
Michael Hutter
Department: Acting
Biography
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

Free The Narrative
2021

Free The Narrative II - The Monster In Us All
2021

ROH: Final Battle 2021
2021

NWA Crockett Cup 2023: Night 1
2023

TNA May Mayhem 2015
2015

TNA LockDown 2015
2015

TNA Turning Point 2015
2015

TNA No Surrender 2015
2015

TNA Sacrifice 2016
2016

TNA Destination X 2015
2015

TNA Final Resolution 2013
2013

TNA Turning Point 2013
2013

TNA Lockdown 2014
2014

TNA Destination X 2016
2016

TNA Turning Point 2016
2016

TNA Hardcore Justice 2014
2014

NWA Samhain
2023

TNA Bound For Glory 2014
2014

TNA Slammiversary 2015
2015

NWA Hard Times in New Orleans
2022

TNA Bound for Glory 2015
2015

AIW: Absolution XI
2016

TNA Slammiversary 2016
2016

EVOLVE 63
2016

EVOLVE 62
2016

EVOLVE 67
2016

TNA: Bound for Glory
2016

WWE WrestleMania 35
2019

WWE Super ShowDown 2019
2019

IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XV
2017

NXT Takeover: New Orleans
2018

Bar Wrestling 4: Autumn In LA
2017

WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament (2018) - Day Two
2018

NXT Takeover: Brooklyn IV
2018

AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day Two)
2016

AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day One)
2016

TNA One Night Only: Against All Odds 2016
2016

Beast of the Water
2017

IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2020
2020

WrestleCircus Texas Vs. The World
2017

Bar Wrestling
2017

TNA Slammiversary XII
2014

TNA Bound for Glory 2013
2013

TNA One Night Only: Victory Road 2
2016

TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 2
2014

TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 3
2014

TNA One Night Only: Rivals 2
2016

TNA One Night Only: World Cup of Wrestling 2
2014

TNA One Night Only: #OldSchool 2014
2014

TNA Genesis 2014
2014

TNA One Night Only: TNA Gut Check 2015
2015

TNA One Night Only: Turning Point 2014
2015

TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 4
2015

TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 3
2015

TNA One Night Only: Rivals 2015
2015

TNA One Night Only: Global Impact: USA vs The World 2015
2015

TNA Sacrifice 2014
2014

BLP TURBO GRAPS 16 2020 PARTS 1 AND 2
2020

TNA One Night Only: World Cup of Wrestling 3
2015

TNA One Night Only: Victory Road 2014
2014

IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017
2017

ROH: 19th Anniversary
2021

Best Friends With "EC3" Ethan Carter
2020

Developmentally Speaking With EC3 & Bill Carr
2017

WWE Best of NXT TakeOver 2018
2019

TNA LockDown 2016
2016

OVW Christmas Chaos 2024
2024

TNA One Night Only: Live 2017
2017

The Herro's Journey: A Pro Wrestling Story
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TNA One Night Only: December 2016
2016

TNA One Night Only: September 2016
2016

NXT TakeOver: Chicago II
2018

WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999

WWE NXT
2010

Atomic Revolutionary Wrestling Presents: Extreme Takeover Thursday
2020

Raw
1993

TNA iMPACT!
2004

WWE NXT
2010

Raw
1993