Southern Wrestling Federation Tag Team titles w/Blackie West defeating Team Freedom (February 3, 2006);
CWA Tag Team titles w/Mark Starr defeating Action Jackson & Billy Travis ();
NWA Florida Tag Team titles w/Sean Royal defeating ???? & ???? ();
NWA Bahamas Heavyweight title defeating ?????? ();
Career Highlights
Chris Champion’s brother is also a wrestler, former WCW jobber Mark Starr, who teamed with Chris Kanyon in “Men at Work”..
Chris Champion formed a tag team with Sean Royal known as The New Breed, a team that travelled from year 2002..
Chris Champion then went to USWA where he teamed with his brother Mark Starr in a team known as “WildSide”..
October 12, 1986–CWF: Mark Starr & The Falcon defeated The New Breed (Chris Champion & Sean Royal).
October 14, 1986–CWF: Dewey Forte defeated Chris Champion & The Cuban Assassin in a handicap match.
October 19, 1986–CWF: Dewey Forte defeated Chris Champion.
October 26, 1986–CWF: Chris Champion defeated Mark Starr.
October 30, 1986–CWF: Kendall Windham & Ron Simmons defeated Chris Champion & The Cuban Assassin.
November 4, 1986–CWF: Ron Simmons defeated Chris Champion.
November 11, 1986–CWF: The Falcon defeated Chris Champion.
November 18, 1986–CWF: Chris Champion defeated Chick Donovan.
December 6, 1986–CWF: Chris Champion defeated Jim Backlund.
December 7, 1986–CWF: Chris Champion defeated Mike Allen.
March 17, 1987–CWF: The New Breed (Chris Champion & Sean Royal) defeated Brady Boone & Ed Roberts.
November 26, 1987–UWF: The Sheepherders (Sheepherder Butch & Sheepherder Luke) defeated The New Breed (Chris Champion & Sean Royal) in a steel cage match to retain the World tag team titles.
December 4, 1987–UWF: The Sheepherders (Butch Miller & Luke Williams) defeated Chris Champion & Ron Simmons.
January 14, 1988–NWA: Chris Champion defeated Rocky King.
February 11, 1988–NWA: Chris Champion defeated Black Bart.
February 19, 1988–NWA: Chris Champion defeats The Gladiator #1.
March 4, 1988–NWA: Chris Champion defeated Pez Whatley.
March 6, 1988–NWA: Chris Champion defeated Shaska Whatley.
April 22, 1988–NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup: Chris Champion & Mark Starr defeated The Twin Devils (Curtis Thompson & Gene Ligon) in the 1st round. The Powers Of Pain (The Barbarian & The Warlord) defeated Chris Champion & Mark Starr in the 2nd round.
May 19, 1988–NWA: Ron Simmons defeated Chris Champion.
May 24, 21, 1988–NWA: Al Perez defeated Chris Champion.
June 3, 10, 1988–NWA: Larry Zbyszko defeated Chris Champion to retain the NWA Western States Heritage title.
September 1, 1988–NWA: The Russian Assassin #1 defeated Chris Champion.
September 11, 1988–NWA Worldwide: Chris Champion defeated David Isley.
September 18, 1988–NWA: The Sheepherders (Butch Miller & Luke Williams) defeated Chris Champion & Mark Fleming.
October 8, 1988–NWA: The Sheepherders (Butch Miller & Luke Williams) defeated Chris Champion & The Italian Stallion.
May 15, 22, 29, 1989–USWA: Chris Champion & Mark Starr defeated John Paul & Tracy Smothers.
June 5, 1989–USWA: Wildside (Chris Champion & Mark Starr) defeated Alan Reynolds & Jimmy Masters.
June 10, 1989–USWA: Chris Champion & Mark Starr defeated Deuce Mason & Frankie Lancaster.
June 17, 1989–USWA: Chris Champion & Mark Starr defeated Ken Raper & Van Van Horne.
June 19, 1989–USWA: Chris Champion defeated Tracy Smothers.
June 24, 1989–USWA: Action Jackson & Billy Travis defeated Chris Champion & Mark Starr to retain the CWA tag titles.
