History Wrestling / DamienSandow

Rather than being a disappointment, however, his WWE release made him one of the hottest free agents in the world, his popularity putting him in high demand. Returning to the Independents under the ring name '''Aaron Stevens''', he's signed on for matches with several indie promotions, including Global Force Wrestling, [[Wrestling/DefiantWrestling What Culture Pro Wrestling]] ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS where the first name is spelled "Aron"]] and was nicknamed "The Savior"), [[Wrestling/{{TNA}} Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (under the ring name '''Aron Rex'''), and more recently [[Wrestling/{{NWA}} The NWA]] (Again, with his name spelled "Aron").

* DifficultySpike: After his tag team partner, Wrestling/CodyRhodes, was PutOnABus due to injury, his gimmick involved him "searching for an apprentice" by calling a random person from the audience up into the ring and asking three questions to test their intellect. The first two are usually easy enough that almost anyone with a basic education can get them right, but the third ends up being a question better suited for the Million Dollar Question in ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire''. This gimmick was dropped when [[TheBusCameBack Cody Rhodes returned]] and Team Rhodes Scholars was reformed.

* EnragedByIdiocy: Had a case of this during the September 21 episode of ''[=SmackDown=]'' when Wrestling/{{Edge}}, Wrestling/{{Kane}}, and [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] were in the process of "hugging it out" to get rid of their frustrations. Sandow came out and was doing his usual schtick when Edge asked the audience if they'd rather see Sandow face Kane or Bryan. After Edge kept repeating "Bryan or Kane?" over and over, Sandow went from being calm like he usually is to screaming "STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT!"

** Had a minor one during the September 21 episode of ''[=SmackDown=]'' when Wrestling/{{Edge}}, Wrestling/{{Kane}}, and [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] were in the process of "hugging it out" to get rid of their frustrations. Sandow came out and was doing his usual schtick when Edge asked the audience if they'd rather see Sandow face Kane or Bryan. After Edge kept repeating "Bryan or Kane?" over and over, Sandow went from being calm like he usually is to screaming "STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT!"

* SpotOfTea: On Twitter, many of his (or rather, "Ignatius" his supposed personal scribe's) tweets are regarding what type of tea he is drinking.

* BadassBeard[=/=]BeardOfEvil: And a very robust one at that.

As usual, you will without question locate the primary and most traditional information about Mr. Sandow's career at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Sandow his page]] on [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]].

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Is constantly referred to as Miz's "stunt double"... but that title would imply, in this context, that Mizdow would be called upon to wrestle in a lot of situations where Miz didn't feel like getting his hands dirty. In reality, he hardly gets tagged into matches (Miz is concerned - probably correctly - [[GreenEyedMonster that Mizdow will upstage him]]) and spends half his time on the apron imitating everything Miz does - including falling down and taking bumps. This would make Mizdow more or less a "mime."

* CompositeCharacter: His Aron Stevens character in The (=NWA=) combines his InsufferableGenius gimmick with his Mizdow period, first being a Z-movie level actor before going on to be a KnowNothingKnowItAll "Magolion Karate" disciple of The Question Mark.

Rather than being a disappointment, however, his WWE release made him one of the hottest free agents in the world, his popularity putting him in high demand. Returning to the Independents under the ring name '''Aaron Stevens''', he's signed on for matches with several indie promotions, including Global Force Wrestling, [[Wrestling/DefiantWrestling What Culture Pro Wrestling]] ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS where the first name is spelled "Aron"]] and was nicknamed "The Savior"), and [[Wrestling/{{TNA}} Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (under the ring name '''Aron Rex''').

* BashBrothers: With Edward G. Xtasy in Chaotic Wrestling. [[Wrestling/{{Nova}} Simon Dean]] in OVW and not just during wrestling show either. With Shawn Spears, Kong Tonga Jr, El Illegal Chicano and Abbad in WWC.

* BreakupBreakout: He's definitely a much bigger star than his former tag team partner KC James. Subverted with the Rhodes Scholars, as Cody got a bigger push out of the two early on, but dissatisfaction with his booking led to him asking for his release around the same time Sandow was released.

* PowerStable: The FCW All-Stars, with Wrestling/{{AJ|Lee}}, [[Characters/WWEDivas Maxine]], Wrestling/{{Aksana}} and Lucky Cannon.

* AltumVidetur:
** Has a showboaty elbow drop he calls the ''Cubito Aequet'' (Elbow of Disdain). Careful examination of the Latin language will reveal that the second word is translated as ''distain,'' which means "to discolor" or "to sully," and thus makes no sense in this context, although it may be a hint that Sandow isn't actually as smart as he presents himself to be. The correct name is ''Cubito Fastidia.''
** His FinishingMove, a straightjacket neckbreaker, is called ''Terminus'' (pronounced "ter-mi-noose"), or "The End."

** '''M'''acho '''M'''andow.

--> '''[[WebVideo/WhatCultureWrestling Adam Pacitti:]]''' ''We got him.''

Rather than being a disappointment, however, his WWE release made him one of the hottest free agents in the world, his popularity putting him in high demand. Returning to the Independents under the ring name '''Aaron Stevens''', he's signed on for matches with several indie promotions, including Global Force Wrestling, [[WebVideo/WhatcultureWrestling What Culture Pro Wrestling]] ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS where the first name is spelled "Aron"]] and was nicknamed "The Savior"), and [[Wrestling/{{TNA}} Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (under the ring name '''Aron Rex''').

Rather than being a disappointment, however, his WWE release made him one of the hottest free agents in the world, his popularity putting him in high demand. Returning to the Independents under the ring name '''Aaron Stevens''', he's signed on for matches with several indie promotions, including Global Force Wrestling, [[WebVideo/WhatcultureWrestling What Culture Pro Wrestling]] (where the first name is spelled "Aron"), and [[Wrestling/{{TNA}} Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (under the ring name '''Aron Rex''').

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Damien's feud with Wrestling/TheMiz was white-hot with the fans around Wrestlemania 32, so a match between them on [[FanNickname The Grandest Stage of them All]] would sell like mad. They decide to instead put Miz in the ladder match for the IC belt... and have Wrestling/ZackRyder win the belt. OK, odd choice, but they had Miz win the belt the following night, so this feud could now be over the IC belt. People would love to see [[LoveToHate The Miz]] get beaten by Sandow for the belt. But that didn't happen either as the two were split up within a few weeks, Sandow left the WWE a few months later and [[TheBadGuyWins Miz would go on to hold the belt for most of the year.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGodPlot: Damien's feud with Wrestling/TheMiz was white-hot with the fans around Wrestlemania 32, so a match between them on [[FanNickmane The Grandest Stage of them All]] would sell like mad. They decide to instead put Miz in the ladder match for the IC belt... and have WrestlingZackRyder win the belt. OK, odd choice, but they had Miz win the belt the following night, so this feud could now be over the IC belt. People would love to see [[LoveToHate The Miz]] get beaten by Sandow for the belt. But that didn't happen either as the two were split up within a few weeks, Sandow left the WWE a few months later and [[TheBadGuyWins Miz would go on to hold the belt for most of the year.]]