Chris Chetti

Chetti was trained at the Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) "House of Hardcore" professional wrestling school by Mikey Whipwreck and his cousin, Taz. He made his professional wrestling debut under the ring name "G. Q. Gorgeous" as one half of the tag team Erotic Experience with Pat Day at a live event in Middletown, New York, on September 21, 1996, where they lost to The Dudleys (Buh Buh Ray and Spike).{{cite book|author=Scott E. Williams|title=Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FKcgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT136|date=2016|publisher=Sports Publishing|isbn=978-1-61321-873-0|pages=136}}{{cite web |title=The "OH MY GOD!" Review: ECW Invades Middletown, NY 9/21/96 & ECW TV 9/17/96 |url=http://crazymax.org/newsite/reviews/the-oh-my-god-review-ecw-invades-middletown-ny-92196-ecw-tv-91796/ |publisher=Crazy Max |access-date=13 June 2018 |date=September 16, 2014}} Erotic Experience made a few appearances at ECW live events for the next few months as enhancement talents against more established wrestlers.{{cite web |title=ECW Ring Results 1996 |url=http://thehistoryofwwe.com/ecw96.htm |access-date=13 June 2018|work=The History of WWE}} Chetti's first win was against fellow House of Hardcore student Roadkill on November 22 and November 23.{{cite web |author1=Bob Colling |title=ECW House Show 11/23/1996 |url=https://wrestlingrecaps.com/ecw/ecw-house-show-11-23-1996/ |access-date=13 June 2018|work=Wrestling Recaps}}

Chetti changed his ring name to "Chris Van de Lay" and made his televised debut on the January 30, 1997, episode of Hardcore TV against Mikey Whipwreck in a losing effort.{{cite web |title=ECW Hardcore TV #197|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=47389 |access-date=13 June 2018|work=Cagematch}} He soon began using his given name "Chris Chetti" in a match against The Full Blooded Italians member Little Guido at Winter Blowout.{{cite web |title=ECW Winter Blowout |url=http://www.profightdb.com/cards/ecw/winter-blowout-6615.html |access-date=13 June 2018|publisher=Internet Wrestling Database}} Chetti soon established himself as a fan favorite and began feuding with the F.B.I., primarily against Little Guido, whom he defeated for the first time at CyberSlam.{{cite web |author1=Chris Fothergill-Brown |title=ECW CyberSlam 1997 2/22/1997 |url=https://wrestlingrecaps.com/ecw/ecw-cyberslam-1997-2221997/ |access-date=13 June 2018|work=Wrestling Recaps|date=July 27, 2016 }} At Hostile City Showdown, Chetti teamed with Tracy Smothers to take on F.B.I. members Little Guido and Tommy Rich, during which Smothers turned on Chetti to join Full Blooded Italians.{{cite web |title=Hostile City Showdown 1997 results |url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/ecw/results/1997a.html#031597 |publisher=Pro Wrestling History |access-date=13 June 2018}} Chetti continued his rivalry with FBI over the next few months. He received several title shots against Shane Douglas for the World Television Championship at The Buffalo Invasion and Wrestlepalooza but failed to win the title on both occasions.{{cite web |title=ECW THE BUFFALO INVASION REVIEW |url=http://www.wrestling20yrs.com/blog/ecw-the-buffalo-invasion-review |access-date=13 June 2018 |date=June 1, 2017|work=Wrestling 20 Years Ago}}{{cite web |title=ECW WRESTLEPALOOZA 1997 REVIEW |url=http://www.wrestling20yrs.com/blog/ecw-wrestlepalooza-1997-review |access-date=13 June 2018 |date=August 27, 2017|work=Wrestling 20 Years Ago}}

Chetti formed a tag team with Jerry Lynn as the two defeated FBI in a tag team match at Hostile City Showdown on January 31, 1998.{{cite web |title=Hostile City Showdown 1998 results |url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/ecw/results/1998a.html#013198 |publisher=Pro Wrestling History |access-date=13 June 2018}} Chetti and Lynn won a rematch against FBI at Living Dangerously, where Chetti made his pay-per-view debut.{{cite web |author1=Arnold Furious |title=ECW Living Dangerously 1998 3/1/1998 |url=https://wrestlingrecaps.com/ecw/ecw-living-dangerously-1998-311998/ |work=Wrestling Recaps |date=June 23, 2011 |access-date=13 June 2018}} Chetti feuded with FBI throughout the rest of 1998. At UltraClash, Chetti teamed with J.T. Smith and Tommy Rogers to defeat Little Guido, Tommy Rich and Tracy Smothers in an Italian Vendetta six-man tag team match.{{cite web |title=UltraClash 1998 results |url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/ecw/results/1998c.html#091998 |publisher=Pro Wrestling History |access-date=13 June 2018}}{{cite web |author1=Bob Colling |title=ECW Hardcore TV 10/2/1998 |url=https://wrestlingrecaps.com/ecw/ecw-hardcore-tv-1021998/ |access-date=13 June 2018|work=Wrestling Recaps|date=October 20, 2015 }}

