| Chris Wright | |
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| Statistics | |
| Ring name(s) | El Chico C. W. Anderson Christopher W. Anderson The Enforcer |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1. 85 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 230 lb (100 kg/16 st)[1] |
| Born | January 7, 1970 Emit, North Carolina |
| Billed from | Minneapolis, Minnesota Raleigh, North Carolina[1] |
| Trained by | WCW Power Plant |
| Debut | December 2, 1993 |
Chris Wright (born January 7, 1970) is a retired American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name, C. The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass The stone is a unit of Weight. It is part of the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the British Isles, and formerly used in most Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Emit is an unincorporated community in Johnston County, North Carolina, at the intersction North Carolina Highway 39, and North Carolina Raleigh (pronounced rah-lee) is the Capital of the State of North Carolina and the county seat of Wake County, USA The WCW Power Plant was a Professional wrestling school located in Atlanta and owned and operated by World Championship Wrestling. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff A ring name is a Stage name used by a professional wrestler, or in some cases a Martial artist or boxer. W. Anderson. He is best known for his time with Extreme Championship Wrestling. Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW) was a Professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1992 by
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Wright grew up in The Carolinas and was an ardent fan of the National Wrestling Alliance, admiring wrestlers such as Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes and Bobby Eaton. The Carolinas is a term used in the United States to refer collectively to the states of North and South Carolina. The National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA) is the largest governing body for a group of independent Professional wrestling promotions and sanctions various NWA Richard Morgan Fliehr According to WWE and PWI Flair is an eight-time National Wrestling Alliance (NWA Champion, six-time WCW Champion Virgil Riley Runnels Jr (born on October 12 1945) better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, is a semi-retired American Robert Lee "Beautiful Bobby" Eaton (born August 14 1958 is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, who made his debut in 1976 Upon his graduation from high school in 1989, Wright was drafted by the San Diego Padres as a catcher, but rejected the offer, instead choosing to attended college, where he studied computing while playing baseball and softball. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego California since their founding in 1969 Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in Cricket. Computing is usually defined like the activity of using and developing Computer technology Computer hardware and software. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Softball is a team Sport popular especially in the United States.
After graduating from college, Wright sought a new weekend sport to replace baseball. Several of his friends were wrestling professionally, and Wright decided to become a professional wrestler as well. With no formal training, he wrestled (and lost) his first match on December 4, 1993, under a mask as El Chico. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Lucha libre ( Spanish for "free wrestling" is a term used in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking areas to refer to a certain form of Professional wrestling While wrestling on the independent circuit, Wright was approached by Pat and Rocky Anderson, who complimented him on his skills and appearance and offered him membership in the apocryphal Anderson family. In Professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised The Anderson family is a group of Professional wrestlers a fictitious Extended family largely consisting of brothers and cousins Anderson spent two weeks trying to think of an appropriate forename, eventually settling on his initials, C. W. , at the suggestion of an interviewer; he thus became C. W. Anderson. Anderson later met Ole Anderson but claimed that he was disillusioned by the experience. Alan Robert Rogowski (born September 22 1942) better known by his Ring name of Ole Anderson, is a retired Professional wrestler Anderson formed a tag team with Pat Anderson, winning the NWA World Tag Team Championship with him in 1996. This article refers to the band For the wrestling term see Tag team. The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA World Tag Team Championship is the premier Tag team title within the NWA framework [2][3]
In 1996, Anderson opened his own professional wrestling school in Smithfield, North Carolina, which he later named "The Anderson Academy" where he trained wrestlers such as Chilly Willy, Lodi and Toad. A professional wrestling school is a school or gym that teaches students the necessary skills to become pro wrestlers. Smithfield is a town in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States. William Jones (born January 7, 1975) is an American professional wrestler, best known under the Ring name Chilly Willy, Bradley "Brad" Cain (born September 8, 1970) is an American professional wrestler, Author and Personal trainer [2] It was during this time that Anderson joined the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts, a promotion run by Matt and Jeff Hardy. The Organization Of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts, also known as OMEGA, was an independent Professional wrestling promotion based in central North Matthew Moore "Matt" Hardy is an American professional wrestler, currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE on their Jeffrey Nero "Jeff" Hardy is an American professional wrestler on the SmackDown brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE [4]
