Chris Spradlin
Born: 1979-12-24
Place of Birth: 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.
Known For
PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night Two
2015★ 0.0
ROH: The Final Countdown Tour - Dayton
2009★ 0.0
EVOLVE 45
2015★ 6.0
ROH: Honor Takes Center Stage - Chapter 1
2011★ 0.0
ROH: Death Before Dishonor VII - Night 2
2009★ 0.0
ROH: Hate - Chapter II
2010★ 0.0
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
2015★ 0.0
Smash Wrestling Smashapalooza 2014
2014★ 0.0
ROH: Survival of the Fittest 2009
2009★ 0.0
ROH: Return Engagement
2008★ 0.0
GCW The Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame
2022★ 0.0
PROGRESS Chapter 68: Super Strong Style 16 - Day 1
2018★ 0.0
ROH: Creating Excellence
2014★ 10.0
ROH: The Bitter End
2006★ 0.0
Shoot Conversations w/ Chris Hero: Molly Holly
2021★ 0.0
ROH: Driven
2007★ 0.0
Chikara: Aniversario?
2007★ 0.0
PWG: Uncanny X-Mas
2004★ 0.0
ROH: Unified
2006★ 0.0
ROH: Dethroned
2006★ 0.0
PWG: The Curse of Guerrilla Island
2010★ 0.0
PWG: Schadenfreude
2007★ 0.0
PWG: Prince
2016★ 0.0
PWG: Threemendous
2006★ 0.0
Smash Rival Schools 2014
2014★ 0.0
ROH: Suffocation
2006★ 0.0
ROH: Glory By Honor V - Night One
2006★ 0.0
ROH: Death Before Dishonor IV
2006★ 0.0
ROH: Best In The World
2006★ 0.0
PWG: DDT4
2010★ 0.0
PWG: DDT4
2015★ 0.0
PWG: DDT4
2009★ 0.0
PWG: DDT4
2014★ 1.0
ROH: Glory by Honor V - Night Two
2006★ 0.0
Smash Super Showdown II
2014★ 0.0
PWG: Bowie
2016★ 7.0
PWG: ELEVEN
2014★ 0.0
Developmentally Speaking With Colt Cabana, Tommaso Ciampa & Chris Hero
2015★ 0.0
WrestleCon SuperShow 2016
2016★ 0.0
PWG: 2011 Battle of Los Angeles
2011★ 0.0
ROH: Ring of Homicide
2006★ 0.0
PWG: SEVEN
2010★ 0.0
ROH: Clash of The Contenders
2009★ 0.0
ROH: Glory By Honor VIII - The Final Countdown
2009★ 0.0
Bloodstained Honor
2008★ 10.0
ROH: Year 5
2015★ 10.0
PWG: Lëmmy
2016★ 0.0
NXT TakeOver: Phoenix
2019★ 8.1
NXT Takeover: Orlando
2017★ 6.8
ROH: In Your Face
2006★ 0.0
PWG: Horror Business
2006★ 0.0
PWG: THIRTEEN
2016★ 0.0
ROH: Boiling Point
2009★ 0.0
PWG: Zombies (Shouldn't Run)
2005★ 0.0
ROH: The 100th Show
2006★ 0.0
ROH: 8th Anniversary
2010★ 0.0
PWG: Black Cole Sun
2014★ 0.0
RevPro: Angle Vs. Sabre Jr.
