Joshua Harter (born February 4, 1982) better known by his ring name Chris Sabin, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) / IMPACT Wrestling and Ring of Honor (ROH).
After being trained by Scott D'Amore, Sabin debuted in 2000 for Border City Wrestling, and quickly began competing for numerous other independent promotions. In 2003, Sabin joined TNA, and quickly won the TNA X Division Championship, which he later unified with the WWA International Cruiserweight Championship. In 2004, he also wrestled for Ring of Honor. In 2005, Sabin wrestled in the UK at International Showdown for The Wrestling Channel's first anniversary at a sold out Coventry Skydome. Throughout the next few years, Sabin competed mainly in TNA's X Division, until forming Motor City Machine Guns with Alex Shelley in mid-2007.
Sabin won 11 total championships while with TNA / IMPACT Wrestling. He is a one-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, a record eight-time X Division Champion, a two-time World Tag Team Champion with Alex Shelley, and (during a talent exchange with New Japan Pro-Wrestling) a one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, also with Shelley. After leaving TNA, Sabin and Shelley became one-time Ring of Honor World Tag Team Champions. Sabin has also won numerous titles on the independent circuit.
In wrestling[]
- Finishing moves
- All Hail Sabin / CSV2 (Cross-legged fisherman driver)
- Cradle Shock (Cross-legged Samoan driver)
- Double hammerlock piledriver
- Future Shock (Cross-legged fisherman buster)
- Over Easy (Overhead gutwrench backbreaker rack dropped into a DDT)
- Signature moves
- Brainbuster
- Bum Rush (Swinging side slam backbreaker)
- Cannonball, from the apron
- Clothesline from Hell, Michigan (Lariat)
- Diving bulldog
- Diving crossbody
- Diving leg drop
- Double foot stomp, while running
- Headscissors takedown
- Hesitation Elbow (Running back elbow, into the corner)
- Hurricanrana, from the second or top rope
- Leap of Faith (Suicide dive)
- Multiple kick variations
- Back thrust
- Bicycle
- Drop, sometimes while springboarding
- Enzuigiri, sometimes done in a step up variant
- Hesitation Dropkick (Running delayed low-angle drop)
- Punt, from the apron
- Running arched big boot, to a cornered opponent
- Side, while running
- Single leg drop
- Super
- Multiple powerbomb variations
- Crucifix, sometimes into the corner
- Release
- Running sitout
- Spinning
- Multiple suplex variations
- Dragon
- Exploder
- German
- Overhead belly-to-belly
- Tiger
- X
- Running cutter
- Running bulldog
- Sabilizer (Swinging side slam backbreaker)
- Sabin Edge (Iconoclasm)
- Snap swinging neckbreaker
- Snap scoop powerslam
- Standing tornado DDT, with an enzuigiri combination
- Straight jacket crossface
- Slingshot springboard leg drop
- Slingshot springboard stomp, to the opponent's back
- Springboard arm drag
- Springboard clothesline
- Springboard crossbody plancha
- Springboard tornado DDT
- Somersault plancha
- Suicide dive
- Tilt-a-whirl headscissors takedown
- Triangle crossbody
- Twisting springboard crossbody
- Wrist-clutch back suplex
- Managers
- A. J. Pierzynski
- Angel Williams
- Traci
- Trinity
- Velvet Sky
- Nicknames
- "The Future"
- Entrance themes
- Ring of Honor
- "Heaven's Not Overflowing" by Corrosion of Conformity
- "Ghost Along the Mississippi" by Down
- "Disciple" by Slayer
- "Flowing" by 311
- "Offbeat Bare Ass" by 311
- "Beautiful Disaster" by 311 (used as a member of the Motor City Machine Guns)
- "Six Barrel Shotgun" (Edit) by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (used as a member of the Motor City Machine Guns)
- "Scare" (Instrumental) by Alexis Salazar
- "Woodward" by The High Crusade
- "Upset Army" by Christian Fitness (used as a member of the Motor City Machine Guns)
- "All Ghosts to Medicine Counter Four" by Christian Fitness (used as a member of the Motor City Machine Guns)
- "Demonic Demolition Army" by Anthony Dickinson
- "Dead Weight" by The High Crusade
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / IMPACT Wrestling
