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Chris Parks
Born (1973-10-04) October 4, 1973 (age 51)[1]
Washington, D.C.[1][2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Abismo
Abyss
Chris Justice
Cleage
Powerchild[3] [4]
Eric Justice
Justice
King Justice
The Original Terminator
Prince Justice
Stone Mountain
King of Pain
Chris Parks
Billed fromParts Unknown
Trained byRoger Ruffen[2]
DebutJanuary 1995[5]

Cristopher J. "Chris" Parks[1][2] (born October 4 1973), better known by his ring name Abyss, is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Career

Ring of Honor

Abyss first appeared in Ring of Honor in 2004, being brought in as a bodyguard to the stable Special K. However, Abyss appeared only once, due to TNA pulling all of their contracted talent from ROH.

Abyss returned in 2005, this time as a member of Prince Nana's Embassy as they feuded with the stable of Generation Next. The feud between the Embassy and Generation Next lasted through nearly the rest of 2005 with several matches and brawls taking place between both teams. The feud culminated in a Steel Cage Warfare match at Steel Cage Welfare. Abyss was eliminated by Jack Evans after a moonsault. In the end, Generation Next won the match and the war.

In the January 2006, Abyss teamed with fellow Embassy members Jimmy Rave and Alex Shelley to compete in the Trios Tournament. The Embassy made it to the finals, defeath in ROH. However, Abyss left ROH before he could use the privilege.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

2002-2004

Before Chris Parks was known as Abyss, he debuted on TNA's very first show in 2002 as Justice. He took part in the Gauntlet For The Gold match to determine a new NWA World Heavyweight Champion but came up short.

Parks returned to TNA as "The Monster" Abyss in June 2003, debuting as a heel and attacking Jeff Hardy, although the feud was short lived as Hardy no showed their first match, resulting in a suspension. Afterwards, Parks was brought in as a bodyguard to Kid Kash. They continued to be allies until October, when Kash berated Abyss for losing a match and Abyss turned on and attacked Kash. Abyss gained a victory over Kash, but then lost a First Blood Steel Chair on a Pole match to his former partner. Soon after the loss the feud between the two ended.

Soon after, Abyss aligned himself with Don Callis. With this new alliance, Abyss soon feuded with Raven. The feud lasted for the rest of 2003, with the final match pitting Abyss and the Red Shirt Security (Kevin Northcutt and Legend) against Raven and The Gathering in a Steel Cage match. Abyss and his team came out victorious when the Gathering turned on Raven.

Going into 2004, Abyss entered his first major feud with A.J. Styles. On one show, Abyss was forced to team with Styles in a NWA World Tag Team Championship match against champions Red Shirt Security. Styles and Abyss won the titles, even when Abyss abandoned Styles near the beginning of the match. Abyss defeated Styles in a normal match the following show, and on the next gained control of the titles, defeating Styles in a Four Corners Tables match (Abyss was later stripped of the titles). The following show, both men fought to a no-contest in a Falls Count Anywhere match. The next show, Abyss defeated Styles again, this time in a Ladder match to become the top contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. However, Abyss lost the right to Raven in a match that also involved Styles and Ron Killings.

About a month after the feud with Styles, Abyss received a new manager, Goldylocks. She used Abyss to defeat her ex-boyfriend Erik Watts to win his contract. She kept using Abyss to win contracts for her, while also adding Alex Shelley to her group to assist. However, Goldylocks pampered Shelley and treated Abyss poorly. Watts returned for revenge, with Abyss, Shelley, and Goldylocks taking on Watts, Sonny Siaki, and Desire in a Six Person Mixed Tag Team match. During the match, Abyss turned on his team, attacking Goldylocks, and leaving the match and her for good.

