ACH

Real Name: Albert Christian Hardy Jr.
Height: 5’9″
Weight: 200 lbs.
Date of Birth: December 7, 1987
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Pro Debut: February 2007
Trained By: Kobra Kai Dojo
Finishing Move: The Spirit Bomb

Biography

– Hardy began his career under a ringname taken from his initials, ‘ACH’
– On July 9, 2010, ACH defeated Joey Figueroa to win the WOW Cruiserweight Title
– On August 13, ACH defeated Joey Figueroa to retain the WOW Cruiserweight Title
– On August 22, ACH defeated Robert Evans to win the ACW U-30 Young Gun Title
– On September 10, ACH defeated Ricky Douglas to retain the WOW Cruiserweight Title
– On September 19, ACH defeated Pierre Abernathy to retain the ACW U-30 Young Gun Title
– On October 8, ACH defeated Gary Jay to retain the WOW Cruiserweight Title
– On October 10, ACH defeated Akira Tozawa to retain the ACW U-30 Young Gun Title
– On November 6, ACH defeated JC Bravo to retain the ACW U-30 Young Gun Title and retained against Darin Childs in a Barefoot Thumbtacks Match the next day
– On December 12, ACH defeated Jason Silver to retain the ACW U-30 Young Gun Title
– On January 17, 2011, ACH defeated Gregory Symonds in a Last Man Standing Match to retain the ACW U-30 Young Gun Title. This was also Symonds’ retirement match
– On February 12, ACH defeated Ricky Douglas to retain the WOW Cruiserweight Title, but immediately lost it to Ryan Genesis
– On April 8, ACH defeated Davey Richards to retain the ACW U-30 Young Gun Title
– On June 10, ACH defeated Bolt Brady to win the NWA Houston Junior Heavyweight Title
– ACH won the 2011 ACW Lone Star Classic, defeating JT LaMotta in the final to win the ACW Heavyweight Title
– On November 14, ACH defeated Darin Childs to retain the ACW Heavyweight Title
– On December 11, ACH defeated Pierre Abernathy to retain the ACW Heavyweight Title
– On December 17, ACH defeated Jeremy Wyatt to retain the ACW Heavyweight Title
– On January 15, 2012, ACH defeated Gary Jay to retain the ACW Heavyweight Title
– On February 19, ACH defeated Shawn Vexx & Darin Childs to retain the ACW Heavyweight Title
– On February 25, ACH defeated TJ Perkins to retain the ACW Heavyweight Title
– On March 18, ACH defeated Mat Fitchett to retain the ACW Heavyweight Title
– On April 15, ACH defeated Jaykus Plisken, Gary Jay & Shawn Vexx in an Elimination Match to retain the ACW Heavyweight Title
– On May 5, ACH defeated Jojo Bravo to retain the ACW Heavyweight Title
– On May 20, ACH defeated Shawn Vexx & Jaykus Plisken to retain the ACW Heavyweight Title
– On May 27, ACH defeated James Claxton to retain the ACW Heavyweight Title
– On June 2, ACH defeated Neil Diamond Cutter & Dan Walsh to win the vacant NWA Central States Heavyweight Title
– On June 16, ACH fought Johnny Gargano to a time-limit draw to retain the ACW Heavyweight Title
– On July 13, ACH defeated Dingo in a Best Of Three Falls Match to retain the ACW Heavyweight Title
– On July 21, ACH defeated Matt Murphy to retain the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title
– On August 11, ACH defeated Jeremy Wyatt to retain the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title
– ACH debuted for ROH in the 2013 Top Prospect Tournament. He lost to Matt Taven in the first round, but would still become a semi-regular for the company later in the year
– On March 1, ACH defeated Samuray del Sol in the final of a tournament to win the vacant AAW Heritage Title
– At ROH’s 11th Anniversary Show, ACH defeated Matt Sydal, Adam Page, QT Marshall, Silas Young & Tadarius Thomas
– On March 9, ACH defeated Dan Walsh to retain the renamed MPW Central States Title
– On March 23, ACH fought Davey Richards to a time-limit draw to retain the AAW Heritage Title
– At Supercard Of Honor 2013, ACH & Tadarius Thomas defeated RD Evans & QT Marshall
– On April 12, ACH defeated Kyle O’Reilly to retain the AAW Heritage Title
– The next day, ACH defeated Bolt Brady to retain the MPW Central States Title, before losing it to Dan Walsh
– On April 27, ACH defeated Lamar Titan to retain the AAW Heritage Title
– ACH won the 2013 PWE Epic 8 Tournament, defeating Jeremy Wyatt in the final
– At All Star Extravaganza V, Adrenaline RUSH (ACH & Tadarius Thomas) defeated C&C Wrestle Factory (Cedric Alexander & Caprice Coleman) and The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson)
– On August 11, ACH defeated Dan Walsh to regain the MPW Central States Title
– On August 23, ACH defeated Kyle O’Reilly to retain the AAW Heritage Title
– At Death Before Dishonor XI, ACH, Tadarius Thomas, Cedric Alexander & Caprice Coleman defeated Mike Bennett, Matt Taven, Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly
– On September 27, ACH defeated Christian Rose to retain the AAW Heritage Title
– At War Of The Worlds 2014, ACH, Matt Taven & Tommaso Ciampa defeated Alex Koslov, Rocky Romero & Takaaki Watanabe
– On June 14, ACH defeated Mark Sterling to retain the MPW Central States Title
– At Best In The World 2014, ACH defeated Caprice Coleman, Tadarius Thomas, Tommaso Ciampa, Takaaki Watanabe & BJ Whitmer
– On August 3, ACH defeated Nick Brubaker & Blake Edward Belakis in the final of a tournament to win the vacant HRW Title
– At Death Before Dishonor XII, ACH won a six-man match on night one and a four-way match on night two
– On October 12, ACH defeated Vic Capri to retain the HRW Title
