White Dolphin Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 (OK, this is basically a rough draft of a verse history I made after getting inspired by the work of one OctoberRaven and thinking "I can do it too." This is a VERY rough draft, and is heavily based off of real events, as well as the Cornellverse to some extent. You'll recognize some events straight away, but I believe I've added enough of a twist to different events, such as the Screwjob, to make it interesting. If you read this, PLEASE, give me feedback. I want to make this a very good mod, so if you feel some characters could fit in better elsewhere and such, PLEASE let me know. All I have is ideas, and I'm not too sure they are great ones.) BENNETT-VERSE (USA) In the beginning of the history of wrestling, America was operating under a harmonious territorial system. Despite the egos and in-fighting a lot of promoters did, they nonetheless formed a loose coalition amongst all 9 territories in wrestling (Puerto Rico and Hawaii being too isolated at the time, instead running their smaller, completely separate territories) that regularly traded talent amongst each other. That all changed in January 1985 when two ambitious promoters from two different territories, sick of the system and both wanting to rule wrestling in America, decided to both go national and change wrestling forever. One was Peter O'Connell III, ruthless business tycoon from New England, buying out the New England prmotions and renaming it World Sports Entertainment, and Cowboy Bill King, an old-school wrassler running things in the Mid South with Mid South Wrasslin, that subsequently became Grand Southern Wrestling. The two rose at the same time, got cable deals for Thursday Night Wrestling with different networks, and spent 14 years battling for supremacy. This period became known as the Thursday Night War. The country was decidedly split between the difference in products, as WSE offered Mainstream Sports Entertainment with somewhat cartoonish characters, while GSW offered Traditional, high-quality wrestling with an emphasis on shit-kicking, bad ass faces and a blend of extremely cowardly and extremely vicious heels. The first major shot of the war was fired in late 1985 when the most cowardly, cheap heel of them all, the talented Adrian DeVille, jumped ship from GSW to WSE. O'Connell then subsequently stole a few more names using underhanded and possibly illegal tactics. All except one were rendered useless in WSE, but that one was Lone Rider Red, who was repackaged into the mysterious, spooky undead monster Darkness Knight, who used an MMA style a good 15 years before his time that only added to his mystique. This, combined with the already present stars Captain Dynamo, Huge Gary Hyde, and Awesome Destroyer led to WSE rising to the forefront. GSW made a charge ahead in 1993 once the five big stars in WSE began to fade and become stale, mostly due to the awesome efforts of Superstar Sam Striker. However, a wide variety of factors hit them hard, the decline in the Southern oil markets, the emergence of Truly Hardcore Wrestling, formed by a disgruntled ex-GSW manager named Tommy Key that promoted a cutting edge, counter-culture alternative to the Big Two and gained market share rapidly, and the promotion of Peter O'Connell's son Greg to the position of head booker, where he looked at the success of THW and used it to breathe new life into WSE. In spite of a poorly booked Invasion angle featuring GSW getting treated by a group of stupid bumpkins by the vengeful and increasingly power drunk Peter O'Connell, WSE became immensely successful due to getting a much-improved cable deal in wake of their Invasion, leading to them getting such an edge that they signed away almost every star THW had, leaving them bankrupted in early 2002. A few new stars had emerged to bolster WSE, the bad-ass anti-authority rebel Dave Steel, the clean Canadian technical wrestling icon Lance Napier, the ultra-cool "second coming" of Captain Dynamo, the Samoan third generation star Joe Cool, and the much-hated jackass Mark Vegas. Indy promotions began to spring up, looking to fill a gap in the market. The most notable one was the new Tri-State/Great Lakes sensation Excellence Professional Wrestling, which featured a newfound emphasis on workrate and pleasing everyone overall with their cast of believable characters and high-quality wrestlers, with a talent agreement in place in Japan. WSE tried to quash this threat like they quashed many others, by signing away EPW's top stars Jake Messiah and Dragon Ninja. During this, however, the wrestling world was rocked by a sensational event in 2001, the legendary Toronto Screwjob. In the second ever PPV in Canada, called Helloween Mayhem, the current champion Lance Napier was supposed to drop the belt to Mark Vegas. Napier, in spite of his reputation as being a company man, refused to drop the belt to Vegas due to the fact Vegas was a total jerk backstage, an untalented, lazy wrestler, and never showed respect to anyone except O'Connell, whose ass he had his lips surgically attached to. Napier was willing to drop the belt to anyone but him, but O'Connell persisted, wanting to get heel heat on Vegas by having him beat Napier in his home turf. Eventually, a compromise on the booking was made where there would by a DQ finish and they'd figure out what to do next. The finish of the match was supposed to see Mark Vegas put Napier in Napier's own Sharpshooter, then the other members of the Napier Family at ringside, who Vegas would be taunting all match, would finally lose their collective shit and run-in, beating up a group of independent wrestlers acting as Vegas' ringside security and giving the unstoppably booked Vegas the beating the crowd had been craving to end the show. However, O'Connell, who was becoming increasingly irritable and senile, decided to screw Napier by having the referee Lark Kestler ring the bell while he was in the hold. The indy wrestlers would legitimately hold back the Napiers from interfering, as Vegas and Kestler would run away with the belt. The plan went off without a hitch to the consternation and shock of the entire Napier family and most of the Canadians watching on PPV, who left most of the independent wrestlers in pools of their own blood before more security descended from the stands. A backstage confrontation ensued, which led to half the Napiers beating the ever-loving crap out of Mark Vegas and Peter O'Connell. Ten wrestlers and all six members of the Napier family left WSE in protest, in addition to a few backstage people and Peter's own son Greg, who was disgusted by the fact his father tarnished the legacy of one of the greatest families in wrestling. The next night in Ottawa, a near-riot ensued when O'Connell strapped the championship belt around the waist of a sneering Keith Vegas, while the eight battered but unbending independent wrestlers, armed with steel chairs, were at the ready and prepared for anything. Rumours had it that the Napiers were in the building, although it ultimately proved untrue. The crowd's mob-like state was transformed to pure, unabashed joy when Dave Steel came down the aisle and kicked everyone's ass to start a hot feud that led to Dave Steel beating Mark Vegas with Guest Referee Peter O'Connell at Super Saturday 18. This was basically the only reason the company didn't totally self-destruct, as it launched the career of Dave Steel into the stratosphere. The fallout from the Toronto Screwjob on the Napier front was the creation of Canadian Pure Wrestling. Led by the Napiers and grounded heavily in tradition, with a dose of MMA influence, it established a quick reputation as offering the most realistic matches ever. The promotion quickly got a TV deal, and was positioned well for the future, even after the retirement of Lance Napier in 2011. Along the way, its legendary training school, known as the Napier's Nest, produced a stellar worker with charisma and a goofy, but million dollar look nonetheless, named Bret Bennett. Bennett worked for CPW, but a falling out between him and Lance Napier took place. The two made up shortly thereafter, but Bret did not return to CPW, instead going to US and establishing himself as the top dog on the indy scene, in addition to winning a few professional MMA fights. Along the way, he met two good friends in Phil Hightower and Leon Vane, who established themselves as a force known as the Main Character Mafia, a cocky heel group who believed their awesome performances made them the main characters of the show. This group was surprisingly brought into WSE in 2004, on the recommendation of new head booker, Tommy Key protege Peter Cordin. After two years of slow development, the crowd turned them due to their outstanding abilities, leading to Bret getting a face turn and feuding with Phil and Leon. Bret then was elevated to the main event after Mark Vegas shockingly put him over in Vegas's best ever match for the title. A couple money-spinning feuds with a heel-turned Dave Steel and Jake Messiah followed, which produced many match of the year candidates. Along the road, Bret developed friendships with a few employees on the definite low end of the totem pole, as low-end comedy babyface Andy Awesome and misused jobber Johnathon Wylde joined his inner circle. After enhancement talent annoying heel James Carson got turned face by making a super popular YouTube show, Bret proceeded to crank his popularity up even further by forcing a storyline where he had an on-screen alliance with him. While working at Puerto Rico, Bret met MMA fighter and big fan of his Thomas Munoz at a gym and taught him how to wrestle, leading to a massive 2012 storyline where Thomas Munoz put Bret out of action with his Career Killer Straightjacket Powerbomb, followed shortly thereafter by running through the entire face side of the roster before Bret returned and won an awesome David v Goliath match to cap off the feud. A Napier-trained grappler named Jeremy Rose also joined the group, and was made by Bret after an extremely balanced and even match where Bret narrowly obtained victory in a near-upset of massive proportions. Dragon Ninja and Jake Messiah were also considered somewhat affiliated yet somewhat not with this group, which became known by internet insiders and the rest of the boys in the locker room as the Bantown Mafia. Peter O'Connell, however, was not particularly thrilled with Bret taking up the limelight, but his performances were so excellent and his charisma so obvious that even O'Connell had to agree he was one of the best around. Eventually though, the complex, twisted and unexplainable psyche of O'Connell's eventually won over reason and O'Connell, along with hsi duaghter, who he had made head booker of the promotion, began making plans to de-push some of Bret's inner circle to reduce his influence. This included jobbing out Thomas Munoz to another wrestler beign rumoured as the next coming of Captain Dynamo, Micky Morici, a decision that shocked Bret and made Thomas Munoz leave the company as he felt his knees had been cut out from under him as a monster heel, and he also wanted to work in Japan anyways. Bret, realizing what was going on, had a soul-searching moment and what was rumoured to be a long-distance telephone call to his old mentor Lance Napier. He then proceeded to come up with a plan that could change wrestling forever. It was a crisp, clear night with occasional snowfall on Thursday Week 4, October 2012, the planned go-home show for Helloween Mayhem where Bret was scheduled to defend his title against Mark Vegas in Toronto on the 10th anniversary of the Toronto Screwjob. Many people suspected, although only coincidence was there as proof, that there'd be another screwjob to take the title off Bret, as word had leaked on the internet by this time that Bret and Peter had a silent war going on between them. Bret was well-prepared, as unbeknownst to him and everyone else, he had contacted a mysterious businessman who loved pro wrestling and was a huge fan of Bret Bennett, a beer magnate with a fortune at hand named Stephen Knights. Bret used Knights' money to pay off a variety of people in subtle fashion. For the most part, it was security guards and people in the production truck, although it was also revealed by Bret later that someone had given Peter O'Connell a distracting phone call, leading to him being backstage and away from the production truck temporarily, and a couple road agents and people affiliated with WSE's TV network were fired later for mysterious reasons as well. With the production truck people on his side, security guards doing nothing, and a human chain of Bret's closest friends blocking off the Gorilla position, backed by Thomas Munoz, who made a surprising appearance backstage, everything was set. Once it was, Bret used his allotted start of the show promo time to cut the best, most blistering shoot promo ever. It was a comprehensive, well-spoken, and audacious condemnment of O'Connell's reign over the wrestling world. Among other things revealed in the promo was the fact Johnathan Wylde's paychecks had been stopped for a couple months due to his friendship with Bret, meaning Bret had to pay Wylde out of sympathy becuase Wylde's wife had twins due and needed to bring in enough cash. He also revealed the finish to the Helloween Mayhem PPV, which was indeed revealed to have a worked screwjob finish in order to piss off the fans and put "That lazy, sandbagging piece of shit" Mark Vegas over as a heel in Canada yet again. Bret then offered a few choice words for Mark Vegas, accusing him of pitching the screwjob idea 10 years ago to O'Connell becuase he was obsessed with the title and obsessed with him being on top of everything cause he was a "Jealous, useless bastard!". Bret then finished the promo with a flourish, explaining that he was leaving the building with the WSE title and never coming back, instead going to a "much better" promotion called Excellence Professional Wrestling. Bret then left through that crowd under escort from security to massive confusion from the audience, most of whom were marks and didn't really know how to react to Bret's lines. After O'Connell was finished with his distracting phone call, he proceeded to get his bookers to salvage the show, eventually leading to an announced match for the PPV between Micky Morici and Mark Vegas for the now vacant WSE World Championship, then he cleaned house right then and there, firing two road agents and eight wrestlers, including Jake Messiah and Dragon Ninja, who had little to do with it, for being in on the plans, and he planned a lawsuit, which was still pending as of January 2013. Head booker Peter Cordin resigned, frustrated at the fact the very guys he brought in got fired, feeling that they could've made it into a hot, reality-based storyline instead of cleaning house. This led to Peter taking completely the wrong tack and getting his duaghter Shay, a spoiled, conceited individual with the same narrow view of wrestling as Peter, into the head booker position, unlike the previous two bookers, Greg O'Connell and Peter Cordin. Head announcer Morton Langley also resigned for being forced to bury Bret Bennett, someone he respected, on continental TV. Bret's contractual no-compete clause lasted 2 months and it was for North American TV shows only, same with everyone else, so Bret and his crew flew to Japan, working a highly lucrative two month tour there featuring a series of matches involving combinations of him, Masao Hikawa, and Kazuki Makurada, one of which was deemed 2012's Match of the Year. After his tour and 2 month no-compete clause expired, he indeed appeared on a Friday night EPW show, challenging their current champ, the "King of the Indys" Patrick Redman, to a match at EPW's card Bloodsport 2013 in one of the most shocking moments of the modern era, instantly making EPW a premier federation and scoring the best rating in EPW TV history. With EPW on the rise due to having all members of the Bantown Mafia, and WSE on the decline due to the loss of some severe star power in Bennett and Jake Messiah, in addition to the loss of some stable midcard presences, it looks to be a recreation of the legendary war between WSE and GSW in the making in the USA. (Canada will be up next) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 solid start. it'll be interesting to see where it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Dolphin Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 (Decided to add in a son character for Peter O'Connell, largely because I realized I need somewhat of an explanation for why the Napiers were even pushed to the world title scene to begin with, since Bret Hart's push came about as the result of the steroid trials, which I really don't want to add. Look for this and the USA entry to get edited a bit. Some character profiles of the major players in this Verse are coming tommorrow.) BENNETT-VERSE (Canada) The legendary Napier family are a group of Canadian wrestling legends, whose immense skill have led them to become respected, hard-working main eventers. They are noted for their approach to technical wrestling in particular, using their skills at legitimately stretching opponents to create the illusion of a real grappling contest. They have three generations in professional wrestling, with 2 more before then in the world of Olympic amateur wrestling, where the Napier family obtained 8 gold medals, 2 silvers, and a bronze. The first Napier to enter professional wrestling was the first generation Gold Medallist Stan Napier. He was widely regarded as the best technical wrestler ever in the 1960s to 80s. He started as a respected tough good guy, before he did something somewhat unprecedented in the history of the Napier family by requesting a microphone before each match and insulting the crowd, saying that because he was a gold medal winner, he was better than all of them cause he had the pedigree and the lineage of a champion. This innovative tactic got him plenty of hatred for the audience in every territory that he wrestled. He started up in Canada before heading down to the USA, where his character was less effective in the wake of other people doing similar things, but nonetheless, he became a main eventer in each territory on the strength of his hard work in the ring. He figured out a few things along the way such as selling moves and the ability to have a wild brawl, which he passed down to his second generation. Stan married Marie Napier in 1966 and they had their first child, David, in 1967. They had four more kids in the space of four years, Brent, Ricky, Lance and Jackie. When they were old enough, they regularly followed their dad around on the road, learning the wrestling business where they became hangers-on in the territory days, doing such duties as handing out towels and drinks, and when they turned 16, they even refereed dark matches, watching how everything was done. In 1985, when the wrestling business started to become run by WSE and GSW, Stan worked for WSE as an enhancement talent, using his skills and name value to help put over the next generation. He was the premier jobber in the business, and was a locker room leader in WSE's formative years. He retired in 1987, his last match being a tag match alongside the young, debuting David, and worked for them as a part-time road agent until the Toronto Screwjob Stan Napier eventually set up a wrestling school called the Napier's Nest, designed to train the next generation of Canadian wrestlers, in addition to his own family. All five of the Napier boys trained there, as well as a variety of young, debuting Canadians attracted by the built-up Napier legacy. The place quickly became infamous for its spartan approach, with bloodstained walls and hard leather mats. Training involved getting legitimately stretched and battered to see if you had the toughness to survive the training and survive in the ring against an uncooperative, stiff opponent. The camp produced many tough, hard men in the Canadian, American and Japanese circuits. The Napiers were the toughest of them all. The Napiers varied wildly in terms of quality. David was the eldest, a strapping 270 pounder who knew how to handle himself. He was a decent technical wrestler, but was mostly known for being a wild fist-fighter who had arena-wide brawls and was hardcore before it became cool. He started with a debut match in WSE alongside his dad, but left shortly thereafter as he was too green. He then plied his trade in small territories in Canada, but moved to GSW in 1990, where he had some wild brawls in the midcard. In 1994, the establishment of the hardcore counter-culture alternative, Truly Hardcore Wrestling, came about. David Napier, with his pedigree of traditionalism and wild brawling ways, was a perfect fit as a heel who believed he was bred for success due to his family pedigree. He proved to be adept at wild hardcore brawls, including being a part of the legendary 3-way dance with Murray Knuckles and Cactus Mack in 1995 that helped establish THW as the #3 promotion in North America. He left in 1999 to join WSE as part of the Napier Family stable, who dominated the main event storylines in WSE. He was present at ringside for the Toronto screwjob, where he infamously beat 2 independent wrestlers until they bled buckets. he was actually out for a month with injuries stemming from beating them up so bad, but it was of small consequence as he took a hiatus from the business after that, partially out of disgust for the wrestling business degenerating to this