Kris Wolf

Kris Wolf
Kris Wolf's first title defense at Shinkiba 1st Ring
Birth name Kris Hernandez
Born (1984-08-12) August 12, 1984[1]
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Blood Rayne[2]
Crazy Wolf[3]
Gaki Ōkami[4]
Kris Wolf
Shadow[5]
Billed height 1.47 m (4 ft 10 in)[1]
Billed weight 51 kg (112 lb)[1]
Trained by Fuka Kakimoto[6]
Nanae Takahashi[6]
Io Shirai[6]
Debut August 10, 2014[1]

Kris Hernandez[7] (born August 12, 1984) is an American professional wrestler, photographer, voiceover talent, and YouTube personality, best known by the ring name Kris Wolf.[1] She wrestled for World Wonder Ring Stardom in Japan, where she is a former High Speed Champion, as well as a founding member of the Oedo Tai stable. She has also wrestled for Ring Of Honor, AWS and Pro Wrestling: EVE.

Originally working as a freelance photographer in San Francisco, California, Hernandez wanted to become a wrestler after living a year and a half in Japan and seeing a Stardom match on YouTube.[7][8]

She was trained by Fuka Kakimoto, Io Shirai and Nanae Takahashi and debuted August 10, 2014, in a three-way match with Reo Hazuki and Koguma.

Professional wrestling career

World Wonder Ring Stardom (2014–2018)

On August 10, 2014, Wolf had her debut match for World Wonder Ring Stardom in a losing effort against Reo Hazuki and Koguma in a three-way match. She won her first title, the High Speed Championship, by defeating Mayu Iwatani and Kagetsu in a three-way match on February 23, 2017.[9] She lost the title to Shanna on July 16.[10] On December 2, Wolf won the Alternative Wrestling Show (AWS) Women's World Championship, defeating Nicole Savoy.[11]

Wolf left World Wonder Ring Stardom on March 25, 2018.[12]

Post-Stardom (2018-present)

Since leaving Stardom, Wolf has been competing regularly on the independent circuits in the UK, Ireland, North America and mainland Europe.

Personal life

Wolf is originally from Chicago, Illinois, and is of Filipino descent. She spent most of her childhood and teenage years in New Jersey, where her and her sister were raised by her mother. After moving out at the age of 18, she eventually settled in San Francisco, California.[13] She relocated to Tokyo, Japan, where she lived for 6 years, after the breakup of a long term relationship; she originally visited Japan just as a retreat and fell in love with the country after spending 20 days cycling through the Japanese countryside.[14] She worked as an English teacher in Tokyo for a year and a half until somebody suggested that she should consider doing Joshi Pro Wrestling after she was having second thoughts about her career; this led her to finding a Stardom match on YouTube and signing up to train at the promotion.[14]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 クリス・ウルフ. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). August 22, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ 2016年10月23日　Stardom Mask Fiesta2016. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). October 23, 2015. Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  3. ↑ 2015年10月25日　Stardom Mask Fiesta2015～Halloween Party～. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). October 25, 2015. Archived from the original on October 26, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ 2017年10月29日　Mask Fiesta2017. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). October 29, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  5. ↑ 2014年10月26日　「Stardom Mask Fiesta2014」～Halloween Party～　新木場1stRing. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). October 26, 2014. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 "Stardom High Speed Champion Kris Wolf makes her Women of Honor debut at Best in the World". Ring of Honor. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  7. 1 2 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-wrestling-idUSKCN0X40PK
  8. ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/multimedia/japan-s-female-pro-wrestlers-blur-the-lines-between-decorum-and-brutality-1.3525184
  9. 1 2 2016年2月23日　Stardom of Champions2017. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). February 24, 2017. Archived from the original on February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  10. ↑ 2017年7月16日　Stardom×Stardom2017. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). July 16, 2017. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  11. ↑ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1139&page=5&reign=8
  12. ↑ https://twitter.com/we_are_stardom/status/977779099715301376
  13. ↑ http://falconjoshi.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/david-falcon-interviews-kris-wolf.html
  14. 1 2 https://www.rohwrestling.com/news/rohwrestlingcom-exclusive-interview-stardom-star-kris-wolf
  15. ↑ 2017年12月3日　Rise Brutalit試合結果. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). December 3, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
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