
Chris Spradlin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 24, 1979 (age 46)
- Birthplace
- Dayton, Ohio, USA
Biography
Chris Spradlin, better known by his ring name Chris Hero, is an American professional wrestler and trainer. As of July 2023, he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a producer. Hero has worked for a number of independent wrestling promotions, including Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Ring of Honor (ROH), Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) and Chikara, as well as Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan. Hero has had two stints in WWE, both as part of their development territory NXT, under the ring name Kassius Ohno. His second tenure with the company saw him work as a "player-coach" for the trainees in NXT and NXT UK.
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Filmography

GCW The Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame
Movie · as Chris Hero

Shoot Conversations w/ Chris Hero: Molly Holly
Movie · as Chris Hero

NXT TakeOver: Phoenix
Movie · as Kassius Ohno

Holy Grail: The Search for WWE’s Most Infamous Lost Match
Movie · as Kassius Ohno

PROGRESS Chapter 99: With A Flake, Please
Movie · as Kassius Ohno

NXT Takeover: Philadelphia
Movie · as Kassius Ohno

PROGRESS Chapter 68: Super Strong Style 16 - Day 1
Movie · as Kassius Ohno

NXT TakeOver: WarGames II
Movie · as Kassius Ohno

NXT TakeOver: WarGames
Movie · as Kassius Ohno

NXT Takeover: Orlando
Movie · as Kassius ohno
AAW Unstoppable 2016
Movie · as Chris Hero
EVOLVE 53
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EVOLVE 54
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EVOLVE 55
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PWG: Lëmmy
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EVOLVE 56
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EVOLVE 57
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PWG: Bowie
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EVOLVE 58
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EVOLVE 59
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WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising 2016
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WrestleCon SuperShow 2016
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EVOLVE 60
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PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night One
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PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night Two
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RevPro Uprising 2016
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EVOLVE 62
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RevPro: Angle Vs. Sabre Jr.
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PWG: Prince
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EVOLVE 67
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PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
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PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
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PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage
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PWG: Mystery Vortex IV
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PWG: THIRTEEN
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RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2016 - Night 1
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NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
Movie · as Kassius Ohno

An Evening with Chris Hero
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The Kevin Steen Show: Chris Hero
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Beyond Americanrana 2016
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RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2016 - Night 2
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AAW Defining Moment 2016
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AAW Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament - Tag 2
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WrestleCon Supershow 2015
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PWG: DDT4
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PWG: Mystery Vortex III
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PWG: Threemendous IV
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PWG: Don't Sweat The Technique
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PWG: From Out of Nowhere
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PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
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PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage
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PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night Two
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EVOLVE 38
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EVOLVE 39
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EVOLVE 40
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WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising 2015
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EVOLVE 43
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EVOLVE 45
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EVOLVE 46
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EVOLVE 47
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EVOLVE 48
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AAW: Windy City Classic XI
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ROH: Year 5
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House of Hardcore IX
Movie · as Chris Hero

Developmentally Speaking With Colt Cabana, Tommaso Ciampa & Chris Hero
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Wrestling Isn't Wrestling
Movie · as Theater Audience Member

Smash Wrestling Smashapalooza 2014
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Smash Super Showdown II
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Smash Wrestling GOLD
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Smash Rival Schools 2014
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PWG: DDT4
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PWG: Mystery Vortex II
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PWG: ELEVEN
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PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
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PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
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PWG: Black Cole Sun
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ROH: Raising The Bar - Day 1
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ROH: Raising The Bar - Day 2
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ROH: Creating Excellence
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ROH: Thanks Steen Thanks
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DGUSA Open the Ultimate Gate 2014
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Dragon Gate USA Way of the Ronin 2014
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ROH: 12th Anniversary
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ROH: Wrestling's Finest
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ROH: Flyin' High
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EVOLVE 25
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EVOLVE 26
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Dragon Gate USA: Freedom Fight
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PWG: All Star Weekend X - Night One
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PWG: All Star Weekend X - Night Two
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Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win It
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WXW Presents: The American Dragon Bryan Danielson
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Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
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Bryan Danielson: The Final Countdown
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Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
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ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
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ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
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PWG Sells Out: Volume 3
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Crimson Mask
Movie · as Himself / "Chris Hero"

Kevin Steen: Descent into Madness
Movie · as Chris Hero

Kings Reign Supreme: The Kings of Wrestling
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ROH: Ring of Hardcore
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American Wolves: The Hunt Never Dies
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Chris Hero: Ring of Hero
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ROH: World's Greatest
Movie

PWG: FEAR
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PWG: 2011 Battle of Los Angeles
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PWG: EIGHT
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PWG: All Star Weekend 8 - Night Two
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PWG: All Star Weekend 8 - Night One
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PWG: DDT4
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PWG: Kurt Russellreunion 2 - The Reunioning
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ROH: Honor Takes Center Stage - Chapter 1
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ROH: Honor Takes Center Stage - Chapter 2
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Interviews with a Hero: The Chris Hero Story
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ROH: Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies II
Movie