Not long after separating from Goldylocks, Abyss began to feud with Monty Brown and Raven. The feud escalated into the first ever Monster's Ball match at TNA's first monthly pay per view, Victory Road. At Victory Road, Brown won the unique match when he pinned Raven. Abyss and Brown continued to feud until they met in a Serengeti Survival match at Turning Point, when Brown again came out victorious. Abyss also happened to take part in an incident at Universal Studios between TNA and World Wrestling Entertainment.

2005

During January of 2005, TNA stated on their website that Abyss and TNA parted ways. Abyss, however, signed a new contract shortly after he left, and appeared at Final Resolution, attacking Jeff Hardy. This led to a Full Metal Mayhem match between the two at Against All Odds with the winner becoming the top contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Abyss won the barbaric match and top contendership to the NWA title. This was not the last encounter though, as Abyss again fought Hardy at Destination X in a Falls Count Anywhere match. This time, Hardy won the match, but Abyss would slam him on thumbtacks after the match, getting the final laugh.

Once Hardy was out of the way, Abyss set his sights on the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, but one man stood in his way, his old rival A.J. Styles. The two wrestled for the #1 contendership at Lockdown in a Six Sides of Steel match in the main event. Styles won the match and the contendership, forcing Abyss to wait longer for an opportunity to wrestle for the NWA title.

Abyss did not have to wait long, as he competed in a Gauntlet For The Gold match at Hard Justice. On the iMPACT! prior to the event, Abyss won a ten-man Gauntlet for the Gold match to earn the right to be the twentieth entry in the match. Abyss made it to the final two, facing off against Ron Killings, with Abyss winning the match and once again having top contendership to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

Winning the match gave Abyss entry into the King Of The Mountain match at Slammiversary, pitting him against NWA World Heavyweight Champion A.J. Styles, Monty Brown, Raven, and Sean Waltman with the NWA title on the line in the main event. A new champion was crowned, not Abyss, but Raven, who "fulfilled his destiny."

Abyss, not happy with the loss, attacked Raven on the following iMPACT!, and got Raven's old nemesis, James Mitchell as Abyss's new manager. After weeks of attacks, Raven attempted to gain revenge on Abyss in a Steel Chain Dog Collar match under No Surrender rules at No Surrender with the NWA World Heavyweight Championship on the line. In the end, Raven pinned Abyss to retain the title, leaving "The Monster" without any gold.

Abyss was not happy, and showed it by attacking Lance Hoyt on the following iMPACT!. This started a feud between two of TNA's largest wrestlers, setting up a match at Sacrifice. Abyss defeated Hoyt at the event, and during the main event, attacked Sabu, starting one of the most violent wars in TNA history.

With the war beginning, Abyss and Sabu met in a No Disqualification match at Unbreakable, with Abyss defeating Sabu. They battled again at Bound for Glory in the Monster's Ball II match that also involved Jeff Hardy and Rhino, with Rhino winning the brutal encounter. Abyss also tried to gain a shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Championship the same night, competing in a Gauntlet For The Gold Match, but was eliminated by the victor, Rhino.

Abyss and Sabu continued to fight, leading to another No Disqualification match at Genesis, with Abyss again defeating Sabu, but not without Sabu exploiting one of Abyss's greatest fears: barbed wire. This set up a match at Turning Point to end the feud, making them fight in a Barbed Wire Massacre match. The match was so violent, it was voted TNA's 2005 Match of the Year. In the end, Sabu won the extremely brutal and bloody contest, finally getting his first pinfall over Abyss.

To close out the year, Abyss and Mitchell joined Planet Jarrett.

2006-present

As a favor to Scott D'Amore, Mitchell agreed to have Abyss take care of Rhino. Abyss and Rhino would wrestle at Final Resolution, with Abyss coming out victorious. They fought again on iMPACT!, with the match going to a draw after Rhino hit the Gore to Abyss through a wall. They had another match at Against All Odds in a Falls Count Anywhere match. Rhino won after he hit the Gore on Abyss off a set of bleachers through a stack of tables.

