Professional wrestling career Ares (wrestler)

1 professional wrestling career

1.1 career (1998–2001)
1.2 swiss money holding (2001–2003)
1.3 touring united states (2003)
1.4 singles career (2003–2006)
1.5 swiss money holding (2006–2008)
1.6 united states independent circuit (2009–present)

professional wrestling career
early career (1998–2001)

born in biel, switzerland, marco jaggi fan of wrestling growing , became interested in entering business teenager. opportunities in switzerland virtually non-existent @ time and, after looking wrestling schools elsewhere, took flight germany train wrestling catch fans berlin promotion. jaggi trained 6-hours day 3 weeks prior making debut in june 1998, wrestled in 4 matches during next 3 years. unable attend school year round , visit germany during summer holidays train short period, wrestle 1 opponent, return switzerland. between 2001 , 2005, jaggi attended numerous wrestling clinics held likes of jorge skayde rivera, mike quackenbush, ian rotten, joe e. legend , ecki eckstein. later claimed regret starting career and, later trainer, advocated students should train minimum of half year.

swiss money holding (2001–2003)

in 2001, jaggi joined westside xtreme wrestling (wxw) based in essen, germany. shortly after debut trainer sigmasta rappo , hate suggested form tag team of students claudio castagnoli. swiss money holding made debut against euro threat (hate , sigmasta rappo) @ wxw s taste twice supercard on may 13, 2001. , castagnoli, swiss wrestler, worked , heel in-ring personas, parody of swiss bankers, caught on fans. defeated euro threat 2 months later become first wxw tag team champions, , win titles 2 more times within year.

their televised matches wxw, aired southwestern german broadcasting corporation, made them 1 of visible tag teams of promotion and, in time, 2 began wrestling in other german , european promotions well. on september 29, 2002, jaggi won swiss wrestling federation heavyweight championship, , castagnoli, became first german stampede wrestling tag team champions on march 29, 2003. other organizations appeared included athletik club wrestling, european wrestling fighters, , new alliance of wrestling athletes in germany, austria s riotgas wrestling alliance , wrestling warriors austria, , freestyle championship wrestling in netherlands.

the 2 faced each other in single matches, notably, in 4 way dance against american wrestlers chris hero , mike quackenbush @ 2-day wxw supercard gott eggs? on april 18, 2003. faced hero , quackenbush swiss money holding, , hero in singles matches throughout year.

touring united states (2003)

impressed performance, chris hero invited jaggi , castagnoli perform in united states. summer, 2 toured country appearing @ shows number of independent promotions on east coast , midwestern united states. on july 4, 2003, swiss money holding made debut iwa mid south defeating chris hero , mark wolf @ family supercard in clarksville, indiana. following night, participated in chikara s 2003 tag world grand prix in allentown, pennsylvania. defeated senior assault team (melvin snodgrass , lester crabtree) in first round, eliminated along superfriends (chris hero , mike quackenbush) after fighting time limit draw.

they made second appearance @ iwa arena on july 12 and, next night, jaggi , castagnoli appeared in third supercard, x-treme combat iii , xtreme intense championship wrestling in warren, michigan. in main event, swiss money holding wrestled in 3 way dance against jaimy coxxx , alex shelley , xicw tag team champions gavin starr , jimmy jacobs.

singles career (2003–2006)

shortly after return europe, castagnoli opted return united states compete full-time chikara. jaggi brought in marc roudin, young cruiserweight wrestler had both trained, take castagnoli place. though castagnoli return team jaggi , roudin, swiss money holding being billed 3-man tag team, continuing involvement chikara (and later ring of honor) resulted in jaggi teaming roudin next few years. jaggi continue win titles both men, however, appearances 3 members rare.

he began make name himself singles competitor. on march 6, 2004, jaggi defeated michael kovac become first heavyweight champion german stampede wrestling , toured algeria force francophone de catch 5 months later. in early-2005, became first roe switzerland heavyweight champion during march madness tour 05 when defeated honky tonk man in weesen, switzerland on march 12. on next year, face opponents such samoa joe, colt cabana, steve corino, nigel mcguinness, naomichi marufuji, kenta kobashi , doug williams.

