Marcel Barthel

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Barthel at an NXT Live Event (2018)

Barthel at an NXT Live Event (2018)
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Surname Marcel Barthel
Ring name Axel Dieter Jr.Marcel
Barthel
height 191 cm
Fighting weight 95 kg
birth July 8, 1990
Pinneberg , Germany
Trained by Axel Dieter Sr.
Christian Eckstein
Karsten Kretschmer
debut March 1, 2008

Marcel Barthel (born July 8, 1990 in Pinneberg ) is a German wrestler who is currently under contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). In Europe, it is under the ring name Axel Dieter Jr. known. He is the son of the German wrestling pioneer Axel Dieter, from whom he derived his ring name Axel Dieter Jr.

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Barthel was born on July 8, 1990 as the sixth child of the German wrestling legend Axel Dieter Sr. Barthel, the only child of Axel Dieter Sr., decided to pursue a career as a professional wrestler. Because there were only a few opportunities to learn and practice wrestling professionally in Germany in the new millennium, Barthel, on the advice of his father, began to train boxing in order to gain a foothold in martial arts. At the age of 13 he moved to Hanover with his family . There he devoted himself to amateur wrestling.

He completed his first wrestling training at Christian Eckstein's wrestling school in Hanover. After graduating from secondary school, he moved to Hamburg at the age of 17 . There he continued his training under Karsten Kretschmer, who finally shaped his wrestling. At that time he decided, in adoration of his father, for the ring name Axel Dieter Jr.

Wrestling career

Beginnings

He started out in Hamburg at Nordish Fight Club (NFC) , Karsten Kretschmer's wrestling school. Kretschmer regularly organized wrestling shows in larger halls inside and outside Hamburg, under the league name Nordic Championship Wrestling (NCW) . Barthel played his first wrestling match on March 1, 2008 at the age of 17 in the NFC against his training partner Da Mack , who also played his first wrestling match. This match ended in a draw after 15 minutes.

By going on tour with the NFC wrestlers, he also got the opportunity to compete for the Danish wrestling leagues Premier Wrestling League (PWL) and Dansk Wrestling (DW) . In Denmark he also recorded his first victories, so that German leagues such as Catch Wrestling Northern Germany (CWN) and Pro Wrestling Fighters (PWF) booked him for matches several times a month. Initially, he mainly competed in northern Germany and Denmark, where he and Da Mack formed the Hot & Spicy tag team . In 2009, the American wrestling league Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) offered him and other German wrestlers the chance to prove themselves in their events during their Germany tour. He played on September 30, 2009 at a TNA house show in a match against Murat Bosporus , which he lost.

Westside Xtreme Wrestling and Other Leagues (2011-2017)

Barthel won his first wrestling title at the Nordic Fight Club (NFC) . There he secured the NFC First Fighter Championship on December 3, 2010 . He also won the PWF North-European Championship on October 8, 2011 at Chaos’s Pro Wrestling Fighters (PWF) . He was able to hold the NFC First Fighter Championship 365 days, while he was able to hold the PWF North-European Championship for 483 days.

With Da Mack he formed the successful Tag Team Hot & Spicy . They won their first title in the German wrestling league Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw). There they won the wXw World Tag Team Championship on November 16, 2013 from The AUTsiders ( Big Van Walter & Robert Dreissker) . They could hold the title until March 15, 2014. A day later, they won back the title from Matt Striker and Trent. They also won the GSW Tag Team Championship a week before on March 8th at German Stampede Wrestling by The Decent Society (Crazy Sexy Mike & Salsakid Rambo) . On April 21, 2017, after a title reign of 1309 days, they lost the EWP Tag Team Championship to Chris Colen and Matt Cross.

Barthel was also successful as an individual wrestler. On June 22nd, 2014 he won the Great Bear Grand Championship as a Lone Survivor in the English wrestling league Great Bear Promotions (GBP) after a 12 Man Elimination Tag Team match . On December 10, 2016, he won the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship from Marty Scurll . He lost the title to Jurn Simmons on March 11, 2017. He played his last match in the independent scene at Westside Xtreme Wrestling on April 30, 2017 against Francis Kaspin. Westside Xtreme Wrestling held a farewell event for him. Previously, the doctorate had announced his departure on April 9th. By his later move to World Wrestling Entertainment , he also gave up his Great Bear Grand Championship without a fight .

World Wrestling Entertainment (since 2017)

On June 30, 2017, WWE announced the signing of Barthel. He played his first match in the WWE eight days earlier under his real name at an NXT house show against Roderick Strong . On August 8, 2018, Barthel again celebrated his TV debut at WWE under his real name. He played a match at NXT , which he lost to Keith Lee . He then formed a team with Fabian Aichner at NXT . Since 2019 he has been part of the stable empire together with Fabian Aichner, Alexander Wolfe and Walter . On January 12th, 2020 he and Aichner played a Fatal 4 Way Tag Team Ladder Match against Gallus Mark Coffey & Wolfgang , Grizzled Young Veterans James Drake & Zack Gibson and South Wales Subculture Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews on NXT: UK TakeOver: Blackpool II for the NXT UK Tag Team Championship , but they did not win this match. On May 13, 2020 he and Aichner won the NXT Tag Team Championship from Matt Riddle & Timothy Thatcher . The reign lasted 105 days and finally lost the title on August 26, 2020 to Breezango Fandango and Tyler Breeze .

