chris nowinski

Chris Nowinski Billed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Billed weight 270 lb (120 kg) Born September 24, 1978 (1978-09-24) (age 30)

Arlington Heights, Illinois Resides Watertown, Massachusetts Trained by Al Snow

Tazz Debut June 10, 2002 Retired May 24, 2004

Christopher John Nowinski (born September 24, 1978 in Arlington Heights, Illinois) is an author and a former professional wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment. Nowinski is renowned for being WWE's first Harvard alumnus, as he graduated with an A.B. in sociology. Following his wrestling career, he wrote Head Games: Football's Concussion Crisis, which examined the long-term effects of head trauma among athletes. He is still under contract with WWE. He attended John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights, IL. Contents [hide] 1 Wrestling career 1.1 2002 1.2 2003 1.3 2005 2 In wrestling 3 Championships and accomplishments 4 Writing career 5 Notes 6 External links //

Wrestling career

Nowinski was one of the three finalists on WWE's first series of Tough Enough, which Maven Huffman won. After failing to win the competition, Nowinski made appearances in independent promotions before finally being hired by WWE and entering its developmental territories. Nowinski competed as Chris Harvard, capitalizing on his status as an alumnus of Harvard University. Nowinski made his first major independent appearance in London, England for the Frontier Wrestling Alliance promotion at its Lights Camera Action show on December 14, 2001. Nowinski competed in its main event teaming up with Alex Shane to defeat Drew McDonald and Flash Barker.[1] Though this was the only show Nowinski did for the promotion, he regards it as the best promotion he has ever worked for outside of WWE.[2][3]

2002 Nowinski competing for WWE.

On the June 10, 2002 edition of RAW, Christopher Nowinski debuted in WWE, helping William Regal beat Bradshaw in a WWE European Championship match. Nowinski and Regal formed a short-lived team, helping each other win matches. On the June 17, 2002 edition of RAW, Christopher Nowinski defeated Spike Dudley in his WWE in-ring television debut. In October 2002 Nowinski began a feud with his former Tough Enough teacher Al Snow, with Nowinski defeating his former teacher on a few occasions. Late in November 2002, Nowinski brought Maven Huffman into this feud saying he shouldn't have won Tough Enough. In December 2002, Nowinski formed a short-lived tag team with D'Lo Brown. This duo defeated Al Snow and Maven on two occasions, one being on the December 8, 2002 edition of WWE Heat and again on the December 9, 2002 edition of RAW. The following week on RAW (December 16, 2002) Nowinski defeated Maven by pulling Maven's tights. Nowinski and D'Lo then went on to