History Wrestling / Magnus

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[[caption-width-right:300:"In 1986, the kingdom of East Anglia saw the birth of their greatest son. An Anglo-Saxon warrior, destined to be a champion for the ages and a national treasure for all time."]]

Nicholas "Nick" Aldis (born 6 November 1986) is an English {{professional wrestl|ing}}er. He is best known for working in Wrestling/{{TNA}} under the ring name Magnus. He competed there for over eight years since 2008, slowly climbing up the card before becoming TNA's world champion in late 2014.[[labelnote:Trivia]] Interestingly, he was the other half of Wrestling/AJStyles's last match with TNA in a match to decide the undisputed TNA World Heavyweight Champion (Styles had left TNA in-storyline while champion and Magnus won the title in the interim; the match was needed when Styles's in-storyline leave became a real one). Afterwards, Styles would move on to Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, and later, Wrestling/{{WWE}}.[[/labelnote]] He departed the company in 2015, but was still featured peripherally thereafter due to competing under his real name in Wrestling/JeffJarrett's Global Force Wrestling promotion, eventually winning the GFW world title as well. His association with both ended in late 2017 after Anthem, a Canadian promotional group, made moves to purchase both promotions[[labelnote:Trivia]]Their attempt to purchase TNA caused severe legal wrangling between themselves and Dixie Carter, who wanted an investor but not an ownership partner, and Billy Corgan, who held a minority stake and was pushing for full control following alleged contractual breaches by Carter. Anthem eventually bought them both out and became sole owner. Negiations with Jarrett for GFW began swimmingly, and TNA programming began a period of unification, introducing GFW wrestlers and titles and holding title unification bouts with the idea of presenting Global Force as the "face" of TNA moving forward. However, Jarrett abruptly pulled out of the deal. Eventually, TNA was rebranding simply as Impact Wrestling.[[/labelnote]] and refused to offer him a long-term contract.

Aldis moved on to the indie scene, competing in House of Hardcore, Wrestling/{{CZW}} and other promotions, before being approached by Billy Corgan, who had by now become the owner of the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance. Aldis thereafter became the centerpiece of Corgan's new NWA rebranding. He won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in early 2018 and would defend it across four continents and multiple promotions, including CZW, Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Wrestling/RingOfHonor before losing the belt to Wrestling/CodyRhodes at All In in September of that year, albeit he would regain it weeks later.

Aldis is a former one-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion (once with Doug Williams and once with Wrestling/SamoaJoe), one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion (with Williams) and one-time GHC Tag Team Champion (with Joe). He is also a one-time Ring Ka King World Heavyweight Champion in TNA's Indian sister promotion Ring Ka King, a one-time GFW Global Champion in Wrestling/JeffJarrett's Global Force Wrestling promotion, and a two-time and current [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] World Heavyweight Champion.

Aldis also appeared on the United Kingdom revival of ''Gladiators'', where he was known by the name Oblivion.

Aldis is married to Wrestling/MickieJames as of December 31, 2015.

