Christopher Annino

Born and raised in New England, in 1991 Christopher got his first starring role on the Connecticut CBS affiliate WFSB on the Jerry Lewis Marathon. His family on his fathers side were immigrants and circus performers from Italy. His great uncle was Frank Lentini who was dubbed king of the freaks. His mothers side were members from the Narragansett and Blackfoot tribe. They originated from Cork, Ireland. Christopher grew up Catholic, Episcopal, and Greek Orthodox. When he was very young he was diagnosed with multiple neurological disabilities including Asperger Syndrome and severe learning disabilities. He enjoyed reading about the three musketeers, the knights of the round table, robin hood, and his favorite the X-men written by Stan Lee. In 1996 he started competing in rodeo competitions in the T.S.G.A Tri State Horse Association he showed his horse and also did barrel racing. December of 1994 he went for a walk and met a Johnny Kelley who he later found out was the winner of the Boston marathon and two time Olympian. Johnny would help throughout his life by giving advice. At sixteen years old he enrolled in the Thames Music Academy where he was trained in opera by Jurate Waller. He was also involved with a lot of Community Theater and was a trained blacksmith at the Mystic Seaport. From 1999-2003 he went to Fitch Senior High school in Groton, CT he competed in football, track and field. He was a ECC Champion in both sports. He also lettered in drama, and went to states for chamber choir, was runner up for poet laureate and was the first to be inducted into the National Thespian Society. He competed in weight lifting and fencing for the AAU and was regional champion for epee for his age group. In Weightlifting he competed in tr state regional championship. During that time he attended St. Marks Episcopal Church in Mystic, Connecticut there he was one of the cantors for their choir under the music direction of David Tubbs. From 2004 to 2009 He went to Mitchell College and competed in the NCAA for his college Lacrosse Team, he acted in the Pequot Drama Society, and was editor of the school newspaper which was The Beacon at the time. He graduated Mitchell College Summa Cum Laude with his bachelor's degree in communications and sociology. He was also inducted in the national society of leadership and Phi Betta Kappa. Christopher is also a graduate of the Connecticut School of Broadcasting and worked for WBLQ, Jammin 107.7, and Q-105. As a freelance journalist he wrote for The Day Newspaper, Shore Publishing, The Norwich Bulletin, The Resident Newspaper, The Westerly Sun, The Mystic River Press, Patch, and The Mystic Times. Because of this he was allowed to interview Stan Lee and the two became good friends. He later graduated from the Connecticut Fire Academy and was a firefighter/ EMT for a number of years. During that time then girlfriend IFBB Pro Kate Baird, a long with friend NPC Champion Dawn Whitham, and old time Strongman Joseph Mugovero introduced him to power-lifting. He did very well and as a result gave him a second wind as an professional athlete he competed in various grip, power-lifting, and strongman contests. Eventually he had a circus strongman act where he would juggle sledgehammers and lift up to five people at a given time. He would later play semi pro football with the CT Sting earning him the nickname The Killer Bee. He later would be asked to tryout at a higher level. In 2010 he was trained by Susan Tex Green Pro Wrestling Hall of fame Inductee class of 2017, and Furman Jeffords to become a pro wrestler. ECW legend Angel Orsini later trained him in shoot style wrestling. Since 2010 he wrestled under the persona of Rescue 911, Tank Blackheart, Manimal The Maniac of Moscow, and Killer Bee 911. Some awards he earned in pro wrestling were the Ox Baker Memorial Cub, VPW tag team champion, Costa Rican Six Person Tag Champion, NWA New England Brass Knuckle Champion. Christopher along with Angel Orsini both co own tag team friendship productions along with Killers Club Productions. He also is the founder of The Anna International Film Festival, co founded the New England Music Hall of Fame, and Connecticut Hall of Honor. In 2018 he was elected on the associate board of directors of the Cauliflower Alley Club. He resides in Massachusetts and is the Massachusetts ambassador to the blues hall of fame.