ACH Albert C . Hardie , Jr . ( December 7 , 1987 ) is an American professional wrestler , better known by the ring name ACH . He is currently signed to Ring of Honor ( ROH ) and has also worked for promotions such as All American Wrestling ( AAW ) , where he is the reigning Heritage Champion , Anarchy Championship Wrestling ( ACW ) , where he is a one - time holder of both the Heavyweight and U - 30 Young Gun Championships , Chikara , Combat Zone Wrestling ( CZW ) and Dragon Gate USA ( DGUSA ) . Professional wrestling career . Hardie was trained by Jerry Reyes and Scot Summers and made his professional wrestling debut in February 2007 . After two years of working for small promotions on the Independent circuit under the ring name ACH , Hardie began considering retiring from professional wrestling , before getting an offer to work for Anarchy Championship Wrestling ( ACW ) , based in his hometown of Austin , Texas . Anarchy Championship Wrestling ( 2009 – 2012 ) . ACH made his debut for Anarchy Championship Wrestling on August 23 , 2009 , starting a Feud with Robert Evans . He won his first title in the promotion on August 22 , 2010 , when he defeated Evans for the ACW U - 30 Young Gun Championship . He lost the title to Akira Tozawa on May 15 , 2011 . On November 12 , ACH first defeated Bolt Brady and Colt Cabana in the first round , then Gary Jay in the semifinals and finally JT LaMotta in the finals to win the 2011 Lone Star Classic and become the ACW Heavyweight Champion . ACH held the title until July 22 , 2012 , when he was defeated by Jaykus Plisken . Chikara ( 2012 ) . On July 29 , 2012 , ACH made his debut for the Chikara promotion , entering the Young Lions Cup tournament and defeating Aaron Epic , J . T . Dunn and Vinny Marseglia in his first round four - way match . He followed that up by defeating Jakob Hammermeier in the semifinals on August 17 . The finals of the tournament took place the following day and saw ACH lose to Mark Angelosetti . ACH returned to the promotion on December 2 at the Under the Hood pay - per - view , where he unsuccessfully challenged Angelosetti for the Young Lions Cup . Ring of Honor ( 2012 – present ) . On September 15 , 2012 , ACH made his debut for Ring of Honor ( ROH ) , facing Kyle O ' Reilly in a losing effort at the Death Before Dishonor X : State of Emergency pay - per - view . He returned to the promotion on January 5 , 2013 , losing to Matt Taven in the first round of the Top Prospect Tournament . On February 21 , it was announced that the ROH had signed ACH to a long - term contract . This was followed by ACH picking up his first win in ROH on March 2 at the 11th Anniversary Show , where he defeated Adam Page , Mike Sydal , Q . T . Marshall , Silas Young and Tadarius Thomas in a six - way match . Afterwards , ACH began teaming regularly with Tadarius Thomas , with the two forming a Tag team named " Adrenaline Rush " . On July 27 , ACH entered a tournament to determine the new ROH World Champion , but was eliminated in his first round match by Karl Anderson . Other promotions . On June 10 , 2011 , ACH defeated Bolt Brady to win the NWA Lone Star Junior Heavyweight Championship . However , he was stripped of the title just a month later . n April 14 , 2012 , ACH made his debut for Combat Zone Wrestling ( CZW ) , entering the Best of the Best 11 tournament and losing to AR Fox in a three - way first round match , which also included Lince Dorado . On June 2 , ACH defeated Dan Walsh and Neil Diamond Cutter in the finals of an eight - man tournament held by Metro Pro Wrestling ( MPW ) to become the new NWA Central States Heavyweight Champion . He was stripped of the title on November 1 , when MPW withdrew from the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) , however , the promotion recognized him as the first MPW Central States Champion . On November 2 , ACH made his debut for Dragon Gate USA ( DGUSA ) , teaming with Cima and Rich Swann in a six - man captain ' s fall tag team match , where they defeated the Gentleman ' s Club ( Chuck Taylor , Drew Gulak and Orange Cassidy ) . On January 25 , 2013 , ACH entered Berwyn , Illinois based All American Wrestling ' s AAW Heritage Championship tournament , defeating Prince Mustafa Ali in his first round match . On February 10 , ACH defeated Mat Fitchett in the quarterfinals of the tournament . On March 1 , he first defeated Juntai Miller in the semifinals and then Samuray del Sol in the finals to win the tournament and become the new AAW Heritage Champion . On February 2 , 2013 , ACH took part in the National Pro Wrestling Day in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , entering the Rey de Voladores tournament . After defeating Bolt Brady , Lukas Sharp and Mitch Thompson in his first round match during the afternoon show , ACH was defeated in the finals of the tournament by 2 Cold Scorpio during the evening show .