Michael Hutter
Acting • Born 1983-03-18
Biography
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
79 credits
Free The Narrative
Movie • 2021
The Essential Character
Free The Narrative II - The Monster In Us All
Movie • 2021
The Essential Character
ROH: Final Battle 2021
Movie • 2021
EC3
NWA Crockett Cup 2023: Night 1
Movie • 2023
EC3
TNA May Mayhem 2015
Movie • 2015
EC3
TNA LockDown 2015
Movie • 2015
EC3 (Ringside)
TNA Turning Point 2015
Movie • 2015
EC3
TNA No Surrender 2015
Movie • 2015
EC3
TNA Sacrifice 2016
Movie • 2016
EC3
TNA Destination X 2015
Movie • 2015
EC3
TNA Final Resolution 2013
Movie • 2013
Ethan Carter III (Ringside)
TNA Turning Point 2013
Movie • 2013
Ethan Carter III
TNA Lockdown 2014
Movie • 2014
EC3
TNA Destination X 2016
Movie • 2016
ECIII
TNA Turning Point 2016
Movie • 2016
EC3
TNA Hardcore Justice 2014
Movie • 2014
EC3 (Interview)
NWA Samhain
Movie • 2023
EC3
TNA Bound For Glory 2014
Movie • 2014
Ethan Carter III
TNA Slammiversary 2015
Movie • 2015
EC3
NWA Hard Times in New Orleans
Movie • 2022
EC3
TNA Bound for Glory 2015
Movie • 2015
Ethan Carter III
AIW: Absolution XI
Movie • 2016
Ethan Carter III
TNA Slammiversary 2016
Movie • 2016
Ethan Carter III
EVOLVE 63
Movie • 2016
Ethan Carter III
EVOLVE 62
Movie • 2016
Ethan Carter III
EVOLVE 67
Movie • 2016
Ethan Carter III
TNA: Bound for Glory
Movie • 2016
Ethan Carter III
WWE WrestleMania 35
Movie • 2019
EC3 (Preshow)
WWE Super ShowDown 2019
Movie • 2019
EC3
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XV
Movie • 2017
Ethan Carter III
NXT Takeover: New Orleans
Movie • 2018
EC3
Bar Wrestling 4: Autumn In LA
Movie • 2017
Ethan Carter III
WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament (2018) - Day Two
Movie • 2018
EC3
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn IV
Movie • 2018
EC3
AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day Two)
Movie • 2016
Ethan Carter III
AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day One)
Movie • 2016
Ethan Carter III
TNA One Night Only: Against All Odds 2016
Movie • 2016
ECIII
Beast of the Water
Movie • 2017
Harris
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2020
Movie • 2020
EC3
WrestleCircus Texas Vs. The World
Movie • 2017
Ethan Carter III
Bar Wrestling
Movie • 2017
Ethan Carter III
TNA Slammiversary XII
Movie • 2014
Ethan Carter III
TNA Bound for Glory 2013
Movie • 2013
Ethan Carter III
TNA One Night Only: Victory Road 2
Movie • 2016
Ethan Carter III
TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 2
Movie • 2014
Ethan Carter III
TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 3
Movie • 2014
Ethan Carter III
TNA One Night Only: Rivals 2
Movie • 2016
Ethan Carter III
TNA One Night Only: World Cup of Wrestling 2
Movie • 2014
Ethan Carter III (Captain; Team EC3)
TNA One Night Only: #OldSchool 2014
Movie • 2014
Ethan Carter III
TNA Genesis 2014
Movie • 2014
Ethan Carter III
TNA One Night Only: TNA Gut Check 2015
Movie • 2015
Ethan Carter III
TNA One Night Only: Turning Point 2014
Movie • 2015
Ethan Carter III
TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 4
Movie • 2015
Ethan Carter III
TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 3
Movie • 2015
Ethan Carter III
TNA One Night Only: Rivals 2015
Movie • 2015
Ethan Carter III
TNA One Night Only: Global Impact: USA vs The World 2015
Movie • 2015
Ethan Carter III
TNA Sacrifice 2014
Movie • 2014
Ethan Carter III
BLP TURBO GRAPS 16 2020 PARTS 1 AND 2
Movie • 2020
EC3
TNA One Night Only: World Cup of Wrestling 3
Movie • 2015
Ethan Carter III
TNA One Night Only: Victory Road 2014
Movie • 2014
Ethan Carter III
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017
Movie • 2017
Ethan Carter III
ROH: 19th Anniversary
Movie • 2021
EC3
Best Friends With "EC3" Ethan Carter
Movie • 2020
Ethan Carter III
Developmentally Speaking With EC3 & Bill Carr
Movie • 2017
EC3
WWE Best of NXT TakeOver 2018
Movie • 2019
EC3
TNA LockDown 2016
Movie • 2016
ECIII
OVW Christmas Chaos 2024
Movie • 2024
EC3
TNA One Night Only: Live 2017
Movie • 2017
The Herro's Journey: A Pro Wrestling Story
Movie
EC3
TNA One Night Only: December 2016
Movie • 2016
Ethan Carter III
TNA One Night Only: September 2016
Movie • 2016
Ethan Carter III
NXT TakeOver: Chicago II
Movie • 2018
EC3
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
Derrick Bateman
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
Atomic Revolutionary Wrestling Presents: Extreme Takeover Thursday
TV • 2020
EC3
Raw
TV • 1993
EC3
TNA iMPACT!
TV • 2004
Ethan Carter III
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
EC3
Raw
TV • 1993