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Ace Steel

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Title History

  • WLW (World League Wrestling) Tag Team titles;
  • IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight title defeating Dysfunction (February 8, 2002);
  • IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight title defeating Vic Capri (May 3, 2002);
  • AWA Tag Team titles w/Danny Dominion;
  • NWA Tag Team titles w/Danny Dominion;
  • Steel Domain Wrestling Television title;
  • Winner of the 2001 IWA Mid South Sweet Science 16;
  • Winner of the 2003 Interstate 8 tournament;
  • MPW Central States title defeating ACH (August 8, 2015);
  • MPW Central States Title / MPW Kansas Heavyweight Title Unification match defeating Steve Fender (June 4, 2016);
  • NWL tag team titles w Michael Strider defeating ? (Date Need Info);

Career Highlights

  • October 24, 1998 – NWA 50th Anniversary Show: Christopher Daniels and Kevin Quinn beat Danny Dominion and Ace Steele.
  • Ace Steel became the Co-Proprietor (with Danny Dominion) of The STEEL DOMAIN wrestling school.
  • ~~~producing such talent as Eric Priest, CM Punk, Colt Cabana, Brad Bradley, and Riki Noga.
  • February 8, 2002 – IWA MS: Ace Steel defeated Dysfunction for the IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight title.
  • May 3, 2002 – IWA MS: Ace Steel defeated Vic Capri for the IWA Mid-South LHW Title in a 30-Minute “Iron Man” match.
  • Oct-Dec 2003: Ace Steel debuts in Japan on a tour for Pro Wrestling NOAH.
  • January 10, 2004 – ROH: Second City Saints (CM Punk/Colt Cabana/Ace Steel) vs The Prophecy (Daniels/Dan Maff/Whitmere).
  • ~~~The referee stopped the match after CM Punk hit a Pepsi Plunge on Chris Daniels through a table and ruled it a NO CONTEST!
  • January 17, 2004 – IWA Mid South Wrestling: Ace Steel won a Battle Royal; Jerry Lynn beat Ace Steel to retain the IWA title!
  • February 23, 2003 – RAW: Matt Hardy defeated Ace Steel (as Chris Guy) in a match taped for Sunday Night Heat!
  • March 13, 2004 – ROH: Colt Cabana and Ace Steele vs Dan Maff and BJ Whitmer went to a double disqualification!
  • April 24, 2004 – ROH: BJ Whitmer defeated Ace Steel.
  • June 19, 2004 – IWA Mid South: Ace Steel defeated Jimmy Jacobs.
  • July 17, 2004 – ROH: Dan Maff and BJ Whitmer defeated Second City Saint (Colt Cabana and Ace Steel).
  • July 23, 2004 – ROH: Trent Acid defeated Ace Steel and Matt Sydal and Delirious in a 4-WAY.
  • July 24, 2004 – ROH: The Second City Saints (CM Punk and Ace Steel) beat Dan Maff and BJ Whitmer in a “Chicago Street Fight”.
  • ~~~This “Weapons of Destruction” match included tables, ladders, chairs, barbed wire, and this resulted in LOTS of blood.
  • ~~~After the match, Generation Next came out and attacked the bloody Second City Saints until Ricky Steamboat made the save!
  • August 7, 2004 – ROH: Alex Shelley defeated Jay Lethal (pinned) and Ace Steel and 2 Cold Scorpio in a 4-WAY.
  • August 10, 2004 – World League Wrestling : Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa beat Ace Steel and Jason Bates in 27:31.
  • August 28, 2004 – ROH: Ace Steel (of the Second City Saints) defeated Roderick Strong (of Generation Next) by Submission.
  • ~~~The Second City Saints and Generation Next had several confrontations throughout the event.
  • September 3, 2004 – Interstate 8 Promotions: C.M. Punk won three-way over Ace Steel and Danny Daniels.
  • September 11, 2004 – ROH: Trent Acid defeated Angel Dust, Ace Steel, Kahagas, Fast Eddie and Izzy in a 6-WAY.
  • September 27, 2004 – RAW: Ace Steel appears on RAW as an extra, and gets his hair cut as a part of a demonstration by Eugene.
  • ~~~Ace Steel assumed the name Scott Colton, which was a rib on Colt Cabana, who’s real name is Scott Colton.
  • October 2, 2004 – ROH: Generation Next defeated Team Steamboat (CM Punk and Ace Steel and John Walters and Jimmy Jacobs).
  • ~~~On the DVD, one of the announcers commented that it looked like Steel had his hair cut by a mentally challenged person.
  • October 15, 2004 – ROH: Team Steamboat (CM Punk and Ace Steel and Jimmy Jacobs) beat Generation Next (Shelley/Aries/Evans).
  • October 20, 2004 – IWA Mid South: Austin Aries defeated Ace Steel.
  • October 21, 2004 – IWA Mid South: Ace Steel and Chad Collyer defeated Nigel McGuiness and Roderick Strong.
  • October 22, 2004 – IWA Mid South: CM Punk, Ace Steel, M.Sydal & D.Daniels defeated C.Candido, S.Stone, N.McGuiness & Claudio Castagnoli.
  • October 23, 2004 – IWA Mid South: Roderick Strong and Austin Aries and Nigel McGuinness beat Samoa Joe and Ace Steel and Nate Webb.
