C. W. Anderson
C. W. Anderson | |
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Birth name | Christopher Wright |
Born | Emit, North Carolina, United States | January 7, 1971
Spouse(s) |
Shelley Wright (m. 2015) |
Family | Anderson family |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | El Chico Christopher W. Anderson C. W. Anderson |
Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1] |
Billed weight | 230 lb (104 kg)[1] |
Billed from | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States[1][2] |
Trained by | WCW Power Plant[1] |
Debut | December 2, 1993 |
Christopher Wright (born January 7, 1971) is an American
Early life
Wright grew up in North Carolina and was an ardent fan of
Professional wrestling career
Early career (1993–1999)
After graduating from college, Wright sought a new weekend sport to replace baseball. Several of his friends were wrestling professionally, and Wright decided to become a professional wrestler as well. With no formal training, he wrestled (and lost) his first match on December 4, 1993, under a mask as "El Chico".
While wrestling for Carolina Championship Wrestling Alliance (CCWA), Pat Connors, who was also working the same show, was watching Wright's match and was impressed with his skills and appearance. Connors wrestled as Pat Anderson, a member of the Anderson family. Connors approached the booker of CCWA, Jim Massingale, and asked him if he would put Wright and himself together as a tag team. Massingale allowed it and Connors had the match lined up before he approached Wright. Connors introduced himself to Wright and the two talked for a while. Connors offered Wright the tag team work and he accepted. Gene Anderson had died before C. W. came along so Connors contacted Rocky Anderson who was the head trainer of Gene's gym. Connors asked for permission to make Wright an Anderson and Rocky told Connors to use his judgement. Anderson spent two weeks trying to think of an appropriate forename, eventually settling on his initials, C. W., at the suggestion of an interviewer; he thus became "C. W. Anderson". Connors and C. W. Anderson wrestled as cousins of the Anderson family. During their time as a tag team, Wright and Connors won tag team championship titles in 9 different wrestling promotions including the NWA World Tag Team Championship titles. They also held the Carolina Championship Wrestling Association (CCWA), Continental Wrestling Alliance (CWA) and Southern Wrestling Association (SWA) Tag Team Championship titles at the same time in 1994.[3]
Anderson later met Ole Anderson but claimed that he was disillusioned by the experience.[4][5]
In 1996, Anderson opened his own
In 1998, Anderson trained at the World Championship Wrestling run Power Plant under DeWayne Bruce and Pez Whatley. While there he was told by J. J. Dillon and Paul Orndorff that he lacked the talent and physique to become successful as a wrestler. After spending eighteen months in the Power Plant without being utilized on WCW television, Anderson opted to leave the Power Plant, turning down a six-year WCW contract offer.[5][7]
Extreme Championship Wrestling (1999–2001)
On June 6, 1999, Anderson accompanied a friend to an Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) tryout in Georgia and was convinced to get in the ring by Nova. His work impressed ECW owner Paul Heyman, and Anderson was hired. In his first match for ECW, Anderson teamed with Skull Von Krush against Danny Doring and Roadkill.[4][7]
In ECW, Anderson formed
On January 7, 2001, at the final ECW
Independent circuit (2001–2006)
Following the closure of ECW, Anderson wrestled in Dusty Rhodes'
and various independent promotions in North Carolina.From 2002 onwards, Anderson made numerous tours of
Anderson was hospitalized in 2005 after a supplement named Superdrol gave him jaundice and caused his liver to stop functioning. He returned to the ring after several months, during which he lost 40 lb (18 kg) in weight.[8]
World Wrestling Entertainment (2004, 2005, 2006–2007)
Throughout 2004 and 2005, Anderson made numerous appearances with
On May 4, 2006, Anderson and several other
Independent circuit (2007–2020)
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C. W. Anderson then worked in independent promotions including Vanguard Championship Wrestling where he defeated TNA wrestler Sonjay Dutt. CW re-debuted recently working for NWA Charlotte. Anderson showed up dropping 40 lbs attributing it to his new workout P90x. On April 25, 2009, he worked for GSW German Stampede Wrestling at International Impact losing to "Bad Bones" John Kay. On June 27, 2009, he appeared at an ECW type reunion show called "Legends of the Arena" and wrestled against 2 Cold Scorpio. On August 4, 2010, it was confirmed that Wright would be taking part in TNA's ECW reunion show, Hardcore Justice, on August 8.[20] At the event he was defeated by 2 Cold Scorpio.[21] CW Anderson was announced for the 2nd ever match of the new Extreme Reunion organization; which is conceived as a continuation of the original Extreme Championship Wrestling. His opponent was announced as ECW Alumnus, Al Snow.[22] On June 29, Extreme Rising's 2nd show in Queens, NY, CW lost a match against "Pitbull" Gary Wolfe. The following night, in Philadelphia, he lost a match to Balls Mahoney and had a confrontation with The Sandman. In 2013, Anderson performed in OMEGA. On January 15, James Storm, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy & Shane Helms defeat CW Anderson, Gunner, Lodi & Steve Corino. On May 25, 2013, Matt Hardy & Shane Helms defeat CW Anderson & Steve Corino. On October 12, 2013, Anderson was defeated by Hardy in the first round for the OMEGA Championship. On October 5, 2013, at Vanguard Championship Wrestling, Anderson defeated Tommy Dreamer in an I Quit match.[23] On November 30, 2013, at WrestleCade, Anderson was defeated by Dreamer in an I Quit match. Now he is the AWE heavyweight Champion after winning the title at Waynesboro Virginia High school.[24]
