Chris Raaber

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Chris Raaber (born 6 September 1981) known as Chris The Bambikiller is an Austrian professional wrestler born in Leoben, Austria. He was trained by Dory Funk Jr. and Michael Kovac and made his professional debut on 9 May 1998 in Hanover, Germany, at the age of 16. He is 6 feet 4 inches (1.92m) tall, weighing in at 250 lbs (115kg).

Dory Funk Jr. said about Raaber; "When I first met Chris at Orlando Airport, I knew we got a star in our hands!" and "Chris got the biggest natural talent I have ever seen!".

He is a regular in Japan for "Zero1-Max" and defeated Japan's MVP Kensuke Sasaki in the Fire Festival 2005.

"The Bambikiller" has traveled to over 16 countries (Japan, USA, Nigeria, Egypt, Ireland, Italy, France, Austria, Germany, Norway, Northern Ireland, England etc.) in his career so far and is known to be one of Europe's biggest wrestling talents. His finishing move is the "Bambi Death Shot" (a version of the belly to back piledriver).

In 2006, several websites reported that Raaber was offered a WWE contract but nothing has been signed yet.