Dalton Castle (wrestler)

Dalton Castle
Castle in 2015
Birth name Brett Giehl
Born (1986-03-04) March 4, 1986
Rochester, New York, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Ashley Remington[1]
Brett Giehl[2]
Dalton Caroline Castle[3]
Dalton Castle[4]
Billed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) (in ROH)[5]
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) (in Chikara)[1]
Billed weight 211 lb (96 kg) (in Chikara)[1]
219 lb (99 kg) (in ROH)[5]
Billed from The Open Waters (in Chikara)[1]
Catalina Island (in ROH)[5]
Debut 2008[4]

Brett Giehl[6][7] (born March 4, 1986),[8][9] better known by his ring name Dalton Castle, is an American emcee and professional wrestler, currently signed to Ring of Honor (ROH).[4] In ROH, he is a former World Champion and World Six-Man Tag Team Champion. Giehl is also known for his tenure in Chikara, where he wrestled under the names Ashley Remington[1] and Dalton Caroline Castle.[3]

Early life

As a child, Giehl loved professional wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage,[10] with other favorites including Curt Hennig, Davey Boy Smith, and Frank Gotch.[11]

Giehl wrestled for more than 10 years from middle school to college,[10] representing the Greece Athena High School Trojans in 2003,[12] and winning a varsity wrestling tournament in the 171 pound weight class in 2004.[13] He was an amateur and NCAA wrestler, winning a New York championship in Greco-Roman wrestling and competing three times on the NCAA All-State Team. He was also a member of Team USA, traveling internationally for the World Championships.[4] In 2010, he attained a second championship at the Beach National, winning 1st place in the 215 lb division representing Livonia WC.[14]

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2009–2015)

During 2009 in Next Era Wrestling (held in The Auditorium Center in Rochester, New York) after defeating Brett Mednik (April 18)[15] and Brandon Thurston (June 20)[16] he unsuccessfully challenged Josh Jordan (the Northeastern Champion) on July 18, but they would later team together. On August 2, 2009, he defeated Marc Krieger at an Empire State Wrestling (ESW) event, preceding an August 15 loss to Bobby Fish. Castle spent one year with ESW until he left the promotion. In May and June 2010, he had two title matches against Krieger for the Northeastern Championship, losing the first and winning the second by disqualification.[17]

In 2011, Castle returned to ESW, where he and his partner Will Calrissian won the ESW Tag Team Championship by defeating The Rochester Wrecking Crew (Hellcat and Rob Sweet) at ESW WrestleBash. They held it 238 days until June 1, 2013 when it was dropped to The Flatliners (Asylum and Matt Burns) at ESW Aftershock. The team broke up afterward.

In November 2011[18] Castle worked with International Wrestling Cartel (IWC), where he won the IWC Heavyweight Championship on December 14, 2013. He lost the title on January 24, 2015 to RJ City in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. Dalton is the second longest reigning IWC World Heavyweight Champion, having held the title 406 days.[19] On May 9, 2015, Castle faced Tommy Dreamer for the title in a four-way elimination match that also included RJ City and Justin LaBar, but was defeated.[20]

Chikara (2013–2015)

At Wrestling Is Intense's final event on September 15, 2013, Darkness Crabtree's match with Jervis Cottonbelly went to a no contest after the reformed GEKIDO attacked and tore down the show, with Gekido ultimately "killing off" Crabtree.[21] In a series of videos titled "Rough Waters" posted to Chikara's YouTube channel, it was revealed that Crabtree left a will granting a great deal of money to his kayfabe nephew Dalton "Caroline" Castle,[3][22] causing Castle to alter his image to that of a wealthy yachtsman and adopt the new name of Ashley Remington.

Remington's debut match in Chikara was on May 25, 2014, at You Only Live Twice, where he defeated Chuck Taylor.[23] He would become quite popular with Chikara fans over the duration of that season, and would end the year with a successful victory over Juan Francisco de Coronado, in a German suplex match.

In 2015, Remington joined The Battle Hive with Amasis, Fire Ant, and Worker Ant. He also gained his third point for title contention in 2015, and at the Anniversario event in May, he challenged Grand Champion Hallowicked in a losing effort.

Ring of Honor (2013–present)

Dalton Castle debuted in Ring of Honor in May 2013, at Dragon's Reign.[4] Joined by "the boys" (dubbed "Boy 1" and "Boy 2")[24] in January 2015 Castle entered the ROH Top Prospect Tournament,[25] losing to Ashley Sixx in the first round. Donovan Dijak, the tournament's eventual winner, opted to give up his shot at the ROH World Television Championship against Jay Lethal to instead join The House of Truth, prompting Castle to challenge Lethal for the title in March. Lethal accepted and defeated Castle with help from Dijak and J. Diesel.[26]

At Global Wars '15 in mid-May, Castle defeated Donovan Dijak on the first day, then on the second lost to Jyushin Thunder Liger in a match which he later described as his favorite.[27] Regaining momentum with victories over Romantic Touch[28] and Takaaki Watanabe[29] in June, he beat Silas Young at Best in the World 2015. After a loss in July to Adam Cole at Death Before Dishonor XIII, the feud with Silas Young resumed, with Young wanting to take Dalton's boys and make them "real men".

