Chris Hero (AEW)

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Chris Hero
Ring name(s)	Chris Hero Chris Hyde Kassius Ohno Wife Beater
Billed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Billed weight	230 lb (100 kg)
Born	December 24, 1979 (age 32) Dayton, Ohio
Billed from	Metropolis Dayton, Ohio
Trained by	Dory Funk, Jr. Ian Rotten Les Thatcher Tracy Smothers Dave Taylor Fit Finlay William Regal Skayde Johnny Saint Pro Wrestling Noah dojo Marshall Kauffman (boxing)
Debut	September 12, 1998

Chris Spradlin (born December 24, 1979) is an American efed professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Hero. He is signed to Attitude Era Wrestling.

Efed wrestling career

Attitude Era Wrestling

Debut and Television Champion (2012)

Pursuit of the World Champion (2012-present)

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Cyclone Kill (Discus big boot)
  • Hangman's Clutch (Stepover toehold inverted cravate)
  • Hangman's Clutch II (Arm trap inverted cravate)
  • Hangman's Clutch III (Inverted cravate / Standing leg grapevine combination)
  • Hangman's Clutch Facebuster (Cravate twisted into a sitout facebuster)
  • Hero's Welcome Championship Edition (Wrist-lock scoop lift dropped into a sitout scoop slam piledriver)
  • Multiple cutter variations
    • Death is Welcome (Lifting inverted swinging)
    • Hero's Welcome (Inverted swinging, sometimes while applying a hammerlock)
    • Super Hero's Welcome (Jumping inverted swinging)
  • Multiple elbow smash variations
    • Cerebral Cortex Rolling Elbow / Death Blow / Hangman's Elbow (Discus to the back of the head)
    • Discus, sometimes with a loaded elbow pad
    • Rip Cord Rolling Elbow (Wrist-lock transitioned into a discus)
  • Rivera cloverleaf – Innovated; named in tribute to his trainer Jorge "Skayde" Rivera
  • Rubik's Cube (Electric chair driver)
  • Stretch Plum Alpha (Stretch plum)

• Signature moves
  • Backward roll into a standing corkscrew senton
  • Cravate
  • Cravate Buster (Three-quarter facelock neckbreaker)
  • Cravate Countdown (Three-quarter facelock drop)
  • Cravate Cutter (Diving somersault stunner)
  • Cravate-O-Clasm (Three-quarter facelock iconoclasm)
  • Double foot stomp, sometimes followed by a senton
  • Double leg slam
  • Elbow smash
  • Hero DDT (Spinning lifting DDT)
  • Hero Sandwich (Swinging side slam backbreaker, sometimes while applying a hammerlock)
  • Hero Sidekick (Running arched big boot to a cornered opponent)
  • Hero Stomp (Diving double foot stomp, sometimes while springboarding)
  • Indian deathlock piledriver
  • Johnny Saint special
  • Jumping senton, sometimes preceded by doing a somersault
  • Moonsault, sometimes while standing
  • Multiple forearm smashes
  • Multiple suplex variations
    • Crash Landing (Rolling release)
    • Cravate – Innovated
    • German
    • Trapping
  • Russ Abbot (Performs a leapfrog, crawls between opponent's legs, rolls over the opponent and performs a roll-up)
  • Tracy Smothers (Rapid double palm strikes to a cornered opponent's chest)
  • Topé con Hero (Somersault topé through the second and top ropes)

• Nicknames
  • "The Mack Daddy of the Cravate"
  • "The Savior of CZW"
  • "That Young Knockout Kid"[1]

• Managers
  • Larry Sweeney

• Entrance themes
  • "Chris is Awesome!" by Viro the Virus

Championships and accomplishments

• Attitude Era Wrestling
  • AEW Television Championship (1 time)
  • AEW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Antonio Cesaro (1)
  • AEW Wrestle War Winner (1 time)