ROH: Hate - Chapter II
Movie

ROH: Glory By Honor IX
Movie

ROH: Allied Forces
Movie

ROH: Fade To Black
Movie

ROH: Fate of An Angel II
Movie

ROH: Gold Rush
Movie

ROH: Tag Title Classic II
Movie

PWG: Cyanide: A Loving Tribute To Poison
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PWG: The Curse of Guerrilla Island
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PWG: 2010 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
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PWG: 2010 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
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PWG: SEVEN
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PWG: DIO!
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PWG: DDT4
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PWG: As The Worm Turns
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PWG: Kurt Russellreunion
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EVOLVE 2: Hero vs. Hidaka
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EVOLVE 3: Rise or Fall
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ROH: 8th Anniversary
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ROH: Buffalo Stampede II
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ROH: Death Before Dishonor VIII
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ROH: Final Battle 2010
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WWE NXT
TV · as Kassius Ohno, Kassuis Ohno · 36 eps

ROH: The Homecoming II
Movie · as Chris Hero

ROH: Death Before Dishonor VII - Night 1
Movie

ROH: Death Before Dishonor VII - Night 2
Movie

ROH: Never Say Die
Movie

ROH: Stylin' & Profilin'
Movie

PWG: Against The Grain
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PWG: Guerre Sans Frontières
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PWG: Speed of Sound
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PWG: Threemendous II
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PWG: DDT4
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PWG: One Hundred
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PWG: Ninety-Nine
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PWG: Express Written Consent
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ROH: A Cut Above
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ROH: Survival of the Fittest 2009
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PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
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ROH: Boiling Point
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ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2009
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ROH: Clash of The Contenders
Movie · as Chris Hero

ROH: Glory By Honor VIII - The Final Countdown
Movie · as Chris Hero

ROH Final Battle 2009
Movie · as Chris Hero

ROH: Aries Vs. Richards
Movie · as Chris Hero

ROH: The Final Countdown Tour - Boston
Movie · as Chris Hero

ROH: The Final Countdown Tour - Dayton
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ROH: The Omega Effect
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Ring of Honor Wrestling
TV · as Chris Hero · 13 eps

ROH: Breakout
Movie
ROH: Bedlam In Beantown
Movie · as Chris Hero

ROH: Return Engagement
Movie · as Chris Hero
ROH: Tag Wars
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ROH: Southern Navigation
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ROH: Night of The Butcher II
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PWG: All Star Weekend 6 - Night One
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PWG: All Star Weekend 6 - Night Two
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PWG: Pearl Habra
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PWG: 1.21 Gigawatts
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PWG: It's A Gift...And A Curse
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PWG: It's It (What Is It?)
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PWG: Life During Wartime
Movie · as Chris Hero

PWG: All Star Weekend 7 - Night One
Movie · as Chris Hero

PWG: All Star Weekend 7 - Night Two
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PWG: 2008 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage 1
Movie · as Chris Hero

PWG: 2008 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage 2
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ROH: Fueling The Fire
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ROH: Death Before Dishonor VI
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ROH: Northern Navigation
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Bloodstained Honor
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ROH: Transform
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ROH: Injustice
Movie · as Chris Hero
wXw 16 Carat Gold 2008 - Day 2
Movie · as Chris Hero

ROH: Glory By Honor VII
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PWG: All Star Weekend V - Night Two
Movie · as Chris Hero

PWG: DDT4 - Night One
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PWG: DDT4 - Night Two
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PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
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PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
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PWG: Schadenfreude
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PWG: European Vacation II - France
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PWG: European Vacation II - Germany
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PWG: The High Cost of Doing Business
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ROH: Driven
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Chikara: Showdown in CrisisLand
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Chikara: Aniversario?
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Chikara: Cibernetico & Robin
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Chikara: Maximum Overdraft
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Chikara: Rey de Voladores
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PWG: Cruisin' For A Bruisin'
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PWG: Card Subject To Change 2
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PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night One
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PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night Two
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PWG: Horror Business
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PWG: All Star Weekend IV - Night Two
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PWG: Passive Hostility
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PWG: (Please Don't Call It) The O.C.
Movie · as Chris Hero

PWG: Threemendous
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PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
Movie · as Chris Hero

PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
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ROH: Hell Freezes Over
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ROH: Death Before Dishonor IV
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ROH: Best In The World
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ROH: The 100th Show
Movie · as Chris Hero

ROH: Glory by Honor V - Night Two
Movie · as Chris Hero

ROH: Unified
Movie · as Chris Hero

ROH: In Your Face
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ROH: International Challenge
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ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
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ROH: Black Friday Fallout
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ROH: Suffocation
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ROH: Motor City Madness
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ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2006
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ROH: Dethroned
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ROH: Anarchy In The U.K.
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ROH: The Bitter End
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ROH: Glory By Honor V - Night One
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ROH: Ring of Homicide
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PWG: After School Special
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PWG: Straight To DVD
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PWG: Chanukah Chaos (The C's Are Silent)
Movie · as Chris Hero

PWG: Card Subject To Change
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PWG: All Star Weekend Night One
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PWG: All Star Weekend Night Two
Movie · as Chris Hero

PWG: Zombies (Shouldn't Run)
Movie · as Chris Hero

CZW: Tournament Of Death 4
Movie · as Chris Hero

CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix 2005 - Night 2
Movie · as Chris Hero

CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix 2005 - Night 3
Movie · as Chris Hero
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 1
Movie · as Chris Hero

PWG: Uncanny X-Mas
Movie · as Chris Hero

PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night One
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PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night Two
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PWG: The Next Show
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Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles
Movie · as Chris Hero

MLW Reloaded Tour Day 1
Movie · as Chris Hero

IWA-MS When Hero Met Punk
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CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix 2003
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IWA-MS House of Hardcore 2nd Anniversary
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Chikara: The Renaissance Dawns
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