Ace Steel Biography

Chris Guy (born January 25, 1973) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Ace Steel. He is perhaps best known for his time with Ring of Honor and occasional appearances for World Wrestling Entertainment, as well as his stint in WWE's Ohio Valley Wrestling developmental territory.

Professional wrestling career

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, and began using the name Ace Steel.

Independent circuit

Steel eventually formed a tag team with Danny Dominion first known as the L.A. Connection in Windy City Wrestling then the Hollywood Hardbodies. Along with Dominion, Steel worked as both wrestlers and trainers for St. Paul Championship Wrestling, an independent promotion and professional wrestling school, from 1998 to 2001 until the promotion was renamed to Steel Domain Wrestling. During this time, Steel held the promotion's Television Championship, and became the last man to hold it under the SPCW banner and the first under the SDW banner.

Steel worked for Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South. On February 8, 2002, he defeated Kurt Krueger for the promotion's Light Heavyweight Championship. Steel held the title until March 8, when he lost it to Vic Capri. Steel would eventually reclaim the title on May 3 after defeating Capri in a thirty minute Iron Man match, but was stripped of the title in June when he failed to defend it within the thirty day limit.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Steel was signed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling soon after the promotion opened in May 2002. He wrestled a tag team match with his former student, CM Punk, as the Hatebreed and received a small push as part of the X Division, but was used irregularly, working a handful of dates before his contract expired in October 2003.

Ring of Honor

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 Raven 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 his friend, Punk, and his trainer, Steel. Punk, Cabana and Steel named themselves the Second City Saints (as all the stable members were from the second city, 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 Tombstone Piledriver off the top rope through a table.

World League Wrestling

Steel joined Harley Race's World League Wrestling promotion in 2003, and in November and December 2003 he represented WLW on a tour with Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan. Steel enjoyed working in Japan and began appearing regularly with Noah. The Gold Exchange (Matt Murphy and Superstar Steve) were the reigning WLW Tag Team Champions, and, when Superstar Steve was injured, Steel took his place as Murphy's partner and helped defend the Tag Team Titles until Steve returned and reclaimed his half of the championships. After Murphy left the promotion, Steel became Steve's partner, and on May 7, 2005 in Ozark, Missouri Steel and Steve defeated "Wild" Wade Chism and Dakota for the WLW Tag Team Championships.

World Wrestling Entertainment

Steel appeared with World Wrestling Entertainment on the September 27, 2004 episode of Raw and had his hair cut by Eugene, who would face Eric Bischoff in a hair versus hair match at the upcoming Taboo Tuesday pay-per-view. Steel used the name "Scott Colton" (the real name of Colt Cabana) as an inside joke. After Eugene inexpertly cut his hair, Bischoff ambushed Eugene and Steel, knocking them out with thrust kicks. Cabana returned the favor on the April 10, 2006 episode of Raw when he wrestled under the name Chris Guy, Steel's real name.

Steel also made an appearance on Velocity on April 1, 2006 against Orlando Jordan, as well as various dark match and TV appearances from July 2000.

On the January 8, 2007 edition of WWE Raw, Ace Steel played Donald Trump in the match between "The Donald vs. Rosie". The match was between Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump. "Trump" received the win after throwing Fudgie the Whale at Rosie's face and pinning her after a second turnbuckle "hairbutt". It was reported on January 18, 2007, in the midst of 11 releases on that day, that he officially signed a WWE developmental contract. 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. He debuted in September 2007.

Steel wrestled on the October 5, 2007 edition of SmackDown!, quickly losing to Chuck Palumbo. Ace was later released from his WWE developmental contract on February 4, 2008 along with five other developmental wrestlers.

Return to ROH

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.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Sitout superbomb " 2005
  • Spinal Shock / Twist of Cain (Gory neckbreaker)
  • Steel Spike (Diving DDT)

• Signature moves
  • Cross armbreaker
  • Diving headbutt
  • Hangman's neckbreaker, sometimes followed by a DDT
  • Missile dropkick
  • Running corner dropkick
  • Suicide dive

• Managers
  • Lucy Furr
  • Mortimer Plumtree
  • Dave Prazak

• Entrance themes
  • "I'll Cast a Shadow" by Pantera (IWA Mid-South / ROH)
  • "Hollow Ground" by Hatebreed (IWC)
  • "I Can't Turn You Loose" by The Blues Brothers (ROH)

Wrestlers trained by Steel

• Adara James
• Brad Bradley
• CM Punk
• Colt Cabana
• Eric Priest
• Justin LaRouche
• Mia Martinez
• Rikki Noga

Championships and accomplishments

• Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
  • IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  • Sweet Science Sixteen (2001)

• Interstate Promotions
  • Interstate 8 (2003)

• St. Paul Championship Wrestling / Steel Domain Wrestling
  • SPCW/SDW Television Championship (1 time)

• Mississippi Valley Wrestling Alliance
  • MVWA Missouri State Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• World League Wrestling
  • WLW Tag Team Championship (2 times) " with Matt Murphy and Superstar Steve (1)¹ and Superstar Steve (1)

• Zero Championship Wrestling
  • ZCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Other titles
  • AWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) " with Danny Dominion
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) " with Danny Dominion

¹Steel defended the championship with either Murphy or Steel under the Freebird Rule.