point and partly because of injuries accumulated by his battered body. He came back a year after the screwjob and wrestled for 6 more years for the CPW before reitring in 2008. Brent and Ricky Napier were tough, skilled grapplers, but in the world of wrestling they were merely above average at best. They had legitimate skills, but they didn't play the political game and didn't quite have the skills to succeed without doing so. The two gravitated towards tag action with each other, forming a team with good chemistry that won the GSW and WSE tag straps, one of very few teams to do so. They were in the tag team mix in 2001, helping put younger, less skilled tag teams over, but then the Toronto Screwjob led to them both leaving the company and heading back to Canada, where they settled in full-time as trainers for the Napier's Nest for a couple years, before scaling back to part-time and reforming their tag team to take tag team gold in Canadian Pure Wrestling. Lance Napier was the big success story of the Napier family. He was a good brawler and had fluid, albeit basic, high-flying offense, but what really made him stand out as a worker was his ability to tell a story in the ring with his fluid technical wrestling skills, especially his chain wrestling. He was also noted as being a convincing seller of moves, sucking the crowd in easily with his great sense of timing. He got his break in GSW, and was used heavily as a jobber upon his debut in 1989 as the mask-wearing Calgary Outlaw, used to put debuting faces over. He slowly developed his Nest-honed skills against a collection of hard, hard men, which helped develop his selling to near-perfect levels. Eventually, after getting a small push to the midcard stalled, he had a heart-to-heart with Cowboy Bill King in 1993, leading to his release on good terms when King revealed he only considered Napier to be a "hell of a hand" and not someone for the main event. After 2 years on the Canadian independent scene, he was brought in by the son of Peter O'Connell, Greg, to form a stable with Ricky, Bret and Jackie as the Napier Family. Packaged as clean-cut, second generation characters, the group shot up the card quickly partially due to Greg hyping them heavily to his father, partially due to Lance playing the political game just enough to ensure he didn't get shunted down the card for an inferior worker, and partially due to the fact their great in-ring work actually made a clean-cut babyface work amongst the ever-growing cult fanbase. Eventually, Lance Napier stunned everyone by pinning veteran Darkness Knight for the title in a bloody match in 1998. Shortly thereafter, his brother Jackie was turned against him, using underhanded tactics and even taking DQ losses on purpose to attack Lance with a 2x4. However, Jackie's planned victory over Lance at a key point in the feud was politically torpedoed by a variety of people, mostly backed by Mark Vegas. Eventually the title was dropped to Joe Cool in an exciting match that cemented Cool as a big-time player. This started a rift of discontent between O'Connell and Lance. Lance believed that by letting MArk Vegas run the promotion, it would be headed for disaster and would lose footing in the winding-down war between WSE and GSW. Eventually, he regained the title from Mark Vegas' close friend Charlie Cates and, much to his consternation, got inserted into a feud with Mark Vegas, who wanted the belt again after not having it for a while. Lance, getting sick of Mark's backstage bullshit, absolutely refused to feud with him unless Mark put him over, thinking that he was a lazy, untalented slug who didn't deserve a paycheck. Mark refused to put Lance over, thinking that he wasn't big enough to be a star in professional wrestling. Eventually, it came to a head in October of 2001 when Peter O'Connell asked him to drop the strap to Mark Vegas, and when he couldn't convince him to do it, he came up with the plan for the Toronto Screwjob, one of the most controversial and infamous incidents in wrestling history. The fallout obviously led to Lance leaving, and he decided to get proactive and use all the money he had saved up, in addition to a key assist from the disgruntled Greg O'Connell, to start Canadian Pure Wrestling, a promotion rooted heavily in tradition and quality matches, with a dose of MMA influence, something that was being keenly watched at the time by the Napiers. After a series of memorable matches and feuds, Lance retired in 2011, putting his son Shawn Napier over huge along the way. Jackie Napier was the star that never was, a man with excellent charisma and mic skills, a great look, and the ability to do it ALL when it came to wrestling. He was a swift, agile competitor, who used more risky maneuvers, but his greatest facet as a human being was one of his greatest weaknesses, his tendency to be a really great guy. Every time he was lined up for a title shot it got politically torpedoed, and he never complained once, unlike Lance, who occasionally challenged the system, said truth to power, and played the political game just enough to get ahead. He had a memorable feud with Lance after Lance finally broke the big guy mold and became the first person below 260 to win a title, where Jackie used his microphone skills to play the jealous younger brother who always cheated and cheapshotted his big brother in an attempt to get an edge. The immense chemistry the two had in their spectacular matches was evident even to Peter O'Connell. Jackie was supposed to win with feet on the ropes to claim his first world title reign, but it got torpedoed and eventually Jackie lost the feud decisively and drifted to the midcard in a supporting role as part of the Napier family stable. Despite being a company man, he was extremely pissed off at Peter O'Connell for screwing over his brother. He headed with Lance to Canada to be a part of Canadian Pure Wrestling, where he finally got the respect and title reigns he deserved, winning multiple Canadian titles. He became known for personally training Bret Bennett, who credits most of his success as a wrestler to Jackie. With the fallout from the screwjob, Lance Napier, and to a lesser extent Greg O'Connell, who bitterly split from his father in the fallout form the Screwjob, created Canadian Pure Wrestling, a promotion rooted heavily in Traditional wrestling with some MMA influence, as the Napiers were very interested in the ongoing rise of MMA. This led to the Napier's Nest taking a turn for training in Submission Grappling, aiming to produce true grapplers that could compete in MMA or wrestling. Canadian Pure Wrestling enjoyed a period of success in Canada, eventually growing to a point where they outdrew WSE in Canada and became the top promotion there. They trained a long line of outstanding talent, including Bret Bennett, who became a big player for CPW in his rookie year before a falling out with Lance Napier over a backstage rib gone way too far occured. While they eventually made up, it gave CPW an immeasurable long-term blow as having Bret Bennett employed for them may have possibly given them the ability to move into the USA and challenge WSE head-to-head. With Jackie still able to wrestle for a fair few years at least and the 3rd generation Napiers Shawn and Dale debuted and ready to carry the torch, the future looks reasonably bright for CPW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Dolphin Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 (Apologies for how long this took, I got stuck on several parts, had my roomie kill my writing flow, and ended up getting a tooth pulled as well) BENNETT-VERSE BIG GAME PLAYERS Bret Bennett From: Regina, Saskatchewan Finishers: Sonic Slash (Double Jump Phoenix Splash) Bonecrushing Leg Hold (Grapevine Ankle Lock) Signatures: Trip to Bantown (German Suplex lift into a Rock Bottom) Various high-risk dives to the outside Multiple Lariat variations(short-range, running, springboard, hook clothesline) Dragon Rana(used rarely) Various stiff MMA-ish strikes The man widely regarded as the best all-around wrestler in the world today, Bret Bennett is a Napier's Nest graduate with outstanding abilities, a stiff, hard-hitting wrestling style, spectacular dives, and solid, if overrated, technical wrestling ability. He is also noted for being utterly comfortable on the microphone, holding his own in a trade of insults with the awesome Joe Cool. After shockingly completing his training at the Napier's Nest in November 2001, at the tender age of 16, Bret worked for newly-established CPW, where he managed to steal the show with some outstanding performances in the lower reaches of the card. He left in July 2002, however, as a backstage rib on him by Lance escalated completely out of hand. Bret and Lance made up shortly thereafter, but Bret stayed in the USA, where his excellent matches caught the attention of several independent promotions. He first worked in Southwest Championship Wrestling, but then caught the attention of Danger Zone Championship Wrestling and East Coast Impact Wrestling and made his home on the East Coast. While in ECIW, he met Leon Vane and became quick friends with him, working occasionally as a good, solid tag team. In DZCW, he met Phil Hightower, and the three worked a gimmick in both promotions under the banner Main Character Mafia, where Leon and Bret were 4th-wall breaking cocky heels that believed they were the main characters of the show, relying on Pail as their silent muscle to help them out. The trio actually were so good in their roles they generally got cheered instead of booed. Around this time, he also took four professional MMA fights, winning them all. The head booker of WSE, a protege of counter-culture revolutionary Tommy Key named Peter Cordin, pushed hard for WSE to sign the trio, which they surprisingly did in 2004, given Bret's ties to the Napiers. They used the Main Character Mafia gimmick to start with, slowly moving up the card, before the reception they got from the ever-present smark fanbase gradually turned them face with the other fans, just like in DZCW and ECIW. Cordin, after much pleading in the back to Peter O'Connell, pulled the trigger on turning Bret face after Leon and Phil betrayed him, which led to a hot feud. Bret continued to score clean victories and draw good crowd reactions, eventually leading to Bret getting a title shot on November 2006 against Mark Vegas. Vegas, for some unknown, uncharacteristic reason, agreed to drop the strap, albeit dominating a lot of the match with power offense before getting small packaged. It was Bret's first ever major singles title, at the age of 21. The reign lasted all of five days before the recently heel-turned Dave Steel, with an assist from Mark Vegas, took the title away on free TV in a controversial move. This started