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Aaron Steven Haddad (August 3, 1982) is an American professional wrestler signed with WWE where he currently performs on their Smackdown brand. He is a former WWE United States Champion.
Haddad started wrestling in 2001, and began appearing for WWE in 2002 as Aaron Stevens on Heat. From 2003 to 2006, Haddad wrestled in WWE's developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). In 2007, Haddad was released from WWE, first embarking on a return to OVW, no longer WWE's official developmental territory, in 2008 and then from 2009 to 2010, wrestling in Puerto Rico for World Wrestling Council (WWC).
Professional wrestling career[]
World Wrestling Entertainment (2001–2007)[]
Ohio Valley Wrestling[]
Stevens signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) after receiving numerous try-out matches on Heat against opponents such as Stevie Richards, Team Angle, Johnny Nitro and Maven. He also worked an angle where he had his fingers "broken" by Raven on Heat.
He later was reassigned to WWE's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), dubbed Aaron "The Idol" Stevens. At a house show in 2004, Stevens and Nova beat Chris Cage and Tank Toland to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship. He was released after losing the titles shortly after.
Independent circuit; World Wrestling Council (2008–2010)[]
Idol returned to OVW once again on November 12, 2008 surprising and defeating OVW Heavyweight Champion, Anthony Bravado, in a non-title bout. This win guaranteed him a title shot. On November 26, he won the Championship, becoming a two-time champion. He lost the title to Vaughn Lilas at the January 14, 2009 television taping.
Idol returned to Puerto Rico, but in a different promotion, the World Wrestling Council, where he was the "protegido" of Jose Chaparro and a member of the "American Family". He debuted on February 28, 2009, defeating Angel. He defeated BJ for the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship, before losing it to Shane Sewell. On August 15, 2009, Stevens and Shawn Spears defeated Thunder and Lightning to become the new WWC World Tag Team Champions. Later Stevens feuded with Shawn Spears which ended at Euphoria 2010. Stevens won the WWC Tag Team Champion with King Tonga Jr. by defeating Thunder and Lightning. On October 31 Stevens and Spears lost the Tag Team Championship back to Thunder and Lightning. On February 20, 2010, Chicano named Stevens his new Tag Team Championship partner to replace Bryan. On March 13 Thunder and Lightning defeated Stevens and Chicano to win the titles. After Stevens regained the titles with King Tonga Jr., the duo lost them to Los Aerios (Carlitos and Hiram Tua) on April 24, 2010. Stevens regained the Tag Team Championship from Los Aerios on June 11, 2010, this time teaming with Abbad and lost it to Thunder and Lightning in a three-way match, also involving BJ and Chicano, on July 11, 2010.
Return to WWE (2020)[]
SmackDown (2020 - Current)[]
Now known as Damien Sandow, a man with a God complex, he returned to the WWE, being put on the SmackDown brand. He would make his on screen debut September 11th Edition of Smackdown, promising the WWE Universe for a new hero to look up too. On the September 18th Edition, Sandow would make his in-ring debut, defeating Pastor William Eaver, Bray Wyatt, and Joey Janela on Superstars. He would suffer his first loss the next week, losing to one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions, Jon Moxley, on the September 25th Edition of Smackdown, suffering a broken nose due to a headbutt from Moxley during the match.