A New Giant is Born: Charlie the Cop Career Thread

[Cathcart Chiswick]

Allow me to introduce to you Charlie the Cop. In Australia, many young wrestlers idolize the legendary Bruce the Giant; Charlie is one of the few who approach his size. Standing seven feet, two inches tall, and weighing in at 460 pounds, Charlie was always the biggest boy in his classes at school, and he always wanted to become a professional wrestler. Unfortunately, his family was poor, so it took several years as a police officer in Perth before Charlie could scrape together enough money for training. Now, he sets out on a mission: with his specially tailored police uniform and devastating Mongolian chop, he's going to storm every wrestling ring they let him into until he's the equal of Bruce himself... [B]"A NEW GIANT IS BORN": a Wrestling Spirit career from the creator of that "Walrus" thing[/B] THE STARTING POSITION: Default: $10,000 in cash, no overness anywhere. Born August 1980 (24 years old). THE GOAL: Charlie wants to be the successor to his idol, Bruce the Giant. To this end, his ideal situation would be a high-profile career with BHOTWG. Doubly ideal would be if he could get there before Bruce retired, and therefore learn from him. In the absence of this, Charlie would settle for a job with one of the American Global companies. INITIAL STATS SPIRIT: 10 POWER: 27 TECHNIQUE: 2 SPEED: 0 PSYCHOLOGY: 14 STAMINA: 19 TOUGHNESS: 32 CHARISMA: 10 MICROPHONE: 10 SAFETY: 17 LOOKS: 12 RESPECT: 0 [I]Notes from the creator: I'll be the first to admit that my first career is going to be a relatively easy one. The life of a giant in WreSpi is a good one; you're larger than everybody, so they have a lot of trouble damaging you, whereas even your low-level hits are pretty devastating. My initial plan is to make Charlie a strikes-based wrestler; the Mongolian Chop is going to be the chief weapon in his arsenal, capitalizing on his massive hands. I've also created a custom move for him (see below), perhaps further decreasing the difficulty level a bit, but it's not anything overpowering. On the other hand, his relatively advanced age is a handicap. The following post will deal with Charlie’s moveset.[/I]

[Cathcart Chiswick]

[B]INITIAL MOVES[/B] STRIKES (12/15) LOW Kick to Knee Mongolian Chop Punch Running Clothesline Slap to Chest MEDIUM Cop Shop Chop (custom; detailed below) Discus Clothesline Discus Punch Roundhouse Body Punch Roundhouse Punch HIGH Lariat Clothesline Twisting Elbow Blow STANDING (20/50) LOW Atomic Drop Backbreaker Bodyslam Fireman’s Spin Front Facelock MEDIUM DDT Full Nelson Full Nelson Butt Bomb Inverted Atomic Drop Mad Man Clothesline Piledriver Samoan Drop Seated Faceplant Short-Arm Clothesline Standing Spinebuster HIGH Fame Dropper Powerbomb Sit-Out Powerbomb FINISHER Inverted Piledriver Stunning Face Crusher GROUND (8/10) LOW Elbow Drop Legdrop Slingshot to Corner Stomp MEDIUM Giant Swing Gorilla Press Splash HIGH Big Legdrop TOP ROPE (0/10) (yeah, right!) REBOUND (2/5) LOW Clothesline MEDIUM Powerslam CORNER (5/5) LOW Corner Elbow Corner Ten Punch MEDIUM Avalanche Corner Stomp Flurry Reverse Avalanche ROPES (0/5) (none!) [I]Notes from the creator: Charlie’s move set is deliberately limited. He has almost no kicks, no suplexes, and of course no speed-bsed moves. He doesn’t have a lot of stuff that targets his opponent’s limbs, either; he’s going to go straight forward and wear the guy down. The game plan, more often than not, begins with one or two Mongolian Chops. From there, Charlie will proceed either to heavier blows (Cop Shop Chops, roundhouses), or to grabbing his stunned opponent and throwing him to the mat. Once down, he has a few options: he can hit him with one of a small number of stomps, legdrops, and such, or he can pick him up, or else he can slingshot his opponent to the corner. Like his idol Bruce, Charlie likes the corner. If he doesn’t lead with the Chop, he’ll probably go with some sort of clothesline. Charlie does have two Finisher-level moves, but I don’t intend to use them much; at this point, he’s not supposed to know anything fancy. So my plan is to end most matches with either a Lariat Clothesline, or else some sort of Powerbomb. Of course, that means multiple pin attempts may be necessary…[/I] [B]THE COP SHOP CHOP[/B] Charlie the Cop's signature move: a mighty Mongolian Chop. Move level: Medium Frequency: 67% Success rate: 0% Wow Factor: 10% Ouch Factor: 30% Stiffness: 30% Damage: 22 head, 22 body Identical in all other aspects to the Mongolian Chop [I]This move is deliberately simple; it’s a big Mongolian Chop. Damage increased by 50%, rate of success decreased by 15%. It’s comparable to, for example, the Discus Clothesline, except it doesn’t knock anyone down – or to a Roundhouse (Body) Punch that splits its damage between head and body. Really, it’s more a flavor thing than a game advantage thing.[/I]

