Ludwig Kaiser

A cornerstone of Imperium alongside Gunther, Kaiser won the NXT Tag Team Championship twice with Fabian Aichner before the stable moved to the main roster, where his technically precise, European-style ring work became a calling card. His full title haul spans two NXT Tag Team reigns, the WWE Speed Championship as El Grande Americano, the 2026 AAA Rey de Reyes tournament, and multiple wXw championships from his German indie days.

Kaiser assumed the El Grande Americano persona in June 2025 to keep the character active during Gable’s injury, then leveraged the WWE–AAA crossover to completely revamp the gimmick — fluent in Spanish, he recast Americano as a man who genuinely loved and embraced Mexican culture. At AAA Noche de los Grandes on May 30, 2026, at Arena Monterrey, he defeated Chad Gable’s “The Original” El Grande Americano in a bloody, weapon-filled mask vs. mask main event, securing the pinfall with a flying headbutt — a win widely called the most significant match of both men’s careers.