Michael Hutter (born March 18, 1983) is an American professional wrestler best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, now Impact Wrestling) under the ring name Ethan Carter III. He is also well known for his tenures in WWE, where he worked under the ring names Derrick Bateman and 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 legit 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 has held the WWE 24/7 Championship four times. He was released from the company on April 15, 2020.
Impact World Champion 2016 Raw Mens | Impact World Champion 2015 Raw Mens |
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