Chris Parks
Known for: Acting
Christopher Parks, better known by his ring name "The Monster" Abyss, is an American professional wrestler most recently signed with Impact Wrestling. As Abyss in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Parks is a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion, being the first of only two men to hold the title while competing under a mask. Abyss is the heaviest wrestler to hold the X Division Championship. He also captured the Television Championship once, the NWA World Tag Team Championship once with A.J. Styles and the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice with James Storm and Crazzy Steve. With having won all the required championships, Abyss was the fourth man to complete the Triple Crown Championship and the second to complete the Grand Slam Championship Chris Parks was born in Washington, D.C. He attended high school in Cleveland, Ohio, where he played American football. Training and debut Chris Parks was trained by Roger Ruffin of the Northern Wrestling Federation (NWF). He won his debut match by disqualification. For the first few years of his career, Parks worked in the NWF as the Original Terminator, Chris Justice, and then Prince Justice. In 2001, Parks worked for NWA Wildside, where he won the NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship with A.J. Styles. He also wrestled Jerry Lawler in Memphis Power Pro Championship Wrestling. Parks was then discovered by Dutch Mantel, who at the time was booking the IWA Puerto Rico, when Mantel attended the first ever Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) pay-per-view in Huntsville, Alabama on June 19, 2002. Parks appeared at the pay-per-view in the Gauntlet for the Gold match under the ring name Justice. Mantel then booked Parks to appear in the IWA. The Abyss character first appeared in IWA at Golpe de Estado in July 2002 in front of 13,000 fans at the Roberto Clemente baseball park in Carolina, Puerto Rico, when he attacked and disabled Shane the Glamour Boy, who was scheduled to appear in the main event that night versus Savio Vega. While working for the company, Parks held the IWA Hardcore Championship, IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship, and IWA World Tag Team Championship. Parks worked in the IWA under Mantel for approximately one year until he rejoined TNA in 2003.
Filmography
Series
Criminal Minds
Brent Miller
2005
Series
Raw
1993
Series
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
Series
TNA iMPACT!
2004
Series
TNA iMPACT!
Joseph Parks
2004
Series
TNA iMPACT!
Abyss
2004
Series
WWE: Unreal
Chris Parks
2025
Series
WWE: Unreal
Self
2025
Series
MLW Fusion
Abyss
2018
Film
TNA Rebellion 2026
Abyss
2026
Film
TNA Final Resolution 2005
Abyss (Appearance)
2005
Film
ROH: Year Four
Abyss
2014
Film
MLW War Games 2018
Abyss
2018
Film
Bloodstained Honor
Abyss
2008
Film
TNA Destination X 2010
Abyss
2010
Film
TNA Turning Point 2004
Abyss
2004
Film
TNA One Night Only: Turning Point
Abyss
2015
Film
TNA Slammiversary 2007
Abyss
2007
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XV
Joseph Park
2017
Film
TNA: Bound for Glory
Abyss
2016
Film
ROH: Tag Wars 2006
Abyss
2006
Film
ROH: Enter The Dragon
Abyss
2005
Film
Delete or Decay
Abyss
2016
Film
TNA Final Resolution December 2008
Abyss
2008
Film
TNA Unbreakable 2005
Abyss
2005
AAW Defining Moment 2016
Abyss
2016
Film
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
Abyss
2009
Film
TNA Wrestling: Bound for Glory
Abyss
2007
Film
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
Abyss
2006
Film
TNA Lockdown 2006
Abyss
2006
Film
TNA Genesis 2005
Abyss
2005
Film
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
Abyss
2016
Film
TNA Victory Road 2006
Abyss
2006
Film
TNA Lockdown 2009
Abyss
2009
Film
ROH: Buffalo Stampede
Abyss
2005
Film
TNA Best of the Bloodiest Brawls
Abyss
2006
Film
TNA Turning Point 2006
Abyss
2006
Film
TNA Victory Road 2007
Abyss
2007
Film
TNA Victory Road 2004
Abyss
2004
Film
TNA Genesis 2010
Abyss
2010
Film
TNA Bound For Glory 2010
Abyss
2010
Film
TNA No Surrender 2008
Abyss
2008
Film
TNA Slammiversary 2006
Abyss
2006
Film
TNA Turning Point 2005
Abyss
2005
Film
TNA Slammiversary 2009
Abyss
2009
Film
TNA One Night Only: World Cup of Wrestling 3
Abyss
2015
Film
Total Nonstop Deletion
2016
Film
TNA Bound for Glory IV
Abyss
2008
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018
Abyss
2018
WrestleCon Supershow 2015
Abyss
2015
Film
TNA Hard Justice 2007
Abyss
2007
Film
TNA Final Resolution 2010
Abyss
2010
Film
TNA Turning Point 2010
Abyss
2010
Film
TNA Hard Justice 2009
Abyss
2009
Film
TNA Hard Justice 2005
Abyss
2005
Film
TNA Slammiversary XII
