Chris Spradlin
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.
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Acting History
2022
GCW The Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame as Chris Hero
2021Shoot Conversations w/ Chris Hero: Molly Holly as Chris Hero
2019PROGRESS Chapter 99: With A Flake, Please as Kassius Ohno
2019Holy Grail: The Search for WWE’s Most Infamous Lost Match as Kassius Ohno
2019NXT TakeOver: Phoenix as Kassius Ohno
2018PROGRESS Chapter 68: Super Strong Style 16 - Day 1 as Kassius Ohno
2018NXT Takeover: Philadelphia as Kassius Ohno
2017NXT TakeOver: WarGames as Kassius Ohno
2017NXT Takeover: Orlando as Kassius ohno
2016AAW Unstoppable 2016 as Chris Hero
2016PWG: Mystery Vortex IV as Chris Hero
2016RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2016 - Night 2 as Chris Hero
2016RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2016 - Night 1 as Chris Hero
2016PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage as Chris Hero
2016PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two as Chris Hero
2016PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One as Chris Hero
2016An Evening with Chris Hero as Chris Hero
2016EVOLVE 67 as Chris Hero
2016RevPro Uprising 2016 as Chris Hero
2016Beyond Americanrana 2016 as Chris Hero
2016PWG: THIRTEEN as Chris Hero
2016RevPro: Angle Vs. Sabre Jr. as Chris Hero
2016EVOLVE 62 as Chris Hero
2016PWG: Prince as Chris Hero
2016EVOLVE 60 as Chris Hero
2016WrestleCon SuperShow 2016 as Chris Hero
2016EVOLVE 59 as Chris Hero
2016WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising 2016 as Chris Hero
2016EVOLVE 58 as Chris Hero
2016EVOLVE 57 as Chris Hero
2016EVOLVE 56 as Chris Hero
2016NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1 as Kassius Ohno
2016PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night Two as Chris Hero
2016PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night One as Chris Hero
2016PWG: Bowie as Chris Hero
2016EVOLVE 55 as Chris Hero
2016EVOLVE 54 as Chris Hero
2016EVOLVE 53 as Chris Hero
2016The Kevin Steen Show: Chris Hero as Chris Hero
2016PWG: Lëmmy as Chris Hero
2015Developmentally Speaking With Colt Cabana, Tommaso Ciampa & Chris Hero as Chris Hero
2015PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night Two as Chris Hero
2015AAW: Windy City Classic XI as Chris Hero
2015PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage as Chris Hero
2015PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two as Chris Hero
2015EVOLVE 48 as Chris Hero
2015EVOLVE 47 as Chris Hero
2015PWG: Threemendous IV as Chris Hero
2015House of Hardcore IX as Chris Hero
2015EVOLVE 46 as Chris Hero
2015EVOLVE 45 as Chris Hero
2015PWG: Mystery Vortex III as Chris Hero
2015EVOLVE 43 as Chris Hero
2015PWG: DDT4 as Chris Hero
2015PWG: Don't Sweat The Technique as Chris Hero
2015WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising 2015 as Chris Hero
2015WrestleCon Supershow 2015 as Chris Hero
2015EVOLVE 40 as Chris Hero
2015EVOLVE 39 as Chris Hero
2015EVOLVE 38 as Chris Hero
2015PWG: From Out of Nowhere as Chris Hero
2015ROH: Year 5 as Chris Hero
2014PWG: Black Cole Sun as Chris Hero
2014ROH: Thanks Steen Thanks as Chris Hero
2014PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three as Chris Hero
2014PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two as Chris Hero
2014Smash Super Showdown II as Chris Hero
2014PWG: ELEVEN as Chris Hero
2014Smash Wrestling Smashapalooza 2014 as Chris Hero
2014Smash Rival Schools 2014 as Chris Hero
2014Smash Wrestling GOLD as Chris Hero
2014DGUSA Open the Ultimate Gate 2014 as Chris Hero
2014PWG: Mystery Vortex II as Chris Hero
2014ROH: Flyin' High as Chris Hero
2014ROH: Raising The Bar - Day 2 as Chris Hero
2014ROH: Raising The Bar - Day 1 as Chris Hero
2014Dragon Gate USA Way of the Ronin 2014 as Chris Hero
2014ROH: 12th Anniversary as Chris Hero
2014PWG: DDT4 as Chris Hero
2014ROH: Wrestling's Finest as Chris Hero
2014EVOLVE 26 as Chris Hero
2014EVOLVE 25 as Chris Hero
2014ROH: Creating Excellence as Chris Hero
2013PWG: All Star Weekend X - Night Two as Chris Hero
