Chris Andrews - Pro Wrestling Retirement
Chris Andrews professional Wrestler from Devon had his last wrestling match and retired from Professional on Sunday November 18th 2018 at Big League Wrestling Last Stand vs Adam Maxted.
BLW Last Stand Will premiere on Sunday 2nd December 2018 on Fite TV you can watch Chris Andrews vs Adam Maxted and the whole event including PAC first UK match back here
Chris Andrews started his career in 2005 and is from Crediton, Devon, England, UK and was trained at Varsity Pro Wrestling.
Chris spent 13 Years in Professional wrestling spanning many different promotions including
Premier promotions
All Star Wrestling
CSF Wrestling
Big League Wrestling
Varsity Pro Wrestling
Pro Wrestling Pride
NWA
DWA
Pro EVW
PWA
Swiss Wrestling Entertainment
UPW
Pro Wrestling Chaos
European Wrestling Association
Chris Andrews has held many titles through these different companies
BLW Tag Team Championship
DWA Tag Team Trophy Championship
(2x)
Pro Evolution Heavyweight Championship
PWP Heavyweight Championship (2x)
VPW Championship
I have known Chris Andrews for over 5 years and first met Chris Andrews on the south west wrestling scene. Chris Andrews to me was very unique, he was an imposing figure there wasn't many wrestlers of his size in the south west at the time, Chris Andrews was in tremendous shape and really stood out to me because of it.
Chris Andrews was The Devon Powerhouse, he used his size and power to best effect, frequently hitting his opponents with Powerslams, clotheslines and massive delayed Standing Vertical suplexes which sometimes Chris would hold his opponent up in the air for 10 seconds or more.
Chris had a finishing move called the TKO which he hoists his opponent on his shoulders spins them around and in mid air pans them to the mat! I saw Chris hit this move so many times and modifying it, and being innovative in the way that he would hit his finisher.
Check out the video below of Chris Andrews Finishing Move The TKO (From 1 min 22 seconds)
Over the years I have seen Chris Andrews Wrestle in many promotions across the country and I have seen him have some incredible matches, matches that spring to mind that I have included (but there are so many more which I haven't so take the time to check them out!)
Chris Andrews vs Bram vs Doug Williams vs Eddie Ryan was a match that lives long in the memory. The Match was 4 Way Elimination Rules and during the match Bram and Chris Andrews fought to the outside and Bram hit Chris Andrews in the head with a frying pan, the pan bent in half and had the most horrible sound as it connected with Chris head, following this Chris was covered all over in blood.
Chris Andrews got down to the final two however after a Piledriver on the chair, Bram beat a bloody and bruised Andrews to the title.
Another memory that really sticks out was the incredible Last Man Standing Match that Chris Andrews had vs Eddie Ryan at BLW Grandslam.
See photos below from Andrews vs Ryan Last Man Standing
To me it is a favourite match, 2 Men from the South West on a big stage, taking all the chances and delivering a tremendous match for the fans they went to tear each other apart and to blow the roof of the building and they certainly did.
The Match though as great as it was also left Chris with a severe elbow injury, and injury which stopped him competing a lot through 2018.
Chris also competed all over Europe also most notably at Swiss Wrestling Entertainment where he faced Matt Cross see the video of the match below
Match Videos
Chris Andrews vs Matt Cross - SWE
Chris Andrews vs Bram vs Doug Williams vs Eddie Ryan PWP
Other Matches
Chris Andrews vs Adam Maxted
Shark Island (Adam Maxted and Chris Andrews) defeated Team GB (Big Grizzly and Dave Mastiff)
Street Fight Chris Andrews vs Eddie Ryan
Chris Andrews vs Mason Ryan
Chris Andrews vs Big Grizzly
Chris Andrews vs Chris Masters
I would like to personally thank Chris Andrews for everything he has done in British wrestling and not just for being a great wrestler, an entertaining wrestler but also for being a great person too.
People like Chris are hard to find and he will be a huge miss in British Professional wrestling, Thank you and Well done for all you have achieved in your career, I hope your proud and happy of what you achieved and I wish you all the best in your retirement from the ring.
Thank you for it all.
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Jonathan Orchard
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