Chris Spradlin
Acting · Born Dec 24, 1979 · 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
Films
GCW The Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame
2022
Shoot Conversations w/ Chris Hero: Molly Holly
2021
PROGRESS Chapter 99: With A Flake, Please
2019
Holy Grail: The Search for WWE’s Most Infamous Lost Match
2019
NXT TakeOver: Phoenix
20198.2
NXT TakeOver: WarGames II
20188.9
PROGRESS Chapter 68: Super Strong Style 16 - Day 1
2018
NXT Takeover: Philadelphia
20188.2
NXT TakeOver: WarGames
20178.8
NXT Takeover: Orlando
20176.8
PWG: Mystery Vortex IV
2016
RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2016 - Night 2
2016
RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2016 - Night 1
20168.0
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage
2016
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
2016
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
2016
An Evening with Chris Hero
2016
RevPro Uprising 2016
2016
Beyond Americanrana 2016
2016
PWG: THIRTEEN
2016
RevPro: Angle Vs. Sabre Jr.
20167.0
PWG: Prince
2016
WrestleCon SuperShow 2016
2016
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
20166.0
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night Two
2016
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night One
2016
PWG: Bowie
20167.0
The Kevin Steen Show: Chris Hero
2016
PWG: Lëmmy
2016
Developmentally Speaking With Colt Cabana, Tommaso Ciampa & Chris Hero
2015
PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night Two
2015
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage
2015
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
2015
PWG: Threemendous IV
2015
EVOLVE 45
20156.0
PWG: Mystery Vortex III
2015
EVOLVE 43
2015
PWG: DDT4
2015
PWG: Don't Sweat The Technique
2015
EVOLVE 40
2015
EVOLVE 39
2015
Wrestling Isn't Wrestling
20158.0
EVOLVE 38
2015
PWG: From Out of Nowhere
2015
ROH: Year 5
201510.0
PWG: Black Cole Sun
2014
ROH: Thanks Steen Thanks
20147.5
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
2014
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
2014
Smash Super Showdown II
2014
PWG: ELEVEN
2014
Smash Wrestling Smashapalooza 2014
2014
Smash Rival Schools 2014
2014
Smash Wrestling GOLD
2014
PWG: Mystery Vortex II
2014
ROH: Flyin' High
2014
ROH: Raising The Bar - Day 2
2014
ROH: Raising The Bar - Day 1
2014
ROH: 12th Anniversary
2014
PWG: DDT4
20141.0
ROH: Wrestling's Finest
2014
EVOLVE 26
2014
EVOLVE 25
2014
ROH: Creating Excellence
201410.0
PWG: All Star Weekend X - Night Two
2013
PWG: All Star Weekend X - Night One
2013
PWG Sells Out: Volume 3
201310.0
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
201310.0
Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win It
201310.0
WXW Presents: The American Dragon Bryan Danielson
201310.0
Bryan Danielson: The Final Countdown
201310.0
Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
201310.0
Kings Reign Supreme: The Kings of Wrestling
201210.0
Kevin Steen: Descent into Madness
2012
Chris Hero: Ring of Hero
201210.0
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
201210.0
American Wolves: The Hunt Never Dies
201210.0
PWG: FEAR
2011
PWG: 2011 Battle of Los Angeles
2011
PWG: EIGHT
2011
PWG: All Star Weekend 8 - Night Two
2011
PWG: All Star Weekend 8 - Night One
2011
ROH: Honor Takes Center Stage - Chapter 2
2011
ROH: Honor Takes Center Stage - Chapter 1
2011
PWG: DDT4
2011
ROH: World's Greatest
2011
PWG: Kurt Russellreunion 2 - The Reunioning
2011
Interviews with a Hero: The Chris Hero Story
201110.0
ROH: Final Battle 2010
2010
ROH: Tag Title Classic II
2010
PWG: Cyanide: A Loving Tribute To Poison
2010
ROH: Fate of An Angel II
2010
ROH: Allied Forces
2010
PWG: The Curse of Guerrilla Island
2010
ROH: Glory By Honor IX
2010
ROH: Fade To Black
2010
PWG: 2010 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
2010
PWG: 2010 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
2010
PWG: SEVEN
2010
ROH: Hate - Chapter II
2010
ROH: Death Before Dishonor VIII
2010
ROH: Buffalo Stampede II
2010
PWG: DIO!
