Absolute Andy

Andreas Ullmann (22 September 1983 – 23 November 2023), better known by his ring name Absolute Andy, was a German professional wrestler.

He was best known for his work with Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw).

He had appeared for the promotion since the mid-2000s, and referred to himself as "The Veteran".

Ullmann entered wrestling in 2003.

He began wrestling for Westside Xtreme Wrestling under the ring name Absolute Andy in 2006, having also made an appearance under a different ring name the previous year.

He was brought in for True Colors, a co-production between wXw and German Stampede Wrestling (GSW), with the latter promotion being the one he debuted in.

In 2007, Andy was predominantly used in the tag division; he twice won the World Tag Team Championship alongside partners Josh Abercrombie and Steve Douglas, with both victories over Murat Bosporus and Wesley Croton.

He and Douglas were defeated by Chris Hero and Marc Roudin at the 7th Anniversary show, and won the title back the following June, enjoying a short second reign, before dropping it to Doug Williams and Martin Stone.

At True Colors, Andy won his first title opportunity for the World Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated by John Klinger, who he had been feuding with for much of the year.

In May 2009, he won the World Heavyweight Championship for the first time, defeating Bryan Danielson at Dead End Beta, and remained the champion until December, when Douglas defeated him at the 9th Anniversary show.

In the years after this, Andy went on to suffer a six-year drought, and despite teaming again with Douglas and more prominently, with Klinger, he was unable to regain the World Tag Team Championship.

In April 2016, he began teaming with Marius Al-Ani under the name A4, and at Broken Rules, they defeated the pairing of David Starr and Lio Rush to win the vacant tag team championship.

This reign lasted until May 2017, where they were defeated by The Young Lions (Lucky Kid and Tarkan Aslan), and A4 would continue to feud with members of Rise for the next couple of months.

A4 would break up on night three of World Tag Team League, when Andy turned on Al-Ani after their loss to The Spirit Squad (Kenny and Mikey).

At 16 Carat Gold, Andy defeated Starr in the tournament final, having largely cheated his way to get there in victories over Al-Ani, Matt Riddle and Timothy Thatcher.

Andy then feuded with Ilja Dragunov for the Unified World Wrestling Championship, and defeated him for the title at Shortcut to the Top.

However, he would later suffer a shoulder injury, causing a proposed three-way match between, him, Dragunov and Bobby Gunns at World Tag Team League to be cancelled.

Despite Andy's injury, the title was not vacated, and Dragunov was named interim champion, after defeating Gunns on night two of World Tag Team League.

The following month at Broken Rules, Andy defeated Gunns in an #1 contender match for the interim title, and during the Shotgun tour, he defeated Dragunov to become the champion outright.

In wXw, he was a Grand Slam Champion, having been a two-time Unified World Wrestling Champion, a one-time Shotgun Champion, a five-time World Tag Team Champion and the 2018 winner of 16 Carat Gold.

His feuds with Dragunov and Gunns both ended in early 2019; he defeated Dragunov in a Käfigschlacht match at Back to the Roots, and Gunns defeated him for the title on night two of 16 Carat Gold, ending his reign at 217 days.

Afterwards, Andy started allying himself with Jay FK (Jay Skillet and Francis Kaspin), who he had occasionally teamed with in the past.

He regularly began teaming with Jay FK from May onwards, and after Kaspin was ruled out of World Tag Team League with a spinal injury, Andy replaced him, forming Jay-AA.

At the event, Jay-AA went out in the first round to Pretty Bastards (Maggot and Prince Ahura).

Over time, his character gained some comedic elements to it, and he became obsessed with winning the Shotgun Championship.

A backstage quarrel led to director of sports Karsten Beck booking a four-way match for the title at the 19th Anniversary show, which was won by Skillet.

At Back to the Roots, Andy unsuccessfully challenged him for the title, in what would be Skillet's only singles title defence in the promotion.

While Andy did not qualify for 16 Carat Gold, he found another way to get there through the tag division, as Jay-AA defeated Jordan Devlin and Scotty Davis at Dead End to win a title shot, and in the process, cementing their face turn.

On night one of 16 Carat Gold, Jay-AA defeated Pretty Bastards on night one to become the tag team champions.

On night two, they held a parejas increibles gauntlet match, which was won by The Young Guns (Ethan Allen and Luke Jacobs).

On night three, Jay-AA defeated The Young Guns, in what became their only defence of the title as a tag team.

Jay-AA's reign as tag team champions was affected by Germany's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and Skillet's departure from the promotion, following allegations of harassment.

Andy's role in the promotion also changed during this period, becoming director of sports, since Beck was considered susceptible from contracting COVID-19.

On 19 June, Jay-AA dropped the title back to Pretty Bastards (later aired on 3 July episode of Shotgun, in a heavily edited match, which only showed Andy being rolled up for the pin).

After this, Andy wrestled in two more matches: in the annual Shortcut to the Top match and in an eight man tag team match on 2 October episode of Shotgun, which was part of the Die Raucherpause–Ezel storyline.

As director of sports, Andy developed a rivalry of sorts with Norman Harras.

During Harras' feud with Avalanche, in which Avalanche alleged that Harras locked his dog in the basement of the wXw Academy, Andy denied an impromptu match between the two men as there was no room as there was no room on the card.

He then agreed to a dog food match with a five-minute stipulation, which Harras lost.

After Harras attacked Avalanche, Andy booked a dog collar match, when Avalanche was fit to do so.

Harras won the match by referee's decision.