5 Things you need to know about Chris Hero

4: He was trained by an array of legends

Hero was trained by a number of pro wrestling legends

Chris Hero began training to wrestle in his native Ohio, way back in 1998 under the legendary Les Thatcher, who’s also helped train Dean Ambrose, Umaga, Charlie Haas, Jamie Noble and Nigel McGuiness amongst others. Hero also spent time in Florida training under Dory Fuk Jr. who is one of the pioneers of modern pro wrestling. He also spent a great deal of time in the early 2000’s wrestling under Tracy Smothers, who he now considers one of his mentors.

Hero has also trained under boxing coach marshall Kaufmann and British wrestling legend Johnny Saint. Speaking about Britain, he spent time there in 2002 at the Blue Bloods Wrestling Camp learning under William Regal, Dave Finlay and Dave Taylor. In 2003, Hero took clinics in lucha libre under Jorge Rivera, who was also a trainer at Ultimo Dragon’s gym in Mexico.