Michael Hutter
Michael Hutter is an American professional wrestler and promoter better known by the ring name Ethan Carter III (or simply EC3). EC3 is a founder of Control Your Narrative (CYN). He also performs on the independent circuit. He is best known for his tenures with Impact Wrestling and WWE, where he performed both under his EC3 ring name and, earlier, as Derrick Bateman. Hutter began his professional wrestling career in 2002, and began wrestling for the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) promotion in 2007. In 2009, he signed a contract with WWE, where he competed as Derrick Bateman. He was assigned to WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where he won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship with Johnny Curtis. Also, he competed in the fourth and fifth seasons of NXT, a program where rookies, were with Pros. He left WWE in May 2013 and then signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He worked with the promotion as Ethan Carter III, the storyline nephew of TNA's legit owner Dixie Carter. He won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice and the Impact Grand Championship once. He returned to WWE in January 2018, competing in NXT, before making his main roster debut in early 2019, where he held the WWE 24/7 Championship four times. His second tenure with WWE ended in April 2020.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · NWA Crockett Cup 2023: Night 1 as EC3
- 2022 · NWA Hard Times in New Orleans as EC3
- 2021 · ROH: Final Battle as EC3
- 2021 · Free The Narrative II - The Monster In Us All as The Essential Character
- 2021 · Free The Narrative as The Essential Character
- 2021 · ROH: 19th Anniversary as EC3
- 2020 · IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory as EC3
- 2020 · BLP TURBO GRAPS 16 2020 PARTS 1 AND 2 as EC3
- 2020 · Atomic Revolutionary Wrestling Presents: Extreme Takeover Thursday as EC3
- 2020 · Best Friends With "EC3" Ethan Carter as Ethan Carter III
- 2019 · WWE Super ShowDown 2019 as EC3
- 2019 · WWE WrestleMania 35 as EC3 (Preshow)
- 2019 · WWE Best of NXT TakeOver 2018 as EC3
- 2018 · NXT Takeover: Brooklyn IV as EC3
- 2018 · WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament (2018) - Day Two as EC3
- 2018 · NXT Takeover: New Orleans as EC3
- 2017 · IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017 as Ethan Carter III
- 2017 · WrestleCircus Texas Vs. The World as Ethan Carter III
- 2017 · Bar Wrestling 4: Autumn In LA as Ethan Carter III
- 2017 · IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XV as Ethan Carter III
- 2017 · Bar Wrestling as Ethan Carter III
- 2017 · Developmentally Speaking With EC3 & Bill Carr as EC3
- 2017 · Beast of the Water as Harris
- 2016 · TNA Bound for Glory 2016 as Ethan Carter III
- 2016 · TNA Turning Point 2016 as EC3
- 2016 · EVOLVE 67 as Ethan Carter III
- 2016 · TNA One Night Only: Against All Odds 2016 as ECIII
- 2016 · AIW: Absolution XI as Ethan Carter III
- 2016 · TNA Destination X 2016 as ECIII
- 2016 · TNA Slammiversary 2016 as Ethan Carter III
- 2016 · EVOLVE 63 as Ethan Carter III
- 2016 · EVOLVE 62 as Ethan Carter III
- 2016 · AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day Two) as Ethan Carter III
- 2016 · AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day One) as Ethan Carter III
- 2016 · TNA One Night Only: Victory Road 2 as Ethan Carter III
- 2016 · TNA Sacrifice 2016 as EC3
- 2016 · TNA LockDown 2016 as ECIII
- 2016 · TNA One Night Only: Rivals 2 as Ethan Carter III
- 2015 · TNA One Night Only: Global Impact: USA vs The World 2015 as Ethan Carter III
- 2015 · TNA Bound for Glory 2015 as Ethan Carter III
- 2015 · TNA One Night Only: TNA Gut Check 2015 as Ethan Carter III
- 2015 · TNA Turning Point 2015 as EC3
- 2015 · TNA One Night Only: World Cup of Wrestling 3 as Ethan Carter III
- 2015 · TNA No Surrender 2015 as EC3
- 2015 · TNA Slammiversary 2015 as EC3
- 2015 · TNA Destination X 2015 as EC3
- 2015 · TNA May Mayhem 2015 as EC3
- 2015 · TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 4 as Ethan Carter III
- 2015 · TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 3 as Ethan Carter III
- 2015 · TNA One Night Only: Rivals 2015 as Ethan Carter III
- 2015 · TNA LockDown 2015 as EC3 (Ringside)
- 2015 · TNA One Night Only: Turning Point 2015 as Ethan Carter III
- 2014 · TNA One Night Only: Victory Road as Ethan Carter III
- 2014 · TNA Bound For Glory 2014 as Ethan Carter III
- 2014 · TNA One Night Only: World Cup of Wrestling 2 as Ethan Carter III (Captain; Team EC3)
- 2014 · TNA One Night Only: #OldSchool 2014 as Ethan Carter III
- Future · NWA Samhain as EC3
- 2014 · TNA Hardcore Justice 2014 as EC3 (Interview)
- 2014 · TNA Slammiversary XII as Ethan Carter III
- 2014 · TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 2 as Ethan Carter III
- 2014 · TNA Sacrifice 2014 as Ethan Carter III
- 2014 · TNA Lockdown 2014 as EC3
- 2014 · TNA Genesis 2014 as Ethan Carter III
- 2014 · TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 3 as Ethan Carter III
- 2013 · TNA Final Resolution 2013 as Ethan Carter III (Ringside)
- 2013 · TNA Turning Point 2013 as Ethan Carter III
- 2013 · TNA Bound for Glory 2013 as Ethan Carter III
- 2010 · WWE NXT as
- 2004 · TNA iMPACT! as Ethan Carter III
- 1999 · WWE SmackDown as Derrick Bateman
- 1993 · WWE Raw as EC3