on april 9, 2005, jaggi teamed marc roudin regain gsw tag team championship eric schwarz , michael kovac. in italian championship wrestling, won icw heavyweight title red devil @ icw s il numero uno supercard in belluno on april 12. jaggi lost icw title kaio in rimini month later. @ june 25 supercard, wrestling event, jaggi teamed a-train in tag team match against kaio , test in varese, italy. later wrestled kaio title later night match ended in no-contest.

a month later in toulouse, france, jaggi took part in 8-man championship tournament crown force francophone de catch s first 2fc champion on july 3. defeating spud advance finals, lost jonny storm in 4 way dance bryan danielson , jody fleisch; jaggi had eliminated danielson , fleisch before being pinned storm.

on september 23, 2005, swiss money holding scheduled appear italian championship wrestling s pandemonium iv in sondrio, italy face tag team champions party boyz (ace , andres diamond). when ares showed without partner, there confusion team member joining him. while conducting in-ring interview party boyz, general manager amarillo attacked both men revealing himself ares secret partner. in title match later night, amarillo pinned andres diamond.

at end of year, jaggi won wxw world heavyweight championship robbie brookside on october 2, 2005, , again mike quackenbush @ chikara show in reading, pennsylvania 6 months later. on january 27, 2006, entered wxw s 16 carat gold tournament , eliminated ian rotten in first round. same night defended heavyweight title in separate matches against bernard vandamme , mickie knuckles. in april, jaggi wrestled 2-day card fighting spirit federation in marseille, france. on april 15, teamed april hunter in mixed tag team match against nikita , red devil. jaggi , old icw rival met again following night when both lost lance hoyt 3 way dance. month, entered championship tournament in roth, germany german wrestling promotion lost monty brown in opening round.

on may 6, , steve douglas lost icwa world junior heavyweight champion jonny storm in 3 way dance @ international catch wrestling alliance s revolution iii in bruay-sur-l escaut, france. day later, won fsf heavyweight championship in montreuil-juigné. defended title against chad collyer , absolute andy before losing johan 3 months later. @ wxw s true colors , jaggi entered trios tournament bad bones , emil sitoci. defeated high class catch club (adam polak , baron von hagen) , tracy smothers in opening round, lost doug williams, takashi sugiura , yoshinobu kanemaru in finals.

in fall of 2006, jaggi visited japan during pro wrestling noah s autumn navigation tour. spent of tour wrestling tag team , trios matches fellow european wrestlers murat bosporus, nigel mcguinness, scorpio , doug williams. among japanese wrestlers faced included jun akiyama, masashi aoyagi, tsutomu hirayanagi, mitsuharu misawa, yoshinari ogawa, akitoshi saito, takuma sano, akira taue , muhammad yone. teamed kentaro shiga , yoshinobu kanemaru defeat go shiozaki, kenta , tamon honda in utsunomiya, japan on october 11, , shiga , suwa defeat honda, shuhei taniguchi , tsuyoshi kikuchi @ yokkaichi memorial hall in mie 4 days later. jaggi s last match on tour trios match doug williams , nigel mcguinness beating ippei ota, kishin kawabata , masao inoue @ tokyo s budokan hall on october 29, 2006. match later broadcast on japanese television.

swiss money holding (2006–2008)

throughout time singles competitor, jaggi teaming claudio castagnoli , marc roudin. during first year together, , roudin regained gsw tag team championship eric schwarz , michael kovac , held titles 15 months. win roe switzerland , fighting spirit federation tag team titles in early-2007.

on december 10, 2006, swiss money holding made debut in international pro wrestling: united kingdom jaggi , castagnoli unexpectedly defeated dragon phoenix , bubblegum ipw:uk tag team championship in colchester, england. there controversy surround victory bubblegum had been substitute injured co-champion spud. after defending titles @ wxw s roots vi in germany, jaggi returned ipw: uk roudin , silenced critics defeating former champions dragon hearts (phoenix , spud) in rematch in orpington on february 18, 2007. team defended titles against team noah (doug williams , go shiozaki) on april 22, , dragon hearts @ taste of ipw show week later. jaggi , castagnoli entered 2007 king of europe cup trent acid @ olympia in liverpool eliminated team of atsushi aoki, el generico , martin stone.