Castle agreed to a match at All Star Extravaganza VII with the stipulations that if he lost, Young would get the boys, while if Young lost, he would become one of Castle's boys. Castle subsequently lost the match, with Silas Young getting the boys. Castle faced Young in another losing effort at Final Battle, but despite the boys seemingly siding with Young in the weeks prior to the event,[30] they rejoined Castle following the match.[31] Their rivalry concluded on April 8 in a Fight Without Honor match, the first-ever on the TV program, all previous ones had only occurred on pay-per-view. Castle won with help from his boys who attacked Young. After winning at Global Wars a four-corner survival match to determine the No. 1 contender for ROH World Television Championship, he faced Bobby Fish at Best in the World '16, but failed to win the title.

On September 30, 2016 at All Star Extravaganza VIII Dalton Castle and Colt Cabana defeated All Night Express, War Machine, Shane Taylor and Keith Lee in a four corner survival tag team match won to become the number 1 contender for the ROH World Tag Team Championship. On ROH television on November 19, 2016, Colt Cabana attacked Dalton Castle and the boys and turned heel by splitting up the tag team. At Final Battle Castle defeated Colt Cabana. On April 1 at Supercard of Honor XI Castle was defeated by Christopher Daniels in a match for the ROH World Championship. Castle won his first title in ROH on June 23, 2017, when he and The Boys defeated Bully Ray and The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship at Best in the World.[32] They lost the title to Bullet Club's Adam Page and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) on August 20, in Edinburgh, Scotland.[33]

On December 15 at Final Battle, Castle defeated Cody to win the ROH World Championship for the first time. During his reign, Castle defended the title seven times, including a victory over Jay Lethal at ROH's 16th Anniversary show,[34], Marty Scurll at Supercard of Honor XII,[35] and Cody and Marty Scurll in a three-way match at Best in the World.[36] However, during his reigns he suffered several injuries, cancelling several matches and having a low quality matches.[37][38][39] Castle dropped the title against Jay Lethal on June 30, 2018.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2015)

In 2015, Castle competed two nights for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) on their television show Impact Wrestling. On February 15 (aired May 6) at X-Travaganza 3, he was defeated in an Ultimate X qualifying match by Rockstar Spud. On February 16 at TNA Gut Check, he defeated DJ Z to qualify for a five-way elimination match later that night, losing in the second match to Tevita Fifita.

Professional wrestling style and persona

Dalton Castle making his ring entrance, flanked by his "boys"

Castle's gimmick is that of a flamboyant showman with an androgynous personality, drawing comparisons to Gorgeous George,[10][40] Adrian Street, Ric Flair, and Goldust.[10][41] However, unlike those predecessors who have tended to portray villains, Castle typically plays a fan favorite. Castle has also mentioned glam rock stars David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, The Darkness, and Foxy Shazam as inspirations.[10] Castle is frequently accompanied to the ring by two shirtless, mask-wearing men, referred to as his "boys", who act as human furniture and fan Castle during his matches.[4]

Personal life

Giehl is married to a woman named Heather.[42] He holds a degree in communications and theatre.[10]

