Marius Al-Ani (born 3 December 1990) is a German

professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

, who is currently working for

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(wXw),.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2011–present)

Al-Ani competed at the ''WWNLive SuperShow - Mercury Rising 2019'', an event promoted by

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(WWN) on April 5, where he teamed up with Alexander James and Jurn Simmons as Team wXw in a losing effort to The Unwanted (

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and

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) in a

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. At ''PROGRESS Germany Tour 2018: Hamburg'', a cross-over event produced by

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and wXw, he teamed up with

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and

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in a losing effort to

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, David Starr and

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. Al-Ani also worked for European Wrestling Promotion where he won the Axel Dieter Memorial Cup at ''EWP Christmas Wrestling 2019'' by defeating

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in the finals which took place on December 21. Al-Ani competed at ''NEW Snakepit 2019'', an event promoted by New European Championship Wrestling on September 7, where he won and lost the NEW World Internet Championship the same night battling Fast Time Moodo.

Westside Xtreme Wrestling (2014–present)

Al-Ani is best known for his tenure with

. He debuted for the promotion at ''wXw Drive Of Champions Tour: Fulda'' on May 17, 2014, where he fell short against

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. At ''wXw 14th Anniversary Tour: Leipzig'', a two-night event which began on November 1, 2014, he scored a victory against

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on the second night. Al-Ani participated in the 2015 Mitteldeutschland Cup, where he reached the semi-finals at ''wXw More Than Wrestling Tour: Gotha'', where he fell short to

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on March 17, 2015. At ''wXw More Than Wrestling Tour: Finale - Shortcut To The Top'', Al-Ani participated in a 30-man royal rumble match on June 20, 2015, where he competed against ither superstars such as the winner

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, Jurn Simmons,

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and

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. At ''wXw Broken Rules XVI'' on October 22, 2016, he teamed up with

as A4 and defeated David Starr and

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to win the vacant

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. They defended the titles several times until they dropped them to The Young Lions (

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and Tarkan Aslan) at ''wXw Superstars Of Wrestling 2017'', a cross-over event produced by wXw and

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on May 13, 2017. At ''16 Carat Gold Tournament 2017'', Al-Ani defeated J. T. Dunn in a first round match on the first night from March 10, but fell short to

on the second night in quarter-finals. On the third night, Al-Ani teamed up with

to successfully defend the

in a street fight against The London Riots (James Davis and Rob Lynch). Al-Ani participated in the Mitteldeutschland Cup of 2017, with the first night taking place at ''wXw Fight Forever Tour 2017: Jena'', where he defeated Pete Bouncer in the quarter-final on September 22. One day later on September 23, at ''Tour: Bautzen'', he lost to John Klinger in the semi-finals. At the ''wXw World Tag League 2017'', Al-Ani teamed up with his A4 partner

in a losing effort to Massive Product ( David Starr and Jurn Simmons) in the first night of October 6. Two nights later, they finished the tournament with a total of three points after scoring a loss against

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(

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and

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). At ''wXw Shortcut To The Top 2018'' on August 4, Al-Ani defeated

to win the

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. Al-Ani won the '' wXw Catch Grand Prix 2020'' by defeating

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in the finals on December 13, 2020. At ''wXw Dead End'' on April 9, 2021, he defeated

to win the

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Other media

In 2016, Al-Ani participated at ''

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'' on RTL, placing himself in 20th place, after five rounds of contest.

Championships and accomplishments

*European Wrestling Promotion **EWP Junior Championship (1 time) **EWP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with

**Axel Dieter Memorial Cup (2019) *Next Step Wrestling **Next Step Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *New European Championship Wrestling **NEW World Internet Championship (1 time) * ''

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'' ** Ranked No. 163 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2021 *Swiss Wrestling Entertainment **SWE Championship (1 time) *

(1 time) **

( 1 time) **

( 1 time) – with

** wXw Catch Grand Prix (2020) ** Mitteldeutschland Cup (2018, 2019) ** wXw Shotgun Championship Number One Contender’s Tournament (2018) ** Ostwestfalen Cup (2018) ** Road to 16 Carat Gold (2018)cite web, url= https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=4840

References

External links

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