Damien Sandow

Aron Steven Haddad (born August 3, 1982) is an American retired professional wrestler best known for wrestling with WWE under the ring name Damien Sandow.

Haddad started wrestling in 2001, and began appearing for WWE in 2002 as Aaron Stevens on Heat.

Three years later, Haddad made his debut as Aaron Stevens on June 23, 2001, with a loss to Chris Harvard in Chaotic Wrestling.

In October 2001, Stevens and Edward G. Xtasy (as part of One Night Stand) defeated Little Guido Maritato and Luis Ortiz for the Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Championship, losing the title two months later to John Walters and Vince Vicallo.

From November 2002 to May 2003, Stevens also wrestled for World Wrestling Alliance (WWA), where he beat Danny Davis for the WWA Heavyweight Championship but lost it a day later to Jonah Adelman.

During this period, he also received two singles title shots for the Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship and one for the Chaotic Wrestling New England Championship, but lost them all.

Stevens signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) after receiving numerous try-out matches on Heat against opponents such as Steven Richards and Maven.

From 2003 to 2006, Haddad wrestled in WWE's developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW).

Sandow had his WWE's pay-per-view debut match in 2003 at Vengeance as the Easter Bunny in a match with the APA.

He also participated in an angle where he had his fingers "broken" by Raven on Heat.

Stevens, now with the tweaked name Aaron "The Idol" Stevens, was assigned to WWE's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW).

At a house show in 2004, Stevens and Nova beat Chris Cage and Tank Toland to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship.

In 2006, Haddad reappeared on the WWE main roster as Idol Stevens, teaming with KC James and allying with Michelle McCool.

On January 4, 2006, Stevens won the OVW Television Championship after replacing Ken Doane in a three-way match with Brent Albright and then-champion CM Punk.

Doane was injured halfway through the match and Stevens came out to replace him.

At the March 8 television taping, Paul Burchill cost Stevens the Television Championship against Seth Skyfire.

On August 4, 2006, Stevens made his SmackDown! debut as Idol Stevens when he was introduced (along with KC James) by Michelle McCool as one of her favorite "teacher's pets".

The two went on to defeat Funaki and Scotty 2 Hotty with the help of McCool.

The following week, Stevens and James defeated WWE Tag Team Champions Paul London and Brian Kendrick in a non-title match.

On the August 18 show, Stevens and James ambushed the Tag Team Champions.

The two teams began feuding, with London and Kendrick bringing in Ashley Massaro to counteract McCool.

The feud briefly encompassed the team of Jamie Noble and Kid Kash, who also wanted a Tag Team title shot.

Stevens and James got their WWE Tag Team Championship shot at No Mercy on October 8, but failed to win the titles.

Soon after, both Stevens and James were taken off television and sent back to Ohio Valley Wrestling.

After being removed from the SmackDown! roster when Michelle McCool was hospitalized, Stevens returned to OVW.

He lost to Charles Evans upon his return and no mention of his tag team venture with KC James was made.

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).

On March 14, 2007, he defeated Paul Burchill to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship.

On May 9, after title defences against Cody Runnels and Mike Mondo, Burchill defeated Stevens to regain the OVW Championship.

The championship was vacated and Stevens lost to Jay Bradley in a three-way match including Burchill.

On June 8, Stevens defeated Burchill in a Number One OVW Heavyweight Contendership match.

Signing again with WWE in 2010, he was assigned to a developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling, where he adopted the Damien Sandow moniker.

In April 2012, Sandow returned to WWE's main roster as an arrogant intellectual.

In July 2013, Sandow won the Money in the Bank match for a World Heavyweight Championship opportunity, and became the first to lose the cashed-in title match.

In 2014, Sandow became a comedic impersonator, leading up to an alliance with The Miz, serving as his stunt double Damien Mizdow.

The duo won the WWE Tag Team Championship before the team split in 2015.

He is also known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and the independent circuit under the ring name Aron Rex, where he was the first-ever Impact Grand Champion in 2016.

He briefly teamed with Curtis Axel, shortly before returning to singles action, and was released in May 2016.

He acted in the 2023 independent film The Oath.

Haddad started training under Killer Kowalski at the age of 16.