Chris Bey began his wrestling career at Future Stars of Wrestling (FSW) in Las Vegas under the name Chris Strong. Here he trained underDisco Inferno,Kenny King,Sinn Bodhi FKA Kizarny, andKevin Kross aka Karrion Kross. Shortly after beginning training Bey made his debut at Big Valley Wrestling in a tag match with partner Heck Dynamite where they would be known as “Dynamite Strong”.In late 2017, Bey would start wrestling for PCW Ultra and in his debut match, he defeated Adrian Quest. Then a month later on October 6, he would defeatHammerstone before going on a three-match losing streak in the promotion. During his brief losing streak, Bey would lose to the likes ofJake Atlas andA. C. H. Bey made hisWWE debut as anenhancement talent on the October 11, 2019, episode of205 Live where he lost toAriya Daivari.[10]
Impact Wrestling / Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2018–present)
On the November 29, 2018, episode ofImpact!, Bey made his firstImpact Wrestling appearance when he teamed with Mike Sydal, as both unsuccessfully challengedThe Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier andZachary Wentz)[11] Before officially signing with Impact on February 19, 2020, Bey made couple more appearances during the late 2018 and 2019 where he would face the likes ofLuchasaurus,Peter Avalon,Daga andJake Crist .[4] On the March 17 episode ofImpact!, Bey had his first victory on Impact Wrestling, when he defeated Damian Drake.[12]
During the second night ofRebellion, which aired on April 28, Bey defeatedRohit Raju,Suicide andTrey in his Impactpay-per-view debut, establishing himself as anX Division performer.[13] Bey received his firstImpact X Division Championship match on the May 5 episode ofImpact!, where he andAce Austin unsuccessfully challenged the X Division ChampionWillie Mack in athree-way match.[14] After Mack successfully retained his championship againstJohnny Swinger on the May 19 episode ofImpact!, Bey attacked Mack along with Swinger, solidifying himself as aheel in the process.[15] On June 25, Impact announced that Bey would challenged Mack for the X Division Championship onSlammiversary, after he pinned Mack in asix-man tag team match.[16] At theSlammiversary, Bey defeated Mack to win the X Division Championship.[17] On the August 18 episode of Impact'sEmergence - Night 1, Bey lost the championship to Rohit Raju in a three-way match that also involvedTJP, thus ending his reign at only 31 days.[18] After losing the X Division title, Bey quietly moved towards the main event scene where he competed for theImpact World Championship. On December 12 atFinal Resolution, Bey lost to championRich Swann in his first world title opportunity.
Bey competed in an Ultimate X Match for the X-Division at theSlammiversary 2021, but the match was won byJosh Alexander.[19] Backstage after the match, Bey found aBullet Club shirt on his chair in the locker room, teasing him joining the group.[20] The following week, the newly debutedJay White questioned if Bey had accepted his offer to join Bullet Club, though Bey initially declined, White told him to think about the offer.[21] On the July 29 episode ofImpact, White and Bey teamed for the first time losing toImpact World Tag Team ChampionsDoc Gallows andKarl Anderson.[22] The following week, Bey defeatedJuice Robinson and officially joinedBullet Club after the match.[9]
On the March 2, 2023 episode ofImpact, Bey along withAce Austin defeatedThe Motor City Machine Guns to win the Impact World Tag Team Championship for the first time in his career.[23] On July 15, atSlammiversary, Bey and Austin lost the tag titles toSubculture in afour-way tag team match also involvingRich Swann andSami Callihan, andMoose andBrian Myers, thanks toThe Rascalz interfering in the match.[24] On September 14 atImpact 1000, Bey grabbed the Impact World Tag Team Championship briefcase during theFeast or Fired match. On October 5, Impact announced that Bey and Austin would invoke this opportunity atBound for Glory for the Impact World Tag Team Championship against The Rascalz. At Bound for Glory, Bey and Austin defeated The Rascalz to become Impact Tag Team Champions for the second time in their careers.[25]
On March 8, 2024, atSacrifice, Bey and Austin lost the tag titles toThe System members Brian Myers andEddie Edwards, ending their reign at 134 days,[26] only to regained them atSlammiversary on July 20.[26] On September 13 atVictory Road, Bey and Austin lost the tag titles back to Myers and Edwards, ending their third reign at 55 days.[27]
On the October 27 tapings ofImpact, Bey suffered a legitimate injury during his and Austin's match againstThe Hardys. The match was immediately called off by the referee and Bey was stretchered out and taken to a nearby hospital, where he received surgery. The details of his injury were kept private and aGoFundMe was later set up to help fund his recovery.[28][29] On January 21, 2025,Rob Van Dam gave an update on Bey, stating that Bey suffered a broken neck but was no longer paralyzed.[6] On February 13, Bey posted a video of himself walking and gave an update on his injury, stating he received a C6-C7 neck fusion and a C6-T1 spinal cord fusion and was given a 10% to 25% chance of ever walking again.[30] On March 23, 2025,Future Stars of Wrestling (FSW) held a benefit show, with appearances by wrestlers from various promotions such asAEW,WWE, and TNA. Bey made his first appearance since the incident to close the event.[31] On April 17 atUnbreakable. Bey made his return to TNA programming, where he gave an update on his recovery and thanked the fans for their support.[32][33] On October 12 atBound for Glory, Bey made an appearance to announce the show had set a new TNA attendance record of 7,794.[34]
Bey made hisRing of Honor (ROH) debut on the March 16, 2019 tapings ofROH TV where he defeated Damian Drake in a dark match. His next appearance was another dark match on September 28 atDeath Before Dishonor XVII, where he teamed up with Slice Boogie in a losing effort againstJosh Woods andSilas Young.
On November 2, 2020, Bey was announced forNew Japan Pro-Wrestling'sSuper J-Cup tournament.[35] On December 12, Bey defeated Clark Connors in the first round of the tournament but ultimately failed to defeat eventual runner upA. C. H. in the semifinals.
On September 25, 2021, Bey,El Phantasmo,Taiji Ishimori, andHikuleo would team up as theBullet Club for the first time collectively as they defeated Clark Connors,Lio Rush,TJP, and Juice Robinson. The next day, Bey would take his first NJPW loss since joining Bullet Club when he and El Phantasmo lost to Chris Dickinson and former Bullet Club memberRobbie Eagles.
On September 20, 2021, Chris Bey dropped a single by the name of "Time" on hisYouTube channel that also made it onITunes.[36] On September 20, 2022, Chris Bey released a music video on his YouTube channel by the name of "Best Version".[37] On January 31, 2023, Chris Bey released another music video on his YouTube channel by the name of "Real Life".[38] On July 23, 2023, Chris Bey released a music video by the name of "Call Back" on his music topic YouTube channel.[39][40] Chris Bey also has several other different songs, tracks and albums on his music topic YouTube channel as well.[41]
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