Chris Caulfield

Christian Hudson Caulfield (born 25 November 1966), better known by the ring name Chris Caulfield, is a Magisterian retired professional wrestler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Caulfield spent the vast majority of his career wrestling for DAVE, and is best known for being a heroic babyface with a no-nonsense, no-frills attitude. Outside from in-ring competition, he is a highly regarded creative writer and is responsible for establishing various stars like Tanner Silverdock, Patrick and Vincent Jackson, Puma Cool, Steven Beckham, and Travis Stine as profitable main event draws.

Caulfield began his career in 1984, working under the name Romeo Romaro. Caulfield took a four-year hiatus in 1986 to go to university, and would return in 1990 under his real name. In 1996, Caulfield would announce his departure from Golden Canvas (GCTG) and signed a full-time contract with the fledging Danger And Violence Extreme (DAVE) promotion.

Shortly after Vibert's acquisition of DAVE, Caulfield were one of the four men to be chosen as DAVE's four aces, with the other three being Eric Tyler, Elton Rando, and Genghis Rahn. For the better part of his career, Caulfield was involved in a high-profile feud with Eric Tyler that lasted from 2002 to 2004 which drew big money for the company, and also capturing the DAVE Extreme Championship four times.

Caulfield retired from active in-ring competition in DAVE's final pay-per-view Rock And Roll Over in 2007 against Chris Morissette in a losing effort. Shortly after the closure of DAVE, Caulfield acquired Violent Extreme Wrestling (VEW) and gave the company a new identity which launched the company's status as the fourth-largest for fifteen years before VEW closed in the same day the DAVE off-shoot company Danger And Violence Is Destiny (DAVID) was created by Phil Vibert.

Early life
Christian Hudson Caulfield was born in Bella Vista, Philadelphia, on 25 November 1966, the son of Jean-Marc Caulfield (died May 1998) and Claudette Bertrand. He has four younger sisters named Yvonne (born 1968), Brigitte (born 1972), Louisette (born 1976), and Angeline (born 1979). He attended Bella Vista High School, where he was a member of the football and basketball teams. He graduated in 1983 and decided to pursue a professional wrestling career.

Early career and hiatus (1984-1990)
Caulfield began training under George DeColt in mid-1983, shortly after graduating from high school. Performing under the name Romeo Romaro and playing as a flamboyant prima donna, Caulfield wrestled his first match on 04 December 1984, for Golden Canvas Traditional Grappling (GCTG), losing to Rick Rumble. For the latter half of his early career, he was one of GCTG's prominent midcard talents and was actually positioned to become GCTG's next main event stars before he announced his hiatus from professional wrestling in early-1986 to go to university.

Return from professional wrestling and departure (1990-1996)
In 1990, Caulfield, now working under his real name, returned to GCTG and won the GCTG International Tag Team Championship in his return match with George DeColt as his teammate; they would lose it to The Blazing Flames in January 1991. Since after losing the Tag titles, Caulfield would then capture the belts two more times with different teammates.

In 1996, Caulfield announced his departure from the company. Caulfield's final match in GCTG was against Burt Selleck which he won the match. After leaving GCTG, he would sign a full-time contract with the fledging Danger And Violence Extreme (DAVE) promotion.

Danger And Violence Extreme (1996-2007)
In November 1996, Caulfield signed a contract with DAVE. He would wrestle his first match with the company in the Highway in the Danger Zone! event in a winning effort against Andrew Barber. Afterwards, he continue to get over with the fans via squash matches before getting his first feud against Kurt Laramee for the DAVE Extreme title. Albeit he was unsuccessful in his first quest on capturing DAVE's world title, it was one of the most hottest feuds at that time and definitely helped DAVE commercially.

After many attempts, Caulfield defeated then-DAVE Extreme champion Henry Lee to capture his first ever singles championship. Additionally, Caulfield turned face and became the heroic babyface with a no-nonsense, no-frills attitude that many fans know up until today. Caulfield's first title reign lasted 72 days before losing it to Boss Hoss, who would also lose the belt 8 minutes later to Eric Tyler.

Almost 2 years later, Caulfield would capture his second DAVE Extreme title at the 2001 Blood and Thunder event in a Three-Man Extreme Eliminator against Eric Tyler and Elton Rando, which ended in a time limit draw before a 45-minute sudden death was held with Caulfield pinning Tyler with a Danger Driver.

His second reign as DAVE Extreme Champion only lasted 39 days before dropping it to Chris Morissette. After losing the belt for the second time, he was put in the tag team division for a while with Brent Hill as his tag team partner. In their first match together as a tag team, it became very over with the fans that it became a regular tag team under the name 'The Untouchables' and would then capture the DAVE Tag Team titles for a record-tying 5 times. The Untouchables would then break up after Brent Hill's departure from DAVE, and Caulfield was then put on the DAVE Extreme championship scene once again.

Caulfield would win the DAVE Extreme title twice in 2003, during the peak of the Tyler-Caulfield storyline. Albeit his final reigns were just as short as his first two reigns, Caulfield's title defenses were regarded as one of Caulfield's best performances in his career, with one match being awarded the five-star rating from Simon Stanford.

Caulfield remained a huge part of DAVE's main event scene after 2003 but he began going down the card thanks to his declining physical health and he often putted younger talent over. In 2005, he won the DAVE Television title, becoming one of the only men to complete DAVE's triple crown. In 2006, Caulfield announced his retirement in the last Danger Zone TV of the year. After an emotional speech, he was interrupted by Chris Morissette; who would attack him after cutting a promo. The Morissette-Caulfield feud became Caulfield's last ever storyline in his career, and the storyline was put to an end in DAVE's final pay-per-view, the 2007 Rock And Roll Over event where Caulfield lost to Morissette. Just a month after Caulfield's retirement, DAVE closed down its doors due to bankruptcy.

After Danger And Violence Extreme (2007-present)
Months after DAVE's closure, Caulfield announced his acquisition of Violent Extreme Wrestling and promised "big changes" in the company. Caulfield's creative genius skyrocketed VEW's popularity and made VEW a new batch of fantastic main event draws; most notably Tanner Silverdock, Puma Cool, Patrick and Vincent Jackson, and Travis Stine.

On 26 November 2022, Caulfield closed down VEW after Vibert announced the creation of a DAVE off-shoot company named 'Danger And Violence Is Destiny'.

Professional wrestling style, persona, and legacy
Since his retirement in 2007, Caulfield has been widely regarded and cited as one of the greatest and most influential professional wrestlers of all time. Master Sports ranked him seventh on their top 100 greatest wrestlers of all-time list. Several former world champions have named Caulfield as part of their "Four Pillars" of Magisterian wrestling, including PMWA stars Yoshimi Mushashibo, Shuji Inukai, and Nobuatsu Tatsuko.

Sporting a bandana and goatee, coupled with his ring attire which consisted of leather jeans and a plain black t-shirt, Caulfield relied on his personality and charisma to become popular.