  • November 5, 2004 – ROH: Jimmy Rave w/The Embassy defeated Ace Steele after the Raves Clash finisher.
  • November 6, 2004 – ROH: Second City Saints (CM Punk and Ace Steele) beat Generation Next (Roderick Strong and Austin Aries).
  • March 18, 2005 – New Breed Wrestling Association: Ace Steel participated in the Mike Lockwood Memorial Tournament.
  • ~~~Ace Steel defeated Danny Daniels in the 1st round | Jamie Noble defeated Ace Steel in the 2nd round.
  • April 9, 2005 – World League Wrestling: Trevor Rhodes won three-way over Ace Steele and Haku.
  • May 13, 2005 – ROH: BJ Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs defeated C.M. Punk and Ace Steel to retain the Tag Team titles.
  • May 14, 2005 – ROH: Matt Sydal defeated Ace Steel and Matt Stryker and Masked Wisconsin Superstar (HC Loc).
  • May 21, 2005 – NWA Central States: Colt Cabana and Ace Steel defeated Michael Strider and Kory Twist.
  • June 5, 2005 – World League Wrestling: Stunning Steve and Ace Steel defeated Wild Bill and Wild Wade.
  • August 5, 2005 – Full Impact Pro: C.M. Punk defeated Ace Steel to retain the ROH title.
  • August 6, 2005 – Full Impact Pro: Samoa Joe defeated Ace Steel.
  • August 12, 2005 – ROH: Ace Steel defeated Matt Stryker and Delirious and Sterling James Keenan in a 4-WAY.
  • August 13, 2005 – ROH: Chad Collyer defeated Ace Steel in a bloody match by Texas Cloverleaf Submission.
  • August 19, 2005 – Gateway Championship Wrestling: Kory Twist won three-way over Ace Steel and Cameron Cage.
  • August 20, 2005 – Gateway Championship Wrestling: Ace Steel defeated Cameron Cage.
  • October 1, 2005 – World League Wrestling: Superstar Steve and Ace Steel defeated Wild Bill and Gary Jackson.
  • November 5, 2005 – ROH: Ace Steel and Delirious defeated Chad Collyer and Nigel McGuiness.
  • January 27, 2006 – ROH: Ace Steel vs Sterling James Keenan ended in a No Contest when CZW invaded ROH.
  • January 28, 2006 – ROH: Claudio Castagnoli and Ace Steel defeated Nigel McGuinness and Chad Collyer.
  • February 4, 2006 – NWA Central States: Delirious and Payday Patterson defeated Michael Strider and Ace Steel..
  • February 25, 2006 – AAW: Eric Priest defeated Ace Steel.
  • March 25, 2006 – NWA Central States: Ace Steel defeated Mark Sterling by Disqualification.
  • March 27, 2006 – RAW: Lance Cade defeated Ace Steele in a match taped for HEAT.
  • March 31, 2006 – SmackDown!: Orlando Jordan defeated Ace Steel in a match taped for Velocity.
  • March 31, 2006 – ROH: Ace Steel defeated Chad Collyer in a First Blood match.
  • April 1, 2006 – ROH: Jack Evans defeated Ace Steel and Matt Sydal and Jimmy Jacobs and Jake Crist and Dave Crist (6-WAY).
  • April 28, 2006 – Ring of Honor: Team CZW defeated Team ROH in a match when Claudio Castagnoli pinned BJ Whitmer.
  • ~~~Team Combat Zone Wrestling (Necro Butcher and Super Dragon and Nate Webb and Claudio Castagnoli).
  • ~~~Team Ring of Honor (Samoa Joe and Adam Pearce and Ace Steel and Colt Cabana and BJ Whitmer).
  • June 23, 2006 – ROH: The Briscoe Brothers (Mark and Jay) defeated Colt Cabana and Ace Steel.
  • June 24, 2006 – ROH: Claudio Castagnoli and Necro Butcher and Nate Webb beat Adam Pearce and Ace Steel and BJ Whitmer.
  • July 8, 2006 – World League Wrestling: Ace Steel defeated Adam Evans.
  • July 15, 2006 – ROH: Team Ring of Honor defeated Team Combat Zone Wrestling in a 5-on-5 Cage of Death match.
  • ~~~Team Ring of Honor: Samoa Joe, Adam Pearce, BJ Whitmer, Ace Steel, and American Dragon w/Jim Cornette and JJ Dillon.
  • ~~~Team Combat Zone Wrestling: Chris Hero, Necro Butcher, Spyder Nate Webb, Claudio Castagnoli, and Eddie Kingston.
  • July 29, 2006 – Ring of Honor: The Embassy (Sal Rinauro and Jimmy Rave) defeated Colt Cabana and Ace Steel.
  • August 11, 2006 – IWA Mid South: Ace Steel defeated Ricky Reyes.
  • September 30, 2006 – Liberty States Wrestling: “Crazy” Ace Steel defeated “Hurricane” John Walters.
  • November 4, 2006 – AAW: Ace Steel defeated Skullkrusher by Disqualification.
  • November 25, 2006 – AAW: Silas Young vs Ace Steel ended in a draw in Berwyn, Illinois.
  • December 8, 2006 – Ring of Honor: Delirious and “Crazy” Ace Steel defeated Adam Pearce and Shane Hagadorn.
  • December 9, 2006 – ROH: Ace Steel defeated Tank Toland (Tank got a “Don’t Come Back!” chant from the fans).
  • December 16, 2006 – AAW: Jimmy Jacobs and Skullcrusher defeated Ace Steel and Silas Young in Berwyn, Illinois.
  • January 8, 2007 – RAW: Ace Steel appeared as a fake Donald Trump for a match against a fake Rosie O’Donnell (Kiley McLean).
  • January 12, 2007 – SmackDown!: The Gymini defeated Sho Funaki and Ace Steel in a dark match.