As usual, [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} That Other Wiki]] has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Aldis page]] about his life and career.
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!!"Mag Daddy Tropes":
* AGodAmI: Said that almost verbatim during an episode of NWA Powerrr when he addressed the crowd.
* ActionDad: Has a son.
* BrokenPedestal: Despite his character's revolving door, joining Team Dixie to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship after spending time with a face New Main Event Mafia in particular practically begged to invoke this trope, which it finally did when ex-Main Event Mafia members started confronting him over the title.
* TheBusCameBack: As part of the two GFW invasion angles, mainly because of him still having a Feast or Fired briefcase and the GFW Global Championship, respectively.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: According to himself and his friend Bram, extreme violence such as could be found in Monster's Ball matches was what they typically called a Friday night before becoming wrestlers.
* CanonName: Not his Brutus name, which was dropped in 2010, but his real-life first name Nick became this in the latter stint of his TNA run.
* CatchPhrase: As TNA World Heavyweight Champion: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your champion speaking..."
* ContinuityNod: During one of his National Treasure promos where he put over the NWA's return to prominence and highlighted all of the reigning champions on ''Powerr'' at the time, one of said champions was NWA National Champion James Storm. Aldis prefaced his praise for Storm as a champion with "Do not have to like him, but..." Yes, Aldis was trying to be a NobleDemon at the time and this could be considered an admonition of Storm's angry renegade free agent antics, but let's not forget Magnus and Storm were nearly always rivals in TNA. Fittingly, not too long afterward Storm would challenge Aldis for the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship.
* CoolShades: Wore some nifty sunglasses as part of the New Main Event Mafia.
* DealWithTheDevil: Joining Team Dixie at ''Impact Wrestling: Final Resolution 2013'' to become World Heavyweight Champion can be seen as this, especially after he spent the entire night alluding to [[Wrestling/JeffHardy his opponent]] having done the same thing three years ago with Wrestling/HulkHogan and Wrestling/EricBischoff's Immortal.
* DragonInChief: Gradually became this to Dixie Carter. It finally peaked at ''Lockdown 2014'', when his title reign officially outlasted her control of wrestling operations and he outright said in an interview afterwards that [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness she's outlived her usefulness]].
* {{Expy}}: Aldis' "National Treasure" gimmick is very much a homage to Wrestling/RicFlair circa 1985. He also channels a bit of Wrestling/HarleyRace and other NWA World Champions before him, as well as shades of former [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]] World Heavyweight Champion Nick Bockwinkel. The Flair comparison extends to the late '80s and '90s with the formation of Strictly Business, a stable constructed similarly to Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen.
* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Since leaving the British Invasion for good, anyway.
* ForeignWrestlingHeel: As part of both The British Invasion and World Elite, both heel factions centered on its members' nationalities. Largely averted in his World Title "Reign of Magnus" FaceHeelTurn; his nationality had nothing to do with why he was a villain anymore, and in fact he even got heat when returning to the UK as Dixie's champion.
* LastNameBasis: He was introduced as Brutus Magnus but dropped the name Brutus in 2010, aside from a brief stint in Ring Ka King.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Currently as part of the NWA, "The Gilded Warrior" by [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVAbn7lJg08nhhMq37K6cWg Retro Shred]] ft Diego Sanjorge.
* LevelGrinding: His over-five-year road to becoming TNA World Heavyweight Champion has consisted of him gradually getting better year by year, both kayfabe and otherwise. Was derailed for a bit after that until he went to the NWA, then came right back where he left off as one of the top champions in the business.
* NiceHat: During the brief London Brawling run with [[Wrestling/NigelMcGuinness Desmond Wolfe]] in 2010 before Wolfe's career was upended by certain medical issues.
* NobleDemon: Played straight, then gradually subverted. As NWA World's Heavyweight Champion, while a heel, he showed a healthy degree of respect for former champion Tim Storm. He had Storm accompany him at ringside for his title match at All In, and after defeating Storm in their rematch on the first episode of ''NWA Powerrr'' he still complimented him for his efforts and encouraged the audience to applaud him. Later, he's shaken hands with his competitors every time he wins in the ring, and has attempted to keep order and prevent run-ins during matches, though it's implied he might be behind a few run-ins of his own, using his henchwoman Kamille as plausible deniability. Things slowly deteriorated as Nick faced an increasing load of people questioning him, declaring themselves challengers for him, putting others forward as challengers for him, not to mention a series of miscues involving Kamille, all of which would grate on his patience. He even dismissed Kamille as his insurance policy, declaring he needed to form a real team. A few weeks later, when Tim Storm vocally supported Marty Scurll's attempt to insert himself into another NWA World's Heavyweight Title match, Aldis finally lost it, confronting Storm and attacking him with the aid of The Wildcards (his old friend Thom Latimer[[labelnote:*]]fka Bram[[/labelnote]] and Royce Isaacs) as well as Kamille... who it turned out had become Latimer's girlfriend. Their alliance was given the name Strictly Business, playing to the noble heel trope (but obviously not really keeping faithful to it).
* OfficialCouple: Him and Wrestling/MickieJames as of her 2015 return and acknowledgement of their [[RealLifeWritesThePlot real-life relationship]] for the storyline involving his [[WeUsedToBeFriends split with Bram]] and subsequent HeelFaceTurn.
* PowerStable: World Elite, The Main Event Mafia, Team Dixie, Strictly Business.
* PowerTrio: The British Invasion with Doug Williams and Rob Terry.
* PutOnABus: Put himself on the bus in 2015 to head to Global Force Wrestling.
* RedBaron: The Modern Day Gladiator (at first), The Mag Daddy (later on), The National Treasure (currently).
* SharpDressedMan: Between serving the Main Event Mafia, acting as Dixie's corporate champion, and finally becoming the National Treasure of the NWA, Nick has donned dapper suits often since late 2013.
* SmallNameBigEgo: As a heel. Subverted in last heel run in TNA, even moreso in his National Treasure run; his ego is no doubt bigger than ever, but so is his name.
* TagTeam:
** The British Invasion with Doug Williams (Rob Terry was more of an enforcer).
** London Brawling with [[Wrestling/NigelMcGuinness Desmond Wolfe]].
** Also had team-ups with Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Bram.
* UnderwearOfPower: He wears the standard wrestling trunks, though he has also wrestled in long tights.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Established with Wrestling/MartyScurll, when the two went over their history and teased entering the Crockett Cup tag team tournament in 2019 only for Scurll to instead challenge Aldis for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
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* ContinuityNod: During one of his National Treasure promos where he put over the NWA's return to prominence and highlighted all of the reigning champions on ''Powerr'' at the time, one of said champions was NWA National Champion James Storm. Aldis prefaced his praise for Storm as a champion with "Do not have to like him, but..." Yes, Aldis was trying to be a NobleDemon at the time and this could be considered an admonition of Storm's angry renegade free agent antics, but let's not forget Magnus and Storm were nearly always rivals in TNA...