2016★ 7.0
Chikara: The Renaissance Dawns
2002★ 0.0
ROH: Fate of An Angel II
2010★ 0.0
PWG: Mystery Vortex IV
2016★ 0.0
ROH: Fade To Black
2010★ 0.0
ROH: Allied Forces
2010★ 0.0
Chikara: Cibernetico & Robin
2007★ 0.0
ROH: Southern Navigation
2008★ 0.0
PWG: European Vacation II - Germany
2007★ 0.0
PWG: 1.21 Gigawatts
2008★ 0.0
PWG: Life During Wartime
2008★ 0.0
Smash Wrestling GOLD
2014★ 0.0
PWG: One Hundred
2009★ 0.0
ROH: Northern Navigation
2008★ 0.0
ROH: International Challenge
2006★ 0.0
PWG: Threemendous IV
2015★ 0.0
PWG: Mystery Vortex III
2015★ 0.0
ROH: Gold Rush
2010★ 0.0
PWG: Straight To DVD
2005★ 0.0
PWG: DDT4 - Night Two
2007★ 3.0
PWG: Don't Sweat The Technique
2015★ 0.0
Chikara: Rey de Voladores
2007★ 0.0
PWG: It's A Gift...And A Curse
2008★ 0.0
PWG: All Star Weekend 8 - Night One
2011★ 0.0
PWG: Ninety-Nine
2009★ 0.0
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
2012★ 10.0
PWG: EIGHT
2011★ 0.0
PWG: Guerre Sans Frontières
2009★ 0.0
ROH: Black Friday Fallout
2006★ 0.0
ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
2006★ 0.0
PWG: The High Cost of Doing Business
2007★ 0.0
NXT TakeOver: WarGames
2017★ 8.7
PWG: Chanukah Chaos (The C's Are Silent)
2005★ 0.0
ROH: Thanks Steen Thanks
2014★ 7.5
ROH Final Battle 2009
2009★ 0.0
PWG: Passive Hostility
2006★ 0.0
Chikara: Maximum Overdraft
2007★ 0.0
PWG: All Star Weekend Night Two
2005★ 0.0
Beyond Americanrana 2016
2016★ 0.0
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
2016★ 6.0
PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night One
2004★ 0.0
PWG: 2008 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage 2
2008★ 0.0
PWG: DDT4
2011★ 0.0
PWG: Threemendous II
2009★ 0.0
CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix 2005 - Night 3
2005★ 0.0
ROH: Glory By Honor IX
2010★ 0.0
PWG: The Next Show
2004★ 0.0
PWG: All Star Weekend 6 - Night Two
2008★ 0.0
ROH: Aries Vs. Richards
2009★ 0.0
PWG: FEAR
2011★ 0.0
ROH: Transform
2008★ 10.0
PWG: DDT4 - Night One
2007★ 0.0
PWG: Speed of Sound
2009★ 0.0
EVOLVE 40
2015★ 0.0
NXT Takeover: Philadelphia
2018★ 8.3
PWG: All Star Weekend IV - Night Two
2006★ 0.0
PWG: As The Worm Turns
2010★ 0.0
PWG: All Star Weekend 7 - Night Two
2008★ 0.0
Chikara: Showdown in CrisisLand
2007★ 0.0
CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix 2005 - Night 2
2005★ 0.0
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage
2015★ 0.0
PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
2006★ 0.0
Kevin Steen: Descent into Madness
2012★ 0.0
PWG: Kurt Russellreunion 2 - The Reunioning
2011★ 0.0
ROH: Death Before Dishonor VII - Night 1
2009★ 0.0
ROH: Motor City Madness
2006★ 0.0
PWG: Express Written Consent
2009★ 0.0
ROH: Breakout
2008★ 0.0
ROH: Death Before Dishonor VIII
2010★ 0.0
ROH: Honor Takes Center Stage - Chapter 2
2011★ 0.0
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
2013★ 10.0
PWG: After School Special
2005★ 0.0
ROH: Anarchy In The U.K.
2006★ 0.0
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
2016★ 0.0
Holy Grail: The Search for WWE’s Most Infamous Lost Match
2019★ 0.0
The Kevin Steen Show: Chris Hero
2016★ 0.0
PWG: (Please Don't Call It) The O.C.