- "Modern Oz" by Dale Oliver
- "Hail Sabin" by Dale Oliver
- "Fear" by Dale Oliver
- "1967" by Dale Oliver (used as a member of the Motor City Machine Guns)
- "Party with the Motorcity" by Dale Oliver (used as a member of the Motor City Machine Guns)
- "Motorcity" by AD/AM (used as a member of the Motor City Machine Guns)
- "Motorcity" (Remix) by AD/AM (used as a member of the Motor City Machine Guns)
- "Hail Sabin" (Remix) by Dale Oliver
- "Angry Knights" by Jonathan Monroy & Leonel Navarro
- "Motor City" (w/ "KUSHIDA Makes You Rock" Intro) by AD/AM (used as a member of Time Machine)
- Independent circuit
- "Headstrong" by Trapt
- "Hail Saban" by Dale Oliver
- "Woodward" by The High Crusade
- All Elite Wrestling
- "Motorcity" by AD/AM (used as a member of the Motor City Machine Guns)
- Ring of Honor
Championships and accomplishments[]
- All American Wrestling
- AAW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Alex Shelley
- All Japan Pro Wrestling
- AJPW Junior League (2007)
- Blue Water Championship Wrestling
- BWCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- Border City Wrestling
- BCW Can-Am Television Championship (2 times)
- Pro Wrestler of the Year (2007)
- Discovery Wrestling
- DW Y Division Championship (1 time)
- Great Lakes All-Pro Wrestling
- GLAPW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- International Wrestling Cartel
- IWC Super Indy Championship (1 time)
- Super Indy Tournament (2004)
- Maryland Championship Wrestling
- MCW Cruiserweight Championship (2 times)
- Maximum Pro Wrestling
- MXPW Cruiserweight Championship (2 times)
- MXPW Television Championship (1 time)
- Michigan Marquee Wrestling Association
- MMWA Marquee Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- New Japan Pro-Wrestling
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Alex Shelley
- Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Alex Shelley
- NWA Florida
- Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup (2005)
- NWA Great Lakes
- NWA Great Lakes Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA Great Lakes Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked #32 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2004
- Ranked #28 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2007
- Ranked #48 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2011
- Ranked #43 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2014
- PWI Tag Team of the Year (2010) – with Alex Shelley
- Pro Wrestling Zero1
- NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Alex Shelley
- Ring of Honor
- ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Alex Shelley
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / IMPACT Wrestling
- TNA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- TNA / IMPACT X Division Championship (10 times)
- TNA / IMPACT World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Alex Shelley
- Super X Cup (2003)
- World X Cup (2004) – with Jerry Lynn, Elix Skipper, and Christopher Daniels
- World X Cup (2006) – with Alex Shelley, Jay Lethal, and Sonjay Dutt
- Gauntlet for the Gold (2008 – Tag Team) – with Alex Shelley
- Sixth TNA Triple Crown Champion
- TNA / IMPACT Year End Awards
- Match of the Year (2003) – vs. Frankie Kazarian and Michael Shane (August 20)
- Memorable Moment of the Year (2003) – The First Ultimate X Match
- Tag Team of the Year (2007) – with Alex Shelley
- Men's Tag Team of the Year (2022) – with Alex Shelley
- Twin City Wrestling
- TCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Ultimate Championship Wrestling
- UCW Lightweight Championship (1 time)
- World Wrestling All-Stars
- WWA International Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling
- XICW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- XICW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Truth Martin
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Rookie of the Year (2003)
- Worst Worked Match of the Year (2006) – Reverse Battle Royal (TNA iMPACT!)