Chetti's first major match in 1999 was a win against Steve Corino at House Party.{{cite web |author1=Arnold Furious |title=ECW House Party 1999 1/16/1999 |url=https://wrestlingrecaps.com/ecw/ecw-house-party-1999-1161999/ |work=Wrestling Recaps |date=June 23, 2011 |access-date=13 June 2018}} He soon formed a tag team with Nova. The team of Chetti and Nova had their first feud with Rod Price and Skull Von Krush, whom they defeated at CyberSlam.{{cite web |author1=Bob Colling |title=ECW Cyberslam 1999 4/3/1999 |url=https://wrestlingrecaps.com/ecw/ecw-cyberslam-1999-431999/ |access-date=13 June 2018|work=Wrestling Recaps|date=December 23, 2011 }} Chetti and Nova then exchanged wins with Danny Doring and Roadkill at Hostile City Showdown and Heat Wave.{{cite web |title=Hostile City Showdown 1999 results |url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/ecw/results/1999b.html#062698 |publisher=Pro Wrestling History |access-date=13 June 2018}}{{cite web |author1=Kevin Pantoja |title=Random Network Reviews: Heatwave 1999 |url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/random-network-reviews-heatwave-1999/ |access-date=13 June 2018 |date=May 18, 2015|work=411Mania}} At Anarchy Rulz, Nova and Chris Chetti fought Simon Diamond and DeVito to a no contest after interference from ECW wrestlers.{{cite web |author1=John Powell |title=ECW has an Awesome new champ |url=http://www.canoe.com/SlamWrestlingECW/sep20_ecw.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000308204737/http://www.canoe.com/SlamWrestlingECW/sep20_ecw.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 8, 2000 |access-date=13 June 2018 |work=SLAM! Sports|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer}} At the 2000 Guilty as Charged pay-per-view, Chetti substituted for an injured Jazz as Nova and Kid Kash's tag team partner against the team of Danny Doring, Roadkill and Simon Diamond in a losing effort.{{Cite news |author1=John Powell |title=Overbooking convicts Guilty As Charged |publisher=Canadian Online Explorer |work=SLAM! Sports}} Chetti and Nova defeated the team of Jado and Gedo at Living Dangerously.{{cite web |title=Living Dangerously boosts ECW |url=http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingPPV/mar13_liv.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130721202610/http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingPPV/mar13_liv.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 21, 2013 |publisher=Canadian Online Explorer |access-date=13 June 2018|work=SLAM! Sports}} Following the win, they entered the World Tag Team Championship picture as they challenged the tag team champions The Impact Players (Lance Storm and Justin Credible) for the title on the April 24 episode of Hardcore TV in a losing effort. The following week, on Hardcore TV, Chetti defeated Credible in a match, which earned Chetti and Nova, another title shot at Impact Players on the April 14 episode of ECW on TNN, which they lost.{{cite web|url=https://wrestlingrecaps.com/ecw/ecw-on-tnn-4142000/|title=ECW on TNN 4/14/2000|author=Bob Colling|access-date=13 June 2018|work=Wrestling Recaps|date=January 14, 2012 }}

Nova and Chetti then continued their success in the tag team division by defeating The New Dangerous Alliance (C. W. Anderson and Bill Wiles) at Wrestlepalooza.{{cite web |title=Wrestlepalooza 2000 results |url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/ecw/results/2000b.html#041600 |publisher=Pro Wrestling History |access-date=13 June 2018}} At Hardcore Heaven, Chetti and Nova defeated Da Baldies (Angel and Tony DeVito) and the team of Danny Doring and Roadkill in a three-way dance.{{cite web |author1=John Powell |title=Credible retains title at Hardcore Heaven |url=http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingPPV/may15_ecwppv.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130808035317/http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingPPV/may15_ecwppv.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 8, 2013 |publisher=Canadian Online Explorer |access-date=13 June 2018|work=SLAM! Sports}} At Heat Wave, Chetti and Nova defeated Da Baldies in a tag team match.{{cite web |author1=John Powell |title=ECW's Heat Wave fizzles |url=http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingPPV/jul17_heatwave.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721155828/http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingPPV/jul17_heatwave.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 21, 2012 |work=SLAM! Sports|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer |access-date=13 June 2018}} On the August 6 episode of Hardcore TV, Chetti received his first opportunity for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, challenging Justin Credible for the title in a losing effort.