2006★ 0.0
ROH: The Final Countdown Tour - Boston
2009★ 0.0
An Evening with Chris Hero
2016★ 0.0
ROH: Night of The Butcher II
2008★ 0.0
ROH: Final Battle 2010
2010★ 0.0
ROH: The Omega Effect
2009★ 0.0
EVOLVE 26
2014★ 0.0
ROH: The Homecoming II
2009★ 0.0
PWG: All Star Weekend 7 - Night One
2008★ 0.0
PWG: Kurt Russellreunion
2010★ 0.0
ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2009
2009★ 0.0
Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
2013★ 10.0
American Wolves: The Hunt Never Dies
2012★ 10.0
ROH: A Cut Above
2009★ 0.0
EVOLVE 39
2015★ 0.0
PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
2009★ 10.0
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
2016★ 0.0
Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles
2004★ 10.0
PWG: DIO!
2010★ 0.0
EVOLVE 38
2015★ 0.0
Kings Reign Supreme: The Kings of Wrestling
2012★ 10.0
PWG: From Out of Nowhere
2015★ 0.0
ROH: Stylin' & Profilin'
2009★ 0.0
PWG: All Star Weekend 6 - Night One
2008★ 0.0
PWG: European Vacation II - France
2007★ 0.0
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night One
2016★ 0.0
ROH: World's Greatest
2011★ 0.0
PWG: All Star Weekend 8 - Night Two
2011★ 0.0
Interviews with a Hero: The Chris Hero Story
2011★ 10.0
ROH: Buffalo Stampede II
2010★ 0.0
PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night Two
2004★ 0.0
PWG: Pearl Habra
2008★ 0.0
ROH: Hell Freezes Over
2006★ 0.0
PWG: Card Subject To Change
2005★ 0.0
PWG: All Star Weekend V - Night Two
2007★ 0.0
PWG: Mystery Vortex II
2014★ 0.0
PWG: Card Subject To Change 2
2006★ 0.0
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night Two
2006★ 0.0
ROH: Tag Title Classic II
2010★ 0.0
IWA-MS When Hero Met Punk
2003★ 0.0
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
2014★ 0.0
ROH: Glory By Honor VII
2008★ 0.0
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night Two
2016★ 0.0
Bryan Danielson: The Final Countdown
2013★ 10.0
PWG: 2010 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
2010★ 0.0
WXW Presents: The American Dragon Bryan Danielson
2013★ 10.0
PWG: Cyanide: A Loving Tribute To Poison
2010★ 0.0
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
2007★ 0.0
EVOLVE 25
2014★ 0.0
PWG: Cruisin' For A Bruisin'
2006★ 0.0
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage
2016★ 0.0
ROH: Death Before Dishonor VI
2008★ 0.0
PWG Sells Out: Volume 3
2013★ 10.0
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
2007★ 0.0
PWG: 2008 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage 1
2008★ 0.0
EVOLVE 3: Rise or Fall
2010★ 0.0
Chris Hero: Ring of Hero
2012★ 10.0
PWG: All Star Weekend X - Night Two
2013★ 0.0
PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
2006★ 0.0
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
2014★ 0.0
PWG: It's It (What Is It?)
2008★ 0.0
EVOLVE 43
2015★ 0.0
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night One
2006★ 0.0
ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2006
2006★ 0.0
ROH: Never Say Die
2009★ 0.0
RevPro Uprising 2016
2016★ 0.0
PWG: Against The Grain
2009★ 0.0
RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2016 - Night 1
2016★ 8.0
IWA-MS House of Hardcore 2nd Anniversary
2002★ 0.0
PWG: All Star Weekend Night One
2005★ 0.0
Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win It
2013★ 10.0
MLW Reloaded Tour Day 1
2004★ 0.0
RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2016 - Night 2
2016★ 0.0
PROGRESS Chapter 99: With A Flake, Please
2019★ 0.0
ROH: Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies II
2010★ 0.0
PWG: All Star Weekend X - Night One
2013★ 0.0
CZW: Tournament Of Death 4
2005★ 0.0
PWG: 2010 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
2010★ 0.0
EVOLVE 2: Hero vs. Hidaka
2010★ 0.0