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Karl Anderson
Chad Allegra (born January 18, 1980) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he competes on the Raw brand under the ring name Karl Anderson as part of the The O.C. Anderson is known for his work as a tag team specialist, most notably in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former four-time IWGP Tag Team Champion. He also holds the record for the longest reign and most defenses with the title, achieved on his first reign with former partner Giant Bernard. Anderson and Bernard also held Pro Wrestling Noah's GHC Tag Team Championship, and were voted tag team of the year by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter in 2011. Anderson is a founding member and the second leader of the Bullet Club stable, and a three-time winner of NJPW's top tag team tournament, the G1/World Tag League, having won it in 2009 with Bernard, in 2012 with Hirooki Goto and in 2013 with Doc Gallows. He also wrestled for Southern California-based independent promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) between 2007 and 2009. Anderson spent the majority of his career in Japan, before signing with WWE alongside Gallows, A.J. Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura in 2016. In WWE, Anderson has won the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship twice with Gallows.
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Born
1980-01-18
Birth Place
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Nickname(s)
Killshot
Height
1.8288
Residence
Fairfield,_Ohio
Education
Mars_Hill_College
Spouse(s)
Christine Bui
Children
4
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Karl Anderson On Who Decided To Put Ace Austin Into Bullet Club

Karl Anderson recently discussed the decision to have Ace Austin join the Bullet Club. Anderson and Rocky Romero talked about Austin joining the organization at NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 29 Finals, noting that the decision was one made by Scott D’Amore. As to whether he was consulted...
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Karl Anderson Describes AJ Styles Reaction To Drinking Beer

The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) joined SiriusXM’s Busted Open Radio for an hour-long discussion. Karl Anderson reflected on the night they were the headline dark match at Madison Square Garden with WWE in September 2019. After the bout, there was an in-ring segment involving “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and AJ Styles, which resulted in Styles asking Anderson if he should drink the beer handed to him.
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Women's trios match, Heath vs. Karl Anderson set for Impact Wrestling

Two new matches have been added to Thursday's Impact Wrestling as Heath will take on Karl Anderson in addition to women's trios action. Anderson and Heath will be on opposite side of a Hardcore War match at next Saturday's Hard to Kill pay-per-view as The Good Brothers team with Violent by Design to take on Heath, Rhino, Eddie Edwards, Rich Swann and Willie Mack.
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Hiroshi Tanahashi Gives High Praise To Karl Anderson

During a recent appearance on the “Ace’s High” podcast, Hiroshi Tanahashi commented on his 2010 match against “Machine Gun” Karl Anderson in the 2010 G1 Climax, and more. He said,. “This was Anderson emerging somewhat. I guess I was the litmus test for that, and Anderson passed with a win...
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Hiroshi Tanahashi Praises Karl Anderson As ‘My Type of Wrestler’

Hiroshi Tanahashi is a fan of Karl Anderson, who he’s faced in the ring many times in NJPW. The NJPW star’s latest part of his Ace’s High interview series saw him looking back at his 2010 match against Machine Gun in the 2010 G1 Climax, and he shared his respect for Anderson during the discussion.
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Karl Anderson Is Confident AJ Styles Will Return To Impact Wrestling

AJ Styles officially joined WWE back in 2016, and since then he’s become one of the top stars in the company. The Phenomenal One also brought his friends Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows along with him to WWE, but Gallows and Anderson were released last year. The former Raw Tag...
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Impact Wrestling Preview: Rich Swann vs. Karl Anderson in a Bunkhouse Brawl

– Impact Wrestling returns with a new IMPACT! on AXS TV tonight. Programming will start at 7:00 pm EST with Before The Impact, with the main card starting at 8:00 pm EST. Tonight’s show will feature Rich Swann vs. Karl Anderson in a Bunkhouse Brawl, plus more. Here’s the updated lineup for tonight’s Impact Wrestling:
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Wrestler Karl Anderson under fire for bizarrely ripping WWE after Daffney Unger’s death

AEW and Impact Wrestling star Karl Anderson got himself into hot water on Twitter Thursday night after he bashed the WWE for a bizarre reason. Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful reported in a tweet that the WWE sent a message to all of their wrestlers Thursday, saying they would provide counseling services to anyone “in need of help.” The memo came after former wrestler Daffney Unger was pronounced dead, just a day after posting a troubling Instagram Live where she talked about her mental health struggles.
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Karl Anderson Gets In Heated Exchanges With Fans Over WWE’s Mental Health Counseling

I don’t see this going well. WWE is a big company and has more resources than they know what to do with most of the time. The good thing is that they are able to use some of those resources in good ways at the right time. That is something they were trying to do this week, but it seems that one of the company’s former employees is not exactly seeing things the WWE way.
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Karl Anderson Takes Shot At WWE & Has Words With Fans

Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Champion Karl Anderson is trending worldwide tonight after getting it into with several fans on Twitter over his response to WWE reminding their roster about mental health counseling after the tragic passing of former WCW/TNA star Daffney. As noted, Daffney passed away on Wednesday night...
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Rich Swann vs. Karl Anderson bunkhouse brawl set for Impact

The ongoing feud between Impact Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers and Rich Swann & Willie Mack will continue next Thursday as Swann takes on Karl Anderson in a bunkhouse brawl. Anderson and Doc Gallows took out Mack and Swann in their non-title match on last week's show. After their...
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Karl Anderson Goes Ballistic On Fans Following WWE’s Mental Health Reminder

AEW and Impact Wrestling Superstar Karl Anderson was in no mood to deal with fans after they gave him some crap for responding to a report that WWE gave its roster a reminder about their mental health services. We noted earlier here on eWn that WWE sent out a text message to their talent on Thursday telling them that they have mental health resources available if they want it. The text came shortly after the news that Shannon “Daffney” Spruill had tragically killed herself on Wednesday night.
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Karl Anderson Says He Told Doc Gallows They Didn’t Need A No Cut Clause In WWE Deal

Karl Anderson responded to a rumor, which has not been confirmed, that Adam Cole was offered $1 million by WWE to re-sign with the company. Anderson revealed that when he and Doc Gallows had negotiations with the company back in 2019, Gallows wanted a no cut clause, which would’ve prevented the company from firing him.
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