Early career (2004–2008) After beginning his training at the age of 16, Early title matches included a DAM Promotions event where Aldis 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 TNA was a win against
Marty Scurll. During his time in
England he wrestled primarily at
All Star Wrestling and World Association of Wrestling.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2008–2015) Early feuds (2008–2009) In November 2008, Aldis signed with
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). On 11 December 2008 episode of
Impact!, TNA started airing vignettes of Aldis' debut under the name Brutus Magnus, a modern-day gladiator. Aldis competed under his Brutus Magnus name and
gimmick at the TNA
Maximum Impact! Tour in
Glasgow, Scotland on 22 January 2009, where he defeated
Matt Morgan. Two days later on the last night of the tour, Magnus defeated
Sheik Abdul Bashir in
London at the
Wembley Arena. On 29 January episode of
Impact!, another vignette of Magnus was played and it stated that Magnus' debut would occur next week. He debuted on 5 February episode of
Impact! as a
villainous character, defeating
Shark Boy with his finishing move, the
Tormentum. After the match, he issued an open challenge to anyone on the
TNA roster.
Chris Sabin answered the open challenge at
Against All Odds, which Magnus also won. This continued with another victory against
Eric Young at
Destination X.
The British Invasion (2009–2011) as
TNA World Tag Team Champions On 30 April 2009 episode of
Impact!, Magnus dropped the gladiator character and formed a villainous group called
The British Invasion with fellow British wrestlers
Doug Williams and
Rob Terry. In their debut match as a team, Williams and Magnus defeated
Homicide in a two-on-one handicap match after assaulting his tag team partner
Hernandez backstage prior to the match, and stealing his Feast or Fired briefcase. The Invasion has since formed an alliance called World Elite with Eric Young, Sheik Abdul Bashir and
Kiyoshi and engaged in a feud with
Team 3D over the
IWGP Tag Team Championship. On 30 July episode of
Impact!, Magnus and Williams won the IWGP Tag Team Championship by defeating Team 3D in a
Tables match. However,
New Japan Pro-Wrestling later stated that as the title change did not occur with the sanction of the promotion, they still recognised Team 3D as the official champions. On 10 August 2009, NJPW formally recognised the title switch. At
Bound for Glory, the British Invasion lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship back to Team 3D, but managed to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship in a
four way Full Metal Mayhem Tag Team match against
Booker T and
Scott Steiner, Team 3D and
Beer Money, Inc. (
James Storm and
Robert Roode). The following month at
Turning Point Magnus and Williams successfully defended the title in a three-way match against Beer Money and
The Motor City Machine Guns (
Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin). At
Final Resolution they were once again able to retain their title in a match against Shelley and Sabin. At
Genesis the British Invasion lost the TNA World Tag Team Titles to Matt Morgan and Hernandez. Afterwards, Magnus and Williams began abusing Terry and blaming him for their losses. On 18 February 2010 episode of
Impact!, Terry finally grew tired of this and attacked Magnus, thus ending his alliance with the British Invasion and completing his
fan favourite turn. At
Destination X 2010, Magnus announced that from now on he would be known only by the name Magnus. He then went on to lose to his former mate and wrestling partner Rob Terry in a match for the Global Championship. and his valet
Chelsea in July 2010 After not being seen for over three months, Magnus returned on 14 June at the tapings of
Xplosion, defeating
Suicide and afterward challenging Rob Terry to a rematch for the Global Championship. The rematch took place at 29 June tapings of
Xplosion, with Terry retaining his Global Championship. On 3 July 2010,
Dixie Carter announced that Aldis had signed a new long-term contract with TNA. On the edition of 14 July 2010 of
TNA Today, Aldis debuted a new charming but promiscuous gimmick. He then went on to form a tag team with
Desmond Wolfe, with the two of them defeating
Amazing Red and Suicide in their first match together at 13 July tapings of
Xplosion. At the 26 and 27 July tapings of
Xplosion Magnus and Wolfe defeated the teams of Hernandez and Rob Terry and
Ink Inc. (
Jesse Neal and