The feud ended at Destination X, with Abyss teaming with Jeff Jarrett and America's Most Wanted against Rhino, Ron Killings, and Team 3D in an Eight Man Tag Team War match. Abyss and his allies won when Jarrett pinned Killings.

Now that Rhino was out of the way, Abyss and Mitchell set their sights on NWA World Champion Christian Cage. For several weeks, Abyss, Mitchell, and Alex Shelley stalked Cage's wife. When Cage tried to stop them, Abyss attacked Cage in his own home. This set up an NWA title match at Lockdown in a Six Sides of Steel match in the main event. Cage won and retained the title, but Abyss attacked him and stole the belt.

Cage tried to get his title back, but Abyss would not give it to him unless he received another title shot. Abyss got his shot at Sacrifice in a Full Metal Mayhem match. At the event, Abyss would come up short, losing to Cage and another opportunity to win the title.

Abyss would still get one more title shot, qualifying for the King Of The Mountain match at Slammiversary by defeating old foe Rhino in a qualifying match. The match also included NWA World Champion Christian Cage, Ron Killings, Jeff Jarrett, and Sting. At the event, Jarrett won the match, but in controversial fashion.

After Abyss dropped out of the title picture, his services were requested by The James Gang to help them take on Team 3D, which James Mitchell accepted on Abyss's behalf. The two teams faced off at Victory Road in a Six-Man Tag Team match. Abyss and The James Gang won after Abyss pinned Brother Runt.

Brother Runt continued to feud with Abyss, challenging him to a match at Hard Justice, which Abyss accepted. Runt took the fight to Abyss, but in the end, Abyss came out the winner. Abyss and Runt still battled after this, with Abyss defeating Runt in a 10,000 Thumbtacks match on iMPACT!. After the match, Abyss was attacked by Raven, which led to a Hangman's Horror match on another episode of iMPACT!, in which Abyss came out as the winner. Abyss went on to defeat Raven and Runt at No Surrender in a No Disqualification Triple Threat match.

Abyss still feuded with Runt and Raven, while also going after Samoa Joe. Joe stole the NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt, and Abyss' services were offered by James Mitchell to TNA Management to retrieve the belt, which they accepted. Abyss failed to retrieve the belt, but a match at Bound for Glory was set: a Monster's Ball match featuring Abyss, Brother Runt, Raven, and Samoa Joe. Soon after the announcement, the legendary Jake "The Snake" Roberts was announced as the special guest referee for the match. At the event, Abyss would accidentally swallow many thumbtacks and lose as Joe pinned Raven.

Abyss once again had his eyes on the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, competing in the Fight For The Right Tournament. Abyss made it to Stage 3 of the tournament, defeating Lance Hoyt to receive a bye to the finals. Abyss went on to defeat A.J. Styles to win the tournament, earning the right to face Sting at Genesis for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Abyss faced Sting at the event, and defeated Sting by disqualification. Under TNA rules, a title can change hands on a disqualification, thus making Abyss the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion.

Following the event, Sting would try to reason with Abyss and turn him away from James Mitchell, and referring to Abyss as "Chris". Christian Cage would soon interject himself into this and would attack Abyss & Sting. Abyss would successfully defend the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Turning Point against Sting & Cage in a Triple Threat match. However on the following iMPACT!, Sting was able to get Abyss to choke Mitchell with Sting proceeding to steal the NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt, leading to the possibility of a face turn. However, the possibility ended when Abyss attacked Sting, returning to Mitchell.


At Final Resolution, Abyss lost the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in a Triple Threat Elimination match against Sting and Christian Cage, being the first competitor eliminated at the hands of the man who had been trying to "save" him from Mitchell and his past, Sting. Abyss would return shortly after to attack Sting with a steel chain whilst teasing a possible turn on Mitchell once more, allowing Cage to hit the frog splash on the helpless former champion to take back the belt he never lost.

