Europe In 1997, Chris Raaber met with Michael Kovac who was wrestling in Europe; by then Raaber accepted Kovac's offer to teach him to wrestle. At the age of 16, Raaber made his debut in Independent Wrestling World wrestling in
Hannover,
Niedersachsen,
Germany, against Gary Mountain as he lost by disqualification. Less than a year into his career, Raaber won the WFU Rookie Trophy by defeating German Kid in the finals of the tournament. During his early years, Raaber wrestled for several German promotions including German Wrestling Association, German Wrestling Federation and NWA Germany. After a short stint in North America, Raaber returned to Germany, making his debut for
Westside Xtreme Wrestling in May 2001. After winning a number one contenders tournament, Raaber faced Mad Cow for the vacant
wXw World Heavyweight Championship, which he lost. However, on February 3, 2002, he won another number one contenders tournament and defeated Thomas Blade for the wXw World Heavyweight Championship. He later vacated the title in July 2002. During his time as champion, he won the ACW International Championship from Aykut in May and in June he made his
Ireland debut where he won the EWA World Heavyweight Championship. Raaber lost his ACW International Championship back to Aykut in September only to win it back in December, he lost the title to Mr. Natural Wonder in March 2003. While in the US he appeared on
World Championship Wrestling as part of
R and
B Security with
James Storm,
Cassidy O'Reilly and
Chris Harris, although he didn't have any matches his memorable moment was being
chokeslammed to a table by
Scott Steiner on
Nitro. In 2007, Raaber participated in the Campeonato Internacional De Lucha Libre X-Trema CWS 2007 for Colombian Wrestling Superstars and made it to the final before losing a battle royal to Lloyd Anoaʻi.
Japan Throughout Raaber's career, he has toured Japan on several occasions under the name Bambikiller for the most part. Raaber debuted for
Pro Wrestling Zero1 in summer 2005 when he participated in the
Fire Festival and gained four points, not enough for advancement. In 2006, Raaber became a representative member for an interpromotional company called
Global Professional Wrestling Alliance which is run by the founder
Mitsuharu Misawa and joined along with other wrestling organizations. On October 27, 2006, he lost the EWA World Heavyweight Championship to
Takao Omori but would regain it on November 11. In October 2008, he participated in the Continent Confrontation Tournament. On July 11, 2010, Raaber defeated
Kohei Sato to become the
World Heavyweight Champion and would lose the title on September 9, 2010, to
Daisuke Sekimoto. In 2012, Raaber participated in that years
Real World Tag League, paired with Franz Dynamite and only managed to win one match. In November 2013, Bambi Killer came together with
D'Lo Brown and
Kenso to form the
DK (Dark Kingdom) stable. Bambikiller faced New Japan Pro Wrestling star
Hiroshi Tanahashi at GL1 Gloucester Leisure Centre Oct 4th in England for Superstars Of Wrestling. ==Championships and accomplishments==