Chris Hero has had two stints in WWE, both as part of their development territory NXT, under the ring name Kassius Ohno.
99 Facts About Chris Hero
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For years Chris Hero teamed up with Claudio Castagnoli as the "Kings of Wrestling", winning various tag team championships and tournaments such as Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas, Tag World Grand Prix 2006, CZW World Tag Team Championship, JCW Tag Team Championship and the ROH World Tag Team Championship.
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Chris Hero continued to use the Wife Beater character until a women's group, offended by the gimmick, organized a boycott of a show on which Spradlin was wrestling in Platteville, Wisconsin.
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Chris Hero wrestled his last matches as Wife Beater in 2000.
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In 2000, Chris Hero began working for the Indiana-based Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, where he received supplementary training from Ian Rotten.
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In October 2002, Chris Hero attended the Blue Bloods Wrestling Camp, operated by UK wrestlers Dave Taylor, William Regal and Dave Finlay.
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Chris Hero took part in the training sessions and was able to add the Lucha style to his repertoire.
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Chris Hero attended Skayde sessions in Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Mexico City between 2003 and 2006.
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Chris Hero debuted for IWA Mid-South on July 1,2000, in a losing attempt versus Harry Palmer.
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Chris Hero engaged in feuds with the Suicide Kid, American Kickboxer, Mark Wolf, and the Rugby Thug.
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On October 20,2001, in Charlestown, Indiana, Chris Hero won the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship from the champion Trent Baker.
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Chris Hero regained the title on July 12,2002, in Clarksville, Indiana, defeating Colt Cabana, and lost it to M-Dogg 20 three months later on October 5 in Clarksville.
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Chris Hero won the title for a third time on February 7,2003, in Clarksville, pinning CM Punk in a match that lasted over ninety minutes.
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Chris Hero regained the title in a match with Danny Daniels on July 12,2003, after Mark Wolf had vacated the title.
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Chris Hero later turned his back on Rotten, his trainees Trik Davis, Mickie Knuckles, Bryce Remsburg and everyone else that had befriended him.
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Chris Hero has since destroyed the IWA Mid South Heavyweight title belt.
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On May 25,2002, at Chikara's inaugural event, Chris Hero teamed with CM Punk and Colt Cabana, calling themselves the Gold Bond Mafia, in a losing effort against the Black T-shirt Squad of Reckless Youth, Mike Quackenbush and Don Montoya.
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In July 2004, Chris Hero moved to Pennsylvania to work alongside Mike Quackenbush at the Chikara Wrestle Factory.
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Late in the match, Chris Hero turned on Quackenbush and formed an alliance with Claudio Castagnoli and Arik Cannon.
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Chris Hero's faction feuded with Quackenbush and his allies for the entirety of 2005.
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Chris Hero won the match, forcing Castagnoli back under the control of Hero.
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Many suggested that Chris Hero was affected by a curse and was unable to break the hold.
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Chris Hero pointed out, to the crowd, that the man behind the mask was Vin Gerard, a luchador impostor.
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In late 2007, Chris Hero vacated his spot as a head trainer at the Chikara Wrestle Factory.
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Chris Hero's spot was assumed by his student and former partner, Claudio Castagnoli.
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In May 2002, Chris Hero debuted in Combat Zone Wrestling, wrestling Ruckus.
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Chris Hero wrestled a second match later that year teaming with B-Boy against Nate Hatred and Nick Gage for the CZW Tag Team Championship.
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Chris Hero returned to CZW for a third time in the autumn of 2003, and this time he secured a regular place on the roster.
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Chris Hero became the longest-reigning Ironman Champion before losing the title to B-Boy at the CZW year-end event, Cage of Death, on December 11,2004.
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Chris Hero recruited Claudio Castagnoli and Blackjack Marciano to be his "Few Good Men", but shortly thereafter, Marciano disappeared from wrestling altogether, leaving Chris Hero and Castagnoli as a tag team, calling themselves the "Kings of Wrestling".
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On May 13,2006, Chris Hero was scheduled to take part in the Best of the Best tournament.
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However, Chris Hero gave his spot to the CZW World Heavyweight Champion, Ruckus, who promised him a title shot in return.
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When Ruckus won the Best of the Best tournament, Chris Hero came out and immediately used his title shot to win the CZW World Heavyweight Championship.
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Chris Hero successfully defended it against Claudio Castagnoli and Necro Butcher.
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At the Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show, Eddie Kingston accepted an open challenge from Chris Hero and pinned him to become the new CZW World Heavyweight Champion.
