12 Facts About Franz Schumann

Franz Schumann is a retired Austrian professional wrestler, who was well known for his stint in Catch Wrestling Association.

Franz Schumann would be solely a singles wrestler, until 1989, when he started getting in tag team matches with Wanz, Dave Taylor, and Steve Wright, among others, as his partners.

In February 1991, Franz Schumann wrestled a tour with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, his first time outside of Europe.

Franz Schumann would vacate the title in December 1992, focusing on his match against Jyushin Thunder Liger, later that month.

However, Franz Schumann rebounded and regained the title nearly two weeks later.

In 1996, Franz Schumann returned to NJPW, to participate in the Best of the Super Juniors tournament, which was won by Black Tiger II.

Franz Schumann would wrestle for other German and Austrian promotions as well, making him one of the hardest-working wrestlers in Europe.

Franz Schumann wrestled his retirement match on October 18,2002, teaming with Gunther Wagner, defeating Aykut Artan and Barish Gunay.

In June 2011, Franz Schumann made a one-night return to the ring against fellow former CWA alumnus Karsten Kretschmer, in which he lost via disqualification.

In September 2017, Franz Schumann came out of retirement to wrestle for various independent promotions throughout CWA's former territory in Germany and Austria, until he completely retired on 5 July 2019, when he wrestled Der Soldner to a no contest.

In 2008, Franz Schumann started to suffer a series of health problems, including a stroke and his kidneys were failing.

Franz Schumann is currently under dialysis to maintain control of his kidneys.