Das Wunderkind
Click here to see him as Berlyn
Alexander Wright (born 17 May 1975) is a British-German retired professional wrestler and trainer known for his work in WCW during the 1990s. He signed on with the promotion in 1994 and made his PPV debut with a win over Jean-Paul Levesque (Triple H) at Starrcade 1994. Over his time there, he was a 1x WCW Cruiserweight Champion, a 1x WCW World Television Champion and a 1x WCW World Tag Team Champion with Disco Inferno as The Boogie Knights. WWE didn't pick up his contract after buying WCW due to being under contract with AOL Time Warner, so he returned to Germany and retired.
"Das Wundertropes":
- Arch-Enemy: Chris Jericho comes the closest, having both won the Cruiserweight Championship from him and lost it back to him.
- Beard of Evil: He accompanied the mohawk that came with his Berlyn gimmick with a sinister-looking goatee.
- Cane Fu: He would often use the cane he carried around as Berlyn as a weapon.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: When Berlyn debuted, he originally came out accompanied by three bodyguards and a pretty female interpreter named Uta
, who was getting surprisingly popular fairly quickly. Then Uta and two of the bodyguards disappeared about a month into the character's run with absolutely no acknowledgement, leaving only one bodyguard, named The Wall (yes, Berlyn's Wall). - Classy Cane: He carried a blinged-out cane as Berlyn. Naturally, he would often use it as a weapon.
- Delinquent Hair: One of the most noticeable changes from his gimmick change from "Das Wunderkind" to Berlyn was that he shaved his hair into a mohawk. He would later shave it completely into a bald head after dropping the Berlyn gimmick.
- Finishing Move: Neckbreaker.
- Foreign Wrestling Heel: In his short-lived Berlyn persona, he proclaimed that Americans were below him and exacerbated his German origin by refusing to speak to the audience in English (despite being well-capable of beforehand), only in German.
- Fun Personified: As a face, best exemplified by how he would always dance to his entrance theme (his dance movies becoming somewhat memetic).
- Hell-Bent for Leather: Always wearing that leather jacket.
- Joke Character: When hanging around Disco Inferno.
- Red Baron: "Das Wunderkind" (German for "The Wonder Boy") and "The German Wrestling Machine".
- Sinister Shades: One of the dead giveaways that Berlyn was a Heel was that he wore sunglasses indoors.
- Suplex Finisher: Besides using the neckbreaker as his Finishing Move, he also used a suplex as his finisher; the German Suplex, naturally.
- Pun: As Berlyn, he had a large bodyguard called The Wall. Berlyn's Wall, get it?
- Tag Team: The Boogie Knights, with Disco Inferno.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Disco Inferno.
- Wrestling Family: His father Steven and his uncle Bernie, who played heel manager J.R. Foley'snote "son" Athol in Stampede Wrestling.
