Chris Spradlin
December 24, 1979 (44 years old) in Dayton, Ohio, USA
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
Credits
- 2019 · NXT TakeOver: Phoenix as
- 2018 · NXT Takeover: Philadelphia as Kassius Ohno
- 2017 · NXT TakeOver: WarGames as Kassius Ohno
- 2017 · NXT Takeover: Orlando as Kassius ohno
- 2016 · WrestleCon SuperShow 2016 as Chris Hero
- 2016 · NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1 as Kassius Ohno
- 2016 · PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night Two as Chris Hero
- 2016 · EVOLVE 55 as Chris Hero
- 2015 · PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two as Chris Hero
- 2015 · House of Hardcore IX as Chris Hero
- 2015 · PWG: Mystery Vortex III as Chris Hero
- 2015 · PWG: Don't Sweat The Technique as Chris Hero
- 2015 · WrestleCon Supershow 2015 as Chris Hero
- 2015 · PWG: From Out of Nowhere as Chris Hero
- 2014 · PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three as Chris Hero
- 2014 · PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two as Chris Hero
- 2014 · PWG: ELEVEN as Chris Hero
- 2014 · Smash Rival Schools 2014 as Chris Hero
- 2014 · DGUSA Open the Ultimate Gate 2014 as Chris Hero
- 2014 · PWG: DDT4 as Chris Hero
- 2014 · ROH: Creating Excellence as Chris Hero
- 2013 · PWG Sells Out: Volume 3 as Chris Hero
- 2013 · Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson as Chris Hero
- 2013 · Bryan Danielson: The Final Countdown as Chris Hero
- 2013 · ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1 as Chris Hero
- 2012 · Kings Reign Supreme: The Kings of Wrestling as Chris Hero
- 2010 · ROH: Death Before Dishonor VIII as Chris Hero
- 2010 · PWG: DDT4 as Chris Hero
- 2010 · ROH: Gold Rush as
- 2010 · WWE NXT as
- 2010 · WWE NXT as Kassius Ohno
- 2009 · ROH: The Final Countdown Tour - Boston as Chris Hero
- 2009 · PWG: DDT4 as Chris Hero
- 2009 · PWG: Ninety-Nine as Chris Hero
- 2009 · Ring of Honor Wrestling as Chris Hero
- 2009 · Ring of Honor Wrestling as
- 2009 · PWG: Express Written Consent as Chris Hero
- 2008 · ROH: Southern Navigation as Chris Hero
- 2006 · ROH: Death Before Dishonor IV as Chris Hero
- Future · ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2 as Chris Hero
- 2010 · PWG: Cyanide: A Loving Tribute To Poison as Chris Hero
- 2009 · PWG Sells Out: Volume 2 as Chris Hero
- 2008 · ROH: Night of The Butcher II as Chris Hero
- 2008 · ROH: Death Before Dishonor VI as Chris Hero
- 2008 · ROH: Fueling The Fire as Chris Hero
- 2008 · PWG: Life During Wartime as Chris Hero
- 2008 · PWG: It's It (What Is It?) as Chris Hero
- 2008 · ROH: Return Engagement as Chris Hero
- 2008 · PWG: All Star Weekend 6 - Night One as Chris Hero
- 2007 · PWG: The High Cost of Doing Business as Chris Hero
- 2007 · Chikara: Cibernetico & Robin as Chris Hero
- 2007 · PWG: DDT4 - Night One as Chris Hero
- 2006 · ROH: Motor City Madness as Chris Hero
- 2006 · ROH: Best In The World as Chris Hero
- 2006 · PWG: Card Subject To Change 2 as Chris Hero
- 2006 · ROH: Hell Freezes Over as Chris Hero
- 2006 · PWG: Cruisin' For A Bruisin' as Chris Hero
- 2005 · CZW: Tournament Of Death 4 as Chris Hero
- 2005 · PWG: All Star Weekend Night One as Chris Hero
- 2005 · PWG: Card Subject To Change as Chris Hero
- 2004 · Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles as Chris Hero
