Chris Hamrick

"Hamrick" redirects here. For the surname, see Hamrick (surname).
Chris Hamrick
Born October 21, 1966
Mooresboro, North Carolina
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Chris Hamrick
Crimson Dragon
Hamrick
Billed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Billed from Raleigh, North Carolina
Cleveland County, North Carolina
Trained by Killer Kowalski
Debut 1992
Retired 2013

Christopher "Chris" Hamrick (born October 21, 1966) is a retired American professional wrestler who competed under his last name Hamrick.

Professional wrestling career

Early 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 sixteen 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. Although he did not win many matches at the big time level, he did in the independent circuit. Hamrick went to the IWWA, often to team up with Tommy Wildfire Rich and had memorable matches against Rock Parsons and Ivan Koloff. Later he teamed up with Rock to go against Lord Zoltan and Chief Jay Eagle which was a 4 out of five stars and was in the top five independent matches of the year. Hamrick went on to wrestle for Smoky Mountain Wrestling before returning to the independent circuit.

World Championship Wrestling (1994–1995)

In early 1994, Hamrick signed a one-year contract with World Championship Wrestling (WCW). In his first televised match, Hamrick debuted as a villain named Hamrick and defeated Keith Cole. This gimmick referred to his real last name's Carolina origins and he was asked to speak with a Hick accent.

Extreme Championship Wrestling (2000–2001)

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.[1] In ECW, Hamrick was known as "Confederate Currency" Chris Hamrick and was part of the stable known as Hot Commodity with EZ Money, Elektra and Julio Dinero.

Other promotions (2002–2013)

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, also having a long-running feud for the TV title with Kaos and The Enterprise. In early 2007, Hamrick was featured on Wrestling Society X's first episode on MTV, getting into an argument with fellow ECW alumni New Jack, then getting eliminated by him in the WSX Rumble later that night. Despite both of them getting eliminated from the bout, Hamrick took an elbow drop from New Jack off the top of a truckbed through a table. At HCW: Beg 4 Mercy 2007 in April, Hamrick returned to Mooresboro, NC and defeated New Jack in an Extreme Weapons Match. Three months later, Hamrick won the HCW Triple Crown Championship after defeating Axl Knight, Wicked, and Shea Shea McGrady in a Four Way Dance at HCW's Cold Blooded and hardcore event. In March 2008, Hamrick was stripped of the title. On June 14 at Underground Revolution 2008, Hamrick defeated the current champion, Shea Shea McGrady, to reclaim the title. On the August 20, 2007, episode of WWE Raw, Hamrick made an appearance as a fake version of Triple H, in which he placed a crown on King Booker's head during a royal ceremony, leading up to Booker's match with Triple H at SummerSlam.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 An interview with Chris Hamrick, conducted by P. Staniforth
  2. ↑ Chris Hamrick at IWCWrestling.com
  3. ↑ Chris Hamrick at Bodyslamming.com/
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  5. ↑ "Cleveland All-Pro Wrestling Xtreme". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  6. ↑ "Independent Wrestling Results - April 2003". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  7. ↑ "MSWE Championship title history". MainStream Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
  8. ↑ "Independent Wrestling Results - August 2003". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-07-05.

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