Steinbolt Fabian Puregger is an Swedish professional wrestler of Austria n decent , best known by his ring name Steinbolt . He works regularly throughout the independent wrestling promotions Europe . Steinbolt is best known for his work in GBG Wrestling where he became a GBG Wrestling Champion . Steinbolt also currently works for Maximum Wrestling where he is the reinging Maximum Champion . Professional wrestling career . Puregger made his career debut in June 2010 . Since then , he has wrestled for numerous independent promotions throughout Europe including STHLM Wrestling , Svensk Wrestling Syd , Fight Club Finland , All Star Wrestling , Union Of European Wrestling Alliances , Dansk Pro Wrestling , Norwegian Wrestling Federation , Pro Wrestling Fighters and Maximum Wrestling . GBG Wrestling ( 2010 - present ) . Puregger debuted on June 19 , 2010 under his ring name Steinbolt at the GBG Dungeon TV Special held in Göteborg , Sweden in a match won by Hank Havoc . During the following month on July 2 at GBG July Mayhem , Steinbolt won a fatal four way match against Manimal , Teen Wolf and Twiggy . During 2011 , Steinbolt wrestled only twice . He returned in January 2012 and wrestled four matches during the months of January , April , September and November . It was during the months of September and November in which Steinbolt wrestled in title matchs for the GBG Wrestling Championship . On September 1 at GBG Night Of Thunder , Steinbolt ' s first title match was won by the champion Hank Havoc . Steibolt ' s second title match was on November 17 , 2012 at the GBG Title Elimination Tournament , where he won the GBG Wrestling title from Conny Mejsel . Steinbolt defended the title only twice during the following year in 2013 , first against Teen Wolf at GBG Ultimate Vengeance and lastly against Conny Mejsel in a rematch at GBG Extreme Vendetta . On June 28 , 2014 , Steinbolt lost the GBG Wrestling Championship to Conny Mejsel at GBG Death Match . During 2015 , Steinbolt wrestled in a variety of different matches , however none of these included further title opportunities . He continued his GBG career in 2016 beginning his year with a victory on February 13 at GBG End Of The Road wrestling his previous championship rival Conny Mejsel in what was dubbed as Mejsel ' s Retirement Match . Two months later on April 2 , 2016 , Steinbolt won a royal rumble match at GBG Gothenburg Rumble . STHLM Wrestling ( 2010 - present ) . Steinbolt debuted on December 4 , 2010 in a Three Way Match won by Manimal against Steinbolt and Teen Wolf . Steinbolt returned in 2011 at STHLM Payback 7 held on May 14 , defeating Aguila Roja in a stretcher match . Steinbolt also wrestled in a seven - man gauntlet match won by Don Kalif . On September 2 at STHLM Torpedos Of Truth , Steinbolt wrestled in a singles match won by Hank Havoc . On August 4 , 2012 , Steinbolt was set to meet Wrangel STHLM Slödderslakt . The outcome of the intended match was inconclusive . Steinbolt returned the following year in 2013 at STHLM Survival held on May 11 . There he defeated TNT . During April 2014 , Steinbolt joined a title hunt for the Swedish Heavyweight Championship . This began on April 26 at STHLM Elimination 1 , where he won the first round of the 1 Contendership Tournament , first defeating Redline Robin . Steinbolt was eliminated in the semi final match against Huckleberry Sinn . During the course of 2015 , Steinbolt wrestled five matches between the months of April to October , mostly as a tag team competitor . Steinbolt returned to singles action , joining in the title hunt for the vacant STHLM Wrestling Championship on February 6 in a 30 Man Royal Rumble Match won by The Beast . Maximum Wrestling ( 2014 - present ) . Steinbolt debuted on December 6 , 2014 in a Street Fight won by Demolition Davies . He wrestled Davies in a regular singles match on this same date , again won by Demolition Davies by disqualification . Steinbolt returned the following year in 2015 on June 13 , competing in a Maximum Title Tournament . He won the first round , defeating Markus Antonius . Advancing to the semi final , Steinbolt won a four way match against Andre Trucker , Apu Singh and Leon van Gasteren . Four months later on October 16 , the tournament final was held in which Steinbolt defeated Michael Schenkenberg to win the vacant Maximum Championship . On January 16 , Steinbolt retained the title against Demolition Davies . Three months later at Maximum Wrestling , Steinbolt successfully defended the title against Leon van Gasteren .