2013PWG: All Star Weekend X - Night One as Chris Hero
2013Dragon Gate USA: Freedom Fight as Chris Hero
2013PWG Sells Out: Volume 3 as Chris Hero
2013Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson as Chris Hero
2013ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2 as Chris Hero
2013Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation as Chris Hero
2013ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1 as Chris Hero
2013WXW Presents: The American Dragon Bryan Danielson as Chris Hero
2013Bryan Danielson: The Final Countdown as Chris Hero
2013Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win It as Chris Hero
2012Kings Reign Supreme: The Kings of Wrestling as Chris Hero
2012Kevin Steen: Descent into Madness as Chris Hero
2012Crimson Mask as Himself / "Chris Hero"
2012Chris Hero: Ring of Hero as Chris Hero
2012ROH: Ring of Hardcore as Chris Hero
2012American Wolves: The Hunt Never Dies as Chris Hero
2011PWG: FEAR as Chris Hero
2011PWG: 2011 Battle of Los Angeles as Chris Hero
2011PWG: EIGHT as Chris Hero
2011PWG: All Star Weekend 8 - Night Two as Chris Hero
2011PWG: All Star Weekend 8 - Night One as Chris Hero
2011ROH: Honor Takes Center Stage - Chapter 2 as Chris Hero
2011ROH: Honor Takes Center Stage - Chapter 1 as Chris Hero
2011PWG: DDT4 as Chris Hero
2011ROH: World's Greatest
2011PWG: Kurt Russellreunion 2 - The Reunioning as Chris Hero
2011Interviews with a Hero: The Chris Hero Story as Chris Hero
2010ROH: Final Battle 2010 as Chris Hero
2010ROH: Tag Title Classic II
2010PWG: Cyanide: A Loving Tribute To Poison as Chris Hero
2010ROH: Fate of An Angel II
2010ROH: Allied Forces
2010PWG: The Curse of Guerrilla Island as Chris Hero
2010ROH: Glory By Honor IX
2010ROH: Fade To Black
2010PWG: 2010 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two as Chris Hero
2010PWG: 2010 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One as Chris Hero
2010PWG: SEVEN as Chris Hero
2010ROH: Hate - Chapter II
2010ROH: Death Before Dishonor VIII as Chris Hero
2010ROH: Buffalo Stampede II as Chris Hero
2010PWG: DIO! as Chris Hero
2010PWG: DDT4 as Chris Hero
2010EVOLVE 3: Rise or Fall as Chris Hero
2010ROH: Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies II
2010ROH: Gold Rush
2010EVOLVE 2: Hero vs. Hidaka as Chris Hero
2010PWG: As The Worm Turns as Chris Hero
2010WWE NXT
2010WWE NXT as Kassius Ohno
2010WWE NXT as Kassuis Ohno
2010ROH: 8th Anniversary as Chris Hero
2010PWG: Kurt Russellreunion as Chris Hero
2009ROH Final Battle 2009 as Chris Hero
2009ROH: The Omega Effect as Chris Hero
2009ROH: Aries Vs. Richards as Chris Hero
2009ROH: Boiling Point as Chris Hero
2009ROH: Survival of the Fittest 2009 as Chris Hero
2009ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2009 as Chris Hero
2009ROH: Clash of The Contenders as Chris Hero
2009PWG: Against The Grain as Chris Hero
2009ROH: Glory By Honor VIII - The Final Countdown as Chris Hero
2009ROH: The Final Countdown Tour - Boston as Chris Hero
2009ROH: The Final Countdown Tour - Dayton as Chris Hero
2009PWG: Guerre Sans Frontières as Chris Hero
2009PWG: Speed of Sound as Chris Hero
2009PWG: Threemendous II as Chris Hero
2009ROH: Death Before Dishonor VII - Night 2
2009ROH: Death Before Dishonor VII - Night 1
2009PWG: DDT4 as Chris Hero
2009ROH: Never Say Die
2009ROH: The Homecoming II as Chris Hero
2009ROH: A Cut Above as Chris Hero
2009PWG: One Hundred as Chris Hero
2009PWG: Ninety-Nine as Chris Hero
2009Ring of Honor Wrestling as Chris Hero
2009Ring of Honor Wrestling
2009ROH: Stylin' & Profilin'
2009PWG: Express Written Consent as Chris Hero
2009PWG Sells Out: Volume 2 as Chris Hero
2008PWG: 2008 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage 2 as Chris Hero
2008PWG: 2008 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage 1 as Chris Hero
2008ROH: Glory By Honor VII as Chris Hero
2008PWG: All Star Weekend 7 - Night Two as Chris Hero
2008PWG: All Star Weekend 7 - Night One as Chris Hero
2008ROH: Night of The Butcher II as Chris Hero
2008ROH: Death Before Dishonor VI as Chris Hero
2008ROH: Fueling The Fire as Chris Hero