[Cathcart Chiswick]

Bouts 1-3 [I]Note from the creator: I played the first month of Charlie's career before I thought of putting together a diary, so large portions of this are reconstructed from memory. February and subsequent months will feature more detailed match reports.[/I] JANUARY 1, 2005: Well, I signed my contracts today. All in all, eight promotions scattered across the globe were willing to offer me contracts or try-outs; people my size are in rather short supply in the wrestling world, so I suppose they're willing to pay me to show up everywhere. (I hope they know I take up two seats on planes...) My first match is this Saturday, in New York City. NYCW has offered me a six-month contract. I've never been to New York before, but I suppose I've never been to any of the places I'm going to be working before either. I'm fighting some guy called Roger Dodger; I'e never heard of him. Apparently, he's kind of a veteran, not great but of course he's got more experience than me, and very charismatic. I hope I don't lose. -- Charlie Week 1, Saturday: CHARLIE THE COP VS. ROGER DODGER at NYCW Lost in the City (Fight #1 this year, #1 with this promotion, #1 overall) Charlie tried to get the upper hand on Roger Dodger, but it was no use. The veteran made him look foolish out there, dodging him and tying him into knots en route to an eight-minute submission. Because Charlie is relatively young and has difficulty absorbing punishment, a good run by Roger made it impossible for Charlie to get back in the fight. Oh well, it's to be expected. The bout got a C, and Charlie became a Lower Midcarder. Week 2, Monday: CHARLIE THE COP VS. DEANO MACHINO at WLW Gangland (Fight #2 this year, #1 with this promotion, #2 overall) As one-sided as the Dodger fight was, this one was equally one-sided the other way. A few stiff hits to Machino's face and body, and he crumpled, setting Charlie up for the Sit-Out Powerbomb and the squash win at 4 minutes. It wasn't what you'd call an [I]interesting[/I] fight, though, and that is probably why it only got a D. Deano vouches for Charlie's skill to the company after the fight, though, and he ends up getting a contract for $40 an appearance -- and making a friend. Week 2, Wednesday: CHARLIE THE COP vs. NATE MANCHESTER at ROF Death Beckons (Fight #3 this year, #1 with this promotion, #3 overall) We have a winning streak! Charlie outweighed the rookie high-flier Manchester by something like 300 pounds, and the result was predictable; robbed of many of his best moves, Manchester couldn't do much in the face of the mighty Mongolian Chop, and while his speed allowed him to elude the inevitable for seven minutes, he eventually succumbed to a big Lariat Clothesline. Another weak match, this one got a D.

