Chris Sabin
Josh Harter (born February 4, 1982 in Detroit, Michigan), better known as Chris Sabin, is an American professional wrestler, currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and multiple independent promotions.
Career
Chris Sabin was trained by Scott D'Amore and various other wrestlings at the Can-Am Wrestling School, a professional wrestling school operated by D'Amore in Windsor, Ontario. He debuted in 2000, and began working for D'Amore's Border City Wrestling promotion, and for independent promotions in his home state of Michigan.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Sabin joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2003 and immediately began competing in the X Division. On April 30, 2003, he defeated Jerry Lynn and defending champion Amazing Red for the TNA X Division Championship. His reign lasted for three months before he lost the title to Michael Shane in the first ever Ultimate X match on August 20.
On September 3 of that year, Sabin won the 2003 Super X Cup, thus becoming the number one contender to the X Division Championship. He regained the X Division Championship on January 7, 2004, defeating Shane, Christopher Daniels and Low-Ki in the second Ultimate X match. He was stripped of the title in March 2004 after a knee injury left him unable to defend it.
After returning from injury, Sabin took part in the World's X Cup, forming Team America with Jerry Lynn, Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper. On May 26, Team America defeated Team Mexico, Team Canada and Team Japan in a two hour pay-per-view event which saw the teams fight one another in a variety of matches. The finals saw Sabin wrestle the Canadian Petey Williams and the Mexican Héctor Garza in an Ultimate X match, which Sabin won when he retrieved a large red "X" which had been suspended above the ring on steel cables.
Throughout the remainder of 2004 and early 2005, Sabin continued to feud with Michael Shane, by now wrestling as Matt Bentley. In September 2005 he began a feud with Shocker.
In wrestling
Quotes
- "Hail Sabin!"
Finishing and signature moves
- Cradle Shock (cross-legged Samoan driver)
- Future Shock (modified fisherman buster)
- Sabalizer (ura-nage backbreaker)
- Chicken-wing piledriver
- Running crucifix powerbomb
- Bum Rush (scoop into swinging neckbreaker)
- Leap of Faith (springboard plancha)
- Sabin Edge (iconoclasm)
- Over Easy (crucifix into DDT)
Championships and accomplishments
- 2-time BCW Television Champion
BWCW
- 1-time BWCW Cruiserweight Champion
FIW
- 1-time FIW American Heavyweight Champion
GLAPW
- 1-time GLAPW Junior Heavyweight Champion
International Wrestling Cartel
- 2004 IWC Super Indy Tournament winner
Michigan Marquee Wrestling Association
- 1-time MMAW Marquee Champion
Maximum Pro Wrestling
- 2-time MXPW Cruiserweight Champion
- 2005 Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup winner
- 1-time NWA Great Lakes Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time NWA Great Lakes Junior Heavyweight Champion
OCW
- 1-time OCW Tag Team Champion
- 2-time TNA X-Division Champion
- 2003 Super X Cup winner
- 2003 World X Cup winner (with Jerry Lynn, Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper)
Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling
- 1-time XICW Tag Team Champion (with Truth Martini)