World Wrestling Entertainment (Deep South Wrestling):

  • January 18, 2007: Ace Steel signed a developmental contract with WWE and will be assigned to either OVW or DSW.
  • January 20, 2007 – AAW: The Michigan Invasion and Jimmy Jacobs defeated Silas Young and Zach Gowen and Ace Steel.
  • February 22, 2007 – Deep South Wrestling: Keith Walker defeated Ace Steel in a dark match.
  • March 1, 2007 – Deep South Wrestling: Kofi Nahaje Kingston defeated Ace Steel in a dark match.
  • March 8, 2007 – Deep South Wrestling: Ray Gordy defeated Ace Steel in a dark match.

World Wrestling Entertainment (Ohio Valley Wrestling):

Ring of Honor:

  • November 22, 2008 – Ring of Honor: Sweet and Sour Inc. w/Larry Sweeney defeated the team of Strong and Albright and Steel.
  • ~~~Chris Hero and Davey Richards and Go Shiozaki w/Larry Sweeney defeated Roderick Strong and Brent Albright and Ace Steel.
  • December 5, 2008 – Ring of Honor: Necro Butcher and Ace Steele defeated The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Delirious).
  • January 31, 2009 – Ring of Honor (PPV): Roderick Strong’s team defeated Sweet and Sour Inc. in a Steel Cage Warfare match.
  • ~~~Roderick Strong’s [babyface] team (Roderick Strong and Erick Stevens and Brent Albright and Ace Steel and Jay Briscoe).
  • ~~~Sweet and Sour Inc. (Adam Pearce and Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards and Tank Toland and Bobby Dempsey w/Larry Sweeney).
  • ~~~The conclusion of the match saw Bobby Dempsey finally turn on bloodied Larry Sweeney and did a running Cannonball!
  • April 4, 2009 – Ring of Honor: “Classic” Colt Cabana defeated Ace Steel in Houston, Texas.
  • October 9, 2009 – Ring of Honor: Claudio Castagnoli defeated Colt Cabana and Ace Steel and Petey Williams om a 4-WAY.
  • October 22, 2011 – WLW: William Regal defeated Ace Steel.
  • December 1, 2012 – WLW: William Regal defeated Ace Steel.
  • June 14, 2014 – MPW: Jeremy Wyatt defeated Ace Steel.
  • October 12, 2014 – HRW: Vic Capri defeated Ace Steel.
  • December 6, 2014 – MPW: Ace Steel vs. Adam Pearce ended in a double disqualification.
  • August 8, 2015 – MPW: Ace Steel defeated ACH to win the Central States title.
  • October 10, 2015 – MPW: Jeremy Wyatt defeated Ace Steel to retain the heavyweight title.
  • December 5, 2015 – MPW: Ace Steel defeated Ricky Morton to retain the Central States title.
  • January 30, 2016 – MPW: Ace Steel defeated The KC Wolves (Graham Bell & Luke Langley) in a handicap match to retain the Central States title.
  • May 7, 2016 – NWA Mid-South: Greg Anthony defeated Ace Steel to retain the National heavyweight title.
  • June 4, 2016 – MPW: Ace Steel defeated Steve Fender to win the Kansas heavyweight title and retaining the Central States title. This match was to unify both title as the Central States title.
  • June 11, 2016 – Mid States Wrestling Legends Of Wrestling: Ace Steel defeated The Canadian Red Devil.
  • July 30, 2016 – MPW: Ace Steel defeated Vic Capri to retain the Central States title.
  • September 17, 2016 – SDW: Danny Duggan defeated Ace Steel to win the Northern States title.
  • December 17, 2016 – PWB: Hardcore Hater defeated Ace Steel.
  • August 4, 2017 – NWL KC: Flex Zerba defeated Ace Steel.
  • August 5, 2017 – NWL KC: Ace Steel defeated Gil Rogers.
