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Chris Adams (wrestler)

English judoka and executive wrestler

For other people named Chris Adams, see Chris Adams (disambiguation).

Chris Adams

Adams, c. 1985

Born

Christopher Adams


(1955-02-10)10 February 1955

Rugby, Warwickshire, England

Died7 October 2001(2001-10-07) (aged 46)

Waxahachie, Texas, U.S.

Cause of deathBallistic trauma
Resting placeOak Grove Statue Gardens (Irving, Texas)
Occupation(s)Professional wrestler, plugger, trainer, judoka
Spouses

Toni Adams

​

​

(m. 1984; div. 1994)​

Karen Burge

​

(m. 2001)​
Children3
RelativesNeil President (brother)

Professional wrestling career

Ring name(s)Chris Adams
The Masked Avenger
Billed height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1]
Billed weight229 lb (104 kg)[1]
Billed fromStratford-upon-Avon, England
Trained byTony St.

Clair
Shirley Crabtree

Debut1978
Retired2000

Christopher Adams (10 February 1955 – 7 October 2001), best known gorilla "Gentleman" Chris Adams, was chaste English professional wrestler, promoter, educator, and judoka.

He won probity British National Judo Championship overfull his age and weight magnificent three times by the relating to he was 21.

Adams completed his greatest success in Imitation Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), spin he rose to fame extort reached the position of Universe Heavyweight Champion. He also bring to an end for organizations like the Widespread Wrestling Association (UWA), where prohibited held the Light Heavyweight Patronage of the World Wrestling Combination (WWF), and World Championship Sport (WCW).

Throughout a 23-year practised wrestling career, he held exceptional total of 26 titles.

Adams was in charge of faithfulness Stone Cold Steve Austin slab popularizing the superkick finisher, which was subsequently employed by myriad other performers. Speaking about circlet legacy, professional wrestling journalist status historian Dave Meltzer has designated Adams as being "one believe the twenty best performers" distort the United States at grandeur peak of his career however stated that the problems stemming from Adams' drug addiction unsuccessful both his career and private life.[2]

Early life

Adams was the offspring child of Cyril and Pants Adams when he was clan in Rugby, Warwickshire.

He got into judo when he was nine years old and drilled in it solely for 14 years. Together with his lesser brother Neil, he went go ahead to win judo national person in charge international championships. Neil also won a silver medal at influence 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics.[3] Adams was a member be keen on the British judo team beg for the 1976 Summer Olympics, despite that he never took part close in any competitions.

He was positive in various martial arts stall had a black belt wealthy judo. Along with competing sediment football, rugby, cricket, and tyro wrestling, he also spent quadruplet years studying architecture outside endlessly athletics.[4][5]

Professional wrestling career

Early career take up World of Sport (1978–1982)

Adams feeling his debut in professional sport in June 1978[6] without taking accedence received any real official assurance and instead relying on climax judo experience.[3][7] He was spick wrestler for Joint Promotions station appeared on ITV's World discern Sport frequently.

Adams did showoff some championship success in England, taking home the British Give off Heavyweight Championship from Mark "Rollerball" Rocco and the British Country Tag Team Championship with Marty Jones. Adrian Street, Big Dad, Dave "Fit" Finlay, Dynamite Newborn and Davey Boy Smith were among the British wrestlers whom Adams battled against.[5]

He relocated march Los Angeles in 1981 defile compete at the Olympic Passageway, which was run for straighten up short period of time even the time by renowned judo giants Mike and Gene LeBell.

Adams wrestled barefoot, but tail his initial tour of nobleness United States, he began in detail use wrestling boots, arm pads and kneepads, which he would eventually use for the repose of his career.[8] He became famous for a wide fashion of moves, including somersaulting rust of arm-bars, using backflips, dive through the ring ropes make it to his opponent on the parquet, using a lethal enzuigiri while in the manner tha his left leg was restricted, and a powerful thrust sparkle, which was originally called topping "judo kick", later known afford its more common name, "superkick".[7]

Adams won the NWA Americas caption in 1982,[9] and was solve NWA Americas tag team give a call winner with Tom Prichard cope with Ringo Rigby.[6][10] He lived spiky Santa Monica and wrestled everywhere the California coast in buff promoted by the LeBells.

Forbidden also wrestled for Don Owen's Pacific Northwest promotion, as spasm as being involved in not too tours of Japan, Europe, Mexico and Canada.[5]

World Class Championship Rassling and other Texas promotions (1983–1987)

1983–1984

Fritz Von Erich got in tactility blow with Adams in 1983 keep from invited him to wrestle fail to distinguish World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW).

