Hardie's parents divorced when he was a child and he spent time between the two households, living a "sheltered" life and developing his imagination by reading comic books and watching cartoons.[9] Hardie's father is aSan AntonioDJ.[9] He has two sisters, who are both around ten years older than him.[9] At the age of ten, Hardie first sawprofessional wrestling, when he was invited to a friend's house, whereWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW) was on the television.[9] Hardie was immediately fascinated by professional wrestling, particularly the high-flyingluchadores.[9] Duringhigh school, he decided to pursue a career in professional wrestling.[9]
Hardie was trained by Jerry Reyes and Scot Summers and made his professional wrestling debut in February 2007.[6][7][8] After two years of working for small promotions on theindependent 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 ofAustin, Texas.[6][7]
ACH made his debut for Anarchy Championship Wrestling on August 23, 2009, starting astoryline rivalry withRobert Evans.[7] He won his first title in the promotion on August 22, 2010, when he defeated Evans for the ACW U-30 Young Gun Championship.[7] He lost the title toAkira Tozawa on May 15, 2011.[13] On November 12, ACH first defeated Bolt Brady andColt 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.[7] ACH held the title until July 22, 2012, when he was defeated by Jaykus Plisken.[14] On June 10, 2011, ACH defeated Bolt Brady to win the NWA Lone Star Junior Heavyweight Championship.[15] However, just a month later he was stripped of the title.[15] On April 14, 2012, ACH made his debut forCombat Zone Wrestling (CZW), entering theBest of the Best 11 tournament and losing to A. R. Fox in a three-way first round match, which also includedLince Dorado.[16][17] On June 2, ACH defeated Dan Walsh and Neil Diamond Cutter in the finals of an eight-man tournament held byMetro Pro Wrestling (MPW) to become the newNWA Central States Heavyweight Champion.[18] He was stripped of the title on November 1, when MPW withdrew from theNational Wrestling Alliance (NWA), however, the promotion recognized him as the first MPW Central States Champion.[18] On November 2, ACH made his debut forDragon Gate USA, teaming withCima andRich 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).[19]
ACH during the National Pro Wrestling Day.
On July 29, 2012, ACH made his debut for theChikara promotion, entering theYoung Lions Cup X tournament and defeating Aaron Epic,J. T. Dunn andVinny Marseglia in his first round four-way match.[20] He followed that up by defeating Jakob Hammermeier in the semifinals on August 17.[21] The finals of the tournament took place the following day and saw ACH lose toMark Angelosetti.[22] ACH returned to the promotion on December 2 at theUnder the Hoodpay-per-view, where he unsuccessfully challenged Angelosetti for the Young Lions Cup.[23]
On January 25, 2013, ACH enteredBerwyn, Illinois basedAAW: Professional Wrestling Redefined'sHeritage Championship tournament, defeating Prince Mustafa Ali, Mat Fitchett and Juntai Miller to advance to the tournament finals, where he defeatedSamuray del Sol in the finals to win the tournament and become the new AAW Heritage Champion.[24][25] On February 2, 2013, ACH took part in the National Pro Wrestling Day inPhiladelphia, 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,[26] ACH was defeated in the finals of the tournament by2 Cold Scorpio during the evening show.[27] On August 30, ACH made his debut forPro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), when he entered the2013 Battle of Los Angeles and defeatedAnthony Nese in his first round match.[28] The following day, ACH was eliminated from the tournament in the second round by eventual tournament winner Kyle O'Reilly.[29] In March 2014, it was reported that ACH would be taking part in aWWE tryout camp later in the month.[30] He took part in the same camp asKevin Steen andRoderick Strong.[9] At the conclusion of the camp, he was not offered a contract.[31]
On December 30, 2016, ACH defeated AR Fox to win the AAW Heritage Championship for the second time.[32]
On January 27, 2017, ACH made his debut forEvolve, losing toMatt Riddle.[33] In August 2017, ACH returned to Evolve as one half of the tag team The Troll Boyz with Ethan Page.[34] The two won theEvolve Tag Team Championship on September 22.[35]
ACH substituted for an injuredFlip Gordon at PWG's Hand of Doom in January 2019. ACH wrestled in a losing effort againstBandido. It was his first appearance for PWG since Mystery Vortex IV on December 16, 2016, and also his last appearance for PWG due to his WWE signing.[36]
On September 15, 2012, ACH made his debut forRing of Honor (ROH), facingKyle O'Reilly in a losing effort at theDeath Before Dishonor X: State of Emergency internet pay-per-view.[37] He returned to the promotion on January 5, 2013, losing toMatt Taven in the first round of theTop Prospect Tournament.[38] On February 21, ROH announced that the promotion had signed ACH to a long-term contract.[10][39] This was followed by ACH picking up his first win in ROH on March 2 at the11th Anniversary Show, where he defeated Adam Page, Mike Sydal, Q.T. Marshall, Silas Young and TaDarius Thomas in a six-way match.[40] Afterwards, ACH began teaming regularly with TaDarius Thomas,[41][42][43][44] with the two forming atag team named Adrenaline Rush and also having one six mix person tag team match withAthena Reese as their partner but with the tag team stable consisted of ACH and TaDarius only.[45][46] On July 27, ACH entered a tournament to determine the newROH World Champion, but was eliminated in his first round match byKarl Anderson.[47] On February 8, 2014, Adrenaline Rush earned a future shot at theROH World Tag Team Championship by defeating the reigning champions,reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly), in a non-title Proving Ground match.[48] Adrenaline Rush received their title shot on February 21 at the12th Anniversary Show, but were defeated by reDRagon.[49] Adrenaline Rush broke up two months later with TaDarius Thomas joiningThe Decade.[50]
