Alex Wright Alex Wright ( May 17 , 1975 ) is a German former professional wrestler . The son of British wrestler Steve Wright ( one of many early rivals of the original Tiger Mask , Satoru Sayama ) and nephew of British wrestler Bernie Wright , he wrestled professionally in Germany and Japan before signing with World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) in 1994 . He became known for his distinctive pre - match dancing as well as his technical in - ring ability that would ultimately lead him to WCW championship gold . Career History . Alex was trained by his father Steve Wright , a British professional wrestler . He wrestled his first match in 1991 in Germany when he was sixteen years old . He wrestled in his hometown during his early career and also worked in Japan . World Championship Wrestling ( 1994 – 2001 ) . Das Wunderkind ( 1994 – 1996 ) . Wright was discovered by World Championship Wrestling in mid - 1994 when WCW did a tour through Germany . He signed a contract with Time Warner , the parent company of WCW , and went through more training at the WCW Power Plant . He originally wrestled as a babyface and was known as " Das Wunderkind " ( German for " prodigy " , literally " wonder child " ) Alex Wright . His entrance music was of the techno genre , which was popular in some American and German dance clubs at the time , and he often danced as he walked to the ring or once he got in the ring . His first feud was with Jean - Paul Levesque , whom he defeated at Starrcade 1994 in December in both men ' s pay - per - view debut . In his early career , Wright went undefeated in matches against several WCW superstars including Bobby Eaton in January 1995 at " Clash of the Champions " and Paul Roma at " SuperBrawl V " in February of ' 95 . However , the latter saw Roma ' s contract later terminated by WCW because of his stiff performance and his ignorance of instructions to put Wright over during the match . WCW had Alex feud on and off from time to time with another wrestler who danced in the ring or on his way to the ring named the Disco Inferno . This made for an interesting , sometimes humorous feud ; with Alex representing modern dancing and music , and Disco Inferno representing older dancing and music . Alex wrestled against Arn Anderson for the WCW World Television Championship on an episode of WCW Saturday Night , and beat Arn by DQ . The title did not change hands though , as Alex was unable to win by pinfall or submission . Thus , a rematch for the title was scheduled for the next pay - per - view . Wright ' s first loss was to World Television Champion Arn Anderson at Slamboree 1995 in May . Due to WCW ' s partnership with New Japan Pro Wrestling ( NJPW ) , Wright participated in NJPW ' s Best of the Super Juniors Tournament and finished third in the tournament . He started wrestling against fellow cruiserweight and babyface Brian Pillman , whom he defeated in the opening match at The Great American Bash . On the July 16 edition of " Main Event " before Bash at the Beach , Wright teamed up with Marcus Bagwell to face Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck in a losing effort . He had encounters with other up and coming WCW stars , such as Diamond Dallas Page in August at a " Clash of the Champions " . In September of ' 95 on a Monday Nitro , Alex wrestled famed ECW wrestler Sabu . Sabu was able to win the match , but then continued to beat Alex after the match was over ; even going so far as to put Alex through a table . Referree Nick Patrick reversed his decision , disqualifying Sabu for his violence and giving the win to Alex . He had several matches against Eddie Guerrero , with a very notable match taking place on " The Main Event " before Fall Brawl 1995 : War Games , which resulted in a draw . Alex also had several matches in ' 95 and ' 96 against Dean Malenko . In January 1996 , at another " Clash of the Champions " , Malenko was able to pin Wright . At World War 3 , Wright took part in the first - ever Battle Royal # World War 3 three - ring 60 - man battle royal for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship , which was won by Randy Savage . At Starrcade , WCW wrestlers faced NJPW wrestlers in a World Cup of Wrestling . Wright represented WCW against NJPW ' s Koji Kanemoto ( for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship even though WCW never announced it as such ) but ended up losing the bout to Kanemoto . Wright then began a feud with Dick Slater , to whom he lost at Uncensored in a singles dark match . At Slamboree , Alex was forced by WCW to be teamed with his wrestling and dancing nemesis Disco Inferno , in a tag team match against Slater and Eaton . Alex and Disco lost when Disco was pinned . In June of ' 96 , famed Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki helped put together the World Wrestling Peace Festival , which was held in Los