Chris Hero

Chris Spradlin (born December 24, 1979), better known by his ring name Chris Hero, is a British professional wrestler and trainer. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand and is the current WWE Intercontinental Championship. Hero has worked for a number of independent wrestling promotions, including International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom (IPW:UK), EVOLVE, 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 is currently in WWE.

For years Hero teamed up with Claudio Castagnoli, using the team name 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.

Personal life
Hero started a relationship with fellow WWE female wrestler, Davina Rose (Bayley) in 2016 and got married in 2018. They gave birth to their first child in August 2019, a baby boy named Trefor.

Hero is an avid football fan, supporting hometown club Swansea City A.F.C., appearing a few times at the Liberty Stadium (Swansea's home ground) to watch them as well as appearing on Sky Sports Football magazine show Soccer AM, he's also an avid cricket fan, and is also a fan of rugby, GAA and ice hockey.

Chris Hero is a traditional conservative/paleoconservative. Hero endorsed Brexit suggesting the EU has no purpose and wants to maintain national sovereignty. He's also spoken in support of U.S. President Donald Trump. Hero endorsed and supports the Reform Party and is a big fan of Nigel Farage. Hero defended John Cleese's comments made in May 2019 who suggested London was no longer an English city. Hero opposes abortion, multiculturalism and mass immigration. He's a staunch supporter of the patriotism, natalism (especially family values and structure), return of the gold standard and cutting taxes for the middle-class and working-class.

Finishing moves
• Multiple discus elbow smash variations:
 * Death Blow (Inverted headlock transitioned into a to the back of the opponent's head)

• Multiple inverted cravate variations: • Multiple rolling cutter variations:
 * Hangman's Elbow (Wrist-lock transitioned into a short-arm)
 * Rolling Elbow (Regular, sometimes dropped from an electric chair)
 * Hangman's Clutch (Stepover toehold)
 * Hangman's Clutch II (Arm trap)
 * Hangman's Clutch III (Combined with a standing leg grapevine)
 * Death is Welcome (Lifting)
 * Hero's Welcome (Regular, sometimes while applying a hammerlock)

• Multiple piledriver variations: • Rivera Cloverleaf
 * Super Hero's Welcome (Jumping)
 * Cradle
 * Hero's Welcome Championship Edition (Wrist-lock scoop lift spun into a sitout scoop slam)
 * Jumping
 * Tombstone

Signature moves
• Arm-trap Float-over neckbreaker

• Alabama slam

• Back body drop

• Blockbuster

• Bicycle kneestrike

• Chop/punch combination

• Corner elbow smash

• Cravate

• Cravate Buster (neckbreaker slam)

• Cravate Countdown (Jumping stunner)

• Cravate Cutter (Cravate into a Diamond Dust)

• Cravate-O-Clasm (Three-quarter facelock iconoclasm)

• Death Valley driver, sometimes onto the ring apron

• Double leg slam

• Diving elbow drop

• Elbow smash

• Frog splash

• Knife edge chop

• Hammerlock DDT

• Hangman's Clutch Facebuster (Cravate twisted into a sitout facebuster)

• Hero DDT (Double underhook Spike DDT)

• Hero Sandwich (Swinging side slam backbreaker, sometimes while applying a hammerlock)

• Hero Stomp (Diving double foot stomp, sometimes while springboarding)

• Hurricarana

• Hangman's Clutch Facebuster (Cravate twisted into a sitout facebuster)

• Indian deathlock piledriver

• Lady of the lake

• Moonsault, sometimes while standing or springboard

• Multiple forearm smashes

• Multiple senton variations: • Multiple suplex variations: • Multiple kick variations: • Powerbomb to the knee
 * Backward roll into a standing corkscrew
 * Double foot stomp, sometimes followed by a
 * Regular, sometimes preceded by a somersault
 * Back
 * Crossface chickenwing
 * Exploder, sometimes into the ring turnbuckle
 * Overhead
 * Belly-to-belly, sometimes to two opponents at once
 * Fisherman
 * Exploder
 * Inverted snapmare driver
 * Leg hook belly-to-back suplex
 * Release Full nelson
 * Hammerlock
 * Half and half
 * Release German
 * Rolling release
 * Rolling backdrop
 * Reverse slam
 * Pumphandle
 * Snap
 * Saito
 * Slingshot
 * Super
 * Tiger
 * Trapping
 * Vertical
 * Running big boot
 * Cyclone Kick (Discus big boot)
 * Drop, sometimes from the top rope
 * Drive-By Kick (Running big boot to a kneeling opponent while using their knee for leverage)
 * Enzuigiri
 * Hero Sidekick (Running arched big boot to a cornered opponent)
 * Mafia Kick (B)
 * Roundhouse
 * Spin
 * Spinning back
 * Springboard drop
 * Step-up enzuigiri
 * Super
 * Yakuza, sometimes jumping

• Powerbomb

• Rubik's Cube (Electric chair driver)

• Ricola Bomb (Straight jacket sitout powerbomb)

• Running sitout powerbomb

• Running knee strike

• Slingshot corkscrew plancha

• Springboard cutter

• Stretch Plum Alpha (Stretch plum)

• Sunset flip powerbomb

• Suicide Dive over the top rope

• Spinebuster

• Twirl-a-whirl backbreaker

• Topé con Hero (Somersault topé through the second and top ropes)

• Wrist-lock transitioned into a short-arm lariat

Nicknames
• "The All-round Sensation" (CZW, PROGRESS, ICW, ROH, PWG, EVOLVE)

• "The Knockout Artist" (WWE, NXT)

• "The King of Knockouts" (WWE, NXT)

Entrance themes
• "Hero's Welcome" by Cody B.Ware (CZW, PROGRESS, ICW, ROH, PWG, EVOLVE: January 2002 – June 2011)

• "Special Op" by Jim Johnston (November 18, 2012 – June 9, 2014; used as part of The Shield)

'''• "Chris is Awesome!" by Viro the Virus (June 2011 – November 18, 2012; June 16, 2014 – present)'''

Chikara
• Chikara Grand Championship (1 time)

• Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas (1 time) – with MarkAndrews

• Tag World Grand Prix (2006) – with Mark Andrews

Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW)
• CZW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• CZW Iron Man Championship (1 time)

• CZW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Mark Andrews

• Last Team Standing (2006) – with Mark Andrews

Dragon Gate USA
• Open the Freedom Gate Championship (1 time)

• Open the United Gate Championship (1 time) – with Mark Andrews

DDT Pro-Wrestling
• Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time)

Evolve Wrestling
• Evolve Championship (1 time)

• Evolve Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Andrews

International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom (IPW:UK)
• IPW:UK World Championship (1 time)

• IPW:UK Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Andrews

Insane Champions Wrestling (ICW)
• ICW World Heavyweight Championship(1 time)

• ICW Zero-G Championship (1 time)

• ICW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Andrews

NWA UK Hammerlock
• NWA United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG)
• PWG World Championship (1 time)

• PWG World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Andrews

Pro Wrestling Noah
• GHC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• GHC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Andrews

Progress Wrestling
• Progress World Champion (1 time)

• Progress Tag Team Champion (1 time) – with Mark Andrews

Ring of Honor
• ROH World Championship (1 time)

• ROH World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Mark Andrews

• ROH World Television Championship (1 time)

• Survival of the Fittest (2005)

• Tag Wars Tournament (2010) – with Mark Andrews

• First Triple Crown Champion

Southside Wrestling Entertainment (SWE)
• SWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• SWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Andrews

westside Xtreme wrestling (wXw)
• wXw World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• wXw World Lightweight Championship (1 time)

• wXw World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Andrews

• 16 Carat Gold Tournament (2007)

• wXw World Tag Team Tournament (2009) – with Mark Andrews

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
• WWE Championship (6 times)

• World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)

• WWE Tag Team Championship (12 times) – with John Cena (3), Finn Bálor (2), Seth Rollins (1), Triple H (1), Connor Black (1), Aleister Black (1)

• WWE Intercontinental Championship (2 times)

• WWE United States Championship (1 time)

• NXT Championship (1 time)

• NXT Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Andrews

• Royal Rumble (2018, 2019, 2024)

• Money in the Bank (2030)

• King of the Ring (2016)

• WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2045)

• Grand Slam Champion (under the current format)

• Triple Crown Champion