Kings of Wrestling (independent circuit)

The Kings of Wrestling
Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Hero performing their signature pose after winning on Pro Wrestling Noah's European Navigation Tour
Stable
Members	Arik Cannon Chris Hero Chuck Taylor Claudio Castagnoli Gran Akuma Icarus Larry Sweeney Max Boyer Mitch Ryder Sara Del Rey Shane Hagadorn Shayne Hawke
Name(s)	The Kings of Professional Wrestling The Kings of Wrestling
Debut	February 20, 2005
Disbanded	August 20, 2011
Years active	2005–2011
Promotions	2CW AAW Chikara CZW FCW GSPW GSW IPW IWA MS IWC JCW LWA MPW NOAH NXT NWA Pro PWG UPW ROH WXW

The Kings of Wrestling were a professional wrestling stable that worked on the independent circuit. It was formed in Chikara as a large stable, but also appeared in numerous promotions mainly as a tag team of Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli. Hero's manager Larry Sweeney and valet Sara Del Rey were also part of the group at differing times. The group also comprised Icarus and Gran Akuma who teamed separately as Team F.I.S.T. (Friends in Similar Tights) as well as Arik Cannon, Mitch Ryder, Max Boyer, Chuck Taylor and Shayne Hawke

The name is most commonly associated with the tag team of Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli. Together, Hero and Castagnoli are former CZW World Tag Team Champions, JCW Tag Team Champions, Chikara Campeones de Parejas, and ROH World Tag Team Champions, having at one point held all three titles simultaneously. After an initial run from 2005 to 2007, they reformed at ROH's first internet pay-per-view Final Battle 2009 with Shane Hagadorn as their manager and Sara Del Rey as their valet and occasional partner. 2010 was a marquee year for the team that saw them regain ROH's World Tag Team Championship and reign for one day shy of a year, as well as being voted the Tag Team of the Year in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards.