Dalton Castle

Real name: Brett Giehl
Height: 6’0”
Weight: 219 lbs.
Date of birth: March 4, 1986
From: Rochester, NY
Pro debut: 2008
Trained by: Next Era Wrestling
Finishing move: Anchors Away!

Biography

– In his college days, Giehl was a regular in NCAA competition
– In 2011, Giehl began work as an emcee for a local radio station, a role he would hold through to 2014
– On October 6, 2012, The Peacock Experience (Castle & Will Calrissian) defeated The Rochester Wrecking Crew in a Cage Match (Rob Sweet & Hellcat) to win the ESW Tag Team Titles
– On December 8, The Peacock Experience defeated The Rochester Wrecking Crew to retain the ESW Tag Team Titles
– On January 19, 2013, The Peacock Experience defeated Dick Justice & Pete D Order to retain the ESW Tag Team Titles
– In September 2013, Castle wrestled an ROH dark match, losing to Kongo
– On December 14, Castle defeated John McChesney to win the IWC World Title
– On February 22, 2014, Castle defeated Luke Gallows to retain the IWC World Title
– A week later, Castle defeated Bobby Fish to retain the IWC World Title
– On March 22, Castle defeated Joseph Brooks to retain the IWC World Title
– On April 12, Castle defeated Matt Taven to retain the IWC World Title
– In May 2014, Giehl began competing for Chikara as ‘Ashley Remington’, whilst continuing as Dalton Castle in other promotions
– On June 14, Castle defeated Jimmy Vegas to retain the IWC World Title
– On July 27, Castle made his official ROH debut, competing in a Gauntlet Match won by Bobby Fish
– On August 23, Castle defeated DJ Z to retain the IWC World Title
– On October 18, Castle defeated Matthew Justice to retain the IWC World Title
– On December 13, Castle defeated RJ City to retain the IWC World Title
– At TNA’s One Night Only: Gut Check, Castle defeated DJ Z, before losing a 5-Way Match to Tevita Fefita
– Beginning in March 2015, Castle became a regular for ROH
– At Global Wars ’15, Castle defeated Donovan Dijak
– At Best In The World ’15, Castle defeated Silas Young
– At Global Wars ’16, Castle defeated Adam Page, Roderick Strong & ACH
– At All-Star Extravaganza VIII, Castle & Colt Cabana defeated Keith Lee & Shane Taylor, The All-Night Express (Rhett Titus & Kenny King) and War Machine (Hanson & Ray Rowe)
– At Final Battle ’16, Castle defeated Colt Cabana
– At Best In The World ’17, Castle & The Boys (Brandon & Brent) defeated Bully Ray & The Briscoes (Mark & Jay) to win the ROH Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On July 29, Castle & The Boys defeated Colt Cabana & The Tempura Boyz (Sho & Yohei) to retain the ROH Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On August 18, Castle & The Boys defeated Jushin Liger, Mistico & Delirious to retain the ROH Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On October 28, Castle defeated Flip Gordon, Frankie Kazarian, Matt Taven & Silas Young to win the ROH Soaring Eagle Cup
– At Final Battle ’17, Castle defeated Cody to win the ROH World Title
– On January 20, Castle defeated Punishment Martinez to retain the ROH World Title
– On February 3, 2018, Castle defeated Tarkan Aslan in Berlin, Germany to retain the ROH World Title
– At Honor Rising ’18, Castle defeated Beretta & The Beer City Bruiser to retain the ROH World Title
– At Manhattan Mayhem ’18, Castle & Volador Jr defeated Jay Lethal & Ultimo Guerrero
– At ROH’s 16th Anniversary Show, Castle defeated Jay Lethal to retain the ROH World Title
– At Supercard of Honor XII, Castle defeated Marty Scurll to retain the ROH World Title
– At Best In The World ’18, Castle defeated Marty Scurll & Cody to retain the ROH World Title
– At War of the Worlds ’19, Castle defeated Clark Connors & Cheeseburger
– At Best In The World 2019, Castle defeated Dragon Lee
– At Honor Reigns Supreme 2020, Castle & Joe Hendry defeated Griff Garrison & Marcus Kross
– At Bound By Honor 2020, Castle & Hendry defeated PJ Black & Brian Johnson, Mark Haskins & Tracy Williams and Vincent & Bateman
– At Gateway To Honor 2020, Castle defeated Kenny King, Jeff Cobb & Tracy Williams
– At ROH’s 19th Anniversary Show, Castle defeated Josh Woods
– At Glory By Honor 2021, Castle defeated Danhausen
– At Death Before Dishonor 2021, Castle defeated Eli Isom
– On November 19, 2021, Castle defeated Dragon Lee to win the ROH Television Title, but would lose it to Rhett Titus at the next month’s Final Battle event
– On the Supercard Of Honor 2022 pre-show, Castle defeated Joe Hendry
– At Death Before Dishonor 2022, Castle & The Boys defeated The Righteous (Dutch, Vincent & Bateman) to win the ROH Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– In late 2022, Castle began working for AEW on a non-exclusive deal
– On November 2, Castle & The Boys defeated The Trustbusters (Ari Daivari, Jeeves Kay & Slim J) to retain the ROH Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At Supercard Of Honor 2024, Castle defeated Johnny TV in a Fight Without Honor