Oro Mensah

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Oro Mensah
Birth nameOliver Sauter
Born (1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 30)
Lagos, Nigeria [1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring names
  • Mr. Exotic Erotic
  • Calvin Carter
  • Oliver Carter
  • Oro Mensah
  • Oro
Billed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2] [3]
Billed weight198 lb (90 kg) [2] [3]
Billed from Zürich, Switzerland [2]
Ghana
Trained byMarshal T
Debut12 May 2012

Oliver Sauter (born 9 May 1995) is a Nigerian-Swiss professional wrestler. He is working as a freelancer under the ring name Oro. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring names Oliver Carter and Oro Mensah and is a former a one-time NXT UK Tag Team Champion. Prior to joining WWE, Sauter competed in various European promotions, most notably Westside Xtreme Wrestling (WxW) and German Wrestling Federation (GWF) under the ring name Mr. Exotic Erotic.

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Early life

Oliver Sauter was born in Lagos, Nigeria to a Swiss father and a Ghanaian mother. He grew up in Zürich, Switzerland.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2012–2019)

Sauter wrestled his first match on 12 May 2012 at Swiss Championship Wrestling under the ring name Mr. Exotic Erotic and lost to Belthazar. On 27 October, he teamed with Cash Crash to win the SCW Tag Team Championship, defeating Bad Snake & Magic Sly. [4] The reign lasted until 28 September 2013, when they lost the titles to Pancho & Sancho. He began competing for New European Championship Wrestling in early 2014, where he defeated former tag team partner Cash Crash on 1 February 2014. During the year, he still fought for Swiss Wrestling Entertainment and Classic Wrestling Entertainment. Over time he fought for various other independent promotions, including Westside Xtreme Wrestling (WxW), Rising Sun Wrestling, Frontier Championship Wrestling, German Hurricane Wrestling and German Wrestling Federation (GWF), winning various titles. Important to know is, he trained in the Swiss Academy school: Wrestling Academy Rorbas

WWE (2019–2025)

On 19 April 2019, Sauter made his NXT UK debut as a face under the ring name Oliver Carter in a dark match, which he lost to Kassius Ohno. [5] He was utilized as a jobber until 16 November where he ended his losing streak. He teamed with Ashton Smith to defeat The Outliers (Dorian Mak and Riddick Moss). He returned to the brand on 17 January 2020, where he teamed with Smith to defeat Pretty Deadly (Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker).

On the 2 June 2022 episode of NXT UK , Carter and Smith won the NXT UK Tag Team Championship by defeating previous champions Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) and Die Familie (Teoman and Rohan Raja) in a triple threat match. [6] [7] On the 23 June episode of NXT UK, Carter and Smith were set to defend their titles against NXT 2.0's Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen, but Smith suffered a knee injury and had to vacate them. [8]

On the 13 September 2022 episode of NXT , a video package was shown to reintroduce Carter under the ring name of Oro Mensah. [9] In his debut match, Mensah defeated Grayson Waller to qualify for the NXT North American Championship ladder match at NXT Halloween Havoc. [10] At the event on 22 October, Wes Lee won the match. [11]

On 28 May at NXT Battleground, Mensah turned heel and joined Jakara Jackson and Lash Legend in helping Noam Dar retain his NXT Heritage Cup against Dragon Lee to form the Meta-Four stable. [12] On the 13 June episode of NXT, Mensah competed in Dar's place due to injury, losing his NXT Heritage Cup to Nathan Frazer. [13] After turning the whole stable into faces, [14] Mensah wrestled for Ethan Page's NXT Championship and Lexis King's Heritage Cup, but lost both times. [15] [16] The Meta-Four disbanded on the 29 April episode of NXT, and Mensah and Jackson were released from WWE the following week, ending Mensah's six-year tenure with the company. [17] [18]

Return to independent circuit (2025–present)

