Axel Tischer (born 5 November 1986), is a German

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. He is best known for his time in

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, where he performed under the ring name, Alexander Wolfe. Under his real name, Tischer competed on the European independent circuit. During this period, he is best known in

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(wXw), where he is a two-time Unified World Wrestling Champion and two-time Shotgun Champion. He is also the current GWF World Champion in his first reign. He then debuted in WWE's NXT brand as part of the stable Sanity, where he and Eric Young won the

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in 2017. After moving to the SmackDown brand in 2018, the group saw minimal success, resulting in their disbandment in early 2019. He subsequently began wrestling in the NXT and

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brands as part of the

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stable until his WWE departure in 2021. He currently works under the ring name Axel Axeman Tischer in wXw and the

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Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2004–2015)

Tischer began training to be a professional wrestler at age 13 in his home town of

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. Tischer wrestled extensively on the independent circuit throughout Germany and Europe, appearing for numerous promotions including German Stampede Wrestling, the

and

. In 2012 he defeated

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to win the

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and held the championship for almost a year before losing it to

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WWE

Sanity (2015–2019)

In April 2015, Tischer began training at the

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as part of a class of 10 international

recruits. He made his television debut on 15 July 2015 episode of ''

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'', losing to

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. In August, Tischer adopted the ring name Alexander Wolfe. In 2016, Wolfe formed a tag-team with

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at NXT live events. In September, Wolfe and Sawyer joined a stable called Sanity, which also includes Eric Young and Nikki Cross. The stable made its debut on 12 October episode of ''NXT'', with Wolfe and Fulton defeating the team of Bobby Roode and

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as part of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. On 2 November episode of ''NXT'', in the second round of the tournament, Wolfe and Fulton defeated the team of

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and

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. Wolfe and Fulton lost to TM-61 in the semi-finals of the tournament. On 19 August 2017, at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III, Wolfe and Eric Young defeated

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to win the

, becoming the first German to hold a championship in WWE. Young and Killian Dain lost the Tag Team Championship to

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(

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and

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) on 20 December episode of ''NXT''. During the 2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up, SAnitY (excluding Cross) were drafted to

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. The group debuted on the 19 June episode of ''SmackDown LIVE'' where they attacked

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. The following week, SAnitY lost to The Usos and

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. On the 3 July episode of ''SmackDown LIVE'', the group attacked The New Day. This led to a

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between the two teams at Extreme Rules, which SAnitY won. On the 24 July episode of ''SmackDown LIVE'', SAnitY and The New Day faced off in the first round of the

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No. 1 Contender's tournament. SAnitY (represented by Wolfe and Dain) were defeated. The group competed in only two more televised matches throughout the remainder of 2018, while primarily competing at live events. After a near four month hiatus from television, SAnitY returned on the 2 April 2019 episode of ''SmackDown LIVE'', losing a three-on-one

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. During the

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, Young was drafted to Raw.

Imperium (2019–2021)

Following the disbanding of Sanity, Wolfe made his debut appearance for the

brand on the June 12 episode of ''

'', joining the brand and aligning himself with

alongside Walter,

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, and

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. On the July 3 episode of ''NXT UK'', Wolfe made his in-ring debut for the brand, defeating Jack Starz. Wolfe, along with Imperium, appeared on the November 11 episode of '' Raw'', accompanying and interfering during Walter's match against the WWE Universal Champion

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, until

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and

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made the save, this led to an

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, were Imperium were defeated after Rollins pinned Wolfe. Through the end of the year, Imperium started a feud against

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in ''NXT UK'' and with

on ''

'', and on the November 12 episode of ''NXT UK'', Wolfe defeated Dragunov, however three weeks later, Dragunov defeated Wolfe in a no disqualification match. At Worlds Collide, Imperium faced The Undisputed Era, where Wolfe suffered an injury during the match and had to be taken to backstage, however Imperium ultimately won the match. On the May 18, 2021 episode of ''NXT'', after Wolfe was defeated by Killian Dain, he was attacked by Aichner and Barthel, thus kicking him out of the faction. This was done to write him off television as Tischer's WWE contract was due to expire the following June; he was subsequently among the group of NXT talent released from their contracts the following day.

Return to the Independent circuit (2019–present)

Due to a cooperation between WWE and wXw, Tischer was able to wrestle a total of five matches for the wXw between 2019 and 2020 under his WWE name "Alexander Wolfe", and on 8 March 2020, he won a triple threat match against The Avalanche and Ilja Dragunov to win the

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. Due to the travel restrictions, the title was vacated on 17 May. After his release from the WWE, Tischer returned to Germany with his family and has since lived in his hometown of Dresden. As a result, he also made his comeback under his real name at wXw and on 7 August at wXw 20th Anniversary, Tischer defeated Fast Time Moodo. On 23 October, at wXw True Colors, Tischer defeated

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to win the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship for the second time. At GWF Pick Your Poison on August 18, 2021, Axel Tischer returned to his home promotion

for the first time since signing with WWE. He confronted GWF World Champion John Klinger and entered himself into the GWF Battlefield 2021. On September 19, 2021, Axel Tischer competed in a GWF ring for the first time since February 2015 and ultimately won the

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-style match to gain an opportunity to challenge John Klinger for the GWF World Title. At GWF Legacy: 25 Years of Berlin Wrestling on November 14, 2021, Tischer defeated Klinger and won the GWF World Title for the first time. On November 27, 2022, Tischer re-united with former SAnitY tag team partner Killian Dain (who was wrestling under the name "Big Damo") at

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's Chapter 146 - They Think It's All Over, at the

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, Camden Town, London, England, where they defeated the team of Luke Jacobs and Leon Slater.

Personal life

Tischer has a 2-year old son.

Other media

Wolfe made his WWE video game debut as a playable character in ''

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and'' is a playable character in ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Championship and accomplishments

* East Side Wrestling ** ESW Deutsche Meisterschaft Championship (1 time) * German Stampede Wrestling ** GSW Breakthrough Championship (1 time) ** GSW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ivan Kiev *

** GWF World Championship (1 time, current) ** GWF Berlin Championship (1 time) ** GWF Battlefield 2021 *''

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'' **Ranked No. 87 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2022 *

( 2 times) **

( 2 times) *

( 1 time) – with Eric Young ** NXT Year-End Award (1 time) *** Tag Team of the Year (

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) – with Eric Young and Killian Dain

References

External links

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