a rift between Bennett and O'Connell, as Bennett felt it was a move done by the various boys in the back to stall his push. During the heated feud, he won the Battle Royale Spectacular to qualify for Super Saturday's main event, and he managed to get the title back via pinfall on the main event of Super Saturday 23. He lost the title again a month later to Joe Cool, kicking off his next feud. Notable amongst this feud was a duelling microphone segment between the normally unflappable Hollywood star Joe Cool and Bret Bennett, which established Bennett even further in the main event scene. Bennett won the title back from Joe Cool via submission in June 2007 to become a three-time champion. This reign actually lasted longer than a month this time, concluding at October 2007 against Jake Messiah. Messiah was poached from EPW and was beginning to draw nuclear heel heat with his straight edge messiah character, and the two clashed in a scorching feud that concluded with a great ladder match at WSE's Battle Royale Spectacular in January 2008. Bret lost the match and was turned heel shortly thereafter, attacking Dragon Ninja in their tag match. This led to a series of showdowns culminating in a mask vs career match at SummerFest 2008. Bret put over Dragon Ninja clean and shook his hand, leading to a somewhat strange angle where he returned as the Night Ninja, where he won a tag title after repeatedly helping out Dragon Ninja in matches, leading to them eventually forming a tag team. He dropped the Night Ninja character and came back with no explanation as Bret Bennett for a surprise angle in the Battle Royale Spectacular, an angle that caused even more tension as Bret wanted to leave the company and work for the Napiers after putting over Dragon Ninja, feeling that he had accomplished all he could due to the politics and such. He was placated by Peter Cordin by being promised a main event slot, which didn't occur, as he was shunted into various tag teams in the midcard, killing his momentum. In 2010, it finally turned around for him as he pinned, after much backstage bickering and a near fist-fight in the locker room, Mark Vegas's friend Slick Rick Payne for the World title in October 2010. He held it for 6 months before dropping it to the returning Darkness Knight in a heavy, arena-wide brawl at Super Saturday 26. Bret then hung around the upper midcard, where his alliance with Leon Vane and Phil Hightower was reformed again, this time as a duo of fun babyfaces with Phil as the straight man to their antics. Among the more infamous segments was Bret asking for a rap beat from the usually serious and straight-laced Phil Hightower, to which he casually replied no, causing the entire locker room to corpse live on camera. The campy, cult segments got increasingly good reactions from the audience, and led to the MCM winning the tag belts and defending them under the Firebird Rule in the latter part of 2011. However, they were split up with no storyline reason before the Battle Royale Spectacular, so that Bret could win the match and get a renewed singles push. The push indeed came, and Bret won the WSE title again on Super Saturday 27 in a huge rematch against the retiring Darkness Knight. Bret asked for and got a creative control clause in his contract after the match, with assurances that he was now the top star in the company. He then proceeded to infuriate O'Connell by affiliating himself with low-end workers that didn't meet O'Connell's idea of a wrestler, such as misused jobber Johnathan Wylde and opener comedy babyface Andy Awesome, who he regularly put over in his promos. When enhancement talent heel James Carson made a comedic YouTube show, Bret plugged his show in an opening promo, which drew the scorn of Peter O'Connell because he didn't want a face talking about a heel in glowing terms like that. Bret then used his creative control to turn Carson face and have an alliance with him that even won the tag straps briefly. He also had a show-stealing 20 minute match with Napier protege Jeremy Rose, letting him get plenty of offense and taking a narrow-hard fought victory that put him over in the fans eyes. This group of friends became known as the Bantown Mafia by the boys in the back and the smarks online, a troublesome thorn in the side of Peter O'Connell, as they were transforming wrestling into a much slicker, more modern product, which wasn't what O'Connell's vision of wrestling was. Bret discovered the last piece of the puzzle in the form of the giant Thomas Munoz, a huge MMA fighter who lacked opponents in his Super Heavyweight division, and who hoped to go to his dream world of wrestling, beign a big fan of Bret Bennett's. After only two months of training, Thomas Munoz debuted for WSE. A wrestler that O'Connell actually liked, Munoz debuted with a vicious assault on Bret after a match in SummerFest 2012, delivering a savage straitjacket powerbomb that left Bret on the shelf for two months. During that time, Munoz ran through most of Bret's friends on the roster, a shot at them by O'Connell, before Bret came back and won a wild hardcore brawl against him to retain his title. Munoz was supposed to continue his program with Bret for a while, but Mark Vegas, sensing his position in the company was threatened, made a backstage powerplay where Thomas Munoz was booked to lose clean in under 10 minutes to up and coming face Micky Morici, who Vegas planned to beat later on to get all his momentum. Feeling his legs were cut out from under him, Munoz, who was on a short-term contract anyways, left and went to Japan. O'Connell then planned to depush the rest of Bret's friends as Bret was becoming a dangerous force in the company, despite drawing reasonably well on TV and PPV and getting great reactions as champ. Bret, realizing what was going on, began to make plans for an event that would change the face of wrestling forever after a phone conversation with his old boss Lance Napier, who had warned him of the perils of dealing with Vegas and O'Connell. O'Connell then wanted to book Bret to lose his belt against Mark Vegas. Bret used his creative control to refuse it because he felt Mark Vegas was a lazy asshole who was sabotaging all his friends. They hemmed and hawed until Peter O'Connell asked for a screwjob finish to make Bret look fine and Vegas have the belt. Bret, realizing there was no way around this and disgusted that O'Connell would even think about trolling his fans with such an offensive finish, in Toronto no less, made plans to leave the company. But before he did, he wanted to do it in style, to expose the people across the world to the inner workings of WSE. He contacted a huge fan of his, billionaire beer baron Stephen Knights, who told Bret to give him a call if he ever needed anything. Bret then used his money to construct a ingenious scheme, paying off a vast variety of people from security guards to road agents to people in the production truck, even giving a member of the TV network money to make a distracting urgent phonecall to O'Connell so that he wouldn't be focused on the live feed, where Bret planned to cut the most memorable, completely uncensored promo in ages. A human chain of workers, consisting of the close friends Bret had developed and taken under his wing in the business, blocked off the gorilla position to prevent anyone from legitimately running in and interrupting the promo. Once he was on the mic, with everyone looking the other way, Bret proceeded to cut a promo that was a comprehensive and thorough attack on Peter O'Connell, WSE, and Mark Vegas. During the promo, he aired WSE dirty laundry such as Johnathon Wylde losing out on some paycheques due to his afilliation with Bret's group of backstage buddies (which was actualy a clerical error by WSE accounting), and the finish to the upcoming PPV Helloween Mayhem, which was indeed a reenactment of the Toronto Screwjob live in Toronto, 10 years to the day of the original Screwjob. Bret also let loose a torrent of abuse to Mark Vegas and O'Connell, including accusing Mark Vegas of coming up with the screwjob himself so he could have his precious world title and his precious main event spot. Bret then informed the crowd he was leaving with the WSE title and heading to a much better promotion called Excellence Professional Wrestling, before leaving through the crowd. While the marks in attendance didn't really know how to react to the promo, aside from booing Mark Vegas and the Screwjob on general principles, most smarks regarded the promo as one of the best ever, with immaculate delivery, content, and passion. The fallout led to Bret and the entire Bantown Mafia getting fired, as Peter did not think of starving them instead. Dragon Ninja and Jake Messiah, who were viewed as in on the thing, were also fired even though they didn't have anything to do with it. The whole crew ended up heading to Japan, where Bret had established a couple contacts at Japan's top wrestling promotion: MUGEN Japan Pro Wrestling. He was swiftly inserted into the main feud, between Japanese icons Masao Hikawa and Kazuki Makurada. He had a series of awesome matches with both men, culminating in one of the first ever Three-Way Dances in Japan, which Hikawa won in a spectacular match that was seen as a Match Of The Year candidate. After some money-spinning success, Bret bid a temporary farewell to Japan, heading back to USA as promised to sign with Excellence Professional Wrestling. Bret's EPW debut was one to remember, as he proceeded to come in during a December 2012 Friday Night taping of EPW Throwdown and interrupt the hated heel champion, the "King of the Indys" Patrick Redman mid-promo. He cut a brief, bitter, inside-reffy promo condemning WSE, before saying he came to show the world what true professional wrestling was all about, challenging Patrick Redman to a match at EPW's show Bloodsport 2010. Redman accepted and hit Bret with the mic, triggering a wild 3 minute brawl that was broken up by security and left the crowd riled and ready for more. The rest of the Bantown Mafia made their EPW debuts to warm reception from the audience, and the crowd came unglued for the main event of the evening, featuring Dragon Ninja and Jake Messiah in their glorious return match. PAtrick Redman ran in to give Messiah the cheap victory, but was taken out by Bret, who stood tall to conclude the show. With EPW's quality cast of opponents ready to produce some exciting matches, and Japan beckoning in case things go awry at EPW, it seems that the five-time world champion has many more milestones to conquer. (US indy scene coming up next.