Chris Spradlin
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.
253 acting credits
Acting · 253
WWE NXT
2010
Ring of Honor Wrestling
2009
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
2016
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
2013
EVOLVE 60
2016
RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2016 - Night 1
2016
ROH: Unified
2006
Chris Hero: Ring of Hero
2012
ROH: Best In The World
2006
PWG: DDT4
2011
ROH: Survival of the Fittest 2009
2009
PWG: All Star Weekend 8 - Night One
2011
PWG: All Star Weekend IV - Night Two
2006
EVOLVE 57
2016
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage
2016
PWG Sells Out: Volume 3
2013
ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
2006
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
2014
PWG: 2010 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
2010
RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2016 - Night 2
2016
ROH: Creating Excellence
2014
ROH: Clash of The Contenders
2009
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
2015
ROH: Death Before Dishonor IV
2006
ROH: The Final Countdown Tour - Boston
2009
Smash Super Showdown II
2014
PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
2009
PWG: Uncanny X-Mas
2004
PWG: Card Subject To Change
2005
Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
2013
PWG: SEVEN
2010
EVOLVE 48
2015
PWG: Kurt Russellreunion 2 - The Reunioning
2011
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
2016
NXT Takeover: Philadelphia
2018
ROH: The Bitter End
2006
ROH: Glory By Honor VIII - The Final Countdown
2009
NXT Takeover: Orlando
2017
ROH: Death Before Dishonor VII - Night 2
2009
Holy Grail: The Search for WWE’s Most Infamous Lost Match
2019
PWG: One Hundred
2009
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night One
2016
PWG: All Star Weekend 6 - Night Two
2008
PWG: Cyanide: A Loving Tribute To Poison
2010
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
2013
ROH: Death Before Dishonor VII - Night 1
2009
ROH: Return Engagement
2008
ROH: Raising The Bar - Day 2
2014
ROH: Honor Takes Center Stage - Chapter 2
2011
Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles
2004
Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win It
2013
PWG: All Star Weekend 7 - Night One
2008
EVOLVE 54
2016
ROH: Raising The Bar - Day 1
2014
PWG: DDT4
2014
ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2006
2006
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
2007
ROH: Black Friday Fallout
2006
PWG: All Star Weekend Night One
2005
ROH: Dethroned
2006
Bryan Danielson: The Final Countdown
2013
PWG: 2008 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage 1
2008
PWG: Pearl Habra
2008
ROH: The 100th Show
2006
PWG: All Star Weekend V - Night Two
2007
ROH: Death Before Dishonor VI
2008
EVOLVE 25
2014
ROH: Fate of An Angel II
2010
ROH: Never Say Die
2009
ROH: Fueling The Fire
2008
ROH: The Final Countdown Tour - Dayton
2009
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 1
2004
PWG: Card Subject To Change 2
2006
PWG: 1.21 Gigawatts
2008
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
2013
PWG: Guerre Sans Frontières
2009
ROH: Death Before Dishonor VIII
2010
PWG: 2011 Battle of Los Angeles
2011
PWG: Black Cole Sun
2014
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
2016
NXT TakeOver: WarGames
2017
Kings Reign Supreme: The Kings of Wrestling
2012
PWG: All Star Weekend X - Night Two
2013
PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night One
2004
ROH: Injustice
2008
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
2014
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage
2015
American Wolves: The Hunt Never Dies
2012
PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
2006
PWG: DDT4 - Night One
2007
PWG: All Star Weekend X - Night One
2013
ROH: Thanks Steen Thanks
2014
PWG: All Star Weekend 7 - Night Two
2008
PWG: DDT4
2010
PWG: All Star Weekend 6 - Night One
2008
Chikara: Rey de Voladores
2007
PWG: The High Cost of Doing Business
2007
IWA-MS When Hero Met Punk
2003
ROH: Ring of Homicide
2006
PWG: As The Worm Turns
2010
Chikara: Cibernetico & Robin
2007
PWG: Prince
2016
ROH: Buffalo Stampede II
2010
EVOLVE 39
2015
PWG: Mystery Vortex II
2014
PWG: Schadenfreude
2007
ROH: Wrestling's Finest
2014
EVOLVE 67
2016
EVOLVE 62
2016
ROH: Glory by Honor V - Night Two
2006
PWG: Passive Hostility
2006
PWG: All Star Weekend Night Two
2005
ROH: Tag Wars
2008
ROH: Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies II
2010
Kevin Steen: Descent into Madness
2012
AAW Defining Moment 2016
2016
ROH: The Homecoming II
2009
Interviews with a Hero: The Chris Hero Story
2011
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night Two
2016
EVOLVE 38
2015
PWG: Life During Wartime
2008
ROH: Driven
2007
PWG: EIGHT
2011
PWG: Kurt Russellreunion
2010
PWG: FEAR
2011
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
2012
ROH: Glory By Honor IX
2010
PWG: 2010 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
2010
PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
2006
ROH: Glory By Honor VII
2008
ROH: The Omega Effect
2009
MLW Reloaded Tour Day 1
2004
ROH: Southern Navigation
2008
PWG: DIO!
2010
PWG: Mystery Vortex IV
2016
EVOLVE 47
2015
ROH: Night of The Butcher II
2008
ROH: Honor Takes Center Stage - Chapter 1
2011
WXW Presents: The American Dragon Bryan Danielson
2013
ROH: Motor City Madness
2006
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
2007
ROH: In Your Face
2006
ROH: Suffocation
2006
WrestleCon Supershow 2015
2015
ROH: Aries Vs. Richards
2009
WrestleCon SuperShow 2016
2016
ROH: Bedlam In Beantown
2008
PWG: European Vacation II - France
2007
EVOLVE 43
2015
EVOLVE 58
2016
WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising 2015
2015
RevPro: Angle Vs. Sabre Jr.
2016
PWG: All Star Weekend 8 - Night Two
2011
WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising 2016
2016
ROH: Fade To Black
2010
PWG: Horror Business
2006
PWG: Cruisin' For A Bruisin'
2006
PWG: Ninety-Nine
2009
ROH: Hell Freezes Over
2006
EVOLVE 2: Hero vs. Hidaka
2010
ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2009
2009
GCW The Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame
2022
ROH: Hate - Chapter II
2010
PWG: Straight To DVD
2005
PWG: Speed of Sound
2009
Bloodstained Honor
2008
ROH: Tag Title Classic II
2010
ROH: Stylin' & Profilin'
2009
ROH: Transform
2008
EVOLVE 55
2016
ROH: World's Greatest
2011
Dragon Gate USA Way of the Ronin 2014
2014
PWG: European Vacation II - Germany
2007
Crimson Mask
2012
EVOLVE 59
2016
PWG: Threemendous II
2009
ROH: A Cut Above
2009
AAW Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament - Tag 2
2016
ROH: Gold Rush
2010
PWG: The Next Show
2004
PWG: Lëmmy
2016
EVOLVE 3: Rise or Fall
2010
ROH: 8th Anniversary
2010
ROH: 12th Anniversary
2014
EVOLVE 40
2015
Smash Rival Schools 2014
2014
CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix 2005 - Night 3
2005
ROH Final Battle 2009
2009
RevPro Uprising 2016
2016
PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night Two
2015
EVOLVE 26
2014
PWG: Express Written Consent
2009
ROH: Anarchy In The U.K.
2006
PWG: Don't Sweat The Technique
2015
PWG: Mystery Vortex III
2015
PWG: Against The Grain
2009
PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night Two
2004
Chikara: Maximum Overdraft
2007
EVOLVE 53
2016
PROGRESS Chapter 68: Super Strong Style 16 - Day 1
2018
ROH: Northern Navigation
2008
PWG: Threemendous
2006
ROH: Final Battle 2010
2010
PWG: DDT4
2015
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night Two
2006
PWG: It's It (What Is It?)
2008
Dragon Gate USA: Freedom Fight
2013
Beyond Americanrana 2016
2016
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night One
2006
ROH: Boiling Point
2009
Smash Wrestling GOLD
2014
ROH: International Challenge
2006
CZW: Tournament Of Death 4
2005
PWG: ELEVEN
2014
ROH: Flyin' High
2014
PWG: Threemendous IV
2015
PWG: Zombies (Shouldn't Run)
2005
CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix 2005 - Night 2
2005
House of Hardcore IX
2015
Chikara: The Renaissance Dawns
2002
ROH: Year 5
2015
Chikara: Aniversario?
2007
PWG: THIRTEEN
2016
ROH: Breakout
2008
PWG: From Out of Nowhere
2015
PWG: Bowie
2016
PWG: Chanukah Chaos (The C's Are Silent)
2005
AAW: Windy City Classic XI
2015
PWG: DDT4 - Night Two
2007
PWG: 2008 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage 2
2008
AAW Unstoppable 2016
2016
IWA-MS House of Hardcore 2nd Anniversary
2002
ROH: Allied Forces
2010
NXT TakeOver: Phoenix
2019
EVOLVE 56
2016
PWG: It's A Gift...And A Curse
2008
EVOLVE 45
2015
ROH: Glory By Honor V - Night One
2006
PWG: After School Special
2005
PROGRESS Chapter 99: With A Flake, Please
2019
PWG: (Please Don't Call It) The O.C.
2006
Developmentally Speaking With Colt Cabana, Tommaso Ciampa & Chris Hero
2015
EVOLVE 46
2015
DGUSA Open the Ultimate Gate 2014
2014
PWG: The Curse of Guerrilla Island
2010
PWG: DDT4
2009
wXw 16 Carat Gold 2008 - Day 2
2008
Chikara: Showdown in CrisisLand
2007
Smash Wrestling Smashapalooza 2014
2014
Shoot Conversations w/ Chris Hero: Molly Holly
2021
The Kevin Steen Show: Chris Hero
2016
CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix 2003
2003
An Evening with Chris Hero
2016