Chad Allegra (born January 18, 1980) is an American professional wrestler who is currently signed to IMPACT Wrestling. He is most well known for his time spent time with WWE where he competed on the Raw brand under the ring name Karl Anderson as part of 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, AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura in 2016. In WWE, Anderson had won the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship twice with his tag partner Gallows.
In wrestling[]
- Finishing moves
- As Karl Anderson
- Gun Stun (Stunner or jumping cutter or diving neckbreaker)
- Rocket Kick (Running single leg front dropkick)
- Spinning spinebuster
- Swivel Gun Stun (Fireman's carry cutter)
- As Chad 2 Badd
- Baddest Kick in the World (Running big boot)
- Too Badd (Diving neckbreaker)
- As Karl Anderson
- Signature moves
- Backbreaker
- Bernard Driver (Reverse piledriver) – adopted from Giant Bernard
- Boston crab
- Brainbuster
- Death Valley bomb
- Eyerake
- Leg lariat
- Neckbreaker
- Running jumping powerbomb
- Senton
- Spinebuster
- Superkick
- Nicknames
- "2 Badd"
- "Gunner"
- "The Machine Gun"
- Entrance themes
- Independent circuit
- "Devil's Dance" by Metallica
- "Devil in Your Six" by [Q]Brick
- "Gun Stun" by Q[Brick] Feat. Kensei Abbot
- Ring of Honor
- "Devil's Dance" by Metallica
- "Solace" by Triphon
- New Japan Pro-Wrestling
- "The Machine Gun" by Yonosuke Kitamura
- "Devil's Dance" by Metallica
- "The Machine Gun Ver. 2" by Yonosuke Kitamura
- "Last Chance Saloon" by Deviant and Naive Ted
- "Shot'Em" by [Q]Brick (used as a member of Bullet Club)
- "Never Alone" by [Q]Brick
- World Wrestling Entertainment
- "Omen in the Sky" by CFO$ (used while teaming with Luke Gallows)
- "Comin' for Ya" by def rebel (used as a member of The O.C.)
- IMPACT Wrestling
- '"Devil in Your Six"' by [Q]Brick (used as a member of The Good Brothers)
- "Gun Stun" by Q[Brick] Feat. Kensei Abbot
- "Shot'Em" by [Q]Brick (used as a member of Bullet Club)
- All Elite Wrestling
- "Devil in Your Six" by [Q]Brick (used as a member of The Good Brothers)
- "Packing Heat" by Mikey Rukus (used as a member of the Super Elite)
- Independent circuit
Championships and accomplishments[]
- Empire Wrestling Federation
- EWF American Championship (1 time)
- IMPACT Wrestling
- IMPACT World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Doc Gallows
- IMPACT Year End Awards
- Finisher of the Year (2020) – Magic Killer
- Tag Team of the Year (2021) – with Doc Gallows
- Lariato Pro Wrestling Guild
- Lariato Pro Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Doc Gallows
- National Wrestling Alliance
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Joey Ryan
- NWA Midwest
- NWA Heartland States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA United Kingdom
- NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- New Japan Pro-Wrestling
- IWGP Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Giant Bernard (1) and Doc Gallows (3)
- NEVER Openweight Championship (1 time)
- G1 Tag League (2009) – with Giant Bernard
- World Tag League (2012) – with Hirooki Goto
- World Tag League (2013) – with Doc Gallows
- NJPW Strong Tag Team Turbulence Tournament (2021) – with Doc Gallows
- Nikkan Sports
- Best Tag Team Award (2011) – with Giant Bernard
- Outstanding Performance Award (2012)
- Northern Wrestling Federation
- NWF Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- NWF Tri-State Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked #64 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2012
- Pro-Wrestling NOAH
- GHC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Giant Bernard
- Stampede Wrestling
- Stampede British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Tag Team of the Year (2011) – with Giant Bernard
- World Wrestling Entertainment
- WWE Raw Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Luke Gallows
- WWE Tag Team World Cup (2019) – with Luke Gallows