Oliver Sauter (born May 9, 1995) is a Swiss professional wrestler signed to
WWE
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, where he performs on the
NXT
NXT may refer to:
Professional wrestling
* ''WWE NXT'', a professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that began in 2010
** NXT (WWE brand), WWE's Florida-based brand and former developmental territory
* ''NXT UK'', the British spin- ...
brand
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under the
ring name
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Oro Mensah.
Professional wrestling career
Early career (2012–2019)
Sauter wrestled his first match on 12 May 2012 at Swiss Championship Wrestling under the ring name Mr. Exotic Erotic and lost to Belthazar. On 27 October, he teamed with Cash Crash to win the SCW Tag Team Championship, defeating Bad Snake & Magic Sly. The reign lasted until 28 September 2013, when they lost the titles to Pancho & Sancho. He began competing for New European Championship Wrestling in early 2014, where he defeated former tag team partner Cash Crash on 1 February 2014. During the year, he still fought for Swiss Wrestling Entertainment and Classic Wrestling Entertainment. Over time he fought for various other independent promotions, including
Westside Xtreme Wrestling
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, Rising Sun Wrestling, Frontier Championship Wrestling, German Hurricane Wrestling and
German Wrestling Federation
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While the promotion has toured through Germany and has held events in Bochum, Rostock, Lübeck, Hennigsdorf and Hamb ...
, winning various titles.
WWE (2019–present)
On 19 April 2019, Carter made his
NXT UK
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debut in a dark match, which he lost to
Kassius Ohno
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**Gaius Cassius Longinus (died 42 BC), Roman senator and a leader of Julius Caesar's assassination
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* Cass ...
. He was utilized as a jobber until 16 November where he ended his losing streak. He teamed with
Ashton Smith to defeat The Outliers (Dorian Mak and
Riddick Moss
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). He returned to the brand on 17 January 2020, where he teamed with Smith to defeat
Pretty Deadly
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(Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker). On 7 March, he participated in a battle royal to determine the next challenger for the
NXT UK Championship
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, but failed to win the match.
On the 2 June 2022 episode of ''NXT UK'', Carter and Smith won the
NXT UK Tag Team Championship
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by defeating previous champions
Moustache Mountain
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(
Trent Seven
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and
Tyler Bate
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In 2017, he became the inaugural WWE United Kingdom Champion (later renamed NXT United Kingdom Championship), ...
) and Die Familie (
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* Teoman Koman (c. 1936–2013), Turkish general
* Teoman (singer), stage name of Faz ...
and Rohan Raja) in a
triple threat match
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. On the 23 June episode of ''NXT UK'', Carter and Smith were set to defend their titles against
NXT 2.0's
Josh Briggs
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and
Brooks Jensen
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, but Smith suffered a knee injury and had to vacate them.
On the September 13, 2022 episode of ''NXT'', a video package was shown to reintroduce Carter under the ring name of Oro Mensah, with his debut announced for the following week's episode. In his debut match, Mensah defeated
Grayson Waller
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to qualify for the
NXT North American Championship
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ladder match
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at
Halloween Havoc
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. At the event on October 22,
Wes Lee
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won the match. On the November 4 episode of ''
NXT Level Up'', Mensah defeated
Xyon Quinn
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During his t ...
.
Championships and accomplishments
*Championship Of Wrestling
**cOw Interstate Championship (1 time)
**cOw Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*
German Wrestling Federation
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While the promotion has toured through Germany and has held events in Bochum, Rostock, Lübeck, Hennigsdorf and Hamb ...
**GWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Senza Volto
*German Hurricane Wrestling
**GHW Zero Gravity Cup Championship (1 time)
*New European Championship Wrestling
**New World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*Swiss Championship Wrestling
**SCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Cash Crash
*Swiss Wrestling Entertainment
**SWE Championship (1 time)
*
WWE
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**
NXT UK Tag Team Championship
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(
1 time) – with
Ashton Smith
References
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1995 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Zürich
Swiss male professional wrestlers
Swiss people of Ghanaian descent
21st-century professional wrestlers
NXT UK Tag Team Champions