Shannon Moore) in a four tag team tournament to earn the right to challenge for the TNA World Tag Team Championship. On 26 August episode of
Impact! the tag team of Magnus and Wolfe was named London Brawling. They were scheduled to receive their shot at The Motor City Machine Guns and the TNA World Tag Team Championship at
No Surrender, but were at the last minute pulled from the event, with TNA citing a "personal issue" as the reason. It was later reported that Wolfe had been sidelined due to an undisclosed medical situation. Magnus returned to working
live events on 30 September. On 16 December, Magnus made his first appearance on
Impact! in three months, when he met his former tag team partner Douglas Williams and informed him that Wolfe was close to a comeback. On 30 December episode of
Impact! Magnus offered to team up with Williams in a tag team match, where they were defeated by
Fortune members
A.J. Styles and Rob Terry. Magnus reappeared as a heel on 24 February 2011 episode of
Impact!, in a match, where he was defeated by
Crimson. On 31 March episode of
Impact!, Magnus and Douglas Williams officially reformed the British Invasion once again as a heel group by attacking the team of Eric Young and
Orlando Jordan. In their first match back together, Magnus and Williams were defeated by Ink Inc. on 12 April, on
Xplosion. On 17 April at
Lockdown, Magnus and Williams were defeated again by Ink Inc. in a four tag team number one contenders'
steel cage match. Despite not having won a match since their reformation, the British Invasion received a TNA World Tag Team Championship match at
Slammiversary IX, which they lost to James Storm and Alex Shelley. On 30 June, Magnus and Williams turned face by responding to
Mexican America's bad remarks by praising the United States. They were then attacked until Rob Terry returned to save them, effectively adding him back to the group. On 14 July episode of
Impact Wrestling, Mexican America's
Anarquia and Hernandez defeated Magnus and Williams in a TNA World Tag Team Championship number one contender's match, following outside interference from their stablemate
Rosita. At 9 August tapings of
Xplosion, Magnus defeated Alex Shelley in the finals of a sixteen-man
Xplosion Championship Challenge tournament to earn the right to challenge for the title of his choosing.
Teaming and feuding with Samoa Joe (2011–2012) in March 2012 In December 2011, Magnus began teaming up with
Samoa Joe to take part in the
Wild Card Tournament. On 5 January 2012 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Magnus and Samoa Joe defeated A.J. Styles and
Kazarian to win the four-week-long Wild Card Tournament and become the number one contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Three days later at
Genesis, Magnus and Joe failed to capture the TNA World Tag Team Championship from Crimson and Matt Morgan. Despite the loss, Magnus and Joe remained together as a tag team, attacking Crimson and Morgan on the next two episodes of
Impact Wrestling. On 2 February, Magnus and Joe defeated Crimson and Morgan in a non-title match to earn another shot at the TNA World Tag Team Championship, and at
Against All Odds, Magnus and Joe defeated Crimson and Morgan to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Magnus and Joe then defeated Crimson and Morgan in two rematches in February and March and Mexican America (Anarquia and Hernandez) in March to retain the championship. On 15 April at
Lockdown, Magnus and Joe defeated The Motor City Machine Guns in a steel cage match to retain the TNA World Tag Team Championship. During the first "Open Fight Night" on 26 April, Magnus and Joe successfully defended the TNA World Tag Team Championship against the team of
Jeff Hardy and
Mr. Anderson, after which they were attacked by
Christopher Daniels and Kazarian, who had asked for a title shot earlier in the event. On 13 May at
Sacrifice, Magnus and Joe lost the TNA World Tag Team Championship to Daniels and Kazarian. On 14 June episode of
Impact Wrestling, Magnus entered the
2012 Bound for Glory Series, taking part in the opening
gauntlet match, from which he was eliminated by Samoa Joe. Magnus' participation in the tournament ended on 16 August episode of
Impact Wrestling, when he was defeated by Joe in a singles match, leaving him outside a spot in the semifinals. Afterwards, Magnus would attack Joe after the latter offered a sign of respect, turning heel in the process. On 14 October at
Bound for Glory, Magnus unsuccessfully challenged Joe for his
TNA Television Championship.
