In 2000, Adams and his girlfriend at the time, Linda Kaphengst, were found at a friends house having overdosed on GHB and booze - Adams would recover, but Kaphengst died half a day later in hospital. This would've been enough for him to get noticed by the WCW booking committee, who then push him to the moon with a heelish male stripper gimmick?

He was an actor, known for WCW Monday Nitro (1995), WCW Saturday Night (1985) and WCW Thunder (1998). He was the brother of legendary Judo star Neil Adams.

The Superkick is a great move, but it shouldn't happen in every other match. Gotta feel bad for the kids.

Chris Adams was born on February 10, 1955 in Stratford, London, England. Born in Rugby, Warwickshire; Adams was billed from nearby Stratford upon Avon, and in a few matches, was billed from London. ... WWE stars need to stop doing so many Superkicks. He was married to Karen Burge, Toni Adams and Jeanne Clarke.

Sure as fuck isn't an easy life for some of these guys, whether they bring some of it on themselves or not. How different would the entire pro wrestling industry be if Steve Austin never lost his long flowing blond locks and adopted the Superkick from his former mentor, Chris Adams?

A brief yet high-profile angle between Chris Adams and Great Kabuki was played out during the summer of 1985 over which wrestler had the most lethal kick: Chris Adams and his superkick … -Chris Adams fatally shot in a drunken fight in 2001.

In addition, Tatum began using a thrust kick (similar to Chris Adams' superkick), which he called the California Kick. "Gentleman" Chris Adams' enzuigiri was often mistakenly called a superkick before bringing the real maneuver itself to the U.S. from his stint in Japan.

Tatum drew huge controversy in a July 6, 1990 match at the Dallas Sportatorium, whereas Tatum was slapped by Tessa, who became Dundee's valet. In America, this maneuver was made famous by Bad News Brown , who used a running variation simply known as a running enzuigiri in which he calls it … The first wrestler to use the superkick as a finishing move was “Gentlemen” Chris Adams, aka “Steve Austin’s trainer,” in WCCW in the 1980’s, aka “Von Erich’s territory.” #5 Superkick - Chris Adams Dolph Ziggler has been using the Superkick as his finisher for some time now, giving it precedence over his other finisher -- The Zigzag. Christopher Adams (February 10, 1955 – October 7, 2001) was a British professional wrestler, judoka, trainer and promoter who was best known for his work in Dallas-based World Class Championship Wrestling. Chris Adams (wrestler) is within the scope of WikiProject Professional wrestling, an attempt to improve and standardize articles related to professional wrestling.If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, visit the project to-do page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and contribute to discussions.