over summer, swiss money holding feuded kartel (sha samuels , terry frazier). meeting them @ ipw: uk s 2-day 3rd anniversary weekend show on september 22, , roudin managed save titles via disqualification loss. luck ran out following night when kartel beat them titles @ orpington halls. on september 23.

jaggi made appearance on november 7, teaming allison danger in mixed tag team match against mr. wrestling 3 , shark girl @ carolina wrestling association s or nothing ii in york, south carolina. becky bayless special guest referee. month later, swiss money holding defeated sigmasta rappo , british stallion @ winter heat swiss championship wrestling on december 15, 2007.

on january 19, 2008, jaggi , castagnoli faced fellow stablemate marc roudin , chris hero wxw tag team titles. roudin , hero had won them ablas (absolute andy , steve douglas) in oberhausen, germany previous november. @ ipw: uk vs. world , swiss money holding once more attempted win ipw: uk titles kartel @ broxbourne civic hall on march 15 failed defeat them. last appearance in promotion.

at end of year, castagnoli , roudin entered 2008 tag world grand prix in oberhausen, germany on november 4, 2008. eliminated in first round unstable (vin gerard , stigma) when gerard pinned roudin.

united states independent circuit (2009–present)

ares (right) castagnoli (left) chikara campeones de parejas, tursas (center) @ 2010 king of trios.

around time, jaggi announced intention wrestle full-time in united states prior marriage american female wrestler allison danger in june 2008. moving emerald isle, north carolina, began competing independents in carolinas , in mid-atlantic united states. on january 29, 2009, , castagnoli took on carolina wrestling federation s team maction ( krazy k kirby mack , t.j. mack) @ carolina sports arena in burlington, north carolina. kirby mack sprained right elbow during match.

after 6 years, official smh reunion between jaggi , castagnoli took place @ end of chikara s “three-fisted tales” show in philadelphia, pennsylvania on november 22, 2009. when jaggi revealed himself masked man had been stalking ultramantis black, castagnoli turned heel , attacked ally mike quackenbush. after beating entire face roster castagnoli aligned himself jaggi, tursas, pinkie sanchez, tim donst, sara del rey , daizee haze form bruderschaft des kreuzes. @ chikara s touch of class show, jaggi , castagnoli teamed fellow bdk stablemates tursas , lince dorado in 8-man tag team match against mike quackenbush, jigsaw, jimmy “equinox” olsen , eddie kingston on january 31, 2010. team won when castagnoli pinned kingston.

after picking 3 points needed in order challenge campeonatos de parejas in 1 weekend, castagnoli , jaggi defeated colony (fire ant , soldier ant) on march 20, 2010, win titles, making castagnoli first two-time campeon de parejas in chikara history. in april castagnoli, jaggi , tursas defeated teams of osirian portal (amasis , ophidian) , sara del rey, team perros del mal (el alebrije, cuije , el orientál), team big japan wrestling (daisuke sekimoto, kankuro hoshino , yuji okabayashi) , colony (fire ant, soldier ant , green ant) on three-day tournament win 2010 king of trios. on october 23 ares captained bdk in torneo cibernetico match, faced team composed of chikara originals. eliminated match team chikara s captain ultramantis black. ares avenged loss on november 21, defeating ultramantis black in falls count anywhere match tursas. @ season 9 finale on december 12, ares , castagnoli lost campeonatos de parejas jigsaw , mike quackenbush. ares run bdk , chikara ended on november 13, 2011, @ chikara s first ever pay-per-view, high noon, , tim donst defeated in no disqualification match hallowicked , ultramantis black. ares returned chikara in late 2013 alongside bdk part of flood stable. on september 19, 2014, longtime bdk member jakob hammermeier had rest of stable turn on ares, taking on leadership of bdk.