The New Main Event Mafia (2012–2013) On 1 November episode of
Impact Wrestling, Magnus challenged Joe to a rematch as part of the Open Fight Night, however, he lost the match via disqualification, after hitting Joe with a wrench. The rivalry culminated in a No Disqualification match on 11 November at
Turning Point, where Magnus was again unsuccessful in winning the title. On the following episode of
Impact Wrestling, Magnus was sidelined with a storyline injury after he was ambushed by the
Aces & Eights and hit in both his knees with a
ball-peen hammer. Magnus returned as a fan favourite on 31 January 2013 episode of
Impact Wrestling in
Manchester, England, interrupting and attacking
Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian) who were insulting the country. Afterwards, Magnus wrestled his return match, defeating TNA Television Champion
Devon in a non-title match via disqualification after interference from the Aces & Eights. At
Lockdown in March, Team TNA, consisting of Magnus, Eric Young, James Storm, Samoa Joe, and
Sting defeated Aces & Eights, consisting of Devon,
DOC,
Garett Bischoff,
Knux, and Mr. Anderson in a
Lethal Lockdown match. On 21 March episode of
Impact Wrestling, Magnus was defeated by Jeff Hardy in a four-way number one contenders match for the
World Heavyweight Championship, which also included
Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe. On 18 April episode of
Impact Wrestling, Magnus was scheduled to face Devon for his Television Championship, however, was attacked by DOC and Knux before the match could start. Magnus returned on 9 May episode of
Impact Wrestling, defeating DOC after an inadvertent distraction from
D'Lo Brown. Later that night, Magnus was again attacked by the Aces & Eights. At
Slammiversary XI, Magnus teamed with Jeff Hardy and Samoa Joe in a winning effort against Aces & Eights (Garett Bischoff, Mr. Anderson, and
Wes Brisco). On 13 June episode of
Impact Wrestling, Magnus defeated
Kenny King, Matt Morgan, and Rob Terry in a four-way match to qualify for the
2013 Bound for Glory Series. The following week, Magnus defeated Kazarian in his first Bound for Glory Series match via submission to earn ten points and take an early lead in the tournament. On 4 July episode of
Impact Wrestling, Magnus was named the fourth member of the newly reformed
Main Event Mafia along with Kurt Angle, Sting, and former tag team partner and rival Samoa Joe. On 12 September episode of
Impact Wrestling, Magnus defeated Roode in a Bound For Glory Series Final Four match to advance before ultimately losing to
A.J. Styles in the finals. After the Bound for Glory Series, Magnus began a feud with
Bad Influence, who assaulted him during the finals, and first challenged them to a six-man tag team match against himself, Sting and Samoa Joe, prior to the match Bad Influence incapacitated Magnus and injured his knee, but Sting and Joe emerged victorious. In the aftermath, Magnus announced he was going to take on all three members of Bad Influence himself in a gauntlet match. During the gauntlet, Magnus defeated Kazarian and Christopher Daniels, but was defeated by Bobby Roode, who took advantage of his injured knee and made him submit. After the match Magnus began venting his frustrations around the ring before Sting came out to calm him down, which culminated in Sting offering Magnus a match against him at
Bound for Glory, which Magnus accepted. Magnus defeated Sting at Bound for Glory after Sting tapped out to the King's Lynn Cloverleaf.
TNA World Heavyweight Champion (2013–2014) On 21 November 2013 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Magnus was entered into a tournament to crown a new TNA World Heavyweight Champion after the title was vacated. He defeated Samoa Joe in a
Falls Count Anywhere match at
Turning Point and Kurt Angle on
Impact Wrestling to advance to the finals. He defeated
Jeff Hardy in a
Dixieland match to become the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion on 3 December; the match aired on 19 December, on
Impact Wrestling: Final Resolution. In the process, he turned heel by joining Team Dixie and allying himself with Dixie Carter,
Ethan Carter III, and
Rockstar Spud. attacked
Gunner Styles returned on the edition of 2 January 2014 of
Impact Wrestling still claiming to be the legitimate champion as he was never defeated for the title. He then lost to Magnus due to TNA President Dixie Carter directing a heavy amount of interference against Styles, making Magnus undisputed champion.
