WWE Star Ludwig Kaiser Allegedly Batters Neighbor After Aggressive Make-Out With Girlfriend

Orlando. Paramount on Lake Eola. April 23, 2026, about 6:30 p.m. Marcel Barthel — Ludwig Kaiser, El Grande Americano on the AAA side — and a woman later identified in coverage as Andrea Bazarte share an elevator with neighbor Richard Reap.

Reap’s version, in the report TMZ published: the couple got “uncontrollably intimate.” At the 12th floor he said have some manners. He says Barthel hit him, put him on the floor, threatened more. Police noted a scratch and redness. Footage, they said, showed a white male striking and shoving outside the elevator. Warrant. Barthel was in Mexico, flew back, turned himself in May 20. Misdemeanor battery. Bond $1,000. Mugshot cycle.

His later filing, which Cageside Seats recapped in July: Reap’s “have some f***ing respect” on the way out of the car. Hugging, not a show. He says he was defending his girlfriend from aggressive, racially charged talk. He wants the charge dismissed.

Those are competing affidavits. A misdemeanor is still a charge. WWE talent turning himself in a week before a mask match is still a booking problem even if the state later blinks. Nobody needs a beat-by-beat of an elevator. The useful facts are the date, the floor, the bond, and the two stories.

Kaiser is a midcard name with a lucha side hustle. Reap is a neighbor who called the police. Florida will either try the punch or drop it. Until then the graphic is an allegation with a yellow rope around it. Alleged. Not a pinfall.