Chris Colt Chris Colt III Christopher Colt Chris Von Colt Chuck Dupree Chuck Harris Hell's Angel #2 Jim Dillinger Maurice Chevier The Magnificent Chevier Don Juan The Magnificent Mike Stallings Paul Dupree American Dream American Dream Machine Charles Harris
Colt made his professional wrestling debut in 1964 in Massachusetts.[4] In 1966, he formed a tag team with Ron Dupree as the Hell's Angels, a biker-themed tag team, in Phoenix, Arizona. Sometimes they were known as the California Hell's Angels or Comancheros. In 1968, the duo burned the American flag (kayfabe) in Phoenix on TV which the promotion shut down due to the incident. They would win many tag team titles in Phoenix, and Detroit until breaking up in 1971.[5]
In 1974, Colt reunited with Ron Dupree as the Hells Angels in the Gulf Coast, winning the NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship twice. The team suddenly ended on October 17, 1975, when Ron Dupree died from a heart attack while ring announcing.[6] Afterwards, Colt would focus more on his singles career and changed his gimmick to that of a rocker.[7]
In an infamous incident in Phoenix that took place in 1975, Colt was high on LSD during a cage match seeing spiders all around due to hallucinations. He fled the venue fighting with both the fans and arena security.[10]
Later in his career, he worked for Dave McKigney's Big Bear Promotions in Ontario, Alabama, and Oregon. He changed his character in Alabama as Chris Von Colt to a neo-nazi gimmick. Colt's last known matches happened in December 1987 for Portland Wrestling.
Personal life
Colt was openly homosexual and appeared in gay-themed adult films after he retired from wrestling.[11][12] Colt and his tag team partner Ron Dupree were a romantic couple outside of wrestling.[12][9] Ron died of a heart attack during a professional wrestling show in Washington state in 1975 with Colt present.[12][9] The ring name "Chris Colt" derived from Colt Studio Group, a gay American pornographic group.[9]
Death
After years of drug and alcohol addiction, Colt died on May 23, 1995, in a Seattle homeless shelter, allegedly due to complications from AIDS. His niece said he died in an alley, and a friend said that he died with a needle in his arm. It is not known if his death was caused by an accidental overdose or suicide. No autopsy was done. He was 48 years old.[13]
