{"id":24399,"date":"2018-08-21T15:58:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T19:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=24399"},"modified":"2018-08-21T16:06:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T20:06:34","slug":"dojo-pros-aaron-solow-out-to-prove-industry-guys-wrong-by-winning-roh-tv-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/08\/21\/dojo-pros-aaron-solow-out-to-prove-industry-guys-wrong-by-winning-roh-tv-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Dojo Pro&#8217;s Aaron Solow Out to Prove &#8220;Industry Guys&#8221; Wrong by Winning ROH TV Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When <strong>Aaron Solow<\/strong> steps foot in 2300 Arena on Saturday for his <strong>Ring of Honor<\/strong> Television Championship match against <strong>Punishment Martinez<\/strong>, he&#8217;ll be doing so as a huge underdog. After all, he doesn&#8217;t even work for the company but thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/08\/10\/aaron-solow-wins-amazons-dojo-pro-black-belt-and-shot-at-ring-of-honor-television-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">winning the inaugural season of <em><strong>Dojo Pro<\/strong><\/em> and the Dojo Pro Black Belt<\/a>, Solow has an opportunity to really put his name on the map in professional wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>A native of San Francisco, Solow, who has been wrestling since 2009, is a graduate of the <strong>Storm Wrestling Academy<\/strong> (which he learned about from reading <strong>Chris Jericho<\/strong>&#8216;s book) and trainee of <strong>Lance Storm<\/strong>, <strong>Tony Kozina<\/strong>, and <strong>Davey Richards. <\/strong>Under the name Aaron Solo,\u00a0he debuted against P<strong>erry Von Vicious<\/strong> at <em><strong>Big Time Wrestling&#8217;s 13th Anniversary Show<\/strong><\/em> in October 2009. Solow spent his early career with BTW, winning his first title in 2011 where alongside <strong>Shane Kody<\/strong>, he defeated Von Vicious and <strong>Shannon Ballard<\/strong> to win the BTW Tag Team Championship.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BEAST MODE ON - Aaron Solo (Debut Match)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xF0epj0Jkj4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From 11 matches with four companies in 2011 to 20 matches with nine companies in 2012, Solow began to expand his portfolio, both in the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>By 2013, Solow, who rocks the red hair in tribute to <strong>Tatanka<\/strong>, one of his early inspirations to get into wrestling, had started to wrestle for <strong>IWA-Unlimited<\/strong>, the<strong> National Wrestling Alliance<\/strong>, <strong>AAW: Professional Wrestling Redefined<\/strong>, <strong>Saint Louis Anarchy<\/strong>, and Ring of Honor. His first match in ROH was in March 2013. A few months later he had his second, teaming against <strong>Mike Dean<\/strong> and <strong>Travis Banks<\/strong> in a losing effort against <strong>Nick Merriman<\/strong>, <strong>Cheeseburger<\/strong>, and <strong>Will Ferrara<\/strong>. Both were dark matches.<\/p>\n<p>Solow added <strong>Full Impact Pro<\/strong> and <strong>EVOLVE<\/strong> to his resume in 2014, along with <strong>WWE<\/strong>, where he worked two dark matches for <strong>NXT<\/strong>. Solow also returned to ROH, first to work a dark match in April, but then in his television debut in October, where he lost to <strong>Adam Page<\/strong>. A year later, Solow made his NXT television debut against <strong>Tyler Breeze<\/strong> in a short squash match.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Akira Tozawa vs. Aaron Solo: WWE 205 Live, Jan. 31, 2017\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XD-jxcNdlwA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Following near misses with WWE (Solow was an alternate for the first-ever <em><strong>Cruiserweight Classic<\/strong><\/em>) and ROH, Aaron Solow, alongside <strong>Extra Talent-Ed<\/strong> tag team partner, <strong>Ricky Starks<\/strong>, hit the UK circuit in 2017. The two wrestled matches for <strong>Fight Club: PRO<\/strong>, <strong>PROGRESS<\/strong>, <strong>Southside Wrestling Entertainment<\/strong>, <strong>ATTACK! Pro Wrestling<\/strong>, <strong>HOPE Wrestling<\/strong>, and <strong>Over the Top Wrestling<\/strong>. In the states, they made their <strong>BAR Wrestling<\/strong> debut against the <strong>World&#8217;s Cutest Tag Team<\/strong> (<strong>Candice LeRae<\/strong> and <strong>Joey Ryan<\/strong>), as well as for <strong>WrestleCircus<\/strong>, where the two won the WC Big Top Tag Team Championship against <strong>Scarlet and Graves<\/strong> (<strong>Dezmond Xavier<\/strong> and <strong>Zachary Wentz<\/strong>). The title marked Solow&#8217;s fifth tag team championship, three of which came in <strong>American Combat Wrestling<\/strong> alongside <strong>Jason Cade<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Newly engaged to <strong>Bayley<\/strong>, who he had met when the two were training together in California