Biographie
American professional wrestler as Obariyon of the tag team the Batiri in CHIKARA and other promotions. He originally trained under Johnny Rodz and debuted in 2004 as Chris Minyon, or sometimes just Minyon. Under this name, he wrestled for New York Wrestling Connection, National Wrestling Superstars (New Jersey), Rodz' own World of Unpredictable Wrestling and Victory Pro Wrestling.
He debuted in CHIKARA as Obariyon at "CHIKARA Young Lions Cup VIII Night 2" with a victory over Dustin Rayz. He entered the six-way elimination match featuring all of that night's winners (himself, Ophidian, Lince Dorado, Adam Cole, Cameron Skyy and Keita Yano), and was the second-to-last eliminated, courtesy of Ophidian, who himself was eliminated by Dorado.) Made some appearances with Kodama as anonymous druids accompanying UltraMantis Black. This changed at the 2010 Season Finale "CHIKARA Reality Is Relative" on December 12, when Sinn Bodhi revealed himself to be the mastermind behind the trio of Obariyon, Kodama and the newly arrived Kobald, who were subsequently named the Batiri. Bodhi told UltraMantis Black that Mantis had asked him to train the Batiri to be Mantis' Dark Army and that he wanted the Eye of Tyr as payment. The Dark Army (Bodhi and the Batiri) attacked UltraMantis Black, leading to Mantis' longstanding nemesis Hallowicked, upon encouragement from Frightmare, to help out Mantis. The Batiri would slowly go from rudos (heels/bad guys) under first Bodhi's and later Delirious and Ophidian's leadership to tecnicos (faces/good guys). They would also compete in several other promotions, including Dragon Gate USA, CLASH Wrestling in Michigan, Wrestling Is Fun!, and Absolute Intense Wrestling in Ohio, where Obariyon and Kodama were two-time AIW Tag Team Champions. At "CHIKARA Whisper House," May 7, 2016, UltraMantis Black, possessed by Nazmaldun, hexed Obariyon and Kodama and brought them under Nazmaldun's control and added them to a group that would come to be known as the heXed Men. That ended at the second part of the 2016 Season Finale, "CHIKARA Supremacy" on December 3rd. After Dasher Hatfield pinned Hallowicked to win the Torneo Cibernetico between CHIKARA's Mightiest Heroes (Dasher/Fire Ant/Princess Kimberlee/Heidi Lovelace/the Estonian Thunderfrog/Oleg the Usurper/Missile Assault Man/Ophidian)-The heXed Men (Hallowicked/Frightmare/Obariyon/Kodama/Kobald/Icarus/Mark Angelosetti/Jigsaw), Ophidian stole the Eye of Tyr from UltraMantis Black and used it on him, saying, "Be free." After the closing credits, there was a scene with Ophidian and the Thunderfrog in a forest with Ophidian saying that it was time to destroy the Eye of Tyr. The hammer was shown coming down on the Eye as the camera faded to black.
Obariyon left CHIKARA in late 2017. He and Kodama wrestled a few indie matches in 2018 and 2021 as "Chris Peaks" and "Louie Valle." They are former 2x AIW (Absolute Intense Wrestling in Ohio) Tag Team Champions, 1x former B!P (Blitzkrieg Pro in Connecticut) Tag Team Champions and 1x former STAR Pro (New Jersey) Tag Team Champions.