On the January 24th edition of iMPACT!, Sting revealed (after looking through public records, and once again using Abyss' real name) that Abyss had been in prison for shooting his father in the back three times, sending him into a coma which he survived. At Against All Odds, Abyss fell to Sting in a Prison Yard match, with Sting taking out Mitchell after the match. At Destination X, Abyss again lost to Sting in a Last Rites match. On the March 22nd edition of iMPACT!, Abyss teamed with Sting to face Christian Cage and A.J. Styles. During the match, Mitchell returned with a woman who Abyss recognized. Abyss left with Mitchell and the woman, leaving Sting alone to fight Cage and Styles. The following week on iMPACT!, during a meeting between Sting and James Mitchell, it was revealed that the woman was Abyss' mother, and that she was the one who had actually shot Abyss's father, but Abyss took the blame to protect his mother.

With Mitchell threatening to call the police and tell them the truth, Abyss was forced to obey him. As a result, at Lockdown, Abyss joined "Team Cage" (Christian Cage, A.J. Styles, Scott Steiner, & Tomko) to face Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, Rhino, Sting, & Jeff Jarrett) in a Lethal Lockdown match, which Team Angle won. The following iMPACT!, after Abyss and Cage failed to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship from Team 3D, Abyss finally had enough, and turned face by giving James Mitchell a Black Hole Slam. But after Abyss got his bag of tacks and dumped the tacks on the mat to chokeslam James Mitchell on to the tacks Cage, Styles, Steiner, & Tomko attacked Abyss, leaving him a bloody mess after beating him with a chair and a barbed wire baseball bat, (kayfabe) putting him out of action.

On the last iMPACT! before Slammiversary, Abyss returned, losing a match to Cage by disqualification. Following the match, Abyss attacked the referee, security, and several members of TNA staff while Cage escaped. At Slammiversary, Abyss would gain a measure of revenge on Cage, defeating his ally Tomko in a bloody No Disqualification match that ended after he gave Tomko the Black Hole Slam onto glass. Three weeks after Slammiversary, Sting appeared with Abyss, who instead of having a mask on, appeared with Sting's facepaint. The following week, Abyss would speak for the first time in TNA, saying "Tomko... Styles... 3 days... Click... DOOMSDAY!", the phrase used by former manager James Mitchell. Abyss & Sting would go on to defeat Tomko & A.J. Styles at Victory Road, but not without receiving a message from James Mitchell himself, telling the two that his son, Judas Mesias, is coming to TNA.

Abyss & Sting would continue to feud with Christian's Coalition after the event. In a match between Abyss & Sting battling Cage & Styles in a Ladder match, Andrew Martin made his TNA debut, assisting Abyss & Sting to win the match. By winning the match, Abyss could make a match against Cage, picking a Doomsday Chamber of Blood match at Hard Justice with Abyss teaming with Sting & Martin to face Cage, Tomko, & Styles. At Hard Justice, Abyss' team would win the match when Abyss pinned Styles, thus earning Abyss the number one contendership to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

The following iMPACT!, Abyss successfully defended his contendership against Cage in a First Blood match, but was viciously attacked by TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Kurt Angle. The last iMPACT! before the event would have Abyss score a pinfall victory over Angle in a tag team match. At No Surrender, Abyss would fall to Angle after tapping out to the ankle lock. Following the bout, James Mitchell would appear again, and told him that "hell would be unleashed." Following the statement, a hand ripped through the ring and dragged Abyss into the ring.

Abyss would face Angle in a rematch on the following iMPACT!, this time in a Six Sides of Steel match. Abyss had Angle in Angle's ankle lock maneuver, when Judas Mesias appeared, coming out through the ring and attacking Abyss. Angle escaped, while Mesias choked out Abyss with barbed wire in the ring. Several weeks later Abyss would return to attack Mesias and Angle, who were assaulting Sting and Rhino. Mesias would suffer an injury outside of TNA, leaving James Mitchell to enlist the aid of Raven and Black Reign to feud with Abyss and Rhino. The four would battle at Bound for Glory in a Monster's Ball match, with Abyss picking up the victory with a pinfall over Raven.

