Curtis Axel

Joseph Curtis "Joe" Hennig (born October 1, 1979) is an American professional wrestler. He is better known by his ring name Curtis Axel and previous ring name Michael McGillicutty. He worked for WWE from 2007 to 2020, where he is a former Intercontinental Champion and former two-time WWE (Raw) Tag Team Champion with David Otunga and Bo Dallas. He was also a member of The New Nexus  which was led by CM Punk.

Axel was born in Champlin, Minnesota. His father was "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig and his grandfather is Larry "The Axe" Hennig. He chose his ring name Curtis Axel as a tribute to them.

Championships
Florida Championship Wrestling
FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship (one time)
FCW Florida Tag Team Championship (three times) (with Heath Miller (one), Brett DiBiase (one) and Kaval (one))
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Rookie of the Year (2008)
PWI Feud of the Year (2010) (The Nexus vs. WWE)
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2010) (as part of The Nexus)
He was ranked #47 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013.
World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
WWE Intercontinental Championship (one time)
WWE (Raw) Tag Team Championship (two times) (with David Otunga) (1) and Bo Dallas (1)
Slammy Award for Shocker of the Year (2010) (The debut of The Nexus)

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