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Aaron Steven Haddad United StatesUnited States
Haddad in April 2016

Haddad in April 2016
Data
Ring name Aaron Stevens
Damien Mizdow
Damien Sandow
Easter Bunny
Idol Stevens
Aron Rex
height 193 cm
Fighting weight 110 kg
birth April 3, 1982
Worcester , Massachusetts , USA
Announced from Palo Alto , California , USA
Trained by Killer Kowalski
Chaotic Wrestling
debut 2001

Aaron Steven Haddad (born April 3, 1982 in Worcester , Massachusetts ) is an American wrestler . He was under contract with the WWE until May 6, 2016 and appeared regularly in the wrestling shows produced by the WWE under the ring name Damien Sandow . He currently appears at Ring of Honor under the ring name Aron Rex .

Career

Beginnings (2001-2003)

On June 23, 2001, Haddad made his wrestling debut with Chaotic Wrestling at the age of 19. In October 2001, he and Edward G. Xtasy won the Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Championship. Between November 2002 and May 2003 he was also active for the World Wrestling Alliance , where he won the WWA Heavyweight Championship , among other things .

World Wrestling Entertainment

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2002-2006)

He later signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). There he was initially used under the ring name Aaron "The Idol" Stevens in the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) development league . In 2004, he and Nova won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship at a house show by Chris Cage and Tank Toland.

On January 4, 2006, Haddad was allowed to win the OVW Television Championship .

SmackDown & OVW (2006-2007)

On August 4, 2006, Haddad made his SmackDown debut under the ring name Idol Stevens . The following week, he and KC James defeated WWE Tag Team Champions Paul London and Brian Kendrick in a non-title match. On October 8th, they got a chance at No Mercy to win the WWE Tag Team Championship , but they were not allowed to use it. Shortly thereafter, the two were sent back to Ohio Valley Wrestling .

On March 14, 2007 he was allowed to defeat the OVW Heavyweight Champion Paul Burchill and thus won the OVW Heavyweight Championship. In August 2007, he was released from the WWE.

Independent area

Haddad then returned to the independent arena and made his debut on the National Wrestling Alliance 's 60th birthday show . In the following months he also appeared at XCW Wrestling Mid-West and Derby City Wrestling .

Return to the OVW (2008-2009)

On November 12, 2008, Haddad returned to Ohio Valley Wrestling . On November 26th he was allowed to defeat Anthony Bravado and won the OVW Heavyweight Championship for the second time . On January 14, 2009, he lost the title to Vaughn Lilas.

World Wrestling Council (2009-2010)

On February 28, 2009, Haddad made his debut in the Puerto Rican Promotion World Wrestling Council . There he was allowed to win the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship from BJ, only to lose it to Shane Sewell. On August 15, 2009, he and Shawn Spears were allowed to defeat Thunder and Lightning , making them the "WWC World Tag Team" champions.

Return to the WWE

Florida Championship Wrestling (2010-2012)

On December 3, 2010, Haddad won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship under the ring name Damien Sandow together with Titus O'Neill after they defeated Xavier Woods and Mason Ryan in a match for the vacant title. On March 25, 2011, they lost the title to Seth Rollins and Richie Steamboat. On September 22, 2011, he won the FCW 15 Championship after beating Seth Rollins. On January 12, 2012, he lost the title to Steamboat.

Intellectual Savior of the Masses (2012-2013)

Damien Sandow as Intellectual Savior of the Masses.

On April 6, 2012, Haddad presented his new gimmick as Intellectual Savior of the Masses via video clips on SmackDown (German: "Intellectual Savior of the Masses"). He made his SmackDown debut on May 4th. On May 25, he completed the first match in which he was allowed to defeat Yoshi Tatsu . He defeated Ezekiel Jackson the following week and Tyson Kidd on June 15 . On June 29th, he defeated Zack Ryder . On August 31, he lost his first match against Sheamus by deliberate countout .

On September 24th, Haddad allied with Cody Rhodes on Raw . At Hell in a Cell, they won a WWE Tag Team Championship match against Team Hell No ( Daniel Bryan and Kane ) via disqualification, which prevented them from winning the title. On November 14th the rematch took place at Main Event , which team Hell No could decide for itself. On November 23, he lost an Intercontinental Championship match to Kofi Kingston at SmackDown . After further failed title matches, Haddad and Rhodes decided to disband the team. However, they reunited a short time later.

On May 15, 2013 he challenged Big E at NXT for the NXT Championship , but he also had to lose this match.

On July 14, 2013, he won the Money in the Bank match and thus the chance to win the World Heavyweight Championship . The team with Cody Rhodes was also dissolved. After a long series of defeats, he confronted World Heavyweight Champion John Cena on October 28, believing that his arm was still injured. He then redeemed his money-in-the-bank contract for a World Heavyweight Championship match, but lost it to Cena. After Cena himself, he was the second wrestler whose attempt at the title failed due to the money-in-the-bank contract.

