Indy Spotlight - July 2009 - Josef Von Schmidt
Josef Von Schmidt hails from Berlin, Germany, weighing in at 113 kilos and at a height of 1.98 meters. Schmidt made his debut on November 16th 2008 for MWF versus young Ian Griffin. Schmidt defeated Griffin with a huge Double Fist Sledge that he calls “The German Hammer”. Since then he has wrestled all over the Northeast area in such promotions as WWA, BTW, UFO Wrestling, PWR and many other promotions. He has also seen action in MA, CT, NY and NJ. Among his many career highlights was an appearance on WWE’s Monday Night RAW and a wrestling match in Rikers Island Prison. We had the opportunity to ask him in person about some of his achieivements and he told us “I accomplish anything I want, I am Josef Von Schmidt and I have never been defeated in the ring... anywhere!” Love him or hate him, he is a force to be reckoned with. His size and strength is just a small piece of the puzzle of his wrestling style. His uncanny agility and speed tops it off is yet another. Having yet to suffer a loss since November 2008, shows that Josef Von Schmidt is the present and the immediate future of independent wrestling in the Northeast.