Chris Durden, better known by his ring name Stryfe, is an American professional wrestler most recently contracted to Global Extreme Wrestling, where had a reign as the GEW Omega Champion. In total he is a six-time World Champion and a two-time Hall of Famer.
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| Real name | {{{realname}}} |
| Ring Names | Stryfe Super Stryfe |
| Height | 6’0 (183cm) |
| Weight | 215lbs (97.5kg) |
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| Resides | Burbank, Illinois, USA |
| Billed from | Burbank, Illinois, USA |
| Trainer | Perry Saturn |
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Early life[]
Chris Durden left home at 15 to seek professional wrestling training, staying with a friend, and irreversibly straining his relationship with his own family. He soon entered the indie scene and was noticed by Perry Saturn, who trained him further and introduced him to his first promotion, EIW, around the time of his 17th birthday.
EIW and The Circuit[]
Upon joining EIW Durden adopted the name Stryfe and his cocky, arrogant ring persona and immediately made a splash by calling out and unsuccessfully challenging the EIW World Heavyweight Champion, Ridge, in his debut match. He would finally go on to defeat Damage for the EIW Television Championship. Before EIW’s closure due to its owner’s death, he also held the EIW Intercontinental Championship. Stryfe moved to FWF and quickly earned the FWF World Championship, but would move again in search of tougher challenges. He toured between multiple promotions, most notably Excellence Superstar Wrestling where he won the triple crown. Around this time he toyed with a superhero gimmick, adopting the name Super Stryfe.
Universal Wrestling Federation[]
Stryfe finally settled to one promotion when he joined UWF, and had one of most successful starting runs in the promotion’s history, winning the UWF Hardcore Championship in his second match there and the UWF Intercontinental Championship in his fourth, which was an elimination chamber match. Following a backstage altercation he briefly quit in favour of SWF, but soon returned to UWF where would ultimately claim the first of his three UWF Universal Championships in a King of the Mountain match.
Stryfe's return to UWF brought into contact with a rival he never expected to come to face with. Bucky Skyler. The two men became engulfed in a three month feud which saw Bucky break the student of Stryfe's Chris Callis' arm, Stryfe would win the UWF Intercontinental championship from Bucky at UWF's Unbreakable 2009 py per view. But Bucky would regain the title from Stryfe in an ambulance match at Shockwave 7. The two would meet again in the UWF's Survival of the Sickest match, which would see Bucky's team win the entire match.
Global Extreme Wrestling[]
In autumn 2008 Stryfe moved to Global Extreme Wrestling, making his debut at Pushed To The Limit 2008 by answering an open challenge by GEW Omega Champion Scott Savage who was seeking stronger competition. Stryfe defeated Savage to win the match and the championship. He later lost the championship to sometime tag team partner Reese Black. Stryfe would appear to have since left the company. In GEW he was managed by Lucky Chance.
Personal life[]
Durden has a strained relationship with his parents, who have forbidden him from returning home due to their disdain of his chosen profession. He is close friends with fellow GEW star Gabriella. He is known for being charismatic, arrogant and often offensive, and is considered excellent on the mic.
Championships & Accomplishments[]
EIW[]
- 1 x EIW Intercontinental Championship
- 1 x EIW Television Championship
Excellence Superstar Wrestling[]
- 1 x ESW World Championship
- 2 x ESW Galactic Championship
- 3 x ESW Tag Team Championship
- ESW Hall of Famer
Elite Superstar Wrestling[]
- 1 x ESW World Championship
FWF[]
- 1 x FWF World Championship
Global Extreme Wrestling[]
PWF[]
- 1 x PWF European Championship
Universal Wrestling Federation[]
- 3 x UWF Universal Championship
- 1 x UWF Intercontinental Championship
- 1 x UWF Hardcore Championship
- UWF Hall of Fame inductee 2005
WWIW[]
- 1 x WWIW Hardcore Championship
- 2 x WWIW Homemade Championship
In Wrestling[]
Finishing & Signature Moves[]
- Pride Killer – Superkick
- Screwdriver – Stalling brainbuster piledriver
- Tsunami – Rope-assisted backflip DDT
- What The…. – 450° splash
- Atomic drop with taunts
- Butterfly suplex
- Cradle jumping piledriver
- Diving lariat
- Elevated belly-to-back suplex
- Enzuigiri to back of head
- Exploder suplex
- Gorilla clutch
- Inverted rolling neck snap
- Jumping huracanrana
- Jumping tornado DDT
- Manriki
- Millenium suplex
- Repeated snap suplexes
- Repeated stomps to head with taunts
- Reverse DDT
- Rolling thunder leg drop
- Russian legsweep to STO
- Scar
- Shining Wizard
- Shooting star press
- Standing moonsault
- Tiger suplex
- Tilt-a-Whirl backbreaker
- Triangle lancer
Theme Songs[]
- Sleep Now In The Fire – Rage Against The Machine