2008ROH: Northern Navigation as Chris Hero
2008PWG: Life During Wartime as Chris Hero
2008PWG: It's It (What Is It?) as Chris Hero
2008ROH: Southern Navigation as Chris Hero
2008ROH: Return Engagement as Chris Hero
2008ROH: Tag Wars as Chris Hero
2008ROH: Injustice as Chris Hero
2008ROH: Bedlam In Beantown as Chris Hero
2008PWG: It's A Gift...And A Curse as Chris Hero
2008Bloodstained Honor as Chris Hero
2008PWG: 1.21 Gigawatts as Chris Hero
2008wXw 16 Carat Gold 2008 - Day 2 as Chris Hero
2008PWG: Pearl Habra as Chris Hero
2008ROH: Breakout
2008ROH: Transform as Chris Hero
2008PWG: All Star Weekend 6 - Night Two as Chris Hero
2008PWG: All Star Weekend 6 - Night One as Chris Hero
2007PWG: The High Cost of Doing Business as Chris Hero
2007PWG: European Vacation II - Germany as Chris Hero
2007PWG: European Vacation II - France as Chris Hero
2007PWG: Schadenfreude as Chris Hero
2007Chikara: Cibernetico & Robin as Chris Hero
2007PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three as Chris Hero
2007PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One as Chris Hero
2007Chikara: Maximum Overdraft as Chris Hero
2007Chikara: Showdown in CrisisLand as Chris Hero
2007ROH: Driven as Chris Hero
2007Chikara: Aniversario? as Chris Hero
2007PWG: DDT4 - Night Two as Chris Hero
2007PWG: DDT4 - Night One as Chris Hero
2007Chikara: Rey de Voladores as Chris Hero
2007PWG: All Star Weekend V - Night Two as Chris Hero
2006ROH: International Challenge as Chris Hero
2006PWG: Passive Hostility as Chris Hero
2006ROH: Dethroned as Chris Hero
2006ROH: Black Friday Fallout as Chris Hero
2006PWG: All Star Weekend IV - Night Two as Chris Hero
2006ROH: The Bitter End as Chris Hero
2006ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston as Chris Hero
2006ROH: Suffocation as Chris Hero
2006PWG: Horror Business as Chris Hero
2006ROH: Motor City Madness as Chris Hero
2006ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2006 as Chris Hero
2006ROH: Glory by Honor V - Night Two as Chris Hero
2006ROH: Glory By Honor V - Night One as Chris Hero
2006PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three as Chris Hero
2006PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two as Chris Hero
2006ROH: Anarchy In The U.K. as Chris Hero
2006ROH: Unified as Chris Hero
2006PWG: Threemendous as Chris Hero
2006ROH: Death Before Dishonor IV as Chris Hero
2006ROH: In Your Face as Chris Hero
2006ROH: Ring of Homicide as Chris Hero
2006PWG: (Please Don't Call It) The O.C. as Chris Hero
2006ROH: The 100th Show as Chris Hero
2006PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night Two as Chris Hero
2006PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night One as Chris Hero
2006ROH: Best In The World as Chris Hero
2006PWG: Card Subject To Change 2 as Chris Hero
2006ROH: Hell Freezes Over as Chris Hero
2006PWG: Cruisin' For A Bruisin' as Chris Hero
2005PWG: Chanukah Chaos (The C's Are Silent) as Chris Hero
2005PWG: Straight To DVD as Chris Hero
2005PWG: After School Special as Chris Hero
2005PWG: Zombies (Shouldn't Run) as Chris Hero
2005CZW: Tournament Of Death 4 as Chris Hero
2005PWG: All Star Weekend Night Two as Chris Hero
2005PWG: All Star Weekend Night One as Chris Hero
2005CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix 2005 - Night 3 as Chris Hero
2005CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix 2005 - Night 2 as Chris Hero
2005PWG: Card Subject To Change as Chris Hero
2004PWG: Uncanny X-Mas as Chris Hero
2004IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 1 as Chris Hero
2004PWG: The Next Show as Chris Hero
2004PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night Two as Chris Hero
2004PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night One as Chris Hero
2004MLW Reloaded Tour Day 1 as Chris Hero
2004Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles as Chris Hero
2003CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix 2003 as Chris Hero
2003IWA-MS When Hero Met Punk as Chris Hero
2002Chikara: The Renaissance Dawns as Chris Hero
2002IWA-MS House of Hardcore 2nd Anniversary as Chris Hero