Ethan Carter III

**Michael Hunter Hutter** (born March 18, 1983) is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling for IMPACT Wrestling and Ring of Honor under the ring name **EC3**. Other than his work with IMPACT Wrestling, he is perhaps best known for his multiple tenures with WWE, going under the ring names **Derrick Bateman** and his current ring name **EC3**.

Hutter began his professional wrestling career in 2002, and began wrestling for the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) promotion in 2007. In 2009, he signed a contract with WWE, where he competed as Derrick Bateman. He was assigned to WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where he won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship with Johnny Curtis. Also, he competed in the fourth and fifth seasons of *NXT*, a program where new wrestlers, called rookies, were paired with WWE wrestlers, called Pros.

He left WWE in 2013 and then signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He worked with the promotion as **Ethan Carter III**, the storyline nephew of TNA's legitimate owner Dixie Carter. He won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice and the Impact Grand Championship once. He returned to WWE in 2018, competing in NXT, before making his main roster debut in 2019, where he held the WWE 24/7 Championship four times. His second tenure with WWE ended in 2020.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ **As Ethan Carter III / EC3**
		- Inverted DDT
		- *One Percenter* (Headlock driver)
		- Rear naked choke
		- *ECD – Ethan Carter's Driver* (Sitout lifting double underhook facebuster)
		- *TK3  / The One Percent* (Fireman’s carry cutter)
	+ **As Derrick Bateman**
		- *Man-Tastic / Sweet Meat Sizzler* (Headlock driver)

* **Signature moves**
	+ Belly-to-back suplex
	+ Cobra clutch
	+ Cravate (Three-quarter facelock)
	+ Double high knee to a cornered opponent's chest
	+ Dropkick
	+ *EC3 Splash* (Stinger splash) – adopted from Sting
	+ Flapjack
	+ Front facelock STO
	+ Multiple German suplexes – adopted from Kurt Angle
	+ Running corkscrew neckbreaker
	+ Running crossbody
	+ Running forearm smash
	+ Russian legsweep
	+ Suicide dive

* **Managers**
	+ Dixie Carter
	+ Maxine
	+ Rockstar Spud
	+ Tyrus

* **Nicknames**
	+ "The Ass-Kicking Machine"
	+ "The Best Guy Here, the Best Guy There, the Best Guy Anywhere"
	+ "The Deviant"
	+ **"EC3"**
	+ **"The Essential Character"**
	+ "The Hardcore American Icon"
	+ "Top One Percenter"

* **Entrance themes**
	+ **Independent circuit**
		- "Replica" by Fear Factory
		- "Frankenstein" by The Edgar Winter Group
		- "Trouble" by Dale Oliver
		- "Snap" by Jim Johnston
		- **"The Narrative"** by Free Ec3
	+ **Florida Championship Wrestling**
		- "Digging with a Spoon" by Rick DiFonzo
		- "Stars and Stripes Forever" (Instrumental) by John Williams and The Boston Pops Orchestra (used as Agent D)
		- "Metal Heart (A)" by Mac Prindy
	+ **World Wrestling Entertainment / NXT**
		- "Gasoline Upcharge" by Chris Weerts and Daniel Holter
		- "Top One Percent" by CFO$
	+ **Total Nonstop Action Wrestling**
		- "Trouble" by Dale Oliver
	+ **Ring of Honor**
		- **"The Narrative"** by Free Ec3

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Absolute Intense Wrestling**
	+ AIW Absolute Championship (1 time)
* **Florida Championship Wrestling**
	+ FCW Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny Curtis
* **Firestorm Pro Wrestling**
	+ Firestorm Pro Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **House of Glory**
	+ HOG World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ Ranked **#20** of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2016
* **Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / IMPACT Wrestling**
	+ TNA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
	+ Impact Grand Championship (1 time)
	+ Bound for Glory Playoffs (2016)
	+ Feast or Fired (2013 – World Tag Team Championship Contract)
	+ Feast or Fired (2018 – Pink Slip)
	+ Joker's Wild (2014)
	+ TNA World Title Series (2016)
* **WrestleCircus**
	+ WC Ringmaster Championship (1 time)
* **World Wrestling Entertainment**
	+ WWE 24/7 Championship (4 times)

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