Ludwig Kaiser has recalled how WWE instantly knew he was what they were looking for.
After coming into WWE as part of a tag team in Imperium, Ludwig Kaiser is now one of the most exciting singles talents on Monday Night RAW. While he’s now an established member of the red brand, Kaiser first joined the company way back in 2017, and he’s now shed some light on the process which led to WWE deciding to make him an offer.
Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Kaiser discussed how he once heard that WWE had set up a tour specifically to seek out a German wrestler to add to their ranks, saying that William Regal is believed to have cancelled the search once he saw Ludwig’s name on the list of options.
“The story that I’ve heard is that WWE was looking for a German wrestler and they scheduled a tour through Germany to look at talent and go through all the different wrestling schools and stuff and apparently, Mr. William Regal, who I’m always going to be grateful for that, saw my name on the list and he knew my dad and they saw my picture, they saw everything and he pointed out me and said, ‘Cancel the tour. We’ll take him.’ I was one of the guys — actually, I never had to do a tryout. Because I was supposed to do one, but two weeks, three weeks before, I blew my knee out. I’m not sure if I’m supposed to say that, I’m not sure if I ever said that. But yeah, I got injured and I had to cancel the tryout. So obviously, right in the match already, I thought, oh my God, this is over. Because when I first started this, I never thought I would go to WWE. It was not my big goal to be like, okay, gotta go to WWE or otherwise, this is all for nothing. No, I wanted to do my dad proud. I wanted to be a professional wrestler, I wanted to see the world, I wanted to do all of that. But now when you get the chance, you wanna do it.”
-Ludwig Kaiser
Kaiser remains on the hunt for his first singles title in WWE having had two previous attempts at the Intercontinental Championship. Currently, the 34-year-old is locked into a feud with both Pete Dunne and Penta.
As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on Ludwig Kaiser as soon as we hear more.
