Ludwig Kaiser

**Marcel Barthel** (an haife shi a ranar 8 ga watan Yulin shekara ta 1990) ɗan wasan kokawa ne na Jamus. Ya zuwa shekara ta 2017, an sanya hannu a WWE, inda yake aiki a kan Raw da kuma haɗin gwiwar Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), a matsayin mai rufe fuska El Grande Americano . Shi ne shugaban Los Americanos stable. 

Barthel a baya ya yi gwagwarmaya a ƙarƙashin sunan zobe Axel Dieter Jr. a Jamus, musamman ga Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), inda ya zama Champion na Duniya na Tag Team sau biyu kuma Champion na Ƙungiyar Duniya na Unified. Ya kuma yi gwagwarmaya a Burtaniya don Progress Wrestling . Ya sanya hannu tare da WWE a cikin 2017 kuma an sanya shi zuwa NXT a ƙarƙashin sunansa na ainihi, Marcel Barthel, ya shiga Imperium inda ya lashe NXT Tag Team Championship sau biyu tare da Fabian Aichner . An tura Imperium zuwa babban jerin sunayen a kan SmackDown a 2022 inda aka sake sunan Barthel a matsayin Ludwig Kaiser, sannan ya koma Raw a 2023. Daga farkon 2025, Chadi Gable ya fara nuna El Grande Americano, amma saboda rauni, Barthel ya ɗauki rawar a ranar 30 ga Yuni, 2025. A matsayinsa na Americano, Barthel tsohon zakara ne na WWE Speed, mulkin da ya gaji lokacin da ya karɓi rawar daga Gable.

## Rayuwa ta farko
Mahaifinsa Axel Dieter, Christian Eckstei, da Karsten Kretschmer ne suka horar da Barthel. Ya fara ne a karkashin sunan zoben Axel Dieter Jr. a NFC New Years Fight Night II a ranar 1 ga Maris 2008, yana kokawa da Da Mack zuwa lokacin iyaka. Ya fara bugawa Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) a watan Janairun 2009, inda ya sha kashi a hannun Dan Marshall. Bai sami wasansa na gaba a wXw ba har zuwa Yuli 2012, lokacin da shi da Da Mack suka ci Walter da Michael Isotov .  Dieter da Da Mack za su ci gaba da kafa ƙungiya ta yau da kullun, suna kiran kansu Hot & Spicy. A ranar 16 ga Nuwamba 2013, sun kayar da AUTsiders (Walter da Robert Dreissker) don lashe gasar zakarun duniya ta wXw .  Dieter da Da Mack sun yi nasara sau bakwai a gasar, inda suka doke 'yan kungiyar Sumerian Death Squad (Tommy End da Michael Dante), Forever Hooligans (Rocky Romero da Alex Koslov), da Kazuki Hashimoto da Ryuichi Kawakami . Sun rasa gasar a hannun Matt Striker da Trent? a ranar 15 ga watan Maris na shekara ta 2014, amma ya lashe su a wasan da ya biyo baya. A ranar 6 ga Afrilu, Dieter ya sami damarsa ta farko a gasar zakarun wXw, inda ya sha kashi a hannun Axel Tischer. Bayan sama da shekara guda a matsayin WXw World Tag Team Champions, Dieter da Da Mack sun ci nasara a hannun Faransanci Flavour (Lucas Di Leo da Peter Fischer) a ranar 18 ga Oktoba, inda suka kawo karshen mulkin su.

A ranar 22 ga Nuwamba 2014, Dieter ya kalubalanci Walter ba tare da nasara ba don gasar zakarun duniya ta wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship .  A watan Fabrairun 2015, ya shiga gasar cin kofin kasashe huɗu, inda ya doke Timothy Thatcher a wasan karshe don lashe gasar. A watan Maris, Dieter ya shiga gasar 16 Carat Gold Tournament, inda ya doke Zack Sabre Jr. a wasan kusa da na karshe don ci gaba zuwa wasan karshe, inda ya sha kashi a hannun Tommy End. A watan Oktoba, bayan ɗan gajeren hutu, Hot & Spicy sun sake haɗuwa tare kuma sun kai ga wasan kusa da na karshe na Gasar Tag Team ta Duniya ta 2015 kafin su rasa ga reDRagon (Kyle O'Reilly da Bobby Fish).  A watan Maris na shekara ta 2016, Dieter ya sake shiga Gasar zinare ta 16 Carat, inda ya doke Drew Galloway a wasan kusa da na karshe don ci gaba zuwa wasan karshe, inda ya sha kashi a hannun Sabre, mutumin da ya ci nasara don ci gaba da zuwa wasan karshe a gasar ta shekarar da ta gabata. A ranar 2 ga Satumba, Dieter da Da Mack sun fuskanci juna, tare da Da Mack yana fitowa a saman kuma yana riƙe da WXw Shotgun Championship. A ƙarshen 2016, Dieter ya shiga Ringkampf, kuma a ranar 10 ga Disamba, ya ci Marty Scurll don lashe WXw Unified World Wrestling Title. Dieter ya rike gasar har zuwa Maris 2017, lokacin da Jurn Simmons ya ci shi. A watan Afrilu, Dieter ya sanar da cewa zai bar wXw don neman ƙarin dama a waje da Jamus. A ranar 30 ga Afrilu, wXw ta gudanar da wasan kwaikwayo na ban kwana, mai taken Die *Matte Ist Heilig: Farewell to Axel Dieter Junior* . A wasansa na karshe a matsayin cikakken memba na wXw, ya haɗu da abokin hamayyarsa na Ringkampf Walter don kayar da abokin aikinsa na dogon lokaci Da Mack da abokin hamayya na dogon lokaci Simmons.

