Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

73

Gender

Male

Birthday

1997-02-28 (28 years old)

Place of Birth

Atlantic City, New Jersey, US

Also Known As

Ace Austin

Ace Austin Highley

Ace Austin Shakespeare

Ryan DePolo

Austin Highley

Biography

Austin James Highley, better known as Ace Austin, is an American wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling and best known for his run in TNA from 2019 to 2024, where he held the X Division and World Tag Team titles three times each. A former Bullet Club member in NJPW, he began in Combat Zone Wrestling in 2016 after training at the Wild Samoan center and has competed in promotions across the U.S. and Mexico, including MLW, House of Hardcore, wXw, and AAA.

Known For

IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2021

IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2021

IMPACT Wrestling: Final Resolution 2023

IMPACT Wrestling: Final Resolution 2023

IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2019

IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2019

IMPACT Wrestling: Victory Road 2020

IMPACT Wrestling: Victory Road 2020

TNA Genesis 2025

TNA Genesis 2025

NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall

NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall

Acting

IMPACT Wrestling: Victory Road 2021

2021

IMPACT Wrestling: Victory Road 2021

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Hardcore Justice 2021

2021

IMPACT Wrestling: Hardcore Justice 2021

as

IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2021

2021

IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2021

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2023

2023

IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2023

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Sacrifice 2023

2023

IMPACT Wrestling: Sacrifice 2023

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive

2023

IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Turning Point 2021

2021

IMPACT Wrestling: Turning Point 2021

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Throwback Throwdown II

2021

IMPACT Wrestling: Throwback Throwdown II

as

Rip Rayzor

IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2023

2023

IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2023

as

Ace Austin

Wrestling Revolver Pancakes & Piledrivers 3

2019

Wrestling Revolver Pancakes & Piledrivers 3

as

Ace Austin

AAW Windy City Classic XVI

2021

AAW Windy City Classic XVI

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Under Siege 2023

2023

IMPACT Wrestling: Under Siege 2023

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Against All Odds 2023

2023

IMPACT Wrestling: Against All Odds 2023

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2022

2022

IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2022

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Down Under Tour - Day 1

2023

IMPACT Wrestling: Down Under Tour - Day 1

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Down Under Tour - Day 2

2023

IMPACT Wrestling: Down Under Tour - Day 2

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary 2023

2023

IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary 2023

as

Ace Austin

WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial Super Show 2022

2022

WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial Super Show 2022

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2022

2022

IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2022

as

Ace Austin

Warrior Wrestling 4

2019

Warrior Wrestling 4

as

Ace Austin

GCW Jimmy Lloyd's D-Generation F

2020

GCW Jimmy Lloyd's D-Generation F

as

Ace Austin

1PW All Or Nothing 2023

2023

1PW All Or Nothing 2023

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United 2: For Whom The Bell Tolls

2023

IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United 2: For Whom The Bell Tolls

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Under Siege 2022

2022

IMPACT Wrestling: Under Siege 2022

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Victory Road 2023

2023

IMPACT Wrestling: Victory Road 2023

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary 2022

2022

IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary 2022

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Against All Odds 2022

2022

IMPACT Wrestling: Against All Odds 2022

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2023

2023

IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2023

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Emergence 2022

2022

IMPACT Wrestling: Emergence 2022

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Final Resolution 2023

2023

IMPACT Wrestling: Final Resolution 2023

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Victory Road 2022

2022

IMPACT Wrestling: Victory Road 2022

as

Ace Austin

TNA Hard To Kill 2024

2024

TNA Hard To Kill 2024

as

Ace Austin

Thrust!

2022

Thrust!

as

Announcer / Ref

IMPACT Wrestling: Over Drive 2022

2022

IMPACT Wrestling: Over Drive 2022

as

Ace Austin

TNA No Surrender 2024

2024

TNA No Surrender 2024

as

Ace Austin

TNA Sacrifice 2024

2024

TNA Sacrifice 2024

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Hard to Kill 2023

2023

IMPACT Wrestling: Hard to Kill 2023

as

Ace Austin

TNA Rebellion 2024

2024

TNA Rebellion 2024

as

Ace Austin

TNA Under Siege 2024

2024

TNA Under Siege 2024

as

Ace Austin

TNA Against All Odds 2024

2024

TNA Against All Odds 2024

as

Ace Austin

TNA Slammiversary 2024

2024

TNA Slammiversary 2024

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2019

2019

IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2019

as

IMPACT Wrestling: Sacrifice 2020

2020

IMPACT Wrestling: Sacrifice 2020

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary 2020

2020

IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary 2020

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Victory Road 2020

2020

IMPACT Wrestling: Victory Road 2020

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2020

2020

IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2020

as

Ace Austin

Warrior Wrestling Stadium Series Night 2

2020

Warrior Wrestling Stadium Series Night 2

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Genesis 2021

2021

IMPACT Wrestling: Genesis 2021

as

Ace Austin

XWA Wrestlution 2019

2019

XWA Wrestlution 2019

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2019

2019

IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2019

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Hard to Kill 2020

2020

IMPACT Wrestling: Hard to Kill 2020

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2021

2021

IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2021

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2021

2021

IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2021

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Against All Odds 2021

2021

IMPACT Wrestling: Against All Odds 2021

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary 2021

2021

IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary 2021

as

Ace Austin

IMPACT Wrestling: Emergence 2021

2021

IMPACT Wrestling: Emergence 2021

as

Ace Austin

TNA Victory Road 2024

2024

TNA Victory Road 2024

as

Ace Austin

TNA Bound for Glory 2024

2024

TNA Bound for Glory 2024

as

Ace Austin

TNA Turning Point 2024

2024

TNA Turning Point 2024

as

Ace Austin

TNA Final Resolution 2024

2024

TNA Final Resolution 2024

as

Ace Austin

TNA Genesis 2025

2025

TNA Genesis 2025

as

Ace Austin

TNA Sacrifice 2025

2025

TNA Sacrifice 2025

as

Ace Austin

TNA Unbreakable 2025

2025

TNA Unbreakable 2025

as

Ace Austin

TNA Rebellion 2025

2025

TNA Rebellion 2025

as

Ace Austin

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Resurrection

2025

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Resurrection

as

Ace Austin

CZW Nineteen

2018

CZW Nineteen

as

Ace Austin

CZW Proving Grounds 2018

2018

CZW Proving Grounds 2018

as

Ace Austin

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Sacred Ground

2025

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Sacred Ground

as

Ace Austin

NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall

2022

NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall

as

Ace Austin

Before the Impact

Before the Impact

as

Ace Austin

TNA iMPACT!

TNA iMPACT!

as

Ace Austin

WWE 205 Live

WWE 205 Live

as

Ryan DePolo

All Elite Wrestling: Collision

All Elite Wrestling: Collision

as

Production

Crew

Directing