[Cathcart Chiswick]

Match 4: Charlie vs. Tribal Warrior JANUARY 13, 2004: Someone should have told me this wrestling stuff involved so much travel! After visiting America, Japan and England within a week, I'm back here in the United States -- Texas, to be specific -- to get my tryout with USPW. These guys seem to be a rough crowd; I'd almost go so far as to say the booker, Jillefski, is kind of a jerk. (I wouldn't say it to his face, though!) On the other hand, they're one of the biggest promotions that agreed to let me try out, so I suppose I should keep my mouth shut. This is my first fight against a guy anywhere near my size -- Tribal Warrior is a big Samoan guy with a tattoo on his face, and weighs maybe 300, 320 pounds. It's also my first fight against an opponent I heard of before someone told me I'd be facing him. I'm completely nervous, even though I'm on a two-fight winning streak. Week 2, Sunday: CHARLIE THE COP vs. TRIBAL WARRIOR at USPW Balls to the Wall (Match #4 this year, #1 with this company, #4 overall) Charlie gets off to a good start, wearing Warrior (who has something like five times as much energy as him) down with a lot of Mongolian Chops supplemented by roundhouses to the head. The plan is to make him dizzy, maybe draw some blood, so maybe he'll have trouble avoiding the attack that'll finish him off. Warrior gets some shots in, and Charlie soon finds himself without any energy. But Warrior, with his finishers mostly based on being larger than his opponent, has trouble putting him away. Meanwhile, Charlie continues to go to the head... to the head... to the head. He cuts the Warrior's face wide open, reduces his head condition to 0, then goes after the body. It's brutal; Warrior is fighting back, but his already limited options are further diminished by the blood loss. Meanwhile, Charlie himself is too tired to land a finisher, no matter how much he wears Warrior down. The crowd watches in horrified fascination as the bigger man delivers roundhouse after roundhouse to Tribal Warrior's midsection, picking him up only to knock him down again, the veteran barely able to marshal sufficient strength to fend off the powerbomb that would end the fight. 49 minutes in, the ringside doctor has had enough, and as the paramedics come in to cart Tribal Warrior's prone body to the hospital, Charlie raises his bruised hands with difficulty to the sky, victorious. This epic match gets a C+ -- and a contract to appear as an opener for USPW. JANUARY 15, 2005 -- Nobody ever told me I'd be fighting for almost an hour last night... it was a harsh fight, but I can't say I have any problem with the outcome. (I'm not sure if I would have said the same thing when I tried to get out of bed this morning...) Tribal Warrior is okay; he called me this morning, congratulating me on my win, and he says he told Danny Jillefski to give me forty bucks an appearance. A nice guy, that Tribal Warrior. Now it's on to Belgium, where I'm scheduled to try out for UCR on Wednesday. -- Charlie

[Adam Ryland]

It can only be a matter of time before TCW grabs him for the inevitable Rick Law vs Charlie The Cop "battle of the law enforcers" bout :) The Cop Shop Chop vs The Long Arm Of The Law

[Liamo]

I was wondering how long it would be 'til we saw the first WreSpi Dynasty, I thought I was going to end up being the first. But you beat me to it, thankfully it's looking good - I'll be reading from now on :D

[kinealg]

I WAS going to do the second, but figured I oughta wait to get the full version so I don't have to start again!

[Liamo]

That was my excuse too :)

[D-Lyrium]

You won't have to, save games are compatible ;) Oh, and Cathcart, why did you DECREASE the Success Rate? It's his finisher...

[Unright]

[QUOTE=D-Lyrium]You won't have to, save games are compatible ;) Oh, and Cathcart, why did you DECREASE the Success Rate? It's his finisher...[/QUOTE] The Cop Shop Chop isn't his finisher, just a signature move.

[D-Lyrium]

But still, usually a wrestlers gimmick moves are more effective than the generic move used by another worker. For example, how many times has anyone other than HBK, Lance Storm or Justin Credible won a match with a Superkick? ;) But it's his diary, I'm not saying "omg its rong u must chagne it1" I'm just wondering :)

[Cathcart Chiswick]

Oops -- I didn't mean success rate, I meant frequency. Neither one has a success rate. I'm still not sure what Charlie's finisher will be -- I'm probably going to alter an existing move. I don't think I'm going to try to sell a [I]really big Mongolian Chop[/I] as a legitimate finisher, though... I'll probably modify either a lariat clothesline (shades of Rick Law, indeed!) or some sort of powerbomb. But at the moment, I'm pretty set on going the first six months to a year without a finisher. Thanks for the kind words, everyone, and I'm going to try to get the rest of this month typed up tonight so I'm free to go ahead for the actual release.

[infinitywpi]

Might I recommend a powerslam? It worked for Shelton Benjamin... and you could be the cop who threatens to put criminals in "The Slammer".

[Cathcart Chiswick]

Sorry for neglecting this journal for the last couple weeks. It's not dead. I've actually completed over four months of the dynasty, but I need to make a few formatting changes and type up the rest of January, which won't happen until I finish exams.

[jksander]

I'll be reading if you keep writing! I want to know more, dammit! ;)

[Cathcart Chiswick]

Note: I put together nine months of reports, then proceeded to procrastinate for three months on actually finishing off the reports for January. So I’ve got a pretty substantial backlog of diary to run through, and I’m sure I’ll write more before I finish posting that. Unfortunately, I don’t remember anything about January, so I’ll just begin with a quick recap: Week 3, Wednesday, CHARLIE the COP vs. CAPTAIN HERO (UCR Big Bang) Lost in twenty minutes. Match gets a C+. Week 3, Thursday: Charlie the Cop vs. Primal RAGE (CZCW Private World) Lost in twenty-nine minutes. Match gets a C+. Week 3, Saturday: Charlie the Cop vs. Tim Westybrook (4C Genocide) Lost in eleven minutes. Yet again, match gets a C+. Week 3, Sunday: Charlie the Cop vs. Brent Hill (21CW Decimation) Won in twenty-two minutes. Match gets a B-. Week 4, Monday: Charlie the Cop vs. Insane Machine (WLW Gangland) Won in ten minutes. Match gets a C+. All right, now back to the real thing.

[Cathcart Chiswick]

February 2005, Week 1 FEBRUARY '05 Wednesday, Week 1: CHARLIE THE COP AND JEFF AMAZON vs. NATE MANCHESTER AND ALPHA FEMALE at ROF Epidemic of Hate On the face of it, this looks like a mismatch: Alpha Female is easily the most experienced competitor of the four, but what can a lightweight like Nate Manchester do against Charlie? Not much, it seems, as two Mongolian Chops followed by two Cop Shop Chops completely deplete his energy. Nate fires back with some moves that put a dent in Charlie, but weakened by the effort, tags out to Alpha. The more experienced wrestler puts on a clinic, hitting nine straight moves before Charlie, tired and in danger, manages to break out. He responds with two Mongolian chops and a roundhouse to the body, a stomp, then two more chops. It’s the eight-minute mark, and Cop is exhausted, so having depleted both his foes’ energy, he tags out to a fresh Jeff Amazon. Amazon leads with a massive roundhouse, which Alpha, being out of energy, can do nothing about; his attempt to end the match with a Double-Arm DDT fails. He tries again, and again, seven times; Alpha resists, but can neither stop any of Jeff’s other moves nor mount an offense of her own. At the 14-minute mark, Jeff busts Alpha open with an Implant DDT, but can’t get the pin off it. Now, it is only a matter of time; on his twelfth try, Amazon accomplishes the Double-Arm, and with it ends a lackluster, one-sided match. It gets a D. THURSDAY, WEEK 1: BRILLIANT WHITE AND GENOCIDE AGENT vs. CHARLIE THE COP AND SILVER SHARK (21CW Total Eclipse) Charlie stays in England, driving out to the Midlands to face another tag match against some lightweights. Again, he leads for the team, and it takes him over a minute to land his first hit of the match. When he does, though, the effect is sudden and brutal: two Mongolians, two Cop Shops, and a Mad Man Clothesline leave Brilliant White semi-conscious outside the ring. He tags out to the masked veteran Silver Shark, who promptly fails a Moonsault onto White’s prone body. The fight continues; eventually, they roll back into the ring, where Shark knocks his opponent to the ground and hits a Ground Roundhouse Kick to end the brutal squash before Agent even gets a chance to fight. The match gets a D. [I]FRIDAY, WEEK 1: I can’t believe I flew to Canada for no reason. I had a fight in England yesterday with 21st Century, a fight in England tomorrow with Men of Steel, and 4C summons me across the Atlantic Ocean for… no reason? I feel cheated! I don’t know why everyone wants to make me fight tag matches this week. I’m not a tag team fighter. Still, even I know Silver Shark made a mistake when he pinned Brilliant White at the three-minute mark. No wonder that guy has never made it in the business. Singles match tomorrow, against some guy named Ivan Ivanoff. It’s time to impress the MOSC bookers – I can tell you I won’t be pinning anyone in three minutes![/I] SATURDAY, WEEK 1: CHARLIE THE COP vs. IVAN IVANOFF (MOSC) A slow start, as Charlie misses his first few hits and has some trouble evading Ivanoff’s blows. Soon, though, he’s chopping away at his enemy, and at 4:30, a Mad Man Clothesline puts Ivanoff in trouble. After some inconclusive swings, they’re soon back in the ring, and Ivanoff atempts to climb a turnbuckle. Yelling, “Oi! Get back here and fight!”, Charlie yanks him off the rope, throws him across the ring, and hits a Full Nelson Butt Bomb on him. A few more power moves follow, but Charlie realizes he is rapidly tiring, and tries to wrap matters up. Ivanoff takes massive punishment, but Charlie can’t quite finish him. Eventually, at the 17-minute mark, Ivanoff pulls out a set of brass knuckles, smacks Charlie across the face with them, and finishes a brawl that, while not a masterpiece of technical grappling, was violent enough for a C+ from the carnage-obsessed MOSC fans. Charlie gets a $40/appearance contract as an opener with the company.

