Chris Parks
Biography
Christopher Parks, better known by his ring name "The Monster" Abyss, is an American professional wrestler most recently signed with Impact Wrestling.
As Abyss in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Parks is a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion, being the first of only two men to hold the title while competing under a mask. Abyss is the heaviest wrestler to hold the X Division Championship. He also captured the Television Championship once, the NWA World Tag Team Championship once with A.J. Styles and the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice with James Storm and Crazzy Steve. With having won all the required championships, Abyss was the fourth man to complete the Triple Crown Championship and the second to complete the Grand Slam Championship
Chris Parks was born in Washington, D.C. He attended high school in Cleveland, Ohio, where he played American football.
Training and debut
Chris Parks was trained by Roger Ruffin of the Northern Wrestling Federation (NWF). He won his debut match by disqualification. For the first few years of his career, Parks worked in the NWF as the Original Terminator, Chris Justice, and then Prince Justice.
In 2001, Parks worked for NWA Wildside, where he won the NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship with A.J. Styles. He also wrestled Jerry Lawler in Memphis Power Pro Championship Wrestling.
Parks was then discovered by Dutch Mantel, who at the time was booking the IWA Puerto Rico, when Mantel attended the first ever Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) pay-per-view in Huntsville, Alabama on June 19, 2002. Parks appeared at the pay-per-view in the Gauntlet for the Gold match under the ring name Justice. Mantel then booked Parks to appear in the IWA. The Abyss character first appeared in IWA at Golpe de Estado in July 2002 in front of 13,000 fans at the Roberto Clemente baseball park in Carolina, Puerto Rico, when he attacked and disabled Shane the Glamour Boy, who was scheduled to appear in the main event that night versus Savio Vega. While working for the company, Parks held the IWA Hardcore Championship, IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship, and IWA World Tag Team Championship. Parks worked in the IWA under Mantel for approximately one year until he rejoined TNA in 2003.
Acting (136 movies)
TNA Hardcore Justice 2015
2015
TNA LockDown 2015
2015
TNA Final Resolution December 2008
2008
TNA One Night Only: 10 Reunion 2013
2013
TNA Sacrifice 2016
2016
TNA One Night Only X-Travaganza 2013
2013
TNA Turning Point 2011
2011
TNA Slammiversary 2012
2012
TNA Slammiversary XII
2014
TNA Hardcore Justice 2013
2013
TNA Lockdown 2014
2014
TNA Lockdown 2007
2007
TNA Destination X 2006
2006
TNA Final Resolution 2010
2010
TNA Final Resolution 2005
2005
TNA Bound For Glory 2014
2014
TNA Destination X 2011
2011
ROH: Steel Cage Warfare
2005
TNA Bound for Glory 2015
2015
ROH: Enter The Dragon
2005
ROH: The Rise of Generation Next
2012
ROH: Showdown In Motown
2005
ROH: Tag Wars 2006
2006
ROH: Vendetta
2005
ROH: Buffalo Stampede
2005
ROH: Dissension
2006
WrestleCon SuperShow 2016
2016
TNA Turning Point 2012
2012
TNA Lockdown 2013
2013
TNA Slammiversary 2016
2016
TNA: Bound for Glory
2016
Total Nonstop Deletion
2016
TNA Best of the Bloodiest Brawls
2006
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XV
2017
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2
2008
TNA Wrestling: Phenomenal - The Best of AJ Styles
2004
MLW War Games 2018
2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018
2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Homecoming 2019
2019
Bar Wrestling 5: This Is Halloween
2017
TNA Victory Road 2009
2009
TNA Victory Road 2004
2004
TNA Against All Odds 2005
2005
TNA Turning Point 2004
2004
TNA Sacrifice 2005
2005
TNA No Surrender 2005
2005
TNA Destination X 2005
2005
TNA Lockdown 2005
2005
TNA Bound for Glory 2005
2005
TNA Final Resolution 2006
2006
TNA Genesis 2005
2005
TNA Against All Odds 2006
2006
TNA Genesis 2013
2013
TNA Wrestling: Bound for Glory
2007
TNA Turning Point 2006
2006
TNA Victory Road 2006
2006
TNA Lockdown 2006
2006
TNA Sacrifice 2006
2006
TNA Slammiversary 2006
2006
TNA Bound for Glory 2006
2006
TNA Slammiversary 2009
2009
TNA Wrestling: Global Impact! Japan
2008
TNA Final Resolution 2009
2009
ROH: Redemption
2005
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
2009
TNA Wrestling: Ultimate Matches
2008
TNA Wrestling: Phenomenal - The Best of AJ Styles Vol. 2
2007
ROH: Year Four
2014
Alex Shelley: Made in Detroit
2013
Bloodstained Honor
2008
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
2006
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
2016
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 1
2010
The Essential AJ Styles Collection
2016
TNA Destination X 2007
2007
TNA Against All Odds 2008
2008
TNA Sacrifice 2011
2011
TNA Against All Odds 2007
2007
TNA Against All Odds 2009
2009
TNA Destination X 2010
2010
TNA Against All Odds 2010
2010
TNA Hard Justice 2005
2005
TNA Unbreakable 2005
2005
TNA Slammiversary 2005
2005
TNA Turning Point 2005
2005
TNA Genesis 2007
2007
TNA Turning Point 2007
2007
TNA Victory Road 2010
2010
TNA Slammiversary VIII
2010
TNA Slammiversary XI
2013
TNA Victory Road 2007
2007
TNA Hard Justice 2006
2006
TNA Slammiversary 2007
2007
TNA No Surrender 2006
2006
TNA Genesis 2006
2006
TNA Final Resolution 2007
2007
TNA One Night Only: Live! 2016
2016
TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 2
2014
TNA One Night Only: #OldSchool 2014
2014
TNA Genesis 2012
2012
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