Samoa Joe then stepped up to challenge Magnus, labelling him a "paper champion". On 9 January 2014 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Magnus defeated
A.J. Styles in a no disqualification title unification match after Styles had returned to TNA with his own TNA World Heavyweight Championship; Styles left TNA after the match. The next week, Magnus defeated
Sting in a no disqualification title match to end Sting's TNA career. On 30 January episode of
Impact Wrestling,
Samoa Joe and
Kurt Angle defeated Magnus and
Ethan Carter III in a stipulated tag match. In the match, Joe forced Magnus to tap out and as a result of the stipulation put in place, he would receive a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On 2 March, Magnus successfully defended the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in
Tokyo, Japan, defeating
Kai at
Wrestle-1's
Kaisen: Outbreak event. At
Lockdown, Magnus successfully defended his TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Samoa Joe. On 3 April, Magnus successfully defended his TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Samoa Joe, Eric Young and Abyss. On 8 April, Director of Wrestling Operations MVP announced a 10-man gauntlet match that took place on 10 April episode of
Impact Wrestling where the winner would receive a future TNA World Heavyweight Championship that same night. The match would later be won by Eric Young who requested to have his shot at the same night, in which Magnus lost the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Young. At
Sacrifice, Magnus received a rematch for the title, but was again defeated by Young.
Later feuds (2014–2015) Shortly after his loss to
Eric Young, Magnus began a losing streak, after losing out on a number one contender's spot for the championship Magnus was met in a backstage segment by his childhood friend and fellow Brit
Bram, who began to chastise him, claiming he had gone soft. Over the next several weeks, Magnus began showing signs of a face turn when Bram would throw weapons into the ring and encourage him to let out a more intense side but Magnus would refuse. More signs began to show from Magnus when he first attacked Bram in a backstage segment, and then when Magnus saved
Tigre Uno from an assault from Bram the following week. On the edition of 5 June of Impact Wrestling, it looked as though Magnus would finalise his face turn and save
Willow from Bram, but would in fact remain heel and attack Willow himself with a steel pry bar. Since developing a more violent persona, Magnus and Bram began a rivalry with
Willow and the returning
Abyss. Magnus defeated Willow on 15 June 2014, at
Slammiversary XII. On 26 June 2014, episode of
Impact Wrestling Magnus and Bram defeated Willow and Abyss in a tag team
Monster's Ball match. On 20 August 2014, at
Hardcore Justice, Magnus was a participant in a six-sides of steel match to determine a number 1 contender for the
TNA World Heavyweight Championship, the match was ultimately won by Eric Young and Bobby Roode. On 23 January 2015, episode of
Impact Wrestling, Magnus competed in the
Feast or Fired match grabbing the final case which contained a
TNA World Tag Team Championship title opportunity, in which
Bram claimed to have been the one to obtain it for himself but the chance was stolen from Magnus. On 30 January episode of
Impact Wrestling, Magnus tried to reconcile with Bram in a bar, but after leaving the bar he was then viciously attacked by Bram, which would turn Magnus face once again. The following week
Mickie James, (Magnus's real-life fiancé) returned to TNA to confront Bram who threatened Mickie in return. The week after, Magnus returned and attacked Bram in retaliation for threatening Mickie. This would lead to a match between the two which Magnus won by disqualification after Magnus was strapped to the ropes, after which Mickie ran down to the ring and was grabbed by Bram who forced Magnus to kiss his boot, to which he obliged. Magnus would get redemption and attack Bram backstage. This would lead to a No Disqualification match between the two which Magnus won to end the feud. Magnus would enter into a storyline with
James Storm who intervened in his final match with
Bram by saving
Mickie James from being attacked. On 24 April episode of
Impact Wrestling, Magnus and
Mickie James both came down to the ring to announce Mickie's retirement from professional wrestling to focus on raising their son but were interrupted by Storm who managed to convince her not to. Magnus was later approached backstage by
Davey Richards (who had previously feuded with Storm) who warned Magnus not to trust Storm, after which Magnus asked a member of the camera crew to follow Mickie around to keep an eye on her. After consulting the footage the crew gathered, Magnus confronted Storm and warned him to stay out of his and Mickie's business. The following week the two would have another confrontation where Storm would push Magnus too far and provoked him to attack Storm with a guitar officially igniting their feud. The following week on
Impact Wrestling, Magnus called out Storm for a fight to instead be met by former rival and Storm's Revolution teammate Abyss and eventually the rest of The Revolution members
Manik and
Khoya. At
Slammiversary XIII, Magnus faced
James Storm in a losing effort. On 29 July episode of
Impact Wrestling, Magnus and Mickie James defeated James Storm and Serena in a mixed tag match. On 29 June 2015, TNA announced that Magnus was released from the TNA, after nearly 8 years with the company.
