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| - Ace Matthews (christened Ali Matthews) is the son of Amanda (deceased) and Jack Matthews, born in Penbrook, Pennsylvania. After Amanda died during child birth to Ali, Jack Matthews simply lost hope in the world. The successful businessman plunged into alcohol and gambling. Jack Matthews was near broke on the night of July 7, 1987 yet something spectacular happened. At the Grand Neon Casino in Las Vegas on a business trip, Jack Matthews had a lucky night. Having won over $500 on slot machines alone, Matthews laid his eyes on a ring in the middle of the building. This was no ordinary ring however, this was a wrestling ring. A huge crowd surrounded it (including Jack) as one of the Casino's bouncers (Mick Hall) easily pinned a weedy man 1-2-3. Jack noticed the sign "$500- Beat the bouncer and
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| - Ace Matthews (christened Ali Matthews) is the son of Amanda (deceased) and Jack Matthews, born in Penbrook, Pennsylvania. After Amanda died during child birth to Ali, Jack Matthews simply lost hope in the world. The successful businessman plunged into alcohol and gambling. Jack Matthews was near broke on the night of July 7, 1987 yet something spectacular happened. At the Grand Neon Casino in Las Vegas on a business trip, Jack Matthews had a lucky night. Having won over $500 on slot machines alone, Matthews laid his eyes on a ring in the middle of the building. This was no ordinary ring however, this was a wrestling ring. A huge crowd surrounded it (including Jack) as one of the Casino's bouncers (Mick Hall) easily pinned a weedy man 1-2-3. Jack noticed the sign "$500- Beat the bouncer and CASH IN ON THE CASINO!". That's exactly what he did. Challenging the man, and getting tossed around like a rag-doll, Jack still managed to win the casino. How? Being a businessman, he had made plenty of friends. With a little help from his friends, Jack won! This was not without controversy however, the casino owner Neil DeMarcus complained and the matter was took to several courts within the Nevada area. The case was concluded on September 2, 1987. Matthews was victorious. Witnesses who were sick of Neil DeMarcus' methods with the casino lied. The one thing DeMarcus failed to invest in was CCTV fotage. The only man who agreed with DeMarcus, Mick Hall, could not convince the Jury with the large amount of witnesses with fake evidence on all that had happened. Jack Matthews was the owner of the Grand Neon Casino. Ali, was only 6 when the case was concluded and did not understand it all. Jack and his girlfriend at the time- Nancy Lakes- moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and gave up their jobs to work on the casino. Ali was brought with them but was often neglected for the huge casino. Jack Matthews on October 19, 1993 first allowed Ali (then 12) into the casino. Ali saw his dad fight a few matches in the ring, which had became the main pinnacle and win with "assistance" from staff. Disgusted even at a young age, Ali spent time playing poker in a back room (yet not for cash as that was illegal for that age) with some local children who he had befriended. Ali became quite skilled at that but still night after night saw his father's matches which made him angry. One night, February 22, 1995 (at the age of 13), Ali saw a man defeat his father no matter what, his name was Chip Daniels (A former gambler himself. In the mid 80s, he became a wrestling teacher in Ohio who had heard all about the dirty dealings in the casino). With a few of the students, the odds were even. While the staff and the students brawled, Chip managed to hit his patented Fifty Two inverted leg sweep STO finisher to win the match. After the match, Chip managed to talk to Ali who had witnessed it and saw his desire to learn under him. Chip began to travel down to the Casino every Saturday. Ali managed to devise different methods to sneak him in without his dad knowing, having seen his Dad's devious methods. Ali became Chip's star pupil, besting others from Ohio in Chip's opinion. Daniels even gave him The Fifty Two as a finishing move. All of this, without even having a full match. That moment came on July 13, 1996 (at the age of 14) when his Dad's girlfriend Nancy was left in charge of the Casino for three weeks while Jack took a vacation alone. Ali faced a few of Chip's best students- but sadly lost, five times. Chip could not believe how close it was and told Ali to get his Dad to let him fight, however Ali was devastated. Nevertheless, his father allowed his son to fight on his birthday on August 28, 1996 (at the age of 15) against a local wrestler. Ali won thanks to staff interfering. Ali was half devastated because of the morals, yet happy that he had finally won. Chip, in disguise, saw this and punched his father. This lead to a match- Daniels vs. Jack Matthews. If Chip won, the casino was his. If Jack won, Chip could not teach his son EVER AGAIN. Chip lost, thanks to interference from Ali. Chip questioned Ali why but the reasons were stated simply: "I've met a winner, not a loser like yourself". Ali floored Chip in the ring with the Fifty Two, Chip's own move. Embracing with his father, Ali was a changed man and adopted the ringname "Ace Matthews" and has stuck with it even in real life since.
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