Curtis Axel (AEW)

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	===Attitude Era Wrestling===		===Attitude Era Wrestling===
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		+	:''Main article: [[The Legacy (AEW)|The Legacy]]''
	==Personal life==		==Personal life==

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Curtis Axel
Birth names	Joseph Curtis Hennig
Born	October 1, 1979 (age 35)[1] Champlin, Minnesota, U.S.
Resides	Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Children	1
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Curtis Axel Joe Hennig Michael McGillicutty[3]
Billed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Billed weight	227 lb (103 kg)
Billed from	Champlin, Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
Trained by	Curt Hennig Brad Rheingans Harley Race
Debut	July 13, 2007

Joseph Curtis "Joe" Hennig (born October 1, 1979) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to AEW, where he performs under the ring name Curtis Axel. In 2015, he debuted as Curtis Axel, paying tribute to his father "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig and his grandfather Larry "The Axe" Hennig, and joined The Legacy along with Randy Orton and Ted Dibiase, Jr..

Contents 1 Professional wrestling career 1.1 Attitude Era Wrestling 1.1.1 Debut and The Legacy (2015-present) 2 Personal life 3 In wrestling 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Professional wrestling career

[edit] Attitude Era Wrestling

[edit] Debut and The Legacy (2015-present)

Main article: The Legacy

[edit] Personal life

[edit] In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • As Curtis Axel
    • Axehole (Hangman's facebuster)
    • Perfect-Plex (Bridging cradle suplex)[109] – adopted from his father
    • Turning Heads (Running one-armed swinging neckbreaker) – early 2013
  • As Joe Hennig
    • Hennig-Plex (Bridging cradle suplex) – adopted from his father

• Signature moves
  • Backbreaker
  • Belly to back suplex
  • Diving crossbody
  • Diving pointed elbow drop
  • Dropkick
  • Feint clothesline transitioned into a clothesline to the back of the opponent's head
  • Rolling neck snap,[122] sometimes from the second rope – adopted from his father
  • Running knee smash to a bent over opponent
  • Saito suplex
  • Sliding clothesline

• With Ted Dibiase, Jr.
  • Double team finishing moves
    • Legacy on Dream Street (Bridging cradle suplex by Axel into a Cobra clutch slam by Dibaise)
    • Turning Dream Crusher (Running one-armed swinging neckbreaker by Axel into a Cobra clutch legsweep by Dibiase)
    • Broken Legacy (Leapfrog body guillotine) - Ted Dibiase, Jr. and Curtis Axel

• Entrance themes
  • "Reborn" by CFO$(May 20, 2013–present)
  • "Voices" by Rev Theory (uses with The Legacy)

[edit] References

[edit] External links