Chris Caulfield

Christian Hudson Caulfield (born 25 November 1966) is a Magisterian businessman, promoter, sports executive, and retired professional wrestler known for his involvement in professional wrestling, ice hockey, and mixed martial arts. He is the co-owner of the Red Star Combat mixed martial arts promotion. Caulfield is also the president, and CEO of the Violent Extreme Wrestling (VEW) promotion.

Credited for his abilities on the microphone, Caulfield wrestled for Phil Vibert's Danger And Violence Extreme, from 1991 up until the company's demise in 2007. Widely considered one of the greatest wrestlers of his generation, his matches against Alexander Robinson, Yoshimi Mushashibo, and Nobuatsu Tatsuko in the 1990s are argued by many fans and experts in the industry as some of the greatest professional wrestling matches of all time. He is known for his hardcore wrestling style and martial arts strikes, which earned him the nickname "The Icon of Violence". In DAVE, he was a 3-time Undisputed Champion, a 7-time Lords of the Ring Champion, and a two time winner of the King of Hardcore tournament. During the 1990s and throughout the 2000s, Caulfield was one of the five-person group called 'Extreme 5' (Mushashibo, Inukai, Tatsuko, Caulfield, Maruya), and the 'Extreme 5' was considered to be DAVE's aces of their respective styles (Mushashibo, Inukai, Tatsuko being the three aces of the King's Road style, Caulfield being the ace of the hardcore style, and Maruya being the ace of the lucha libre style, and also the ace of DAVE's women's division)

In October 2007, Caulfield announced his purchase of the Bella Vista-based Violent Extreme Wrestling (VEW) promotion, which sent shockwaves throughout Magisterian wrestling. Caulfield used his genius booking and star power to put VEW on the map, and the company eventually became the third largest behind Golden Canvas Traditional Grappling and Pride Glory Honor Wrestling.