Giovanni Vinci

WWE

Real Name: Fabian Aichner
Height: 6’0″
Weight: 220 lbs.
Date of Birth: July 21, 1990
From: South Tyrol, Italy
Resides: Orlando, Florida
Pro Debut: December 12, 2011
Trained By: Alex Wright
Finishing Move: Hasta La Vista (Spinning Sitout Powerbomb)

Biography

– Aichner began his career in Germany, working as ‘Adrian Severe’
– Severe was awarded the NEW Hardcore Title on May 4, 2012
– On October 6, 2012, Severe defeated Mexx in a TLC Match to retain the NEW Hardcore Title
– On February 1, 2013, Severe defeated Juvenile X, Dragan Okic, Mike Skull, Big Brother Steve & Hakem bin Azem Wakuur bin Al-Sultan in a Gauntlet Match to retain the NEW Hardcore Title
– The next day, Severe defeated Vicious Impact Power to win the NEW World Title
– On March 9, Severe defeated Bad Bones to retain the NEW World Title
– On October 5, Severe defeated Tommy Blue Eyes to retain the NEW World Title
– On September 12, 2014, Severe won the DPW King Of The North Tournament, defeating Chaos in the final
– On October 11, Severe & James Mason defeated Murat Bosporus & Hakem Wakuur to win the POW Tag Team Titles
– On December 5, Severe & Mason defeated The Hooligans (Roy & Zak Knight) to retain the POW Tag Team Titles
– On May 2, 2015, Severe defeated Demolition Davies in a TLC Match to win the NEW World Title
– On May 9, Severe defeated Gianni Leone to retain the NEW World Title
– On June 6, Severe defeated TKO to retain the NEW World Title
– On July 4, Severe defeated Mexx to retain the NEW World Title
– On August 8, Severe defeated Joel Redman to retain the NEW World Title
– On September 5, Severe defeated Ivan Kiev to retain the NEW World Title
– Aichner (under his real name) competed in the 2016 WWE Cruiserweight Classic, losing to Jack Gallagher in the first round
– On November 12, 2016, Aichner defeated Murat Bosporus to win the cOw Interstate Title
– On January 28, 2017, Aichner & Mexx defeated KickOut (Mr Exotic Erotic & Fast Time Moodo) and Demolition Davies & Cyanide in the final of a tournament to win the vacant NEW Tag Team Titles
– On February 11, Aichner defeated TKO to retain the cOw Interstate Title
– Aichner signed with WWE on June 5, 2017 and reported to NXT later that month
– Aichner wrestled his first WWE match at an NXT live event on June 22, 2017, losing to Adrian Jaoude
– Aichner made his NXT televised debut on September 14, 2017, losing to Kassius Ohno
– At EVOLVE 114, Aichner defeated Shane Strickland to win the EVOLVE Title
– At EVOLVE 115, Aichner defeated Kassius Ohno to retain the EVOLVE Title
– In late 2018, Aichner began teaming with Marcel Barthel, the team informally becoming known as The European Union
– In May 2019, Aichner and Barthel aligned with WALTER to form Imperium
– Imperium made a losing appearance on Raw in November 2019
– At When Worlds Collide 2020, Imperium (Aichner, Barthel, WALTER & Alexander Wolfe) defeated The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, Bobby Fish & Roderick Strong)
– On May 13, 2020, Imperium (Aichner & Barthel) defeated Matt Riddle & Timothy Thatcher to win the NXT Tag Team Titles
– On June 17, Imperium defeated Breezango (Tyler Breeze & Fandango) to retain the NXT Tag Team Titles
– On July 29, Imperium defeated The Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) to retain the NXT Tag Team Titles
– At Halloween Havoc 2021, Imperium defeated MSK (Nash Carter & Wes Lee) in a Lumberjack Match to regain the NXT Tag Team Titles
– At WarGames 2021, Imperium defeated Kyle O’Reilly & Von Wagner to retain the NXT Tag Team Titles
– At NXT Roadblock 2022, Imperium defeated MSK (Nash Carter & Wes Lee) by DQ to retain the NXT Tag Team Titles
– In April 2022, Aichner walked away from Imperium during a match
– In June 2022, Aichner debuted a new ‘Giovanni Vinci’ character
– Vinci rejoined Imperium at the 2022 Clash At The Castle event and was officially moved to the main roster in the 2023 Draft
– In 2024, Vinci was kicked out of the Imperium stable and would later be drafted to Smackdown, separating him from his former team