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Teoman (wrestler)
Metehan Kocabaşoğlu (born 4 March 1993) is a German professional wrestler of Turkish descent, currently performing for German Wrestling Federation (GWF) under his first name (stylized as Metahan), where he is the reigning GWF World Champion in his second reign, and is a former four-time GWF Tag Team Champion. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed on the NXT UK brand under the ring name Teoman as well as his time at Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) where he won the prestigeous 16 Carat Gold Tournament in 2019. He also competed in the PWG Battle of Los Angeles. He worked with wXw under the ring name Lucky Kid and under his birth name Metehan. His accomplishments include being a one-time wXw Shotgun Champion, a one-time wXw World Tag Team Champion and the winner of 16 Carat Gold. Professional wrestling career Early career (2008–2015) Kocabaşoğlu initially aspired to be a professional footballer, but after sustaining a knee injury, he was forced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, highest population within its city limits of any city in the European Union. The city is also one of the states of Germany, being the List of German states by area, third smallest state in the country by area. Berlin is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, and Brandenburg's capital Potsdam is nearby. The urban area of Berlin has a population of over 4.6 million and is therefore the most populous urban area in Germany. The Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region, as well as the List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP, fifth-biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayfabe
In professional wrestling, kayfabe (pronounced ) is the portrayal of staged events within the industry as "real" or "true", specifically competition, rivalries, and relationships between participants. The term has evolved to become a code word of sorts for maintaining this "reality" within the direct or indirect presence of the general public. In the United States, kayfabe is often seen as the suspension of disbelief that is used to create the non-wrestling aspects of promotions, such as feuds, angles, and gimmicks in a manner similar to other forms of fictional entertainment. In relative terms, a wrestler breaking kayfabe would be likened to an actor breaking character on-camera. Since wrestling is performed in front of a live audience whose interaction with the show is crucial to its success, kayfabe can be compared to the fourth wall in acting, since hardly any conventional fourth wall exists to begin with. Because of this lack of conventional fourth wall, wrestlers we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Harras
Norman Halberschmidt (born 28 November 1996), better known by his ring name Norman Harras, is a German professional wrestler. He works for Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), where he is a former two time Shotgun Champion. Professional wrestling career Westside Xtreme Wrestling (2018–present) Harras came to prominence in late 2019, at World Tag Team Festival. He was paired with David Starr, who was without a partner as Eddie Kingston had to pull out due to a family emergency. The previous night, at Inner Circle 8, Harras had replaced Veit Müller and teamed with Timothy Thatcher, in a loss to The WorkHorsemen ( Anthony Henry and JD Drake). On night one, Harras and Starr defeated The Crown ( Alexander James and Jurn Simmons), which led to James turning on Simmons. On night two, they were defeated by Pretty Bastards (Prince Ahura and Maggot), after Harras mistakenly struck Starr, before being pinned with a ''Redlight Driver'' by Maggot. On night three, in the final, Harras came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cara Noir
Thomas Edward Dawkins (born April 1987), better known by his ring name Cara Noir, is an English professional wrestler, best known for his work on the British independent circuit. His character has been described as the black swan of professional wrestling, and is noted for his distinctive moveset, owing to previous involvement in ballet, dance, and mixed martial arts. Professional wrestling career Following minimal success under his birth name and other pseudonyms, a conversation with Chris Brookes saw him develop the character of Cara Noir, which he debuted in January 2017. Initially a heel, he quickly became a face, largely due in part to his elaborate entrance in which he comes out to the famous ''pas de trois'' as used in the revival of Tchaikovsky's ''Swan Lake''. In July 2019, his breakthrough moment happened while wrestling for Riptide, with his performance in a defeat to Pac being critically acclaimed. In September 2019, Noir began wrestling for Progress, first appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Gunns
Robert Schild (born 28 December 1992), better known by his ring name Bobby Gunns, is a German professional wrestler. He works for Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw). Early life Schild comes from an amateur wrestling background, and was introduced to professional wrestling after watching an episode of ''SmackDown'' on television; he cites Kurt Angle as an early influence. He later began watching New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and in 2008, attended wXw 16 Carat Gold. Afterwards, he became a regular at wXw events, and started training at the Westside Dojo (firstly in Bottrop and then in Oberhausen), before making his debut in 2012. Professional wrestling career Westside Xtreme Wrestling (2014–present) In the first few years of his career, he was mainly used in tag team matches alongside his brother, but in September 2014, he changed his ring name to Bobby Gunns and adopted a smoking gimmick, as a way to elicit heat from the crowd. In 2016, Gunns was used more prominently as a sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killer Kelly
