During recent episodes of TNA IMPACT, vignettes have been airing hyping the debut of a new wrestler named Ethan.

The man behind the character is none other than former WWE and NXT superstar Derrick Bateman.

Bateman, real name Mike Hutter, was released from his NXT contract on May 17th. He wrestled a dark match for TNA on August 29th in a losing effort to Jay Bradley.

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