On June 6, 2014, ACH received his first shot at the ROH World Championship, after winning a six-way match, but was defeated by the defending champion,Adam Cole.[51] On June 22 atBest in the World 2014, ACH won another six-way match to earn a shot at theROH World Television Championship.[52] ACH received his title shot at the August 9Ring of Honor Wrestling tapings, but his match withJay Lethal ended in a thirty-minute time limit draw.[53] On November 15 atGlory By Honor XIII, ACH received a shot at the ROH World Championship in his home state of Texas, but was defeated byJay Briscoe.[54] On March 12, 2016, ACH unsuccessfully challengedNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) representativeKushida for theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.[55] On October 8, ACH made comments at an AAW event talking about his "wife" who did not appreciate him and about how he was planning on getting a divorce. The comments were interpreted as ACH talking about his situation with ROH.[56][57] On November 1,Pro Wrestling Insider reported that it had confirmed from multiple sources that ACH was finishing up with ROH.[58] On November 8, it was reported that ACH had started taking independent bookings, seemingly indicating his departure from ROH.[59]
During theImpact Wrestling tapings on July 3, 2017, ACH was announced as a participant in the2017 Super X Cup, representing AAW.[61] Later in the tapings, he defeatedAndrew Everett in his first round match.[62] Three days later, he was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by Taiji Ishimori.[63]
It was announced on February 11, 2019, that ACH signed a contract withWWE and begun working at theWWE Performance Center.[80] On March 7, ACH made his debut at aNXThouse show, in a losing effort toRaul Mendoza.[81] From then on he wrestled at various NXT live events in the Florida area, losing to other NXT talents such as, Raul Mendoza,Kassius Ohno,Marcel Barthel, Dan Matha andShane Thorne.[82][83][84] DuringWrestleMania Axxess beforeWrestleMania 35 in April 2019, he facedGran Metalik andLigero in a triple threat match during aWWE Worlds Collide event.[85][86] His first win on NXT occurred on April 12, when he defeatedKona Reeves at a NXT live event.[87][84] Throughout May and June, he continued wrestling on the Florida house show circuit, winning most of his matches.[84] On June 10, 2019, he started going by the new ring name Jordan Myles.[12]
In June, it was announced that Myles would compete in theNXT Breakout Tournament,[88] where the winner would get an opportunity to challenge for any title inNXT. Myles made his television debut in the tournament on the July 10 episode ofNXT, defeating Boa in the first round,[89] andAngel Garza in the second round.[90] In the finals, Myles defeatedCameron Grimes to win the tournament[91] and chose to challengeAdam Cole for theNXT Championship,[92] but was defeated on the September 4 episode ofNXT.[93]
In October 2019, Hardie was involved in a controversy after WWE launched a Jordan Myles t-shirt, which depicted his name surrounded by the shape of a mouth, said to be inspired byThe Rolling Stones logo. However, the design received accusations, including from Hardie, that it resembledblackface.[94] WWE changed the t-shirt and published a note stating Hardie gave his approval to the design.[95] After that, Hardie published a series of tweets accusing WWE of racism. Hardie would also accuse his former employerRing of Honor (ROH) of racism, calling formerROH World ChampionJay Lethal (who is also African-American) an "Uncle Tom".[96] Hardie's comments towards Lethal received criticism from wrestling legends likeBooker T, who noted that Hardie over-reacted with his aggressive comments, specifically targeting Lethal,Triple H andVince McMahon.[97] WWE wrestlerTitus O'Neil said he agreed with Hardie about the t-shirt, but not how he brought others into his frustrations.[98] Hardie subsequently apologized for his overreaction, but nonetheless claimed he would not take back his comments.[99] On November 13, Hardie posted a profanity-laden video, exclaiming that he quit WWE, and stated that he "refused to work for racists", and that Jordan Myles was his "slave name".[100] On November 21, WWE officially announced that Hardie was released from his contract, as Hardie subsequently announced several indie dates.[101]
Hardie returned to the independent circuit after he was released by WWE.[102] On December 6, 2019Major League Wrestling (MLW) announced that Hardie, once again using his ACH ring name, had signed with the company.[103] ACH wrestled on theOpera Cup set of TV tapings, teaming with former MMA fighterKing Mo.[104] The very next day Hardie announced on Twitter that he was quitting professional wrestling, prompting MLW to release the statement "We respect ACH's decision and want him to be happy."[105] However, Hardie made his return on December 29, 2019, during an Atlanta Wrestling Entertainment event.[106] He also participated on some events ofGame Changer Wrestling (GCW), where he won the DDT'sIronman Heavymetalweight Championship fromJoey Janela.[107][108][109]
On August 10, 2020, it was announced that ACH would be returning to New Japan Pro-Wrestling as a part of their new weekly seriesNJPW Strong on August 14 where he teamed with Alex Zayne andTJP to take on Blake Christian,Misterioso andPJ Black.[110]
On November 2, 2020, ACH was announced for NJPW'sSuper J-Cup tournament.[111]
On November 21, 2019 as Jordan Myles, Albert was released fromWWE via quitting, claiming that WWE was sellingracistT-shirts with his thenring-name on them while also claiming that WWE gave him aslavery in-ring name (Jordan Myles).[114][115]
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