory roll for another long two count but in the end The
Briscoes hit a spike Jay driller on Matt Cross for a three count.
09/02/07 - Pro Wrestling Guerrilla: Battle of Los Angeles (Night Three)
Burbank, CA
Chris Hero, Tyler Black, Doug Williams, Kevin Steen, Jack Evans and Susumu Yokosuka
defeated Human Tornado, Scott Lost, Jimmy Rave, Austin Aries, Davey Richards
and Karl “Machine Gun” Anderson.
Rave stalled forever to start the match. Tornado ran away from Hero. The heels
worked over Jack, who tagged everyone simultaneously. That led to a big brawl.
There was a series where everyone rotated pinning attempts, and then a series
of dives. Tornado was going to be the last big dive, but he decided not to, and
instead went after Candice. Hero used a backslide for the pin.
08/31/07 - Pro Wrestling Guerrilla: Battle of Los Angeles (Night One)
Burbank, CA
Roderick Strong defeated Austin Aries.
08/25/07 - Ring of Honor
New York, NY
Austin Aries defeated Roderick Strong and Jack Evans in a 3-Way Match.
Julius Smokes has returned as the manager of Jack Evan's new crew, and Ruckus
has debuted as the first member of Evan's crew.
08/24/07 - Ring of Honor
Hartford, CT
Austin Aries, Erick Stevens and Matt Cross defeated Jason Blade, Eddie Edwards and
Davey Richards in a six man tag match.
At the beginning of the match, Richards came out and attacked Pelle Primeau and
took his spot on Jason Blades team. Match was fantastic and featured some
incredible dives to the outside by everyone involved.
08/18/07 - 1 Pro Wrestling
Doncaster, England
Darkside defeated Austin Aries in seventeen minutes, after using powder to the
eyes, and having his feet on the ropes, and having assistance from Stixx.
After the match Aries promised to return to 1PW to finish his business with
Darkside.
08/11/07 - Ring of Honor
Philadelphia, PA
The No Remorse Corp (Roderick Strong, Davey Richards and Rocky Romero) and
Matt Sydal defeated The Resilience (Austin Aries, Matt Cross and Erick Stevens)
and Delirious in an Unsanctioned Street Fight when Erick Stevens passed out in
the Stronghold.
08/10/07 - Ring of Honor
Roxbury, MA
Jack Evans defeated Davey Richards by DQ when Roderick Strong and Rocky
Romero attacked Evans as he was setting up his 630 finish.
Resilience ... Aries, Cross and Stevens made save. Jack was not happy about this
prompting him to explain he had his "own" crew.
Austin Aries and Erick Stevens defeated Rocky Romero and Roderick Strong.
Aries hit the 450 on Romero about 20 mins in. No Remorse Corps attack after
the bell prompting Cross to attempt a save but get destroyed. Jack Evans ran in,
cleaned house and said his crew would be ready by the Boston return October 5
for a fight with the No Remorse Corps.
07/29/07 - Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Burbank, CA
BOLA Spot match:
Austin Aries defated Rocky Romero.
Aries came out with a godd promo and asked Romero to put his BOLA spot on the
line and in return Romero would get Aries' salsa collection(on cassette!). Romero
declined the Salsa cassettes, but excepted putting his BOLA spot on the line.
Nice match with good kicks and reversals. Ending spot: Romero tried to do his
super armbar form the top ropes, and Aries reversed it with a rollup for the
win. Aries is now in BOLA. Romero is out.
07/28/07 - Ring of Honor
Edison, NJ
Danielson and McGuiness draft teams.
Team Dragon:
American Dragon, Matt Sydal, Austin Aries and Mark Briscoe
Team Nigel:
Nigel McGuiness, Roderick Strong, Delirious and Jay Briscoe
Team Dragon vs Team Nigel for $10,000.
Team Dragon wins when Aries pins Nigel after a 450 splash in 20:39.
It was 3 on 1 for a while as the Briscoes teamed up to beat everyone up then
left and teammates Delirious and Strong then brawled to the back leaving Nigel
on his own.
07/27/07 - Ring of Honor
Deer Park, New York
Four Way Fray for the FIP World Title:
Roderick Strong (c) vs. Gran Akuma vs. Austin Aries vs. Jimmy Rave
Aries is met with a standing ovation and a "Welcome Back!" chant. It is all for
naught though, as he is the first eliminated, pinned by all three men. Akuma is
the next to go after a heel hook from Jimmy Rave, who got a big face reaction
from the Long Island crowd. Rave is working as the babyface against the heel
Roderick Strong, but it is not enough as he taps out to the stronghold.
Winner: Roderick Strong
07/22/07 - Dragon Gate
Hyogo, Japan
Masaaki Mochizuki, Austin Aries and El Generico defeated CIMA, Dragon Kid and
Matt Sydal when Aries hit Sydal with the 450 Splash.
07/21/07 - Dragon Gate
Gifu, Japan
Susumu Yokosuka, Anthony W. Mori and Austin Aries{W} defeated m.c.KZ, Lupin
Matsutani{L} and Jack Evans in 12:40 when Aries hit the 450 Splash on Matsutani.
07/19/07 - Dragon Gate
Tokyo, Japan
SHINGO defeated Austin Aries in 16:46 with the Last Falconry.
07/18/07 - Dragon Gate
Kanagawa, Japan
Masaaki Mochizuki and Austin Aries{W} defeated Taku Iwasa and Keni'chiro Arai in
12:19 when Aries used a Twister and a 450 Splash for the pin.
07/16/07 - Dragon Gate
Kagawal, Japan
Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda and Austin Aries{W} defeated SHINGO, Cyber Kong
and Lupin Matsutani in 14:02 via the 450 Splash.
07/15/07 - Dragon Gate
Fukuoka, Japan
Austin Aries defeated Taku Iwasa in 14:05 via the 450 Splash.
06/30/07 - NWA Wisconsin
Appleton, WI
NWA Midwest X Division Title:
Jason Dukes vs. Austin Aries
Winner: Jason Dukes via DQ
04/28/07 - Ring of Honor
Chicago, IL
Austin Aries defeated Rocky Romero with the 450 Splash.
Post match: Roderick Strong came in for the beat down on Aries, but Delirious
came in to make the save.
04/27/07 - Ring of Honor
St. Paul, MN
ROH World Heavyweight Championship Match:
Morishima vs. Austin Aries
Morishima hits a Cartwheel Stinger Splash. Aries is down, Morishima goes to
the top rope. Morishima misses a Missle Dropkick. Aries locks in the Rings Of
Saturn but Morishima eventually gets to the ropes. Aries gets The Combo but Morishima
gets his feet on the ropes. Aries goes for another 450 but Morishima's up and hits
a backdrop driver off the top rop for a 2 count as Aries kicks out! Morishima hits
another Backdrop Driver for the 3 count.
Winner and still ROH Champion: Morishima
04/13/07 - Ring of Honor
Long Island, NY
4 Corner Survival:
Erick Stevens d. El Generico, Jason Blade and Eddie Edwards.
Austin Aries comes out after the match and announces that Erick Stevens in the
newest member of his faction "The Resilience". Rocky Romero and Davey Richards
attack Aries and Stevens from behind butt Matt Cross makes the save.
Faction Wars Elimination Match:
No Remorese Corps defeated The Resilience
-Roderick Strong eliminates Erick Stevens, 3-2 advantage NRC.
-Davey Richards eliminates Matt Cross, 3-1 advantage NRC.
-Rocky Romero eliminates Aries, NRC 3-0 sweep.
After the match all three beat down Aries with Delirious making the save.
03/31/07 - Ring of Honor
Detroit, MI
Roderick Strong v. Austin Aries
Late in the match, Aries hit a brainbuster on the apron, but Roderick survived.
They teased a few count out spots (20 count on the floor in FIP, and the title
can change hand on a count out). Strong rearranged the entire ringside area so
that he could powerbomb Aries onto one of the ringside metal RoH signs. Roderick
then hit a Blue Thunder Backbreaker. He also hit a Tigerbomb/Gibson Driver, but
nothing he had could put Aries away. Eventually Roderick locked in a Boston Crab,
which Aries fought for a long time. Strong then transitioned it into a Strong
Hold, but Aries still refused to tap. However the pain was too much, and Aries
passed out causing the ref to award the match to Strong.
03/30/07 - Ring of Honor
Detroit, MI
Eight Man All Star Dragon Gate Rules Match:
CIMA, Susumu Yokosuka, Dragon Kid, and Ryo Saito defeated Delirious, Austin Aries,
Rocky Romero, and Claudio Castagnoli when CIMA pinned Delirious.
03/17/07 - Fight Sports Midwest
Portage, IN
Josh Abercrombie defeated Austin Aries.
02/24/07 - Ring of Honor
Chicago, IL
Matt Cross defeated Shingo, CJ Otis and Trik Davis in a 4 way.
Cross pinned Davis after a Shooting Star Leg Drop.
After the match Austin Aries came out and asked Cross to be his tag team partner
tonight wich led to...
Matt Cross and Austin Aries defeated Two Unknowns.
After the match Roderick Strong and Davey Richards jumped Aries and Cross.
Delirious ran out and chased Strong away.
Austin Aries and Matt Cross defeated Roderick Strong and Davey Richards.
Aries pinned Richards following a 450 splash. After the match Strong gave Cross
a Gibson Driver on the guard rail.
02/23/07 - Ring of Honor
Dayton, OH
Matt Sydal defeated Austin Aries with Sydal’s cradle pinning move. Sydal's
Dragon Gate's "Open The Brave Gate" title was on the line for the first time in
America.
After the match, Roderick Strong and Davey Richards came out and started beating
down Aries. Delirious came in and made the save for Aries from Strong and Richards.
02/17/07 - Ring of Honor
Philadelphia, PA
Austin Aries defeated Claudio Castagnoli after hitting a 450 splash.
Aries called out Roderick after the match, but Jack Evans comes out instead. He's
against taking sides. Roderick and Davey come to the ring. Roderick calls out Jack
to pick sides, but he refuses to take sides.
FIP Championship:
Roderick Strong vs Delirious
Austin Aries tried to attack Strong before the match, but never got to him. During the
match, Delirious was knocked out cold. The ref made the 'x' sign, as Roderick
dragged Delirious out of the ring. Strong gave Delirious a powerbomb on the
outside and went back to the ring. Ref made the 20 count.
Winner via countout: Roderick Strong
Strong attacks Delirious post-match which brings out Austin Aries to make the save.
02/16/07 - Ring of Honor
New York, NY
ROH World Tag Team Championship Match:
Matt Sydal and Christopher Daniels defeated Austin Aries and Roderick Strong.
Sydal hits the Shooting Star Press on Aries, following by Daniels hitting the Best Moonsault Ever.
After the match, Roderick Strong attacks Austin Aries, hitting a backbreaker. Davey Richards comes to the ring. Davey and Roderick are now a team known as the No Remorse Corps. Jack Evans made the save for Aries, who was hurting badly.
01/27/07 - Ring of Honor
Edison, NJ
Austin Aries, Roderick Strong and Jack Evans defeated Davey Richards, Delirious and Shingo when Aries hit the 450 splash on Shingo for the win.
01/26/07 - Ring of Honor
Braintree, MA
2 out of 3 Falls Match:
Mark and Jay Briscoe vs. Austin Aries and Roderick Strong
Briscoes take fall #1 after a spike Jay-Driller on Strong
Briscoes take fall #2 after spike Jay-Driller on Aries
Winner: Briscoes 2 falls to 0.
12/23/06 - Ring of Honor
New York, NY
Cima, Shingo, and Matt Sydal defeated Austin Aries, Roderick Strong, and
Delirious when Cima pinned Delirious.
This was your usual Dragon Gate-style non-stop big highspots match. One highlight
was Roderick hitting the hardest looking flying boot to the face, Aries doing a
corkscrew plancha onto Sydal, Shingo and CIMA and Matt Sydal hitting a sunset
flip bomb after standing on Roderick Strong’s chest. Delirious got his Cobra
Stretch on Shingo. Cima got a few big nearfalls before hitting a reverse powerslam
onto Delirious for the pin.
12/22/06 - Ring of Honor
Hartford, CT
Austin Aries defeated Eddie Edwards with a brain buster/450 splash combination.
