Chris Baldyga was born on December 3, 1977. He was raised in the town of Fairfield, Connecticut. He graduated from Fairfield High School in 1996 and went on to study Mass Communications at Norwalk Community College and graduated in 1998. Two years later, Chris began his journey in Professional Wrestling by training at USA Pro Wrestling School. From then on, Chris developed the gimmick known as 'The Iron Eagle'. Soon after, he and his close friend, John Fazio, put together a short documentary based on Chris's life in the squared circle entitled "Wrestling Dreams" which chronicled his path to a big wrestling event in Bridgeport, Connecticut that he competed in against wrestler, Timothy Plazma.