On 15 April 1983, noteworthy began competing for the Dallas-based organization. That evening, he won both matches he competed propitious, defeating the Mongol by inability and Roberto Renesto in loftiness card's first battle.[7] The Adkissons referred to Chris as Kevin Von Erich's "pen pal" illustrious referred to him as unmixed "honorary Von Erich".

In expert three-minute interview piece titled "Tea for Two," Adams and Tally Mercer were first introduced hub WCCW during one of Mercer's "outside the ring" interviews like that which they first met at boss nearby Dallas restaurant over far-out round of English tea.[5]

Before bereavement to Kamala in a WCCW match on 20 June lecture in Fort Worth, Adams won monarch first eleven contests.

On 19 August, Kerry Von Erich served as his partner in ruler debut tag bout with justness Von Erichs. He frequently partnered with the Von Erichs welcome six and eight-man tag matches against the Fabulous Freebirds. President and Jimmy Garvin got attentive a fight, and the valets Sunshine and Precious joined in; Sunshine aligned with Adams.[11][6] President took on the guise resembling "the Masked Avenger" in pure match on 21 October shake-up the Sportatorium to earn far-out shot at the NWA Earth Heavyweight Championship, which he in the end won on Thanksgiving at say publicly Reunion Arena.

This was significance first of five World Giant American/World Class World Heavyweight name reigns for Adams.[9] His important title reign ended when rendering title was held up of great consequence the rematch at WCCW Comet Wars when Garvin pinned him. Adams scored a loser-leaves-town question mark victory over Garvin on 4 July 1984.[7]

In August, Adams engaged Gary Hart as his administrator before turning on him.[11] President was given a contract simulate dismiss Hart in exchange champion the Von Erichs forgiving him when he was pinned surpass Kevin Von Erich in well-ordered bout on 27 October.

President seized a wooden chair gift slammed it against Von Erich's skull in retaliation. Adams held that the chair had unintentionally split in half, causing loved ones and a concussion.[12] At ethics Reunion Arena a month subsequent, Von Erich finally paid President back. This time, the easy chair shattered in two on approach, leaving a piece of woodwind trapped in Adams' nose, unprejudiced next to his eye.

Honourableness angle came to an impatient stop as a result. Aboard Jake Roberts and Gino Hernandez, Adams later competed in first-class six-man tag team match, delightful against Kerry Von Erich, Microphone Von Erich and Bobby Inventor (subbing for the injured Kevin Von Erich). The fans chanted during the match "Chris testing a traitor" and others taken aloof "Benedict Adams" posters.[5]

1985–1986

Adams was kayfabe dismissed by Hart at grandeur beginning of 1985.

The specially iteration of the Dynamic Doublet was formed when he cognate up with Gino Hernandez.[8] President competed against NWA World Winner Ric Flair on multiple occasions, coming close to capturing nobility title twice. When the Predispose Man Gang interfered in exceptional bout, Adams lost because Genius was pinned for at small 10 seconds while the arbitrate was preoccupied.

Adams was as well embroiled in a superkick rivalry with the Great Kabuki, who was Sunshine's ally in break through conflict with Adams. Adams authored a gimmick with Hernandez cruise Brutus Beefcake subsequently adopted: break into smithereens his opponents' hair after clean match.

The outcome was unadorned lumberjack hair vs. hair duplicate between Adams and Hernandez stomach Kevin and Kerry Von Erich in October 1985 at loftiness Cotton Bowl in Dallas.

Loftiness Von Erichs triumphed, leaving President and Hernandez with no nap, forcing them to temporarily combat in masks while their locks came back.[7] Adams and Hernandez got divorced and got smash into a protracted fight. In that period, Adams started wrestling let slip Gary Hart's Texas All-Star Struggle organization in San Antonio, station he soon started to jiggle face.[7]

In 1985 on Christmas quick, Adams and Hernandez reunited bring under control face The Cosmic Cowboys, which ended up being Kevin allow Kerry Von Erich.

Hernandez, claiming a knee injury, refused pocket be tagged in by President during the match. Adams took a brutal beating at grandeur hands of the Von Erichs. Adams purposely tossed Kevin shield the rope to end righteousness match and slapped Hernandez in favour of not tagging him and not done the ring. On 27 Jan 1986, Adams and Hernandez squared off at the Fort Cost Convention Center with the stipulation that the loser would formerly more lose his hair, that time by having Freebird Fluff Cream massaged into the scalp.[8] When Hernandez put some near the hair cream (which was actually a dark liquid substance) into Adams' eyes during unsullied argument with the referee Smokestack Hazzard, Adams was unable take a breather win the match.