12/16/06 - Full Impact Pro
Iverness, FL
Delirious of DP Associates with Dave Prazak defeated Austin Aries.
Aries quit DP Associates after Delirious eliminated him in the Florida Rumble.
Aries had caused Delirious to eliminate himself when he rang the ring bell and
Delirious flipped out and flung himself over the top rope.
12/15/06 - Full Impact Pro
Crystal River, FL
Austin Aries defeated Erick Stevens in a Strap Match with help from Steve Madison.
12/09/06 - Ring of Honor
Chicago Ridge, IL
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Matt Cross and Christopher Daniels in a Non-Title Match.
Aries hit the 450 Splash on Matt Cross for the win.
12/08/06 - Ring of Honor
Chicago Ridge, IL
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Matt Sydal and SHINGO in the match of the night match.
Aries gets the pin following the 450 splash on Sydal. Post-match Aries and Strong took Sydal's tag belt for a moment before giving it to him and promising to win it back tomorrow.
11/25/06 - Ring of Honor
Edison, NJ
Davey Richards defeated Austin Aries.
Finish came when Aries attempted the 360 splash but landed on his feet and
attempted to gore Richards. Richards ducked, Aries shoulder hit the ringpost and
Richards then applied a very painful looking submission to make Aries tap
out for the win.
11/24/06 - Ring of Honor
Long Island, NY
ROH Tag Team champions Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli defeated Austin Aries
and Roderick Strong.
They brawled all over the building to open the show. Shingo Takagi interfered
(playing off a FIP storyline), putting Strong through a table, setting up the pin.
11/04/06 - Ring of Honor
Philadelphia, PA
ROH Tag Team champs Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli defeated Austin Aries and
Roderick Strong.
Aries and Strong were DQed when Aries used a briefcase Hero brought into the
ring. All four brawled into the crowd and out of the building after the match.
11/03/06 - Ring of Honor
Braintree, MA
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated KENTA and Davey Richards.
Wicked hard chops and kicks from KENTA and Strong. Strong took the brunt of most
of KENTA's onslaught. They hit great dives to the floor with Aries suicide-diving
through the legs of a leapfrogging Strong and KENTA coming off the top with a
plancha onto all of them. Scary spot as Strong looked to hotshot KENTA on the
ropes but misplaced it and KENTA got quite a whiplash effect coming down. He
appeared fine. Richards looked really good here as well. Action came down to
great near falls and several teases but no delivery of "Go 2 Sleep." KENTA did
hit the baisaku knee off the top on Aries who was perched on Richards' shoulders
for a great bump. Bout ended after Aries double foot stomped Richards in the head
as he as held up by Strong. Aries then delivered a sick kick to Richards head
while he was still being held up, and then came off the top with the 450 on him
for the win. Aries thanked KENTA for his ROH work and promised to take the tag
belts back Saturday night. Crowd chanted "Thank You KENTA" as the NOAH star
stood alone in the ring.
10/28/06 - Ring of Honor
Chicago, IL
Christopher Daniels defeated Austin Aries via pinfall.
10/27/06 - Ring of Honor
Dayton, OH
Austin Aries defeated Claudio Castagnoli.
Aries won with 450 splash. After the match Aries took Claudio's Chikara tag
title and whiped his ass with it.
10/07/06 - Ring of Honor
Detroit, MI
Ring of Honor Heavyweight Championship Match:
Bryan Danielson defeated Austin Aries to retain the ROH Heavyweight Title.
Austin Aries went for a brain buster but Danielson rolled through and
caught Aries with a small package for the win.
10/06/06 - Ring of Honor: Survival of the Fittest
Cleveland, OH
Austin Aries defeated Christopher Daniels with the 450 Splash.
Survival Of The Fittest Finale:
Jay Briscoe eliminated Austin Aries with a Doomsday Device.
Matt Sydal elimated Jay Bricoe with a roll up.
Matt Sydal eliminated Mark Briscoe with the Shooting Star Press.
Delirious eliminated Matt Sydal to win the Survival of the Fittest Tournament!
Delirious gets the tap out victory with the Cobra Stretch.
09/16/06 - Ring of Honor
New York, NY
ROH World Tag Team Title Match:
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong vs. Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli
Aries and Strong had the advantage early on, but soon enough the KOW took control
and really dominated Austin Aries himself for a good amount of time. They hit
great combos and just tagged each other in back and forth. Hero then distracted
the ref while Claudio grabbed his briefcase and nailed Aries in the midsection
knocking him down to the outside. Finally, Roddy got the hot tag and just nailed
Claudio and Hero back and forth and almost took Hero’s head off with a Yakuza Kick.
The finish saw two double team moves as they hit the Double Hero’s Welcome on
Aries followed by a Flipping Powerbomb Double Team on Aries.
Winners and NEW ROH World Tag Team Champions at 21:35 – Kings of Wrestling
09/15/06 - Ring of Honor
East Windsor, CT
Austin Aries defeated Davey Richards
Aries kicked Richards as hard as he could in the face and then gave him a
brainbuster, but Richards kicked out of the pin attempt. They went back and forth
for awhile, including hitting some stiff forearms on each other. Aries gave
Richards another kick of death/brainbuster combination for the victory.
09/03/06 - Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Reseda, CA
Davey Richards defeated Austin Aries
They did some chain wrestling early, and went back and forth. Aries hit a drop
kick and tope, which was the first explosion of the match. He continued with a
somersault senton, elbow drop and high knee. Richards used knees to the ribs,
but Aries stopped him with the rolling fireman carry. Aries went for a splash
off the top but hit Richards’ knees. Richards hit a back breaker, a hard kick
and applied the abdominal stretch. Aries escaped, hit some clotheslines, and a
roaring elbow. He dropped an elbow off the top rope and applied the Rings of
Saturn. Richards hit a running power slam, and a leg drop off the second rope
for two. Aries came back with kicks, and they traded high kicks. Aries kicked
Richards to the head and hit a brain buster for two. Aries missed a 450 splash,
and Richards hit a back breaker and clothesline. Richards missed a second
clothesline and Aries rolled him up for two. Richards applied a cloverleaf
like Edgecator for the submission.
09/02/06 - Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Reseda, CA
Austin Aries defeated Disco Machine
They engaged in some mat wrestling early. Aries executed a side headlock takeover
and got out of a head scissors with a drop kick. Disco came back with a flying
head scissors and tope. He missed a drop kick off the top, and Aries hit a knee
drop, clothesline and elbow off the top. He followed with a gut wrench suplex,
kicks and a head butt. Disco came back with a snap suplex, side suplex and
drop kick. Aries cut him off with a DDT and followed with three hard shoulder
blocks, a high knee and side slam. Disco responded with a power slam off the
top. Aries regained the momentum shortly thereafter with a brain buster, and
then applied the Rings of Saturn with his leg twisting Disco’s neck for the
submission.
08/26/06 - Ring of Honor
Chicago, IL
World Tag Team Title Match:
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal when
Aries pins Daniels after the 450 Splash.
08/25/06 - Ring of Honor
St. Paul, MN
World Tag Team Title Match:
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Samoa Joe and BJ Whitmer to retain
the Ring of Honor Tag Team titles when Strong hits a double knee gutbuster,
dropkick, and a Gibson Driver.
08/19/06 - 1 Pro Wrestling
Doncaster, England
The Briscoe Brothers and Darkside defeated Austin Aries, Roderick Strong
and Matt Sydal in the opening match. Afterwards, Aries was beaten up by Darkside.
08/19/06 - 1 Pro Wrestling
Ware, Hertfordshire, England
James Tighe defeated Austin Aries.
08/18/06 - Frontier Wrestling Alliance
Swanley, Kent, UK
The show got underway with a promo from Austin Aries and Roderkick
Strong, who were interrupted and attacked by The Untouchables (Jack Storm & Dave
Moralez). Strong and Aries eventually cleared house, and The Untouchables were
added to the Aries/Strong vs Williams/Tighe match, making it a triple threat
tag team match.
Doug Williams and James Tighe defeated Austin Aries and Roderick Strong and The
Untouchables in a Triple Threat match.
The match started off being very mat-based other than a chop and uppercut
sequence between Strong and Williams. The Untouchables worked really well as
heels and got good heat for attacking Williams from behind, but ultimately they
got destroyed. Aries’ ribs got worked over until he made the hot tag to Strong
who cleared house. They did a ton of near falls and the match ended when Tighe
hit Storm with a Snow Plough to pick up the win.
08/12/06 - Ring of Honor
Liverpool, England
ROH World Tag Team Champions Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated The Briscoes
to retain the titles. Aries pinned Jay after the 450 Splash.
08/11/06 - FWA: Academy vs Ring of Honor
Portsmouth, England
Austin Aries defeated Ollie Burns.
08/05/06 - Ring of Honor
Edison, NJ
Ultimate Endurance Match:
Roderick Strong and Austin Aries defeated the Briscoes, Irish Airborne,
and Jack Evans and Matt Sydal. First fall was scramble rules and Irish Airborne
eliminated the Briscoes with their finisher. Second fall was tap out rules and Strong made
Dave tap to the Stronghold. Finally, Aries pins Matt Sydal in an exciting
match with the 450 to retain the titles.
08/04/06 - Ring of Honor
Long Island, NY
In a Ultimate Endurance bout, ROH Tag Team champs Austin Aries and Roderick Strong
defeated Jimmy Rave and Sal Rinauro (with Prince Nana and Daizy Haze), Homicide
and Rocky Romero (with Julius Smokes), and Adam Pearce and BJ Whitmer.
The first fall was a Scramble, which ended when Homicide pinned Rinauro with a
lariat. The second fall was a Tap Out bout, which saw Pearce get disqualified for
using a chain. Pearce and Whitmer had words. The final fall was for the Tag Straps
with Homicide and Reyes challenging. Strong worked over Reyes. Homicide rallied
the crowd. Homi made the hot tag. Steve Corino, wearing dress clothes, interfered,
hitting Homicide, allowing Strong and Aries to get the pin and score the victory.
Corino watched from the entrance then walked off. Aries said he didn't know what
happened but knew they were still Tag champions. Aries then said that someone
stole the ROH Tag Team belts and accused the Briscoes. He warned them they had
better be returned in time for their match tomorrow.
07/29/06 - Ring of Honor
Cleveland, OH
Davey Richards, Jerrelle Clark and Irish Airborne defeated Austin Aries, Roderick
Strong, Jack Evans and Matt Sydal when Davey pinned Jack after the double-armed implant DDT.
As Generation Next were leaving, Briscoes hit the ring to wipe their asses with
GN shirts. GN came back to run them off, and Homicide helped, busting them up
with a chair. Aries got on the mic and quickly pointed out that GN are now the
superstars of today.
07/28/06 - Ring of Honor
Dayton, OH
Austin Aries defeated Brian Danielson, Homicide, and Delirious in a four way match.
Finish saw Danielson lock in cattle mutilation on Delirious, then Aries hit
the 450 splash on Danielson for the win.
07/12/06 - Dragon Gate {Wrestle JAM (Japan, America, Mexico)}
Tokyo, Japan
Susumu Yokosuka defeated Austin Aries in 13:36.
07/11/06 - Dragon Gate {Wrestle JAM (Japan, America, Mexico)}
Shizuoka, Japan
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Ryo Saito and Genki Horiguchi to retain
the ROH Tag Team Titles when Aries hit the 450 Splash.
07/10/06 - Dragon Gate {Wrestle JAM (Japan, America, Mexico)}
Yokohama, Japan
Cima and B x B Hulk defeated B-Boy and Chris Bosh and Matt Sydal and Austin Aries
in a three way tag team match.
07/09/06 - Dragon Gate {Wrestle JAM (Japan, America, Mexico)}
Tokyo, Japan
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi to retain the ROH tag team titles.
07/08/06 - Dragon Gate {Wrestle JAM (Japan, America, Mexico)}
Saitama, Japan
Austin Aries defeated Ryo Saito with the 450 Splash.
07/02/06 - Northern Impact Wrestling
Cottage Grove, MN
Austin Aries defeated The Prophet in the 3rd tournament match. Aries
cheated by using tournament medal strap to choke out The Prophet.
Invitational Matches - Round Two:
Austin Aries vs Arik Cannon.
Aries continues cheated by using the strap from the tournament medal to
choke out Cannon. In the end Cannon gets ahold of the medal and when the referee
has his back turned, Cannon nails Aries with the medal and knocks him out.
Winner: Arik Cannon
07/01/06 - Northern Impact Wrestling
Amery, WI
Austin Aries defeated Ryan Cruz.
06/30/06 - Northern Impact Wrestling
Shakopee, MN
Austin Aries defeated Ben Sailer by grabbing a fist full of tights.
06/24/06 - Ring of Honor
Chicago, IL
KENTA defeats Austin Aries at 20:49.
STIFF, STIFF match. Before they even touched each other, the crowd was loudly
chanting, “Let’s go KENTA,” “Austin Aries!” They opened with quick mat reversals,
then they traded slaps to the face! KENTA hit a shoulder tackle. Aries hit some
Japanese Armdrags. KENTA applied a headscissorslock, and Aries escaped and hit
the basement dropkick to the face. Aries hit a Northern Lights Suplex for a
nearfall at 5:00.
Aries hit the Power Driver elbow, then he applied the Muta Lock, but KENTA reached
the ropes. KENTA began to nail Aries with some stiff kicks to the chest! Aries was
tied in the ropes, and KENTA nailed him with a flying kneedrop. KENTA applied a
Camel Clutch at 8:00, but Aries reached the ropes. Aries went for a Sunset flip,
but KENTA broke up the move with a stiff slap to the face! They traded Mafia
kicks. KENTA hit some spine kicks, then a small mule kick to Aries’ head as
Aries was lying on the mat; the crowd popped for that. Aries fired back with his
own spine kicks, a knee drop, then the slow-motion second knee drop.
They traded hard slaps, and Aries hit the running dropkick to the chin in the
corner for a nearfall at 12:30. KENTA tied Aries in the corner, as if he was going
for the Goldust Shattered Dreams, but he instead hit a kick to the face! KENTA
hit a springboard dropkick. Aries fired back with the catapult senton into the ring,
then a Lionsault for a nearfall. Aries flipped KENTA to the floor, then Aries
dove through the ropes onto KENTA at 15:30. In the ring, Aries tied KENTA in the
Tree of Woe, and Aries hit the basement dropkick to the face. Aries then hit a
neckbreaker as KENTA was still tied in the Tree of Woe.
KENTA hit a German Suplex for a nearfall, then a Tiger Suplex for a nearfall.
Aries came back with a roaring forearm and a HARD clothesline for a nearfall at
18:00. They fought on the top rope, and KENTA hit a top-rope Falcon Arrow slam
for a believable nearfall. Aries got in a Crucifix Takedown for a nearfall. Aries
hit a brainbuster for a nearfall, but he missed the 450 Splash. KENTA hit a running
dropkick, and he put Aries across his shoulders, then he hit the ‘Go to Sleep’
kneeshot to the head for the pin. Excellent match.
The Briscoes hit the ring and attacked both KENTA and Aries. Strong made the save.
06/17/06 - Ring of Honor
New York, NY
Ring of Honor Tag Team champions Roderick Strong and Austin Aries defeated Colt Cabana and
ROH Pure champion Nigel McGuiness to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles.
McGuiness and Strong started off. McGuiness tagged out to Cabana. After a good
back and forth exchange on the mat with Aries, Cabana tried to tag out but was
just given a thumbs up by his partner. McGuiness did his handstand on the top rope
but Aries grabbed and held him upside down as Strong worked him over with chops.
They continued to tease subtly that McGuiness wasn't 100% on board with Cabana.
Lots of unique matwork with a European flair. Cabana missed a missile dropkick
and Strong locked on a Boston Crab. McGuiness broke it up. After several more
fast exchanges, Strong forced McGuiness to tap out with a Boston Crab.
06/10/06 - Full Impact Pro Wrestling
Orlando, FL
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Jay Fury and Jerrelle Clark to retain
the ROH Tag Titles.
06/09/06 - Full Impact Pro Wrestling
Inverness, FL
Colt Cabana defeated Austin Aries, Steve Madison, Davey Richards, Roderick Strong
and Canadian Cougar in a six man elimination match. Order of elimination in the
over 30 minute match saw:
A) Cougar out to Aries
B) Strong out to Madison
C) Richards out to Aries
D) Madison out to Cabana
E) Aries out to Cabana
06/03/06 - Ring of Honor
East Windsor, CT
ROH Tag Team Title Match:
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Jay and Mark Briscoe in 18 minutes.
A brawl for the first few minutes of the match before settling down, and was a
good match as it was building up when Strong had Mark up for a powerbomb and
Aries hit a missile dropkick on Mark as Roderick dropped for the powerbomb and
got the pinfall to retain. After the match, Austin got on the mic to say that
when Generation Next formed it was about taking all the top spots in ROH. Now
with Jack and Sydal in Japan, and Roderick with himself having the tag titles,
there is no need for Generation Next anymore.
05/27/06 - 1 Pro Wrestling
Doncaster, UK
Al Snow and The Blue Meanie defeated Austin Aries and Roderick Strong, and Takeshi
Morishima and Mohammed Yone.
05/26/06 - 1 Pro Wrestling
Doncaster, UK
Jody Fleisch and Jonny Storm defeated Austin Aries and Roderick Strong.
05/20/06 - Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Los Angeles, CA
Kevin Steen defeated Austin Aries with the package piledriver.
05/13/06 - Ring of Honor
Edison, NJ
ROH Tag Team Title Match:
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong (c) defeated Jay and Mark Briscoe in 20 minutes.
Finish was a little complicated - Jay hit Roderick with the spike Jay-driller and
went for the cover; at the same time, Aries rolled up Mark for the cover. So it
was a double-pin situation, but since Aries and Mark were the legal men, that was
the pin that counted.
05/13/06 - Combat Zone Wrestling
Philadelphia, PA
Best Of The Best Tournament First Round Match:
B-Boy and Austin Aries eliminated Jigsaw following a double pin.
Best Of The Best Tournament Semi-Final Match:
Austin Aries defeated B-Boy.
Best Of The Best Tournament Final, CZW World Heavyweight Title Match:
Ruckus defeated Austin Aries, Claudio Castagnoli and Sabian, pinning Aries
to retain the CZW World Heavyweight Title and become Best Of The Best 2006.
CZW World Heavyweight Title Match:
Chris Hero defeated Ruckus to become the NEW CZW World Heavyweight Champion.
Following the match, Austin Aries, Roderick Strong, Matt Sydal and Christopher
Daniels destroyed Ruckus. Daniels gave Ruckus the Angel's Wings onto the trophy
and all the ROH guys grab a piece and continue the beatdown until BLK OUT make the save.
05/12/06 - Ring of Honor
Long Island, NY
Jay Briscoe defeated Austin Aries in 18 minutes.
Briscoe made Aries submit to the Cobra Clutch. Briscoe worked over the shoulder
of Aries throughout the match.
05/06/06 - Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
La Habra Heights, CA
Austin Aries defeated Chris Sabin.
04/29/06 - Ring of Honor
Cleveland, OH
ROH Tag Team Championship Match:
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Alex Shelley and Jimmy Rave to retain
the ROH Tag Team Championships.
04/28/06 - Ring of Honor
Dayton, OH
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Samoa Joe and Matt Sydal to retain the
ROH Tag Team titles. This was by far match of the night and one of the best tag
team matches. This had tons of great false finishes and the crowd loved every second
of it. Sydal was pinned after 2 half nelson backbreakers from Strong and a 450 from Aries.
04/22/06 - Ring of Honor
Philadelphia, PA
Tag Team Championship Match:
Tag Team Champions Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Homicide and Ricky Reyes
after Aries pins Reyes via the 450 Splash.
04/15/06 - Wisconsin Organized Wrestling
Oak Creek, WI
Austin Aries (who may have broken his toe) defeated Angel Armoni in a 30:00
Iron man match with Aries winning 2-1 in overtime.
04/14/06 - Brew City Wrestling
Waukesha, WI
Dysfunction defeated Austin Aries.
04/09/06 - Neo Pro Wrestling
Faribault, MN
Austin Aries came out and soaked up the cheers of the fans. He said he is happy
to be back in Minnesota… to rub his success in the face of the ‘boys in the back’,
and the fans, who never appreciated his talents! He, of course, got boos for this
comment. Aries said he was not going to participate in a 30-minute ironman match,
because we didn’t deserve to see him that long. Cody O’Neill hit the ring, and he
said that Aries ‘forgot where he came from.’ Cody shoved Aries to the mat, and
Aries bailed.
Austin Aries defeats Cody O’Neill at 25:43.
An excellent match. Aries stalled early by walking around, outside the ring. They
traded some nice mat wrestling, and Aries hit a nice flying back elbow. Cody hit
an armdrag, and he applied a headscissorslock; Aries escaped it and hit a basement
dropkick to Cody’s face at 6:00. Cody then did the same thing to Aries, nailing
him in the face with a basement dropkick! They had a test of strength, and Cody
stomped on Aries’ fingers, then he hit some more armdrags. Aries pulled Cody to
the mat by his hair. Cody hit a short-arm clothesline and a dropkick, and Aries
bailed at 10:30. Cody hit his doublestomp & Lionsault & elbow drop combo for a
nearfall. Aries bailed to the floor again; this time, Cody followed him and hit
several chops on the floor. They got up on the ring apron, where Aries NAILED a
DDT at 14:00! The crowd loudly cheered for Cody to get up. Back in the ring, Aries
hit his catapult senton and a flying elbow for a nearfall. Cody hit some chops.
Aries hit a VICIOUS neckbreaker in the ropes. OUCH. They traded slaps to the face,
and Aries raked Cody’s back. Aries stayed on top with a spine kick and a Power
Drive Elbow for a nearfall at 18:30, and he cranked on Cody’s neck. They traded
punches, stiff forearms, and chops. This is really getting good! Cody hit his
handspring-back-elbow for a nearfall. Cody went for the F-Bomb/sliced bread #2,
but Aries avoided it. O’Neill then avoided Aries’ brainbuster attempt. Cody hit
the backflip driver for a nearfall. Cody tried an Ichiban/double-jump moonsault,
but Aries tripped Cody, and Cody got crotched in the corner, then fell backward,
tying himself in the Tree of Woe. Aries hit a hard kick to Cody’s back, then he
hit a running neckbreaker, pulling Cody back into the middle of the ring, for a
nearfall at 22:00. Aries went for the running dropkick to the face. Cody hit a
dive off the top rope onto Aries on the floor. In the ring, O’Neill nailed the
Ichiban/double-jump moonsault for a nearfall. They fought on the top rope, until
Aries pushed O’Neill to the mat. Aries tried a 450, but he missed. They traded a
series of quick nearfall attempts. Aries nailed the brainbuster, then a 450 splash,
to score the pin. Excellent.
After the match, Aries raised O’Neill’s hand, but then Aries went to attack Cody.
Cody fought him off, and Aries bailed to the back.
04/08/06 - Impact Pro Wrestling
Hedrick, IA
Montoya X defeated Austin Aries to retain the EPW title in a great match.
04/01/06 - Ring of Honor
Chicago Ridge, IL
Ring of Honor Tag Team Title Match:
Generation Next of Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Blood Generation of
CIMA and Naruki Doi to retain the the titles when Aries pinned Doi after a 450 splash.
03/31/06 - Ring of Honor
Chicago Ridge, IL
A.J. Styles and Matt Sydal defeated Austin Aries and Jack Evans when Sydal pinned
Evans after a Shooting Star Press.
03/30/06 - Ring of Honor
Detroit, MI
Blood Generation (CIMA, Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino) defeats Generation Next
(Austin Aries, Roderick Strong and Jack Evans).
CIMA pinned Jack Evans - This was the most overall, entertaining match of the night.
This match started awesome, and ended with some of the most fast-paced, innovative
stuff that you will ever see. Some of the highlights include a Van Terminator where
two members of BG hit Evans simultaneously in the corner. It was one of those matches
where everything goes right and you never want it to end. Some very great spots.
Blood Generation and Generation Next truly gave it their all and left everybody
extremely happy with this match.
03/25/06 - Ring of Honor
New York, NY
Austin Aries defeated Ricky Reyes by DQ
Reyes had the dragon sleeper on, but Aries was in the ropes. Reyes refused to
let go, so he was disqualifed. Short, but good match. Reyes beat Aries
down after the match, until Strong and Evans made the save. The Briscoes then
came down and attacked Generation Next.
03/18/06 - Full Impact Pro Wrestling
Arcadia, FL
Jerrelle Clark and Jay Fury came out to challenge DP Associates. They were jumped
by the entire DP Associates of FIP Heavyweight Champion Bryan Danielson,
Austin Aries, Jack Evans and Jimmy Rave with Dave Prazak. Fury was hit with
a spike piledriver by Danielson and Aries and was severly injured.
Jack Evans defeated Jerrelle Clark in a high-flying match when Austin Aries
interfered. Aries and Evans put the boots to Clark after the match until Jay Fury
made the save.
Jay Fury, despite an injured neck, defeated Austin Aries in a heated main event.
03/17/06 - Full Impact Pro Wrestling
Orlando, FL
Roderick Strong, Jay Fury and Jerrelle Clark defeated DP Associates of Austin Aries,
Jimmy Rave and newest member Jack Evans when Strong made Rave tap. This match
featured some great wrestling and high-flying action including an Ode To The
Bulldogs type move by Evans to the floor. FIP Heavyweight Champion Bryan Danielson
hit the ring after the match and clipped the knee of Strong.
03/11/06 - Ring of Honor
Philadelphia, PA
Austin Aries defeated Matt Sydal via the 450 splash.
Inter-Promotional War:
Austin Aries, Roderick Strong and Matt Sydal defeated Ruckus, Eddie Kingston and
Necro Butcher when Matt Sydal pinned Eddie Kingston following a Shooting Star Press
in a great match. Necro had his leg in a cast. After the match, Zandig, Lobo and
The H8 Club made the save for CZW and bitched at Kingston for losing. Zandig said
ROH better watch their ass come their 100th show on April 22nd in Philly.
03/05/06 - 1 Pro Wrestling: All Or Nothing Weekend - Night Two
Doncaster, England
Christopher Daniels defeated Austin Aries with the Angels Wings.
03/04/06 - 1 Pro Wrestling: All Or Nothing Weekend - Night One
Doncaster, England
Samoa Joe defeated Austin Aries to advance to the Semi-Finals of the 1PW
Title Tournament.
02/25/06 - Ring of Honor
Edison, NJ
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong retained their ROH Tag Team Championship
and defeated AJ Styles and Matt Sydal after Aries hit his 450 splash.
02/23/06 - Mercury 1 Wrestling
Green Bay, WI
The First Annual “Midwest Cup”:
Round 1:
Austin Aries defeats Angel Armani at 11:10.
Good match. Armani is in his 40’s, and he has a “Model” Rick Martel gimmick,
spraying an aerosol can as he walked to the ring. Armani has wrestled in WWE
matches before, and he recently worked an FIP show in Florida; he wears a silver
outfit. Aries wore blue trunks, and he’s popular here, as the crowd chanted
“Welcome Back!” at him. Armani immediately jawed at the crowd. Armani hit a chop,
then he immediately ducked out of the ring to avoid taking a chop, so Aries kicked
the ropes to crotch Aries. Aries hit his Powerdrive elbow drop for a nearfall, and
he cranked on Armani’s neck. Aries applied a headscissorslock, and he did pushups
while Armani fought to get free. A minute later, Aries powered out of a headscissorslock
and he hit his basement dropkick to the face. Armani hit a snap neckbreaker over
the second rope at 5:30, and Armani immediately went to work on the neck. The crowd
chanted for Aries. Armani shouted out, “I’m gonna break your neck!” Armani applied
a Camel Clutch. Aries fired back with a nice Northern Lights Suplex at 9:00 for a
nearfall. Aries went for a brainbuster, but Armani avoided it. Aries nailed his
running dropkick to the face in the corner. Armani again escaped a brainbuster
attempt. Aries applied a modified Cattle Mutilation/double armbar submission hold,
and Armani tapped out.
Round 2:
Silas Young defeats Austin Aries at 18:09.
Match of the night, and will likely make my list of best matches I see live in
2006. The crowd chanted “Silas sucks!” Silas hit some hiptosses and he celebrated
in the ring. They had an intense lockup, and they each hit bodyslams. They traded
good mat wrestling, and Young complained that Aries was pulling his hair. Aries
hit a nice dropkick, and Silas fell to the floor. Aries dove through the ropes to
the floor on Silas at 8:30, and the crowd was hot! They brawled around ringside on
the floor. As they went to get back in the ring, Silas nailed a DDT on the ring
apron. In the ring, Aries fired back with chops. Silas hit a dropkick. Aries kicked
at Silas’ left knee, but Aries clutched at his sore neck. Silas choked Aries with
tape. Aries got a nice backslide for a nearfall at 14:00. Aries hit his corkscrew
catapult press into the ring for a nearfall, then he hit the Lion Sault for another
nearfall. Silas hit a hard clothesline to the back of the neck for a nearfall. Aries
hit a nice missile dropkick. Aries then nailed his running dropkick to the face
in the corner for a believable nearfall, and the crowd was hot. Silas hit a Finlay
Roll and went to the ropes, where he went for an Arabian Press, but Aries got his
knees up to block it. Silas got a rollup WHILE Aries had hooked on an Anaconda
Vice/head & neck submission hold. Silas tapped out moments before the ref counted
to three on Aries. However, the ref didn’t see Silas tapping out, and he ruled
that Aries lost via pinfall. The crowd taunted Silas with a “you tapped out!”
chant. Good, intense mat-based action.
02/18/06 - TNA Impact
Orlando, FL
Austin Aries versus Christopher Daniels
Aries attacks Daniels before the bell and works on Daniels’s taped neck with a
neck breaker for a two count. Aries with elbows to the neck followed by a jumpping
double sledge and forearm to the back of the neck. Aries continues the attack with
the pendulum elbow for a two count. Daniels punches Aries, but Aries backs Daniels
into the corner and hits forearms and a chop. Aries charges into the corner, but
Daniels hits the STO followed by a clothesline and forearm. Daniels with a
tilt-a-whirl back breaker followed by an enzuigiri. Daniels sets up for the Angel’s
Wings, but then mocks Joe and puts Aries in the Choke. From out of nowhere, Samoa
Joe comes into the ring with his belt, but Daniels ducks the belt shot and Daniels
punches Joe followed by forearms and an enzuigiri. Daniels with the BME, but
Daniels lands on the belt. Joe with kicks to Daniels’s chest followed by the
Shining Mister and Daniels goes down. Joe tosses a chair into the ring. Joe puts
Daniels on the top turnbuckle, but Styles comes in and hits Joe in the back and
the head with the chair. Styles tells Daniels that it was not for him and then
Styles throws the chair down at Daniels’s feet. A.J. holds the title belt.
02/12/06 - TNA "Against All Odds" PPV
Orlando, FL
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong vs. The Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas)
It was a rematch stemming from the beginning of the Tag Team Tournament on iMPACT!
two weeks ago on Spike TV. The former 2-time NWA World Tag Team Champions, The
Naturals were quick to dominate this match in the opening minutes. From clotheslines
to double team suplexes, they were on top. Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens traded
off with quick tags while they worked on taking down Austin Aries. With Austin
Aries and Roderick Strong though, the squeaky wheel gets the grease when it comes
to tight situations and tonight is no exception. During each pin attempt by The
Naturals, we saw either Roderick Strong or Austin Aries coming in for the save.
This caused Douglas to knock the two out while Chase Stevens hit off a Shooting
Star Press taking them down. During the later parts of this match, Austin Aries
and Roderick Strong began to change the complexion of this match in their favor.
Austin Aries went through the ropes like a bullet onto Chase Stevens sending his
head down hard on the concrete flooring. It became a match of dirty tactics enabling
domination on the part of Aries and Strong. The Naturals had one more burst of
momentum in their engine but the fuel was all burnt out when Chase Stevens was
knocked to the outside and the double team on Andy Douglas was performed. Later
though, Austin found himself in the Natural Disaster and just like two weeks ago,
Roderick Strong pulled Andy out and Austin tried the roll up pin with the ropes
assist but the referee caught that this time. Seconds later, the Natural Disaster
was successfully executed for the victory.
Winners: The Naturals
02/11/06 - TNA Impact
Orlando, FL
In the finals of the tag team tournament, “The Future” Chris Sabin and “Original
Playa From the Himalaya” Sonjay Dutt defeated Roderick Strong and Austin Aries.
Strong and Sabin began the match exchanging high energy moves when the action
went to the floor, via the air. Sabin and Dutt hit Aries with a double dropkick
to Aries head. Dutt jumped over Sabin and landed on Strong and Aries. Dutt hit
Aries with the double Sprinkler moveset before tagging in Sabin. Aries poked
Sabin in the eyes and then dragged them on the top rope. Strong tagged in and
began to isolate Sabin from his corner. Sabin managed to escape and tag out to
Dutt who hit two dragon legwhips. Aries went up but Dutt dropped him and then
Strong into Trees of Woe. Both men were hit with Sabin running dropkicks to their
faces. Sabin went for the Cradle Shock but Strong hit a half nelson backbreaker.
Sabin was hit with a Hart Attack but he kicked out at two. Sabin hit Aries with
an enziguri and the Cradle Shock to win the match as Dutt fought with Strong on
the outside of the ring. It appeared on one of the dropkicks to the corner Sabin
injured his ankle.
02/11/06 - Ring of Honor
Long Island, NY
Nigel McGuinness defeated Austin Aries to retain the Pure Title.
02/10/06 - Xtreme Wrestling Alliance
Providence, RI
Jason Blade defeated Austin Aries by a rollup, reversing Aries attempt at a second
brainbuster. Aries was going for the cover, but Handsome Johnny came out and tried
convincing Aries to hit another one. This lead to Jason getting the win. Handsome
attacked Jason post match, and Aries chased Handsome off.
02/04/06 - TNA Impact
Orlando, FL
In a first round tag team tournament match, Roderick Strong and Austin Aries
(w/Alex Shelley) defeated The Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas).
Before the match began Scott D’amore and Gail Kim commandeered Alex Shelley and
his camera for some backstage film work. The Naturals worked on their opponents
left arms and shoulders. They were in control of the match, even hitting Aries
and Strong with a suicide tope to the floor. When Douglas went to re-enter the
ring, Strong and Aries struck crotching Douglas in the ropes. Strong and Aries
made frequent tags as America’s Most Wanted sat above me on the scaffold, drinking
some frosty cold beverages. Douglas survived the attack and tagged in Stevens.
Just when it looked like the Naturals had the victory by hitting Aries with the
Natural Disaster; Strong tripped Douglas and dragged him to the floor. Aries
slid over Stevens’ shoulder and pinned Stevens.
01/28/06 - Ring of Honor
Cleveland, OH
ROH Tag Team Champions Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated BJ Whitmer and
Jimmy Jacobs. After the match Whitmer turned on Jacobs and beat him down.
01/27/06 - Ring of Honor
Dayton, OH
ROH Tag Team Championships:
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Bryan Danielson and Jay Lethal.
- After the match, The Embassy jumped the ring and attacked Bryan Danielson.
Generation Next came out to save Danielson. When they shook off the Embassy,
Strong took the mic and called Danielson weak. Strong demanded another title shot,
and Danielson accepted. Also, Matt Sydal and Austin Aries hesitated before shaking
hands post show.
01/20/06 - International Wrestling Cartel
Elizabeth, PA
Shirley Doe defeated Austin Aries to retain the IWC World Heavyweight Title. Aries
had whipped Doe into the corner and ran in for his dropkick to the face, but Doe
pulled ref Steven Colter in front of him and the ref was out. Dark and HENTAI ran
out and Radford and Gregory brawled with them to the locker room. Aries hit a
brainbuster on Doe and went up for the 450. Just then, Abyss got in the ring trying
to revive the ref. Aries asked him what he was doing, but ate a Black Hole Slam for
his troubles. He pulled Doe on top of Aries for the win and cemented his spot in
the Anti-IWC alliance.
01/15/06 - TNA "Final Resolution" PPV
Orlando, FL
Matt Bently, Chris Sabin and Sonjay Dutt vs. Alex Shelley, Austin Aries and Roderick Strong
The match starts with Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin. Both lock up and Shelley gets
in a quick right hand. Sabin flips out of the way from Shelley, gets in a boot to
the face, flips off the top and takes out Shelley with an arm drag. Sabin kicks
Shelley in the back and then follows that up with another big kick to the head.
Sonjay Dutt gets the tag, getting powerbombed from Sabin onto Shelley. Shelley
bites the thumb of Dutt when he picks him up. Roderick Strong gets the tag,
attempts two moves, but Dutt hits an arm drag. Dutt flips out of another attempt
by Strong and into another big arm drag. Matt Bently gets the tag, taking out
Strong with a few rights. Strong works on the arm of Bently, backing him to the
corner. Bently comes back with some stiff rights followed by an arm drag. Strong
works on Bently's arm and then tags in Austin Aries. Bently and Sabin take out
Aries with some rights and Bently follows that up with a northern lights suplex
that results in a two count. Bently works on the left arm of Aries and then tags
in Dutt.
Dutt misses Aries in the corner, getting elevated to the ring apron. Dutt then
grabs the arm of Aries, does the "sprinkler" move across the top rope, but Strong
trips up DUtt. Strong takes out Sabin and Bently. Aries and Strong hold Dutt up
and Shelley jumps off the top, jumping down on the chest of Dutt. Shelley covers,
but only gets a two count. We then see Dave Hebner, the new TNA management
consultant in the crowd, watching from the crowd. In the ring, Strong takes out
Dutt with a double-hook suplex that results in a two count. Strong chops Dutt and
tags in Aries. Aries springboards off the ropes and lands on the back of Dutt.
Aries follows that up with a back suplex on Dutt that results in a two count.
Aries throws Dutt over the top rope, kicks him in the chest two times and Strong
throws Dutt off. Strong goes down with Dutt, gets in a cheap shot and throws him
back in the ring. We then see Jerry Lynn looking on at ringside as well. Shelley
catapults Dutt up and Strong takes him out with a dropkick off the top. Aries
hits a diving headbutt and Shelley applies a modified crossface on Dutt. Shelley
kicks Dutt in the head on the ground and then tags in Strong. Strong, Aries and
Shelley all lift Dutt up and slam him back down hard on the mat. Strong covers,
but only gets a two count.
Dutt attempts a comeback with some kicks to the chest, but Strong throws him back
down. Dutt then spins around Strong and hits a quick DDT! Sabin gets the tag and
kicks Shelley in the gut when he jumps off the top. Sabin then puts Shelley in
the tree of woe in the corner and hits a baseball slide and a big dropkick to the
face. Sabin dodges Strong, hits a kick to the gut, bounces off Aries and Shelley
and hits a DDT on Strong. Sabin takes out Shelley with a kick to the back of the
head on Shelley, goes for the Cradle Shock, Shelley counters and Sabin hits another
kick to the head. Bently hits an elbow drop on Shelley. Aries gets thrown out by
Bently and Bently takes out Shelley with a quick arm drag. Strong breaks up a
pinfall and hits a big backbreaker on Bently. Dutt is in and he hits a huge
flipping inverted DDT on Strong. Dutt goes up to the top, but Aries throws him.
Aries then goes up to the top, but Sabin throws him off. Sabin goes off the ropes,
dives through the second rope and takes out Aries on the outside. In the ring,
Bently takes out Shelley with a face plant. Strong then nails Bently with a big
dropkick as Bently was to superkick Shelley. Strong puts Bently on his shoulders,
Bently falls off and Traci distracts Strong. Bently hits a superkick on Strong,
but Shelley quickly rolls up Bently and gets the pinfall.
Winners: Alex Shelley, Austin Aries and Roderick Strong.
After the match, Alex Shelley celebrates noting he held the tights and quickly
leaves the ring. Bently, Sabin and Dutt are shown frustrated about the loss in the ring.
01/14/06 - Ring of Honor
Philadelphia, PA
Grudge Match featuring Austin Aries vs. Ricky Reyes with J. Smokes
Aries initiated this match by cutting a promo on Reyes beforehand. The contest
was short with both wrestlers trading stiff shots back and forth. The finish
saw Reyes apply a reclining Dragon Sleeper/reverse DDT on Aries. However, as
Reyes applied the move his shoulders were down and the ref counted a three count.
Winner by pinfall: Austin Aries
After the match, Reyes refused to break the hold and Roderick Strong ran down to
make the save. Reyes grabbed the mike and challenged them to put the belts on the
line because in ’06, they were going to rule wrestling.
01/07/06 - Full Impact Pro Wrestling
Crystal River, FL
Austin Aries defeated Jerrelle Clark.
01/07/06 - TNA Impact
Orlando, FL
Austin Aries, Roderick Strong & Alex Shelley vs. Christopher Daniels, AJ Styles & Chris Sabin
Sabin and Shelley start off. Shelley locks on an armbar but Sabin quickly gets out.
They reverse positions ab it before Shelley locks on an armbar again. Sabin comes
back with a arm drag and head scissors. Sabin charges into the corner but takes a
boot to the face. Shelley with a head scissors out of the corner. Shelley grabs
Sabin by the crotch and tags in Roderick Strong. Strong runs into a huracanrana.
Daniels is tagged in. He quickly snaps off some scoop slams and tags in Styles.
They nail a double hip toss into a slam by Dnaiels. Styles then nails a knee drop.
Strong with a jawbreaker. Strong runs right into a drop kick. Aries comes and nails
Styles from behind. Strong tags in Shelley. Shelley with a knee to the back of the
head. Shelley with a spin kick on Styles. Shelley with a belly to back suplex.
Shelley locks on a scissor hold around Styles' neck, and he then drives Styles'
head into the mat over and over. Strong is tagged in. Strong with a double
underhook suplex. 2 count. Strong tags Shelley back in. Styles fights off all 3
men with right hands. Shelley with a kick to the gut. He slingshots Styles into a
drop kick from Strong. Aries then slingshots over the top with a diving headbutt.
Shelley and Strong charge into Styles in the corner. Aries then completes the
trifecta with a running knee to Styles in the corner. Near fall. Styles with the
paylay kick to Aries. Shelley and Daniels are tagged in. Daniels with clotheslines
all around. Daniels with a tiltawhirl backbreaker to Shelley. He nails a reverse
DDT and Rock Bottom on Shelley and Aries at the same time. Daniels goes for the
Angel's Wings on Shelley, but Strong breaks it up. Sabin is tagged in and takes
out Aries and Strong with a dual dropkick. Daniels and Sabin nail double suicide
dives to the outside on Strong and Aries. They fight on the floor. Strong and Aries
double team to drop toe hold Daniels into the ring barrier. Styles takes out Aries
before he can nail Daniels with a chair. Sabin goes for the Cradle Shock in the
ring on Shelley. Strong breaks it up. Shelley with a springboard, flip Diamond
Cutter on Sabin to get the pinfall.
Winners: Alex Shelley, Austin Aries & Roderick Strong.
01/06/06 - Full Impact Pro Wrestling
Bushnell, FL
Roderick Strong and Jack Evans defeated Bryan Danielson and Austin Aries with Dave
Prazak & Jimmy Rave when Strong made Danielson tap to the Stronghold in about 20 minutes.
12/18/05 - Pro Wrestling War
La Habra Heights, CA
Aaron Aguilera defeated Austin Aries to capture the Pro Wrestling War Heavyweight Championship.
12/17/05 - Ring of Honor
Edison, NJ
Ring of Honor Tag Team Title match
In an excellent match, Generation Next (Austin Aries/Roderick Strong) defeated
Tony Mamaluke and Sal Rinauro after Strong hit a half-nelson backbreaker on Rinauro,
with Aries following up with a 450 splash for the pinfall.
Winners: New Tag Team Champions - Austin Aries and Roderick Strong
12/11/05 - TNA "Turning Point" PPV
Orlando, FL
Matt Bentley and Austin Aries with Traci vs. Alex Shelley and Roderick Strong.
Aries and Shelley started off, trading moves, with Aries catching Shelley with a
back elbow off the ropes and applying a side headlock. Aries stayed one step ahead
of Shelley, popping out of a headscissors and hitting a dropkick. Shelley came
back by biting Aries' fingers. Strong tagged in, but Aries hit some armdrags and
a pendulum elbow drop. Bentley tagged in, and he and Aries hit a double vertical
suplex on Strong, then kipped up and hit a double fistdrop. Strong hit Bently with
a jawbreaker and tagged in Shelley, who stomped Bentley down in his corner. Strong
tagged back in and kept up the assault, chopping Bentley and choking him against
the middle rope. Bentley caught Strong with a rana and an enzugiri for a two count,
then tagged in Aries, who gave Strong a corkscrew slingshot splash for a two count.
Aries ended up getting blasted by Shelley while on the ring apron on the wrong side
of the ring, and Strong gave him a side backbreaker. Shelley gave Aries a Quebrada
moonsault for a two count, then goaded Bentley into coming in to distract the ref so
he and Strong could give Aries a back suplex/neckbreaker combo. Shelley knocked
Bentley off the apron when Aries was close for a tag. Strong went for a back superplex
on Aries, but Aries fought him off. Strong and Shelley overcame him though, and
gave him a top rope dropkick/backbreaker combo for a two count. Aries finally hit
Shelley with an elbow and ducked a Strong clothesline, making the hot tag to Bentley.
Bentley cleaned house, then hit a top rope elbow on Shelley for a two count. Bentley
knocked Strong down, but this allowed Shelley to give him a enzugiri. Strong gave
Bentley a gutbreaker, and Shelley followed with a senton, but Aries broke up the
cover. The match broke down, with Shelley and Strong colliding and Strong falling
from the ring. Bentley then caught Shelley with a superkick to get the pin at the
eight minute mark.
Winners: Matt Bentley and Austin Aries
12/03/05 - Ring of Honor
New York, NY
Generation Next defeated The Embassy in Steel Cage Warfare.
Rules were similar to Wargames except that it was a single ring and that an
entire team had to be eliminated to win. Match started with Jimmy Rave and
Austin Aries doing some good work. Next was Alex Shelley. Aries had the
advantage but Shelley and Rave began to double team. Matt Sydal came next and
made it a more even match. Then came Abyss and it became a very one-sided brawl.
Roderick Strong entered and cleaned house. They brawled both in and out of the cage.
Shelley wrapped his legs around Aries head and banged it repeatedly
into a chair. Nana entered. Sydal eliminated first...more beatings by the Embassy
on GN. Jade Cheung came out and berated Nana. Nana and Abyss exited the cage and
chased Jade, the rest all followed. Jack Evans came out and climbed to the top
of the cage and did a MEAN backward spin flip off the top onto Abyss and Nana.
Aries, Evans and Strong reentered the cage and triple teamed Abyss, eliminating
him with a triple pin. Rave and Shelley were simultaneously eliminated by Strong
and Aries. Aries and Strong then beat on Nana for a bit before putting him out of
his misery. After the match, Jade came in and used Rave as a pedestal while celebrating.
12/03/05 - TNA Impact
Orlando, FL
In a four way X division match, “the Future” Chris Sabin defeated Petey Williams,
Austin Aries and Alex Shelley (w/a video camera that he placed at ringside).
There were no allies in this one as all four men fought in, out and flew above
the ring. It briefly settled into a mat match when Aries and Williams were alone.
Shelley tagged in but Aries was ready and hit what looked like a flipping Samoan
drop. Shelley paid him back with hard hitting offense like a spinning kick to
the jaw. Shelley locked his knees around Aries head and drove it into the mat.
Williams tagged in and sang O’ Canada while standing on Aries crotch.
Shelley came back in to hit a slingshot elbow for two. Shelley taunted Aries
like he was going to tag in Sabin, so Aries hit Shelley in the face and
tagged out to Sabin who hit Shelley and Williams with dropkicks and enziguris.
Aries tagged back in and went to hit Williams with a brainbuster but Williams
countered and hit the Canadian Destroyer. Sabin broke up any pin attempt when he
dropkicked Williams in the head. This softened Williams up for the Cradle Shock
finisher to allow Sabin to win the hard fought match.
11/19/05 - Ring of Honor
Long Island, NY
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Samoa Joe and Jay Lethal to be #1
contenders for the ROH Tag Team titles.
11/13/05 - TNA "Genesis" PPV
Orlando, FL
ELIMINATION X:
"The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels, "The Samoan Submission Machine" Samoa Joe,
Alex Shelley, and Roderick Strong vs. Chris Sabin, Matt Bentley, Sonjay Dutt and Austin Aries
The first ever Elimination X match started off with Roderick Strong and Matt
Bentley squaring off against each other. Roderick went quick to work with a
couple headlocks to where Matt Bentley tried several times to break out before
finally using his fists to break out. Later in the match, Sonjay Dutt was tagged
in, as he was literally all around Roderick Strong to where he had to tag in
Shelley so he could regain himself. These two combatants now showed what the
X-Division is all about with the wrestling clinic they were putting on. It was
now Samoa Joe’s turn as Sonjay Dutt physically ate Joe’s big boot for dinner on
this night! It was vicious and physical, as now Austin Aries came in to try and
take the big Samoan Submission Machine down. That plan proved to be disastrous as
Samoa Joe quite possibly has put Aries on borrowed time in this match as Daniels
now went to work on him. Later on, Roderick Strong and Chris Sabin were hooking
it up as Strong tagged in the self-proclaimed captain of his team to work on Sabin.
After almost being eliminated earlier, Austin Aries was now back in the ring as
he was on a mission to take someone out as he proved against Daniels and Strong.
He then could a step-up kick from Shelley. By this time, all hell broke loose as
each X star was showcasing their signature maneuvers and special exquisite moves.
Seconds later, we were witnessing high-risk moves to the outside as back in the
inside, Austin Aries eliminated Roderick Strong with a 450 Splash. Shortly after,
Christopher Daniels eliminated Austin Aries with a reverse pin. Sonjay now was
immediate to take full control for his team. He was taking out Shelley, Joe, and
Daniels all at the same time with his great arsenal, but it was a miscalculation
by Sonjay that had himself submit to Alex Shelley in a crossface. It was now Matt
Bentley with the Super Kick that eliminated Alex Shelley. Sabin later delivered
one-drop kick to the upside-down hung Daniels on the turnbuckle and another one
where he looked like he was suspended in midair before hitting Daniels. Then,
Matt Bentley hit Samoa Joe with a flying elbow from the top rope to where Daniels
then hit the BME on Bentley for a near fall. X-Division action at it’s best was
being showcased tonight on Genesis! At this time we now saw a Tower of Doom to
where Joe was the only man standing as he cleared the ring and got the knee up
on Bentley. Just before Bentley was going to taste another big boot, Bentley hit
a stiff Super Kick taking him down but it was Daniels there to make the save for
Joe. Samoa Joe later hit the Muscle Buster and locked in the Rear Naked Choke to
eliminate Bentley. Chris Sabin was the final remaining competitor from his team.
Sabin immediately took action first with a swing-around DDT hitting down Joe at
the same time. This was his time to shine, as he was going to hit a Cradle
Shock. Daniels though stopped that, as he now was going to hit the Cradle Shock
on Daniels but this time Joe stopped that. Joe now wanted to hit the Muscle
Buster on Sabin; however, it was Matt Bentley who pulled him out. Christopher
Daniels saw the opportunity and took action by eliminating Chris Sabin with the
Angels Wings, gaining the win for his team.
Winners: Christopher Daniels, Samoa Joe, Alex Shelley, Roderick Strong
11/12/05 - TNA Impact
Orlando, FL
Samoa Joe defeated Austin Aries.
11/12/05 - Full Impact Pro Wrestling
Brooksville, FL
Roderick Strong, Sean Waltman, Tony Mamaluke, Sal Rinauro and Jerrelle Clark
defeated DP Associates of Bryan Danielson, Samoa Joe, Austin Aries, Adam
Pearce and Jimmy Rave w/ Dave Prazak and Mr. Milo Beasley.
Order of elimination:
1 - Aries pinned Clark after a brainbuster
2 - Joe eliminates Mamaluke via choke
3 – Waltman pinned Aries via roll up
4 – Joe disqualified for using a chair on Waltman
5 – Danielson eliminates Waltman via modified figure four bridge
6 – Rinauro pinned Pearce via a double stomp leg drop combo
7 – Rave pinned Rinauro via roll up
8 – Strong pinned Rave after a half nelson backbreaker
9 – Strong pinned Danielson after a running boot – back breaker combo.
11/11/05 - Full Impact Pro Wrestling
Inverness, FL
DP Associates (Austin Aries, Adam Pearce, and Shane Hagadorn with Dave Prazak and
Mr. Milo Beasley) versus Chasyn Rance, Seth Delay, and Altar Boy Luke.
Before the match starts, Prazak tells Hagadorn that since he is the manservant,
he will start the match. Hagadorn and Delay start things off and Delay with a
side head lock followed by a drop kick, but Hagadorn holds on to the ropes.
Delay with a flying forearm to Hagadorn and then Shane tries to make the tag,
but Aries and Pearce tell him to stay in there and refuse to make the tag. Luke
with forearms and a drop kick to Hagadorn followed by a jumping spin kick. Rance
tags in and he connects with a side head lock take down followed by a shoulder
tackle and rollup. Pearce with a knee from the apron when Rance goes off the
ropes. Pearce tags in and he punches Rance followed by a drop kick and Luke
makes the save. Aries tags in and he punches Rance. Hagadorn slams Rance’s head
into the turnbuckle followed by an elbow and he throws Rance out of the ring.
Mr. Beasley is able to rise from his wheelchair and he attacks Rance. Luke and
Delay chase the members of DP Associates around the ring and Mr. Beasley
protects Pearce. Rance with a rollup on Hagadorn. Pearce with a kick to Rance
followed by an elbow. Rance with an Irish whip, but Pearce with an eye poke.
Pearce slams Rance, but Rance recovers and hits a few forearms on Hagadorn.
Hagadorn kicks Rance followed by a snap mare and reverse chin lock. Rance with a
rana on Hagadorn for a two count followed by a spin kick. Aries and Luke make
the tag and Luke cleans house. Luke with a forearm to Pearce followed by a
super stereo punches of ten by all three men. All three members of DP Associates
are Irish whipped into each other. Aries sends Luke onto the apron and Luke
misses a springboard moonsault on Aries. Rance sends Hagadorn into the ring post
while Pearce fights with Delay outside the ring. Aries clips Luke and then hits
an atomic drop onto the knee and then locks in the figure four leg lock and
Luke taps.
Winners: DP Associates
After the match, Danielson and Rave come out and join in the attack on Rance,
Delay, and Luke. Mamaluke and Strong come out to even the odds and all ten men
fight in and around the ring. Sean Waltman’s music plays and he comes to the
ring and he helps clean house. Waltman gets on the mic and he says that he wants
to talk to Aries and suggests that they face each other tonight. Aries gets on
the mic and he says that he has already wrestled. The fans call Aries a chicken,
but he tells them that he is not a chicken so he will face Waltman tonight.
Sean Waltman versus Austin Aries (with Dave Prazak and Mr. Milo Beasley)
Waltman with an arm drag. Aries pushes Waltman in the corner and Waltman pushes
back. Aries with a kick to Waltman followed by a side head lock and shoulder
tackle. Waltman with a hip toss and arm drag, but Aries responds with an elbow.
Prazak chokes Waltman while the ref is not looking. Aries throws Waltman out of
the ring and Mr. Beasley kicks Waltman. Aries and Waltman exchange punches on
the floor and then Waltman knocks Mr. Beasley over in his wheelchair. Waltman
sends Aries into a gate and then they fight into the bleachers where the fans
are. Waltman chops Aries when the return to the ring and Waltman misses the
Bronco Buster. Aries with a running drop kick into the corner followed by a
rear chin lock and knee. Aries with a slam followed by a knee drop and elbow
drop. Aries puts Waltman in a sleeper. Aries goes up top, but he is unable to
balance himself on the top turnbuckle so he goes down to the second turnbuckle.
Aries is still unable to balance himself on the middle turnbuckle, so he goes
down to the bottom turnbuckle, but he misses an elbow drop. Waltman with a spin
kick followed by a jumping spin kick. Waltman continues the attack with a Bronco
Buster. Aries with a drop kick to Waltman’s knee followed by an atomic drop to
the knee. Aries tries for the figure four, but Waltman pushes Aries off. Waltman
with an Irish whip and Aries does the Flair flip and runs across the apron to
the top turnbuckle. Waltman kicks Aries and then Waltman hits the X Factor for
the three count.
Winner: Sean Waltman
11/05/05 - Ring of Honor
Chicago, IL
The Embassy (Jimmy Rave, Abyss, Alex Shelley and Prince Nana) defeated AJ Styles and
Generation Next (Jack Evans, Matt Sydal and Austin Aries) in 22m50s. Daizee Haze
turned heel, hitting members of GeNext with low blows.
11/04/05 - Ring of Honor
Detroit, MI
Austin Aries defeated Alex Shelley in a Grudge Match. Post-match, Rave, Abyss,
Alex Shelley, and Prince Nana beat on Aries until Matt Sydal, AJ Styles, and Daizee
Haze made the save. Alex Shelley and Austin Aries brawled to the back.
11/03/05 - TNA Impact
Orlando, FL
Austin Aries, Sonjay Dutt, and AJ Styles defeated Christopher Daniels, Alex
Shelley and Samoa Joe. This was said to be an excellent match. They teased a feud
between Daniels and Joe. The faces all had triple submissions at one point which
got the crowd going. At the end, Daniels accidentally struck Joe and Joe gave it
right back to him. Styles hits the Styles Clash on Alex Shelley for the win.
10/29/05 - Ring of Honor
Woodbridge, CT
The Phenomenal AJ Styles versus Austin Aries.
Aries and Styles had a nice back and forth match, with Styles ending it with his
Styles Clash off the second rope, backwards, as he was facing the crowd not the
ring. Styles lifted Aries' hand afterwards and seemed to motion towards his TNA
X-Division belt.
Postmatch: When Styles left, Alex Shelley and Prince Nana hit the ring and
attacked Aries. Jade Chung came through the crowd to help Aries, actually hitting
a nice DDT on Nana. Aries ran off Shelley and hit his Brainbuster on Nana, and
left with Chung. Aries got a nice ovation as he left.
Winner: AJ Styles
10/23/05 - TNA "Bound For Glory" PPV
Orlando, FL
Alex Shelley vs. Roderick Strong vs. Austin Aries vs. Sonjay Dutt
Although Roderick Strong and Austin Aries are fairly new to the X-Division in TNA,
they not only proved they belong, but they stirred the crowd into a frenzy early
on. TNA veteran, The Original Play from the Himalaya Sonjay Dutt, found himself
inside the 6 sided ring for most of the encounter. These athletes put it all on
the line and at one point putting each other in a four way submission hold. The
experienced Dutt hit an amazing reverse hurricanrana off the top rope for the victory.
Winner: Sonjay Dutt
10/15/05 - Ring of Honor
Buffalo, NY
The Embassy of Jimmy Rave, Alex Shelley, and Abyss defeated Generation Next of Austin
Aries, Roderick Strong, and Jack Evans.
10/14/05 - Ring of Honor
Clevelend, OH
"American Dragon" Bryan Danielson defeated Austin Aries via crossface submission
to retain the ROH World title.
10/08/05 - TNA Impact
Orlando, FL
“Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels defeated Matt Bentley (w/Traci Brooks) and Austin Aries.
This match belonged on PPV. Each man hit the other with armdrags from all around
the ring. Aries hit Daniels with a sling shot corkscrew splash from the apron for
two. Bentley hit his opponents with a DDT/neckbreaker. Daniels countered out a
Bentley tilt a whirl move into an STO for two. Daniels hit Aries with an STO and
Bentley with a modified Last Rites for two. Daniels was tossed off the top rope
by Aries and Bentley. Aries hit both men with clotheslines but didn’t get the pin.
Aries got on Bentley’s shoulders and victory rolled him to the floor. Daniels
followed them out but missed his springboard moonsault to the floor. Bentley and
Aries hit each other with cross bodyblocks as Petey Williams came out to interfere
but he was stopped on the rampway by Chris Sabin. Bentley forgot his opponents
and dove onto Sabin and Williams. Aries went up top to follow him but Daniels cut
him off and delivered the Angel’s Wings to end the match.
10/08/05 - Full Impact Pro Wrestling
Bushnell, FL
Jimmy Rave and Austin Aries defeated Sean Waltman and Azrieal.
10/07/05 - Full Impact Pro Wrestling
Crystal River, FL
Homicide versus Austin Aries (with Dave Prazak) for the FIP Heavyweight Title:
Aries with a hip toss, arm drag, and slam. Homicide with arm drags that send Aries
outside the ring. Homicide with a reverse atomic drop followed by an atomic drop
and Aries goes outside the ring again. Rainman comes out to watch the match.
Aries pulls Homicide outside the ring and they exchange punches and chops outside
the ring. Homicide gets a pickle from the concession stand and brings it in the
ring and feeds it to Aries. Homicide with a monkey flip. Homicide continues the
attack, but he misses a charge and Aries with a drop kick to the knee. Aries with
a monkey flip, but Homicide lands on his feet. Aries clips Homicide again. Aries
works on Homicide’s leg. Homicide tries for a suplex, but Aries blocks it. Aries
with a belly-to-back suplex and then Aries distracts the ref to allow Prazak to
choke Homicide. Aries with a kick in the corner followed by a back body drop on
the floor. They return to the ring and Aries works on Homicide’s leg with elbows.
Aries puts Homicide in a half carb followed by a sleeper. Homicide escapes the
hold with a jawbreaker. Homicide with a tornado DDT followed by a hip toss and
back body drop. Homicide with an Irish whip into the corner and Aries does the
Flair flip onto the apron and then he goes up top. Aries comes off the top
turnbuckle, but he is met with a punch to the gut by Homicide. Homicide with a
bulldog. Aries with a low blow followed by a knee breaker and figure four leg lock.
Homicide is able to reverse the hold and Aries releases it. Aries tries for a
Pedigree or Tiger Driver, but Homicide counters with an Ace Crusher. Homicide
with a lariat that hits the ref instead of Aries. Homicide tries for a piledriver,
but Rainman comes in and hits a big boot to Homicide. Rainman and Aries attack
Homicide while the ref is being checked out. Homicide with a double clothesline
to Aries and Rainman. Jimmy Rave comes out to join the fun. This brings Sean
Waltman into the ring. Rave and Waltman fight in the ring while Homicide fights
Rainman and Aries outside the ring. Waltman clotheslines Rave over the top rope
to the floor. Homicide sends Rainman into the ring post. Aries does the Flair
flop on the floor. Homicide hits Rainman with a chair.
Winner: No Contest
10/02/05 - MEW
Newcastle, England
Austin Aries came to the ring after intermission and cut a promo on the fans,
starting with the polar opposite of a cheap pop before complaining about everyone
in the crowd and their behaviour towards him. He had been the ROH Champion, and
that meant he did things on his schedule, and he had decided he was leaving.
This brought out MEW promoter Daniel Fitch, who told Aries that if he left now he
wouldn’t get paid. It was then announced that Aries' match with Raven later on
would be under Raven’s Rules.
Austin Aries came out for the match with Simply Luscious at his side. Raven got
on the mic before the match and cut a short promo. The match began and soon they
were fighting on the outside, up into the crowd. Raven hit Aries several times
causing him to fall down the stairs down to the floor. Raven threw Aries into
the ring steps, and locked in the anklelock several times on the floor. Eventually
they got back into the ring. Aries went for the 450 but missed. Raven hit his
signature moves such as the trifecta of punches following by the discus
clothesline, the bulldog and the drop toe hold onto a chair. He went for the
Raven Effect but Luscious interfered. Then…the unnanounced, unscheduled Sandman
arrived. Sandman got hold of Luscious and spanked her before putting her in a
sleeper. Aries then got Sandman in a sleeper, and Raven put Aries in a sleeper.
The ref started checking their arms, but at two they were all broken up.
Luscious was taken out thanks to a Singapore Cane shot right on the head, but
then Sandman was taken out by Aries. Raven then hit the Raven Effect for the pin.
10/01/05 - 1PW
Doncaster, United Kingdom
Doug Williams defeated Austin Aries.
Said to have a been a solid, ROH-style match that you'd expect from the two.
They had a confrontation after the match with Austin refusing to shake Williams' hand.
09/24/05 - Ring of Honor
Dorchester, MA
Austin Aries defeated Jimmy Rave
Roderick Strong defeated Austin Aries, Christopher Daniels, Jay Lethal,
Colt Cabana, & Samoa Joe.
09/17/05 - Ring of Honor
Long Island, NY
Austin Aries defeated Azrieal.
09/11/05 - TNA "Unbreakable" PPV
Orlando, FL
Showcase Match: Austin Aries vs. Roderick Strong
Roderick Strong was wearing tights emblazoned with the “Generation Next” logo
from Ring of Honor. The crowd chanted “Generation Next” and “ROH.” Mike Tenay and
Don West noted that the fans asked for more of the top independent talent and
they are getting it. They also noted the two are stablemates in ROH. They did
some back and forth mat wrestling. Aries used a headstand to get out of his head
being scissored, then hit a dropkick and went into a side headlock. Strong went
for a Boston Crab but Aries used a legsweep to break it. Aries went for a
monkeyflip, but Strong broke it. Strong hit a backbreaker then slammed Aries
into the corner. Strong dropped Aries across his knee with a backbreaker. Strong
jettisoned Aries into the corner with a sick Irish whip. He tied up Aries in a
submission move but Aries bridged back to attempt a rolling cradle pinfall. Strong
pulled Aries into a rear chinlock. Aries broke free but was cut off with a Strong
dropkick. Strong unleashed a stiff chop. Aries and Strong began chopping each
other back and forth. Aries hit a lariat followed by his signature elbow. Strong
went for a reverse takedown but Aries elbowed out of it. He snapped Strong’s
neck over the ropes. Strong hit a double gutbuster on Aries for a two count.
Aries small packaged Strong for a two count. Strong goes for the Boston Crab but
Aries grabbed his leg. Strong slammed him into the turnbuckle. Aries hit a
brainbuster then went to the top and connected with a 450 splash for the pin.
Winner: Austin Aries!
09/10/05 - NWA Upstate
Buffalo, NY
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong defeated Cheech & Cloudy.
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong defeated Colt Cabana & Brody Lee.
M-Dogg & Josh Prohibition defeated Austin Aries & Roderick Strong to become the NWA
Upstate tag team champions.
08/27/05 - Ring of Honor
Buffalo, NY
The Ebassy of Spanky and Jimmy Rave defeated Austin Aries and Roderick Strong of Generation Next.
Strong with some really hard chops in this one. Rave countered an Aries roll-up,
Shelley hit Aries with the chair, and Rave won with the roll-up.
08/20/05 - Ring of Honor
Morristown, NJ
Generation Next of Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated The Embassy of Jimmy
Rave and Puma when the dog leash tripped up Puma and Aries nailed the 450 for the pin.
08/14/05 - TNA "Sacrifice" PPV
Orlando, FL
Non-Title Match:
X Divisoin Champion Christopher Daniels vs. Austin Aries
The match starts with both Daniels and Aries going back and forth rolling around
on the mat. The fans in Orlando do a back-and-forth change between Daniels and
Aries. Aries takes out Daniels with a big springboard elbow to the chest, covers
Daniels, but only gets a two count. Aries has Daniels down on the mat until
Daniels counters that into a headlock of his own. Aries flips out of the headlock
and takes out Daniels through the second rope to the outside. Aries gets in a
few chops on Daniels, throws him back in the ring and then hits a corkscrew splash
over the top rope. Aries covers Daniels, but only gets a two count. Aries attempts
to counter Daniels by jumping in the air, but Daniels catches him and hits a
backbreaker. Daniels gives Aries two big scoop slams and taunts at the crowd.
Daniels covers Aries, but only gets a two count. Daniels props Aries in the
corner, hits a few forearms and then launches Aries to the opposite corner with
force. Aries bounches off and hits the mat after this takes place. Daniels
stands on top of Aries in the corner until the referee breaks it up. Daniels
then applies a front face choke hold with his knees up against Aries' back.
Aries fights back with some big elbows to the chest, gets a roll-up, but Daniels
kicks out.
Daniels then gets in a quick backbreaker on Aries, covers, but once again gets a
two count. Daniels gives Aries a scoop slam, springboards off the top rope and
connects with the moonsault. Daniels covers, but gets another two count. Daniels
slaps Aries in the corner as he gets on his feet. Aries comes back with a suplex
counter followed by a big left hand slap to Daniels. Aries trips up Daniels near
the corner and both exchange some lefts and rights. Aries takes out Daniels with
a big clothesline and two back elbows. Aries hits a swinging elbow on Daniels
for a two count. Aries leaps over to the ring apron, leaps back in and hits an
elbow to Daniels' face and follows that up with a big dropkick. Aries covers,
but only gets a two count. Aries hits a quick back suplex into a pin for a close
two count. Daniels fights back with a facebuster in the middle of the ring to
slow things up a bit. Daniels goes for the BME, but Aries moves out of the way.
Aries then goes up to the top, jumps and connects with the 450 Splash! Aries
hooks the leg...1...2...kick out. Aries tries to pull Daniels, but Daniels holds
onto the bottom rope. Daniels takes down Aries with an STO, covers, Daniels uses
the bottom rope for leverage, but the referee doesn't count. Daniels argues with
the referee and Aries rolls him up for a close two count. Aries gets in another
quick roll-up for a two count. Both exchange some power attempts until Daniels
connects with Angel's Wings. Daniels covers...1...2...3.
Winner: Christopher Daniels
08/13/05 - Ring of Honor
Chicago Ridge, IL
Austin Aries defeated Jimmy Rave with Prince Nana in 13:29 with a rollup.
Rave got a lot of streamers before the match and was agitated with them. Aries
extended his hand to Rave and Rave grabbed a few fingers to mock him. At one point
Rave attempted to lift Aries off of his shoulders and backbreaker him, only to
have Aries bong him on the head with his body. Aries came back with some punches
right on Rave's nose, and a nice Rick Steamboat arm drag. Aries then sold his rib
injuries. Aries came back with his dropkick in the corner for a 2.5 count.
Aries hit his crucifix bomb, his power elbow, and went up to the two for
his 450 as the crowd popped. Aries did the 450 only for Rave to put his
knees up. Aries reversed a SUPER Rave Clash attempt from the second rope,
which turned into a sunset flip, reversal, then moved forward in a rollup trapping
Rave for the pin. Afterwards, Alex Shelley came down to help put a three man beat
down on Aries until GeNext (Sydal and Roderick Strong) came down for the save.
08/12/05 - Ring of Honor
Dayton, OH
Austin Aries, Matt Sydal, and Roderick Strong W/Daizee Haze defeated Abyss, Alex Shelley,
and Jimmy Rave W/ Prince Nana. Aries won with a 450 on Jimmy Rave.
07/29/05 - Far North Wrestling
Butler, PA
Austin Aries defeated B-Boy.
07/23/05 - Ring of Honor
Philadelphia, PA
The Embassy of Alex Shelley and Fast Eddie Vagas defeated Generation Next of
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong when Jimmy Rave came out and nailed Aries with a
chair behind the back of the referee.
Jimmy Rave defeated AJ Styles with the Rave Clash in a Philadelphia Street Fight.
The entire Embassy beat Styles down to allow Rave to hit his finish. After the
match, Strong and Aries tried to make the save, but were unsuccessful.
07/16/05 - Ring of Honor
Woodbridge, CT
Austin Aries defeated El Generico: El Generico’s entrance (Ole, Ole by Bouncing Souls)
really got the crowd into him as he precipitated a Lucha Libre chant. Great back
and forth action with both men getting over with the crowd and showing some great
wrestling ability Finish came as Generico was looking for a 450 splash and came up
with canvas which led to Aries hitting the brainbuster and his 450 splash
for the victory.
07/09/05 - Ring of Honor
New York, NY
Samoa Joe defeated Austin Aries to retain the ROH Pure title after a muscle buster.
Both men lost all three of their ropebreaks. Aries had hit the brainbuster and 450,
but Joe got to the ropes for his third ropebreak. Joe then fired up and slapped
the hell out of Aries and hit the musclebuster for the pin. This was excellent,
Joe has really taken the Pure title and made it mean something, as the crowd was
really hot for this.
07/08/05 - Ring of Honor
Lake Grove, NY
Austin Aries defeated Samoa Joe, James Gibson and Homicide in a four corner
survival when Aries pinned Joe.
This was the best match on the card. All four guys hit dives to the outside.
Aries pinned Joe with the same moveset he used to beat Joe for the ROH title in
December, a brainbuster followed by the 450. Afterwards, Alex Shelley ran out
again and layed out Aries.
06/18/05 - Ring of Honor
Morristown, NJ
CM Punk defeated Austin Aries to become the new ROH World champion in 30:30.
Words cannot do this justice. Everyone knew that this was going to be Punk's last
match in the company, and he was over like a god. The heat for this match was
just tremendous. Crowd went crazy for Punks entrance, and just like last weekend
in NYC were chanting "please don't go" and "thank you Punk" and "CM Punk" over
and over. Literally every time Punk did something, the crowd cheered. And everytime
Aries did something, even just a simple look to the crowd, the fans booed the
hell out of him. It was basically the most ideal situation, a babyface vs a heel.
The match itself was a bonafide match of the year candidate. Aries gave Punk a
death valley driver on the ring apron. Finish saw Aries keep trying to go for the
450 splash, but Punk kept getting up and trying to meet him on the top rope to
hit the Pepsi Plunge! Eventually, Aries countered and hit Punk with the Plunge
instead, and Punk Hulked up, kicking out at the count of one, and the place was
going crazy. The actual finish was Punk hit the Pepsi Plunge himself
and got the three count. Mega pop for the finish. The crowd was going crazy.
They demanded a speach from Punk. Punk talked about how the ROH title was the
most important title in North America. He went on to talk about the story where
a man finds a snake in the ice and he saves it, and then the snake goes and
bites the man. And then...
Punk did a total 180 and turned completely heel. He told the crowd that he was
just like the devil, and that no one saw this coming. He went on to call us all
suckers for believing. He said that the ROH title was the most important title
in the world now. The fans completely turned on Punk as well, and Punk was getting
incredible heel heat. He said no one in the locker room could beat him for the
title, and dared anyone to come out and try. Punk turned his attention to the
entrance waiting for someone, and as he did, Christopher Daniels came through
the crowd and hit the ring drawing a gigantic pop. They fought for a brief few
seconds, and Daniels went for the Best Moonsault Ever, but Punk cleared the ring
and Daniels landed on his feet. Daniels challenged Punk for the title right then
and there. Punk refused and left through the crowd, never to be seen again. Daniels
got on the mic and talked about how Punk, in storyline, took him out of ROH, and
when he was ready to return, he had to make a choice between ROH and TNA and he
had to pick TNA. He stated he was happy to be back and that his goal was to win
the ROH world title.
06/12/05 - Ring of Honor
New York, NY
Low Ki defeated ROH world champion Austin Aries in a non title match that was "unsanctioned" by ROH.
This was really stiff. The Rottweilers were ejected from ringside prior to the
match, and Julius Smokes was ejected a few minutes into the match. Low Ki had
Aries on the top rope, and Ki started doing rapid kicks to Aries
head, and then picked him up and delivered a Ki Crusher off the top rope for the
pin. After the match, Homicide put Aries in position for the Cop Killer and Low
Ki was going to come off the top rope with a double stomp to his balls to make
more impact, but Jack Evans and Roderick Strong came out for the save. This led
to Evans eventually doing a double flip onto the Rotts, and Monsta Mack in
particular to the outside. This led to Low Ki being in the ring alone, and Jay
Lethal returning, laying Ki out with a dragon suplex to hype up their match next
week in Morristown. Lethal then left as Homicide got back in the ring, to end the show.
06/04/05 - Ring of Honor
Buffalo, NY
Austin Aries defended the ROH Title vs. Spanky:
Solid match with Spanky working over Aries' neck whenever possible. At one point
the action spilled outside and Aries piledrived Spanky on the cement. Spanky
continued his offense and hit his finisher but Aries got partway out of the ring
before Spanky could followup with an immediate pin. Aries hit his finisher and
pinned Spanky.
05/27/05 - PWW
Los Angeles, CA
Austin Aries defeated Ricky Reyes to retain the PWW Heavyweight Championship.
05/15/05 - XLAW
Tulancingo, Mexico
Austin Aries defeated Ricky Marvin and Super Crazy in a three-way match to keep
the ROH Heavyweight title.
05/14/05 - Ring of Honor
Chicago Ridge, IL
Austin Aries defeated Bryan Danielson with the 450 splash to retain the World
Title in around 30 mins. After the match, Joe came out and cut a promo on how the
Pure Title means more than the World Belt because Joe is the champ. Aries acted
like he respected Joe and held the ropes open for him to come into the ring, but
he attacked Joe as he was coming in, but Joe fought back and nailed a Muscle
Buster on Aries.
05/13/05 - Ring of Honor
Dayton, OH
Austin Aries defeated James Gibson to retain the ROH title. Gibson did an insane
somersault plancha onto Aries in the crowd. Gibson had the front chancery/body
scissors submission locked on Aries on the top rope and Aries turned
it into a slam off the top for the win.
05/07/05 - Ring of Honor
New York, NY
Alex Shelley vs Austin Aries
After being kicked out of Generation Next Shelley finally gets his revenge in this
title match. Shelley controls most of the match and delivers his finisher many
times but Aries somehow survives and hits the 450 splash. Aries wins.
Winner and still ROH Champion Austin Aries.
04/30/05 - All Pro Wrestling
Bakersfield, CA
Austin Aries defeated J.J. Perez, Puma, and Taru when Aries pinned J.J. Perez.
04/23/05 - Impact Pro Wrestling
Delta, IA
Austin Aries defeated Gage Octane.
04/22/05 - Neo Pro Wrestling
Cottage Grove, MN
Austin Aries vs. Huge ended in a draw when both men were pinned with their shoulders
on the mat.
04/16/05 - Ring of Honor
Dorchester, MA
Austin Aries and James Gibson went to a double pin in a match for Aries ROH world
title. This was the best match of the night and a fantastic title defense. Match
went about 22 minutes. The fans were screaming "five more minutes". Gibson was up
for it, but Aries hesitated, which led to Alex Shelley coming out and attacking
Aries. Aries then left ringside, and Gibson got a standing ovation.
04/10/05 - Pro Wrestling War
Santa Ana, CA
Adam Pearce vs. Austin Aries:
This match was mostly Pearce in control and and choking out Austin with Austin
getting some offense here and there. When Vanderpyle was trying to throw a chain
into the ring, Davey Richards came out and attacked Vanderpyle to save Austin
and Austin hit a 450 on Pearce to get the win. After the match as Aries was
celebrating Blitzkrieg 2 came out and attacked Austin Aries and stole the PWW belt
and ran off into the parking lot ending the show.
04/09/05 - SCCW
Cudahy, CA
Pro Wrestling War Match:
Austin Aries and Adam Pearce went to a double pin.
04/02/05 - Ring of Honor
Asbury, NJ
For the ROH World Championship:
(c) Austin Aries d. Homicide after 3 450 Splashes.
03/26/05 - Full Impact Pro Wrestling
Sebring, FL
Austin Aries came out for a promo. He mentions that he suffered a first degree
paper cut to his finger last night, and his doctor has told him that he should
not wrestle tonight. Aries says that he will not defend his title tonight. From
out of nowhere, Roderick Strong comes out and says that he wants a shot at Aries
because of their match in September. From out of nowhere, Dave Prazak and Insane
Dragon come out and remind Aries that Aries did not get the three count against
Insane Dragon last night. Aries tells Prazak to blame the ref if anyone is to
blame. Aries says that Dragon does not deserve a rematch because he did not
deserve the match last night. Aries tells Strong and Dragon that he will think
about wrestling the winner of a match between Strong and Dragon later tonight.
Roderick Strong versus Austin Aries for the Ring of Honor Title
Both men shake hands as the bell rings, but Aries does it with his left hand
because of his injury. Aries with a clean break. They go into the corner again,
and Aries with an elbow to Strong. Strong backs Aries into the corner and Strong
with a chop that knocks Aries down, and Aries goes outside the ring for a breather.
Aries with a single leg take down, but Strong reverses and has Aries in a hammer lock.
Aries with a head scissors. Strong with a side head lock take down, but Aries
tries for a rollup. Aries with a hammer lock, but Strong with a drop toe hold and
then he starts to work on Aries’ leg. Aries and Strong start to go off the ropes
and then they decide to criss cross for a few seconds. Aries with a side head lock.
They criss cross again and when Aries goes down, Strong with a side head lock.
Strong starts to work on Aries’ bad finger. Aries with a belly-to-back suplex.
Aries with a side head lock take down, but Strong responds with a head scissors.
Aries tries to do a headstand to escape, but Strong drops Aries on his head.
Aries tries to get out the same way, and Strong responds the same way. Aries is
able to escape and hits a drop kick on a seated Strong. Aries with forearms to
Strong followed by kicks. Aries is sent to the apron when he charges at Strong
after an Irish whip, but Aries jumps back in and gives Strong an elbow in the
corner at the same time. Aries sets up for a Tornado DDT, but Strong counters
with a back breaker followed by a chop and drop kick. Strong with a side slam.
Strong stomps on Aries’ injured finger and they go outside the ring. Strong slams
Aries’ finger into the rail. Aries slams Strong’s head into the apron and then
rolls him into the ring. Aries tries for a hilo from the apron, but Strong moves
out of the way. Strong with a back body drop followed by a forearm and chop.
Aries slams Strong’s head into the second turnbuckle. Aries stomps on Strong’s
head. Aries with a Polish Hammer followed by an elbow drop. Strong with
forearms, but Aries with a back kick followed by a running kick to the head.
Aries with a baseball slide that sends Strong into the rail. Aries runs Strong
into the rail. Strong with a sunset flip from the apron, but Aries holds on to
the ropes until the ref kicks his hands and he goes over. Aries with a clothesline.
Strong goes to the apron, but Aries tries to suplex him back in the ring, but
Strong is able to counter it and gets a cross body. Aries with a dragon sleeper,
but Strong runs Aries into the corner. Strong sends Aries onto the apron and
then Strong knocks him to the floor. Strong with a pescado onto Aries and both
men are down outside the ring. Strong chops Aries, but Aries blocks it and tries
for a suplex. Strong counters with a suplex driver. Strong with a Nash clothesline,
and then he tries for a running forearm but Aries moves. Aries hits a running
clothesline on Strong in the corner. Strong with a fireman’s carry set up into a
back breaker. Aries with a discus forearm. Strong has Aries up on his shoulders,
but Aries is able to counter with a crucifix power bomb and then he puts Strong in
the Rings of Aries and Strong taps.
03/25/05 - Full Impact Pro Wrestling
Lakeland, FL
ROH World champion Austin Aries came to the ring and told the fans that he wasn’t
going to defend tonight and he would save it for tomorrow night in Sebring. This
announcement brought out Dave Prazak who said he had someone who deserved a shot,
Insane Dragon. After some deliberation Aries said he would defend title but needed
some time to get changed out of his street clothes. Didn’t take long as Prazak
and Dragon made it to the curtain, Aries came dressed to wrestle.
ROH World champion Austin Aries defeated Insane Dragon (w/Dave Prazak).
Aries oozed of confidence taking the offense to Dragon for several minutes despite
the encouraging words from Prazak. In fact Prazak’s interference allowed Dragon
to take over on the champion. The two men fought on the floor and when the action
returned to the ring Dragon attacked Aries left arm and shoulder area for several
minutes. Dragon took Aries to the mat with a headlock but Aries countered into
what looked like an STF. Dragon made it out of the hold and put Aries into a modified
surfboard. When Aries wouldn’t submit Dragon went back to the arm but it backfired
as Aries countered out of a move and took over on Dragon. Aries teased hitting a
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