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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White Dolphin Posted November 25, 2012 Author Share Posted November 25, 2012 (Canadian indy scene after this) BENNETT-VERSE USA INDY SCENE --- Danger Zone Championship Wrestling Owner- Murray Knuckles Booker- Murray Knuckles Danger Zone Championship Wrestling was established in 2002 shortly after the demise of Truly Hardcore Wrestling, a cutting-edge, revolutionary product that changed wrestling with its introduction to the general North American product of such stuff as Lucha Libre, smoking hot valets accompanying men to ringside, the general concept of hardcore wrestling, stuntman-esque bumps off of cages and ladders, and puro wrestling. THW is fondly remembered by fans despite only lasting 9 years, but during that 9 years it raised the bar and set standards that the two (later one) big promotions Grand Southern Wrestling and World Sports Entertainment were forced to follow in order to maintain its hold on pro wrestling. While Truly Hardcore Wrestling succeeded in raising the bar and taking market share, it was doomed to failure once WSE swallowed GSW and became the big player in professional wrestling. This led to them giving THW talent big money contracts and, in most cases, letting them rot, which damaged THW's brand. THW was forced to close down in 2002. In its place sprung DZCW. DZCW is owned and booked by mutli-time THW and GSW champion and the man known as "The Icon Of Hardcore" Murray Knuckles, part of the legendary "Knuckles" family of wrestlers. This promotion is a reboot of sorts of THW, with the same general concepts as before, except streamlined to provide the fans with a fix of hardcore violence. DZCW's one main weakness though is that, aside from the memorable 15 month period where the Main Character Mafia (consisting of Bret Bennett, Leon Vane and Phil Hightower) ran wild over the promotion with their skills, they have never really featured the wrestling aspect as much as THW did. THW regularly sprang for talented, high flying lucha stars and rock-solid puro wrestlers to have alongside the hardcore, whereas only a smattering of Japanese and Mexican wrestlers are on the DZCW roster. The promotion nonetheless has managed to remain in business through some tough times, and even have a (technically) national TV deal on a channel available to anyone with a satellite dish. The general story arc of the promotion is a throwback to the olden territory days, as Murray Knuckles and his family, babyfaces revered as icons of hardcore, against a garden variety of heels ranging from homosexuals to juggalos to emos. They also promote a fairly risque product and use a lot of angles to hype the action. While it may not be as groundbreaking or successful as WSE or EPW, things are certainly never dull in the Danger Zone. --- Texas Association of Brawlers Owner- Tex O'Hara Booker- John Crisp The Texas Association of Brawlers was one of the promotions that sprung up in the wake of the depature of both Grand Southern Wrestling and Truly Hardcore Wrestling. Unlike Danger Zone Championship Wrestling, which emulates THW, TAB is an off-shoot of GSW, located in the prestigious Mid-South territory. This company is high on tradition, with men that are considers legit tough guys, not sports entertainers. Unlike DZCW, TAB is less successful, although it does have a niche amongst some fans due to its respect for the tradition of wrestling. Its head booker, John Crisp, is one of the most famous managers in the world, whos promos were noted for the extreme heel heat they drew while he managed various high-caliber acts. Nowadays, he acts as the head booker and head authority figure, where he has a tendency to favor the heels. The main acts of the promotion are the legendary Texan family, one of the group of legendary multi-generation families of wrestling icons. All of them are hard men, noted for their capabilities in brawling and technical wrestling and their usage of the Texan Punch Rush finishing maneuver. While their product may only feature the odd high-flying move tossed in for variety, its consistent, solid action means its consistently value for money. --- RESPLENDENCE Wrestling Queens Owner- Susan Charleston XXVII Booker- Susan Charleston XXVII RESPLENDENCE Wrestling Queens is a promotion based in Seattle that is the only female-only promotion in the United States. The company is noted for being heavy proponents of workrate, featuring dazzling matches between well-trained, athletic female competitors. The stars of the show is of course the owner, Susan Charleston XXVII, a snobbish, high society heel who frequently abuses her power to get herself title shots and cheap matches against the younger generation, who she resents for being better looking, and her long-running arch-rival, one of the best female wrestlers alive, Mariah Valentine, a "Quadruple threat" who can do it all, brawling, technical wrestling, high flying and cutting a quality, believable promo. The company also has strong ties with women's promotion JOSHI Tigers Fighting Spirit! in Japan and the Canadian Ladies Wrestling Association up north, with Mariah Valentine taking the utmost advantage of it, being the only person to hold the main titles in all three organizations. It seems only a matter of time before this promotion breaks free from Seattle and brings a revolution of female wrestling into the USA --- Las Vegas Wrestling Entertainment Owner- Caleb Brightmore Booker- Glitter Girl LAs Vegas Wrestling Entertainment is a bizarre promotion out of the Sin City with its main focus being a strong wrestling-as-comedy approach, although most people overlook the quality of the matches they provide. They do a series of random skits and innovative comedy spots during their matches, and a strong lucha libre influence is also present as a lot of the characters are masked. While some hardliners condemn the business' occasional disregard for kayfabe, no one can deny that Las Vegas Wrestling Entertainment is just that, Wrestling and Entertainment given that undeniable Vegas Glitz. The main story arc of the promotion sees Team Fluffing Awesome, a group of masked misfits who have really caught on as babyfaces, take on Team Serious Business, who are also somewhat liked by the fans for their workrate and references to various internet tidbits, including the team's catchphrase "Wrestling: Serious Business". Also notable is their likeable champion, November Raven, a flashy high-flier second only to Johnathon Wylde in terms of high flying capability, sheer athleticism, and the ability to forget gravity or possible injury. With a surprisingly strong financial base, due to the efforts of mysterious owner Caleb Brightmore, this fed looks well-positioned to make a possible move to the #3 promotion in North America....if regions outside of LAs Vegas and California appreciate their sense of humour. --- Southwest Championship Wrestling Owner- D-Sentry Booker- Pony Boy Floyd Southwest Championship Wrestling is a rather bizarre promotion, a relic of the territorial days that changed owners and direction regularly, til it eventually ended up in the hands of rapper and huge wrestling fan D-Sentry. The promotion was at first hard-line traditional, then it noticed the success that the concept of sports entertainment was having in New England with World Sports Entertainment, so then it changed to a hybrid of both. When D-Sentry came in, he added a hardcore element to it, then he discovered MMA just as the Canadian rookie Bret Bennett came along to add his personal stamp of awesome to the promotion for a scant 3 months, so that got thrown into the pot too, with a couple mixed martial artist being asked to convert and doing so, with surprisingly good results. D-Sentry then discovered Japanese wrestling and loved it so much he threw money at some decent puro wrestlers to come in. Likewise with Mexico, as D-Sentry loved that too. The promotion is seen by many as a disastrous, non-centered mess, with D-Sentry as a popular face authority figure in a promotion containing some mixed martial artists, a Texas shit-kicker, a couple wrestling-esque comedy workers, a few token Japanese guys, a couple masked Lucha Libre guys from Mexico and a stable of rappers and pimps turned wrestlers with their personal harem in their corners. One thing is for sure, despite having a relatively bland name, it is certainly a promotion with no shortage of entertainment value, and D-Sentry at the very least has a genuine love for the wrestling business, in addition to some surprisingly good business people around him steering the ship, so SCW is definitely one to watch. --- East Coast Impact Wrestling Owner- Mortimer Reed Booker- Richard Rydeen (seriously) East Coast Impact Wrestling is a promotion based primarily out of Florida that offers some workrate-heavy action, particularly using cruiserweights that are daring and willing to take some risks in spectacular matches. The promotion, except for a brief period when they were forced to emphasize some angles with the Main Character Mafia during the brief period in which they had them, is generally focused on the wrestling as a sport aspect of things, trying to produce some top-flight shows that usually feature a couple strong Match of the Year contenders on the indy scene. Their head booker is the quality heel Richard Rydeen, whos accidentally unintentionally funny ring name and excellent heel mannerisms, in addition to his disdain for flashy high-flying in favor of a cerebral technical style has earned him chants of "Dick Rydeen! Dick Rydeen!" throughout Florida arenas. The promotion's financial backing has been a bit questionable, leading to several instances of workers getting poached by WSE and turned into jobbers. Nonetheless, with the rise of modern wrestling as ushered in by the infamous Bantown Mafia, ECIW looks well-positioned to finally move to the northern part of the country and start producing some modern wrestling for the people outside Florida who are now wanting to see it. --- Hawaii Spectacular Wrestling Owner- Tua Kamali'i Booker- Kapali Kamali'i Hawaii Spectacular Wrestling is a somewhat family-friendly promotion, with a combination of traditional wrestling values and lucha libre influence, with a hint of comedy and some risqueness from a few of the attractive Hawaiian beatuies. The company is owned by one of the many members of the fabled and unnecessarily complex Samoan wrestling family tree, this one being the hard-hitting and hard-suplexing Tua Kamali'i. His younger brother Kapali is the head booker, and together they book a pretty solid promotion that has an interesting mix between the Samoans, Lucha Libre guys, and the heels, usually plucked from the regular American independent scene as cocky, arrogant jerks who think wrestling in Hawaii is beneath them. With some strong funding in the form of a government grant and a set of very willing sponsors (more than most independent companies can claim), the company looks well positioned to be a pillar of the Hawaiian Community for years to come. --- Puerto Rico Grappling Company Owner- Puerto Rican Pete Booker- Puerto Rican Pete The Puerto Rico Grappling Company is a promotion rapidly making waves in its home region for the way they treat the business with respect, keeping it heavily masked under kayfabe and treating it as a business-only sport with no angles or heels, just two men against each other in a straight up, clean match. This company is considered boring by some, who want a more edgy product, but considered a godsend by some tape traders due to the high caliber of the matches involved from workers that are a little half-baked in terms of overall skillset. While this company is one of the newer ones established, its approach makes it one to watch, especially if it can develop outside its home region and take it to the US. Their main star is the Puerto Rican icon Puerto Rican Pete, who was in both WSE and GSW as a solid midcarder who generally went over whenever house shows were held there. He is revered in Puerto Rico, and is still a surprisingly good wrestler even at his advanced age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Sam Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Also notable is their likeable champion, November Raven, Based off October Raven??