Baron Draxum

"Baron Draxum does not surrender."

- Baron refusing to surrender to Leonardo.

Baron Draxum is the main antagonist of the 2018 series Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

He is voiced by the WWE wrestler John Cena, who also portrayed Jack Burns in Bumblebee.

Baron Draxum is a mutant alchemist and a warrior from a place called the "Hidden City" beneath the streets of New York. He is the self proclaimed protector of mutantkind who seeks to turn humans into mutants.

Several years ago he used mutagen in his first attempt but it failed due to the mutation needing some improvements and at some point he created the turtles. He also has a rivalry with Big Mama. In first episode Mystic Mayhem he needed some improvements and had his minions search for it. His minions also had kidnapped Mayhem Aprils' pet for his experiments.

He later fights the turtles whom he considers his "beautiful" experiments. He defeats them with ease and offers them to join him so he would improve their training but they refused and later the turtles later destroy his laboratory but had also cause his mosquitoes to escaped and causes the creation of mutants.

Draxum is shown to have survived in the episode Bug Catchers where he made his second appearance fighting both Big Mama and The Turtles for the Qozequitoes.

In the The Evil League of Mutants he forms his own legion to destroy the turtles.

Powers and Abilities
Baron Draxum is a skilled warrior and scientist having fought the turtles with his mutations and later creating the Qozequitoes for his attempts to create mutants.

Trivia

 * Baron Draxum is based on the high mage from the 2003 TMNT series.
 * Draxum is first TMNT villain to serve as the primary villain instead of Shredder however he is actually the second the first being Dragon Lord.