Chris Youngblood facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Chris Youngblood |
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| Birth name | Christopher Romero |
| Born | February 10, 1966 Amarillo, Texas |
| Died | July 7, 2021 (aged 55) Portland, Oregon |
| Family | Ricky Romero (father) Mark Youngblood (brother) Jay Youngblood (brother) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Brave Sky Chris Youngblood Medicine Man Pronto |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 235 lb (107 kg; 16.8 st) |
| Trained by | Ricky Romero |
| Debut | 1985 |
| Retired | 2019 |
Christopher Romero (born February 10, 1966 – died July 7, 2021) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known by his wrestling name, Chris Youngblood. Chris came from a wrestling family. His father was Ricky Romero, and his brothers were Mark and Jay Youngblood.
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Professional Wrestling Career
Starting Out
Chris Romero began training to be a professional wrestler when he was just 13 years old. He made his first official appearance in 1985, using the name Chris Youngblood. In 1986, he started teaming up with his brother, Mark, after their older brother, Jay, passed away.
Chris and Mark became a successful tag team. They wrestled in places like World Class Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Council. They were also known as The Tribal Nation in the Global Wrestling Federation and the United States Wrestling Association. In the USWA, Chris changed his wrestling style and became a "heel" (a bad guy). He wrestled for a manager named Skandor Akbar and used the name Pronto. During this time, Chris had a wrestling rivalry with a young wrestler who later became very famous, Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Success in Puerto Rico
Chris and Mark had a very popular time wrestling in Puerto Rico for the World Wrestling Council. They won many Tag Team Championships there. However, on July 17, 1988, a very serious and sad event happened backstage. Because of this, Chris and Mark decided to leave the WWC shortly after.
They then signed with Ted Turner's World Championship Wrestling (WCW). In WCW, they were known as "The Renegade Warriors." They often appeared on WCW television and had exciting matches against famous teams like The Steiner Brothers and The Road Warriors.
Wrestling in Japan
In the late 1990s, Chris started using the name "The Visionary" Chris Romero. He traveled to Japan many times to wrestle by himself. He even won matches against well-known wrestlers like Rob Van Dam.
Later, Chris formed a tag team in Japan's Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) with a wrestler known as "Super" Leatherface. They had important wins against other tag teams like Jado and Gedo, and Masato Tanaka and Tetsuhiro Kuroda. They were always trying to win the FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship. Chris went into semi-retirement in late 1999 because of a hip injury.
Later Career and Training
After his semi-retirement, Chris continued to wrestle part-time in different wrestling promotions in Texas. He even competed for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship. He also teamed up with his nephew, "Radical" Ricky Romero III.
In 2005, Chris started helping to organize wrestling shows and wrestled part-time for a promotion in Amarillo, Texas. In 2006, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) was interested in hiring Chris to help train new wrestlers and find new talent.
In April 2007, Chris opened the Romero Academy of Wrestling in Amarillo. This academy helped train new wrestlers. He also managed a group of wrestlers called "Bloodline," which included wrestlers whose fathers or grandfathers were also famous wrestlers. Chris later started his own wrestling promotion called Renegade Outlaw Wrestling.
He continued to wrestle on the independent circuit. In 2019, he reunited with his brother Mark to team up again in Puerto Rico.
Death
Chris Romero passed away on July 7, 2021, when he was 55 years old.
Championships and Accomplishments
- Cauliflower Alley Club
- Family Wrestling Award (2015) – with Ricky Romero, Jay Youngblood and Mark Youngblood
- National Wrestling Alliance
- NWA Australasian Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Mark Youngblood
- World Wide Wrestling Alliance
- WWWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- World Wrestling Council
- WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Mark Youngblood
- WWC World Tag Team Championship (6 times) - with Mark Youngblood
- Professional Wrestling Federation
- PWF Brass Knuckles Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #331 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1991
- PWI ranked him #100 of the 100 best tag teams during the PWI Years with Mark Youngblood in 2003
- Southern Championship Wrestling
- SCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Mark Youngblood
