Nick Aldis

Nicholas Harry Aldis (born 6 November 1986) is an English professional wrestler and executive. He is signed to WWE, where he is a producer and the on-screen general manager of SmackDown. Aldis made his debut on the British independent circuit in 2004 before signing with his first major contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in 2008. During his seven-year tenure there as Magnus, he won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship once, becoming the first British-born world champion in the company's history along with becoming a three-time tag team champion, winning the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice and the IWGP Tag Team Championship once. At Ring Ka King (RKK) in 2011, he won the RKK World Heavyweight Championship. Immediately after leaving TNA in 2015, Aldis signed with Global Force Wrestling (GFW), where he was the inaugural GFW Global Champion and subsequently became the longest-reigning champion in the title's history. In 2017, Aldis briefly returned to TNA, which had been renamed as Impact Wrestling, due to their new partnership with GFW, dropping the title and leaving the company later that year. He then signed with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and would soon after win the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship twice, becoming the second British wrestler to hold that championship (after Gary Steele) and making him a four-time world champion in professional wrestling. Aldis then left the NWA in late 2022 and briefly returned to Impact Wrestling in 2023 before departing the company in July. He subsequently began working behind-the-scenes for WWE in August and became the on-screen general manager of the SmackDown brand in October that year; after three years with the company, he had his WWE in-ring debut match at SummerSlam in August 2026. Aldis also appeared in the 2008 revival of Gladiators, where he was known as...