Roderick Strong

Christopher Lindsey (born July 26, 1983) is an American professional wrestler signed with WWE where he currently performs on their Raw brand under the ring name Roderick Strong, and is a member of The Undisputed Era.

He is known for his 13-year tenure with Ring of Honor, 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. He is also known as the second ROH Triple Crown Champion.

Early Career
He debuted as The Jester on the Floridian independent circuit before quickly changing to his current name. He worked for IPW Hardcore and NWA Florida before debuting for ROH in September of 2003, where he alongside Alex Shelely, Jack Evans, Matt Sydal, and Austin Aries would form GENERATION NEXT. Strong would eventually begin to wrestle for ROH's sister promotion, FIP, along with PWG, where he became PWG World Champion, having one of the longest reigns in the title's history.

WWE
Smackdown (2005)

On January 13, 2005, Strong made a one-off appearance in World Wrestling Entertainment's SmackDown episode. On the episode, Strong was defeated by Kurt Angle in Angle's "3-Minute Hometown Hero Challenge".

RAW (2020)

On August 16th, 2020, Roderick Strong was announced as the newest member of the RAW brand. Strong would make his on screen debut the next night on the August 17th edition of RAW, being involved in a segment with The Undisputed Era, consisting of former friends Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reily, as well as Jake Anderson. Strong made his in-ring debut on August 30th at SummerSlam (2020), defeating 8 other men to win the RAW Over The Top Rope Battle Royal, including the likes of former world champions Seth Rollins and Randy Orton. On the September 7th edition of RAW, Roderick Strong made his debut to the brand, defeating Seth Rollins in a singles match.

Undisputed Era and Feud With Adam Cole (2020)

On the September 7th edition of RAW, Roderick Strong was revealed as the newest member of The Undisputed Era. Strong, alongside Jake Anderson, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reily would beat down Adam Cole. That same night, Triple H announced a single elimination tournament to determine a new number one contender for the WWE Championship, held by Kenny Omega at the time. Roderick Strong was revealed as one of the participants, alongside Randy Orton, Dolph Ziggler, Jimmy Jacobs, Jay White, Jimmy Havoc, and Tyler Breeze. On the September 14th edition of RAW, Roderick Strong defeated Dolph Ziggler in the first round of the WWE Number One Contendership Tournament. Once again, The Undisputed Era would beat down Cole, who won the WWE Intercontinental Championship that night from Maxwell Jacob Friedman. Strong would end up being eliminated from the tournament the following week on the September 21st Edition of RAW, suffering his first loss in the company to Randy Orton in the the semi-final match of the tournament On the September 25h Edition of Smackdown, General Manager Kurt Angle would announce Roderick Strong and Jake Anderson would face the reigning WWE Tag Team Champions, Jon Moxley and Karrion Kross, for the titles at No Mercy.

In Wrestling

 * Finishing moves
 * Death by Roderick (Fireman's carry double knee gutbuster)
 * End of Heartache (Vertical suplex lifted and dropped into a double knee backbreaker)
 * Gibson Driver (Sitout double underhook powerbomb) – adopted from Jamie Noble
 * Sick Kick (Single leg running dropkick)
 * Strong Hold (Elevated Boston crab while kneeling on the opponent's back or a straight jacket)
 * CX '02 (Crucifix cutter) - early career
 * CX '03 (Straight jacket Gory neckbreaker) - early career
 * Inverted cloverleaf, sometimes with bodyscissors - early career


 * Signature moves
 * Backhand chop
 * Dropkick
 * Double underhook suplex
 * Multiple rib breakers
 * Multiple backbreaker variations
 * Argentine, sometimes while dropping to a kneeling position
 * Canadian, sometimes while dropping to a seated position
 * Capture suplex onto the knee
 * Double underhook
 * Half nelson
 * Pendulum; sometimes onto the top turnbuckle
 * Power-Breaker (Powerbomb onto the knee)
 * Olympic slam
 * Superplex

Nicknames Tag teams and stables Entrance themes
 * "The Messiah of The Backbreaker"
 * Generation Next (ROH)
 * The Undisputed Era
 * "5 Minutes Alone" by Pantera (ROH)
 * "A Victim, A Target" by Misery Signals (WWE)
 * "Shock The System" by CFO (WWE; Current)
 * "Undisputed" by CFO$ (WWE; used as apart of The Undisputed Era)

Personal Life
In December 2015, Lindsey got engaged to mixed martial artist (and fellow professional wrestler) Marina Shafir. On April 24, 2017, Shafir gave birth to their first child, Troy Veniamin Lindsey. The two were married on November 7, 2018.

Championships and accomplishments

 * World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE