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Michael Hutter
Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born March 18, 1983 (41 years)
Michael Hutter is an American professional wrestler and promoter better known by the ring name Ethan Carter III (or simply EC3). EC3 is a founder of Control Your Narrative (CYN). He also performs on the independent circuit. He is best known for his tenures with Impact Wrestling and WWE, where he performed both under his EC3 ring name and, earlier, as Derrick Bateman. Hutter began his professional wrestling career in 2002, and began wrestling for the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) promotion in 2007. In 2009, he signed a contract with WWE, where he competed as Derrick Bateman. He was assigned to WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where he won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship with Johnny Curtis. Also, he competed in the fourth and fifth seasons of NXT, a program where rookies, were with Pros. He left WWE in May 2013 and then signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He worked with the promotion as Ethan Carter III, the storyline nephew of TNA's legit owner Dixie Carter. He won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice and the Impact Grand Championship once. He returned to WWE in January 2018, competing in NXT, before making his main roster debut in early 2019, where he held the WWE 24/7 Championship four times. His second tenure with WWE ended in April 2020.
Filmography
| 2024 | NWA 76 · as Ec3 |
| 2021 | Free The Narrative II - The Monster In Us All · as The Essential Character |
| 2021 | Free the Narrative · as The Essential Character |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Adam Cole's Undisputed Best · as Ec3 |
| 2019 | NWA Powerrr (TV Series) · as Ec3 |
| 2019 | WWE Super Show-Down · as Ec3 |
| 2019 | WrestleMania 35 · as Ec3 |
| 2018 | NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV · as Ec3 |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | NXT TakeOver: New Orleans · as Ec3 |
| 2017 | Bar Wrestling 4: Autumn In LA · as Ethan Carter Iii |
| 2017 | Beast of the Water · as Harris |
| 2016 | Loaded (TV Series) · as Ethan Carter Iii |
| 2016 | Marking Out · as Ethan Carter Iii |
| 2016 | The Edge and Christian Show That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness (TV Series) · as Ec3 |
| 2016 | WWE Ride Along (TV Series) · as Ec3 |
| 2015 | Impact Wrestling: Unlocked (TV Series) · as Ethan Carter Iii |
| 2014 | TNA: Slammiversary XII · as Ethan Carter Iii |
| 2014 | TNA Sacrifice 2014 · as Ethan Carter Iii |
| 2013 | Wrestling With Wregret (TV Series) · as Ec3 |
| 2013 | TNA One Night Only (TV Series) · as Ethan Carter Iii |
| 2012 | WWE Main Event (TV Series) · as Ec3 |
| 2012 | WWE Saturday Morning Slam (TV Series) · as Derrick Bateman |
| 2012 | Elimination Chamber · as Derrick Bateman |
| 2010 | WWE NXT (TV Series) |
| 2009 | The House of the Devil · as Background Talent |
| 2009 | Ring Of Honor on HDNet (TV Series) · as Ec3 |
| 2004 | IMPACT! Wrestling (TV Series) · as Ethan Carter Iii |
| 1999 | WWE SmackDown (TV Series) · as Derrick Bateman |
| 1993 | WWE Raw (TV Series) · as Ec3 |