Abyss (Ringside)
2014
Film
ROH: Steel Cage Warfare
Abyss
2005
Film
TNA One Night Only: Rivals 3
Abyss
2017
Film
TNA Sacrifice 2011
Abyss
2011
Film
TNA Sacrifice 2005
Abyss
2005
Film
TNA Lockdown 2010
Abyss
2010
Film
TNA Genesis 2012
Abyss
2012
Film
TNA Bound for Glory 2006
Abyss
2006
MECW Inaugural Show
Prince Justice
2001
Film
TNA Slammiversary 2016
Abyss
2016
Film
The Essential AJ Styles Collection
Abyss
2016
Film
TNA Destination X 2005
Abyss
2005
Film
TNA Against All Odds 2006
Abyss
2006
Film
TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 4
Abyss
2015
Film
TNA Genesis 2009
Abyss
2009
Film
TNA Final Resolution 2009
Abyss
2009
Film
TNA Bound for Glory 2005
Abyss
2005
Film
TNA Final Resolution 2007
Abyss
2007
Film
TNA Slammiversary 2005
Abyss
2005
Film
TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 3
Abyss
2015
Film
TNA Lockdown 2005
Abyss
2005
Film
TNA Turning Point 2007
Abyss
2007
Film
TNA Sacrifice 2006
Abyss
2006
Film
TNA Slammiversary 2012
Joseph Park
2012
Film
TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 2
Joseph Park
2013
Film
ROH: The Rise of Generation Next
Abyss
2012
Film
TNA One Night Only: Victory Road 2014
Abyss
2014
Film
TNA Hardcore Justice 2011
Abyss
2011
Film
TNA Final Resolution 2006
Abyss
2006
Film
TNA Genesis 2006
Abyss
2006
Film
TNA Against All Odds 2007
Abyss
2007
Film
TNA Wrestling: Ultimate Matches
Abyss
2008
Film
WrestleCon SuperShow 2016
Abyss
2016
Film
TNA One Night Only: #OldSchool 2014
Abyss
2014
Film
TNA Destination X 2011
Abyss
2011
Film
TNA Lockdown 2014
Abyss (Ringside)
2014
Film
TNA Destination X 2006
Abyss
2006
Film
ROH: Redemption
Abyss
2005
Film
ROH: Showdown In Motown
Abyss
2005
TNA Wrestling: 50 Greatest Matches
Abyss
2006
Film
TNA Lockdown 2011
Abyss
2011
Film
TNA Turning Point 2011
Abyss
2011
Film
TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 4
Abyss
2016
Film
TNA One Night Only X-Travaganza 2013
Joseph Parks (Referee)
2013
Film
TNA No Surrender 2006
Abyss
2006
TNA Genesis 2014
Joseph Park
2014
Film
TNA Destination X 2007
Abyss
2007
Film
TNA Wrestling: Phenomenal - The Best of AJ Styles
Abyss
2004
Film
TNA Hard Justice 2006
Abyss
2006
Film
TNA Slammiversary VIII
Abyss
2010
Film
ROH: Vendetta
Abyss
2005
Film
TNA Genesis 2007
Abyss
2007
Film
TNA No Surrender 2009
Abyss
2009
Film
TNA Against All Odds 2005
Abyss
2005
Film
TNA Destination X 2009
Abyss
2009
Film
TNA Slammiversary IX
Abyss
2011
Film
TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 2
Abyss
2014
Film
TNA One Night Only: Global IMPACT Japan 2014
Abyss
2014
Film
Alex Shelley: Made in Detroit
Abyss
2013
Film
TNA Hard Justice 2008
Abyss
2008
Film
TNA Sacrifice 2009
Abyss (Ringside)
2009
Film
TNA Bound For Glory 2009
Abyss
2009
Film
TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 3
Abyss/Joseph Park
2014
Film
ROH: Dissension
Abyss
2006
Film
TNA One Night Only: Live! 2016
Abyss
2016
Film
TNA Against All Odds 2009
Abyss
2009
Film
TNA Final Resolution January 2008
Abyss
2008
Film
TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 2013
Joseph Park
2013
Film
TNA Against All Odds 2008
Abyss
2008
Film
TNA No Surrender 2007
Abyss
2007
Film
TNA One Night Only: Rivals 2015
Abyss
2015
Film
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 1
Abyss
2010
Film
TNA Bound for Glory 2015
Abyss
2015
Film
TNA No Surrender 2010
Abyss
2010
Film
TNA Against All Odds 2010
Abyss
2010
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
Abyss
2013
Film
TNA Slammiversary XI
Abyss/Joseph Park
2013
Film
TNA Bound For Glory 2014
Abyss
2014
Film
TNA Lockdown 2007
Abyss
2007
Film
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2
Abyss
2008
Film
TNA Victory Road 2010
Abyss
2010
Film
TNA Genesis 2011
Abyss
2011
Film
Ultimate Death Match 3
Abyss
2011
Film
TNA No Surrender 2005
Abyss
2005
Film
TNA Genesis 2013
Joseph Park
2013
Film
TNA Wrestling: Phenomenal - The Best of AJ Styles Vol. 2
Abyss
2007
Film
TNA Hardcore Justice 2013
Joseph Park
2013
TNA Turning Point 2016
Abyss
2016
Film
TNA Sacrifice 2016
Abyss
2016
Film
TNA Turning Point 2008
Abyss
2008
Film
TNA Lockdown 2013
Joseph Park
2013
TNA Hardcore Justice 2014
Abyss
2014
Film
TNA Sacrifice 2010
Abyss
2010
Film
TNA Victory Road 2009
Abyss
2009
Film
Bar Wrestling 5: This Is Halloween
Abyss
2017
Film
TNA Wrestling: Global Impact! Japan
Abyss
2008
Film
TNA Turning Point 2012
Joseph Park
2012
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017
Abyss
2017
TNA Destination X 2016
Abyss
2016
Film
TNA Hardcore Justice 2015
Abyss
2015
TNA The Whole F'N Show
Abyss
2010
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Homecoming 2019
Abyss
2019
Film
TNA One Night Only: 10 Reunion 2013
Joseph Parks
2013
Film
TNA LockDown 2015
Abyss
2015