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePriceIsRight89 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 So much controversy surrounding Bennett, I can't wait to see the next character profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike b Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 INTERESTING. Hawaii Spectacular Wrestling is a somewhat family-friendly promotion, with a combination of traditional wrestling values and lucha libre influence, with a hint of comedy and some risqueness from a few of the attractive Hawaiian beatuies. The company is owned by one of the many members of the fabled and unnecessarily complex Samoan wrestling family tree, this one being the hard-hitting and hard-suplexing Tua Kamali'i. His younger brother Kapali is the head booker, and together they book a pretty solid promotion that has an interesting mix between the Samoans, Lucha Libre guys, and the heels, usually plucked from the regular American independent scene as cocky, arrogant jerks who think wrestling in Hawaii is beneath them. With some strong funding in the form of a government grant and a set of very willing sponsors (more than most independent companies can claim), the company looks well positioned to be a pillar of the Hawaiian Community for years to come. I Would add in puroso style of wrestling if you want it to be more real life. Hawaii always had a Asian influence in wrestling style mixed with american. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Dolphin Posted November 25, 2012 Author Share Posted November 25, 2012 Psycho Sam- It's a friendly rib on OctoberRaven, who has helped this mod quite a bit with his suggestions and such. ThePriceIsWrong*headbutts Bob Barker*87- Thanks for following. The next character profiles are gonna be the gag characters like November Raven, then the other two members of the Main Character Mafia, plus both of WSE's previous head bookers in Greg O'Connell and Peter Cordin. Mike b- Interesting. Not sure how I'll go about including it since realism and pure have a tendency to screw up the products a bit from what I want (which is especially prevalent in SCW, I'll be really hoping for a change there because they'll hamper some of the characters) (Either UK's general scene or Mexico's after this.) BENNETT-VERSE CANADIAN INDY SCENE --- West Coast Championship Wrestling Owner- Gregory Gregory Jr. Booker- Vicki Candi West coast Championship Wrestling out of BC is an attempt to recreate the Sports Entertainment style of WSE, specifically the era when THW was around and WSE was forced by their bookers to make a style change to incorporate modern and hardcore wrestling into their product, and use it to take on the ultra-serious style of CPW head on. A questionable move, given the fact CPW has awesome popularity in Canada and is rumoured to be considering taking on the WSE, but the WCCW may have the people to make it work. They feature a cast of colorful characters and a few solid show-stealing ring generals to keep it together, in addition to some surpringsly excellent booking by valet Vicki Candi, who has a sharp mind for the business. The main storyline in the company features current monster heel champ Bear Baker against a submission artist of solid proportions in the dangerous Ethan Zeff, who may be the first to put a chink in the armor of the unstoppable Bear. With some strong funding from the superbly monikered Gregory Gregory Jr. and solid, strong stories being told, there may be a storm brewing in Canada straight from the West Coast. --- Canadian Ladies Wrestling Association Owner- Bairavi Kapoor Booker- Warrior of Balgonie The Canadian Ladies Wrestling Association is, as the name implies, a womens only promotion operating primarily out of the Prairies, delivering top quality action from top quality hot babes, as the promotion combines some risque angles with some rock-solid wrestling to create a product that is beginning to get people talk in Canada. They even, at one point, held one of the best womens workers in the world in Mariah Valentine, who wore their main championship belt for a few months and breathed major credibility into the promotion. Some have complained, Valentine being the exception, that girls wrestling in skimpy outfits detracts from the viewpoint of wrestling as a competitive sport, meaning that they don't get the respect they deserve as athletes. Whether or not this affects the promotion seriously remains to be seen, but this company thus far has shown some amazing stuff and will look to continue in 2013. --- Seaside Revolution Wrestling Owner- Ken Kishida Booker- Darren Rumble The newest promotion in North America, Seaside Revolution Wrestling is a company based out of Fredericton whose aim is to re-create the violent, edgy, and revolutional product of Truly Hardcore Wrestling. This promotion in particular pays attention to the modern day workrate heavy product that THW promoted in between the hardcore, featuring wrestlers who can not only brawl and amp up the violence, but feature solid technical wrestling and even high-flying skills. The company is booked by the midcard daredevil high-flyer Darren Rumble and also features the the THW multi-time Tag champs Lucha Duro, in addition to a few other ex-THW alumni who didnt make the jump to DZCW. With strong financial backing from Ken Kishida, a cutthroat Japanese businessman with a soft spot for wrestling in general and garbage wrestling in particular, SRW looks to bring the wildness up north to Canada.....and start a revolution of hardcore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Dolphin Posted November 26, 2012 Author Share Posted November 26, 2012 (Posting some of the games more colorful characters now. Hopefully no one takes these personally) BENNETT-VERSE COLORFUL CHARACTERS --- The Paratroopers(Paradigm, Paradox, Paranoia, Paragon) The Paratroopers are a heel group on the indy scene known for their bright jumpsuits, their good technical wrestling skills, and their evil heel goatees. The wrestlers of the group are Paranoia, Paradox, and Paradigm, with the lovely lady Paragon in their corner as a manager. They have become known for hospitalizing babyfaces with their Paralyser submission finisher. If they get used correctly, the three can become stars. --- Adan Ryland The highest of the UK high-flyers, Adan Ryland is a solid young indy worker with excellent high-risk dives and a dizzying pace with which he does everything. His character is that of a clueless loser with good one-liners who always ends up on top somehow, which he plays well due to his underrated charisma. Ryland is definetely one to watch, and possibly the next great English worker. He is from Birmingham, England, but no one holds that against him. --- Scot Vibert Scot Vibert is a bright young manager from the UK. He is very good on the microphone, and plays the role of a tyrannical, abusive, hard-driving heel bossing around his brutish clients for usually ridiculous reasons. He is a definitely one to watch for the future. --- El Paperclip El Paperclip is a bizarre young worker from Mexico, who plays a strange tax man gimmick which is really out of place in Mexico's wacky world of lucha libre. In the ring, he is nothing special at all, one of the many high-fliers in the indy scene. --- Garen Teid Garen Teid is a young manager on the Canadian independent scene, known for making truly terrible puns about his ring name. Despite his corny character, he still cuts some quality promos given the right subject matter. --- Scott Keith Scott Keith is a simply apalling wrestler from Canada, known for his sloppy, dangerous ring work and inability to cut a believeable promo, due to his love of throwing in smarkish references every time he gets on a mic. --- John Canton John Canton is an underrated manager who has never gotten the break he deserves in profesional wrestling, most likely due to the slowly dying art of the male manager. He cuts a quality promo and has a good mind for the business, usually booking smaller indy shows in Canada. --- Gary Oak Gary Oak is the young millionaire who is in charge of Excellence Professional Wrestling, where he acts as the snarky heel colour commentator, who has surprised everyone with his overall competence. How he got his fortune to run EPW in the first place is a mystery, but it is suspected he beat up youngsters and took their lunch money. There are rumblings, given EPW's smarkish fanbase, that he may be used as a head authority figure due to the heat he draws and since he runs the company anyways, and several hints like that have been dropped in commentary. --- El Cumon El Cumon "The Common Luchador" is a strange tongue-in-cheek gimmick played by Canadian Bill Smith. The gimmick is that the character is announced as being from Mexico and uses extremely basic Spanish phrases in an attempt to fool everyone into thinking hes a legitimate Spanish luchador when he is in fact not, as clearly seen by his awesome 100% Canadian red beard. The gimmick has gained a huge cult following on the indie scene, leading to him getting a contract with EPW, where he was paired with Patrick Redman as a pair of comedic babyfaces. Patrick, however, turned heel on El Cumon, leading to a long-running on and off feud that may not always be the main thing both workers are doing but is always bubbling away in the background, and the feud has produced so many great matches that it has elevated both men. --- AKI Man AKI Man is a solid all-around worker, who is