Anderson appeared on the December 17th episode of
Retirement (2020–2021)
On June 19, 2020, Anderson announced his retirement from wrestling.[26] In a video posted on his Facebook page crying, Anderson stated that he was ready for the next chapter of his life to begin, and felt like he had lost sight of what's important in his life.[27] He also stated that he had no plans to appear on any podcasts or interviews, feeling that it was time to fully move on from wrestling.[27]
Late career (2021)
In 2021, Anderson came out of retirement and is now working in a tag team with Preston Quinn as the Extreme Horsemen.[28]
Championships and accomplishments
- America's Most Liked Wrestling
- AML Championship (1 time)
- AML Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Damien Wayne (1)[29] and Preston Quinn (1)[30]
- Carolina Championship Wrestling Association
- CCWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- CCWA Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Pat Anderson
- Continental Wrestling Alliance
- CWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Pat Anderson[31]
- Delaware Championship Wrestling
- DCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Red Hot Russ[32]
- High Volume Pro Wrestling
- HVPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[33]
- Jacksonville Wrestling Alliance
- JWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Live Action Wrestling
- LAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Major League Wrestling
- 1 time) - with Simon Diamond[34]
- MLW Global Tag Team Tournament (2002) - with Simon Diamond
- Midwest Wrestling United
- MWU Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NIWA
- NIWA Television Championship (1 time)
- National Wrestling Alliance
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Pat Anderson
- NWA 2000
- NWA 2000 American Heritage Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Pat Anderson (1) and Cueball Carmichael (1)[35]
- Palmetto Pride Championship Wrestling
- PPCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Premier Wrestling Federation
- PWF Universal Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[36]
- PWF Universal Six Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Steve Corino and John Skyler[37]
- PWF United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- PWF Universal Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Steve Corino[38]
- PWF Television Championship (1 time)
- Shinya Hashimoto Memorial Legacy Cup (2014)[39]
- Match of the Year (2002, 2003, 2005, 2014)[40]
- Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2004)[40]
- Pro Wrestling International
- PWI International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[41]
- Pro Wrestling WORLD-1
- WORLD-1 Great Lakes Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Bull Wheeler
- WORLD-1 Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Steve Corino[42]
- Pro Wrestling Zero1
- 1 time) - with Steve Corino
- 1 time)[43]
- RAGE Wrestling Warriors
- RARE Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- RARE Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Preston Quinn
- Ring Wars Carolina
- RWC Heavyweight Championship (1 time) [44]
- Southern Championship Wrestling
- SCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- SCW North Carolina Championship (2 times)
- SCW Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Pat Anderson (2), Cueball Carmichael (1), and Dewey Cheatum (1)
- Southern Wrestling Association
- SWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Pat Anderson
- Vanguard Championship Wrestling
- VCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- VCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Phil Brown[45]
- X3 Wrestling
- X3 Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[46]
References
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- ^ "Statistics for Professional wrestlers". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanac and book of facts. Kappa Publications. p. 38. 2007 Edition.
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- ^ a b c d "CW Anderson going strong on the indy circuit". SLAM Wrestling!. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 2007-07-14.
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- ^ "WORLD-1 Tag Team Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on 2014-03-07.
- ^ 6th Shinya Hashimoto Memorial Legacy Cup Cage Match
- ^ a b "Award Winners". Archived from the original on 2022-01-23. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ PWI International Heavyweight Championship Cage Match
- ^ "Pro Wrestling WORLD-1 Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Archived from the original on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
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External links
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- C. W. Anderson at IMDb
- C. W. Anderson's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database