Saboda dangantakar aiki ta wXw tare da WWE, Barthel ya sami damar yin bayyanar lokaci-lokaci don gabatarwa. A cikin 17th Anniversary Show, a cikin wani ɓangaren da ba a nuna shi ba, Barthel da Alexander Wolfe sun ceci Walter da Thatcher bayan mambobin Rise stable sun yi musu kwanton bauna. A ranar 30 ga Oktoba 2018, an tabbatar da cewa Barthel, a karkashin sunan Axel Dieter Jr., zai koma wXw a matsayin wani ɓangare na 18th Anniversary Show a ranar 22 ga Disamba. A taron, ya haɗu da Walter da Thatcher don kayar da British Strong Style (Pete Dunne, Trent Seven da Tyler Bate).  A watan Maris na shekara ta 2019, ya shiga gasar zinare ta 16 Carat, inda ya doke Marius Al-Ani a zagaye na farko,  kafin Lucky Kid ya kawar da shi a wasan karshe na kwata.  A dare na uku, ya sake haduwa da Da Mack, inda suka ci Jay FK (Jay Skillet da Francis Kaspin). 

A ranar 23 ga Nuwamba 2024, a Broken Rykes, Barthel (a matsayin Ludwig Kaiser) ya koma wXw a karo na farko tun 2019. 

### Gwagwarmayar Ci gaba (2017-2018)
Da yake wakiltar wXw da Ringkampf, Dieter ya fara bugawa Progress Wrestling a Burtaniya a ranar 15 ga Janairun 2017, tare da Walter, inda ya ci The London Riots (James Davis da Rob Lynch).  Sun koma gabatarwa a ranar 29 ga watan Janairu, sun rasa The South Pacific Power Trip (TK Cooper da Travis Banks).  Sun sake dawowa a ranar 19 ga watan Maris, inda suka doke The Hunter Brothers (Jim da Lee Hunter).  A wasansa na farko, Dieter ya sha kashi a hannun Mark Haskins .  A ranar 23 ga Afrilu, Dieter, Walter, da Timothy Thatcher ba su yi nasara ba sun kalubalanci British Strong Style (Pete Dunne, Trent Seven, da Tyler Bate) a cikin wasan tag na mutum shida don duk gasar zakarun Birtaniya ta Strong Style.

A ranar 30 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 2018, Barthel ya yi bayyanar mamaki a taron Progress 'Unboxing, inda Eddie Dennis ya ci shi.

### WWE

#### Daular (2017-2025)

On 30 June 2017, Barthel signed with WWE and was assigned to WWE's developmental territory NXT. He made multiple appearances at the NXT live events before making his television debut under his real name on 8 August 2018 episode of *NXT*, where he lost to Keith Lee. Barthel then formed a tag team with Fabian Aichner, with whom he would compete on both the NXT and NXT UK brands. 

On 22 May 2019 episode of *NXT UK*, Barthel and Aichner helped Walter retain the United Kingdom Championship, forming the stable Imperium. On 13 May 2020 episode of *NXT*, Barthel and Aichner defeated Matt Riddle and Timothy Thatcher (replacing Riddle's original partner Pete Dunne) to win the NXT Tag Team Championship. After successful title defenses against teams like Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch, and The Undisputed Era, Imperium lost the titles on 26 August episode of *NXT* to Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango), ending their reign at 105 days. On 26 October 2021, at NXT: Halloween Havoc, Barthel and Aichner defeated MSK in a lumberjack tag team match to win the NXT Tag Team Championship for the second time. On 5 December at NXT WarGames, they successfully defended the titles against Kyle O'Reilly and Von Wagner. On 2 April 2022 at NXT Stand &amp;amp; Deliver, they lost the titles back to MSK in a triple threat tag team match also involving The Creed Brothers, ending their reign at 158 days. On the April 5 episode of *NXT*, Barthel and Aichner faced The Creed Brothers in a losing effort, with Aichner walking out of their match.

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