{"id":47,"date":"2026-05-21T07:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T07:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=47"},"modified":"2026-05-21T07:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T07:07:35","slug":"wwe-star-ludwig-kaiser-arrested-on-battery-charge-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=47","title":{"rendered":"WWE star Ludwig Kaiser arrested on battery charge in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WWE superstar Ludwig Kaiser was arrested in Florida just a week before his highly anticipated main event bout. <\/p>\n

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Kaiser, whose real name is Marcel Barthel, was charged with misdemeanor battery just after 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to booking records viewed by The Post.<\/p>\n

He was booked into the Orange County Jail in Orlando, Fla., on a $1,000 bond. He has since been released from jail.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old German wrestler allegedly got into an altercation with another man, leading to his arrest on the battery charge, wrestling reporter Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful reported.<\/p>\n

Additional details about the arrest were not immediately known.<\/p>\n

The Post has reached out to the WWE and the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Orlando is home to the WWE Performance Center.<\/p>\n

Barthel, who also competes under the luchador moniker El Grande Americano, is expected to face off against the \u201cOriginal\u201d El Grande Americano Chad Gable in a mask vs mask match on May 30.<\/p>\n

The highly anticipated match, which has been months in the making, is scheduled to serve as the main event of AAA Lucha Libre\u2019s\u00a0\u201cNoche de los Grande\u201d in Monterrey, Mexico.<\/p>\n

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In April 2025, WWE announced it had acquired the lucha libre promotion. <\/p>\n

Barthel took over as El Grande Americano in June 2025 after Gable suffered a rotator cuff injury, which sidelined him for the remainder of the year.<\/p>\n

He appeared on the most recent episode of Monday Night Raw at the First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, NC, on May 18, competing in a Trios Tornado match alongside Los Americanos, where they defeated Gable\u2019s \u201cOriginal\u201d El Grande Americano and Los Americanos Hermanos.<\/p>\n

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He signed with the WWE after he \u201cestablished himself as one of the German independent wrestling scene\u2019s brightest prospects,\u201d according to his profile on the promotion\u2019s website. <\/p>\n

\u201cKaiser has since proven to be a true mat magician, as well as a no-nonsense competitor,\u201d the profile. reads. \u201cWith the posture of a steel pole and a facial expression that rarely deviates from the stern setting, Kaiser\u00a0is practically unflappable \u2014 though on the rare occasion that he does lose his cool, he\u2019s quick to let his opponents know by defiantly screaming \u201cnein\u201d in their face.\u201d<\/p>\n

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WWE star Ludwig Kaiser, whose real name is Marcel Barthel, was charged with misdemeanor battery just after 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to booking records viewed by The Post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrestling"],"yoast_head":"\nWWE star Ludwig Kaiser arrested on battery charge in Florida - Metro Transit Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=47\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WWE star Ludwig Kaiser arrested on battery charge in Florida - 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