Chris Hero named matchmaker for West Coast Pro Wrestling
Chris Hero has a new role in wrestling.
The 43-year-old was at a West Coast Pro Wrestling event on Saturday night from the United Irish Cultural Center in San Francisco and announced he was the promotion’s new matchmaker.
CHRIS IS AWESOME!! @WCProOfficial pic.twitter.com/tBfkd3cjrD
— chris (@lariatszn) March 5, 2023
Hero has not wrestled since a set of NXT UK tapings from West Midlands, England on March 6 & 7, 2020. He was one of many names released from WWE the following month.
During his in-ring career from 1998-2020, Hero won the PWG World title, IWA Mid-South Heavyweight title, EVOLVE Championship, wXw World Championship, and the CZW Championship. His Kings of Wrestling tag team with Claudio Castagnoli won titles in ROH, Chikara, CZW and was voted Tag Team of the Year in the 2010 Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards.
West Coast Pro has been running events in California since 2018. Titus Alexander is the promotion’s current champion. Past champions include Alex Hammerstone, AJ Gray, and Jacob Fatu. Masha Slamovich defeated Sandra Moore last night in the finals of a tournament to determine the company’s inaugural women’s champion.
West Coast Pro shows are available to stream on IndependentWrestling.TV.
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