- Future · Interviews with a Hero: The Chris Hero Story as Chris Hero
- Future · ROH: Ring of Hardcore as Chris Hero
- 2022 · GCW The Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame as Chris Hero
- 2016 · PWG: Mystery Vortex IV as Chris Hero
- 2016 · RPW: Global Wars UK 2016 - Night 1 as Chris Hero
- 2016 · PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage as Chris Hero
- 2016 · PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One as Chris Hero
- 2016 · EVOLVE 59 as Chris Hero
- 2016 · WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising 2016 as Chris Hero
- 2016 · EVOLVE 57 as Chris Hero
- 2016 · EVOLVE 56 as Chris Hero
- 2016 · PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night One as Chris Hero
- 2016 · PWG: Bowie as Chris Hero
- 2016 · EVOLVE 54 as Chris Hero
- 2015 · PWG: Threemendous IV as Chris Hero
- 2015 · EVOLVE 43 as Chris Hero
- 2015 · PWG: DDT4 as Chris Hero
- 2015 · EVOLVE 39 as Chris Hero
- 2014 · PWG: Black Cole Sun as Chris Hero
- 2014 · Smash Wrestling GOLD as Chris Hero
- 2014 · PWG: Mystery Vortex II as Chris Hero
- 2014 · Dragon Gate USA Way of the Ronin 2014 as Chris Hero
- 2014 · ROH: Wrestling's Finest as Chris Hero
- 2013 · WXW Presents: The American Dragon Bryan Danielson as Chris Hero
- 2013 · Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation as Chris Hero
- 2012 · Kevin Steen: Descent into Madness as Chris Hero
- 2012 · Chris Hero: Ring of Hero as Chris Hero
- 2011 · PWG: FEAR as Chris Hero
- 2011 · ROH: Honor Takes Center Stage - Chapter 2 as Chris Hero
- 2011 · ROH: Honor Takes Center Stage - Chapter 1 as Chris Hero
- 2011 · PWG: Kurt Russellreunion 2 - The Reunioning as Chris Hero
- 2010 · ROH: Fate of An Angel II as
- 2010 · PWG: The Curse of Guerrilla Island as Chris Hero
- 2010 · ROH: Glory By Honor IX as
- 2010 · ROH: Fade To Black as
- 2010 · ROH: Buffalo Stampede II as Chris Hero
- 2010 · EVOLVE 3: Rise or Fall as Chris Hero
- 2010 · PWG: As The Worm Turns as Chris Hero
- 2010 · PWG: Kurt Russellreunion as Chris Hero
- 2009 · ROH: The Omega Effect as Chris Hero
- 2009 · ROH: Survival of the Fittest 2009 as Chris Hero
- 2009 · ROH: Clash of The Contenders as Chris Hero
- 2009 · ROH: Death Before Dishonor VII - Night 2 as
- 2009 · ROH: Never Say Die as
- 2009 · ROH: The Homecoming II as Chris Hero
- 2009 · ROH: A Cut Above as Chris Hero
- 2009 · PWG: One Hundred as Chris Hero
- 2008 · PWG: 2008 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage 1 as Chris Hero
- 2008 · PWG: 1.21 Gigawatts as Chris Hero
- 2008 · PWG: Pearl Habra as Chris Hero
- 2008 · ROH: Transform as Chris Hero
- 2007 · PWG: European Vacation II - Germany as Chris Hero
- 2007 · Chikara: Maximum Overdraft as Chris Hero
- 2007 · ROH: Driven as Chris Hero
- 2007 · Chikara: Aniversario? as Chris Hero
- 2006 · PWG: Passive Hostility as Chris Hero
- 2006 · ROH: Dethroned as Chris Hero
- 2006 · ROH: The Bitter End as Chris Hero
- 2006 · PWG: (Please Don't Call It) The O.C. as Chris Hero
- 2004 · PWG: Uncanny X-Mas as Chris Hero
- 2004 · IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 1 as Chris Hero
- 2004 · PWG: The Next Show as Chris Hero
- 2002 · Chikara: The Renaissance Dawns as Chris Hero
- Future · American Wolves: The Hunt Never Dies as Chris Hero
- Future · Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win It as Chris Hero
