Roderick Strong

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Christopher Lindsey (born July 26, 1983) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Roderick Strong.

He is best known for his tenure with WWE, where he performed on the NXT brand. He is also known for his 13-year tenure with Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former one-time ROH World Champion, a two-time ROH World Television Champion, and a one-time ROH World Tag Team Champion with Austin Aries, which made him the second-ever ROH Triple Crown Champion (after Eddie Edwards).

In 2000, he debuted on the Floridian independent circuit. He worked for IPW Hardcore and NWA Florida, before debuting for ROH in September 2003. In mid-2004, Strong joined forces with Alex Shelley, Austin Aries, and Jack Evans, collectively known as Generation Next. As part of Generation Next, Strong won the ROH World Tag Team Championship with Austin Aries. Strong later turned on Aries, forming a new faction, the No Remorse Corps, with Davey Richards and Rocky Romero. During this time, he was also competing for ROH's sister promotion, Full Impact Pro (FIP), and debuted for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). Strong toured Japan with Dragon Gate and Pro Wrestling Noah and had a brief stint in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in 2005.

In FIP, he won the World Heavyweight Championship three times, and the Tag Team Championship twice, once with Erick Stevens and once with Rich Swann. In PWG, he is a one-time World Champion and a three-time World Tag Team Champion, having held the title with Davey Richards, Pac, and Jack Evans, respectively. In addition, he is the only wrestler to win PWG's annual Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament with two different partners (Pac in 2007 and Jack Evans in 2008).

After signing with WWE in 2016, Strong debuted in NXT as a fan-favorite before turning into a villain and joining The Undisputed Era, where he became a two-time NXT Tag Team Champion (both with Kyle O'Reilly) and a one-time NXT North American Champion. As the leader of The Diamond Mine, he became NXT Cruiserweight Champion once.

Professional wrestling career
Roderick Strong
Strong in February 2016
Birth name	Christopher Lindsey
Born	July 26, 1983 (age 39)[1] Eau Claire, Wisconsin, U.S.[2]
Alma mater	University of South Florida
Spouse(s)	Marina Shafir (m. 2018)
Children	1
Ring name(s)	Roderick Strong
Billed height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[1][3]
Billed weight	200 lb (91 kg)[1][3]
Billed from	New Orleans, Louisiana[1] Tampa, Florida[3][4]
Trained by	Jim Neidhart[5] The Warlord[5] Prince Iaukea[5] Tim Mahoney[6]
Debut	2000

Championships and accomplishments​

Strong is a former ROH World Television Champion in Ring of Honor

Strong is a two-time NXT Tag Team Champion as a member of The Undisputed Era in WWE's NXT brand

• American Wrestling Federation
  • AWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Championship Wrestling from Florida
  • NWA Florida X Division Championship (3 times)[79][80]
• Full Impact Pro
  • FIP Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Erick Stevens (1) and Rich Swann (1)[81][82]
  • FIP World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[83][84]
• Florida Entertainment Wrestling
  • FEW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Independent Professional Wrestling
  • IPW Florida Unified Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
  • IPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Sedrick Strong[85]
• Independent Wrestling Association East Coast
  • IWA East Coast Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[86]
• Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
  • Revolution Strong Style Tournament (2008)[87][88]
• Lethal Wrestling Federation
  • LWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Premiere Wrestling Xperience
  • PWX Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Eddie Edwards[89][90]
• Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
  • PWG World Championship (1 time)[91]
  • PWG World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Davey Richards (1), Pac (1) and Jack Evans (1)[92][93]
  • Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament (2007) – with PAC[94]
  • Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament (2008) – with Jack Evans[95][96]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 13 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2011 and 2016[97][98]
• Pro Wrestling Noah
  • Nippon TV Cup Jr. Heavyweight Tag League Outstanding Performance Award (2010) – with Eddie Edwards[99]
• Ring of Honor
  • ROH World Championship (1 time)[100]
  • ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Austin Aries[13][101]
  • ROH World Television Championship (2 times)[102]
  • Survival of the Fittest (2005)[103]
  • Honor Gauntlet (2010)
  • Toronto Gauntlet (2010)
  • Second Triple Crown Champion
• SoCal Uncensored
  • Match of the Year (2006) with Jack Evans vs. Super Dragon and Davey Richards, March 4, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla[104]
  • Match of the Year (2013) with Eddie Edwards vs. Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet) and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) on August 9[105]
• South Florida Championship Wrestling
  • SFCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • SFCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Justin Venom
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Most Improved Wrestler (2005)
• WWE
  • NXT Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[106][107]
  • NXT North American Championship (1 time)[108][109]
  • NXT Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Bobby Fish, Adam Cole, and Kyle O'Reilly (1)1 and Kyle O'Reilly (1)[110][111]
  • NXT Year-End Award(2 times)
    • Tag Team of the Year (2018, 2020) – with Kyle O'Reilly (2018), and with The Undisputed Era (2020)

 

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