[Cathcart Chiswick]

February 2005, Part 2 of 2 [B]THURSDAY, WEEK 2: SPEEDY MARIE, THE BIG BAD AND THE EVIL HENCHMEN vs. FRANK DE PAIN, CHARLIE THE COP, AND THE YOUTH BANDITS (UCR)[/B] Here in Belgium, UCR decides to throw everyone who’s sitting around the locker room into this massive elimination match, with one big guy and a bunch of lightweights per side. Speedy Marie is one of those lightweights, and he (!) leads off against our hero Charlie. You know the drill by now: Mongolian Chop, Mongolian Chop, Front Facelock, and then Chop no. 3 fails, allowing Marie to hit a couple quick moves, sweep Charlie’s legs, and run for cover. Replacing him is The Big Bad, who is on the same scale as Charlie and proves less susceptible to Mongolian Chops than his predecessor; desiring a matchup he can exploit, Charlie decides to tag out and let little Frank de Pain, the only one on the team with any stamina whatsoever, wear his opponent down. This he does, and he even deals some damage, launching himself like a pinball at the bigger man, but a few stiff shots from the Russian beat him down, and inspire him to give way to Cannonball Logan. Logan, the fearless rookie, makes up in perseverance what he lacks in talent, absorbing brutal damage from the Big Bad but taking his foe down into the Danger Zone with him. This accomplished, it’s back to Speedy Marie, who tries to take advantage of Logan’s worn-down state but is met by the last fresh man on the faces’ bench, Logan’s fellow Youth Bandit Ian Vincible. Vincible doles out some stiff hits – roundhouses knocking Marie down, kicks to his prone form, but the Frenchman is better built than to succumb to Vincible’s first finisher attempt. Vincible closes in again, but Marie’s manager Stetson Hatt trips him up just as he’s about to finish the foe. The battered Marie makes a few hits on Vincible, then tags back to Big Bad, who’s on the brink of exhaustion. The Henchmen are looking on, gloating. Big Bad reaches a meaty paw toward Vincible’s mouth, going for the Asiatic Spike, but the attempt fails, and Vincible goes on the offensive. He tries to take Big Bad down with a flying clothesline, but the move backfires, and the Russian behemoth nearly pins him as a result. So now we’re back to Charlie, who’s still relatively fresh. Charlie comes out chopping, stunning the big man – who is, by this point, completely exhausted – before raising him up a full seven feet in the air – Inverted Piledriver! But the pin somehow fails, and Cop can’t repeat that performance. Scanning the ropes, he sees Frank Depain, and tags out, hoping that the smaller man’s speed will succeed where his own raw power can’t. They don’t; two minutes of battle are inconclusive, and then the giant tags out to Evil Henchman no. 1. De Pain knocks him down, and it’s back to Charlie. The big man chops three times, then sends the henchman over the ropes with a Mad Man Clothesline. He goes outside, but the villain hops back in first and tags to his fellow henchman. This henchman proves no more resilient to the chopping, and is in the danger zone within a minute and a half – but while his form is bttered, his will remains storng, and he applies the Asiatic Spike. Charlie submits at 22:08. The Henchmen continue their spiking, tagging each other in three times before knocking Ian Vincible out with another Asiatic Spike at 26:30. It’s a crisis, and Cannonball Logan is called in to turn matters around. He does so, landing a few sharp blows on no. 2 before yielding to Frank DePain, who draws blood with a roundhouse on Henchman 2 but doesn’t seem to have any means of finishing his opponent off. Henchman 2 hands off to Henchman 1, and DePain applies similar punishment to