Early career (2007–2010) In 2007, Ballester turned his backyard wrestling hobby into a career in
professional wrestling, Ballester eventually adopted the ring name "AR Fox", feeling that due to his small size, he needed to "outfox" his opponents to gain an advantage. After teaming with Chip Day in a tag team loss against Zero Gravity (Brett Gakiya and CJ Esparza) on March 27, Fox picked up his first win in CZW on April 10, when he defeated Aaron Arbo and Unbreakable Andy in another three-way match. Fox then entered a storyline, where it was rumored that CZW officials did not believe he had what it took to be a wrestler for the promotion. However, he would go on to fail in his title challenge against
Adam Cole on October 9. After defeating Alex Colon on November 13, Fox was granted another shot at the title on December 11, but was again defeated by Cole, following interference from his new manager,
Mia Yim. On March 12, 2011, Fox defeated Alex Colon and Ryan McBride in a three-way match to qualify for the
Best of the Best X tournament. He entered the tournament on April 9, but was eliminated by
Sami Callihan in a first round three-way match, which included
Jake Crist. Despite his early elimination, Fox earned praise from Callihan, who named him the "people's choice", giving him the People's Choice Award he had won himself. On May 14, Fox faced Adam Cole for the third match between the two for the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship. After debuting his new finishing maneuver, Lo Mein Pain, Fox had the match won when CZW owner
D. J. Hyde entered the ring and hit him with a
lariat, leading to Cole retaining his title. At the following event on June 11, Fox won his first title in CZW, when he defeated
Drew Gulak for the
CZW Wired TV Championship. However, he would lose the title to Jake Crist in his first title defense on July 9. On October 7, Fox received his first shot at the
CZW World Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated by the defending champion, Devon Moore. From November 5 to 12, Fox took part in a
single-elimination tournament to determine the number one contender to the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship, and in the end, he defeated Ryan McBride to win the tournament. On December 3 at
Cage of Death 13, Fox unsuccessfully challenged new World Junior Heavyweight Champion Sami Callihan for his title. belt in August 2013 On April 14, Fox took part in the
Best of the Best 11 tournament. After wins over
A. C. H. and
Lince Dorado in a three-way match, and
Samuray del Sol in a semifinal match, Fox was defeated in the finals of the tournament by Sami Callihan. Winning the Best of the Best 11 People's Choice Award, Fox was granted the right to challenge for any CZW title whenever he wanted. Later that same event, Fox used his title challenge right and challenged Sami Callihan to a match for the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship, immediately after he had regained it from
Drake Younger. In the end, Fox was victorious, finally winning the World Junior Heavyweight Championship for the first time. Fox defeated
Dave Crist on September 8 in a ladder match to not only retain the World Junior Heavyweight Championship, but to also win the CZW Wired TV Championship for the second time. Following the match, the World Junior Heavyweight Championship was retired with Fox recognized as the final champion. On November 10, Fox made his first defense of the Wired TV Championship, defeating Lucky 13,
Rich Swann and
Shane Strickland in a four-way match. On December 8 at
Cage of Death XIV, Fox successfully defended the CZW Wired TV Championship against a surprise opponent, the returning
Robert Anthony. On March 9, 2013, at the Wanted internet
pay-per-view, Fox made another successful defense of the title against Azrieal. On March 31, Fox successfully defended the title against
Flamita at a Desastre Total Ultraviolento (DTU) event in Mexico City. On April 13, Fox entered the
Best of the Best XII tournament, defeating Andrew Everett and
Uhaa Nation in his first round match. After defeating
Tommy End in his semifinal match, Fox was defeated in the finals of the tournament by Alex Colon. On May 11, Fox teamed with
Athena in the
2013 Queen and King of the Ring tournament, which CZW co-promoted with the
Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU) promotion. After wins over Ezavel Suena and Latin Dragon, and Addy Starr and
Matt Tremont, Fox and Athena defeated Drew Gulak and
Kimber Lee in the finals to win the tournament. On September 14, Fox lost the Wired TV Championship to Alex Colon in a four-way ladder match, which also included Andrew Everett and Shane Strickland. On February 8, 2014, at CZW's 15th anniversary event, Fox defeated
Blk Jeez, Chris Dickinson and Drake Younger in a four-way match to become the number one contender to the CZW World Heavyweight Championship. Fox received his title shot on March 8, but was defeated by the defending champion, Drew Gulak.