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Chris Hero was defeated following a spinning back fist from Kingston and post-match made a farewell speech to the CZW crowd.
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Chris Hero wrestled off and on for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2003 and 2004.
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Chris Hero traveled alongside Nate Webb and Dave Prazak to Nashville, Tennessee on a weekly basis at the urging of Bill Behrens.
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Chris Hero made his next appearance eight months later in a losing effort against Super Dragon.
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Later in the night, Hero came out and challenged Christopher Daniels for his TNA X Division Championship.
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At After School Special, Chris Hero became one of Joey Ryan's targets, so that Ryan could prove that he was the best technical wrestler; however, Chris Hero seemed to be out-wrestling Ryan in the match, so Scott Lost came out and helped Ryan win.
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On February 4,2008, at Card Subject to Change 2, Chris Hero teamed up with Claudio Castagnoli to challenge Super Dragon and Davey Richards for the tag team championship, but failed to win in a 50-minute match.
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Chris Hero competed in the 2006 Battle of Los Angeles, but lost to Genki Horiguchi in the first round.
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Chris Hero appeared with regular tag team partner Claudio Castagnoli in PWG's Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament, but lost in the first round to the Briscoes.
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In September 2007 Chris Hero entered a heated feud with The Human Tornado after saving Candice LeRae from her abusive pimp at the second night of the 2007 Battle of Los Angeles.
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The feud culminated on July 6,2008, at Life During Wartime in a Guerrilla Warfare steel cage match, where Chris Hero defeated Tornado to become the new PWG World Champion.
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Chris Hero competed in the 2008 Battle of Los Angeles defeating Necro Butcher in the first round, Scott Lost in the second round, and Bryan Danielson in the semi-finals.
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Chris Hero's title was not on the line, but Low Ki was named the number one contender to his title following the match.
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Chris Hero went on to successfully defend the title in a three-way match against Human Tornado and the returning Colt Cabana on February 21,2009, at Express Written Consent and on April 12 at One Hundred he defeated Cabana in a singles match.
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On May 22,2009, at Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament, Chris Hero defeated Joey Ryan to retain the PWG World Championship.
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Chris Hero opted to use his rematch clause after the tournament had concluded but at Seven on July 30,2010, was defeated by defending champion Davey Richards.
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On September 4, Hero entered the 2010 Battle of Los Angeles, defeating Christopher Daniels in his first-round match.
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Chris Hero made an unadvertised return to PWG four months later on December 10,2011, losing to Willie Mack, and afterwards held a farewell speech to the fans in attendance.
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Chris Hero had teased that he had made a deal with a mystery fifth man, who turned out to be Chris Hero's hated rival Eddie Kingston.
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ROH then announced that by winning the belts, Chris Hero had been made a full-time ROH wrestler.
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Sweeney then said he and Chris Hero had big plans for 2007, but Castagnoli was not included in them.
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Chris Hero found relative success in singles competition, with notable feuds including Nigel McGuinness and the Briscoe Brothers.
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Chris Hero was described by Sweeney as "the best athlete in Ring of Honor today", and was the most high-profile member of Sweet 'N' Sour Incorporated, Sweeney's stable that included Chris Hero, Tank Toland, Bobby Dempsey and Sara Del Rey, with whom he held the unofficial Intergender World Tag Team Championship.
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Chris Hero had challenged for the ROH World Title in a losing effort against then champion Homicide, and briefly reformed the Kings of Wrestling in another losing attempt at winning the ROH World Tag Team Championship.
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At Survival of the Fittest 2007, Chris Hero single-handedly eliminated Austin Aries, Roderick Strong, Claudio Castagnoli, Rocky Romero and Human Tornado to win the 2007 Survival of the Fittest tournament.
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Chris Hero chose to challenge the reigning champion, Nigel McGuinness, at Glory by Honor VI: Night One.
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Chris Hero managed to force McGuinness to tap out, but the match was restarted after the referee noticed that McGuinness had reached the ropes.
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On June 27,2008, Chris Hero pinned FIP World Champion Roderick Strong in a non-title bout with an assist from Sweeney.
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On June 28,2008, Chris Hero's winning streak continued when he defeated Pelle Primeau in a Light's Out Match with an assist from Larry Sweeney and Sara Del Rey, despite interference from former Sweet N'Sour Inc teammate and later turn coat Brent Albright.
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On May 8,2009, Chris Hero was defeated by the ROH World Champion Jerry Lynn in a match for the title.
