World Wrestling Entertainment / World Wrestling Entertainment

On July 24, 2006 Hutter appeared at the Heat tapings prior to Raw, where he teamed with Chris Cronus in a loss to Viscera and Charlie Haas.^[1] While competing on NXT, he appeared in pre-taped vignette on Raw as a scientist with the “Bateman Institute” advertising a fictional Mark Henry cologne.

[edit] Florida Championship Wrestling (2009–present)

Hutter made his Florida Championship Wrestling (Florida Championship Wrestling) debut on February 9, 2009, as ‘Mike Hutter’, when he lost to Drew McIntyre (Andrew Galloway).^[8] On February 19, he changed his ring name to ‘Derrick Bateman’, and gained Abraham Washington as a Manager as he teamed with Lennox McEnroe in a loss to Scotty Goldman and DJ Gabriel.^[8] At the February 26 television tapings, Hutter, Washington, and Tristan Delta lost a dark match to Brett DiBiase, Maverick Darsow, and Tank Mulligan.^[8] In March, he and Dylan Klein lost to Kafu and Sweet Papi Sanchez. In April, he became known as ‘Agent D.’, as part of Washington’s Secret Service stable alongside Agent T. and Agent J.^[8] He reverted to his ‘Derrick Bateman’ name in June, in a loss to DJ Gabriel.^[8]

After a hiatus, Bateman returned to Florida Championship Wrestling in 2010, teaming with Adam Henderson in a loss to The Rotundo Brothers (Bo and Duke).^[9] In March, he lost to Richie Steamboat and Joe Hennig in singles competition, and to Johnny Prime, Orlando Colón, and Incognito as part of a six-man tag team match, before defeating Rudy Parker.^[9] He went on to lose to Skip Sheffield, Percy Watson, Mason Ryan, Wes Brisco, and Eli Cottonwood over the next several months.^[9] In mid-2010, he formed a tag team known as The Handsome Man’s Express with Leo Kruger, and the pair unsuccessfully challenged Los Aviadores (Hunico and Epico) for the Florida Championship Wrestling Florida Tag Team Championship on July 2.^[9] The Handsome Man’s Express disbanded as a team shortly afterward, with Kruger defeating Bateman in a singles match on July 29.^[9] On August 12, 2010, Hutter teamed with Johnny Curtis to win the Florida Championship Wrestling Florida Tag Team Championship by defeating the team of Donny Marlow and Brodus Clay and the defending champions, Los Aviadores in a three-way tag team match.^[10] They went on to successfully defend the championship against Los Aviadores, Clay and Marlow, and The Dudebusters (Caylen Croft and Trent Barretta).^[9] After a near three month reign, Bateman and Curtis lost the championship to Wes Brisco and Xavier Woods on November 4.^[11]