Dragon Gate USA and Evolve (2010–2015) On November 20, 2010, Fox made his debut for the
Evolve promotion, defeating Rich Swann, Scott Reed and
Tony Nese in a four-way match. On January 29, 2011, Fox made his debut for Evolve's close affiliate,
Dragon Gate USA, losing to Sami Callihan in a six-way match. The following day, Fox defeated
Cheech for his first win in Dragon Gate USA. On May 20, Fox defeated Rich Swann,
Jon Davis and Sami Callihan during a one-night tournament to win Evolve's inaugural Style Battle tournament. After a series of multi-man matches, Fox wrestled his, up to that point, highest profile Dragon Gate USA match on June 4, where he was defeated by
Akira Tozawa. On June 5, Fox defeated Pinkie Sanchez at Dragon Gate USA's second anniversary event, after which he was beaten down by Sanchez and his D.U.F. (Dirty Ugly Fucks)
stablemates Arik Cannon and Sami Callihan, starting his first
storyline rivalry in the promotion. In July, Fox made his first trip to
Japan for a tour with Dragon Gate USA's parent promotion, Dragon Gate. He made his debut on July 23, when he teamed with Junction Three members
Gamma and
Masato Yoshino in a six-man tag team match, where they were defeated by the Blood Warriors trio of
Genki Horiguchi,
Naruki Doi and
Yasushi Kanda. During the rest of the tour, which lasted until August 8, Fox continued working mainly against the Blood Warriors stable. Back in Dragon Gate USA on September 10, Fox teamed with the debuting veteran wrestler
Sabu to defeat Cannon and Sanchez in a
No Disqualification match. The following day, D.U.F. came back, in the form of Callihan and Cannon, to defeat Fox and
Yamato in a tag team match. On November 13, Fox, Jon Davis and Sabu were defeated in a six-man "Extreme Warfare" main event by Callihan, Cannon and Sanchez, with Callihan pinning Fox for the win. Fox started off his 2012 by losing to Callihan in an
Anything Goes Tables match on January 27. On May 11, Fox returned to Evolve, which was now unified with Dragon Gate USA, defeating Callihan in a main event grudge match. The following day at Evolve 13, Fox defeated
Jigsaw, Ricochet and Samuray del Sol in the opening match to earn a shot at the
Open the Freedom Gate Championship later in the main event. Back in Dragon Gate USA in July 2012, Fox formed a tag team with
Cima, who had been told to find a partner for an upcoming
Open the United Gate Championship match. The two defeated
El Generico and Samuray del Sol in their first match together on July 28. The following day, Fox and Cima defeated Rich Swann and Ricochet to win the
vacant Open the United Gate Championship. On October 6, Fox started his second tour with Dragon Gate with a win over
Jimmy Kagetora. During the tour, which lasted until October 28, Fox and Cima successfully defended the Open the United Gate Championship, first against World-1 International representatives Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi on October 7, and then against Jimmyz representatives
Jimmy Susumu and
Mr. Kyu Kyu Toyonaka Dolphin on October 8. Upon his return to Dragon Gate USA, Fox defeated Ricochet in a main event on November 2; as a result, Ricochet was forced to tell Fox that he respected him. The following day, Fox and Cima defeated Genki Horiguchi and
Ryo Saito to retain the Open the United Gate Championship. On November 4, Fox received another shot at the Open the Freedom Gate Championship in a four-way elimination match with champion Johnny Gargano, Akira Tozawa and Ricochet. Fox was the first man eliminated from the match by Ricochet. On April 5, 2013, Fox defeated Jon Davis, Ricochet and Sami Callihan during a one-night single-elimination tournament to become the inaugural
Evolve Champion. The following night at Open the Ultimate Gate 2013, Fox and Cima lost the Open the United Gate Championship to
The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson). On May 30 at Evolve 20, Fox made his first successful defense of the Evolve Championship against Nick Jackson. Two days later at Evolve 22, Fox defeated Lince Dorado for his second successful title defense. On July 28 at Enter the Dragon 2013, Dragon Gate USA's fourth anniversary event, Fox was defeated by
Trent Barreta in a non-title match. Immediately afterwards, Fox agreed to defend the Evolve Championship against Barreta and defeated him to make his third successful title defense. Post-match, Fox was attacked by Mr. A and Su Yung, The following day at Evolve 24, Fox ended his rivalry with Ricochet by defeating him in an "Evolution's End" match. On November 16, Fox made his fifth successful defense of the Evolve Championship in a four-way match against
Fire Ant,
Mr. Touchdown and Shane Strickland. On January 10, 2014, Fox made another successful title defense against
Davey Richards. Fox's next two title defenses took place during Dragon Gate USA's February events. After successfully defending the title against Drew Gulak on February 22, Fox lost the title to
Chris Hero in his eighth title defense the following day. In November, Fox took part in Dragon Gate USA's parent company WWNLive's tour of China, during which he unsuccessfully challenged Ricochet for the Open the Freedom Gate Championship on November 14 and Rich Swann for the
FIP World Heavyweight Championship on November 16. On March 26, 2015, Fox received another shot at the Open the Freedom Gate Championship, but was again defeated by Johnny Gargano. On April 8, 2015, Fox announced his departure from WWNLive due to lack of communication with the office regarding future bookings.
