Kings of Wrestling
Members	Chris Hero Claudio Castagnoli Larry Sweeney Mitch Ryder Max Boyer Chuck Taylor Icarus Gran Akuma
Former members
Heights
Weights
Billed from
Promotions	CHIKARA, Ring of Honor, Combat Zone Wrestling
Debuted	2005
Disbanded

The Kings of Wrestling, is the stable of Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli, Larry Sweeney, Mitch Ryder, Max Boyer, Chuck Taylor, Icarus, and Gran Akuma from the CHIKARA wrestling promotion. As well as being a part of the Kings of Wrestling, Icarus and Gran Akuma regularly team together under the name F.I.S.T. both in and out of CHIKARA. However, outside of CHIKARA, the Kings of Wrestling is known only as the tag team of Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli. Together, Hero and Castagnoli are former CZW World Tag Team Champions, CHIKARA Campeones de Parejas, and ROH World Tag Team Champions, and at one point, held all three titles simultaneously.

Finishing and Signature MovesEdit

• Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli
  • K.R.S. O.N.E. – Kings Reign Supreme Over Nearly Everyone (Elevated flip into modified aided Michinoku Driver II)
  • K.R.S. T.W.O. – Kings Reign Supreme The World Over (Opponent is pulled by the legs into a flip from a sitting position in corner and let go into a release powerbomb)
  • |Hero's Welcome Kings of Wrestling Edition (Aided rolling cutter)
    • Royal Bomb (Double cross-arm sitout powerbomb)
    • Double Cravate Cutter (Elevated front flip neckbreaker)
    • Monkey flip into a splash or a spear
    • Electric chair hold / Cravate submission combination
    • Double elbow drop
    • Aided senton splash
    • Double big boot

• With Super Dragon
  • Super Curb Stomp (Hero holds the opponent in a reverse Indian deathlock with Claudio holding the same opponent in a surfboard stretch while Dragon hits a diving double foot stomp to the locked in opponent)

• • Theme music
    • We Are the Champions by Queen.
    • Sharp Dressed Man by ZZ Top
    • Blue Monday by Orgy (FIST Contingent)

Championships and accomplishmentsEdit

• CHIKARA
  • Campeonatos de Parejas – Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli (1 time), Icarus & Gran Akuma (1 time)
  • Tag World Grand Prix 2006 winners – Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli
  • Chikara Young Lions Cup IV – Max Boyer
  • Chikara Young Lions Cup V – Chuck Taylor

• Combat Zone Wrestling
  • CZW World Heavyweight Championship – Chris Hero (1 time)
  • CZW World Tag Team Championship – Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli (2 times)
  • CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship – Chuck Taylor (1 time, current)

• Ring of Honor
  • ROH World Tag Team Championship – Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli (1 time)

See alsoEdit

• Kings of Wrestling's event history
• Kings of Wrestling's gimmicks

ReferencesEdit

• Kings of Wrestling (Stable) Profile at Cagematch.net
• Kings of Wrestling (tag team) Profile at Cagematch.net