Alexander Wolfe

Axel Tischer (born 5 November 1986) is a German professional wrestler. He is currently signed toWWE, where he performs on the NXT UK brand under the ring name Alexander Wolfe. He is a member of the Imperium stable alongside Walter, Marcel Barthel and Fabian Aichner.

Under his real name, Tischer competed on the European independent circuit. He then debuted in WWE's NXT brand as part of the stable Sanity, where he and Eric Young won the NXT Tag Team Championship in 2017. After moving to the SmackDown brand in 2018, the group saw minimal success, resulting in the their disbandment in early 2019.

Independent circuit (2004–2015)

Tischer began training to be a professional wrestler at age 13 in his home town of Dresden. Tischer wrestled extensively on the independent circuit throughout Germany and Europe, appearing for numerous promotions including German Stampede Wrestling, the German Wrestling Federation and Westside Xtreme Wrestling. In 2012 he defeated El Generico to win the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship and held the championship for almost a year before losing it to Tommy End.

WWE

Sanity (2015–2019)

In April 2015, Tischer began training at the WWE Performance Center as part of a class of 10 international WWE recruits to. He made his television debut on 15 July 2015 episode of NXT, losing to Samoa Joe. In August, Tischer adopted the ring name Alexander Wolfe.

In 2016, Wolfe formed a tag-team with Sawyer Fulton at NXT live events. In September, Wolfe and Sawyer joined a stable called Sanity, which also includes Eric Young and Nikki Cross. The stable made its debut on 12 October episode of NXT, with Wolfe and Fulton defeating the team of Bobby Roode and Tye Dillinger as part of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. On 2 November episode of NXT, in the second round of the tournament, Wolfe and Fulton defeated the team of T.J. Perkins and Kota Ibushi. Wolfe and Fulton lost to TM-61 in the semi-finals of the tournament. On 19 August 2017, at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III, Wolfe and Eric Young defeated The Authors of Pain to win the NXT Tag Team Championship, becoming the first German to hold a championship in WWE. Young and Killian Dain lost the Tag Team Championship to The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) on 20 December episode of NXT.

During the 2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up, SAnitY (excluding Cross) were drafted to SmackDown. The group debuted on the 19 June episode of SmackDown LIVE where they attacked The Usos. The following week, SAnitY lost to The Usos and Jeff Hardy. On the 3 July episode of SmackDown LIVE, the group attacked The New Day. This led to a tables match between the two teams at Extreme Rules, which SAnitY won. On the 24 July episode of SmackDown LIVE, SAnitY and The New Day faced off in the first round of the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship No. 1 Contender's tournament. SAnitY (represented by Wolfe and Dain) were defeated.

The group competed in only two more televised matches throughout the remainder of 2018, while primarily competing at live events. After a near four month hiatus from television, SAnitY returned on the 2 April 2019 episode of SmackDown LIVE, losing a three-on-one Falls Count Anywhere match to The Miz. During the 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Young was drafted to Raw.

Imperium (2019–present)

Following the disbanding of Sanity, Wolfe made his debut appearance for WWE's NXT UK brand during the NXT UK tapings on 20 April, joining the brand and aligning himself with the Imperium faction alongside Walter, Marcel Barthel and Fabian Aichner

Wolfe made his WWE video game debut as a playable character in WWE 2K18 and is a playable character in WWE 2K19.

• East Side Wrestling
  • ESW Deutsche Meisterschaft Championship (1 time)
• German Stampede Wrestling
  • GSW Breakthrough Championship (1 time)
  • GSW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ivan Kiev
• German Wrestling Federation
  • GWF Berlin Championship (1 time)
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #127 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2018
• Westside Xtreme Wrestling
  • wXw Shotgun Championship (2 time)
  • wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship (1 time)
• WWE
  • NXT Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Eric Young
  • NXT Year-End Award (1 time)
    • Tag Team of the Year (2017) – with Eric Young and Killian Dain