him, then tags out to Logan. The tired Henchman 1 goes back to 2, but at 36:20 Logan decides to end the confusing situation in the only way he knows: a Twisting Face Crusher. Henchman 1 comes back, and Logan is clearly looking to repeat the performance with his brother. The face crusher just won’t take hold, though, and the Henchman’s flurry of low blows soften him up for the return of the Big Bad. Logan wants no part of this, and flees the ring in favor of DePain. DePain opens up a big cut on the giant’s forehead with a rear crossface blow; at this point, he has decided that the only way to stop the big man is to wear him down. He commences a series of roundhouse punches to the body; as each lands, he picks the big man up to start another one. There’s nothing the big man can do about this; he takes twelve roundhouse punches in a row without offering anything in return. Eventually, he tags out, making way for Evil Henchman 1, and Logan’s return soon follows…. But as soon as Logan gets back in, the Henchman tags out to the Big Bad, whose Double Underhook Facebuster ends Logan’s match at 44:54. So now it’s Frank against three, and he resumes the roundhouses to the body. The Big Bad can’t do much, but he does open up a cut on Frank’s forehead with a DDT. And the roundhouses continue. Down to 222 body and 0 head, the giant uses his last ounce of strength to grab Frank and hit the Double Underhook Facebuster for the win at the 49-minute mark. A true epic, the match gets a B. [B]Monday, Week 3: The GILBERT BROS. vs. CHARLIE the COP and DUBERRY EXCESS [b]for the Coastal Zone Tag Title[/b] (CZCW)[/B] Charlie starts in the ring, facing off against Jesse “One of Those Hockey Guys” Gilbert. He starts throwing his weight around, landing chops and roundhouses; at the four-minute mark, having reduced Jesse to no energy, he flips him out of the ring with a Madman Clothesline and attempts to hand the fight off to Duberry Excess – but Joe distracts the ref, allowing Jesse to sneak back into the ring. Joe follows him, and the two hit a tag elbow drop on their foe. Joe keeps kicking Charlie when he’s down; eventually, an exhausted Charlie regains control, and tags off to Duberry Excess at the eight-minute mark. Excess sturggles against Joe, but eventually hits a Diving DDT to retain control. He decides to tag Charlie back in, but this time Jesse distracts the ref, and while Duberry is pleading his case, Joe recovers and hits the Double Underhook Facebuster for the win. Needless to say, Charlie isn’t happy with the Gilbert Brothers, the ref, or Duberry. The match does get a C, though. [B]Tuesday, Week 3: CHARLIE the COP vs. The NATURAL (NYCW Demonology)[/B] A flurry of five Mongolian chops opens the match well for the Cop, but the veteran strikes back with much ground work, and nobody gains a real advantage early. The Natural tries to use his technical ability to tie Charlie up, but two pinfall attempts fail, and Charlie responds with a Powerbomb for the pin. Eight minutes, C rating. [I]Charlie's Diary -- Wednesday, Week 3 Well, I’ve got two weeks off, and I’m going back to Australia to see my family. I think things are going rather well so far; I’ve got a winning record, though just barely, and most of my matches are getting pretty good ratings. One group that worries me, though, is this 4C. They’re the ones who flew me to Canada for nothing, and in the beginning of March, they’ve got me fighting one of their new hires – a woman named Kristabel Plum. So let’s see – she’s an opener, we’re both faces, and I’m four times her size. Am I supposed to put her over? And if not, is there [I]any[/I] way the crowd is going to cheer me for beating up a five-foot-two woman?[/I]