Michael Kovac
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| Michael Kovac | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 April 1970 Linz, Austria |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Michael Kovac Der Obermacker ("The Top Smack") Shooter |
| Billed height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
| Billed weight | 104 kg (229 lb) |
| Debut | 4 July 1993 |
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Michael Kovac (born 7 April 1970 as Martin Hutter in Linz, Austria) is an Austrian wrestler. He also competes under the ring name "Der Obermacker" ("The Top Smack").[1] Because of his training in the main wrestling styles, Kovac is considered a so-called "all-rounder".
Career[edit]
Kovac debuted in 1993 and competed for the CWA starting in 1996. With a weight of just over 105 kg, he is one of the heavyweights. He is 180 cm tall and has wrestled in Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Finland, Denmark, America and many other countries.
During his career he worked with big names like Fit Finlay, Rob van Dam, Sabu, 2Cold Scorpio, Bam Bam Bigelow, Dan Severn, Tazz, Masato Tanaka, Kendo Kashin, Minoru Tanaka, Yutaka Yoshie, Funaki, The Headshrikers, Carl Oulette, Jesse James, Jerry Lynn, A. J. Styles, Bryan Danielson, Rhino, Steve Corino, Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, Frankie Kazarian and Homicide. In 1998 he competed in some official ECW matches at various house shows.
Martin got the name "Michael Kovac" from the legend "Big" Otto Wanz.[2] He reminded him of Joshi Kovac (a Hungarian wrestler).[3]
He is the coach and owner of Powerplexx wrestling school in Vienna.[4] He coached among others Chris Raaber[5], Absolute Andy, Big Van Walter, Robert Ray and Steve Swallow.
Successes[edit]
- Catch Wrestling Association
- 3 x CWA World Junior Champion
- Athletik Club Wrestling
- ACW International Champion
- German Stampede Wrestling
- 2 x GSW Heavyweight Champion
- GSW Tag Team Champion
- European Wrestling Association
- EWA World Heavyweight Champion
- RWA Riotgas Wrestling Alliance
- RWA Schwergewichtsmeister
- German Wrestling Federation
- GWF Heavyweight Champion
- GWA Wrestling
- GWA Heavyweight Champion
- European Wrestling Fighters
- EWF World Heavyweight Champion
- EXS! Wrestling Premiere League
- 2 x EXS! Tag Team Champion
- Free-Style Championship Wrestling
- FCW Tag Team Champion
References[edit]
- ↑ "Heumarkt-Catchen im Wiener Prater". MeinBezirk.at (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ↑ "Profi-Wrestler: „Durchschnitt ist ein Schimpfwort"". Kronen Zeitung (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ↑ "Michael Kovac im WrestlingFever.de Interview (03.03.2008)" (in Deutsch). 2013-09-14. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ↑ "Profi-Wrestler: „Durchschnitt ist ein Schimpfwort"". Kronen Zeitung (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ↑ Vécsei, Paul. "Wiener G'schichten - Wrestler wollen an große Zeiten in Wien anknüpfen". Stadtleben in Wien - Wiener Zeitung Online (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-02-23.
External links[edit]
- http://wrestlingfever.de/michaelkovac.htm
- http://www.genickbruch.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=1764
- http://www.wrestling-revolution-board.de/wbb/thread.php?threadid=18471&sid=14616c0915311e563bb038f8ed55538e
- http://www.wrestlingschule.at/
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