In 2011, Giehl was an emcee for WZNE in Rochester, New York under the name The Giehl.[43] During his tenure at the station, he interviewed fellow professional wrestler Kurt Angle.[44] Giehl went on to work for WQBK-FM from 2011 until 2014, hosting a five-hour afternoon slot on the radio under the Dalton Castle moniker.[8] Beginning January 2012, the company's YouTube channel hosted a series called The Sisterhood of the Traveling Tights where Castle interviewed professional wrestlers.[45] His guests included Luke Harper,[46] Velvet Sky,[47] CM Punk,[48] Matt Hardy,[49] and Dean Ambrose.[50]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Stars of CHIKARA / Ashley Remington". Retrieved November 27, 2015. 6' 0" - 211 lbs - 7 Years Experience
    Hails From: The Open Waters
  2. ↑ "Dalton Castle - Glam Rock, Not Being Sexual, ROH, etc - Sam Roberts". Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast.
  3. 1 2 3 1:20 into "Rough Waters - Part 2" from CHIKARAoffice 9 May 2014 on YouTube
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "ROH Dalton Castle". ROHwrestling.com.
  5. 1 2 3 "ROH 6-10-15". June 10, 2015. Archived from the original on November 28, 2015. Tale of the Tape: Height: 5'11" Weight: 219 Hometown: Catalina Island
  6. ↑ "94.1 The Zone's Stand Up Show". January 2014. Brett Giehl AKA Dalton Castle
  7. ↑ "Giehl is a Renaissance Man". August 18, 2011.
    "Dalton Castle's reaction to the New Foot Loose Movie". October 18, 2011.
  8. 1 2 America, Dan (March 4, 2015). "Party Like A Peacock Today!".
  9. ↑ "Cagematch".
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fishman, Scott (October 13, 2015). "Dalton Castle on what makes him one of the most unique performers in Ring of Honor".
  11. ↑ "Who are your favorite wrestlers and why are you so awesome?". Davey Boy, Macho Man, Curt Hennig, Frank Gotch and Louden Swain
  12. ↑ "2003-04 Greece Athena Trojans".
  13. ↑ "2004 Monroe County Tournament". January 31, 2004.
  14. ↑ Abbot, Gary (July 10, 2010). "Two-time World medalist Funicello among champions at U.S. Beach Nationals in Rochester, N.Y." TheMat.com. The only Senior athlete who was a Beach National champion to repeat this year was Brett Giehl of the Livonia WC, the champion at 215 pounds. Giehl had a pin and a 2-0 decision to dominate his division.
  15. ↑ "Update New York Indy Wrestling 2009 results".
  16. ↑ Dalton Castle vs. Brandon Thurston (6/20/2009) on YouTube
  17. ↑ "Update New York Indy Wrestling 2010 results". Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  18. ↑ "2011 DVDs". IWCwrestling.com.
  19. ↑ "IWCwrestling.com: The International Wrestling Cartel". www.iwcwrestling.com.
  20. ↑ "IWCwrestling.com: The International Wrestling Cartel". IWCwrestling.com. International Wrestling Cartel. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  21. ↑ Chris GST. "Wrestling is Intense 09/15/13 results". PW Ponderings.com. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Rough Waters". YouTube. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  23. ↑ "You Only Live Twice - CHIKARA Pro". chikarapro.com.
  24. ↑ "The Boys". Ring of Honor. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  25. ↑ "News - ROH Wrestling". www.rohwrestling.com.
  26. ↑ "Ring Of Honor TV Results (3/22): ROH World Title Match, ROH World TV Title Match, Top Prospect Turns - WrestlingInc.com".
  27. ↑ "What is your favourite match that you wrestled in?". The liger one
  28. ↑ "5/29 ROH in Amarillo results: ROH Champion Jay Briscoe vs. Caprice Coleman in a non-title match, Dalton Castle vs. The Romantic Touch, Jay Lethal vs. Mark Briscoe vs. Silas Young vs. Will Ferrara in a four corner survival match". www.prowrestling.net.
  29. ↑ "Spoilers: Complete Ring Of Honor TV Tapings Results; Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Young Bucks, More - WrestlingInc.com".
  30. ↑ "12/16 ROH TV Results – Final Hype for "Final Battle", Jerry Lynn, more - PWTorch". PWTorch.com. TDH Communications Inc. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  31. ↑ "ROH Final Battle Notes – title change, #1 contenders, Castle, ROH/NJPW, more - PWTorch". PWTorch.com. TDH Communications Inc. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  32. 1 2 Meltzer, Dave; Currier, Joseph (June 23, 2017). "ROH Best in the World live results: Christopher Daniels vs. Cody". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  33. ↑ Johnson, Mike (August 21, 2017). "ROH title change last night". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  34. 1 2 Meltzer, Dave; Currier, Joseph (December 15, 2017). "ROH Final Battle 2017 live results: Cody vs. Dalton Castle". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  35. ↑ "ROH Supercard of Honor XII live results: Kenny Omega vs. Cody". April 7, 2018.
  36. ↑ "ROH Best In The World (2018) - Results, News And Videos - WrestlingInc.com". WrestlingInc.com. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  37. ↑ https://www.pwinsider.com/article/117429/dalton-castle-injury-update.html?p=1
  38. ↑ http://www.wrestleview.com/roh-indy-wrestling-news/104398-injuries-jay-lethal-dalton-castle-roh-war-worlds/
  39. ↑ https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/fighting/article213711769.html
  40. ↑ Marking out for the "Party Peacock" Dalton Castle eWrestlingNews.com (06/03/2015)
  41. ↑ Cooper, Brian (June 3, 2015). "Marking out for the "Party Peacock" Dalton Castle". eWrestlingNews.com. Not since "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair's entrances at Starcade have I been so wildly entertained by someone just getting to, and entering the ring.
  42. ↑ Herzog, Kenny (December 3, 2015). "At Home With Dalton Castle, Wrestling's Most Flamboyant Star". RollingStone.Com. "[My wife Heather] has a huge part in it," Castle acknowledges.
  43. ↑ "theGiehl". YouTube.
  44. ↑ "Kurt Angle interview with Giehl -- the Zone @ 94.1 FM". August 17, 2011.
  45. ↑ The Traveling Tights: Ep.01 - Peacock Experience. January 25, 2012.
  46. ↑ The Traveling Tights: Ep.08 - Brodie Lee (Luke Harper). April 11, 2012.
  47. ↑ The Traveling Tights: Ep.14 - Velvet Sky. May 24, 2012.
  48. ↑ The Traveling Tights: Ep.24 - CM PUNK. September 25, 2012.
  49. ↑ The Traveling Tights: Ep.26 - Matt Hardy. October 12, 2012.
  50. ↑ WWE - DEAN AMBROSE (full interview Q103). November 6, 2014.
  51. ↑ "Title Histories". Empire State Wrestling. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  52. ↑ "IWC World Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  53. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2018". cagematch.net. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  54. ↑ "ROH Mt. Pleasant, MI, live results: The Soaring Eagle Cup". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. October 30, 2017. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
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