“The Phenomenon”

“The Human Tsunami”

“Your Wet Dream”

 “Perfection Personified”

The arena is at a hush anxiously anticipating the next competitor when suddenly “Sexy Back” by Justin Timberlake feels the arena. The crowd goes into a frenzy upon hearing the music. Slowly, “The Phenomenon”, Stryfe makes his way to the top of the entrance. He stands still at the top of the ramp with his head down under his hooded attire. He quickly grabs the hood and throws it off of his face as he pounds his chest. This quickly brings an overwhelming amount of mixed reaction over the arena. He makes his way down to the ramp now dancing as he does so. He taunts some fans on the way which just brings upon a “Stryfe Sucks” chant that Stryfe seems to enjoy thoroughly as he dances his way up the steep steps.

He walks across the ring apron before turning around and looking out over the arena once again running his mouth. The crowd continues their chorus of boos as Stryfe turns around and enters the ring between the middle and top rope. He makes his way to the closest turnbuckle, and he climbs it. He raises his arms with a cocky grin on his face. The “Stryfe Sucks” chant merely continues before Stryfe jumps down doing the same on the remaining three turnbuckles. He dances in the center of the ring for a second removing his entrance attire before walking over to the turnbuckle once more. He jumps up and lays upon it as he waits for his opponent and the match to begin.

Stryfe is a wrestling phenomenon that began wrestling at the early age of 17 years old. He dreamt of becoming a wrestler all of his life. However, his parents were clearly against him becoming a professional wrestler for the fear that he could get really hurt and for the fact that professional wrestling was not seen as a true occupation by them. At the age of 15, young Chris Durden made the decision to go to train to become a wrestler. His parents told him if he left, he would not be allowed back. That was a chance that he was willing to take, and he left his house. Making his way to a local gym, Chris quickly began training and working out to gain the body of a professional wrestler. Due to his housing circumstances, his best friend, Adam’s family, took him in.

Chris began wrestling on the indy scene almost immediately after training which is a rare spectical in the wrestling business. During his fourth match-up in the gym he was training at, he was founded by the one and only Perry Saturn. Perry took Chris in knowing that this kid had a natural talent that he has never seen before in his own career. Perry, at the time, was on his way out of the WWE, and he was focusing on training youngens to become wrestlers. He found dates for young Chris, and he ended up giving him his first home in an industry by the name of EIW.

In EIW, Chris was the brash young kid that was kind of reserved. However, when he approached the ring, he grew an ego that would be his little trademark for the rest of his career. Approaching his seventeenth birthday, Chris took upon the character Stryfe. He came upon this name himself as the word Strife means “competition or rivalry”. He simply replaced the I with a Y and he was on his way. His introduction was nothing huge. He signed a small contract and was told that he probably wouldn’t amount to anymore more than a jobber. Chris was very unpleased by this, and he vowed to show them that he was much more than a jobber. Chris made his way to the ring during his first event with the promotion, and he called out the world champion, Ridge. Needless to say, Stryfe got his ass handed to him. However, he was given the respect from the top guys for calling out Ridge. He also learned that in order to accomplish anything in this business, you have to earn it. He ended up winning his first title, the EIW TV Title, from Damage in his fourteenth match. From there, Stryfe vowed to show EIW that he was indeed someone to watch. After losing the TV Title, Stryfe quickly picked up the EIW Intercontinental Championship. Weeks later, EIW ended up closing due to the death of the owner. It was at this moment that Stryfe realized that he had what it took to be a big name in the wrestling business.

Perry Saturn hooked Stryfe up with an opportunity in FWF next. Stryfe was clearly one of its better athletes which upset Stryfe quite a bit. Stryfe ended up winning the World Championship in one of his first matches. Stryfe held the title for months before deciding that he wanted to be part of an industry where he could be challenged in order to be a household name.

It was at this time that Stryfe began to float around a few different locations and picking up various titles such as the ESW Galactic Title (x3), ESW Tag Team Championship (x2), ESW World Championship (x1), WWIW Hardcore Championship (x1), WWIW Homemade Title (x2), and the PWF European Championship (x1).

Then, Perry Saturn introduced Chris to a place where he would become the household name he always knew he could be. That place was none other than the UWF. Stryfe won his debut match-up which put him as the number one contender for the Hardcore Championship. In Stryfe’s second match, he beat the well-known UWF Hardcore champion, Ricky Stanton. This immediately brought attention to Stryfe. In Stryfe’s third match-up, he qualified for an elimination chamber match for the Intercontinental Championship. In his fourth match and first UWF PPV, Stryfe became the UWF Intercontinental Champion. Due to the title rule, Stryfe was forced to drop the Hardcore Title, but he began a reign as the UWF Intercontinental Champion that furthered his case that he was going to be a legend in this business. Now, at the age of nineteen years old, Stryfe solidified himself as a fighting champion and a gutsy risktaker at that. However, verbal disputes led to Stryfe leaving the UWF for a short time.

He went to SWF from May 2005 to July 2005. Here, Stryfe feuded with a man by the name of Matthew Duncan for three months. He finally was able to beat Matthew Duncan where he became the second SWF Champion. He ended up leaving the SWF to head back to the UWF shortly after winning the title.

Back at the UWF, Stryfe made it his goal to get to the top of the ladder. Stryfe made his way through a world title tournament which culminated at British Massacre 2005. Stryfe faced Shane Trudex in one hell of a Hell in a Cell match where Stryfe lost his first match in the UWF becoming 18-1-1. Stryfe was furious that he was unable to win the world title that he wanted to become so bad. In true Stryfe fashion, he made his way back to the top of the ranks getting himself a second title shot. At UWF’s Rise to Glory, Stryfe achieved his goal of becoming the UWF World Champion in a King of the Mountain match against four other top UWF members. This would be the beginning of the Stryfe era as he held the title for a lengthy six month long reign. At All of Nothing, Stryfe lost the championship to Jason Lee after UWF’s biggest feud at the time.

Over the years, Stryfe has feuded with plenty of wrestlers such as Ricky Stanton, Gary Reece, Lance Mikes, Marissa Russo, Kasper, Paul Cannon, Razorblade, Khristian Call, Jason Lee, Paul Cannon, Icon, Billy West, Gage Gannon, Curt Evans and others. Stryfe became a UWF Hall of Famer as well which almost secures his legendary status in the UWF.

EIW TV Championship
EIW Intercontinental Championship
FWF World Championship
ESW (Excellence Superstar Wrestling) Galactic Championship (x3)
ESW (Excellence Superstar Wrestling) Tag Team Championship (x2)
ESW (Excellence Superstar Wrestling) World Championship
ESW (Excellence Superstar Wrestling) Hall of Famer
WWIW Hardcore Championship
WWIW Homemade Championship (x2)
PWF European Championship
ESW (Elite Superstar Wrestling) World Championship
UWF Hardcore Championship
UWF Intercontinental Championship
UWF Universal Championship (x3)

UWF Hall of Fame Inductee 2005