Magnus (wrestler)

Nicholas "Nick" Aldis (born 6 November 1986) is an English professional wrestler. He is currently the GFW Global Champion in his first reign. He is best known for working with American professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Magnus, where he is a former one-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion and one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion. He is the third English world heavyweight champion in professional wrestling history after Gary Steele with the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1999 and Nigel McGuiness with the ROH World Championship in 2007, although TNA recognises him as the first.

Aldis also appeared on the United Kingdom revival of Gladiators, where he was known by the name Oblivion. Aldis, working under his real name, is also a co-presenter of Britain's Strongest Man on Challenge TV in the United Kingdom.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2003–2008)

After becoming proficient in swimming and tennis, Aldis began bodybuilding, which ultimately led to his training to be a professional wrestler. After beginning his training at the age of 16, he made his professional debut in 2005 where he competed against Doug Williams in a highly contested two out of three falls match, which Aldis lost two falls to one. Early title matches included a DAM Promotions event where he teamed up with Bash to take on the DAM Tag Team Champions Big Dave and The Bulk for the titles and he also went up against Ashe for the LDN Championship at Summit Wrestling, he would lose both matches. In 2007 he would face the WAW British Heavyweight Champion Brett Meadows for the title and lost. His last match before joining Total Nonstop Action Wrestling was a win against Marty Scurll. During his time in England he wrestled primarily at Joint Promotions, All Star Wrestling and World Association of Wrestling.