Angeles . Alex Wright wrestled and lost to Chris Benoit on that card . On the August 10 edition of " Saturday Night " that aired immediately before the pay - per - view Hog Wild , Wright defeated Bobby Eaton in a rematch . At World War 3 , Wright again participated in a three - ring , 60 - man battle royal , with the winner getting a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship . The battle royal was won by The Giant . In January ' 97 on " Clash of the Champions " , Wright lost to Japanese wrestler Masa Chono , who had recently come to the U . S . and joined the NWO . Heel turn , Cruiserweight Champion and World Television Champion ( 1997 ) . WCW had Alex wrestle in several tag team matches with what some might call sub - par tag team partners . Alex and the rotating list of wrestlers he had as partners would usually lose to tougher teams . And ironically , though Alex was still popular on the television programs WCW Pro and WCW Saturday Night , he was losing popularity , and even getting booed by some fans , on Monday Nitro and on some pay - per - views . Some believe that these two things combined began to frustrate Wright . On a Monday Nitro , Alex was partnered with the wrestler Ice Train against another tag team . When Ice Train needed some help , Alex claimed to be unable to continue due to a sudden , unexplainable knee injury and left Ice Train to wrestle the other two opponents by himself . Wright was then pushed as a heel in the summer of 1997 . On the July 28 edition of " Nitro " , he defeated Chris Jericho to win the Cruiserweight Championship . After winning the title , Wright began a feud with Jericho at that point , including a successful title defense against Jericho at Road Wild , before dropping the title back to Jericho on August 16 edition of " Saturday Night " . However , five days later , he defeated Último Dragón on the August 21 Clash of the Champions XXXV edition of " Clash of the Champions " to win the World Television Championship . Alex was able to successfully defend the TV title against Lord Steven Regal on an episode on Monday Nitro . Though Regal was also a heel , the fans disliked Alex so much , they often cheered or rooted for Regal during the match . At Fall Brawl , Wright made a successful title defense against Último Dragón in a rematch before dropping the title to rival Disco Inferno on September 22 edition of " Nitro " . Wright feuded with Steve McMichael after McMichael ' s valet Debra left him and became Wright ' s valet . She ordered the feud and in the rivalry , Wright defeated McMichael at Halloween Havoc , with help from Goldberg , who promptly attacked Wright postmatch . The next month at World War 3 , McMichael took out Goldberg prior to their match and Wright was literally dragged to the ring by Debra to wrestle McMichael again , and this time suffered a defeat . Wright would go on to be managed by Debra for a little while longer . Debra would often try to illegally interfere in matches to help Alex win , but the plan would usually backfire , causing Alex to lose . After a string of losses that Alex felt was her fault , he fired Debra on a Monday Nitro . Incredibly , though Alex was still competing as a heel , his firing of the despised Debra garnered him some applause by the crowd in attendance at the arena that night . The Dancing Fools ( 1998 ) . Wright would then begin to patch things up with former rival Disco Inferno as they began teaming in 1998 to form a moderately successful tag team called the Dancing Fools , which at times also featured Japanese wrestler Tokyo Magnum in the role of a tag - along who regularly attempted to imitate their dancing styles . Wright and Inferno feuded with The Public Enemy ( Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock ) , including a loss to Grunge and Rocco at Road Wild . Wright then began an angle where he claimed that he was the best WCW wrestler to come out of Europe . British Bulldog , however , disputed Wright ' s proclamation , leading to a feud between Wright and Inferno against Bulldog and Jim Neidhart . The feud culminated at Fall Brawl , where the Dancing Fools lost to Bulldog and Neidhart . After suffering losses , Wright and Inferno split and began singles careers again . Wright feuded with another fellow European wrestler , Fit Finlay , because he blamed Finlay for ending his father ' s career . Wright took his father ' s revenge from Finlay by beating him at Halloween Havoc . Wright again competed in the 60 - man battle royal at the ' 98 edition of World War III , with that year ' s battle royal being won by Kevin Nash . Berlyn ( 1999 ) . At the beginning of 1999 , Wright was kept off WCW television for an extended length of time until May , when promotional spots began appearing on WCW television featuring Wright as a surprising new Rivethea - style character named Berlyn ( an intentional misspelling of the