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My Take
Austin Aries, born Daniel Solwold in Milwaukee, fascinates me as a wrestler who never had size on his side. At 175 cm he is small for the business, yet he carved out a global career on technique, ring intelligence, and a famously sharp mouth. That tells me everything: when you cannot overpower opponents, you out-think and out-talk them. Now wrestling and providing color commentary for Major League Wrestling while holding a championship, he embodies the articulate veteran I always gravitate toward. A Winona State graduate, he wrestles like someone whose mind moves as fast as his feet, and I root for that underdog craft.
Overview
Daniel Healy Solwold Jr. (born April 15, 1978), better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Major League Wrestling as both a wrestler and color commentator and is the current MLW National Openweight Champion in his first reign.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Austin Aries
- Name (Japanese)
- オースチン・エイリース
- Reading
- おーすちん・えいりーす
- Born
- April 15, 1978 (age 48)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Horse
- Origin
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 175 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- professional wrestler
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Waukesha West High School
- University
- Winona State University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.