Ludwig Kaiser credits Triple H, William Regal for making WWE career possible

When he was starting out in pro wrestling, Ludwig Kaiser never thought a WWE career would be possible for him.

Kaiser signed with WWE in 2017 and has gained momentum as a singles competitor on the Raw roster over the past year. While appearing on a new episode of Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Kaiser explained how he ended up being offered a WWE contract. He credited William Regal for helping to make it happen.

“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,” Kaiser said. “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 [the late Axel Dieter]. And they saw my picture, they saw everything, and he pointed on me and said like, ‘Cancel the tour, we’ll take him.’ I was one of the guys actually that 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 [laughs]. 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 like my big goal to be like, ‘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, you know? But now when you’ve got the chance, you want to do it.”

Kaiser said WWE wasn’t his goal because he never saw it as a realistic possibility, but Paul “Triple H” Levesque has opened the door for Kaiser and other wrestlers like him to succeed in the company.

“Back in the day when I first grew up in wrestling, it was very, very tough. Honestly, before Hunter had that vision and opened up that door for us, none of us — not Gunther, not myself, not Pete Dunne, all those guys, Finn Balor, I don’t think we would be here today,” Kaiser said. “So without Hunter, without men like William Regal, men like Dave Taylor, Robbie Brookside, Fit Finlay, all those guys who paved that way for us European talent. I’ll always be grateful for that, definitely. Because without them, I don’t think we would be here.”

The 34-year-old Kaiser is currently feuding with Penta and Pete Dunne as his singles push continues. Last night, Penta defeated Dunne in a singles match where Kaiser attempted to interfere. A brawl between the three then took place with Penta standing tall.

The full episode of Insight can be watched below: