[CHAR] The Money and the Miles: A Pro Wrestling RP

[ZeusTheMoose]

Name: Jack Flanagan Jr.
Position: Owner and promoter of Global Pro Wrestling
Personality: It is said that a face-to-face meeting with Jack Flanagan is an overwhelming experience. As the man in charge of GPW, Flanagan projects an aura of strength and confidence, and can be a rather intimidating presence. Internally however, Jack doubts his own capabilities as a leader, a businessman, and a creative visionary in the evolving world of professional wrestling. Behind closed doors he obsesses over his critics in the wrestling media, and wonders if the business has truly passed him by. Despise what his critics may think, Jack cares about every single wrestler on his roster, to the point where he considers all of them to be family, but because of his powerful position he will tragically never know if these feelings are genuinely reciprocated.
Biography: Global Pro Wrestling, GPW, was originally owned by Jack's father, who first brough Jack into the family business as an on-screen talent. In the early years, Jack played the role of a heel manager, serving as the mouthpiece for an impressive young wrestler named Max Power, with whom he soon became good friends. Following the death of his father, Jack inherited the company, and quickly transformed Max Power into a mega babyface by having him turn again Jack's own on-screen character. As a superheroic, larger-than-life figure, Max Power brought GPW, and the wrestling business as a whole, to a staggering level of success that neither Jack nor his father ever thought possible. Together, Max and Jack grew the company into a worldwide brand, with lucrative merchandising deals and unprecendented pay-per-view revenue, developing a close personal bond in the process. However, after a decade of dominance, fans have now started to grow tired of Max Power's traiditonal babyface routine. Business in in decline as a result, and Jack struggles to keep GPW relevant in the changing pop culture landscape of the 1990s. As the owner of GPW, Jack does indeed have an obligation to do what is best for the company and for his family's legacy, but that may now come at the expense of his best friend, the only real friend he has ever had in the wrestling business.



Name: Johnny Hollywood
Position: Creative Advisor to Jack Flanagan
Personality: A hotshot writer from LA, with an obnoxious and flamboyant demeanour. Generally insufferable. Considers himself a creative genius on the level of Prince. Says that will revolutionize the wrestling industry and bring it up to date for "sophisticated modern audiences." Genuinely loves wrestling and wants to improve the business, but is frequently misunderstood and misrepresented.
Biography: After shopping around several abysmal scripts, John Woods eventually landed a job as a television writer for a sitcom called In Between Boyfriends, a humorous look at the struggles of a recently single woman in Los Angeles. The show was cancelled after it's first season. Searching for a new job, and having been a long time fan of pro wrestling, John arranged for a meeting with Jack Flanagan. In desperate need of an outsider's perspective, and impressesed with some of John's unique ideas, Flanagan hired him as a creative advisor, giving him the nickname "Johnny Hollywood." John liked the name so much he immediately had it printed onto t-shirts that he tries to push at the gimmick table before live events.



Name: Big Bob Roberts
Position: GPW Head of Talent Relations
Personality: A holdover from a bygone era in which pro wrestling was viewed as entirely legitimate. A complete contrast to Johnny Hollywood in terms of personality and wrestling philosophy. Often begins sentences with "Back in my fucking day..."
Would never, ever, be described as a "people person" and yet now works in talent relations. Old school. Hard ass. Possibly unstable.
Biography: Back in his fucking day, Big Bob Roberts was the toughest son of a bitch in this godforesaken business. A friend of Jack's father who started working for GPW in it's earliest years, Bob maintains his position in the company today partly due to Jack's respect for his father, and partly due to rumors that Bob was once a master practitioner of the "fish hook," a technique used to pry a man's eyeball out of it's socket. "Allegedly" performed the fish hook to a fan in Oklahoma who called the wrestling business fake.

[ZeusTheMoose]

Max Power

Name: Max Power
Hometown: Freedom, California
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 275 lbs
Entrance Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi51kkMepn0

Alignment: Babyface.

Gimmick: The classic babyface. A real life superhero. Never gives up and always does what's right. A flag-waving American patriot that stands up and fights for American values.

