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My Take
Hornswoggle is one of those wrestling acts I find genuinely fascinating because the gimmick could so easily have gone wrong, yet Dylan Postl made it work for years in WWE. Standing 135 cm, he turned his size into a whole comedic and storyline identity rather than a limitation, which takes real craft and timing. What I respect most is the longevity: he stayed valuable enough that WWE kept him on a legends contract, and he's still wrestling the independent scene as Swoggle, plus a run in Impact. That's a performer who understands his niche and keeps reinventing it. I'd argue he's underrated as a character worker.
Overview
Dylan Mark Postl (born May 29, 1986) is an American professional wrestler and YouTuber best known under the ring name Hornswoggle. He is signed to WWE under a legends contract, having previously performed for the company as an in-ring competitor, and currently performs on the independent circuit, sometimes under the tweaked name Swoggle. He is also known for his tenure in Impact Wrestling.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Hornswoggle
- Name (Japanese)
- ホーンズワグル
- Reading
- ほーんずわぐる
- Born
- May 29, 1986 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Tiger
- Origin
- Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 135 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- professional wrestler
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.