part of a tag team called VG Cats in EPW that is basically two people who believe they are video game characters. AKI Man is part of the legendary video game EPW No Mercy, where its the training dummy of sorts that every created wrestler performs moves on. The character was offered to indy wrestler Nix Shrecks, and he jumped at the chance, establishing himself with a series of solid performances, expertly studying the various moves on the game and the way AKI Man sold them. His tag team with the Great Puma has moved from opening match attraction to rock-solid unit that has even held the belts, and the two look set for big things in the exciting new enviroment of EPW. --- The Great Puma The great Puma is Japanese worker Keiji Inoue, who came overseas looking for opportunity after being held back in Japan. He found it in EPW, where he was asked to portray the masked character The Great Puma, a video game character in NES Pro Wrestling with a surprisingly versatile moveset. Inoue studied the character hard, learned all its signature moves, then debuted in a tag team called VG Cats alongside fellow game-based character AKI Man. The two gelled quickly, and progressed up the card form opening match attraction to a good tag team that has even held the tag straps. With EPw undergoing a change from cult favorite to national promotion, the two look set to achieve big things on the national stage. --- Star Man Star Man is a skilled luchador whos willing to work across North America to get his career going. He uses the character Star Man for NES Pro Wrestling, after seeing Great Puma and AKI Man use a similar gimmick to great success while backstage at an EPW event. An occasional local jobber for EPW, he has attempted to get a consistent job with them for a few years, but has been unsuccessful. --- Timmy Cernoll Timmy Cernoll is an atrocious wrestler in the UK with no athletic ability or talent whatsoever. He has been rumoured to be paying off promoters in order to get spots on the card. The only thing on his side is a good star look, which may be the only reason he can even succeed at the independent level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Dolphin Posted November 26, 2012 Author Share Posted November 26, 2012 BENNETT-VERSE UK WRESTLING SCENE British Championship Wrestling Owner- Liam Derby Booker- Lloyd Mann British Championship Wrestling is the latest attempt to try an conquer the rough British wrestling scene. Led by forward-thinking, intelligent owner Liam Derby, Derby looked over the UK wrestling scene and concluded that a promotion that gave the UK masses the WSE-old style Sports Entertainment with a distinctly British comedic twist and a huge dose of patriotism could make plenty of money. He debuted the promotion in 2003, the same month and day its soon-to-be arch-rival Rebellion Hardcore Wrestling debuted. The two companies established themselves rapidly in their home regions, then into into heated warfare in the Midlands territory in both promotion's attempt to go National, with the crowds decidely split between the THW-inspired Cutting-Edge hardcore product offered by RHW and the quirky and entertaining product of BCW. While BCW certainly has an edge in terms of the overall hilarity and quality of their angles, promos and characters, RHW offers the better matches, even in the non-hardcore department. BCW has hired up all the best and most charismatic talkers, while RHW has the best wrestlers. With the interesting style clash provided by both promotions as they attempt to expand and be the first truly National British promotion, one thing is for sure: Regardless of which promotion you like, its an exciting time to be a UK wrestling fan. --- Rebellion Hardcore Wrestling Owner- Johnny Quid Booker- Wild Darren Callaghan The counter-culture favorite of Irish and English fans, Rebellion Hardcore Wrestling is a product that is a near carbon-copy of the revolutionary Truly Hardcore Wrestling, who Johnny Quid, the RHW owner, worked for briefly when in the USA. Quid thought the company was so awesome that he took a heavy indy workload to save cash, gathered a group of close contacts, then proceeded to debut the cutting edge product in Quid's home region of Ireland. The promotion simply blew away many people, who not only liked the hardcore, but also liked the cutting-edge, modern wrestling product that was produced as well, with a variety of high-fliers that had never really been showcased before on the UK wrestling scene. The promotion made huge strides in Ireland, then participated in a war over the Midlands territory with the also-rising British Championship Wrestling. Both promotions got TV deals, and have been fighting a huge war since to establish total control over the UK. RHW is rumoured to be less financially stable, but their superior wrestling may hold out in the end and help them win the war.....and complete the British Revolution of professional wrestling. --- Wigan Catch Wrestling Association Owner- Gerry Simmons Booker- Wayne Halpin The Wigan Catch Wrestling Association is a promotion that has fallen on rough times as of late, despite being the oldest and most established promotion in the UK. Originally, their product of pure, highly realistic "Catch as catch can" wrestling was immesnely popular, but the company's inability to expand outside of Wigan has really hurt them, especially when the more family-friendly BCW and the cooler RHW came along and got TV deals. Now, the company faces a tough battle for survival, with its only credible asset being its top-quality dojo, where a variety of Brits train due to its actual credibility not just as a wrestling dojo, but an MMA one as well. --- Scottish Power and Pride Wrestling Owner- William Wallace Booker- William Wallace Scottish Power and Pride Wrestling is a barely above local-level promotion in Scotland, running a traditional wrestling product featuring a variety of brawlers and mat wrestlers that are the common grunts on the UK scene. Not much is to be said about the promotion, its a garden-variety slightly-advanced British indy by all accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Sam Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Timmy Cernoll Timmy Cernoll is an atrocious wrestler in the UK with no athletic ability or talent whatsoever. He has been rumoured to be paying off promoters in order to get spots on the card. The only thing on his side is a good star look, which may be the only reason he can even succeed at the independent level. This is what happens when Tommy Cornell learns off Big Smack Scott. Also, there are 4 Paratroopers in your mod. Not 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Dolphin Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 (Psycho Sam - I added Paragon cause I've always felt the Paratroopers should have a manager, mostly for a plot point to set up a Paradox heel turn since he can work heel better than face due to being a cocky little shit with SQ. I saw someone use the term Paragon for Alan Parent, who I added to the stable. I personally found it hilarious, because thats literally one of the few ways you can drag that stable down, by adding a slug like Parent into it. I remembered the name for future usage, and here we are.) BENNETT-VERSE MEXICO WRESTLING SCENE Originales la Federacion de Lucha Libre Owner- El Lucha Santon Booker- El Hijo Del Santon Originales la Federacion de Lucha Libre is the oldest Lucha Libre company in Mexico, having been around since 1952. It promotes tradtional, family friendly lucha libre entertainment that is loved by many. Originally, it was a small regional promotion like any other, but thanks to the jawdroppingly awesome ring work of the Lucha icon El Lucha Santon, it quickly grew and outstripped every single promotion, thanks to his skill and clever booking of his long running blood feud with La Alinaza De Los Demonios (Consisting of El Necrofago, El Gnoma and El Fantasma). Now the biggest promotion in Mexico, it proceeded to gather a huge legion of stars and produce top-quality shows thanks to the promotion's ambition to always put on a better product, unlike msot promotions, who would get lazy with the absence of competition. Now, however, they have the first big challenge the 60 year old promotion has faced, that being the uprising of the new, cutting-edge Sensacional Lucha Libre, who promotes a more modern product with better wrestling, thanks to their aggressive ownership taking some of OFLL's top stars. The company was also boosted hugely thanks to a controversial incident involving former head booker Ernesto Ortega suggesting that a heel welch on a mask v mask bet to create more heel heat, which was soundly denounced and led to his firing, leading to him subsequently defecting to SLL and becoming their head booker and top draw. However, with their always solid booking and great usage of the talent they've got, OFLL will look to maintain their position as top dog for years to come. --- Sensacional Lucha Libre Owner- Don Carbone Booker- Ernesto Ortega Sensacional Lucha Libre is a new promotion in Mexico, created for the purpose of challenging OLFF while revolutionising Lucha Libre with a more modern, Japanese and American-influenced product. It is owned and operated by the ruthless Mexican gambling magnate Don Carbone, who poached a bunch of top stars from OFLL and developed their own workers through a highly modern dojo system and through the independent scene, finding a few gems that OFLL missed, such as the current star of their show El Medico, a masked medic who has gotten absurdly over in Mexico due to his ultra-solid skillset and heated rivalry with the equally proficient heel and real life best friend El Villano Medico. The promotion also got a shot in the arm when renegade booker Ernesto Ortega got canned from SLL, leading to him jumping ship and appearing for SLL in the most shocking moment in Lucha Libre history. From the looks of thigns, SLL may have all the tools necessary to make the push to overthrow the kings in OFLL, its just a matter of what the next move for OFLL is. Either way, it looks to be a very interesting time in Lucha Libre --- Reina Lucha Libre Owner- Fuego Belleza Booker- Fuego Belleza REina Lucha Libre is an attempt to cater to the growing market for Female Lucha Libre matches. Run by one of the best female wrestlers alive, the standout Fuego Belleza, it is a solid company that relies on a hybrid of family-friendly entertainment and modern wrestling influence, meshing well with the extensive and underrated talents of the various females under this company's employ. With a strong roster of solid, talented workers, and a hot feud between Fuego Belleza and Diablo Senora carrying the company through its infancy, RLL looks set for a brigh and glorious future in Mexico. (After this, some more