Personality: A man that has been consumed by his fear of losing the spotlight and will do whatever it takes in order to stay on top. Motivated both by a selfish desire for personal glory, and by a genuine love of his role as a hero to young fans. Has naturally developed a considerable ego based on his many past successes and has become blinded by his own arrogance. Often blames others for his own shortcomings and limitations, and stubbornly refuses to evolve his outdated babyface persona.

Biography: Perhaps unsurprisingly, Max Power started out as a bodybuilder before eventually breaking into the wrestling business. His impressive physique earned him an opportunity with GPW, which at the time was owned and operated by Jack Flanagan's father. Flanagan himself was an on-screen talent playing the role of a heel manager, and he was paired with Max Power upon his debut. Max was originally positioned as a monster heel, a man of few words whose talking was done primarily by his mouthpiece Flanagan. However, his dominant displays of strength in the ring were soon met with cheers from fans, and it became clear that Power's money would be made as a babyface.

Once Jack took over the company following his father's death, the wheels were put in motion for a Max Power face turn. Tension began to develop between Max and Jack on-screen, ultimately culminating with Max turning on his manager and decking him in the jaw. Wrestling history was about to be made. Initially, there was some concern that Max would be unable to carry himself on the microphone but those concerns were soon dashed as he became one of the best promos in the business. His raw intensity and natural charisma allowed him to connect with the fans, and his never say die babyface persona propelled him to superstardom.

Max captured the GPW World Heavyweight Championship, and brought the company unparalleled success as Champion. Throughout the 1980s, Max dominated the wrestling scene, and his name became synonymous not just with GPW but with wrestling as a whole. In the early 1990s however, a cultural shift occurred in the United States. Fans grew tired of the traditional babyface schtick they had seen for so long, and eventually began to turn on their childhood hero. Today it is not uncommon for Max Power to hear just as many boos as he does cheers in arenas across the country, arenas that are not nearly as full as they were years before.

Wrestling Style: POWERhouse.

Finishing Move/s:
Powerbomb (originated by Max Power, named after him)
Big Splash off the top rope

Common Moves:
Running Powerslam (signature move, often used as a set-up)
Powerplex (T-bone suplex)
Torture Rack
Backbreaker
Powerline (clothesline)
Diving shoulder tackle

[Sarge]

Rabid Rob Reynolds

Name: Connor O'Malley a.k.a 'Rabid' Rob Reynolds
Hometown: Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 257lbs
Entrance Music: Bark at the Moon - Ozzy Osbourne

Alignment: Tweener - Typically heel, but often plays the face role in feuds against other heels.

Gimmick: 'Rabid' Rob Reynolds might have been a normal member of society once. Nobody knows, since nobody knows anything of his past before he wandered out of the wilderness into the small town of Mackenzie, British Columbia. A social outcast with minimal vocabulary and a vicious temper, 'Rabid' Rob found work doing the only thing he knew how to do: Fight. Those crazy Canadian bastards shoved him in a wrestling ring each week and watched him tear his opponents to shreds. And now he's here in GPW, looking to do one thing and one thing only: Dominate!

Personality: Contrary to his wrestling persona, Connor is a pretty laid back character who prides himself on his cool head and good sense of humour. Fond of practical jokes and self-depricating humour, he isn't happy unless the whole backstage crew are chuckling at one of his many japes. Despite his outwardly happy appearance, Connor has suffered from alcoholism in the past, and has especially had trouble keeping his drinking under control since his divorce last year.

Biography: Born to a low-income family, his father was a mechanic and his mother had previously been an air stewardess, who lapsed into a severe depressive cycle when she lost her job after she had Connor and his younger brother, Thomas. The alcoholic spiral into which she threw herself ended up taking her from Connor's life before his eighth birthday, as she passed away of acute kidney and liver failure. Connor's father threw himself into his work, leaving Connor and Thomas to look after themselves for twelve hours a day. They passed the time in the usual ways: School, riding bikes and playing ball games. But the one time a week when they got to spend time with their father was when the three O'Malley boys would sit down on a Friday night and watch wrestling on the local TV station, broadcast from a small regional wresting company a few miles down the road called 'FGCW' or 'Fort George Championship Wrestling'.

When they were old enough, both Connor and Thomas went to tryouts for the FGCW and ended up training alongside their childhood heroes, the wrestlers whose national recognition was practically zero, but to Connor they were like gods. He listened to every piece of advice, followed every training regime and did everything the promoter and the veteran wrestlers told him to do and it wasn't long before he was getting involved, first by ring announcing, then by refereeing and occasionally playing the 'plucky newcomer' when they needed someone for a monster heel to squash. Finally, on his 19th birthday, he was rewarded with his first proper match and went on to become a mainstay of the FGCW undercard.

After a few years of not really going anywhere, Connor decided it was time to re-invent himself. He stopped performing under his own name and instead came up with the persona of 'Rabid' Rob Reynolds, the Wildman of British Columbia. He grew his beard out, stopped cutting or combing his hair and started painting himself with mud before every match. He changed his fighting style from that of a high-flying technical wrestler to more of a brawling powerhouse and went from playing the babyface to playing the badass monster heel. Although some of his fellow performers were skeptical at first, the rebranding turned out to be a massive hit with the audience and it wasn't long before 'Rabid' Rob Reynolds was headlining events and challenging for the top titles.

Unfortunately, it was around this time that he caught his wife in bed with another member of the FGCW roster, who he proceeded to beat the crap out of and had to be dragged off the man by four local policemen. Although the charges were eventually dropped, the company severely reprimanded both of the wrestlers and Connor fell out of favour with the promoter and the other higher-ups. His pending divorce and his increasing alcoholism finally caught up with him when he was booked to challenge for the FGCW Tag Team Championship at a television taping, but showed up so drunk that he passed out on the ring apron before his partner could even tag him in. The match ended quickly and as soon as he sobered up he was dragged into a room with the FGCW chairman, who fired him on the spot.

Now, having heard of the troubles happening at GPW, Connor has decided that a change of scenery is just what he needs to clear his head. He placed a call to Jack Flanagan, sent a couple of his old TV tapes over to GPW headquarters for them to look at, and was eventually called to come in for a trial. The rest, as they say, is history.

Wrestling Style: Brawling powerhouse.

Finishing Move/s:
'Howl at the Moon' (main finisher) - Vertical Suplex Slam, usually transitioned directly into a pin
'Wolfbite' (submission) - Crossface Half-Nelson Chokehold

Common Moves:
Double Underhook DDT
Multiple clothesline variants
Powerbomb
Powerslam
Multiple suplex variants

[TheTrueGod]

Matt "The Fox" Emeralds

Name: Mat "The Fox" Emeralds
Hometown: Newark, New Jersey
Height: 6'1
Weight: 192 lbs
Entrance Music: Motörhead - Hellraiser

Alignment: Heel (can turn face though in dire situations)

Gimmick: Growing up in the mean streets of Newark, New Jersey, Matt had to invent his own ways to win and come out on top. Using his sly, cunning tactics to survive. He grew up poor, often having to steal many things, and never getting caught. Matt will do whatever it takes whether it be by skill, cheating, or just outsmarting his opponents, earning him the name, The Fox. Matt carried his cunning ways into the ring as he resorts to dirty ways to win. Whatever it takes to climb the ranks to success.

Personality: Matt is not the evil trickster he is in the ring. Matt's really just a normal guy who grew up in a bad neighbourhood, trying to earn good money and do what he loves. Wrestling. Matt is an alright genuine guy who enjoys hearing any advice he can get, and giving any advice he can give. He's an all around average guy. He tries his hardest to get along with everyone else. He stresses over little things and it usually ends with him messing up due to trying to do good.

Biography: Matt did grow up in a bad neighborhood, his family living on very little. Matt grew up watching wrestling as it was one of the few shows on and he fell in love with it. His life was focused around wrestling from there on. When Matt was 16 he started working to pay for training.

Matt learned much in his old trainer Jimmy Balowski's garage ring. Balowski got in contact with a couple of local wrestling promotions to get Matt set up when he was 18. Matt trained at the promotions some more, learning the ins and outs of the indies. He decided to pause wrestling for a bit and get through college, where he got a Bachelor's in Engineering.

Matt returned to the ring in a couple of promotions being a jobber for most of his 1st year back. Matt decided he needed to change it up and one day at a big show being watched by multiple recruiters, Matt went off the script and hit one of the top faces with a bat. He then continued to shoot a promo talking about his resentment for the companies negligence to his talent. This one over the recruiters and landed him in bigger promotions.

Matt was mildly successful and won a couple of Singles titles in his indy run, becoming known for his sly trickster style. One day he got contacted from GPW that he was invited for a try out. Matt went and nailed it, landing him a spot in GPW

Wrestling Style: A Fast Paced, Brawler esque style. (think Tyler Black/Seth Rollins)

Finishing Move/s: The Emerald Fusion (Brain Buster)
(top rope dive) - Flying Fox (moonsault with a spin during dive)

Common Moves:
-Superkick
-Float Over DDT
-Pele Kick
-Springboard Roundhouse
-Neckbreaker
-Enziguri

[geminironin]

Mike Blaze

Real name: Michael Richardson
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Age: 24
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 152 lb.
Entrance Music: Rage against the Machine - Know Your Enemy

Alignment: Face
Gimmick: An anti-authority hellraiser that competes for beer money, thrills, and the cheers of his fans. Mike does surprisingly little singles competition, often preferring to team up with other faces who are outnumbered or outmatched. He has no problem bringing foreign objects into a match, but only against opponents who "deserve it."

Personality: Mike is the kind of guy whose gimmick came from his real life. When not wrestling, he can usually be found at local punk clubs, or anywhere else he can have a great time and get into trouble. He's easy enough to get along with, but hates when people try to rein him in or keep him from doing what he wants, when he wants. His behavior could spell trouble for him in the near future, since it's a matter of time before he takes something too far.

Biography: Mike got his start in a backyard hardcore promotion called Garbage Pit Wrestling, and started jumping between other hardcore feds when it was shut down by a lawsuit from GPW. He managed to gather a small following among other punks, and recently got picked up by GPW itself when they decided to bring in some "extreme" talent to get the hardcore fans watching their shows.

Wrestling Style: Extreme high-flier, occasional hardcore brawler.

Finishing Move: "Blaze of Glory" - shooting star press, preferably through a table

Common Moves:
-Flying elbow/leg drop
-Missile dropkick
-Running bulldog
-Atomic drop
-Suicide dive
-Facebuster

[ZeusTheMoose]

Sexton Love

Name: Sexton Love
Hometown: Tightsqueeze, Virginia (actually from Toronto, Canada)
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 255 lbs
Entrance Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yoMU4ij2lc

Alignment: Heel.

Gimmick: "The Sexcellence of Sexecution." A sleazy womanizer with a seemingly endless stream of catchphrases and one-liners. Hosts a Piper's Pit talk show segment called "The Sex Talk." Believes he should be the top guy in the business because "Sex Sells" and he is quite simply the "Sexiest There Is, Sexiest There Was, and Sexiest There Ever Will Be."

Personality: Ask anyone in the wrestling business about Sexton Love, and they'll tell you the same thing: he lives his gimmick. His fans may be known as the "Sex Addicts," but in real life he is the one with the addiction. Goes out every night, in every town, and has established a network of devoted ring rats from coast to coast. His most important possession is his fanny pack, containing a Skittles-like cocktail of pain killers, Viagara, and natural male enhancement.

Biography: As a wrestling fan growing up, Sexton always found himself being drawn towards the heels, the bad guys, rather than to the babyfaces as was typical. He saw these guys who did what they wanted, said what the wanted, and based on the women that accompanied them to the ring, could get any girl that they wanted...and he was absolutely enthralled. Having been born into an abusive household and frequently picked on in school, Sexton viewed professional wrestling as an escape in every sense of the term. To get the things he wanted out of life, he knew that he would have to become like those guys on he saw on TV. Money, fame, women. They had it all.

Sexton first broke into the wrestling business in his home country of Canada, having trained at a wrestling school just outside of Toronto where he grew up. He soon began working for various independent promotions in Ontario, Quebec and the northeastern United States. Eventually, he was given the opportunity to wrestle in Japan, Mexico and the United Kingdom before finally retuning stateside when he was offered an opportunity to work for GPW. Having travelled the world honing his craft, Sexton Love had gained a reputation as an old school wrestler capable of working a 60 minute match, going out all night, blacking out, and doing it all over again the next day.

Highly respected in the locker room, Sexton has become a prominent member of GPW. However, because of his self-destructive lifestyle the company is hesistant to fully invest in him as a main event level, World Heavyweight Championship caliber talent. As a result, he has carved out a niche in the upper midcard ranks as the GPW International Champion.

Wrestling Style: Old school heel.

Finishing Moves:
Lovemaker (Rainmaker lariat)
Sexecutor (Muta Lock)

Common Moves:
Piledriver
Sexplex (Fisherman suplex w/bridge)
Love From Above (Flying elbow, ripped off from the Macho Man)
Rude Awakening (neckbreaker, ripped off from Ravishing Rick Rude)
Massive Package (small package)

[Sarge]

El Tiburón

Name:'El Tiburón' (real name Marco Silva)
Hometown: La Paz, Mexico
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 192lbs
Entrance Music: El Jarabe Tapatio

Alignment: Babyface

Gimmick: 'El Tiburon' (The Shark, in English) was a major success in Mexico, one of the biggest stars on the lucha scene. His father, 'Mas Peligro', is considered perhaps the greatest luchador to ever have laced up a mask. His goal in life is simple; he just wants to make his father proud, and no longer have to live in his shadow. He is typically cast as the plucky underdog babyface, usually involved in long-term feuds with much larger wrestlers.

Personality: Behind the scenes, Marco's fiery latin temper is well-documented. He suffers from a Napoleon complex, constantly trying to prove he's better than other, larger wrestlers and getting into no small amount of backstage drama as a result. The language barrier, coupled with his reputation as something of an emotional powderkeg, has made it difficult for Marco to make friends.

Biography: As the eldest son of one of the most famous Luchadors in history, Marco was never going to be anything other than a wrestler just like his father. He grew up watching his father perform every week and as soon as he was old enough he began training alongside him as well, acting as a sparring partner when he could so he could learn the fighting style.

It wasn't long before he took to the ring himself, adopting the name 'El Tiburon' and donning a mask with a shark motif. By this stage, his father owned his own promotion and began booking Marco in the midcard, often challenging for the second-tier title belt or the Tag Team belts. After a few years of this, Marco confronted his father and insisted that he was ready to perform at a higher level. His father agreed, and they engaged in a long storyline where Peligro lost the top title to his arch nemesis, 'Sin Miedo', and Tiburon set out to win back the family's honor, eventually leading to him winning the title belt and putting him over as the new top face of the company.

Unfortunately, financial issues forced his father to close his doors and Tiburon found himself struggling to be taken seriously by the other lucha companies, who thought he only made it big because of his father. Eventually, he decided that he would try his luck in America and began sending tapes of his matches around. He got several offers from smaller, regional broadcasters but as soon as he found out that GPW were interested, he knew that's where he had to be.

Wrestling Style: Luchador

Finishing Move:
Peligro Piledriver - Snap piledriver (Innovated by his father)
It should be noted that Tiburon can perform this move even against opponents he cannot lift (usually by dropping them to their knees first). In these instances it is more of a sitout facebuster than a piledriver, but the move uses the same name so as not to confuse the audience.

Common Moves:
Enziguri
Flying Headscissors
Jumping Clothesline
Hurricanrana
Missile Dropkick

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Name: Alex "Razorblade" Hill
Hometown: Rockingham, North Carolina
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 231
Entrance Music: Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi

Alignment: Face
Gimmick: He is an underdog and opportunist. He prefers to be in multi-man matches or team ups which is where he thrives. He will help anyone who asks him. He tells the fans that he was just like them. A fan who wanted to be more. He will often say that if they try hard enough they can to. He stands up for the weak and aims for the top dogs. He has a chant that he often uses, "There's no need to fear. The Underdog is here."
Personality: Despite being super warm and nice to the fans backstage Alex is very closed off to others. He is somewhat anti-social but loves putting on his persona. He wishes he was more 'friendly' but doesn't know how to be. He truly does care for the fans and his co-workers even if it doesn't seem like it.
Biography:Alex didn't grow up in harsh conditions. He was a normal average fan like he says and wanted to be more. He grew up in an area with a lot of other kids who loved wrestling. They all would often gather together and have their own 'promotions' before gathering near a TV to watch the pros. Alex was one of the better kids in the area.

As all the kids grew older they all realized only a few of them were good enough to potentially live out all of their dreams. Eight kids in number gave up their individual dreams to help support the three best of their group, Alex being one of them. For the next two years they helped the three train and then one day they set up a dark match with a distant promotion. A 3-on-3 tag team match. They new blood lost horribly, but surprisingly the manager of the company signed two of the kids to join the CWA, Carolina Wrestling Association. For the next few months the two new guys were a dominant tag team and the more veteran teams didn't like them. They kept hassling the two inside the ring and out. It all culminated in a match between Alex and his partner against three members from various teams. Alex and his partner were doing well in the unscripted match until Alex's 'friend' hit him in the back of the head with a chair. Apparently the guy couldn't take the harassment and abandoned Alex and left the show for good.

After the horrible loss Alex started his Underdog Gimmick. Fans started eating it up. One guy betrayed vs the world. CWA's records were going through the roof. Then the company fell flat due to constant lawsuits from past competitors because of constant injuries. Alex started roaming from place to place in various indy scenes. The little reputation he had built in CWA was dwindling until an old veteran of GPW saw Alex perform and took the young guy under his wing and showed him the ropes of the big leagues. Alex trained harder than he ever had and when the vet thought he was ready he called Jack Flanagan to set up a trial match. Alex did better than ever before and signed a contract a few days later. And the rest is yet to come.

Wrestling Style: Fast paced brawler/opportunist (Imagine the resiliency of Dolph Ziggler combined with the opportunistic ability of Edge)
Finishing Move: Butterfly Suplex, Razor's Edge(Imagine Kaitlyn's Lotus Lock but putting the feet on the shoulder blades)
Common Moves: Spear
Diving dropkick
Bicycle Kick
Hurricanrana(I can't spell for crap)
Side Kick
Lionsault over the ropes
Shining Wizard
Spider Suplex

[Stekkmen]

IVAN IVANOVICH IVANOWSKY



Name: Mikhail 'Ivan' Azarov
Hometown: Fairbanks, Alaska "Moscow, Russia"
Height: 6'10
Weight: 354 Lbs
Entrance Music: youtu.be/x2YlbiyiuMc (edited for more dramatic effect)

Gimmick: Outstandingly Russian. Making fun of the now collapsed Soviet Union, "Ivan Ivanovich Ivanowsky" is on a quest for power, determined to destroy all capitalist pigs. Almost never has any allies, unless there is another wrestler who shares his deep appreciation for the glorious motherland and communism.

Personality: Believe it or not, Mikhail isn't actually a soviet extremist! While his parents did hail from Russia, they weren't particularly patriotic and didn't imbue any ideals onto him as a child. He laughs at almost everything, which can end up being quite inappropriate if someone is genuinely upset about something. He often ends up in a position of intimidation when conversing, he always stands too close to the person he's talking too. He usually doesn't step in if other people are at odds with each other, instead choosing to watch them sort it out among themselves.

Biography: Born in Fairbanks, Alaska many years before the collapse of the Soviet Union, his mother and father were never patriotic of their homeland, and never imbued any strong ideals onto him. He grew up fast, growing taller and heavier than his parents quite quickly in his youth. His low voice and up close demeanor often had people backing away from him and tending to stay away. As such, he never had too many friends, and never any close ones, but on the other hand, he never had any enemies either. Some made fun of his heritage and accent, but he simply laughed with them, and the would-be bullies just shrugged and walked away. What where they gonna do, attack him? Not at his height.

He worked manual labor jobs for a long while, construction, agriculture, even mining. He considered joining the army for a military career, but soon found a calling in professional wrestling. Employers picked him up and assigned him to the apparently obvious gimmick he has today. He figures it suits him well enough, and he enjoys being a goofy bad guy.

He began his professional career in a series of losses, often being a ploy, an easily defeated bad guy for up and coming babyfaces. He quite enjoyed being knocked over and dramatically falling over the top rope, tumbling downwards with his massive size. His first highlight was being crushed and humiliated by Max Powers back in the day.

The managers decided to do a little more with his character and had him defeat a minor hero in a shocking turn of events. His first rivalry, although ending him with him being defeated in a down to the wire battle, he stilled gained a little reputation as a proper villain, instead of an easily defeated goon.