city Berlin , the capital of Wright ' s home country Germany ) , with a black Mohawk and goatee replacing his blond hair . He was clad entirely in black with a long trench coat and arrogantly refused to speak English . He spoke through an interpreter who was a knockout blonde and was accompanied to the ring by a larger wrestler wearing a suit , who would eventually become known as The Wall . The promos coincided with the aftermath of the Columbine school massacre , which threw a hitch in WCW ' s plans . Sensing the unintentional similarities in dress between Berlyn and the teenage killers , WCW delayed the debut of Berlyn for several months . Despite the shock value upon his debut , which occurred on August 30 on " Nitro " , Berlyn never really got over with fans . Wright was supposed to face Buff Bagwell at Fall Brawl shortly after his debut and had been booked to defeat Bagwell , who would not take the loss and instead deliberately missed his flight to Winston - Salem , North Carolina ( where the event was taking place ) . WCW replaced Bagwell with Jim Duggan , and Wright ' s problems continued as Duggan no - sold all of Wright ' s offense and was totally uncooperative with him in the ring . Despite Duggan ' s lack of help , Wright ' s debut as Berlyn was successful . Berlyn took revenge on Bagwell , and defeated him the next night on " Nitro " . Berlyn attacked Scott Armstrong and began a feud with Brad Armstrong . Alex ( as Berlyn ) and Brad Armstrong had a match at Halloween Havoc , which Berlyn lost . But after the match , Berlyn and The Wall attacked Armstrong . Although Berlyn beat Duggan and Bagwell , irreparable damage had already been done to the character . WCW furthered the damage by giving The Wall a singles push , leaving Wright to flounder in the mid - card . On the October 25 edition of " Nitro " , it was announced that a tournament would be held for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship and the finals would occur at Mayhem . On the following edition of " Nitro " , Berlyn participated in the tournament but lost his first round match to Vampiro . Berlyn began a small feud with Vampiro and cost him his second round match in the tournament against Buff Bagwell . At Mayhem , Vampiro defeated Berlyn in a Dog Collar match after the Wall turned on Berlyn . Berlyn then feuded with the Wall but they never competed on any pay - per - views . Wright would again disappear from WCW television for a while . Boogie Knights , World Tag Team Champion and departure ( 2000 – 2001 ) . After some time off from wrestling , Wright returned to wrestling under his real name on the September 27 , 2000 edition of " WCW Thunder " with a bald head ( but he was still dancing ) during a match between former partner Disco Inferno , now renamed " Disqo " , and Konnan . Wright helped Disqo in getting the victory and the duo reunited as the Boogie Knights . The Boogie Knights began a feud with the Filthy Animals while they also feuded with two members of the Natural Born Thrillers ( Sean O ' Haire and Mark Jindrak ) , who were the World Tag Team Champions at the time . At Halloween Havoc , the three teams participated in a triangle match but O ' Haire and Jindrak won the match . They were scheduled to take on O ' Haire and Jindrak in a match for the titles , but Disqo was sidelined with an injury , leading to General Rection substituting for him . Rection and Wright would then go on to win the World Tag Team Championship from O ' Haire and Jindrak at " Millennium Germany " on November 16 . However , four days later , on " Nitro " , Wright and another substitute Elix Skipper lost the titles to Chuck Palumbo and Shawn Stasiak , two other members of the Natural Born Thrillers . Wright then started an angle where he kept KroniK ( Brian Adams and Bryan Clark ) as his bodyguards to squash other cruiserweights . At Mayhem , Wright and KroniK faced Billy Kidman and Rey Misterio , Jr . in a 3 - on - 2 handicap match . However , KroniK betrayed Wright by abandoning him , leading to him being pinned . Disqo eventually returned from his injury and the Boogie Knights gimmick lasted until WCW was purchased by World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) in March 2001 . Retirement . Wright fell out of the spotlight after the folding of WCW , and has not appeared on American television since then . In the years following , Wright has stayed away from regular active competition , only wrestling on rare occasions for German wrestling promotions NAWA and GWP . Despite this , Wright is still well - respected as a wrestler , as indicated by Ring of Honor ( ROH ) fans chanting his gimmick name at ROH shows . After working as a banker and fitness instructor he opened a pro - wrestling school called " The Wright Stuff " in Nürnberg , Germany . In 2009 he started his own wrestling promotion called New European Championship Wrestling ( NEW ) .