In August 2000 at Midtown Massacre, Chetti and Nova participated in a tournament for the vacant ECW World Tag Team Championship, where they lost to Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger in the quarter-final. The following week, on Hardcore TV, Chetti and Nova competed against Simon and Swinger and Danny Doring and Roadkill in a three-way dance, during which Chetti turned on Nova by hitting him with a chair and causing him to get eliminated, thus turning into a villain for the first time in his ECW career. This disbanded their team and Chetti cut promos in which he berated Nova and held him responsible for Chetti's downfall in ECW and Chetti aligned himself with Lou E. Dangerously. The two former partners began a rivalry against each other, which culminated in a loser leaves town match between the two at November to Remember, which Nova won. This turned out to be Chetti's final ECW match.{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBiosN/nova_mar01-can.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115061210/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBiosN/nova_mar01-can.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 15, 2013|author=Kapur, B|title=Nova looking to shine|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer|date=March 2001|access-date=2008-02-20}}{{cite web|url=http://www.canoe.com/SlamWrestlingPPV/nov6_ecw-can.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010425200718/http://www.canoe.com/SlamWrestlingPPV/nov6_ecw-can.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 25, 2001|author=Powell, J|title=ECW has an Old School champ|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer|date=2000-11-06|access-date=2008-02-20}} Chetti returned to ECW at the company's final pay-per-view, Guilty as Charged on January 7, 2001, where he jumped into Nova's match against Chris Hamrick as the special guest referee to favour Hamrick until Spike Dudley made the save for Nova.{{cite web|url=http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingPPV/jan8_ecwguilty-can.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721082152/http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingPPV/jan8_ecwguilty-can.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 21, 2012|author=Powell, J|title=Confusion reigns at Guilty As Charged|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer|date=2001-01-08|access-date=2008-02-20}}

After leaving ECW, Chetti participated in several independent promotions, such as Midwest Championship Wrestling, USA Pro Wrestling and Phoenix Championship Wrestling. During his short stay with the aforementioned promotions, Chetti had rivalries with wrestlers such as Joey Matthews, Nova and Balls Mahoney. Nevertheless, little activity in the promotions and a lack of a final contract carried Chetti to a constant change of home promotions, until October 2002 when he signed a contract with Xtreme Pro Wrestling.

On October 5, 2002, Chetti debuted in Xtreme Pro Wrestling at the event Fallout, which was their second show on The East Coast. He defeated Chris Hamrick. During the next months, he failed to win a match, losing to opponents including Shark Boy, Psicosis, and Super Crazy.

On November 23, 2002, Chetti proclaimed himself the new ECW FTW Heavyweight Champion, only to lose the title on July 16, 2003, against Danny Doring. Neither title changes are recognised in the history of the championship.

Chetti's appeared at ringside at One Night Stand 2005. After sustaining a back injury, Chetti went into retirement.

Chetti broke his retirement for a single night on April 5, 2013, teaming with Nova to defeat Hurricane Helms and Starman at a pay-per-view event promoted by Pro Wrestling Syndicate in Metuchen, New Jersey. He would return for another night at a live Create A Pro Wrestling event on December 14, 2023, in a tag match with Brian Myers, defeating GKM and Leo Sparrow.

• NWA Midwest
• NWA Midwest BMF Champion (1 time)
• New York Wrestling Connection
• NYWC Tag Team Gauntlet Winner (2004)
• NPWA
• NPWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Qenaan Creed
• Oulaw Wrestling
• Oulaw Wrestling Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with Danny Doring{{Cite web|url=https://www.pwinsider.com/article.php?id=181019|title=NEW OUTLAW TAG CHAMPIONS, HOMICIDE VS. SANTANA IN NJ, SWANN RETURNS TO CZW & MORE | PWInsider.com|website=www.pwinsider.com}}
• SWF
• SWF Light Heavyweight Champion (1 time)
• SWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Danny Jaxx
• UWF Wrestling
• UWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time){{cite web |url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Other_News_4/article_1411.shtml |title=Indy News: Chi Chi Cruz Has Dark Match With NWA TNA |author=Murphy, Chad |date=November 5, 2002 |publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch }}
• Wrestling Superstars
• Wrestling Superstars United Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

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