Daniel Solwold Jr.

Daniel Healy Solwold Jr better known by his ring name Austin Aries is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the Control Your Narrative wrestling promotion He is best known for his time with Impact Wrestling where he is a threetime Impact World Champion and a sixtime Impact X Division Champion and Ring of Honor ROH where he was the first multitime ROH World Champion He is also known for his time with WWE where he competed in the cruiserweight division as well as doing color commentary Between TNAImpact and ROH Aries has held 14 total championships and has also held numerous international and US independent championships Aries began to work with ROH in 2004 joining the Generation Next faction He won the ROH World Tag Team Championship with his teammate Roderick Strong and at Final Battle 2004 ROHs biggest event defeated Samoa Joe to win the ROH World Championship ending the latters 645day reign He would regain the title in 2009 becoming the first multitime champion After moving on to Impact Wrestling then known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling TNA Aries won the X Division Championship six times His first reign is the longest of the titles history at 301 days and created the Option C clause trading the title for a TNA World Heavyweight title opportunity at Destination X winning the title He also won the TNA World Tag Team Championship and the Impact Grand Championship becoming a Grand Slam Champion in Impact Wrestling1 After a short hiatus from the wrestling industry from 2019 to 2021 he is currently making appearances for the National Wrestling Alliance and other independent wrestling companies