In December 2015, Strong got engaged to professional wrestler Marina Shafir. In 2017, Shafir gave birth to their first child.
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Christopher Lindsey is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Roderick Strong. Strong was born on July 26, 1983 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He is best known for his tenure with WWE, where he performed on the NXT brand. He is also known for his 13-year tenure with Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former one-time ROH World Champion, a two-time ROH World Television Champion, and a one-time ROH World Tag Team Champion with Austin Aries, which made him the second-ever ROH Triple Crown Champion (after Eddie Edwards).
Strong made his NXT debut on the October 19, 2016 episode of NXT as Austin Aries’ partner in the second Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, defeating Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight. He started a fight with Bobby Roode in 2018 and lost. He afterwards got into a fight with the Undisputed Era. Strong took against Undisputed Era and Sanity with the help of AOP at TakeOver WarGames, where he was defeated.
He collaborated with Pete Dunne in 2018 for the Dusty Rhodes Classic. He betrayed Dunne in the championship match, joined the Undisputed Era, and triumphed. Strong joined the stable for the following three years. Two times, Strong’s tag team won the NXT Tag Team Championship. He won the NXT North American Championship in 2019 by defeating Velveteen Dream.
Kyle O’Rilley and Adam Cole started fighting when the group was broken up in 2021. Strong departed NXT because he was unable to choose a side. Several weeks later, Strong made a comeback with Diamond Mine. Strong defeated Kushida to win the WWE NXT Cruiserweight Championship in the ensuing months. He lost the championship to Carmello Hayes in 2022. Diamond Mine and Strong were last seen on NXT.
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In December 2015, Lindsey got engaged to mixed martial artist and fellow wrestler Marina Shafir. The two were married on November 7, 2018. Marina Shafir is a Moldovan professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She was born 14 April 1988. She formerly competed for Invicta Fighting Championships in the women’s featherweight division. Shafir is best known for her time in WWE, where she was the first and to date only Moldovan to ever compete for that promotion.
Shafir began her mixed martial career at an amateur level in 2012. In a two-year spell, she was unbeaten, winning all five of her matches by submission (four by armbar and one by arm-triangle choke). She turned professional in early 2014. On May 7, 2018, WWE announced that Shafir, along with Jessamyn Duke, had signed with WWE and reported to their Performance Center for training. On October 28 at WWE Evolution, Shafir and Duke made their WWE debuts as heels when they interfered during the NXT Women’s Championship match
In December 2015, Strong got engaged to professional wrestler Marina Shafir. In 2017, Shafir gave birth to their first child. The two were married on November 7, 2018.
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