* NobleDemon: Played straight, then gradually subverted. As NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion, while a heel, he showed a healthy degree of respect for former champion Tim Storm. He had Storm accompany him at ringside for his title match at All In, and after defeating Storm in their rematch on the first episode of ''NWA Powerrr'' he still complimented him for his efforts and encouraged the audience to applaud him. Later, he's shaken hands with his competitors every time he wins in the ring, and has attempted to keep order and prevent run-ins during matches, though it's implied he might be behind a few run-ins of his own, using his henchwoman Kamille as plausible deniability. Things slowly deteriorated as Nick faced an increasing load of people questioning him, declaring themselves challengers for him, putting others forward as challengers for him, not to mention a series of miscues involving Kamille, all of which would grate on his patience. He even dismissed Kamille as his insurance policy, declaring he needed to form a real team. A few weeks later, when Tim Storm vocally supported Marty Scurll's attempt to insert himself into another NWA Worlds Heavyweight Title match, Aldis finally lost it, confronting Storm and attacking him with the aid of The Wildcards (his old friend Thom Latimer[[labelnote:*]]fka Bram[[/labelnote]] and Royce Isaacs) as well as Kamille... who it turned out had become Latimer's girlfriend. Their alliance was given the name Strictly Business, playing to the noble heel trope (but obviously not really keeping faithful to it).

* {{Expy}}: Aldis' "National Treasure" gimmick is very much a homage to Wrestling/RicFlair circa 1985. He also channels a bit of Wrestling/HarleyRace and other NWA World Champions before him.
** He also has shades of former [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]] World Heavyweight Champion Nick Bockwinkel.

* LevelGrinding: His over-five-year road to becoming TNA World Heavyweight Champion has consisted of him gradually getting better year by year, both kayfabe and otherwise.
* NiceHat: During the brief London Brawling run with [[Wrestling/NigelMcGuinness Desmond Wolfe]] in 2010 before Wolfe's medical issues caught up to him and ultimately ended his wrestling career.
* NobleDemon: As NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion, while a heel, he shows a healthy degree of respect for former champion Tim Storm. He had Storm accompany him at ringside for his title match at All In, and after defeating Storm in their rematch on the first episode of ''NWA Powerrr'' he still complimented him for his efforts and encouraged the audience to applaud him. Later, he's shaken hands with his competitors every time he wins in the ring, and has attempted to keep order and prevent run-ins during matches, though it's implied he might be behind a few run-ins of his own, using his henchwoman Kamille as plausible deniability.

* SmallNameBigEgo: As a heel. Subverted in last heel run in TNA; his ego is no doubt bigger than ever, but so is his name.

* {{Expy}}: Aldis' "National Treasure" gimmick is very much a homage to Wrestling/RicFlair circa 1985.

* Expy: Aldis' "National Treasure" gimmick is very much a homage to Wrestling/RicFlair circa 1985.

* PowerStable: World Elite, The Main Event Mafia, Team Dixie.

* NobleDemon: As NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion, while a heel, he shows a healthy degree of respect for former champion Tim Storm. He had Storm accompany him at ringside for his title match at All In, and after defeating Storm in their rematch on the first episode of ''NWA Powerrr'' he still complimented him for his efforts and encouraged the audience to applaud him.

* RedBaron: The Modern Day Gladiator (former), The Mag Daddy (current/occasional).
* SharpDressedMan: Part of two straight gimmicks for him, starting in late 2013.

