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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1990-12-03)3 December 1990 (age 34)[2] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Bergman Al-Ani Star Marius Al-Ani |
| Billed height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
| Trained by | Leon van Gasteren Christian Eckstein |
| Debut | 2011 |
Marius Al-Ani (born 3 December 1990) is a Germanprofessional wrestler, best known for working for the German promotionWestside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw).[3]
Al-Ani competed at theWWNLive SuperShow - Mercury Rising 2019, an event promoted byWorld Wrestling Network (WWN) on April 5, where he teamed up withAlexander James andJurn Simmons as TeamwXw in a losing effort to The Unwanted (Eddie Kingston,Joe Gacy andShane Strickland) in asix-man tag team match.[4] AtPROGRESS Germany Tour 2018: Hamburg, a cross-over event produced byProgress Wrestling andwXw, he teamed up withAbsolute Andy andBobby Gunns in a losing effort toChris Brookes,David Starr andWalter.[5] Al-Ani also worked for European Wrestling Promotion where he won the Axel Dieter Memorial Cup atEWP Christmas Wrestling 2019 by defeatingPJ Black in the finals which took place on December 21.[6] Al-Ani competed atNEW Snakepit 2019, an event promoted by New European Championship Wrestling on September 7, where he won and lost the NEW World Internet Championship the same night battling Fast Time Moodo.[7]
Al-Ani is best known for his tenure withWestside Xtreme Wrestling. He debuted for the promotion atwXw Drive Of Champions Tour: Fulda on May 17, 2014, where he fell short againstDa Mack.[8] AtwXw 14th Anniversary Tour: Leipzig, a two-night event which began on November 1, 2014, he scored a victory againstAxel Tischer on the second night.[9] Al-Ani participated in the 2015 Mitteldeutschland Cup, where he reached the semi-finals atwXw More Than Wrestling Tour: Gotha, where he fell short toIlja Dragunov on March 17, 2015.[10] AtwXw More Than Wrestling Tour: Finale - Shortcut To The Top, Al-Ani participated in a30-man royal rumble match on June 20, 2015, where he competed against ither superstars such as the winnerGrado,Jurn Simmons,Marty Scurll andSha Samuels.[11] AtwXw Broken Rules XVI on October 22, 2016, he teamed up withAbsolute Andy as A4 and defeatedDavid Starr andLio Rush to win the vacantwXw World Tag Team Championship.[12] They defended the titles several times until they dropped them to The Young Lions (Lucky Kid and Tarkan Aslan) atwXw Superstars Of Wrestling 2017, a cross-over event produced bywXw andLucha Underground on May 13, 2017.[13] At16 Carat Gold Tournament 2017, Al-Ani defeatedJ. T. Dunn in a first round match on the first night from March 10,[14] but fell short toWalter on the second night in quarter-finals. On the third night, Al-Ani teamed up withAbsolute Andy to successfully defend thewXw World Tag Team Championship in astreet fight against The London Riots (James Davis and Rob Lynch).[15] Al-Ani participated in the Mitteldeutschland Cup of 2017, with the first night taking place atwXw Fight Forever Tour 2017: Jena, where he defeated Pete Bouncer in the quarter-final on September 22.[16] One day later on September 23, atTour: Bautzen, he lost toJohn Klinger in the semi-finals.[17] At thewXw World Tag League 2017, Al-Ani teamed up with his A4 partnerAbsolute Andy in a losing effort to Massive Product (David Starr andJurn Simmons) in the first night of October 6.[18] Two nights later, they finished the tournament with a total of three points after scoring a loss againstThe Spirit Squad (Kenny andMikey).[19] AtwXw Shortcut To The Top 2018 on August 4, Al-Ani defeatedBobby Gunns to win thewXw Shotgun Championship.[20] Al-Ani won the2020 Catch Grand Prix by defeatingCara Noir in the finals on December 13, 2020.[21] AtwXw Dead End on April 9, 2021, he defeatedBobby Gunns to win thewXw Unified World Wrestling Championship.[22]
On October 2, 2025, wXw announced that they have terminated their relationship with Al-Ani. This was a result of a now deleted TikTok, where Al-Ani wanted Germany to take a stand, using a WWII marching song in the background. As a result of the termination of the relationship, the wXw European Title, which he won by beating Metehan atwXw Fans Appreciation Night 2025 on May 23rd, was declared vacant.
In 2016, Al-Ani participated atNinja Warrior Germany onRTL, placing himself in 20th place, after five rounds of contest.[23]
