Chris Hamrick
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| Ring name(s) | Chris Hamrick Crimson Dragon (TNA) |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Billed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Born | October 21, 1966 Mooresboro, North Carolina |
| Billed from | Bristol, Tennessee |
| Trained by | Self-trained Ricky Morton |
| Debut | 1986 |
Chris Hamrick is an American professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling throughout the early 2000s.
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[edit] Career
Hamrick began watching wrestling as a child, and received a wrestling ring as a ninth birthday present. He made his professional debut at the age of 16 in a promotion operated by his father, facing Alvin Melton in Mooresboro, North Carolina. [1]
Hamrick wrestled on the independent circuit for several years. In 1992 and 1993, he wrestled several televised matches for the World Wrestling Federation as a jobber. Hamrick went on to wrestle for Smoky Mountain Wrestling before returning to the independent circuit.
Hamrick wrestled a tryout match with Extreme Championship Wrestling on May 25, 2000 in Columbia, South Carolina, and remained with the promotion until it declared bankruptcy in April 2001. [2] In ECW, Hamrick formed a stable known as Hot Commodity with EZ Money, Elektra and Julio Dinero.
In 2002, Hamrick made several appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, wrestling under a mask as the luchadore character Crimson Dragon. In 2002 and 2003 he frequently wrestled for Xtreme Pro Wrestling, where he formed a tag team with Tracy Smothers known as Southern Comfort.
[edit] Wrestling facts
- Finishing and signature moves
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- Confederate Crunch / Tennessee Drop (Top rope leg drop)
- Southern Bellringer (Second rope jumping piledriver)
- Van Terminator (Corner-to-corner missile dropkick)
- Dixie Drop (Vertical suplex stunner)
- Super Dixie Drop (Super vertical suplex stunner)
- Canadian backbreaker into piledriver
- Combination inverted front facelock / Indian deathlock
- Frankensteiner
- Springboard missile dropkick
- Yakuza kick
- Slingshot moonsault suicide plancha
- Managers
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- The 2000 Man
- Veronica Caine
- Lou E. Dangerously
- Elektra
- G.Q. Money
- Luxurious Lynne
- Nicknames
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- Confederate Currency
- Hi Flying
- Southern Comfort
- Theme music [3]
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- Good Ol' Boys by Waylon Jennings
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- 1-time APW Heavyweight Champion
- All-Star Championship Wrestling
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- 2-time ACW Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time ACW Light Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time ACW Tag Team Champion
- Big Time Wrestling
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- 1-time BTW Heavyweight Champion
- Cleveland All-Pro Wrestling
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- 1-time CAPW North American Tag Team Champion
- 1-time CAPW Unified Heavyweight Champion
- CCW
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- 1-time CCW Tag Team Champion
- DCW
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- 1-time DCW Heavyweight Champion
- EWF
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- 1-time EWF Tag Team Champion
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- 1-time FWA All England Champion
- Heritage Wrestling Alliance
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- 1-time HWA Tri-States Champion
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- 1-time IWA Mid-South Tag Team Champion (with Tracy Smothers)
- International Wrestling Cartel
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- 2-time IWC Tag Team Champion (with Tracy Smothers)
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- 1-time NWA Ohio Tag Team Champion
- New Era Pro Wrestling
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- 3-time NEPW Heavyweight Champion
- Premier Wrestling Federation
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- 1-time PWF Universal Champion
- 1-time PWF Light Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time PWF Universal Champion
- Pro Wrestling Federation
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- 2-time PWF Tag Team Champion
- RPW
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- 1-time RPW Tag Team Champion
- SCW
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- 1-time SCW Tag Team Champion
- SWA
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- 1-time SWA Tag Team Champion
- Union of Independent Pro Wrestlers
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- 1-time UIPW Heavyweight Champion
- United States Wrestling Federation
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- 1-time USWF Heavyweight Champion