– On November 9, ACH became the inaugural VIP Heavyweight Champion
– On December 6, ACH defeated Gary Jay to retain the MPW Central States Title
– On December 28, ACH defeated Ricochet to retain the HRW Title
– On February 13, 2015, ACH defeated AR Fox, Andy Dalton & Ray Rowe to retain the VIP Heavyweight Title
– On May 1, ACH defeated Johnny Mundo & Andy Dalton to retain the VIP Heavyweight Title
– At All Star Extravaganza VII, ACH defeated Matt Sydal to go 2-1 up in their Best of 5 series
– At Final Battle 2015, ACH, Matt Sydal & Alex Shelley defeated Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian & Chris Sabin
– At Supercard Of Honor X, ACH & Sydal defeated Rhett Titus & Kenny King
– At War Of The Worlds 2016, ACH & Sydal defeated Silas Young & The Beer City Bruiser
– At Best In The World 2016, ACH defeated Silas Young
– ACH competed in the 2016 Pro Wrestling NOAH NTV G Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League alongside Taiji Ishimori
– At All Star Extravaganza VIII, ACH, Jay White & KUSHIDA defeated Mark Briscoe, Jay Briscoe & Toru Yano
– In October 2016, ACH made some thinly-veiled comments at an AAW event, talking about how his wife did not appreciate him and that he would be seeking a divorce. Given that he was not married at the time, it was fairly clear that he was talking about Ring Of Honor. Sure enough, in November, it was confirmed that ACH had left ROH
– On December 30, ACH defeated AR Fox to win the AAW Heritage Title
– On January 7, 2017, ACH defeated Jake Crist to retain the AAW Heritage Title
– On February 4, ACH defeated Trevor Lee to retain the AAW Heritage Title
– On March 4, ACH defeated Dezmond Xavier to retain the AAW Heritage Title
– ACH competed in the 2017 GFW Super X Cup
– On September 15, ACH defeated Keith Lee to win the VIP Heavyweight Title and retained against Steve Anthony the next day
– On November 12, ACH defeated Jeff Cobb, Sammy Guevara, Matthew Palmer & MASADA to win the Inspire Pro Prestige Title
– On January 14, 2018, ACH defeated Shane Strickland to retain the Inspire Pro Prestige Title
– On February 3, ACH defeated Rey Fenix to win the AAW Heavyweight Title
– On February 17, ACH defeated Jimmy Jacobs to retain the AAW Heavyweight Title
– On February 25, ACH & Kody Lane defeated Yul Hubbard & MASADA to win the ACW Tag Team Titles
– On March 25, ACH defeated Zac Taylor & Davey Vega to retain the Inspire Pro Prestige Title
– On March 31, ACH defeated Keith Lee to retain the AAW Heavyweight Title
– On April 7, ACH defeated Trevor Lee to retain the AAW Heavyweight Title
– On April 13, ACH defeated Rey Fenix to retain the AAW Heavyweight Title
– On May 11, ACH defeated Barrett Brown to retain the VIP Heavyweight Title
– ACH contested the 2018 NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors Tournament
– On June 23, ACH defeated David Starr to retain the AAW Heavyweight Title
– The next day, Team Academia (ACH & Kody Lane) defeated The Lost Boyz (Jason Silver & Sky de Lacrimosa) to retain the ACW Tag Team Titles
– On July 1, ACH defeated Joey Janela & Jeff Cobb to retain the Inspire Pro Pure Prestige Title
– On August 4, ACH defeated Jeff Cobb to retain the AAW Heavyweight Title
– On August 26, Team Academia (ACH & Kody Lane) defeated Thot Control (Ethan Price & Dylan Dunbar) to retain the ACW Tag Team Titles
– On August 30, ACH defeated Jeff Cobb to retain the AAW Heavyweight Title
– At NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2018, ACH, Jushin Liger & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Rocky Romero, SHO & YOH
– On December 27, ACH defeated Joe Black to win the GWC Title
– On February 11, 2019, it was announced that ACH had signed with WWE and would soon be working on the NXT brand
– ACH made his NXT debut at a live event on March 7, 2019, working under his real name in a loss to Raul Mendoza
– He made his television debut on the July 10 episode as ‘Jordan Myles’, competing in the Breakout Tournament
– Myles won the NXT Breakout Tournament, defeating Cameron Grimes in the final on the August 14 episode
– In October 2019, Myles was involved in another controversial incident; WWE released a shirt for Myles that they claimed was inspired by the Rolling Stones logo, but that many others (including Myles himself) believed looked like blackface. WWE changed the design, whilst noting that Myles had given his approval to the original. Myles would then go on a Twitter tirade, accusing WWE and ROH of racism and personally targeting Triple H, Vince McMahon and then-ROH World Champion Jay Lethal
– Soon after, Myles would apologies for his outburst, but stood by his sentiments
– On November 13, Hardie posted a video stating that he would not work for racists and that Jordan Myles was his ‘slave name’. Unsurprisingly, WWE confirmed his release a week later and ACH would be back on the indies before the month was out
– On December 29, ACH defeated Chip Day to win the GWC Title
– On August 2, 2020, ACH defeated Joey Janela to win the DDT Iron Man Heavy Metal Title
– On December 27, ACH defeated Homicide to retain the GWC Title
– On February 5, 2022, ACH defeated Mike Outlaw to win the WrestleMax STL River City Title
– On July 5, ACH & Jah-C defeated Alexander Hammerstone & Ace Perry to win the AAW Tag Team Titles
– ACH retired from wrestling at the end of 2022
– ACH broke his retirement in July 2024, defeating Shain Boucher at an SCW event in Iowa