Various gimmicks (2014-2016)

Damien Sandow dressed up as LeBron James .

On April 28, 2014, Haddad - disguised as Magneto - confronted Hugh Jackman and Dolph Ziggler . In the weeks that followed he appeared in disguise as various characters including Sherlock Holmes , Davy Crockett , a rapper named D-Sizzle, Lance Stephenson , LeBron James , Pete Rose , Abraham Lincoln , Paul Revere , Vince McMahon , Bruce Springsteen , Bret Hart , Shawn Michaels , Neil Armstrong , an Oklahoma Sooners - football player , Mr. Border Patrol and other characters and insulted while most of the audience in the hall. He lost almost every match.

He later appeared under the ring name Damien Mizdow as a stunt double of The Miz , whom he imitated during the fights. Similarly, Dolph Ziggler appeared with R-Truth as a stunt double R-Ziggler . On November 23, 2014, he and The Miz won the WWE Tag Team Championship after defeating Goldust and Stardust . They lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to the Usos on December 29, 2014 .

Then Haddad appeared as a macho Mandow, imitating Randy "The Macho Man" Savage . Together with Curtis Axel , who appeared as AxelMania (imitation of Hulk Hogan ), he formed the tag team "The Mega Powers". This tag team was disbanded after the Hulk Hogan scandal in which Hogan was fired from the WWE for racist comments.

Haddad was released from the WWE on May 6, 2016. Since the ring name Damien Sandow is protected by the WWE, he returned to his ring name Aaron Stevens after being released by the WWE .

TNA (since 2016)

On August 11, 2016, Haddad made his debut in Impact Wrestling under the ring name Aron Rex . On October 2, 2016, Haddad was crowned the first Impact Grand Champion at Bound for Glory by defeating Eddie Edwards in the final of a tournament for the Impact Grand Championship . He lost the title to Moose on October 9, 2016. After he lost the rematch against Moose, he disappeared from the shows for some time.

On January 12, 2017, Haddad returned with a new Liberace- inspired gimmick. His beard was shaved off, his eyebrows plucked, and he was given lip gloss and a fur coat. In addition, rock star Spud was put by his side as a servant.

Private life

Haddad participates in charity work at Kosair Charities .

successes

title

  • Chaotic wrestling
    • Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
    • Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Edward G. Xtasy
  • Ohio Valley Wrestling
    • OVW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
    • OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (once) - with Nova
    • OVW Television Championship (1 time)
  • World Wrestling Council
    • WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
    • WWC World Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Shawn Spears (1), Chicano (1), King Tonga Jr. (1) and Abbad (1)

Awards

  • Ohio Valley Wrestling
    • Third OVW Triple Crown Champion

Web links

Commons : Damien Sandow  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  11. Jump up ↑ Smackdown: Orton battles Sheamus, Bryan gets edge on punk. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
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  13. ↑ Parks' WWE Smackdown Report 8/31: Complete coverage of the Friday night show, including Dolph Ziggler vs. Orton. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
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  18. ↑ Parks' WWE Smackdown Report 2/1: Complete "virtual time" coverage of Friday night show, including a major World Title announcement, Del Rio-Ziggler (updated w / Box Score). Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  19. ↑ James' WWE NXT Report 5/15 & 5/22: El Generico debuts, O'Brian beats two NXT releases in same match, Bray Wyatt debuts mask, Natalya vs. Rae, more developments. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  20. ^ Damien Sandow won the World Heavyweight Championship Contract Money in the Bank Ladder Match.Retrieved August 13, 2014
  21. ↑ Caldwell's WWE MITB PPV Results 7/14 (Hour 1): World Title MITB ladder match, IC Title match, Divas Title match. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  22. ↑ 11/1 WWE Smackdown Hits & Misses: The Usos vs. The Shield, Miz TV, Cena & The Rhodes Bros vs. Sandow & The Real Americans. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  23. ↑ Caldwell's WWE Raw Results 10/28 (Hour 1): Cena opens Raw, Sandow attempts MITB cash-in, Shield. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  24. ↑ Hallelujah! Damien Sandow talks Kowalski, Puerto Rico. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  25. ↑ Caldwell's WWE Raw Results 4/28: Complete “Virtual-time” Coverage of Live Raw - Final PPV Hype, Bryan Returns from injury, Flair, Tag Title match, Tourney Finals, More. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  26. ↑ Philip Kreikenbohm: WWE: Schwarzer Freitag - 8 active released - Updates << Newsboard << CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database. In: www.cagematch.de. Retrieved May 6, 2016 .
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personal data
SURNAME Sandow, Damien
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steven Haddad, Aaron (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Worcester , Massachusetts , USA