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On July 25,2009, in Toronto, Canada, Chris Hero scored what could be considered the biggest win of his career when he pinned Lance Storm in a grudge match that was one year in the making.
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Towards the end of Final Battle 2009, after the Briscoe Brothers had defeated The American Wolves for the ROH World Tag Team Championship, Chris Hero reunited with his Kings of Wrestling partner Claudio Castagnoli.
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On December 23,2011 at Final Battle, Chris Hero returned to ROH to accept the Roderick Strong Invitational Challenge, losing to Strong after interference from his manager, Truth Martini.
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Chris Hero made one more appearance with the company, at their January 20,2012 Homecoming event in Philadelphia.
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Chris Hero became a regular for several European wrestling promotions, most notable being the Westside Xtreme Wrestling federation based in Essen, Germany.
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Chris Hero has wrestled in sixteen different countries across the world: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland and the United States.
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Chris Hero defeated Claudio Castagnoli in the first round before being defeated by Doug Williams in the quarterfinals.
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On May 6,2007, Chris Hero won wXw's prestigious international competition event, the "16 Carat Gold Tournament", defeating Ares in the finals.
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Chris Hero returned to Australia to wrestle for the PWA Queensland promotion, competing in their annual "Rise of the Warriors" tournament, in which he competed in 2007.
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Chris Hero made it all the way to the final of the tournament, which lasted two nights, losing to PWA Queensland regular, Esteban Molina.
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In January 2009, Chris Hero returned to Japan for Pro Wrestling Noah.
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Chris Hero came to an agreement with the Noah front office and was granted a stay at the dojo after the tour.
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Chris Hero trained alongside Richie Steamboat and made his way back to the US after five weeks abroad.
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On March 13,2010, Chris Hero made his debut for the American promotion Evolve at Evolve 2: Chris Hero vs Hidaka, losing to Ikuto Hidaka in the main event of the evening.
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From October 18 to November 8, Chris Hero took part in Noah's 2014 Global League, where he finished with a record of four wins and three losses, failing to advance from his block.
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Chris Hero returned to Noah in April 2015, when he and Cabana took part in the 2015 Global Tag League, where they finished with a record of three wins and two losses, finishing tied second in their block and missing the finals.
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In June 2015, Chris Hero wrestled for the Canadian Smash Wrestling as part of a fundraiser for research against ALS called an Infinity Gauntlet, where the duration would be set by the level of donations and he would be wrestling the entire time.
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Chris Hero wrestled for over three hours, raising $3440 for ALS.
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From October 16 to November 6, Chris Hero took part in Pro Wrestling Noah's 2015 Global League, where he finished with a record of four wins and three losses.
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Chris Hero entered the final day with a chance to advance to the finals, but was eliminated after losing to Naomichi Marufuji in the main event.
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Chris Hero debuted for Progress Wrestling in the UK in May 2016 at their annual Super Strong Style 16 tournament.
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Chris Hero won against Mark Andrews in the first round and Big Daddy Walter in the quarter finals before losing to Tommy End in the semi-finals.
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Chris Hero's in-ring debut took place the following week, when he defeated Xavier Woods.
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The split was reportedly on "good terms", with Chris Hero saying that the door was open to a future with the WWE.
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Chris Hero would go on to say, "In my exit interview, they said we would take a little while and revisit later on and see if things change".
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On January 10,2014, Chris Hero returned to Evolve, losing to Ricochet in a singles match.
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On March 16,2014, Chris Hero became the first two-time winner of wXw's 16 Carat Gold tournament, defeating Axel Tischer in the finals of the three-day-long tournament.
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On June 6,2014, Chris Hero made his debut at Tommy Dreamer's House of Hardcore.
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On June 13,2014, Chris Hero defeated Jeckles the Jester in San Francisco, CA Near the Historic Cow Palace to win the All Pro Wrestling World Wide Internet Championship.
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In June 2015, Chris Hero wrestled for three consecutive hours against 17 opponents in a fundraiser for ALS.
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On December 14,2013, Chris Hero returned to ROH, attacking ROH World Champion Adam Cole and Matt Hardy at the end of Final Battle 2013.
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On January 4,2014, Chris Hero was defeated by Kevin Steen in his ROH return match.
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Chris Hero returned to PWG at the first night of the All Star Weekend X on December 20,2013, unsuccessfully challenging Adam Cole for the PWG World Championship.
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The video features Chris Hero performing his signature moves the rolling elbow and moonsault in slow motion.