Independent circuit (2010–present) On December 3, 2010, Fox made his debut for
Full Impact Pro (FIP), unsuccessfully challenging
Jon Moxley for the FIP World Heavyweight Championship. This was followed by Fox also unsuccessfully challenging
Craig Classic for the
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship on March 19, 2011. On October 28, Fox picked up his first win in FIP, when he defeated Jake Manning in the first round of the
2011 Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup. The following day, Fox defeated Flip Kendrick, Bobby Fish and finally Johnny Gargano to win the entire tournament. On March 22, Fox made his debut for Southern California-based
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) during the promotion's All Star Weekend 9, teaming with Samuray del Sol in a tag team match, where they were defeated by the Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet). The following day, Fox teamed with the Inner City Machine Guns in a six-man tag team match, where they were defeated by
Brian Cage,
Kevin Steen and
Michael Elgin. On March 29, Fox made his debut for the Mexican
AAA promotion, teaming with
Dr. Cerebro and
Eterno in a six-man tag team match, where they were defeated by
Crazy Boy,
Joe Líder and
Willie Mack. On June 8, Fox made his debut for
Chilean promotion Chile Lucha Libre (CLL), defeating Beto Velez, Bunny and Sito King in a four-way main event to become the inaugural CLL International All Star Champion. From October 3 to 6, Fox took part in
Westside Xtreme Wrestling's (wXw) 2013 World Triangle League, which also marked his debut for the German promotion. Fox finished his tournament with a record of one win and two losses, failing to advance from his block. On September 20, 2014, Fox made his debut for
Chikara, entering the Rey de Voladores tournament and losing to
The Great Sanada in a four-way match, which also included
Amasis and Orlando Christopher. On June 20, 2015, Fox made his debut for
Ring of Honor (ROH), working in a
dark match at a
Ring of Honor Wrestling taping. On July 10, Fox made his debut for
Global Force Wrestling (GFW), defeating Aaron Draven and
Chuck Taylor in a three-way match. At
WWNLive Mercury Rising, an event promoted by
WWNLive on April 5, 2019, he teamed up with
The Skulk stablemates Adrian Alanis and
Leon Ruff in a losing effort against
Damnation (
Daisuke Sasaki,
Soma Takao and
Tetsuya Endo).
Lucha Underground (2016–2018) In March 2016, Fox started working for
Lucha Underground as
Dante Fox, a storyline military friend of
Killshot, who had supposedly been killed in combat. Fox feuded with Killshot until June 25 and the season three concluding
Ultima Lucha Tres event, where he was defeated by Killshot in a "Hell of War" match.
All Elite Wrestling / Ring of Honor (2022–present) In October 2022, AR Fox began making appearances for
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) on their
AEW Dark and
AEW Dark: Elevation programs. He picked up his first victory against
Serpentico on the November 9 edition of
Dark: Elevation. Fox made his
AEW Dynamite debut on November 16, 2022, forming a trio with Top Flight (
Dante Martin and
Darius Martin) in a losing effort to
Death Triangle. On November 30, it was reported AR Fox officially signed with AEW. Fox also makes sporadic appearances in AEW's sister promotion
Ring of Honor (ROH), usually teaming with Top Flight in trios matches against various opponents. Following a loss to
Orange Cassidy in a match for the
AEW International Championship on the July 26, 2023 episode of
Dynamite, AR Fox joined the
Mogul Embassy after helping
Swerve Strickland defeat
Darby Allin, turning heel in the process. On the August 23 episode of
Dynamite, Strickland kicked Fox out of Mogul Embassy after the duo were defeated by Allin and
Nick Wayne in a tag team match, turning face once again in the process. On the November 4 episode of
AEW Collision, Fox was defeated by Strickland. Fox would spend the majority of 2023 and 2024 wrestling on
Collision,
AEW Rampage, and
ROH HonorClub. ==Personal life==