TSC Evaluation #130: Austin Aries

[DamienWayne]

Vanilla midget incarnat . 5

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

6 overall. When he's on, he's ON, but it seems more often than not his in-ring work is pretty average despite having the indy darling reputation in the early '00s. He's a good talker though, and I liked his brief commentary run in WWE.

 

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Austin Aries vs. CM Punk, ROH Death Before Dishonor 2005, ROH World Championship

 

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Austin Aries vs Samoa Joe, ROH Final Battle 2004

 

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Austin Aries vs Roderick Strong, ROH Undeniable 2007

 

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Austin Aries vs Jeff Hardy, TNA Turning Point 2012, Ladder Match

 

[Cartier Murphy]

I always liked A Double. He had a crisp, snap to his moves that I thought his contemporaries were missing. His ROH run in the mid-late 00’s, and his early Impact runs were all very entertaining. I think what hurts him most is not really getting to the level of his contemporaries, as most of the guys he rubbed elbows with (Punk, Joe, Danielson) all lapped him in terms of status and achievements. Even dudes like Roddy Strong can say they’ve had a pretty good WWE run so far, unlike Aries who was pigeonholed in 205 Live before quitting. I didn’t see his later run where he was king of the Indys. I’d have to give him a 7

 

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Austin Aries vs Bryan Danielson, ROH Testing the Limit 2004, 2 out of 3 Falls

 

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Austin Aries vs AJ Styles, ROH This Means War 2005

 

[Zebruh]

6.

Should drop him down to a 3 for fumbling Zelina Vega

 

[FooFighters]

7. He's good, just not great as he thinks he is.

 

[FooFighters]

6.

Should drop him down to a 3 for fumbling Zelina Vega

He gave her a promise ring. He's 40.

 

[RobertoDuran]

7. Clearly good in the ring, but not great. He's not a guy that I'm like, "Oh shyt this match happened before?!?" I wasn't even a big fan of those Danielson matches that put on made him an indie star in 2004.

 

[Art Barr]

Third best wrestler of this generation and the original lead and flagship to roh tv.


Ten


The only reason i even came back to watch wrasslin in 2009 on rohtv.
When i quit watching wrasslin back before benoit. Then quit after benoit's reign.
After a gap of five years.

Then was never gon watch wrasslin again.
Debuted and stole the show in a five star six man match on directv.

The one to end the samoa joe reign.
The only one to make tna worth a damn twice. Other than the lash, mvp the bdc, rude, angle, and aj.

Tha fukk'n belt collector.




Art Barr


The only reason i still watch this shyt period.

 

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Austin Aries vs Shinsuke Nakamura, NXT Takover: The End 2016