Dante Martin
Dante Martin (born March 3, 2001) is an American professional wrestler. He currently wrestles for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He has also appeared in matches for Game Changer Wrestling (GCW). Dante is best known for being one-half of the tag team Top Flight with his older brother Darius Martin.
| Dante Martin | |
|---|---|
| Ring name(s) | Angel Caido Angel Dorado Dante Martin |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 187 lb (85 kg) |
| Born | March 3, 2001 St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Billed from | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Trained by | Ken Anderson |
| Debut | 2016 |
During his time in AEW, Martin has been the winner of the 2022 Casino Trios Royale with his brother Darius and AR Fox, as well as, the winner of the 2022 High Flyer Award at the Dynamite Awards.[1]
Career
All Elite Wrestling
On the October 27, 2020 episode of Dark, Top Flight would make thir debut with All Elite Wrestling (AEW). They would team and they were defeated by The Dark Order (Evil Uno and Stu Grayson).[2] On the November 10 episode of Dark, Top Flight would earn their first victory in AEW when they defeated the team of Baron Black and Frankie Thomas. On November 23, 2020, it was announced by AEW that Top Flight had signed a official contracts to become a members of the AEW roster.[3] At Beach Break, Top Flight would compete in a battle royal to determine who would become the number one contenders for the AEW World Tag Team Championships. The match would eventually be won by the Inner Circle (Chris Jericho and MJF).[4]
Dante would begin to wrestle singles matches after his brother Darius would tear his ACL in February 2021.[5] Martin would have his first AEW singles match on the March 15 debut episode of Dark: Elevation and he would lose to to Max Caster.[6] On the March 3 episode of Dark, Martin would earn his first singles victory when he defeated Jack Evans.[7] On the May 28 episode of Dynamite, Martin would challenge Miro for his TNT Championship but would be defeated.[8]
He would then begin teaming with Lio Rush. On the November 24 episode of Dynamite, Martin would betray Rush and joined Team Taz instead.[9] This would later be revealed as a plan by Rush. On the December 8 episode of Dynamite, Martin would eliminate his Team Taz teammate Ricky Starks from the Dynamite Diamond Dozen Battle Royal, betraying Team Taz and winning the battle royal.[10] At Winter Is Coming, Martin would face MJF for the Dynamite Diamond Ring but would lose after being distracted by Ricky Starks coming down to ringside.[11]
Darius would return from injury and Top Flight would be reunited. On the March 2, 2022 episode of Dynamite, Top Flight would compete in the Casino Tag Team Royale match to determine who would become the number one contenders for the AEW World Tag Team Championships. The match would be won by The Young Bucks.[12] On the March 9 episode of Dynamite, Dante would face "Hangman" Adam Page for his AEW World Championship but he would be defeated.[13]
Dante would end up returning to singles action because of Darius being out of action after getting into a serious car accident.[14]
During his second singles run, Dante would enter the Owen Hart Cup tournament but would lose in the first round to Rey Fenix.[15] He would also face Scorpio Sky for his TNT Championship but lost.[16]
References
- ↑ "Complete List Of 2022 AEW Award Winners". Fightful. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dark 10/27/20 Results: Hikaru Shida, Dark Order, SCU, Team Taz, Darby Allin & More In Action!". Fightful. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW announces signing of Top Flight". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ↑ "2/3 AEW Dynamite results: Powell's live review of Jon Moxley, Pac, and Rey Fenix vs. Kenny Omega, Doc Gallows, and Karl Anderson, Battle Royal for a shot at the AEW Tag Titles, Lance Archer vs. Eddie Kingston in a Lumberjack Match, Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford wedding". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ↑ "Darius Martin Undergoes ACL Surgery". Fightful. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ↑ "3/15 AEW Dark Elevation TV Report: Riho vs. Itoh, Jungle Boy vs. Limelight, Max Caster vs. Dante Martin, Q.T. vs. Marko, much more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dark 3/23/21 Results: FTW Championship Match Brian Cage vs. Brandon Cutler, SCU, plus many more". Fightful. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ↑ "5/28 AEW Dynamite TV Results: Parks's report on final Double or Nothing hype, Inner Circle celebration, Miro defends against Dante Martin". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ↑ "11/24 AEW DYNAMITE TV RESULTS: Keller's detailed report and analysis of Punk vs. Kingston, Danielson vs. Cabana, Cody & Pac & Lucha Bros. vs. FTR & Andrade & Black". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite Results For 12/8/21 The Young Bucks vs. Orange Cassidy and Rocky Romero and much more". Fightful. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ↑ "12/15 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of the Winter is Coming themed show with "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Bryan Danielson for the AEW World Championship, Hikaru Shida vs. Serena Deeb, MJF vs. Dante Martin for the Dynamite Diamond Ring, Wardlow vs. Matt Sydal". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite Results For 3/2/22 Adam Cole and reDRagon vs. Adam Page, John Silver, and Alex Reynolds". Fightful. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite Results (3/9/22): Adam Page Defends AEW World Title, Bryan Danielson & Jon Moxley Team Up + More!". Fightful. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW's Darius Martin out six to nine months after 'nasty car accident'". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite Results (5/4/22): Deonna Purrazzo Faces Mercedes Martinez For The Undisputed ROH Women's Title + More!". Fightful. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Rampage Results (6/3/22): CM Punk Addresses His Future, Scorpio Sky Defends TNT Title + More!". Fightful. Retrieved December 9, 2023.