History Wrestling / ChrisHero

* {{Big Damn Hero|es}}: At Ring Of Honor Final Battle 2013 against Adam Cole and Wrestling/MattHardy

** Has a move where he crawls between an opponents legs before rolling them up called "Russ Abbot"

* GreenEyedMonster: Hero already thought he was at the top of EVOLVE but felt threatened by newcomers such as Tom Riddle and Wrestling/CodyRhodes, feeling the need to beat them to prove his was still the GOAT.

** The Kings Of Wrestling had [=QuackenSaw=] (Jigsaw and Mike Quackenbush) Lightning Storm (Shane Storm and Mike Quackenbush), [=ShaneSaw=] (Shane Storm and Jigsaw) in Chikara. Also Incoherence ([[Wrestling/HunterJohnstton Delirious]] and Wrestling/{{Hallowicked}})

** Hero's moveset evolves very frequently and dramatically compared to other wrestlers, so many of the above were eventually phased out. 2016-era signatures included: back senton, moonsault, pump kick, Cyclone Kill/Cyclone Boot (formerly a FinishingMove), Ripcord elbow, many other slight elbow smash variations, Topé con Hero, standing cravate somersault neckbreaker, bicycle knee, Crash Landing (falling release vertical suplex), cravate suplex, cravate iconoclasm, Tombstone piledriver, snap piledriver, Hero's Welcome (largely also a downgraded finisher). His NXT return saw him cut out the last five or six of those and add Diamond Dust, with which he would win occasional house show matches.

* FriendVersusLover: His relationship with Candice [=LeRae=] became a point of contention between the Kings Of Wrestling after Castagnoli betrayed Chris Hero to BLKOUT and tried to help Human Tornado get his hands on [=LeRae=]. Don't worry, they made back up... Hero and Castagnoli that is.

* PerkyFemaleMinion: [[Wrestling/DaffneyUnger Lucy]], as she is to most who accept her services. Candice [=LeRae=] for about two years in Pro Wrestling Guerilla.

* RescueRomance: After saving Candice [=LeRae=] from her pimp, The Human Tornado.

** On ''Border Security: Australia's Front Line'' as he or a promoter had failed to secure to correct visa to work in the country for his scheduled defense of the PWG World Title at a Pro Wrestling Alliance Queensland show. The situation managed to be resolved in time.

** The Kings Of Wrestling had [=QuackenSaw=] (Jigsaw and Mike Quackenbush) Lightning Storm (Shane Storm and Mike Quackenbush), [=ShaneSaw=] (Shane Storm and Jigsaw) in Chikara. Also Incoherence (Delirious and Hallowicked)

** He loves basketball and has gear based on many team uniforms, usually from [=90s=] NBA; in NXT the collection includes the Sacramento Kings, Orlando Magic, Seattle Supersonics, and (pictured at the top of the page) 1992 USA Olympic "Dream Team".

[[spoiler: In January of 2017, recordings of an NXT taping surfaced on the internet, revealing that Chris Hero had appeared on the show as Kassius Ohno. WWE uploaded footage as well and broke the news on social media, making the announcement of his re-signing with the company all but official.]]

* FinishingMove: Hero's Welcome, the many Hangman's Clutches, Rubik's Cube (electric chair lift into pile driver), Stretch Plum [[NameOfPower Alpha]], Cyclone Kill (Discus big boot), By his 2014-2016 indie run, these were mostly replaced (various elbow strikes and piledrivers, in particular the Hangman's Elbow/Death Blow, Diving D (sliding Death Blow), the standard sitout piledriver, and Gotch-Style piledriver.

** Hero's moveset evolves very frequently and dramatically compared to other wrestlers, so many of the above were eventually phased out. 2016-era signatures included: back senton, moonsault, pump kick, Cyclone Kill/Boot (formerly a FinishingMove), Ripcord elbow, Topé con Hero, standing cravate somersault neckbreaker, bicycle knee, cravate suplex, cravate iconoclasm, Crash Landing (release vertical suplex), Tombstone piledriver, snap piledriver, Hero's Welcome (largely also a downgraded finisher). His NXT return saw him cut out the last seven or so of those and add Diamond Dust, with which he would win occasional house show matches.

** Hero's moveset evolves very frequently and dramatically compared to other wrestlers, so many of the above were eventually phased out. 2016-era signatures included: back senton, moonsault, pump kick, Cyclone Kill/Boot (formerly a FinishingMove), Ripcord elbow, Topé con Hero, standing cravate somersault neckbreaker, bicycle knee, cravate suplex, cravate iconoclasm, Crash Landing (release vertical suplex), Tombstone piledriver, snap piledriver, Hero's Welcome (largely also a downgraded finisher). His NXT return saw him cut out the last seven of those and add Diamond Dust, with which he would win occasional house show matches.

* FinishingMove: Hero's Welcome, the many Hangman's Clutches, Rubik's Cube (electric chair lift into pile driver), Stretch Plum [[NameOfPower Alpha]], Cyclone Kill (Discus big boot), By his 2014-2016 indie run, These were mostly replaced by various elbow strikes and piledrivers, in particular the Death Blow elbow, the sliding Death Blow, the standard sitout piledriver, and Gotch-Style piledriver.

** Kassius Ohno comes from an Olympic speed skater named Apolo Ohno.

** His moveset evolves frequently, so many of the above were eventually phased out. 2016-era signatures include: back senton, moonsault, pump kick, Cyclone Kill/Boot (formerly a FinishingMove), Ripcord elbow, standing cravate blockbuster, cravate suplex, Crash Landing (release vertical suplex), Tombstone piledriver, snap piledriver. His NXT return saw him cut out the last four of those and add Diamond Dust, with which he would win occasional house show matches.

* FinishingMove: Hero's Welcome, the many Hangman's Clutches, Rubik's Cube (electric chair lift into pile driver), Stretch Plum [[NameOfPower Alpha]], Cyclone Kill (Discus big boot),

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[[caption-width-right:177:As [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/roh/roh-t.html ROH World Tag Team Champion]]]]

'''Chris Spradlin''' (b. 1979) is an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Dayton, UsefulNotes/{{Ohio}}. He has wrestled in no less than sixteen different promotions stationed across North and South America, Asia, Australia and Europe and is best known for his work in Wrestling/RingOfHonor and Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} as '''Chris Hero.''' The German westside Xtreme wrestling is his home promotion away from home.

Between 2012-2013 he was in Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s {{revival}} of Florida Championship Wrestling and later, its developmental system ''[[Wrestling/{{WWE NXT}} NXT]]'' as '''Kassius Ohno''' before getting released, though it was far from being the end of Chris Hero's wrestling career, as he would go on to win the EVOLVE Wrestling Championship title and the All Pro Wrestling World Wide Internet Championship belt.

** At ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkXdUpsYomg SMASH Chris Hero's ALS Challenge]]'' he was in seventeen back to back matches wrestling '''three hours and ten minutes straight''', a length decided by charitable donations, Hero having pledged to wrestle thirty minutes for every 500USD (even though it was in Canada) in what he called an "[[RunTheGauntlet infinity gauntlet]]" (he won 12, lost four and drew with Rich Swann).

* [[BashBrothers Bash Brothers and Sisters]]: Claudio Castagnoli, Wrestling/SaraDelRey, Arik Cannon, Marc Roudin, Porno The Clown, John Caesar, Danny Blackheart, Wrestling/ColtCabana, JT Dunn, Tommy End

* RealLifeWritesThePlot[=/=]{{Unperson}}: Chris Hero had a legitimate falling out with CHIKARA. CHIKARA suppresses discussion and speculation to the point that bringing it up at all is a bannable offense on the fan forums, and his name is [[FunWithAutocensors autocensored]] on the message board as "UsefulNotes/JohnKerry." [[note]]Hero later revealed that he'd made moves on STIGMA's then-girlfriend and was fired for it.[[/note]]

* [[BashBrothers Bash Brothers and Sisters]]: Claudio Castagnoli, Wrestling/SaraDelRey, Arik Cannon, Marc Roudin, Porno The Clown, John Caesar, Danny Blackheart, Wrestling/ColtCabana

* SeparatedByACommonLanguage: Pure Wrestling Commandment #2, thou shalt not speak British, lest though forfeit all rope breaks.

* LargeHam: [[EvilIsHammy Not many people can follow Dr. Cube]], but not even his ramblings can overshadow disdain Chris Hero has [[CheapHeat for you hipster trash]]! [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmVQf6FZGp4 And here is another example.]]

** At ''SMASH Chris Hero's ALS Challenge'' he was in seventeen back to back matches wrestling '''three hours and ten minutes straight''', a length decided by charitable donations, Hero having pledged to wrestle thirty minutes for every 500USD(even though it was in Canada) in what he called an "[[RunTheGauntlet infinity gauntlet]]"(he won 12, lost four and drew with Rich Swann).