Curtis Axel

Curtis Axel, born Joseph Hennig, carries wrestling in his blood, and I find that lineage compelling. From Champlin, Minnesota, he spent 2007 to 2020 inside WWE, and surviving that long in one company is itself a mark of craftsmanship. He was rarely the marquee name, yet his in-ring fundamentals always looked clean and well-schooled to me. I value the wrestlers who reliably make every match work over the ones who only chase highlight moments. The business runs on dependable hands like his, and I think that steadiness deserves more credit than it usually gets.

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Name (English)

Curtis Axel

Name (Japanese)

カーティス・アクセル

Reading

かーてぃす・あくせる

Real name

ジョセフ・カーティス・"ジョー"・ヘニング

Born

October 1, 1979 (age 47)

Origin

Champlin, Minnesota, United States

Height

191 cm

Occupation

professional wrestler

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Goat

• Xhttps://x.com/JoeHennig
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis%20Axel
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438400

Tags

• Minnesota
• professional wrestler

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.