Matthew Waters (born August 23, 1985) is an American

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and

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, who performs under the

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Mads Krügger. He is known for his time on the

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under the ring names Logan Creed and Krule, during which he has competed in various promotions and won many titles. Krügger's first national exposure came when he signed with

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(MLW) in 2019 as The Dynasty's monster bodyguard Grogan. However, he soon left The Dynasty and changed his ring name to Logan Creed. He was repackaged in the fall of 2020 as Contra Unit's fifth member "The Black Hand of Contra" Mads Krügger. He departed MLW in 2023.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2012–present)

Matthew Waters was trained by Shawn Hunter and made his

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debut on January 20, 2012 under the

Logan Creed by teaming with Mike Pain as No Remorse at an All-Star Wrestling Network (AWN) event ''Friday Night Adrenaline'' by defeating The Monsters of Destruction. Creed became a mainstay in the

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. Creed won his first

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on May 10, 2014 by defeating

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for the Southern Fried Championship Wrestling (SFCW) Heavyweight Championship. He lost the title to Luke Gallows on June 14. On July 18, 2015, Creed teamed with Drew Adler to defeat Trinity (Big Andy and Chris Nelms) to capture the SFCW Tag Team Championship. Creed and Adler lost the titles to The Beautiful Bald Besties (Michael Stevens and Zac Edwards) at SFCW's ''More Bang For Your Buck'' event on August 15. At ''Shocktober'', Creed won an eight-man

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to win the vacant SFCW Heavyweight Championship for the second time. Creed successfully defended the title against former tag team partner Drew Adler in a

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at ''November Rulz'' before losing the title to Adler in a

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at ''Fan Appreciation Night'' on January 2, 2016. On May 7, Creed defeated Zac Edwards to win the SFCW Monroe City Championship. At ''Last Chance'', Creed and Odinson defeated Gunner Miller and Troy Hunt to become the #1 contenders for the SFCW Tag Team Championship. Creed and Odinson defeated Beautiful Bald Besties to win the Tag Team Championship at ''Shinding III''. Creed and Odinson successfully defended the titles against Big F'N Deal (Brian Blaze and Geter) at ''Firecracker Fights''. Creed lost the Monroe City Championship to Trevor Aeon at ''Macon Mayhem''. The tag team titles were vacated later that year. In the summer of 2016, Creed formed a faction with Kyle Matthews, Merica Strong, Slim J and Tommy Too Much called The Kingsmen. On December 30, Creed defeated Drew Adler in a street fight to win the AWN Heavyweight Championship. On January 21, 2017, Creed teamed with The Kingsmen teammate Tommy Too Much to defeat Trending Now (Ace Haven and Charles Zanders) to win the PWA Tag Team Championship. On February 18, Creed, Matthews and Tommy took on Beautiful Bald Besties and the PWA Heritage Champion Shane Noles in a six-man tag team match, where Noles' Heritage Championship and Kingsmen's Tag Team Championship were on the line. Kingsmen lost the match, losing the Tag Team Championship to Beautiful Bald Besties as a result. On March 18, Kingsmen regained the Tag Team Championship when Creed and Matthews defeated Beautiful Bald Besties. At PWA's ''9th Anniversary Show'', Kingsmen lost all of their titles as Creed and Matthews lost the Tag Team Championship, Mr. O'Hagan lost the No Limits Championship and Tommy lost the Heritage Championship to The Reckoning (Billy Buck, Charles Zanders, Kevin Blue and Schaff) in a Survivor Games match. At an Anarchy Wrestling event on January 27, 2018, Creed defeated Geter in a lumberjack match to become the #1 contender for the Anarchy Triple Crown Championship. Creed received his title shot against Gunner Miller on February 24, where Miller retained the title via disqualification. This led to a no disqualification rematch for the title at ''Hardcore Hell XX'', which Creed won. Creed successfully defended the title against Cyrus the Destroyer in a

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on June 23, Ike Kross on September 8 and Mikael Judas and Stryknyn in a three-way match at ''Fright Night''. At ''Halloween Hell'', Creed lost the AWN Heavyweight Championship to Bill the Butcher. At ''Hardcore Hell'' pay-per-view on April 13, 2019, Creed defended the Anarchy Triple Crown Championship against the Anarchy Landmark Heritage Champion Stryknyn, Jacob Ashworth and Sal Rinauro in a steel cage match, thus winning the Landmark Heritage Championship while retaining the Triple Crown Championship. Creed lost the title to Will Kaution in a six-way match on May 11. On May 25, Creed lost the Triple Crown Championship to