- 2021 · Shoot Conversations w/ Chris Hero: Dirty Dango as Chris Hero
- 2021 · Shoot Conversations w/ Chris Hero: Mojo Rawley as Chris Hero
- 2021 · Shoot Conversations w/ Chris Hero: Molly Holly as Chris Hero
- 2019 · PROGRESS Chapter 99: With A Flake, Please as Kassius Ohno
- 2019 · Holy Grail: The Search for WWE’s Most Infamous Lost Match as Kassius Ohno
- 2018 · PROGRESS Chapter 68: Super Strong Style 16 - Day 1 as Kassius Ohno
- 2016 · AAW Unstoppable 2016 as Chris Hero
- 2016 · PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two as Chris Hero
- 2016 · An Evening with Chris Hero as Chris Hero
- 2016 · EVOLVE 67 as Chris Hero
- 2016 · RevPro: Uprising 2016 as Chris Hero
- 2016 · PWG: THIRTEEN as Chris Hero
- 2016 · RPW: Angle vs. Sabre Jr. as Chris Hero
- 2016 · EVOLVE 62 as Chris Hero
- 2016 · PWG: Prince as Chris Hero
- 2016 · EVOLVE 60 as Chris Hero
- 2016 · EVOLVE 58 as Chris Hero
- 2016 · EVOLVE 53 as Chris Hero
- 2016 · The Kevin Steen Show: Chris Hero as Chris Hero
- 2016 · PWG: Lëmmy as Chris Hero
- 2015 · Developmentally Speaking With Colt Cabana, Tommaso Ciampa & Chris Hero as Chris Hero
- 2015 · PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night Two as Chris Hero
- 2015 · AAW: Windy City Classic XI as Chris Hero
- 2015 · PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage as Chris Hero
- 2015 · EVOLVE 48 as Chris Hero
- 2015 · EVOLVE 47 as Chris Hero
- 2015 · EVOLVE 46 as Chris Hero
- 2015 · EVOLVE 45 as Chris Hero
- 2015 · WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising 2015 as Chris Hero
- 2015 · EVOLVE 40 as Chris Hero
- 2015 · EVOLVE 38 as Chris Hero
- 2015 · ROH: Year 5 as Chris Hero
- 2014 · ROH: Thanks Steen Thanks as Chris Hero
- 2014 · Smash Super Showdown II as Chris Hero
- 2014 · Smash Wrestling Smashapalooza 2014 as Chris Hero
- 2014 · ROH: Flyin' High as Chris Hero
- 2014 · ROH: Raising The Bar - Day 2 as Chris Hero
- 2014 · ROH: Raising The Bar - Day 1 as Chris Hero
- 2014 · ROH: 12th Anniversary as Chris Hero
- 2014 · EVOLVE 26 as Chris Hero
- 2014 · EVOLVE 25 as Chris Hero
- 2013 · PWG: All Star Weekend X - Night Two as Chris Hero
- 2013 · PWG: All Star Weekend X - Night One as Chris Hero
- 2013 · Dragon Gate USA: Freedom Fight as Chris Hero
- 2012 · Crimson Mask as Himself / "Chris Hero"
- 2011 · PWG: 2011 Battle of Los Angeles as Chris Hero
- 2011 · PWG: EIGHT as Chris Hero
- 2011 · PWG: All Star Weekend 8 - Night Two as Chris Hero
- 2011 · PWG: All Star Weekend 8 - Night One as Chris Hero
- 2011 · PWG: DDT4 as Chris Hero
- 2011 · ROH: World's Greatest as
- 2010 · ROH: Final Battle 2010 as Chris Hero
- 2010 · ROH: Tag Title Classic II as
- 2010 · ROH: Allied Forces as
- 2010 · PWG: 2010 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two as Chris Hero
- 2010 · ROH: 8th Anniversary as Chris Hero
- 2009 · ROH: Final Battle as Chris Hero
- 2009 · ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2009 as Chris Hero
- 2009 · PWG: Against The Grain as Chris Hero
- Future · Bloodstained Honor as Chris Hero
- 2010 · PWG: 2010 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One as Chris Hero
- 2010 · PWG: SEVEN as Chris Hero
- 2010 · ROH: Hate - Chapter II as
- 2010 · PWG: DIO! as Chris Hero
- 2010 · ROH: Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies II as
