Adrian Severe, formerly Fabian Aichner, from a village of three thousand souls near Bolzano he became a WWE idol by choosing a respectable English-speaking stage name.
But when, after years of sweating, he graduates category champion, in spite of that xenophile name, here he is proudly waving the tricolor.
Adrian Severe
Adrian, from Falzes, has become one of the strongest athletes in the world in that joust of sport and entertainment that is wrestling. A real show that has been a heritage of US culture for decades and that is capable of winning the hearts of many kids from all over the world. Among them since the 90's glued to the screen sat little Fabian. Watching TV in Falzes, in Val Pusteria, in South Tyrol, Fabian goes crazy for those giants who, with the excuse of playing them, do incredible stunts. Fabian at only thirteen, in the early 2000s, has already decided: that's what he will do when he grows up.
His idol in those days is not really a wrestler, but his poster adorns the bedrooms of many future fighters such as Fabian. Let's talk about Arnold Schwarzenegger. An icon. Fabian worships him and decides to follow in his footsteps by dedicating himself to intense bodybuilding sessions in Germany, just like Arnold, where he will soon take his first real steps in the ring. From Germany it will pass to Great Britain, and then to the States. Fabian wants to emulate Schwarzy. In the path and, of course, in the physical.
Adrian Severe aka Fabian Aichner
As a boy he drives four hours every weekend, heading towards Germany precisely, for the privilege of being trained by his coach: Alex Wright, a master of sports and life, attentive and very strict. In wrestling, however, the discipline of the fight is not enough, you need acrobatics, and above all acting.
And Fabian is the wrestling he wants, the ring is not enough, he wants the show, the one he was crazy about in front of the TV. And muscles and fatigue and perseverance allowed it. He made it. An Italian Dream inside the American Dream, an Italian dream within the American dream. He took the title in NXT Tag Team Championship, a dream. And even if most of us wonder what this discipline with such an abstruse name could possibly be, we can only rejoice. Very close to his land, Fabian is now a celebrity. And in Falzes, three thousand souls, they already call it Pride of Italy, Italian pride.
Wrestling
It was since 1977 that an Italian did not reach that high. From the time of Bruno Sammartino, a legend, who emigrated from Chieti at the age of fifteen, first - and until last week unique - Italian welcomed in the Olympus of acrobatic fight. The show that crowned Fabian was a television success, and his triumph almost more bombastic than that of Burno. At twenty-nine, he welcomed the Nxt title (as a couple) dedicating it to the young promises of WWWE and World Wrestling Entertainment. With words translated for us by the unmistakable voice of Dan Peterson. On his Facebook page Adrian wrote directly in Italian, above the photo that portrays him crowned with his partner. A phrase very dear to the country of football: World Champions! |
Indeed, it is alongside Marcel Barthel that Fabian has beaten former champions, BroserWeights Matt Riddle and Timothy Thatcher. Marcel Barthel is German as the second language of our Fabian - alias Adrian - Pride of Italy, who does not hide the pleasure of waving his tricolor, as ambassador of South Tyrol and, until proven otherwise, of Italy.
