Christopher Adams (February 10, 1955 – October 7, 2001), 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 class. Adams wrestled primarily in Texas, in particular World Class Championship Wrestling, where he was one of the promotion's most popular wrestlers. Adams is known for training Scott Hall i...
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Christopher Adams (February 10, 1955 – October 7, 2001), 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 class. Adams wrestled primarily in Texas, in particular World Class Championship Wrestling, where he was one of the promotion's most popular wrestlers. Adams is known for training Scott Hall in 1984 and Steve Austin in 1989.. He is also famous as the first wrestler to popularize the famous superkick finishing move, which would later be used by dozens of other wrestlers (especially Shawn Michaels' 'Sweet Chin Music').
Chris Adams was born in Rugby, Warwickshire. Beginning at the age of eleven, he was involved in judo, training in it exclusively for fourteen years. He and his younger brother Neil went on to win national and world championships in judo, with Neil going on to win a silver medal at both the 1980 Summer Olympics and the...
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