Ace Steel
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Debut | October 1991[4] |
Christopher Guy
Professional wrestling career
Early career (1991–2002)
Guy became interested in professional wrestling after watching American Wrestling Association shows at the International Amphitheatre as a child. He debuted in October 1991 after training with Windy City Pro Wrestling.
Steel eventually formed a
Steel worked for
NWA Total Nonstop Action (2002–2003)
Steel was signed by
Ring of Honor (2003)
In early 2003, Steel joined Ring of Honor and reformed the Hatebreed with CM Punk. On March 22, Punk and Steel faced Punk's enemy Raven and another student of Steel's, Colt Cabana, in a tag match. Cabana appeared to badly injure himself after botching a moonsault to the outside of the ring, forcing Punk to wrestle the majority of the match single-handedly. Raven eventually managed to defeat Steel following an Even Flow DDT, but after the match, Cabana turned on him and aligned himself with Steel and Punk. Punk, Cabana and Steel named themselves the Second City Saints, in reference to all three stable members being from Chicago.
The Second City Saints started a feud with The Prophecy, mostly B. J. Whitmer and Dan Maff. The rivalry led to a Chicago Street Fight. The match had many dangerous spots including a Spear through a barbed wire board, a splash from inside the ring to the outside onto Maff on a ladder supported by the guardrails, and a kneeling reverse piledriver off the top rope through a table.[7]
World League Wrestling (2003–2005)
Steel joined
Pro Wrestling Noah (2003–2006)
Ace Steel participated in tours to
World Wrestling Entertainment (2004, 2006, 2007–2008)
Steel appeared with
Steel also made an appearance on
On the January 8, 2007 episode of Raw, Steel portrayed Donald Trump, in an intergender match with Kiley McLean, dubbed "The Donald vs. Rosie". "Trump" received the win after throwing Fudgie the Whale at Rosie's face and pinning her after a second turnbuckle "hairbutt".[9] It was reported on January 18, 2007, in the midst of 11 releases on that day, that he officially signed a WWE developmental contract.[10] Steel debuted in Deep South Wrestling in February. When Deep South Wrestling shut down on April 19, 2007 Steel was moved to Ohio Valley Wrestling where he was added to the roster.[3] He debuted in September 2007.
Steel wrestled on the October 5, 2007 edition of SmackDown!, quickly losing to Chuck Palumbo.[11] Ace was later released from his WWE developmental contract on February 4, 2008 along with five other developmental wrestlers.
Return to ROH (2008–2009)
On December 5, 2008, Steel returned to Ring of Honor at their Wrestling at the Gateway event. He teamed with Necro Butcher to defeat the team of Jimmy Jacobs and Delirious. His next match was a 10-man cage match at ROH's Caged Collision event on January 31, 2009. He also appeared at Take No Prisoners, losing to Colt Cabana.
Return to WWE (2019–2022)
It was announced that Steel was signed to WWE as a coach to the Performance Center in November 2019. He was furloughed on April 15, 2020 as a part of cutbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] He returned on October 16 of that year. On January 5, 2022, Steel was released by WWE.[13]
All Elite Wrestling (2022, 2023)
During the post-show conference for Revolution, All Elite Wrestling owner Tony Khan announced that Ace was working with AEW in a backstage capacity. On the August 31, 2022 episode of AEW Dynamite, Steel made an appearance with an on-camera hype promo to encourage CM Punk to sign the open contract for a rematch with Jon Moxley at All Out for the AEW World Championship. Steel would appear in a pre-match entrance segment with Punk at the event.
During the All Out post-event media scrum, CM Punk made several comments insulting Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks, among others. This led to a backstage fight between Punk, Steel, Omega, and the Young Bucks where the Bucks barged into Punk’s dressing room with Steel’s injured wife present.[14][15][16] As a result of an unofficial investigation where Steel’s wife was never interviewed, Steel was released by AEW on October 18, 2022.
On May 18, 2023, it was reported that Steel was re-hired by AEW months after the All Out post-event media scrum.[17] He worked remotely for AEW as a member of the creative team until it was reported on September 7, that Steel was released by AEW.[18]
Return to TNA (2024–present)
On February 20, 2024, Steel confirmed that he's working for
References
- ^ a b CM Punk. "Congratulations to Ace". WWE. Archived from the original on March 3, 2007. Retrieved January 23, 2007.
- ^ "TV.com". Revolution Aftermath - January 8, 2007
- ^ a b "Ace Steel's OVW Profile". OVWrestling.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2007.
- ^ a b c "Ace Steel profile". Online World of Wrestling. Archived from the original on May 9, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
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- ^ "SDW's history page". Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
- ^ "Official Ring of Honor event results". Ring of Honor. Archived from the original on April 2, 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
- ^ "tv.com". Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. - Orlando Jordan defeated Ace Steel, April 1, 2006.
- ^ "TV.com". Revolution Aftermath - January 8, 2007
- ^ "warned.net". Archived from the original on July 8, 2007. Retrieved April 6, 2007. - By Errol Leigh Farrell, January 19, 2007
- ^ Louie Dee. "Locked in". WWE.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved October 5, 2007.
- ^ "WWE CUTS THREE PERFORMANCE CENTER COACHES | PWInsider.com".
- ^ "Ace Steel Returns From Furlough". Fightful.
- ^ Nason, Josh (September 5, 2022). "CM Punk, Ace Steel fight with Young Bucks, Kenny Omega after AEW All Out". f4wonline.com. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ^ Johnson, Mike (September 5, 2022). "Lots of stories of backstage fight at AEW PPV, here is what we know". PWInsider.com. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ^ Van Boom, Daniel (September 5, 2022). "CM Punk's Explosive AEW Press Conference Comments Explained". CNET. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ^ Applegate, Colby (May 18, 2023). "AEW Reportedly Re-Hired Ace Steel 'Months Ago,' Have Had Him Working Remotely". Wrestling Inc. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ^ Johnson, Mike (September 7, 2023). "ACE STEEL GONE ONCE AGAIN FROM AEW". PWInsider. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- ^ Currier, Joseph (February 20, 2024). "Ace Steel 'loving the atmosphere' in TNA Wrestling". Wrestling Observer. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
External links
- Chris Guy at IMDb
- Ace Steel's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database