Marcus Louis
| Marcus Louis | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Mikael Vierge |
| Born | 11 July 1991 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Baron Dax Marcus Louis Mikael Vierge Pierre Marceau |
| Billed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) |
| Trained by | Darren Burridge WWE Performance Center |
| Debut | December 12, 2007 |
Mikael Vierge (born July 11, 1991) is a French professional wrestler currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) where he performs under the ring name Baron Dax. Vierge was formerly signed to WWE, where he competed in their developmental territory NXT under the ring name Marcus Louis.
Professional wresting career
WWE
NXT (2013–2016)
Vierge was signed to WWEs training territory WWE NXT in 2013. Given the ring name Marcus Louis he appeared on the November 24 edition of NXT, losing to Wesley Blake. Louis formed an alliance with Sylvester Lefort, playing up a gimmick based on their French heritage. They wrestled their first match together on December 19, in a triple threat tag team elimination match against Angelo Dawkins and Colin Cassady and The Ascension (Konnor & Viktor), which was won by Dawkins & Cassady. Starting into and during the course of 2014, the team of Louis and Lefort endured more losses in tag team competition. Nearing the ending months of 2014, Louis went on to wrestle more singles matches, winning most of them, including gaining a victory over his partner Lefort.
Louis returned to ring action during March 13, teaming with Devin Taylor in a mixed tag match losing to Carmella & Colin Cassady. During the course of the March and April months of 2015, Louis lost several matches before turning his record around during May with a victory over Steve Cutler on May 8. He finished out May with another victory in a match against newcomer Tucker Knight on May 30. Over the duration of the summer months of June and July, Louis wrestled a few more singles matches with even fewer victories. He then wrestled a string of tag team matches during the rest of the 2015 summer winding down toward the October month and into the fall season. Victories included winning a match with Sawyer Fulton & Solomon Crowe against Bull Dempsey, Mojo Rawley & Tucker Knight on October 30 and a win against Oscar Vasquez on December 3.
Louis wrestled only three more matches during the new year. All three matches occurred over the month of January 2016. Louis lost all three of his tag team matches. It was reported on February 5, Louis was released from the WWE.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2016–present)
On March 23, 2016, Vierge signed with Total Nonstop Action (TNA).[1] On the April 26 TNA television tapings Vierge under the new ring name Baron Dax made his TNA debut. He sided with Al Snow former tag team partner in NXT, Basille Barcca (f.k.a. Sylvester Lefort) attacking Grado establishing himself as a heel.[2]
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- The French Revolution
- Nicknames
- "The French Paradox"
References
- ^ Hanstock, Bill (2016-03-24). "TNA signs 5 new wrestlers, including Sylvestor Lefort and Marcus Louis". Cageside Seats. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ^ "** SPOILERS ** TNA Impact Tapings For 5/24 And 5/31 - WrestlingInc.com". WrestlingInc.com. Retrieved 2016-04-26.