Derrick Bateman 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.
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18 Facts About Derrick Bateman
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Derrick Bateman was assigned to WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, where he won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship with Johnny Curtis.
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Derrick Bateman left WWE in May 2013 and then signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
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Derrick Bateman worked with the promotion as Ethan Carter III, the storyline nephew of TNA's legit owner Dixie Carter.
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Derrick Bateman won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice and the Impact Grand Championship once.
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Derrick Bateman wrestled for Pro Wrestling Ohio, making his debut on episode nine of the television show, as an ally of M-Dogg 20, under the name the "Deviant" Michael Hutter.
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Derrick Bateman immediately began feuding with Josh Prohibition and Johnny Gargano and in the main event on episode 13 he teamed with Jason Bane to defeat Prohibition and Gargano.
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Derrick Bateman made his final appearance for the promotion on episode 16, losing to Prohibition in a match to determine the participants in a match for the PWO Heavyweight Championship.
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Derrick Bateman competed in several more dark matches before the television tapings, teaming with Nick Nemeth and Chris Cage in a loss to Mike Kruel, Vladimir Kozlov and Boris Alexiev in a six-man tag team match, before losing to Mondo again.
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Derrick Bateman went on to lose to Skip Sheffield, Percy Watson, Mason Ryan, Wes Brisco, and Eli Cottonwood over the next several months.
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Derrick Bateman made his SmackDown debut with Damien Sandow, who refused to fight him.
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Meanwhile, Derrick Bateman's character began to show more villainous traits, eventually causing Bryan to abandon him after declaring that Derrick Bateman was making a fool out of himself.
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Two weeks later, Kaitlyn confessed her love for Derrick Bateman, kissing him during an intervention involving Justin Gabriel and Alicia Fox, until Maxine came out and again attacked Kaitlyn.
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In January 2013, Derrick Bateman entered the NXT Tag Team Championship tournament along with Alex Riley, but they were eliminated in the first round after a loss to Kassius Ohno and Leo Kruger.
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Derrick Bateman's final match was a non-title loss against NXT Champion Big E Langston, which was taped before his release.
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Derrick Bateman successfully retained his title against GFW wrestler PJ Black at Turning Point.
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Derrick Bateman was released after ROH announced they would be closing their doors.
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