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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alexander James Winkler Hereford, Maryland, U.S.[2] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Alexander James Winkler Alexander James |
| Billed height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 104 kg (229 lb) |
| Trained by | CZW Dojo (Adam Cole,DJ Hyde,Rich Swann and Ryan McBride) |
| Debut | 2009 |
| Retired | 2021 |
Alexander James Winkler is an Americanprofessional wrestler, better known by hisring nameAlexander James. He is signed toWWE, where he works as a coach at theWWE Performance Center and also serves as aproducer for theirNXTbrand. He is best known for his tenures withCombat Zone Wrestling,Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) and most recentlyNJPW Strong.[3]
James competed at theWWNLive SuperShow - Mercury Rising 2019, an event promoted byWorld Wrestling Network (WWN) on April 5, where he teamed up withJurn Simmons andMarius Al-Ani as TeamwXw in a losing effort to The Unwanted (Eddie Kingston,Joe Gacy andShane Strickland) in asix-man tag team match.[4] He worked forOriental Wrestling Entertainment on the first night ofOWE Toronto of August 7, 2019, where he fell short toSammy Guevara.[5] James competed atGCW Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 3 on October 11, 2020, an event produced byGame Changer Wrestling in partnership withJosh Barnett, where he lost to Calvin Tankman by way ofknockout.[6]
James is known for his time inCombat Zone Wrestling, promotion for which he made his first appearance on November 13, 2010, atCZW Night Of Infamy 9: Betrayal, where he unsuccessfully challengedDrew Gulak for theCZW Wired Championship.[7] AtCZW Ascension on January 12, 2013, he teamed up withDrew Gulak as Campaign For A Better Combat Zone to unsuccessfully challenge The Nation Of Intoxication (Danny Havoc and Devon Moore) for theCZW World Tag Team Championship.[8] James is a formerCZW World Junior Heavyweight Champion, title which he held one time and defended it against superstars such asRich Swann atCZW Cage of Death XVI on December 13, 2014.[9] AtCZW Cage of Death 18 from December 10, 2016, James participated in a6-man scramble match also involvingDave Crist defeatedA. R. Fox, Tony Deppen,Zachary Wentz,Tim Donst and Jimmy Lloyd.[10] AtCZW Best of the Best 16 from April 1, 2017, James participated in aneight-way match, competing against the winnerRickey Shane Page,Ace Austin,Caleb Konley,Flip Gordon,Mascarita Dorada, Ethan Case and Tony Deppen.[11] AtCZW Nineteenth Anniversary, James participated in a30-man rumble match to determine the no.1 contender for theCZW World Heavyweight Championship, where he competed against other popular wrestlers such as the winnerMaxwell Jacob Friedman,Ace Romero,Alex Reynolds,John Silver,Joe Gacy,Joey Janela and others.[12]
James made his first appearance forWestside Xtreme Wrestling atwXw We Love Wrestling Tour 2017: Gotha on February 3, where he defeatedJohn Klinger by count-out.[13] He competed for thewXw Shotgun Championship atwXw Road To 16 Carat Gold 2017 on February 18, where he unsuccessfully challengedDavid Starr for the title.[14] AtwXw Shortcut To The Top 2017, James participated in a30-man shortcut to the top match where he competed against the winnerJohn Klinger,Angélico,Jimmy Havoc,Matt Riddle and others.[15] On the first night ofwXw 16 Carat Gold 2018 from March 9, James fell short toChris Brookes in a first-round match.[16] AtwXw Das 20. Mal Markthalle on May 18, 2018, he unsuccessfully challengedIlja Dragunov for thewXw Unified World Wrestling Championship.[17] AtwXw 18th Anniversary on December 22, 2018, James teamed up withJurn Simmons as The Crown and competed in afive-way gauntlet tag team match for thewXw World Tag Team Championship against the winners RISE (Da Mack and Tarkan Aslan),Avalanche andEmil Sitoci, Jay FK (Jay Skillet and Francis Kaspin) and RISE (Ivan Kiev and Pete Bouncer).[18] AtwXw 16 Carat Gold 2020, James lost in a first-round match of the tournament againstJeff Cobb on March 6, 2020.[19]
James was previously married to fellow professional wrestlerKiller Kelly.
