Introduction
Alex Rohde (born January 17, 1991), better known by his ring names Alexander Hammerstone or simply Hammerstone is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Major League Wrestling, where he is a member of The Dynasty and was the inaugural MLW National Openweight Champion.
Professional wrestling career
Early life and career (2013–2016)
Hammerstone is originally from Phoenix, Arizona. He debuted on the Arizona independent circuit in 2013 with Championship Wrestling from Arizona (CWFA) and Arizona Wrestling Federation (AWF). In 2014, he would wrestle in Las Vegas for Paragon Pro Wrestling (PPW) and Future Stars of Wrestling (FSW) and West Coast Wrestling Connection (WCWC) in Oregon. There he would win his first championship, the WCWC Legacy Championship and follow that with the WCWC Tag Team Championship with Grappler 3 (as The Wrecking Crew). In 2015 Hammerstone had a tryout with WWE. In April 2015, he won the PPW Tag Team Championship. In February 2016 he would participate in another WWE tryout. Around this time he also did extra work for the company, one time appearing as Tyler Breeze's bodyguard.
Independent circuit (2016–present)
In 2016, Hammerstone would start working in California where he appeared for Championship Wrestling from Hollywood and made his debut for PCW Ultra. In 2017 he won the FSW Championship from Eli Drake. During the next two years he would hold the FSW Championship for over 600 combined days. He would receive additional tryouts from WWE in October 2017 and February 2018.
In 2018 he started being pushed heavy in PCW Ultra, getting wins against veteran wrestlers such as, Jeff Cobb, Brian Cage, Daga, Brody King, ACH, and Timothy Thatcher. On September 7 at PCW Ultra Vision Quest, he challenged Penta El Zero M for the PCW Ultra Heavyweight Championship in a losing effort.That same year, he would wrestle for the nationally broadcast Ring Warriors during their first season.
On January 3, 2019; Hammerstone competed in a one night tournament for West Coast Pro Wrestling at their event When the Smoke Clears to crown the first WCPW Heavyweight Champion.He defeated Tyler Bateman in the finals. In January 2019 , he also would compete on Impact Wrestling's Impact! Xplosion, making his debut for the promotion.
Major League Wrestling (2019–present)
On February 2, 2019, Hammerstone debuted for Major League Wrestling (MLW). His first match featured him in a squash match against Ariel Dominguez. On the March 16 episode of Fusion, Hammerstone attacked The Hart Foundation and joined the villainous stable The Dynasty, the other members including Richard Holiday and Maxwell Jacob Friedman. Hammerstone later defeated Brian Pillman Jr. on a following episode of Fusion.
During WrestleMania 35 weekend, he wrestled in the second annual Battle Riot match at the namesake event. He would last until the final four, the match being eventually won by L.A. Park. On the April 26 episode of Fusion, Dynasty defeated Hart Foundation in a tables match that aired on the April 26. The match ended with Hammerstone putting Pillman through the table.Hammerstone was announced for the tournament to crown the inaugural MLW National Openweight Champion. He defeated Gringo Loco in the semi-final on the May 11 episode of Fusion and Brian Pillman Jr. in the final at Fury Road on June 1 to become the first National Openweight Champion.
Pro Wrestling Noah (2019–present)
On July 26, MLW announced a working agreement with Japanese based promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, which would include a talent-exchange agreement and content collaboration between the two promotions On July 29, it was announced that Hammerstone would represent MLW by participating in the 2019 N1-Victory, where he wrestled in Block A from August 18 to September 16.
Championships and accomplishments
- Arizona Wrestling Federation
- AWF State Championship (1 time)
- AWF Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Joe Graves (Gods of War)
- Future Stars of Wrestling
- FSW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- FSW Nevada State Championship (1 time, current)
- FSW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with Joe Graves
- Lions Pride Sports
- Lions Pride Sports 360 Championship (1 time)
- Major League Wrestling
- MLW National Openweight Championship (1 time, current)
- Paragon Pro Wrestling
- PPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Alex Chamberlain
- PCW Ultra
- PCW Ultra Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)
- West Coast Pro Wrestling
- WCPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)
- West Coast Wrestling Connection
- WCWC Legacy Championship (1 time)
- WCWC Pacific Northwest Championship (2 times)
- WCWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with The Grappler 3
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 456 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016