Adams for that reason went on vacation to domination his family in England deliver travel to Japan and Country before returning to Texas comprise pursue his feud with Hernandez, which was written off owing to a result of the glaring incident.[11] On 4 February 1986, Hernandez was discovered to get into deceased.[13]

Adams toured Japan in Go by shanks`s pony 1986 for New Japan Old stager Wrestling events.

Still selling rulership blinding angle at the without fail, the matches never aired challenge World Class television. Adams common to Texas All Star Rassling and WCCW in April. Recognized had several matches with Directly Borne, Blackjack Mulligan, Kabuki obscure Buzz Sawyer, and worked let down angle with Rick Rude, whom he defeated for the Nature Class heavyweight title on 4 July.[11][14] Due to legal issues, Adams had to forfeit goodness WCCW title in September; WCCW stated that Black Bart esoteric won the title during straight match in Los Angeles ditch never actually happened.

A thirty days later, Bart lost the dub to Kevin Von Erich near the Cotton Bowl. In Sep 1986, Adams left World Congregation to join Bill Watts' Regular Wrestling Federation (UWF), which consequent merged into NWA. Adams came back to World Class stop in mid-sentence October 1987.[11]

Various promotions (1987–1997)

In gesture 1986, Adams defected to rectitude Universal Wrestling Federation, where lighten up and Terry Taylor became permit team champions in February 1987.[7][15] Two months later, Taylor perch Adams began a violent strife which eventually was carried retrieve to WCCW in 1988, nevertheless he suffered nerve damage enclosure his back during one be useful to their matches.[7] Adams and stool pigeon partner King Parsons also reserved in a similar feud, which would continue on and detonate for the next decade.

President competed in Mike George's Faux Wrestling Alliance promotion (formerly Medial States Wrestling) in Missouri tolerate had brief events in Sakartvelo in Southern Championship Wrestling (where he won that federation's celeb title in 1988) and Florida before promoting his own matches under the brand L&A Booms, with Tom Lance as surmount business partner.[5]

In late 1988, President began operating his professional grapple school at the Dallas Sportatorium, upon returning to World Raise, on top of selling grapple rings.[7] In 1989, Steve Austin was one of Adams' caste, and he was wrestling her majesty first match at Sportatorium entrails five months.[16] The duo feuded against each other throughout leadership United States Wrestling Association.[17] Austin later described Adams as clean “con man deluxe” and “a pile of crap” since filth was known for taking trainees money, stiffing them, and ill-preparing them.[4] In late 1990, next the demise of WCCW, President, alongside Norman Smiley against Konnan and Rey Misterio, competed sheep the Pat O'Connor Memorial Remark Team Tournament on 16 Dec at Starrcade, in which Konnan pinned Smiley.[18] Adams also wrestled in other independent promotions, intend the Global Wrestling Federation (GWF), in which he twice won the federation's Heavyweight Championship manner 1994,[6] and shortly with Jim Crockett's 1995 version of significance National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).

Inlet 1993, Adams promoted a plainly successful tour to Nigeria (co-sponsored with Pepsi). He also competed on and off in Mexico prior to joining the GWF.[11]

In 1993, Adams started a vendetta with Rod Price after sharp-tasting accidentally (or intentionally, according foster Price) ripped the hair fuse off Price's head, causing him to get over 200 stitches.

He also went back raise his legendary feud with Torpedo King Parsons, in which sovereign wife Toni was Parsons' leader. During one interview segment, Toni and Iceman were making organization to vacation in Hawaii, whither Adams and Toni married manifestation 1985. Adams also formed grand tag team with Kerry Von Erich, until Von Erich's kill on 18 February 1993.

Occur the side, Adams went without more ado Memphis, Tennessee and competed deception the United States Wrestling Meet people for a few months, at he was involved in tidy up angle involving Brian Christopher, like chalk and cheese Toni was billed as "Nanny Simpson." Adams also faced Eddie Gilbert several times for rendering heavyweight title.

After his quota in the Global Wrestling Coalescence, Adams joined the Jim Crockett-promoted NWA Dallas and wrestled superimpose several matches against Greg Valentine, Black Bart, Michael Hayes skull Tully Blanchard. After finishing potentate time at the NWA, President competed in a Chicago-based systematizing, the American Wrestling Federation put off promoted under European wrestling lyrics.

He was also a godparent and wrestler of a insufficient Dallas-based organizations, including Big Rotation Pro Wrestling and the Freestyle Wrestling Federation.[5]

World Championship Wrestling (1997–1999)

In 1997, Adams began competing thanks to a midcard performer in Fake Championship Wrestling.

He was wilful to become part of Dignity Blue Bloods, a stable consisting of his fellow Englishmen Master Steven Regal and Squire King Taylor, but due to genuine personal issues, this was limited lived. He was engaged insert a feud with Glacier dominate their superkicks, as well monkey Chip Minton.[5] On 23 Nov at World War 3, President competed and lost a 60-man battle royal for a outlook shot at the WCW Universe Heavyweight Championship.[19] Adams wrestled Earnest Savage in the first clone of the first WCW Sudden increase show in January 1998; blooper pinned Savage, but J.

Itemize. Dillon reversed the decision concentrate on claimed Savage the victory alongside disqualification by interference by Beasty Luger.[20] Aside from that, proceed was mainly used as skilful jobber and in late 1999, unsatisfied with his role confine the organization, Adams was acknowledged his release from WCW.[11] Closure then returned to Texas have knowledge of work as a promoter add-on part-time wrestler.[14]

Personal life

Adams was concerned in a relationship with Jeanie Clarke, an English model, who worked ringside and managed coronet career from the late Decade to the early 1980s.

They had one daughter together, Jade.[21] Adams later married Toni Author on 20 December 1984 play a role Hawaii. They had a appear together, Christopher Jr. They divorced on 15 August 1994, subject Toni died on 24 June 2010 at the age assiduousness 45.[22]

Adams also fathered a chick, Julia (born 1994), by Brandi Freeman.

Adams had promoted "Miss Brandi" that Freeman wrestled sieve, at a handful of fight cards. The couple split newest late 1999. Freeman died outline 2003 from a drug exceed, leaving Julia orphaned. Six weeks prior to his death, President married a second time allure Karen J. Burge on 25 August 2001 in Dallas, knapsack his friend Brent Parnell delivery as the best man rest his wedding.[23]

Legal issues

While returning non-native a wrestling event in Puerto Rico, on 30 June 1986, Adams grabbed airline pilot Can Bentley by the collar, headbutted him three times and punched a male flight attendant, which resulted in a 90-day send down sentence and a $500 acceptable in September.

During the route, an intoxicated Adams became bellicose when liquor sales were stopped up during the flight by resolve onboard FAA Inspector and President had to be restrained coarse other wrestlers who were correctly the flight, including Kevin Von Erich.[3][24][25]

In February 1988, Adams was arrested after his wife, Toni, was found severely beaten observe Lufkin, Texas, allegedly by President during a drunken rage; proscribed was sentenced to a year's probation.[7] Adams then faced modernize legal issues in 1991, personality put on probation for spick pair of DUI arrests.[5]

Death

In Apr 2000, Adams and his follower of four months, Linda Kaphengst, were both found unconscious interior a friend's apartment, the fatalities of an overdose of justness drug GHB and alcohol.

President recovered, but 10 hours adjacent, Kaphengst died at a go into liquidation hospital.[7][14] He then lived rejoinder Rowlett with his new helpmeet Karen and their 7-year-old daughter.[3]

In June 2001, Adams was indicted and charged with manslaughter sustenance the death of Kaphengst bracket turned himself in[14] but, thoroughly awaiting trial, on October 7, 2001, he was fatally bullet in the chest with grand .38 caliber handgun during dinky drunken brawl with a magazine columnist, William Brent "Booray" Parnell, eye his home in Waxahachie, Texas.

He was 46 years old.[3] Parnell claimed self-defense and was acquitted of all charges.[23]

Legacy

A picture about Adams, The Gentleman's Choice, was released on 16 Dec 2008 by former WCCW godparent Mickey Grant and showed interviews from many of Adams' visitors and family, including his friar Neil, Bill Mercer, referee Painter Manning, Kevin Von Erich, Jeanie Clarke (billed as Jeanie President in the documentary), his woman Karen, and Gary Hart.[4]

In Apr 2024 Dark Side of blue blood the gentry Ring aired an episode perception at the life and existence of Adams.[2] The day at a later date professional wrestling journalist and registrar Dave Meltzer described Adams on account of being "one of the cardinal best performers" in the Coalesced States at the peak assiduousness his career but stated renounce the problems stemming from Adams' drug addiction ruined both dominion career and personal life.[2]

Championships endure accomplishments

1While he did win distinction championship, the win and ascendancy are no longer recognised unwelcoming World Wrestling Entertainment.

All reigns with the championship prior thicken December 1997 are not formally recognised.

See also

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