Pro Wrestling Noah (2012) On 22 July 2012, Magnus made his debut for the Japanese
Pro Wrestling Noah promotion, when he and Samoa Joe defeated
Akitoshi Saito and
Jun Akiyama to win the
GHC Tag Team Championship. On 8 October, Magnus and Joe lost the title to
KENTA and
Maybach Taniguchi in their first defence.
Global Force Wrestling (2015–2017) On 29 June 2015, it was announced that Aldis had signed with
Global Force Wrestling, and will compete under his real name. On 9 July, Aldis made his in-ring debut defeating
Tommaso Ciampa as part of the inaugural GFW Grand Slam Tour. On 10 July 2015, Aldis faced
Kongo Kong as part of the GFW Grand Slam Tour in
Erie, Pennsylvania making this their first of three matches during the tour which saw him winning on all three occasions. On 24 July 2015, Aldis entered into a tournament to crown the inaugural
GFW Global Champion, defeating
Kongo Kong in the quarterfinals of the tournament. On 5 September, Aldis defeated
Chris Mordetzky in the semifinals to advance to the finals of the tournament. On 23 October 2015, at the
GFW Amped taping, Aldis defeated
Bobby Roode in the finals of the tournament to become the first ever GFW Global Champion. On 28 October, Aldis and
Doug Williams reunited as
The British Invasion as part of
Global Force Wrestling's GFW UK Invasion tour, defeating
Marty Scurll and
Rampage Brown. Aldis lost the title on 22 April 2017 to
Alberto El Patrón.
Return to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2017) Following
Jeff Jarrett's hiring as TNA's executive consultant in January 2017 and promotion to executive producer and chief creative officer status a month later by its new owners
Anthem Sports & Entertainment, GFW talent and championships started being featured on TNA (renamed Impact Wrestling in March) television. Aldis returned on 6 April episode of
Impact! under the Magnus ring name as a fan favourite, helping to save
Matt Morgan from a 4-on-1 attack by Team
Josh Mathews (
Bram,
Eli Drake,
Lashley, and
Tyrus), beating down Bram and, in the process, being revealed as Team
Jeremy Borash's 4th member, joining
Chris Adonis, Morgan and
Alberto El Patrón, that would battle the aforementioned foursome. The two sides squared off on the following episode of
Impact!, with Magnus getting the pinfall victory on Bram. Over the next two TV airings, Magnus exhibited villain-type arrogance during backstage segments, by verbally putting himself over, berating other wrestlers, especially El Patrón, and proclaiming himself number one contender for the
Impact World Championship. On 4 May episode of
Impact!, Magnus successfully defended the GFW Global Championship against
Matt Morgan following a low-blow and
Michinoku Driver. On 11 May episode of
Impact!, Magnus lost the GFW Global Championship to El Patrón via submission to the
cross armbreaker. This match took place on 25 May episode of
Impact!, where Magnus lost to Carter. The
Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported on 20 July that Aldis rejected a contract offer from Anthem, who had purchased and merged Jarrett's promotion with Impact Wrestling (renaming the company GFW) on 20 April and that he only worked April's
Impact! tapings on a
handshake deal to protect the lineage of the GFW Global Championship by transitioning it to El Patrón. On 26 July edition of sports writer Chris Featherstone's Pancakes and Powerslams
podcast, Aldis cited the lack of financial compensation and creative challenge GFW would offer him as his reasons for not signing. He added that "it's not a contract that anyone with any value, any sense of self-value or self-worth would sign...There's no point in signing a contract to make you exclusive to one place if you're not getting anything in return". He said he was willing to continue working for the company as an independent contractor on handshake agreements, but he was rebuffed.