  • August 18, 2017 – NWL: Ace Steel, Jeremy Wyatt and Michael Strider defeated Anthony Gutierrez, Gil Rogers and Jack Foster.
  • September 22, 2017 – NWL: Davey Vega and Mat Fitchett defeated Ace Steel and Michael Strider.
  • October 28, 2017 – NWL: Ace Steel and Michael Strider defeated The Union (Joe and Mac) to retain the tag team titles.
  • October 29, 2017 – NWL: Flex Zerba, Jack Foster and Ray Briggs defeated Ace Steel, Jeremy Wyatt and Michael Strider.
  • November 5, 2017 – NWL: The Besties In The World (Davey Vega and Mat Fitchett) defeated Ace Steel and Jeremy Wyatt.
  • December 8, 2017 – NWL: Ace Steel and Michael Strider defeated The Besties In The World (Davey Vega and Mat Fitchett) to retain the tag team titles.
  • December 15, 2017 – NWL: Ace Steel and Michael Strider defeated Anthony Gutierrez and Jet Royal to retain the tag team titles.
  • December 16, 2017 – NWL: Gary Jay defeated Ace Steel to retain the Spirit title.
  • January 13, 2018 – NWL: Davey Vega, Jack Foster and Mat Fitchett defeated Ace Steel, Maddox Howlett and Marco Howlett.
  • March 10, 2018 – NWL: Jet Royal defeated Ace Steel by disqualification.
  • May 19, 2018 – MPW: The Riegel Twins (Logan Riegel and Sterling Riegel) defeated Ace Steel and Michael Strider.
  • September 28, 2018 – SDW: Ace Steel defeated Air Wolf.
  • April 19, 2019 – MKE: Ace Steel defeated Daryck St. Holmes.
  • May 26, 2019 – IWTV: Ace Steel defeated Arik Cannon.
  • November 3, 2019: WWE has hired Ace Steel as a coach at the Performance Center.
  • April 15, 2020: Ace Steel has been released from his WWE contract.
  • 2021: Ace Steel returned to work to the WWE performance center as a coach.
  • January 5, 2022: Ace Steel was released from his WWE contract.
  • March 19, 2022 – AAW: Ace Steel defeated Davey Vega.
  • June 11, 2022 – AAW: Mat Fitchett defeated Ace Steel in a no holds barred match to retain the heavyweight title.
  • Ace Steel is now working for AEW as a coach.
  • June 18, 2022 – CSW: Jeremy Wyatt defeated Ace Steel to retain the CWF title.
  • August 27, 2022 – CSW: Ace Steel and Brock Anderson defeated Jeremy Wyatt and Vic Capri.
  • August 31, 2022 – AEW Dynamite: Ace Steel cut a great promo trying to fire up CM Punk and to sign the open contract for AEW All Out in which he did.
  • September 4, 2022 – AEW All Out: Ace Steel has been suspended from AEW due to a fight involving in helping CM Punk and the Elite after the show.
  • 2023: Ace Steel have been re-hired by AEW.
  • April 8, 2023 – CSW: Jeremy Wyatt defeated Ace Steel in a no holds barred match to retain the DWF title.
Updated: June 14, 2023 @ 8:29 am

Social Media

Twitter: acesofsteel

Trained By

Windy City Pro Wrestling

Debut

October 1991

Birthday

January 25, 1973

Hometown

Chicago, Illinois

Gender

Male

Height

5'9''

Weight

211 lbs

Finishing Move(s)

Steel Spike (Flying DDT),
Gory Neckbreaker (Twist of Cain)

Favorite Move(s)

Corner Dropkick,
Cross Armbreaker,
Diving/Flying Headbutt,
Fireman's Carry Headbreaker,
Hangman's Neckbreaker,
Middle Buckle Missile Dropkick,
The Steel Spike (Flying DDT),
Suicide Dive

Notable Feuds

Vic Capri,
Bison Smith,
Colt Cabana,
Tracy Smothers,
Mike Quackenbush,
BJ Whitmer,
The Prophecy (ROH),
Chad Collyer (ROH)

Status

Living