- 2010 · EVOLVE 2: Hero vs. Hidaka as Chris Hero
- 2009 · ROH: Aries Vs. Richards as Chris Hero
- 2009 · ROH: Boiling Point as Chris Hero
- 2009 · ROH: Glory By Honor VIII - The Final Countdown as Chris Hero
- 2009 · ROH: The Final Countdown Tour - Dayton as Chris Hero
- 2009 · PWG: Guerre Sans Frontières as Chris Hero
- 2009 · PWG: Speed of Sound as Chris Hero
- 2009 · PWG: Threemendous II as Chris Hero
- 2009 · ROH: Death Before Dishonor VII - Night 1 as
- 2009 · ROH: Stylin' & Profilin' as
- 2008 · PWG: 2008 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage 2 as Chris Hero
- 2008 · PWG: All Star Weekend 7 - Night Two as Chris Hero
- 2008 · PWG: All Star Weekend 7 - Night One as Chris Hero
- 2008 · ROH: Northern Navigation as Chris Hero
- 2008 · ROH: Tag Wars as Chris Hero
- 2008 · ROH: Injustice as Chris Hero
- 2008 · ROH: Bedlam In Beantown as Chris Hero
- 2008 · PWG: It's A Gift...And A Curse as Chris Hero
- 2008 · ROH: Breakout as
- 2008 · PWG: All Star Weekend 6 - Night Two as Chris Hero
- 2007 · PWG: European Vacation II - France as Chris Hero
- 2007 · PWG: Schadenfreude as Chris Hero
- 2007 · PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three as Chris Hero
- 2007 · PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One as Chris Hero
- 2007 · Chikara: Showdown in CrisisLand as Chris Hero
- 2007 · PWG: DDT4 - Night Two as Chris Hero
- 2007 · PWG: All Star Weekend V - Night Two as Chris Hero
- 2006 · ROH: International Challenge as Chris Hero
- 2006 · ROH: Black Friday Fallout as Chris Hero
- 2006 · PWG: All Star Weekend IV - Night Two as Chris Hero
- 2006 · ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston as Chris Hero
- 2006 · ROH: Suffocation as Chris Hero
- 2006 · PWG: Horror Business as Chris Hero
- 2006 · ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2006 as Chris Hero
- 2006 · ROH: Glory by Honor V - Night Two as Chris Hero
- 2006 · ROH: Glory By Honor V - Night One as Chris Hero
- 2006 · PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three as Chris Hero
- 2006 · PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two as Chris Hero
- 2006 · ROH: Anarchy In The U.K. as Chris Hero
- 2006 · ROH: Unified as Chris Hero
- 2006 · PWG: Threemendous as Chris Hero
- 2006 · ROH: In Your Face as Chris Hero
- 2006 · ROH: Ring of Homicide as Chris Hero
- 2006 · ROH: The 100th Show as Chris Hero
- 2006 · PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night Two as Chris Hero
- 2006 · PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night One as Chris Hero
- 2005 · PWG: Chanukah Chaos (The C's Are Silent) as Chris Hero
- 2005 · PWG: Straight To DVD as Chris Hero
- 2005 · PWG: After School Special as Chris Hero
- 2005 · PWG: Zombies (Shouldn't Run) as Chris Hero
- 2005 · PWG: All Star Weekend Night Two as Chris Hero
- 2005 · CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix 2005 - Night 3 as Chris Hero
- 2005 · CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix 2005 - Night 2 as Chris Hero
- 2004 · PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night Two as Chris Hero
- 2004 · PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night One as Chris Hero
- 2004 · MLW Reloaded Tour Day 1 as Chris Hero
- 2003 · IWA-MS When Hero Met Punk as Chris Hero
- 2002 · IWA-MS House of Hardcore 2nd Anniversary as Chris Hero