National Wrestling Alliance (2017–2022) in April 2018 On 23 September 2017, Aldis made his debut for
Championship Wrestling from Hollywood, defeating Will Roode. Immediately following the match Aldis set forth a challenge to
Tim Storm for the
NWA World's Heavyweight Championship. That match took place on 12 November and saw Storm retain the title; this was the first title match under the new NWA regime headed by
Billy Corgan. On 9 December, Aldis defeated Storm in a rematch at
Cage of Death 19 to become the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion, making him the second British-born champion after
Gary Steele. The same evening, retired NWA star
Austin Idol made a surprise return to professional wrestling as Aldis' corner and spokesman. Now working as a solidly "tweener" character, Aldis' primary angle was that of a traveling champion who actively accepts all challengers in a bid to raise the profile of the title and bring back some of its lost prestige. His first major story as champion was known as "The Aldis Crusade," a self-imposed mission to undertake twenty title defences over the course of sixty days across three continents in the spring of 2018, concluding with a title defence against
Colt Cabana in
Wenzhou,
China. That summer, Billy Corgan made an announcement at the
All In press conference, naming
Cody Rhodes as the new challenger for the title at the 1 September event. To promote the match, Aldis wrestled two matches in Ring of Honor: on 24 May 2018 he and
Mark Haskins were defeated by
The Young Bucks, and at
Honor For All, Aldis would successfully retained the NWA World Championship against
Flip Gordon. On 1 September 2018, Aldis lost the title to Cody at
All In. On 21 October 2018, at the
NWA 70th Anniversary Show, Nick Aldis beat Cody to regain the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship. On 24 November, Aldis successfully defended the title against
Jake Hager at WrestleCade: SuperShow. Other challengers have included Cowboy James Storm,
Jimmy Havoc, Leland Race (son of Harley), and
Marty Scurll. Aldis retained the title throughout 2019, leading into the October debut of the weekly
Powerrr studio streaming show, which he headlined as champion and on the first episode of which retained the title against Tim Storm. At
Into The Fire, Aldis successfully defended the title against
James Storm in a 2-out-of-3 Falls match. On the next episode of
Powerrr on 17 December, Aldis turned full heel when he aligned with The Wild Cards (
Thomas Latimer and
Royce Isaacs) and led an attack on Tim Storm.
Kamille looked to have come to Storm's aid but would instead join the beatdown and aligned with the three men. As Aldis was publicly critical about the direction of the company, he was later suspended by NWA. Aldis pointed the new direction of the promotion as the reason to leave NWA.
Second return to Impact Wrestling (2022–2023) While still employed by the NWA, Aldis returned to Impact Wrestling on 1 April 2022 for the
Multiverse of Matches event, teaming with Mickie James to compete against Matt Cardona and Chelsea Green. He also appeared at
Slammiversary 2022 on 19 June 2022. After leaving the NWA, Aldis would return to Impact Wrestling at
Rebellion. After winning at
Against All Odds in an
8–
4–1
match to become the number one contender for the Impact World Championship, he faced champion
Alex Shelley at
Slammiversary, but was defeated. On 16 July, it was reported that Aldis was officially done with Impact Wrestling. He competed in his final match with the company on the 27 August tapings of
Impact in a losing effort against
Eric Young.
WWE (2023–present) In August 2023, Aldis began working with
WWE as a
backstage producer. Two months later on the 13 October episode of
SmackDown, WWE's
chief content officer and head of creative
Paul "Triple H" Levesque introduced Aldis as the new on-screen general manager of the
SmackDown brand. On the 28 April 2025 episode of
Raw, Aldis filled in for
Adam Pearce as the on-screen general manager for the
Raw brand due to Pearce being forced to miss the show because of "doctor's orders". == Personal life ==