2010
PWG: DDT4
2010
EVOLVE 3: Rise or Fall
2010
ROH: Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies II
2010
ROH: Gold Rush
2010
EVOLVE 2: Hero vs. Hidaka
2010
PWG: As The Worm Turns
2010
ROH: 8th Anniversary
2010
PWG: Kurt Russellreunion
2010
ROH Final Battle 2009
2009
ROH: The Omega Effect
2009
ROH: Aries Vs. Richards
2009
ROH: Boiling Point
2009
ROH: Survival of the Fittest 2009
2009
ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2009
2009
ROH: Clash of The Contenders
2009
PWG: Against The Grain
2009
ROH: Glory By Honor VIII - The Final Countdown
2009
ROH: The Final Countdown Tour - Boston
2009
ROH: The Final Countdown Tour - Dayton
2009
PWG: Guerre Sans Frontières
2009
PWG: Speed of Sound
2009
PWG: Threemendous II
2009
ROH: Death Before Dishonor VII - Night 2
2009
ROH: Death Before Dishonor VII - Night 1
2009
PWG: DDT4
2009
ROH: Never Say Die
2009
ROH: The Homecoming II
2009
ROH: A Cut Above
2009
PWG: One Hundred
2009
PWG: Ninety-Nine
2009
ROH: Stylin' & Profilin'
2009
PWG: Express Written Consent
2009
PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
200910.0
PWG: 2008 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage 2
2008
PWG: 2008 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage 1
2008
ROH: Glory By Honor VII
2008
PWG: All Star Weekend 7 - Night Two
2008
PWG: All Star Weekend 7 - Night One
2008
ROH: Night of The Butcher II
2008
ROH: Death Before Dishonor VI
2008
ROH: Northern Navigation
2008
PWG: Life During Wartime
2008
PWG: It's It (What Is It?)
2008
ROH: Southern Navigation
2008
ROH: Return Engagement
2008
PWG: It's A Gift...And A Curse
2008
Bloodstained Honor
200810.0
PWG: 1.21 Gigawatts
2008
PWG: Pearl Habra
2008
ROH: Breakout
2008
ROH: Transform
200810.0
PWG: All Star Weekend 6 - Night Two
2008
PWG: All Star Weekend 6 - Night One
2008
PWG: The High Cost of Doing Business
2007
PWG: European Vacation II - Germany
2007
PWG: European Vacation II - France
2007
PWG: Schadenfreude
2007
Chikara: Cibernetico & Robin
2007
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
2007
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
2007
Chikara: Maximum Overdraft
2007
Chikara: Showdown in CrisisLand
2007
ROH: Driven
2007
Chikara: Aniversario?
2007
PWG: DDT4 - Night Two
20073.0
PWG: DDT4 - Night One
2007
Chikara: Rey de Voladores
2007
PWG: All Star Weekend V - Night Two
2007
ROH: International Challenge
2006
PWG: Passive Hostility
2006
ROH: Dethroned
2006
ROH: Black Friday Fallout
2006
PWG: All Star Weekend IV - Night Two
2006
ROH: The Bitter End
2006
ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
2006
ROH: Suffocation
2006
PWG: Horror Business
2006
ROH: Motor City Madness
2006
ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2006
2006
ROH: Glory by Honor V - Night Two
2006
ROH: Glory By Honor V - Night One
2006
PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
2006
PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
2006
ROH: Anarchy In The U.K.
2006
ROH: Unified
2006
PWG: Threemendous
2006
ROH: Death Before Dishonor IV
2006
ROH: In Your Face
2006
ROH: Ring of Homicide
2006
PWG: (Please Don't Call It) The O.C.
2006
ROH: The 100th Show
2006
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night Two
2006
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night One
2006
ROH: Best In The World
2006
PWG: Card Subject To Change 2
2006
ROH: Hell Freezes Over
2006
PWG: Cruisin' For A Bruisin'
2006
PWG: Chanukah Chaos (The C's Are Silent)
2005
PWG: Straight To DVD
2005
PWG: After School Special
2005
PWG: Zombies (Shouldn't Run)
2005
CZW: Tournament Of Death 4
2005
PWG: All Star Weekend Night Two
2005
PWG: All Star Weekend Night One
2005
CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix 2005 - Night 3
2005
CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix 2005 - Night 2
2005
PWG: Card Subject To Change
2005
PWG: Uncanny X-Mas
2004
PWG: The Next Show
20048.0
PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night Two
2004
PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night One
20048.0
MLW Reloaded Tour Day 1
2004
Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles
200410.0
IWA-MS When Hero Met Punk
2003
Chikara: The Renaissance Dawns
2002
IWA-MS House of Hardcore 2nd Anniversary
2002
