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• Alex Wright Was Burnt Out And Stopped Wrestling After WWE Bought WCW

Throughout the early-to-mid-1990's, World Championship Wrestling began expanding its roster to include more international talent. There were, of course, the luchadores like Rey Misterio Jr., Juventud Guerrera, Psychosis and La Parka, and Japanese competitors such as Jushin Thunder Liger and Ultimo Dragon. Starrcade 1995 was even branded "The World Cup of Wrestling," which featured matches between wrestlers from WCW and New Japan Pro Wrestling. And there were a couple tough European talents in Fit Finlay and Lord Steven Regal, among many others. There was one European talent that had a solid midcard run, but could never break through to the top of the card. He may be forgotten by some, but he was incredibly entertaining. That would be "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright.

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Alex Wright's First WCW Feud Was Against The Future Triple H

Wright was discovered by WCW in mid-1994 while they were touring Germany. He signed a contract with WCW parent company Time Warner, which would come into play as WCW closed its doors. He began training at the Power Plant, and made his debut on the September 3, 1994, edition of WCW Saturday Night. Wright's entrance music was of the techno variety, and he would often dance while walking to, or in the ring (and all the time as a heel later in his career) -- and he had a great head of hair.

His first feud was against Jean-Paul Levesque, better known as Triple H. Wright defeated Levesque in both men's pay-per-view debut at Starrcade 1994, as Wright was in the midst of a winning streak to begin his career. His undefeated streak included wins over Bobby Eaton at Clash of the Champions XXX and Paul Roma at Superbrawl V in February 1995. Roma was actually fired by WCW after the match for refusing to sell for Wright and working overly stiff, rather than putting him over as instructed. Wright suffered his first loss at Slamboree 1995 in a match against Arn Anderson for the WCW Television Championship. He picked up a signature win a month later over Brian Pillman in a great match to open Great American Bash 1995, before departing for Japan to take part in NJPW's prestigious Best of the Super Juniors Tournament.

Alex Wright Was A WCW Cruiserweight And Television Champion

Alex Wright had plenty of nice matches as a babyface in 1995 annd 1996 with the likes of Diamond Dallas Page, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko, and even Sabu. He was a very good in-ring worker, but he shined with his character work, particularly with his dancing. He was a natural rival with Disco Inferno -- based largely around dancing -- with Wright winning the majority of their singles matches. However, he had abandoned the dancing gimmick for a while -- prior to his heel turn on the May 12, 1997, Nitro -- where he told all the girls to look at his body and eat their hearts out while he thrusted his hips. Cocky dancing Das Wunderkind was born, and the championships soon followed.

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Wright defeated Chris Jericho for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship on the July 28th Nitro. Although he would drop the belt back to Jericho 15 days later, he had three successful title defenses, including one against Jericho on PPV at Road Wild. However, five days after dropping the Crusierweight belt, Wright defeated Ultimo Dragon to win the WCW Television Championship. He held the TV title for 32 days with six title defenses before dropping it to his rival Disco Inferno on the September 22nd Nitro. Wright would ultimately align with Disco to form the Dancing Fools in 1998 before taking time off and undergoing a drastic gimmick change in 1999.

Alex Wright Was Burnt Out And Stopped Wrestling After WWE Bought WCW

Wright disappeared for months and reemerged as Berlyn, sporting a black mohawk, and wearing all black including a trench coat. He refused to speak English, speaking German through an interpreter, and had a bodyguard named The Wall. Unfortunately, the timing coincided with the horrific Columbine school shooting, and Berlyn's Nazi-esque aesthetic and look was quite similar to that of the shooters, and the gimmick completely fell flat. After taking nearly a year off, Wright returned with his own name and a shaved head on the September 27, 2000, Nitro. Wright helped his former "frienemy" Disco Inferno win a match against Konnan, and the two reunited under the name Boogie Knights.

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The Boogie Knights continued throughout the final days of WCW, and won the WCW World Tag Team Championship defeating Mark Jindrak & Sean O'Haire at Millenium Germany. When WCW was purchased by WCW, Wright remained under contract with Time Warner, and it was not bought out by WWE. Wright was burnt out and frustrated by the backstage politics in WCW, and when his Time Warner contract ran out, he chose to not return to wrestling. He has since opened his own wrestling school "The Wright Stuff" and wrestling promotion New European Championship Wrestling, having trained current WWE superstar Giovanni Vinci.