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. On November 28, Creed won a tournament by defeating Alan Angels in the first round, Griff Garrison in the semi-final and Josey Quinn in the final to win the third SFCW Heavyweight Championship at ''Thanksgiving Day Tournament''. At ''Logan vs. Judas'', Creed lost the title to Mikael Judas in a last man standing match on February 15, 2020. The following month, Creed defeated Mike Pain to win the WrestleMerica Heavyweight Championship at ''March Melee''. Creed lost the title to Tyson Dean in a three-way match, also involving Mike Pain in a three-way match on August 8. At the ''Jingle Brawl'' pay-per-view on December 19, Creed teamed with Francisco Ciatso to defeat Da House Of Payne (Hakim Ali and Nick Payne) and The Modern Day Sharpshooters (James Creed and Maxx Blaylock) in a three-way match at the North American Wrestling Alliance (NAWA) Tag Team Championship.

Major League Wrestling

The Dynasty (2019–2020)

Waters made his

(MLW) debut at the Blood and Thunder event on November 9, 2019. He made his televised debut in MLW on the December 7 episode of '' Fusion'' as

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's newest gift to The Dynasty under the

Grogan as a participant in a

. He won the battle royal by lastly eliminating Timothy Thatcher. Grogan only appeared once beside Dynasty member MJF in a backstage interview with Alicia Atout on the January 25 episode of ''Fusion''. On the February 15 episode of ''Fusion'', Grogan betrayed Dynasty by allowing Dynasty's rival

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entry into the arena after Warner bribed Grogan by offering him beers and a date with a dancer. This allowed Warner to interfere and prevent Hammerstone from helping MJF and

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in winning the

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from Marshall and Ross Von Erich. This led to Grogan officially leaving Dynasty and

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ing into a fan favorite and reverted to his original ring name Logan Creed. Creed competed in his first singles match on the following week's episode of ''Fusion'' by defeating enhancement talent Moonshine Mantell. On the February 29 episode of ''Fusion'', Creed teamed with Mance Warner and

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against Dynasty's Alexander Hammerstone, Gino Medina and Richard Holliday in a

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, which Creed's team lost. Creed then did not compete in MLW as MLW went on a hiatus due to the

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Contra Unit (2020–2023)

Creed made his return to MLW as the masked "Black Hand of Contra" on the November 18 episode of ''Fusion'' by attacking Alexander Hammerstone after Hammerstone appeared at ringside to confront

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after Fatu had retained the

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against Davey Boy Smith Jr. Creed was confirmed as the fifth new member of Fatu's faction Contra Unit. His ring name was later revealed to be Mads Krügger. On the December 2 episode of ''Fusion'', Krügger competed in his first match by defeating Ariel Dominguez. On the December 16 episode of ''Fusion'', Krügger defeated two local wrestlers in a

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. He was later engaged in a brawl with Hammerstone, setting up a match between the two for Hammerstone's National Openweight Championship at Kings of Colosseum. Being at the Contra Unit, he was the brawn needed by Josef Samael to shield Fatu, but that ended when Fatu lost the Heavyweight title to Alex Hammerstone. That caused tension between Contra members, which went to a breaking point after War Chamber, which Fatu and him brawled after losing the main event. The duo feuded, with vignettes of him demanding that he wants Fatu fall by his hands, exchanging victories on each other, culminating in the Weapons of Mass Destruction match, which he was "drenched in radioactive waste", and Jacob unmasking him, ending the feud. After the match, vignettes of him injured and horribly suffering due to the toxin exposure appeared on MLW programming. At the start of 2023, he was released by MLW.

Championships and accomplishments

*All-Star Wrestling Network **AWN Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Anarchy Wrestling **Anarchy Landmark Heritage Championship (1 time) **Anarchy Triple Crown Championship (1 time) *IndependentWrestling.TV **Independent Wrestling World Championship (1 time) *Intense Wrestling Entertainment **IWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current) *

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(1 time) *North American Wrestling Alliance **NAWA Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Francisco Ciatso *Old School Championship Wrestling **OSCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Drew Adler *Peachstate Wrestling Alliance **PWA Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Tommy Too Much (1), Kyle Matthews (1) *

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**Ranked No. 162 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2022 *Southern Fried Championship Wrestling **SFCW Heavyweight Championship (3 times) **SFCW Monroe City Championship (1 time) **SFCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Drew Adler *Southern Honor Wrestling **SHW Championship (2 time, current) *WrestleMerica **WrestleMerica Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

References

External links

Mads Krügger's profile
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Krügger, Mads 1985 births American male professional wrestlers Living people People from Lyons, Georgia Professional wrestlers from Georgia (U.S. state)