Wrestling successes

  • European Wrestling Promotion
    • 1 × EWP Tag Team Championship (with Da Mack)
  • Great Bear Promotions
    • 1 × Great Bear Grand Championship
  • German Stampede Wrestling
    • 1 × GSW Tag Team Championship (with Da Mack)
  • Nordic Championship Wrestling
    • 1 × NFC First Fighter Championship
    • 1 × International NCW Cruiserweight Championship
    • First Fighter Tournament Winner (2010)
  • Pro wrestling fighters
    • 1 × PWF North-European Championship
  • Westside Xtreme Wrestling
    • 1 × wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship
    • 2 × wXw World Tag Team Championship (with Da Mack)
    • Central Germany Cup Winner (2014)
    • Four Nations Cup Winner (2015)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ WWE: Axel Dieter Jr. - The son of a legend on the way to WWE StefanM: moonsault.de; June 25, 2017; accessed on August 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ Wrestling in Weyhe: Axel Dieter Junior follows in his father's footsteps Kreiszeitung.de; March 7, 2017; accessed on August 12, 2018.
  3. ↑ WWE: Axel Dieter Jr. - The son of a legend on the way to WWE StefanM ;: moonsault.de; June 25, 2017; accessed on August 12, 2017.
  4. ↑ Wrestling in Weyhe: Axel Dieter Junior follows in his father's footsteps Kreiszeitung.de; March 7, 2017; accessed on August 12, 2018.
  5. ↑ WWE: Axel Dieter Jr. - The son of a legend on the way to WWE StefanM ;: moonsault.de; June 25, 2017; accessed on August 12, 2017.
  6. ^ NFC New Years Fight Night II results from March 1, 2008 cagematch.de; March 1, 2008; accessed on August 12, 2018.
  7. ↑ WWE: Axel Dieter Jr. - The son of a legend on the way to WWE StefanM ;: moonsault.de; June 25, 2017; accessed on August 12, 2017.
  8. ^ TNA First Impact Tour 2009 - Hanover results from September 30, 2009 cagematch.de; September 30, 2009; accessed on August 12, 2018.
  9. ^ NFC Takes Over Kampnagel results from December 3, 2010 cagematch.de; December 3, 2010; accessed on August 13, 2018
  10. ↑ PWF Northern Superstars Of Wrestling results from October 8, 2011 cagematch.de; October 8, 2011; accessed on August 13, 2018
  11. ↑ wXw 13th Anniversary Tour: Hamburg results from November 16, 2013 cagematch.de; November 16, 2013; accessed on August 13, 2018
  12. ↑ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=100763 wXw 16 Carat Gold 2014 - day 2 results from March 13, 2014 cagematch.de; March 15, 2014; accessed on August 13, 2018
  13. ↑ wXw 16 Carat Gold 2014 - day 3 results from March 16, 2014 cagematch.de; March 16, 2014; accessed on August 13, 2018
  14. ↑ wXw Live In Marburg: wXw New Heroes results from March 8, 2014 cagematch.de; March 8, 2014; accessed on August 13, 2018
  15. ^ EWP Tag Team Championship list of titleholders cagematch.de; accessed on August 13, 2018
  16. ↑ GBP The Neon Offensive results from June 22, 2014 cagematch.de; June 22, 2014; accessed on August 13, 2018
  17. ↑ wXw 16th Anniversary results from December 10, 2016 cagematch.de; December 10, 2016; accessed on August 13, 2018
  18. ↑ wXw The Mat Is Holy: Farewell To Axel Dieter Junior Results from April 30, 2017 cagematch.de; April 30, 2017; accessed on August 13, 2018
  19. ^ Wrestling: WWE announces engagement of Axel Dieter Jr. sport1.de; June 30, 2017; accessed on August 13, 2018
  20. ↑ WWE NXT Live Results from June 22, 2018 cagematch.de; June 22, 2018; accessed on August 13, 2018
  21. ↑ NXT # 433 Results & Report from Winter Park, Florida, USA from August 8, 2018 (incl. Videos) StableGuy: wrestling-infos.de; August 9, 2018; accessed on August 13, 2018
  22. ↑ WWE: German hope Marcel Barthel celebrates TV debut on NXT Martin Hoffmann: sport1.de; July 19, 2018; accessed on August 13, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Barthel, Marcel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dieter, Axel Junior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Pinneberg