Marcel Barthel

Marchel Barthel (July 8, 1990) is a German professional wrestler currently signed to WWE where he appears on its developmental roster NXT. Before signing with the WWE, he spent career wrestling under the ring name Axel Dieter Jr. He is also a second-generation wrestler as he is the son of German wrestler Axel Dieter.

Westside Xtreme Wrestling (2009–2017)
Dieter made his debut for Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) in January 2009, losing to Dan Marshall. Dieter's next match in wXw would not be until July 2012, when he and Da Mack defeated Walter and Michael Isotov. Dieter and Da Mack would go on to form a regular team, dubbing themselves Hot And Spicy. On November 16, 2013, they defeated The Autsiders (Walter and Robert Dreissker) to win the wXw World Tag Team Championship. Dieter and Da Mack made 7 successful defences of the championship, defeating the likes of The Sumerian Death Squad (Tommy End and Michael Dante), Forever Hooligans (Rocky Romero and Alex Koslov) and Kazuki Hashimoto and Ryuichi Kawakami. They eventually lost the championships to Matt Striker and Trent on March 15, 2014, but won the championships back in a rematch one day later. On April 6, 2014, Dieter received his first opportunity at the wXw Shotgun Championship, losing to Axel Tischer. After over a combined year as wXw World Tag Team Champions, Dieter and Da Mack were defeated by French Flavour (Lucas Di Leo and Peter Fischer) on October 18, 2014, bringing their reign to an end. On November 22, he unsuccessfully challenged Walter for the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship. In February 2015, Dieter took part in the Four Nations Cup, defeating Timothy Thatcher in the final to win the tournament. In March, Dieter took part in the 16 Carat Gold Tournament, defeating Zack Sabre Jr. in the semi-final to advance to the final, where he lost to Tommy End. In October, after a short break, Hot And Spicy teamed together once again, taking part in the 2015 World Tag Team Tournament, making it to the semi-finals where they lost to reDRagon (Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish). In March 2016, Dieter once again took part in the 16 Carat Gold Tournament, defeating Drew Galloway in the semi-final to advance to the final, where he lost to Zack Sabre Jr, the man he defeated to advance to the final in the previous year's tournament. On September 2, Dieter and Da Mack faced off against each other, with Da Mack coming out on top and retaining his wXw Shotgun Championship. In late 2016, Dieter joined Ringkampf, and on December 10, he defeated Marty Scurll to win the wXw Unified World Wrestling Title. Dieter held the championship until March 2017, when he was defeated by Jurn Simmons. In April, Dieter announced that he would be leaving wXw to pursue further opportunities outside of Germany. On April 30, wXw held a farewell show for Dieter, titled "wXw Die Matte Ist Heilig: Farewell To Axel Dieter Jr". In his final match, he teamed with Ringkampf stablemate Walter to defeat longtime partner Da Mack and longtime rival Jurn Simmons.

Progress Wrestling (2017)
Representing wXw and Ringkampf, Dieter made his debut for Progress Wrestling in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2017, alongside Walter, defeating The London Riots (James Davis and Rob Lynch). They returned to the promotion on January 29, 2017, losing to The South Pacific Power Trip (TK Cooper and Travis Banks). They once again returned on March 19, defeating The Hunter Brothers (Jim and Lee Hunter). In his first singles match, Dieter lost to Mark Haskins. On April 23, Dieter, Walter and Timothy Thatcher unsuccessfully challenged British Strong Style (Pete Dunne, Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) in a six man tag team match for all of British Strong Style's championships.

NXT (2017–present)
In early 2017, after Dieter suddenly left wXw, it was rumoured that he had signed with WWE. Dieter, using his real name, eventually debuted for WWE's developmental territory NXT in June 2017, losing to Roderick Strong at a live event.

In wrestling

 * Finishers
 * Axel Dieter Sr. Special (Lotus Lock)
 * Landungsbrücken (Bridging Leg Hook Belly-to-Back Suplex)


 * Signature moves
 * Blockbuster
 * Ganmengiri


 * Entrance Music


 * Nicknames


 * Managers and valets
 * Christian Michael Jakobi


 * Teams and stables
 * Hot & Spicy - with [[Da Mack (as Axel Dieter Jr.)
 * RINGKAMPF - with Big Daddy Walter, Christian Michael Jakobi and Timothy Thatcher (as Axel Dieter Jr.)

Championships and accomplishments

 * European Wrestling Promotion
 * EWP Tag Team Championship


 * Great Bear Promotions
 * Great Bear Grand Championship


 * German Stampede Wrestling
 * GSW Tag Team Championship


 * Nordisch Fight Club
 * International NCW Cruiserweight Championship
 * NFC First Fighter Championship
 * 2010 NFC First Fighter Tournament Winner


 * Pro Wrestling Fighters
 * PWF North-European Championship


 * Westside Xtreme Wrestling
 * wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship
 * wXw World Tag Team Championship (2-times)