On August 10, 2025, Sauter, under the ring name Oro, made his first post-WWE appearance at Blitzkrieg! Pro, where he was defeated by Andy Brown. [19] On August 14, Oro made his debut for Ring of Honor (ROH), losing to Tomohiro Ishii. [20]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ↑ @OroMensah_wwe (25 August 2019). "Born in Nigeria 🇳🇬 papa from Switzerland 🇨🇭 mama from Ghana 🇬🇭 was Signed to @WWE 🙏🏾Working for the hottest brand @NXTUK" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024– via Twitter.
  2. 1 2 3 "Oliver Carter". WWE.
  3. 1 2 "Oliver Carter". CageMatch.
  4. ↑ "Oliver Carter Matches". cagematch.net. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  5. ↑ Oliver Carter is just getting started in NXT UK: WWE Exclusive, Aug. 28, 2019 (Online video platform). WWE. 28 August 2019. ALzsYM9o_zI. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "WWE "NXT:UK #198" Ergebnisse & Bericht aus London, England, Vereinigtes Königreich vom 02.06.2022". Wrestling-Infos.de. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  7. ↑ Currier, Joseph (2 June 2022). "New Tag Team Champions crowned on NXT UK". F4WOnline.com . Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  8. ↑ Faria, Colby (23 June 2022). "NXT UK Results (6/23): Oliver Carter and Ashton Smith Defend Tag Titles Against Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen, More". Fightful. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  9. ↑ Rose, Bryan (13 September 2022). "Oro Mensah to make WWE NXT debut next week". F4WOnline.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  10. ↑ Moore, John (20 September 2022). "9/20 NXT results: Moore's review of Tyler Bate vs. JD McDonagh for an NXT Title shot, Grayson Waller vs. Oro Mensah, Von Wagner vs. Sanga, Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams vs. Andre Chase and Bodhi Hayward, Cora Jade vs. Wendy Choo, Axiom vs. Nathan Frazer in a best of three series match, Rip Fowler and Jagger Reid vs. Malik Blade and Edris Enofe". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  11. ↑ Moore, John (22 October 2022). "NXT Halloween Havoc results: Moore's live review of Bron Breakker vs. Ilja Dragunov vs. JD McDonagh for the NXT Title, Mandy Rose vs. Alba Fyre for the NXT Women's Title, Carmelo Hayes vs. Wes Lee vs. Von Wagner vs. Oro Mensah vs. Nathan Frazer in a ladder match for the vacant North American Title, Roxanne Perez vs. Cora Jade in a Weapons Wild match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  12. ↑ Moore, John (28 May 2023). "NXT Battleground results: Moore's live review of Carmelo Hayes vs. Bron Breakker for the NXT Championship, Tiffany Stratton vs. Lyra Valkyria for the vacant NXT Women's Title, Gallus vs. The Creeds for the NXT Tag Team Titles, Wes Lee vs. Tyler Bate vs. Joe Gacy in a Triple Threat for the NXT North American Title, Noam Dar vs. Dragon Lee for the NXT Heritage Cup". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  13. ↑ Moore, John (13 June 2023). "6/13 NXT TV results: Moore's review of Baron Corbin vs. Ilja Dragunov, Noam Dar vs. Nathan Frazer for the NXT Heritage Cup, Wes Lee, Mustafa Ali, and Tyler Bate vs. Joe Gacy, Jagger Reid, and Rip Fowler, Roxanne Perez vs. Tatum Paxley, Edris Enofe vs. Malik Blade, Thea Hail vs. Cora Jade". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  14. ↑ Powell, Jason (28 May 2024). "NXT TV results (5/28): Moore's review of Trick Williams and Je'Von Evans vs. Mark Coffey and Wolfgang, Michin vs. Tatum Paxley and Kelani Jordan vs. Wren Sinclair in NXT Women's NA Title ladder match qualifiers". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on 1 August 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  15. ↑ Moore, John (6 August 2024). "NXT TV results (8/6): Moore's review of Great American Bash night two with Ethan Page vs. Oro Mensah for the NXT Title, Kelani Jordan vs. Tatum Paxley for the NXT Women's North American Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  16. ↑ TZC, TZC (15 October 2024). "WWE NXT Results – 10/15/24 – Orlando, FL". E Wrestling. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  17. ↑ Moore, John (29 April 2025). "NXT TV results (4/29): Moore's review of Ricky Saints vs. Lexis King for the NXT North American Championship, Hank & Tank vs. Josh Briggs and Yoshiki Inamura for the NXT Tag Team Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  18. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (2 May 2025). "WWE Releases Braun Strowman, Dakota Kai, Shayna Baszler, Cora Jade, More | Fightful News". Fightful. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  19. ↑ "B!P Actin' Up « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  20. ↑ "ROH on HonorClub #129 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
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