in 2010, Solow returned to WWE, alongside Starks, in a loss to the <strong>Revival<\/strong> (<strong>Dash Wilder<\/strong> and <strong>Scott Dawson<\/strong>). It was his <em><strong>Monday Night Raw<\/strong><\/em> debut. From there, he headed to Dojo Pro as the fourth seed, which is where he made history. In his first match, Aaron Solow faced Cheeseburger in an open challenge after his match with Starks was called due to the latter&#8217;s inability to compete thanks to injuries he sustained the prior week against <strong>Joey Janela<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/dojoprotv\/status\/1031953677777596416<\/p>\n<p>Following the Cheeseburger bout, Aaron Solow took down a trio of wrestlers, whose accolades speak for themselves. First was <strong>MJF<\/strong>, <strong>Major League Wrestling<\/strong> World Middleweight, and <strong>Combat Zone Wrestling<\/strong> Champion (Plus he&#8217;s <em><strong>ALL IN<\/strong><\/em>). Next was <strong>Shane Strickland<\/strong>, <strong>EVOLVE<\/strong>, <strong>PCW<\/strong> Ultra Light Heavyweight and <em><strong>Lucha Underground<\/strong><\/em> Trios Champion. Finally, <strong>Jeff Cobb<\/strong>, who is former <strong>Pro Wrestling Guerrilla<\/strong> Tag Team Champion, LU Champion, current <strong>All Pro Wrestling<\/strong> and <strong>PREMIER<\/strong> Heavyweight Champion, and one of the most coveted free agents in the sport. Cobb, as the top seed, received a bye to the finals where Solow defeated him in what was perhaps, the biggest match of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Defeating Cobb required a Herculean effort but for Solow, the journey doesn&#8217;t get easier from here. He&#8217;ll face another daunting challenge in <strong>Punishment Martinez<\/strong>. Trained by <strong>Monster Factory<\/strong> and having begun his career in 2004, Martinez had his own breakthrough moment when he won the ROH TV title in June of this year. Since then, he&#8217;s successfully defended the title twice, first against Adam Page and most recently, against <strong>Scorpio Sky<\/strong>. At <em><strong>Honor Re-United,<\/strong><\/em> he also picked up a big victory against <strong>Jimmy Havoc<\/strong> in a street fight.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronsolow\/status\/1031622659606540289<\/p>\n<p>Despite the task ahead, Aaron Solow is confident about his chances, even so much as to say that more pressure is on Martinez to win than the other way around.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"td_quote_box td_box_center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Imagine the Position He&#8217;s (Martinez) going to be in with the company once he loses the tv championship to me &#8211; a guy who doesn&#8217;t work for ROH.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Aaron Solow<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Solow has been among the hardest-working, most-well traveled independent stars in the world, racking up championships and victories almost everywhere he goes,&#8221; <\/span><a style=\"text-align: center;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rohwrestling.com\/news\/dojo-pro-winner-challenges-punishment-martinez-philly\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ROH wrote in their advertisement of the match<\/a><span style=\"text-align: center;\">. &#8220;Solow made his only ROH Television appearance in late 2014 against Adam Page and has only seen his stock rise since then, competing in WWE, NXT, AAW, <\/span><strong style=\"text-align: center;\">CHIKARA<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: center;\">, and more.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>ROH&#8217;s preview goes on to say that Aaron Solow will face an uphill battle, of that much, is true. But the Dojo Pro Black Belt winner is ready for the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronsolow\/status\/1029830810835148800<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis opportunity means so much,\u201d said Solow. \u201cIt\u2019s my chance to show the \u2018industry guys\u2019 what they\u2019ve been missing out on this whole time. A few years ago, I did the Ring of Honor camp. At the end, they tell you if they think you are ready to be in ROH or not. They told me no. Now, here I am &#8211; the guy they told no &#8211; coming after their TV Championship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rohwrestling.com\/shop\/tickets\/082518-philadelphia-excellence-philadelphia-pa\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Limited tickets still remain<\/a> for the TV taping, which takes place on Saturday, August 25th at 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA. You can watch Dojo Pro at anytime through the FITE TV app or Amazon Prime Video. Follow @dojoprotv on Twitter for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Aaron Solow steps foot in 2300 Arena on Saturday for his Ring of Honor Television Championship match against Punishment Martinez, he&#8217;ll be doing so as a huge underdog. 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