June 26, 1989–USWA: Bill Dundee & Nightmare Freddie vs. Wildside (Chris Champion & Mark Starr) ended in a no contest.
July 8, 1989–USWA: Chris Champion & Mark Starr defeated Action Jackson & Billy Travis.
July 10, 1989–USWA: Wildside (Chris Champion & Mark Starr) defeated Action Jackson & Billy Travis to win the vacant CWA tag titles.
July 15, 1989–USWA TV Taping: Wildside (Chris Champion & Mark Starr) defeated Chris Frazier, Freezer Thompson & Tim Hall.
July 17, 1989–USWA: Chris Champion defeated Lou Winston. Nightmare Freddie defeated Chris Champion.
July 24, 1989–USWA: Jeff Jarrett & Ricky Morton defeated Chris Champion & Mark Starr in the 1st round.
August 14, 1989–USWA: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson), Jason, Jeff Jarrett & Nightmare Freddie defeated Brickhouse Brown, Chris Champion, Harold Harris, Iceman Parsons & Mark Starr in a Texas Death match.
August 21, 1989–USWA: Brickhouse Brown, Chris Champion, Iceman Parsons & Mark Starr defeated The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson).
August 26, 1989–USWA: Jerry Lawler defeated Chris Champion. Chris Champion & Mark Starr defeated Jason & Nightmare Freddie.
August 28, 1989–USWA: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) defeated The Blackbirds (Action Jackson & King Parsons) and Chris Champion & Mark Starr in a 3-way tag team match.
September 4, 1989–WCWA: Wildside (Chris Champion & Mark Starr) defeated The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) to retain the CWA tag titles.
December 16, 1989–USWA: Chris Champion & Steve Austin defeated Dirty White Boy & The Soultaker.
December 27, 1989–USWA: Chris Champion defeated Dirty White Boy.
January 1, 6, 8, 1990–USWA: Dirty White Boy defeated Chris Champion.
January 10, 1990–USWA: Chris Champion defeated Dirty White Boy.
January 14, 1990–USWA: Brian Lee & Robert Fuller defeated Chris Champion & Dutch Mantell to retain the tag titles.
January 15, 1990–USWA: Chris Champion defeated The Soultaker by disqualification. Dirty White Boy, Jerry Lawler & The Soultaker defeated Chris Champion, Dutch Mantell & King Cobra.
January 29, 1990–USWA: Chris Champion defeated Dirty White Boy.
February 2, 1990–USWA: Chris Champion & Dutch Mantell defeated Brian Lee & Robert Fuller by disqualification.
February 5, 1990–USWA: Chris Champion defeated Dirty White Boy.
February 7, 12, 1990–USWA: Dirty White Boy defeated Chris Champion.
February 19, 1990–USWA: Chris Champion defeated Rockin’ Randy.
March 9, 1990–USWA: Chris Champion defeated Chris Youngblood.
March 24, 1990–USWA: Chris Champion defeated Ken Raper. Ben Jordan, Chris Champion & Mike Awesome defeated Ken Raper, Lou Winston & Rooster Cogburn.
March 26, 1990–USWA: Jerry Lawler & Ronnie P. Gossett defeated Chris Champion & Mike Awesome by disqualification.
April 2, 1990–USWA: Chris Champion defeated Rooster Cogburn.
April 9, 1990–USWA: Chris Champion defeated Lou Winston.
April 16, 1990–USWA: Chris Champion defeated Lou Winston. Bill Dundee, Chris Champion, Jeff Jarrett & Mike Awesome defeated Jeff Gaylord, Jerry Lawler, Ronnie P. Gossett & Sweet Daddy Falcone.
April 23, 1990–USWA: Chris Champion defeated Rockin’ Randy.
April 28, 1990–USWA: Chris Champion defeated Rooster Cogburn.
April 30, 1990–USWA: Dirty White Boys (Alex Porteau & Tony Anthony) defeated Chris Champion & Mike Awesome.
May 7, 1990–USWA: Mike Awesome defeated Chris Champion.
