Chris Adams
Biography
Christopher Adams, best known as "Gentleman" Chris Adams, was an English professional wrestler, wrestling promoter, trainer, and judoka.
By age 21, he was a three-time British National Judo Champion in his age and weight classes. In professional wrestling, Adams gained his greatest success in World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), where he became the promotion's World Heavyweight Champion and one of its biggest stars. He also performed for companies such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA), where he held WWE Light Heavyweight Championship. All totalled, he held 26 titles over a 23-year career.
Adams is known for training wrestlers such as Stone Cold Steve Austin and for popularizing the superkick finishing move, which would later be used by many other performers.
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Full filmography
- USWA Championship Wrestling (1977) as "Gentleman" Chris Adams
- USWA Championship Wrestling (1977) as The Masked Avenger
- Dark Side of the Ring (2019) as Self (Archival Footage)
- Mid-South Wrestling (1981) as 'Gentleman' Chris Adams
- World Class Championship Wrestling (1982) as Chris Adams
- World Class Championship Wrestling (1982) as "Gentleman" Chris Adams
- Biography: WWE Legends (2021) as "Gentleman" Chris Adams (archive footage)
- WCW Monday Nitro (1995)
- WCCW Christmas Star Wars '83 (1983) as "Gentleman" Chris Adams
- WCW Thunder (1998) as Chris Adams
- AWF Warriors of Wrestling (1995) as "Gentleman" Chris Adams
- WCW Starrcade 1990 (1990) as "Gentleman" Chris Adams
- Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time (2011) as Himself
- WCCW Thanksgiving Star Wars '83 (1983) as "Gentleman" Chris Adams
- WCW World War 3 1997 (1997) as "Gentleman" Chris Adams
- Legends of Mid-South Wrestling (2013) as Himself
- House of Deadly Lies (2023) as Brett
- WCW World War 3 1998 (1998) as "Gentleman" Chris Adams
- The Triumph and Tragedy of World Class Championship Wrestling (2007) as Self
- TWA Autumn Armageddon '90 (1990) as "Gentleman" Chris Adams
- WCCW Parade of Champions (1984) as "Gentleman" Chris Adams
- WCCW Parade of Champions '85 (1985) as "Gentleman" Chris Adams
- WCCW Christmas Star Wars '84 (1984) as "Gentleman" Chris Adams
- WCCW Parade of Champions '86 (1986) as "Gentleman" Chris Adams