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'''Chris Romero''' is a semi-retired second generation [[professional wrestler]] who is better known as '''Chris Youngblood'''. |
'''Chris Romero''' is a semi-retired second generation [[professional wrestler]] who is better known as '''Chris Youngblood'''. |
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==Rise to Fame== |
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Chris Romero is the son of [[Ricky Romero]]. He began his pro-wrestling training at the age of 13 and made his professional debut as '''Chris Youngblood''' in 1985. He started teaming with brother [[Mark Romero|Mark]] in 1986 upon their older brother [[Steven Romero|Jay]]'s death. |
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Chris and Mark had success in the [[World Class Championship Wrestling]], [[World Wrestling Council]] and also as '''The Tribal Nation''' in the [[Global Wrestling Federation]] and the [[United States Wrestling Association]]. In the USWA, Chris turned heel and wrestled for manager [[Skandor Akbar]]'s "Devastation Inc." as '''Pronto''', a mockery of his American Indian heritage. During this time Chris had a feud with a young up and coming [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]]. |
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==World Championship Wrestling== |
==World Championship Wrestling== |
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Revision as of 06:55, 16 September 2007
Chris Romero  | |
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| Born | 1967 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Chris Youngblood Pronto "The Visionary" Brave Sky Medicine Man "El Crusader" |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | [undue weight? – discuss] |
| Trained by | "Rapid" Ricky Romero |
| Debut | 1985 |
| Retired | April 28, 2007 |
Chris Romero is a semi-retired second generation professional wrestler who is better known as Chris Youngblood.
World Championship Wrestling
Chris and Mark had a semi successful run in being one of the most popular tag teams in Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council and added numerous Tag Title reigns under their belts. But on July 17, 1988 The Romero's were in the locker room when a wrestler named Jose Huertas stabbed and killed The Legendary Bruiser Brody. Huertas went to trial but did not do any jail time for the crime. Because no one would go to court and say what they saw when it all happened! The WWC did nothing to help convict Huertas and The Romero's left The WWC right after the incident and went on to sign with Ted Turner's World Championship Wrestling where he and Mark were known as "The Renegade Warriors". The two were frequently used on WCW TV and had numerous feuds that they lost with the likes of The Steiner Brothers and The Road Warriors.
FMW Japan
In the late 1990s Chris began using the name "The Visionary" Chris Romero. Chris completed many Japanese tours as a singles competitor where he gained victories over ECW's own, Rob Van Dam. Chris later formed a Tag Team in Japan's FMW with "Super" Leatherface. The team got notable wins over Tag Teams like Jado and Gedo, and Masato Tanaka and Iko Kuroda. The two were constant top runners for the FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Titles until Chris went into semi-retirement in late 1999 due to an agonizing hip injury.
Semi-Retirement
Chris has done work in numerous independent promotions across the State of Texas including the Texas based NWA Southwest where Chris was at one point in top contention for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship. During this time he also teamed up with his nephew "Radical" Ricky Romero III against numerous teams including The Lone Star Connection. In 2005 Chris began booking shows and wrestling part-time for Panhandle Wrestling Federation, later renamed West Texas Wrestling Legends, an independent promotion exclusive to Amarillo, Texas.
In 2006, World Wrestling Entertainment showed interest in hiring Chris as a Producer for training and scouting talent.
A few months later in April of 2007, Chris began running Romero Academy of Wrestling out of the Amarillo based Wrestleplex. The Wrestleplex was also home to the newly renamed Professional Wrestling Federation (formerly known as West Texas Wrestling Legends) where Chris was also the booker and manager to a stable known as "Bloodline." Bloodline was the first stable of its kind consisting only of second and third generation superstars "Radical" Ricky Romero III, Cody Jones and Mike DiBiase Jr. Then four months after PWF's resurrection, Chris Romero resigned from the promotion on August 14, 2007. With him he took the top tier title of the PWF, the West Texas Wrestling Legends Heritage Championship, which he owned. A couple of getting Fired! for being a theif and forced to leave PWF, Chris made a rare wrestling appearance on August 29, 2007 in Socorro, NM at New Mexico Tech for the locally based L.A.W where he defeated up and comer Nick A. Demus in a match that saw Chris seriously injure his knee.
Chris Romero continues to run Romero Academy of Wrestling and is starting his own independent wrestling promotion named Renegade Outlaw Wrestling, which will run shows every Friday night at the Aztec Music Hall in Amarillo, TX starting October of 2007.
In wrestling
- Managers
- Skandor Akbar
- "Rapid" Ricky Romero
- Wrestlers Managed
- "Radical" Ricky Romero III
- "The Human Highlight Reel" Cody Jones
- Mike DiBiase Jr.
- Shance Williams (Joined shortly before Bloodline disbanded)
Championships and Accomplishments
- WWC World Tag Team Championship (6-times) - with Mark Youngblood
- WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship (3-times) - with Mark Youngblood
- GWF Tag Team Championship (1-time) - with Mark Youngblood
- NWA Australasia Tag Team Championship (1-time) with Mark Youngblood
- WWWA Heavyweight Championship (1-time)
- Professional Wrestling Federation
- PWF Brass Knuckles Championship (1-time, first ever)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked him # 100 of the best tag teams during the "PWI Years" in 2003 with Mark Youngblood.