May 10, 1990–USWA: Inhuman defeated Chris Champion.
May 21, 1990–USWA: Chris Champion defeated Mike Awesome in a looser leaves town match.
May 28, 1990–USWA: John Stewart defeated Chris Champion.
June 19, 1990–USWA: Shaun Simpson & Steve Simpson defeated Wildside (Chris Champion & Mark Starr).
July 6, 1990–USWA: Cowabunga defeated Ken Wayne by count-out.
July 16, 1990–USWA: Cowabunga defeated Scott Braddock.
July 30, 1990–USWA: Cowabunga & Ken Wayne vs. Jeff Gaylord & Scott Braddock ended in a double count-out.
August 6-7, 1990–USWA: Cowabunga & Ken Wayne defeated Downtown Bruno & Jeff Gaylord.
August 13, 1990–USWA: Cowabunga defeated Jeff Gaylord.
August 20, 1990–USWA: Cowabunga defeated Brickhouse Brown.
August 27, 29, 1990–USWA: Cowabunga defeated The Galaxian.
September 3, 1990–USWA: Cowabunga defeated The New York Brawler.
September 17-18, 1990–USWA: Cowabunga defeated The Galaxian.
September 27, 1990–USWA: Cowabunga defeated Nebula.
October 1, 1990–USWA: Cowabunga defeated The New York Brawler.
October 22, 1990–USWA: Chris Champion defeated Lou Winston by disqualification.
October 29, 1990–USWA: Chris Champion defeated Sheik Ali Hassan.
November 5, 1990–USWA: Bill Dundee & Chris Champion defeated Samurai & Sheik Hussein.
November 6, 1990–USWA: Bill Dundee & Chris Champion defeated Downtown Bruno, Samurai & Sheik Hussein in a handicap match.
November 12, 1990–USWA: Doug Gilbert & Tony Anthony defeated Brickhouse Brown & Chris Champion.
November 19, 1990–USWA: Chris Champion defeated Sheik Ali Hassan by disqualification.
November 24, 1990–USWA: Brian Christopher, Chris Champion & Tony Williams vs. Joseph Magliano, Ken Wayne & Tony Anthony ended in a time limit draw.
November 26, 1990–USWA: Doug Gilbert defeated Chris Champion. Bill Dundee & Chris Champion defeated King Cobra & Lou Winston.
December 10, 1990–USWA: Joseph Magliano defeated Chris Champion.
January 14, 1991–UWA: Terry Garvin defeated Yoshi Kwan in the 1st round of the heavyweight title tournament.
June 5, 1993–Saturday Night: Yoshi Kwan defeated Rip Rogers in a dark match.
June 19, 1993–Saturday Night: Yoshi Kwan defeated Chris Sullivan in a dark match.
August 7, 1993–Saturday Night: Yoshi Kwan defeated Marcus Alexander Bagwell.
August 12-14, 1993–House Show: Yoshi Kwan defeated Frankie Lancaster.
August 14, 1993–Saturday Night: Yoshi Kwan defeated Brad Armstrong.
August 19-20, 1993–House Show: Yoshi Kwan defeated Brad Armstrong.
August 22, 1993–Main Event: Yoshi Kwan defeated Mike Winner.
August 28, 1993–Worldwide: Yoshi Kwan defeated Buck Quartermain.
September 4, 1993–Worldwide: Yoshi Kwan defeated Kenny Kendall.
September 4, 1993–Saturday Night: 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Yoshi Kwan by disqualification.
September 11, 1993–Worldwide: Yoshi Kwan defeated Keith Cole.
September 11, 1993–Main Event: Yoshi Kwan defeated Pat Rose.
September 11, 1993–Saturday Night: Yoshi Kwan defeated Buddy Rogan.
September 18, 1993–Worldwide: Yoshi Kwan defeated Frankie Lancaster.
September 18, 1993–Power Hour: Yoshi Kwan defeated Keith Cole.
September 19, 1993–Fall Brawl: Cactus Jack defeated Yoshi Kwan.
September 28, 1993–House Show: Bobby Eaton & Yoshi Kwan defeated Thunder And Lightning (Lightning & Thunder).
