Curtis Axel

Joseph Curtis " Joe" Hennig ( born October 1, 1979 in Champlin, Minnesota ) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently under contract with WWE and occurs under the ring name Axel Curtis.

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Career

World League Wrestling (2007-2008)

Hennig made ​​his debut on 13 July 2007 in Waterloo, Iowa for World League Wrestling ( WLW ), along with Ted DiBiase, Jr., against Dinn T. Moore and Branden Tatum in defeat. After that Hennig had a nine-month winning streak in WLW.

WWE (since 2008)

Florida Championship Wrestling

March 31, 2007 Hennig joined together with his mother, his siblings and his grandfather, on behalf of his late father's " Mr. Perfect " Curt Hennig at the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony. On 26 October 2007 Hennig had during his WWE SmackDown debut, but this had to lose to Jesse and Festus together with Steve Fender.

Hennig signed a contract with the World Wrestling Entertainment and Florida Championship Wrestling developmental league ( FCW ) has been assigned. September 11, 2008 Joe Hennig and Sebastian Slater could win the FCW Florida Tag Team title against Nic Nemeth and Gavin Spears. On October 30, Hennig and Slater lost the Tag Team titles at DH Smith and TJ Wilson.

On November 20, Sheamus O'Shaunessy Hennig challenged by the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship, but the match ended in a double disqualification. In the rematch for the title Hennig was disqualified again. On February 26, he won the FCW Florida Heavyweight title from Escobar. On April 5, 2009, it was announced that Hennig had suffered a serious injury and therefore had to leave the Florida Heavyweight title.

After his recovery, Hennig returned in late June back to FCW. Soon after, he formed a tag team with Brett DiBiase called The Fortunate Sons. On 14 January 2010 they were able to win the Florida Tag Team Championship against the Dudebusters.

NXT

On 1 June 2010 it was announced that Hennig competes as part of the second season of WWE NXT under the name Michael McGillicutty. Kofi Kingston was put to him as his Pro to the side. When NXT Hennig took second place after Kaval.

RAW

From October 2010, Hennig performed regularly on RAW. There he was a member of the Nexus Stables, where he also WWE Tag Team Champion with David Otunga was born on 23 May 2011. From 1 August 2011, he and Otunga occurred not more than Nexus. On August 22, 2011, she lost the title to Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston.

After the dissolution of the Tag Teams Hennig was seen mainly at WWE Superstars and NXT. On May 20, 2013 Hennig returned under the name Curtis Axel back to RAW. There he was presented by Paul Heyman as his new client. On June 16, 2013 he won at the PPV Payback in Chicago for the WWE Intercontinental Championship, where he defeated in a Triple Wade Barrett and The Miz Threat Match. It was only on November 18, 2013 he lost the title to Big E. Langston on Raw.

Private life

Joe Hennig is the third generation wrestler; his grandfather Larry " The Axe " Hennig and father of " Mr. Perfect " Curt Hennig were both wrestlers. His sister Amy is also a wrestler.

Hennig is the father of a son.

Achievements

Title

  • Florida Championship Wrestling
  • WWE

Awards

  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Rookie of the Year (2008)
  • PWI put him at number 114 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI500 in 2010
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