Ulf Herman is best known in the United States for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling where he was part of The Full Blooded Italians faction from 1998 to 1999.
31 Facts About Ulf Herman
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Ulf Herman travelled to Dortmund, Linz, Graz and Vienna, in order to train there.
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Ulf Herman returned to Germany, working for small promotions, but earned a tryout in the World Wrestling Federation as "Herman the German".
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Ulf Herman defeated Louie Spiccoli, who later wrestled for the WWF as Rad Radford.
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Ulf Herman then travelled to the United Kingdom, where he gained experience so he could wrestle for the CWA in Vienna.
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Ulf Herman worked for All Star Wrestling during this time, appearing in backstage footage for Robbie Brookside's Video Diary filmed in 1993 for BBC2, as well as making Welsh TV appearances for S4C's Reslo, where he sometimes appeared as the Hollywood Blond, a Sting impersonator gimmick.
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In 1998, Ulf Herman travelled to the United States where he competed for Extreme Championship Wrestling.
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Ulf Herman quickly aligned himself with manager Lance Wright as part of The Wright Connection, a short-lived heel stable of "unofficial" WWF stars, along with Brakkus, Danny Doring, Mike Lozanski, Roadkill and 2 Cold Scorpio.
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Ulf Herman faced Kronus in a series of matches on house shows.
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Later that year, Ulf Herman briefly joined the ECW stable called The Full Blooded Italians.
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Ulf Herman didn't appear again until January 16,1999, where, at ECW's House Party, he was defeated again by Kronus.
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Ulf Herman was among the dozens of challengers who faced Rob Van Dam during his two-year run as ECW World Television Champion.
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Ulf Herman continued on the European independent circuit making a name for himself in the United Kingdom once more, competing in Frontier Wrestling Alliance and later 1 Pro Wrestling.
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In May 2003 at the Frontiers of Honour show, co-hosted with the American promotion Ring of Honor, Ulf Herman teamed with Alex Shane and Nikita to take on The Family in a mixed hardcore six-man tag team match.
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On January 6,2006, Ulf Herman made his debut in 1PW, replacing D'Lo Brown who had withdrawn from the event.
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Ulf Herman lost his first match to Sterling James Keenan, but appeared at the end of the show to help Sabu stave off an attack from Keenan and Abyss.
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Ulf Herman was defeated after being chokeslammed through a flaming table covered in thumbtacks.
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Ulf Herman was granted a Falls Count Anywhere rematch at Know Your Enemy Night One.
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Abyss defeated Ulf Herman, causing Ulf Herman to publicly question his career on Night Two.
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Ulf Herman was unavailable for Invincible due to a personal commitment, but he returned to face both Iceman and Martin Stone in a European Deathmatch.
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Ulf Herman returned to the Doncaster Dome once more at Fight Club IV: Fight for the Future to team with Steve Corino and new fans' favourite Keenan against the team of Darkside and Team Supreme, Keenan's former followers.
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Ulf Herman managed to retain the belt at 1PW's comeback show Resurrection where he beat Iceman in an "I Quit" match.
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Ulf Herman managed to retain over two nights at the Know Your Enemy weekend, on Night 1 in a four-way against Abyss, Sterling James Keenan and Doug Williams and on Night 2 against Sterling James Keenan.
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Ulf Herman managed to again defend his title at the 1PW show Invincible against Sterling James Keenan after the proposed three-way was cancelled due to Abyss not making the show.
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Ulf Herman lost the title to Keenan in the cage at 2nd Anniversary Show.
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Ulf Herman defeated Bad Bones, Iceman and The Sandman in a Fatal 4-Way match on April 18,2009, at The Doncaster Dome.
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On February 9,2008, at ACW's Riptide II event, Ulf Herman became the Real Quality Wrestling Heavyweight champion in a title vs title match, putting his ACW Title belt on the line against with the then current RQW champion Martin Stone.
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Ulf Herman won after a referee mix up spot and rolled his opponent up for the 3 count.
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In 2012, Ulf Herman returned to Germany's Professional Wrestling Alliance, where he challenged for the promotion's top title.
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Ulf Herman retired in 2012 and was inducted into Athletik Club Wrestling's Hall of Fame that year.
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Ulf Herman followed his steps into wrestling under the name Bozilla and appeared as part of the main event of Dream Star Fighting Marigold's inaugural event titled Fields Forever.