October 2, 1993–Saturday Night: Yoshi Kwan defeated Bubba Baker.
October 9, 1993–Saturday Night: Ric Flair defeated Yoshi Kwan.
October 16, 1993–Saturday Night: Cactus Jack defeated Yoshi Kwan.
October 23, 1993–Saturday Night: Arn Anderson & Paul Roma defeated Paul Orndorff & Yoshi Kwan.
March 16, 1996–FMW: Yoshi Kwan defeated Hayato Nanjyo.
March 18, 1996–FMW: Super Leather defeated Yoshi Kwan.
March 20, 1996–FMW: Horace Boulder defeated Yoshi Kwan.
March 21, 1996–FMW: Jason The Terrible defeated Yoshi Kwan.
March 22, 1996–FMW: Ricky Fuji & Yoshi Kwan defeated Hayato Nanjyo & Koji Nakagawa.
March 23, 1996–FMW: Horace Boulder & Yoshi Kwan defeated Hayato Nanjyo & Katsutoshi Niiyama.
March 24, 1996–FMW: Horace Boulder & Yoshi Kwan defeated Katsutoshi Niiyama & Tetsuhiro Kuroda.
March 26, 1996–FMW: Hayato Nanjyo defeated Yoshi Kwan.
March 27, 1996–FMW: Ricky Fuji & Yoshi Kwan defeated Hayato Nanjyo & Katsutoshi Niiyama.
March 28, 1996–FMW: Koji Nakagawa defeated Yoshi Kwan.
March 29, 1996–FMW: Katsutoshi Niiyama & Koji Nakagawa defeated Hisakatsu Oya & Yoshi Kwan.
March 30, 1996–FMW: Horace Boulder & Yoshi Kwan defeated Hayato Nanjyo & Katsutoshi Niiyama.
April 13, 1996–USWA: Yoshi Kwan defeated Tony Williams.
April 26, 1996–USWA: Cyberpunks (Cyberpunk Fire & Cyberpunk Ice) defeated Doug Gilbert & Yoshi Kwan to retain the tag titles.
May 2, 1996–ASW: Larry Valentine defeated Yoshi Kwan by disqualification.
May 9, 1996–ASW: Ben Mullins, Kid Sensation & Larry Valentine defeated Keith Arden, Ken Arden & Yoshi Kwan by disqualification.
May 16, 1996–ASW: Yoshi Kwan defeated Larry Valentine.
June 1, 1996–USWA: Flex Kavana defeated Yoshi Kwan.
June 2, 1996–USWA: Bart Sawyer defeated Yoshi Kwan.
July 22, 1996–USWA: Flex Kavana defeated Yoshi Kwan.
July 19, 2002: Chris Champion suffered a major stroke and is in the critical care unit of St. Thomas Hospital in Shelbyville, TN
Chris Champion is currently wrestling in the Middle Tennessee area and has been tag team champions with Blackie West.
January 27, 2006–Southern Wrestling Federation: The SS (Blackie West & Chris Champion) defeated JP Jones & Max Carnage..
February 3, 2006–Southern Wrestling Federation: The SS beat Team Freedom (JP Jones & Max Carnage) to win the Tag Team titles..
October 14, 2000–NWA 52nd Anniversary Show: Chris Champion defeated Slash by count-out.
August 7, 2007–XCW Mid-West: Hugh Rogue, Lonestar & Tracy Smothers defeated Chris Champion, Chuey Martinez & LA Warren.
December 25, 2008–NWA Main Event: Yoshi Kwan defeated The White Tiger.
January 22, 2012–SPW: Samuel, The Hood & Zamil defeated Karate Kid, Reaper & Shawn Northstar.
August 22, 2018: It has been announced that Chris Champion has passed away.
hometown: Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
height: 6' 1" (185 cm)
weight: 227 lbs (103 kg)
trained by: Boris Malenko,
Joe Malenko,
Dean Malenko
debut: 1984
previous names: Yoshi Kwan,
Cowabunga,
Dennis Smith,
Karate Kid,
SIN
