Sebastian Hackl

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Sebastian Hackl
Birth nameSebastian Hackl
Born (1980-10-04) October 4, 1980 (age 43)
Passau, Germany
Website https://www.sebastianhackl.com/
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Hard Style [1]
Sebastian Sage
Sebastian Hackl
Billed height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Billed weight216 lb (98 kg)
Trained by Alex Wright
Debut3. October 2009

Sebastian Hackl (born 4 October 1980 in Passau, Germany) [2] is a German professional wrestler and commentator. His Ring name is Sebastian Sage.

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Career

At the age of nine, Hackl developed an interest in wrestling, which led him to become a contract survivor at NEW from 2009 to 2012. In GWP and Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), he appeared as a free agent. [3] On April 15, 2013, he announced the interim end of his in-ring career to focus on commenting. [4] Since 2010 Hackl's been under contract with WWE [5] but competed in matches for WFW, New European Championship Wrestling [6] and Ultimate Kombat Wrestling Association. In December, 2010, he won the UKWA Champion title from Maxxberg on Maxima 8. Currently, he is a member of the German announcer team and can be heard on EuroSport, Sky, ProSieben Maxx and WWE Network. [7] Additionally, he commentates on MMA events on DAZN. [8] In September 2023 he competed in his first match after 10 Years on WXW Shortcut. [9]

Championships and accomplishments

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References

  1. Sebastian Sage Cagematch.de.
  2. "WWE: Raw und SmackDown". www.sky.de.
  3. "W4E: Wrestling Interview: Interview mit "Golden Rage" Sebastian Sage - Professional Wrestling WWF4ever.de Newsboard". 2013-12-15. Archived from the original on 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  4. "Log into Facebook". Facebook.{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  5. Twitter-Account from Sebastian Hackl, visit on 2013-12-15
  6. NEW European Championship Wrestling (2012-04-16), NEW Wrestling: Singles Match:"Hard Style" vs "Ivan Kiev" NEW - Pure März 2012! , retrieved 2019-06-17
  7. "WWE Kommentator Günter Zapf tritt ab - WWE, IMPACT & Worldwide Wrestling News bei MOONSAULT.de". www.moonsault.de. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  8. "Schlagwort Podcast: 10 - UFC- und WWE-Kommentator SEBASTIAN HACKL on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  9. https://twitter.com/WWEDeutschland/status/1707712323404914924?t=Ye2r6Xt1M1Q9mRwQk6SdFA&s=19
  10. bajlitz23 (2013-01-20), UKWA Championship Match: Mexxberg(c) vs Sebastian Sage, UKWA Maxima 8 , retrieved 2019-06-17{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. Tweet from Sebastian Hackl about the Title