an injury, Wright and substitute Elix Skipper lost the titles to Chuck Palumbo and Shawn Stasiak, two other members of the Natural Born Thrillers. Wright then started an angle where he kept KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) as his bodyguards to squash other cruiserweights. At Mayhem, Wright and KroniK faced Billy Kidman and Rey Misterio, Jr. in a 3-on-2 handicap match. However, KroniK abandoned Wright after the 15 minutes they were paid for expired, leading to him being pinned. Disqo eventually returned from his injury and the Boogie Knights gimmick lasted until WCW was purchased by World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in March 2001. Wright remained under contract with AOL Time Warner, as his contract was not bought out by the WWF. Retirement Wright fell out of the spotlight after the folding of WCW and has not appeared on American television since then. Wright stated in an interview that WWE could not sign him as he was one of the few who was under contract with AOL Time Warner at the time. He also stated that he took a break from wrestling as he was not happy with the backstage politics in WCW that were happening at the time. In the years following, Wright has stayed away from regular active competition, only wrestling on rare occasions for German wrestling promotions NAWA and GWP. After working as a banker and fitness instructor, he opened a pro-wrestling school called "The Wright Stuff" in Nuremberg, Germany. Notable students include current WWE wrestler Giovanni Vinci. In 2009, he started his own wrestling promotion called New European Championship Wrestling (NEW). Championships and accomplishments Pro Wrestling Illustrated Rookie of the Year (1995) Ranked No. 54 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 1995 Ranked No. 408 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003 World Championship Wrestling WCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) WCW World Television Championship (1 time) WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Disco Inferno World Cup Of Wrestling (1995) - with Sting, Randy Savage, Lex Luger, Johnny B. Badd, Eddie Guerrero, and Chris Benoit Other media Wright appears in the wrestling themed episode of Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends. In this episode, Wright mentions that he was to debut his new gimmick (Alexander Wright) that night in WCW. He later renamed the gimmick "Berlyn". References External links Interview conducted by genickbruch.com