Marco Jaggi

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Marco Jaggi
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Ares, Are$
Billed height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Billed weight	106 kg (234 lb)
Born	January 12, 1980 Biel, Switzerland
Resides	Zurich, Switzerland
Billed from	United Bank of Switzerland
Trained by	Chris Hero Mos SigMasta Rappo
Debut	1998

Marco Jaggi (born January 12, 1980 in Biel, Switzerland) is a Swiss professional wrestler, better know by his ring name, Ares (often spelt Are$). He performs primarily on the European independent circuit.

1 Career
2 Finishing and signature moves
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Career

Although Marco Jaggi debuted in 1998 in Berlin for WCF, he did not regularly compete before 2001. He is known for teaming with Claudio Castagnoli and Marc Roudin as the Swiss Money Holding, a Swiss Bankers tag team. Jaggi received training from Chris Hero and had a few matches in IWA Mid-South and CHIKARA. He's currently wrestling in Europe and the head trainer of westside Xtreme wrestling and IWA-Switzerland.

In October 2006 he took part of the "Autumn Navigation '06 - European Catch" Tour of Pro Wrestling NOAH. This was his first appearance in Japan.

Between 2001 and 2006, Jaggi attended numerous wrestling clinics held by the likes of Jorge "Skayde" Rivera, Mike Quackenbush, Ian Rotten, Joe E. Legend and Ecki Eckstein. His career highlights include matches against Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi.

[edit] Finishing and signature moves

Toblerone Driver (Sitout double underhook powerbomb)
Credit Clutch (Bridging cobra clutch)
Swinging fisherman suplex
Chinotto Driver (Spike piledriver)
$leeperhold of Doom (Rear naked choke)

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

German Stampede Wrestling

1-time GSW World Heavyweight Champion
2-time GSW Tag Team Champion (1-time with Claudio Castagnoli, 1-time with Marc Roudin)

Swiss Wrestling Federation

1-time SWF Heavyweight Champion
1-time SWF Tag Team Champion (with Claudio Castagnoli)

westside Xtreme wrestling

2-time wXw World Heavyweight Champion
3-time wXw Tag Team Champion (with Claudio Castagnoli)

Fighting Spirit Federation

1-time FSF Heavyweight Champion

Italian Championship Wrestling

1-time ICW Italian Champion

[edit] Trivia

Jaggi's finisher, the Toblerone Driver takes its name from Toblerone, a famous Swiss chocolate bar.
Jaggi's Chinotto Driver takes its name from Chinotto, a famous italian drink. Not confirmed sources mentioned that he absolutely loves this drink.