Aldis moved on to the indie scene, competing in House of Hardcore, Wrestling/CombatZoneWrestling and other promotions, before being approached by Billy Corgan, who had by now become the owner of the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance. Aldis thereafter became the centerpiece of Corgan's new NWA rebranding. He won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in early 2018 and would defend it across four continents and multiple promotions, including CZW, Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Wrestling/RingOfHonor before losing the belt to Wrestling/CodyRhodes at All In in September of that year, albeit he would regain it weeks later.

Nicholas "Nick" Aldis (born 6 November 1986) is an English {{professional wrestl|ing}}er. He is best known for working in Wrestling/{{TNA}} under the ring name Magnus. He competed there for over eight years since 2008, slowly climbing up the card before becoming TNA's world champion in late 2014.[[labelnote:Trivia]] Interestingly, he was the other half of Wrestling/AJStyles's last match with TNA in a match to decide the undisputed TNA World Heavyweight Champion (Styles had left TNA in-storyline while champion and Magnus won the title in the interim; the match was needed when Styles's in-storyline leave became a real one. Afterwards, Styles would move on to Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, and later, Wrestling/{{WWE}}.[[/labelnote]] He departed the company in 2015, but was still featured peripherally thereafter due to competing under his real name in Wrestling/JeffJarrett's Global Force Wrestling promotion, eventually winning the GFW world title as well. His association with both ended in late 2017 after Anthem, a Canadian promotional group, made moves to purchase both promotions[[labelnote:Trivia]]Their attempt to purchase TNA caused severe legal wrangling between themselves and Dixie Carter, who wanted an investor but not an ownership partner, and Billy Corgan, who held a minority stake and was pushing for full control following alleged contractual breaches by Carter. Anthem eventually bought them both out and became sole owner. Negiations with Jarrett for GFW began swimmingly, and TNA programming began a period of unification, introducing GFW wrestlers and titles and holding title unification bouts with the idea of presenting Global Force as the "face" of TNA moving forward. However, Jarrett abruptly pulled out of the deal. Eventually, TNA was rebranding simply as Impact Wrestling.[[/labelnote]] and refused to offer him a long-term contract.

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[[caption-width-right:310:"In 1986, the kingdom of East Anglia saw the birth of their greatest son. An Anglo-Saxon warrior, destined to be a champion for the ages and a national treasure for all time."]]

Nicholas "Nick" Aldis (born 6 November 1986) is an English {{professional wrestl|ing}}er. He is best known for working in Wrestling/{{TNA}} under the ring name Magnus. He competed there for over eight years since 2008, slowly climbing up the card before becoming TNA's world champion in late 2014 [[labelnote:trivia]] Interestingly, he was the other half of Wrestling/AJStyles last match with TNA in a title-for-interim title unification match. Afterwards, Styles would move on to Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, and later, Wrestling/WWE[[/labelnote]]. He departed the company in 2015, but was still featured peripherally thereafter due to competing under his real name in Wrestling/JeffJarrett's Global Force Wrestling promotion, eventually winning the GFW world title as well. His association with both ended in late 2017 after Anthem, a Canadian promotional group, made moves to purchase both promotions [[labelnote:trivia]] Their attempt to purchase TNA caused severe legal wrangling between themselves and Dixie Carter, who wanted an investor but not an ownership partner, and Billy Corgan, who held a minority stake and was pushing for full control following alleged contractual breaches by Carter. Anthem eventually bought them both out and became sole owner. Negiations with Jarrett for GFW began swimmingly, and TNA programming began a period of unification, introducing GFW wrestlers and titles and holding title unification bouts with the idea of presenting Global Force as the "face" of TNA moving forward. However, Jarrett abruptly pulled out of the deal. Eventually, TNA was rebranding simply as Impact Wrestling.[[/labelnote]] and refused to offer him a long-term contract.

Aldis moved on to the indie scene, competing in House of Hardcore, Wrestling/CombatZoneWrestling and other promotions, before being approached by Billy Corgan, who had by now become the owner of the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance. Aldis thereafter became the centerpiece of Corgan's new NWA rebranding. He won the NWA world's heavyweight championship in early 2018 and would defend it across four continents and multiple promotions, including CZW, Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Wrestling/RingOfHonor before losing the belt to Wrestling/CodyRhodes at All In in September of that year.

As usual, [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} That Other Wiki]] has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_(wrestler) page]] about his life and career.

