Mads Krügger

Professional

Birthday August 23, 1985

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Lyons, Georgia, United States

Age 38 years old

Nationality Georgia

Height 6ft 10in

Weight 317 lb

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1985

Matthew Waters (born August 23, 1985) is an American professional wrestler and actor, currently performing for Major League Wrestling (MLW) under the ring name Mads Krügger and is the leader of the Contra Unit.

He also performs on the independent circuit.

2012

Matthew Waters was trained by Shawn Hunter and made his professional wrestling debut on January 20, 2012 under the ring name Logan Creed by teaming with Mike Pain as No Remorse at an All-Star Wrestling Network (AWN) event Friday Night Adrenaline by defeating The Monsters of Destruction.

Creed became a mainstay in the Georgia independent circuit.

2014

Creed won his first professional wrestling championship on May 10, 2014 by defeating Cody Hall for the Southern Fried Championship Wrestling (SFCW) Heavyweight Championship.

He lost the title to Luke Gallows on June 14.

2015

On July 18, 2015, Creed teamed with Drew Adler to defeat Trinity (Big Andy and Chris Nelms) to capture the SFCW Tag Team Championship.

Creed and Adler lost the titles to The Beautiful Bald Besties (Michael Stevens and Zac Edwards) at SFCW's More Bang For Your Buck event on August 15.

At Shocktober, Creed won an eight-man battle royal to win the vacant SFCW Heavyweight Championship for the second time.

2016

Creed successfully defended the title against former tag team partner Drew Adler in a ladder match at November Rulz before losing the title to Adler in a no disqualification match at Fan Appreciation Night on January 2, 2016.

On May 7, Creed defeated Zac Edwards to win the SFCW Monroe City Championship.

At Last Chance, Creed and Odinson defeated Gunner Miller and Troy Hunt to become the #1 contenders for the SFCW Tag Team Championship.

Creed and Odinson defeated Beautiful Bald Besties to win the Tag Team Championship at Shinding III.

Creed and Odinson successfully defended the titles against Big F'N Deal (Brian Blaze and Geter) at Firecracker Fights.

Creed lost the Monroe City Championship to Trevor Aeon at Macon Mayhem.

The tag team titles were vacated later that year.

In the summer of 2016, Creed formed a faction with Kyle Matthews, Merica Strong, Slim J and Tommy Too Much called The Kingsmen.

On December 30, Creed defeated Drew Adler in a street fight to win the AWN Heavyweight Championship.

2017

On January 21, 2017, Creed teamed with The Kingsmen teammate Tommy Too Much to defeat Trending Now (Ace Haven and Charles Zanders) to win the PWA Tag Team Championship.

On February 18, Creed, Matthews and Tommy took on Beautiful Bald Besties and the PWA Heritage Champion Shane Noles in a six-man tag team match, where Noles' Heritage Championship and Kingsmen's Tag Team Championship were on the line.

Kingsmen lost the match, losing the Tag Team Championship to Beautiful Bald Besties as a result.

On March 18, Kingsmen regained the Tag Team Championship when Creed and Matthews defeated Beautiful Bald Besties.

At PWA's 9th Anniversary Show, Kingsmen lost all of their titles as Creed and Matthews lost the Tag Team Championship, Mr. O'Hagan lost the No Limits Championship and Tommy lost the Heritage Championship to The Reckoning (Billy Buck, Charles Zanders, Kevin Blue and Schaff) in a Survivor Games match.

2018

At an Anarchy Wrestling event on January 27, 2018, Creed defeated Geter in a lumberjack match to become the #1 contender for the Anarchy Triple Crown Championship.

Creed received his title shot against Gunner Miller on February 24, where Miller retained the title via disqualification.

This led to a no disqualification rematch for the title at Hardcore Hell XX, which Creed won.

Creed successfully defended the title against Cyrus the Destroyer in a last man standing match on June 23, Ike Kross on September 8 and Mikael Judas and Stryknyn in a three-way match at Fright Night.

At Halloween Hell, Creed lost the AWN Heavyweight Championship to Bill the Butcher.

2019

Krügger's first national exposure came when he signed with MLW in 2019 as The Dynasty's monster bodyguard Grogan.

However, he soon left The Dynasty and changed his ring name to Logan Creed.

At Hardcore Hell pay-per-view on April 13, 2019, Creed defended the Anarchy Triple Crown Championship against the Anarchy Landmark Heritage Champion Stryknyn, Jacob Ashworth and Sal Rinauro in a steel cage match, thus winning the Landmark Heritage Championship while retaining the Triple Crown Championship.

Creed lost the title to Will Kaution in a six-way match on May 11.

On May 25, Creed lost the Triple Crown Championship to Griff Garrison.

On November 28, Creed won a tournament by defeating Alan Angels in the first round, Griff Garrison in the semi-final and Josey Quinn in the final to win the third SFCW Heavyweight Championship at Thanksgiving Day Tournament.

2020

He was repackaged in the fall of 2020 as Contra Unit's fifth member "The Black Hand of Contra" Mads Krügger.

He departed MLW in 2023, but returned in 2024.

At Logan vs. Judas, Creed lost the title to Mikael Judas in a last man standing match on February 15, 2020.

The following month, Creed defeated Mike Pain to win the WrestleMerica Heavyweight Championship at March Melee.

Creed lost the title to Tyson Dean in a three-way match, also involving Mike Pain in a three-way match on August 8.

At the Jingle Brawl pay-per-view on December 19, Creed teamed with Francisco Ciatso to defeat Da House Of Payne (Hakim Ali and Nick Payne) and The Modern Day Sharpshooters (James Creed and Maxx Blaylock) in a three-way match at the North American Wrestling Alliance (NAWA) Tag Team Championship.