Following the event, Abyss would battle against Mitchell & Black Reign, with Black Reign and Abyss attacking each other on several occasions. Black Reign, after an attack by Abyss, challenged Abyss to a Shop of Horrors match at Genesis, which Abyss accepted and won. After the match, Abyss was attacked and thrown off the stage by Black Reign and a mysterious wrestler, later identified as Rellik. Following the event, Abyss would continue to feud with Black Reign & Rellik and brought in Rhino to help him even. This rivalry lead to a Match of 10,000 Tacks with Abyss and Rhino teaming up to take on Black Reign and Rellik booked for Turning Point 2007. Rhino could not make the event due to a legit neck injury caused by Rellik during a match on iMPACT, so Abyss chose Raven as his new partner. Abyss & Raven won the match after Abyss hit the Black Hole Slam to Rellik on the thumbtacks.


During the weeks following Turning Point, James Mitchell threatened to reveal "a dark secret" of Abyss' past. In an interview conducted between Mitchell and Jeremy Borash, Mitchell revealed that Abyss' real name is Chris Parks. Mitchell also announced that he would be confronting Abyss the following week on iMPACT. In the confrontation Abyss did confirm his name was Chris Parks saying "Abyss is Chris Parks". When Mitchell demanded Abyss tell the world the dark secret of his past, Abyss refused stating "The secret lives with me and it dies with me!". Abyss then went to chokeslam Mitchell. This prompted the return of Judas Mesias. Following this event, Abyss and Mesias had a match at Final Resolution 2008 which Mesias won after a Straight to Hell onto a steel chair wrapped in barbed wire. After the match, Father James Mitchell ordered Mesias to restrain Abyss. Mitchell again demanded Abyss tell the world the dark secret of his past. Abyss refused yet again. Mitchell then stated "People who don't tell the truth will burn in hell!". Mitchell then grabbed a black bag which contained a container of gasoline which he poured over Abyss. Mitchell then lit a match but before he threw it on Abyss, security entered the ring and grabbed the matches. Father James Mitchell revealed on the January 17 edition of TNA Impact! that he was the actual (kayfabe) father of Abyss, Parks was in actuality his mother’s maiden name, whose real name is Chris Mitchell. On the January 24 edition of TNA Impact! Abyss issued a challenge to Father James Mitchell and Judas Mesias to a Barbed Wire Massacre at Against All Odds. At Against All Odds 2008 Abyss defeated Judas Mesias in the Barbed Wire Massacre after giving Mesias a Black Hole Slam onto a barbed wire board, however when this match aired on the pay-per-view it was pretaped at the IMPACT! Zone because the South Carolina Athletic Commission would not allow TNA Wrestling to hold this match in their state.

On the February 14 edition of iMPACT!, Abyss, who was scheduled for a match against Scott Steiner, left the ring before the match because of the beating he took at Against All Odds, but before leaving through the tunnel, Abyss, without showing his face, took off his mask. The official TNA web site has taken Abyss off the roster list. Rumours have it that he is coming back with a new gimmick, but under his given name Chris Parks.

In wrestling

  • Managers
    • Jeff G. Bailey
    • Wes Bitterman
    • Spookshow
    • Don Callis
    • Sin D
  • Nicknames
    • The Monster - as Abyss
    • The Weapon of Mass Destruction - as Abyss
    • The Power Child - as Eric Justice

Championships and accomplishments

References

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  2. ^ a b c Profile at OWW
  3. ^ NEWSBOARD - Prime Time Wrestling (5/23) Brick, NJ - Matches Announced
  4. ^ 1WRESTLING.COM - NEWSLINE - PRO WRESTLING'S DAILY NEWS SOURCE
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference AlmanacStats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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