Aldis is a former one-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion (once with Doug Williams and once with Wrestling/SamoaJoe), one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion (with Williams) and one-time GHC Tag Team Champion (with Joe). He is also a one-time Ring Ka King World Heavyweight Champion in TNA's Indian sister promotion Ring Ka King, a one-time GFW Global Champion in Wrestling/JeffJarrett's Global Force Wrestling promotion, and a one-time [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] World Heavyweight Champion.

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[[caption-width-right:350:"In 1986, the kingdom of East Anglia saw the birth of their greatest son. An Anglo-Saxon warrior, destined to be a champion for the ages and a national treasure for all time."]]

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[[caption-width-right:325:The Mag Daddy]]

Nicholas "Nick" Aldis (born 6 November 1986) is an English {{professional wrestl|ing}}er. He is best known for working in Wrestling/{{TNA}} under the ring name Magnus. He competed there for over eight years since 2008, slowly climbing up the card before becoming TNA's world champion in late 2014 [[labelnote:trivia]] Interestingly, he was the other half of Wrestling/AJStyles last match with TNA in a title-for-interim title unification match. Afterwards, Styles would move on to Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, and later, Wrestling/WWE.[[/labelnote]]. He departed the company in 2015, but was still featured peripherally thereafter due to competing under his real name in Wrestling/JeffJarrett's Global Force Wrestling promotion, eventually winning the GFW world title as well. His association with both ended in late 2017 after Anthem, a Canadian promotional group, made moves to purchase both promotions [[labelnote:trivia]] Their attempt to purchase TNA caused severe legal wrangling between themselves and Dixie Carter, who wanted an investor but not an ownership partner, and Billy Corgan, who held a minority stake and was pushing for full control following alleged contractual breaches by Carter. Anthem eventually bought them both out and became sole owner. Negiations with Jarrett for GFW began swimmingly, and TNA programming began a period of unification, introducing GFW wrestlers and titles and holding title unification bouts with the idea of presenting Global Force as the "face" of TNA moving forward. However, Jarrett abruptly pulled out of the deal. Eventually, TNA was rebranding simply as Impact Wrestling.[[/labelnote]] and refused to offer him a long-term contract.

Nicholas "Nick" Aldis (born 6 November 1986) is an English {{professional wrestl|ing}}er. He is best known for working in Wrestling/{{TNA}} under the ring name Magnus. He competed there for over eight years since 2008, slowly climbing up the card before becoming TNA's world champion in late 2014 [[labelnote:trivia Interestingly, he was the other half of Wrestling/AJStyles last match with TNA in a title-for-interim title unification match. Afterwards, Styles would move on to Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, and later, Wrestling/WWE.[[/labelnote]]. He departed the company in 2015, but was still featured peripherally thereafter due to competing under his real name in Wrestling/JeffJarrett's Global Force Wrestling promotion, eventually winning the GFW world title as well. His association with both ended in late 2017 after Anthem, a Canadian promotional group, made moves to purchase both promotions [[labelnote:trivia Their attempt to purchase TNA caused severe legal wrangling between themselves and Dixie Carter, who wanted an investor but not an ownership partner, and Billy Corgan, who held a minority stake and was pushing for full control following alleged contractual breaches by Carter. Anthem eventually bought them both out and became sole owner. Negiations with Jarrett for GFW began swimmingly, and TNA programming began a period of unification, introducing GFW wrestlers and titles and holding title unification bouts with the idea of presenting Global Force as the "face" of TNA moving forward. However, Jarrett abruptly pulled out of the deal. Eventually, TNA was rebranding simply as Impact Wrestling.[[/labelnote]] and refused to offer him a long-term contract.

Nicholas "Nick" Aldis (born 6 November 1986) is an English {{professional wrestl|ing}}er. He is best known for working in Wrestling/{{TNA}} under the ring name Magnus.

Aldis is a former one-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion (once with Doug Williams and once with Wrestling/SamoaJoe), one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion (with Williams) and one-time GHC Tag Team Champion (with Joe). He is also a one-time Ring Ka King World Heavyweight Champion in TNA's Indian sister promotion Ring Ka King and a one-time GFW Global Champion in Wrestling/JeffJarrett's Global Force Wrestling promotion.

* CanonName: Not his Brutus name, which was dropped in 2010, but his real-life first name Nick.

* TheBusCameBack: As part of the two GFW invasion, mainly because of him still having a Feast or Fired briefcase and the GFW Global Championship, respectively.

Nicholas Aldis (born 6 November 1986) is an English {{professional wrestl|ing}}er. He is best known for working in Wrestling/{{TNA}} under the ring name Magnus.

* NiceHat: During the brief London Brawling run with Desmond Wolfe.