Wrestling Style: Tall, weighty. Heavy punches, body slams, throws.

Finishing Moves: Soviet Solution: A large, dramatic choke-slam onto the map, followed by a running elbow drop.
Over the shoulder slam

Common Moves:
Head Punch
Atomic Drop
DDT
Irish Whip Rebound Slam/Punch
Sometimes he just runs at an opponent and bulldozes into them. Of course, it usually ends up being dodged.
Bulldog
Big Slap

[Hey Im Jordan]

Wrestles in a singlet.
Straps are down boys

Name: Bill Stevenson AKA Drayden
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Height: 6’5”
Weight: 285
Entrance Music: Dink

Alignment: Face

Gimmick: He almost has two gimmicks. In matches, he’s often intense and methodically destroys his opponents with careful technical wrestling. In backstage segments and promos, he’s a little more loose and silly. Think Kurt Angle in the 90s/early 2000s. Stuff like this. He can be a little rough on the crowd in certain promos, but for the most part he gets pretty decent pops because most people love to see someone get torn apart, and when Drayden’s coming down, they know that’ll likely be the case. He has an odd air of charisma around him that attracts people to him.

Personality: He’s the best worker backstage, and has been with the company for a long time. Newer wrestlers look to him for tips and encouragement, and the ones that have been around as long as he has know he takes no bullshit. He’ll stiff someone in the ring if they’re trying to politic him backstage. He’s very blatant with the boss, very simply declining to job to anyone he thinks is beneath him, or he thinks he could have a money match with if it’s promoted properly. His finishers are heavily protected; he’ll refuse to use them if they won’t get the pin. Drayden is respected by most everyone backstage, and is usually happy with whatever storylines he’s in, most always in the upper midcard nowadays. He avoids the main event because he feels like he’ll end jobbing to Max Power, someone he does not respect in the slightest, believing that Max is ‘holding the business back.’

He’s been here for a couple of years now, and is trusted by the bookers and agents to put on good, safe matches with everyone, to the point that newcomers are often booked in matches with him(if you can’t have a good match with Drayden, you’re in the wrong business). Sometimes this strategy fails, because Drayden is capable of carrying matches with sloppier workers.

He’s the judge of ‘wrestler’s court’ backstage, and much prefers to be called ‘Drayden’ as opposed to ‘Bill,’ even by his fellow workers backstage.

Biography: An absolute freak athlete, Bill Stevenson was able to make his body do things that other people didn’t think were possible from a young age. In college and highschool, he was a wrestler and an unbelievably skilled one. He was an Olympic medalist before joining the GPW, where his highly advanced technical wrestling skills allowed him to easily slip into the business. He started as a heel, considering himself better than other people in the company due to his background, but was quickly humbled by a couple of the old hands in the ring. Since then, his character has been a face, and he excites crowds with his wonderful wrestling. He had a few world title shots early on, but came short everytime. After that, he found a spot in the upper midcard, where he puts on five star matches almost every week. As he’s moved on, his wrestling style has evolved from one composed of takedowns and suplexes, to a varied one, with plenty of striking and more traditional moves: i.e., powerbombs, spinebusters, etc, and the occasional top rope maneuver.

He’s comfortable and happy in his spot, and enjoys giving promos, which he’s found himself to end up being very good at. He rarely loses matches unless they’re on pay-per-view and against up-and-coming heels, or faces that he respects backstage. Backstage, he’s currently gunning for the GPW International Championship, which he hopes to capture and bring to the light as the ‘workhorse’ title, having no interest in being fed to the unbeatable Max Power.

He’s been consistently bringing this up with Jack, saying that, as Drayden, he can bring prestige to the IN title and make it one worth watching the show for.

Wrestling Style: Technical brawler
Finishing Move: Pop-up powerbomb, Olympic Slam
Common Moves: Moonsault(his ultimate move, only used in dire situations. He’s well aware of how dangerous it is, but often does it anyway, calling it in the ring)
German suplex
Tiger suplex
Belly-to-belly suplex
Crossface chickenwing
Lou Thesz Press
Big boot
DDT
Triple non-release powerbombs
Spinebuster