In 1998, Anderson trained at the World Championship Wrestling run Power Plant under Dwayne Bruce and Pez Whatley. The WCW Power Plant was a Professional wrestling school located in Atlanta and owned and operated by World Championship Wrestling. Dwayne Bruce born May 14, 1960) is a professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Sgt Pezavan Whatley Whatley was also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans While there he was told by J.J. Dillon and Paul Orndorff that he lacked the talent and physique to become successful as a wrestler. James J "JJ" Dillon (born Jim Morrison on June 26, 1942 in Trenton New Jersey) is a former Paul Orndorff (born October 29, 1949) is a retired professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation After spending eighteen months in the Power Plant without being utilized on WCW television, Anderson opted to leave the Power Plant, turning down a six year WCW contract offer. [3][5]
On June 6, 1999, Anderson accompanied a friend to an Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) tryout in Georgia and was convinced to get in the ring by Nova. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW) was a Professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1992 by The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule Michael Bucci (born June 5 1972) is an American professional wrestler. His work impressed ECW owner Paul Heyman, and Anderson was hired. Paul Heyman (born September 11, 1965) is an American entertainment producer most well-known for his former roles in Professional wrestling In his first match for ECW, Anderson teamed with Skull Von Krush against Danny Doring and Roadkill. Vito Joseph LoGrasso World Wrestling Entertainment (2005-2007 2005-2007 In early 2005 Vito worked dark matches for the now renamed World Wrestling Dan Morrison (born February 19, 1974) is an American professional wrestler better known as Danny Doring, who started with Extreme Championship Michael DePoli (born on August 10, 1976) is a professional wrestler who started with Extreme Championship Wrestling. [2][5]
In ECW, Anderson formed the New Dangerous Alliance with Wild Bill Whiles, Elektra and Lou E. Dangerously. Donna Adamo (born November 12 1970 Rizzo died in May 2002 at the age of 34 Lou D'Angeli (aka Sign Guy Dudley & Lou E Dangerously) is a Professional wrestling manager who is best known for his time in Extreme After that group separated, Anderson joined forces with Simon and Swinger. '''Simon Diamond''' and '''Johnny Swinger''' were a Professional wrestling Tag team most notably seen in Extreme Championship Wrestling
On January 7, 2001 at the final ECW pay-per-view, Guilty as Charged, Anderson lost to Tommy Dreamer in an "I Quit" match. Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Pay-per-view (often abbreviated PPV) is the system in which Television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event Thomas Laughlin In addition to his current role Dreamer is best known for the time he spent in the Philadelphia based Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW An "I Quit" Match is a type of Professional wrestling match in which the only way to win is to make the opponent say the words "I quit" (usually into a As part of his preparation for the bout, Anderson watched the "I Quit" match between Magnum T.A. and Tully Blanchard from Starrcade 1985. Terry Wayne Allen (born June 11 1959 is a Retired Professional wrestler who became famous under the name of Magnum T Tully Blanchard (born January 22, 1954 in San Antonio Texas) is a retired second generation American professional wrestler. Starrcade '85 The Gathering was the third annual Starrcade Professional wrestling event produced by Jim Crockett Promotions under the National Wrestling [2]
Following the closure of ECW, Anderson wrestled in Dusty Rhodes' Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling, where he formed The Extreme Horsemen, a stable modeled after The Four Horsemen, with Barry Windham and Steve Corino. The Four Horsemen (also spelt IV Horsemen) was a popular Professional wrestling stable in the National Wrestling Alliance and later World The Four Horsemen (also spelt IV Horsemen) was a popular Professional wrestling stable in the National Wrestling Alliance and later World Barry Windham (born July 4 1960) is a professional wrestler and the son of wrestler Blackjack Mulligan. Steven "Steve" Eugene Corino (born May 29 1973) is a Canadian professional wrestler, who worked for Pro Wrestling ZERO1 and numerous The stable later wrestled in Major League Wrestling, where they were joined by P.J. Polaco and Simon Diamond. Major League Wrestling (MLW was a Professional wrestling promotion that based its presentation around hybrid wrestling which encompassed and showcased many different Peter Joseph (" PJ " Polaco (born October 16 1973) is an American professional wrestler. Patrick Joseph Michael Kenney (born May 26 1968 in Wilmington Delaware) known also by his Stage name, Simon Diamond, is an [3] Anderson also wrestled for Ring of Honor and various independent promotions in North Carolina. Ring of Honor (ROH is an American Professional wrestling promotion.
