Chris Adams

Birthday: 1955-02-10
Deathday: 2001-10-07
Birthplace: Rugby, England, United Kingdom
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

Christopher Adams, best known as "Gentleman" Chris Adams, was an English professional wrestler, wrestling promoter, trainer, and judoka.

By age 21, he was a three-time British National Judo Champion in his age and weight classes. In professional wrestling, Adams gained his greatest success in World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), where he became the promotion's World Heavyweight Champion and one of its biggest stars. He also performed for companies such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA), where he held WWE Light Heavyweight Championship. All totalled, he held 26 titles over a 23-year career.

Adams is known for training wrestlers such as Stone Cold Steve Austin and for popularizing the superkick finishing move, which would later be used by many other performers.

Credits

Year Title Character
2023-03-19 House of Deadly Lies Brett
2006-12-26 Heroes of World Class Chris Adams
1998-11-22 WCW World War 3 1998 "Gentleman" Chris Adams
1997-11-23 WCW World War 3 1997 "Gentleman" Chris Adams
1990-12-16 WCW Starrcade '90: Collision Course "Gentleman" Chris Adams
1990-09-15 TWA Autumn Armageddon '90 "Gentleman" Chris Adams
1987-12-25 WCCW Christmas Star Wars '87 "Gentleman" Chris Adams
1986-05-04 WCCW Parade of Champions '86 "Gentleman" Chris Adams
1985-12-25 WCCW Christmas Star Wars '85 "Gentleman" Chris Adams
1985-11-28 WCCW Thanksgiving Star Wars 1985 "Gentleman" Chris Adams
1985-10-06 WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '85 "Gentleman" Chris Adams
1985-05-05 WCCW Parade of Champions '85 "Gentleman" Chris Adams
1984-12-25 WCCW Christmas Star Wars '84 "Gentleman" Chris Adams
1984-11-22 WCCW Thanksgiving Star Wars '84 "Gentleman" Chris Adams
1984-10-24 WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '84 "Gentleman" Chris Adams
1984-05-06 WCCW Parade of Champions "Gentleman" Chris Adams
1983-12-25 WCCW Christmas Star Wars '83 "Gentleman" Chris Adams
1983-11-24 WCCW Thanksgiving Star Wars '83 "Gentleman" Chris Adams
1983-06-17 WCCW Star Wars (June 1983) "Gentleman" Chris Adams