Raquel Lourenço (born 21 March 1992), best known by her ring name Killer Kelly, is a Portuguese professional wrestler signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she is a former two-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion (with Masha Slamovich). She is also known for her tenure with WWE where she competed on the NXT UK brand, and for her time in the independent wrestling scene, mostly working in Westside Xtreme Wrestling as well as Pro-Wrestling: EVE. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2016–2022) Lourenço made her professional wrestling debut in 2016 for Wrestling Portugal as Kelly in a battle royal. Throughout the rest of 2016, Kelly continued to pick up victories in Wrestling Portugal. In May 2017, Kelly made her World Stars of Wrestling debut and was defeated by Nina Samuels. In August, now as Killer Kelly, she made her debut for Revolution Championship Wrestling, losing to Camille in her debut. The next night she teamed with Camille and Debbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kutenholz
Kutenholz is a municipality in the district of Stade, Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ..., Germany. It belonged to the Archdiocese of Bremen, Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. In 1823 the Duchy was abolished and its territory became part of the Stade (region), Stade Region. References Municipalities in Lower Saxony Stade (district) {{Stade-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hektor Invictus
Christian Tscherpel better known by his ring name Hektor Invictus is a German professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his time in Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) where he is a wXw World Tag Team Champion. He is also known for his various tenures with promotions from the European independent scene. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2011–present) Tscherpel is known for various tenures with multiple promotions of the European independent scene. He made his professional wrestling debut at ''SCW Halloween Brawl'', a house show promoted by Swiss Championship Wrestling on October 29, 2011, where he competed under the ring name of Chris Legend and teamed up with Steve Atlas in a losing effort against Maximilian Bismarck and Miguel Ramirez. He shared tenures with promotions from countries like Germany, Italy, United Kingdom and Switzerland such as Ultimate Kombat Wrestling Association, New European Championship Wrestling, Frontier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Fletcher
Kyle Fletcher (born 24 December 1998) is an Australian professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he is a member of the Don Callis Family stable and is one-half of the tag team Protoshita with Konosuke Takeshita. He also performs in its sister company Ring of Honor (ROH) where he is a former one-time ROH World Tag Team Champion and ROH World Television Champion. Fletcher was previously signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) where he was a former IWGP Tag Team Champion and inaugural and record-setting two-time Strong Openweight Tag Team Champion. He also made appearances for British promotion Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) where he was a two-time Undisputed British Tag Team Champion. Fletcher and fellow Australian wrestler Mark Davis (wrestler), Mark Davis teamed together as Aussie Open (professional wrestling), Aussie Open from 2017 to 2023, which in turn forms part of the United Empire Stable (professional wrestling), stable. He has also made app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunther (wrestler)
Walter Hahn (born 20 August 1987) is an Austrian professional wrestler. He has been signed to WWE , where he performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name Gunther and is the current World Heavyweight Championship (WWE), World Heavyweight Champion in his record-setting second reign. He is also the incumbent King of the Ring tournament, King of the Ring and is one half of the tag team Imperium (professional wrestling), Imperium alongside Ludwig Kaiser. Nicknamed ''Der Ringgeneral'' (English language, English: "The Ring General"), Hahn's wrestling Gimmick (professional wrestling), gimmick sees him follow a stiff wrestling style (which had been inspired by the likes of Stan Hansen, Big Van Vader and Kenta Kobashi) and a philosophy signified by the motto ''Die Matte ist Heilig'' (English: "The Mat is Sacred"). He has been consistently regarded as one of the best wrestlers in the world and of all time by industry journalists and fellow wrestlers a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilja Dragunov
Ilja Rukober (; born 10 October 1993), known by his ring name Ilja Dragunov (), is a Russian-born, German- naturalised professional wrestler. As of January 2019, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand, but is currently inactive due to a torn ACL. He formerly competed on the NXT UK and NXT brands, where he won each brand's main title: the NXT United Kingdom Championship and the NXT Championship. He is the first non-kayfabe Russian-born male wrestler to compete and win a championship in the WWE. Before signing with WWE, Rukober competed on the European independent circuit and is also known for his time with Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), where he is a former Unified World Wrestling Champion, three-time wXw World Tag Team Champion and two-time wXw Shotgun Champion. He is also best known for his inter-promotional rivalry with Walter, which spans from wXw, when, notably, Dragunov won the 2017 16 Carat Gold tournament and the Unified World Wrestling Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Kaiser
Marcel Barthel (born 8 July 1990) is a German professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Ludwig Kaiser and is a member of Imperium alongside Gunther. He previously wrestled under the ring name Axel Dieter Jr. in Germany, most notably for Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), where he became a two-time World Tag Team Champion and one-time Unified World Wrestling Champion. He also wrestled in the UK for Progress Wrestling. Early life Barthel was born in Pinneberg on 8 July 1990. He is a second-generation professional wrestler; his father, Axel Dieter (1933–2015), was later at ringside for his championship win in Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) when he became one half of the wXw World Tag Team Champions. His father was also a child soldier during World War II, fighting first for Nazi Germany before defecting to France, all before he was 12 years old. He later joined the French Foreign Legion. Professional wrestling career I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
