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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Oskar Münchow (1998-07-14)14 July 1998 (age 27)[1] Hamburg, Germany |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Oskar Oskar Leube Oskar Münchow |
| Billed height | 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) |
| Billed weight | 115 kg (254 lb) |
| Trained by | Karsten Kretschmer Bad Luck Fale Tony Kozina NJPW Dojo |
| Debut | March 3, 2019 |
Oskar Münchow (born 14 July 1998) is a Germanprofessional wrestler. He is signed toNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he performsmononymously asOskar (stylized inall caps and shortened from his previous ring nameOskar Leube). He is a member of bothBullet Club and its sub-groupBullet Club War Dogs. He is one half of the currentIWGP Tag Team Champions in his first reign. He has also competed for the GermanpromotionWestside Xtreme Wrestling where he is a formerwXw Academy Trophy Champion.
In January 2019, Münchow began training at theFale Dojo in New Zealand. Two months later, on 3 March, Münchow had his professional wrestling match.[1] Beginning of January 2020 he trained in the NJPW Dojo for the first time before returning to Germany. In November 2021, Münchow began to compete inWestside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) under the ring nameOskar. On November 13, in his wXw debut, Oskar defeated Norman Harras by pinfall.[2] On 5 March 2022, at wXwNOW & Friends, he won thewXw Academy Trophy Championship defeating Goldenboy Santos.[3]
On 20 November 2022, atHistoric X-Over, Münchow made his NJPW debut under the ring name Oskar Leube. At the event, Leube,Kosei Fujita,Yuto Nakashima,Ryohei Oiwa lost toAlex Coughlin,Clark Connors,Gabriel Kidd andKevin Knight.[4][5] Three days later, at night two of theSuper Junior Tag League, Leube had his first win in NJPW when he teamed up with Fujita to defeat Oiwa and Nakashima.[6][7] Throughout 2023, Leube would continue to wrestle primary in the undercard and opening matches as a Young Lion as he gained experience. At New Year's Dash 2024, he had his final match as a Young Lion in New Japan as it was announced he was going on excursion with Yuto Nakashima. The two would go to Europe where they would begin competing in promotions such asRevPro Wrestling. The duo would go by the tag team name "Young Blood".
At RevPro’s High Stakes 2024 event, Leube and Nakashima defeated Kieron Lacey and Mark Trew in a tag team match.[8] They also participated in a tag team match to defeat David Francisco and Goldenboy Santos in a street fight at a subsequent RevPro event.[9] In wXw, Nakashima and Leube won thewXw World Tag Team Championship at theWorld Tag Team Festival in October 2024, defeating KXS (Axel Tischer and Fast Time Moodo) in the finals.[10] In March 2025, they lost the titles to Big Bucks (Alex Duke andNorman Harras), ending their reign at 152 days.[11]
On the final night ofG1 Climax 35 on August 17, 2025,Bullet Club War Dogs leaderDavid Finlay introduced Leube (now performing asOskar) and Nakashima (now known as Yuto-Ice) as the newest members of Bullet Club as they attackedSatoshi Kojima,Taichi and Katsuya Murashima. Oskar and Yuto also changed their tag team name to "Knock Out Brothers".[12] AtDestruction in Kobe, Oskar and Yuto defeated Taichi andTomohiro Ishii to win theIWGP Tag Team Championship, marking their first championship in NJPW.[13]
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