From 2002 onwards, Anderson made numerous tours of Japan, most prominently for Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX (in May 2006, he had toured with the company on 36 separate occasions). For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. "ZERO-ONE" redirects here ZERO-ONE is also the name of the vehicle in Pokémon Snap. In 2004, he was given a tryout match by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, but was not hired. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA) is an American Professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett [3][6] On June 10, 2005, Anderson appeared at Hardcore Homecoming, an ECW reunion event organized by Shane Douglas. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hardcore Homecoming was a series of Professional wrestling events which were advertised as a reunion of talent from the defunct Extreme Championship Wrestling Troy Shane Martin (born November 21 1964) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his Ring name The event saw Anderson team with Simon Diamond in a loss to Chris Chetti and Mikey Whipwreck. Christopher "Chris" Chetti At the final ECW pay-per-view Guilty as Charged 2001, Chetti refereed a bout between Nova and Chris Hammerick. James Watson (born June 4 1973) better known as Mikey Whipwreck, is a semi-retired American Professional wrestler best known He went on to appear at Hardcore Homecoming events in September 2005 and November 2005.
Anderson was hospitalized in 2005 after a supplement named Superdrol gave him jaundice and caused his liver to stop functioning. Jaundice, also known as icterus (attributive adjective "icteric" is yellowish discoloration of the Skin, sclerae (whites of the eyes The liver is a vital organ in the human body and is present in Vertebrates and some other animals He returned to the ring after several months, during which he lost 40 lb (18 kg) in weight. In March 2006, Superdrol was banned by the Food and Drug Administration. [6]
Throughout 2004 and 2005, Anderson made numerous appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment, wrestling in dark matches and on Velocity. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, WWE Velocity, also known simply as Velocity, was a Professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment that [7][8] On June 12, 2005, he appeared at the WWE promoted ECW reunion show ECW One Night Stand, sitting at ringside next to Chris Chetti and Elektra. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. One Night Stand is an annual Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE Donna Adamo (born November 12 1970 Rizzo died in May 2002 at the age of 34 [9]
On May 4, 2006, Anderson and several other Extreme Championship Wrestling alumni were hired by WWE to work on their new brand, ECW. Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW) was a Professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1992 by Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW) is a Professional wrestling brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE based on the independent [10] Throughout June and July, Anderson wrestled at ECW house shows and in ECW on Sci Fi dark matches. [11][12][13] On August 1, he became known as Christopher W. Anderson. [14] He made what would be his only ECW television appearance on August 22, 2006, losing to CM Punk. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Phillip Jack Brooks (born on October 26 1978 Depending on alignment as a crowd favorite or villain, different aspects of the culture are emphasized to encourage [15] Anderson was released by WWE on January 18, 2007, along with ten other superstars. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [16][17]
CW Anderson then worked in independent promotions including Vanguard Championship Wrestling where he defeated TNA wrestler Sonjay Dutt. Retesh Bhalla (born April 7, 1982 in Washington DC) better known by his Ring name, Sonjay Dutt, is an Indian American
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