character profiles) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Dolphin Posted November 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 One thing I should add is that I'm gonna likely add signups for y'all to add your own workers to this mod because A) I don't have enough ideas to fill seven regions, and don't want too many generic indy guys and B) I really wanted to contribute ideas of my own to a couple mods, which I couldn't do, so it'll be good to enable people who have some ideas to make their mark on what I hope will be one of the more popular TEW2013 verses. Besides, I might get some more Scotsman/Minion/Minor Annoyance-esque characters, which are always nice for a mod, they add plenty of flavor. More character profiles next posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Dolphin Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 BENNETT-VERSE BIG GAME PLAYERS Leon Vane From: A hometown better than yours, Florida Finishers: Screw The Rules(Skull Crushing Finale) Power of Money(Crossface) Signatures: Bank Roll(Modified Moonlight Drive) Pay Off(Arm trap Belly to Belly Suplex) ELBOW OF DISDAIN(Jumping elbow drop with theatrics) Leon Vane is a superb old-school technical wrestler from Florida, known for being one of the most underrated wrestlers in the world. His quality on the mat and on the microphone are superior, even to his more famous counterpart Bret Bennett. He got his start at the age of 14, lying about his age to train in the Florida Impact Wrestling School. He got rave reviews for his work, which was honed somewhat by backyard wrestling as a kid, and graduated two years later, debuting in East Coast Impact Wrestling as a snobbish rich heel in late 2002. Bret Bennett got into the company shortly thereafter and had an awesome dark match with Leon during an event, which got the crowd so fired up the rest of the show actually suffered somewhat for it. Bret became fast friends with Leon, seeing him as a Napier-quality worker. Bret then hatched the idea for what would later become the Main Character Mafia, a pair of show-stealing, cocky heels who believed that their awesome performances were the only thing worth watching on the show. The two used the gimmicks to great effect as a tag team, then got another offer from Danger Zone Championship Wrestling in 2003. While in DZCW, they met the menacing PHil Hightower, and the three became close friends quickly. One month after their DZCW debuts, they recruited Phil to join them in a stable as the straight man and in ECIW and the Main Character Mafia was born. For 15 months, the trio worked in both promotions and established themselves as the hottest commodities on the indy scene. While they started as heels, they became faces simply because their performances were so awesome, as they were so good they could adapt to the two very different styles of ECIW and DZCW. Eventually, the WSE, due mostly to the efforts of visionary booker Peter Cordin, came calling for the whole trio, believing they could be at the very least midcard filler. The WSE was in the peak of its powers, with longtime rival GSW gone and THW dead and buried, in addition to the Cordin-led booking team producing a product that was a somewhat balanced hybrid of workrate, hardcore, and sports entertainment. The three debuted in July 2004 and spent a year and a half in the midcard, honing their ultra-cocky characters. The ever present smark fanbase picked up on their talents right away and began cheering their segments and matches. This picked up amongst the rest of the crowd, and the Main Character Mafia turned from heels to faces. Peter Cordin urged his boss, Peter O'Connell, to turn them face. After much convincing and leading, the best he could do was turn and push one of them. O'Connell wanted it to be Hightower, feeling he had the potential to be the next Darkness Knight, but Cordin manipulated him into making it Bret instead. This led to a hot, ragining storyline beginning at the Battle Royale Spectacular with Leon and Phil screwing Bret over in the traditional Battle Royale. The two proceeded to have a heated feud of oneupsmanship, with Leon seemingly always standing tall due to the help of Phil. However, Bret finally took out Phil with a 2x4, leading to the feud blowoff, a singles match at SummerFest 2006 ending with Bret reversing Leon's attempt at a Bonecrushing Leg Hold into his own for the submission victory. Leon and Phil then drifted into the midcard, where they gelled well into a championship-winning tag team. Leon then added the WSE Young Guns title to his resume in 2007, going on to become a 2 time champion there and a 2 time tag team champ with Phil. Eventually, Peter O'Connell, after some prodding from Peter Cordin and the realization they had the next Adrian DeVille, promoted Leon Vane to the main event, giving him a serious winning streak to build up against the recently face-turned Jake Messiah. However, the feud bombed as no one really bought Messiah as the babyface, as his face character was seen as overly pandering to the fans and annoying at times. The feud, however, produced some show-stealing matches, but was a bit of a disaster as far as crowd reactions were concerned, especially after a tag match where Leon cheated hard to beat Messiah and the crowd cheered. Leon was finally given the title in an excellent Submission Match at SummerFest 2008, submitting Messiah cleanly. An insta-fix was needed for the situation, which resulted in the huge comeback of Dave Steel as the original bad-ass anti-hero face he was before his disastrous heel turn. This led to one of the best feuds ever, with one of the best in the world at playing heel versus one of the best in the world at playing face. Leon at this time began to show more of his original character, a rich snobbish kid, combined with his MCM holdover persona and the Adrian DeVille-inspired cheat-to-win always heel. This led to a long, ongoing storyline where Leon Vane paid off a wide variety of people in an attempt to avoid Steel's challenges. It was built up and built up, til finally Steel got systematic and thorough revenge on everyone Leon had paid to attack him. This led to an absolutely tremendous match between Steel and Leon at the Battle Royale Spectacular where Leon put over Steel clean as a sheet to conclude the feud. Shortly thereafter, Leon got involved in a backstage scuffle with Mark vegas that ended with him choking Vegas unconscious with a legit submission maneuver. Vegas was humiliated and tried to get Leon buried badly as reprimands. This then led to an incident where Mark Vegas legit blindsided Leon with a rabbit punch during a 4v4 tag match they were on the same side of, leading to Leon shooting on Vegas in live TV and choking Vegas out yet again in one of the most bizarre moments in WSE programming. Leon was at first legitimately suspended, but when massive chants for Leon broke out at TV tapings, PEter locked himself, head booker Peter Cordin, Mark Vegas, and Leon Vane in a room and told them all to come up with a solution to the problem. The solution was a revolutionary concept, the first ever professional wrestling feud with a "reality" element to it, as Vegas and Vane cut vicious worked shoot promos on each other, indirectly turning Leon face. No egos were spared, no shots were left untaken, and the largely verbal and physical build, without the two actually getting in the ring for matches, was a brilliantly-executed and thought out idea. The anticipation for SummerFest 2009 was intense, but the match.....was another story. Depending on who you ask, the match was either an atrocity that exposed the business, a simply bad match, or a new, refreshing match that was interesting to watch and a "guilty pleasure" for a lot of people. The match was rather unsound form a pure wrestling perspective, with a lot of no-selling of offense and stiff, physical brawling and wild weapon shots. This match established a reputation for Leon Vane as an underrated brawler that he never truly had before. Mark Vegas, after a truckload worth of money and promises of a world title reign were given to him, ended up doing the job, doing what should've been a huge favor to the career of Leon Vane. However, the wheels fell off, as Leon ended up suffering an injury during a world title challenge that kept him out of action until the 2010 edition of the Battle Royale Spectacular. Leon lost that in controversial fashion to Slick Rick Payne, leading to a brief feud that Leon lost, killing his momentum somewhat. PHil Hightower, meanwhile, had been floundering in the wake of Leon Vane's shoot promo angle, so he was gradually turned face through a series of segments with Vane where he tried to make the normally no-nonsense Phil Hightower a fun-loving cool guy. Such moments included a legendarily bad stand-up comedy gig by Phil Hightower, him performing a dance routine that earned an 8.5 for artistic merit on the untalented white guy scale, and a brutal comedy segment involving Phil trying to pick up hot chicks with truly awful pick-up line prompts from Leon. Both men played their roles extraordinarily well, and picked up a 3rd and 4th tag title reign along the way. However, the main-event success that should've been Vane's eluded him, although he did win the WSE North American title for 3 months. Eventually, in 2011, the Main Character Mafia was reformed, which had been implied for a while when Leon was face due to various random backstage vignettes. The Main Character Mafia then won the tag belts and defended them under the Firebird Rule, pushing themselves closer and closer to the main event. More hilarity ensued, with an infamous segment where Bret asked for a rap beat from Phil, to which he replied no, causing everyone backstage to legitimately crack up on live TV. The group was split up yet again to give Bret a push, though. Leon and Phil settled back into the midcard again, winning yet another tag title together and Leon won the North American title for the second time. Bret, Leon, and Phil had always been very close friends backstage, but as Bret accumulated his creative control, he began to add more contacts to their clique that he saw as having potential. Low-level comedy face Andy Awesome and misused jobber Johnathon Wylde became fast friends with the trio due to their good personalities and work ethic. James Carson, meanwhile, was attempting to get himself over with a YouTube show of his random hijinks on the road, leading to him and Bret forming an alliance to face Leon and Phil for the tag titles in a rare faces v faces match. The four shook hands before and after the match, which was filled with twists and turns and really put over the tag division as something special. Carson was also really put over as a good worker, as he claimed later he learned more in that 23 minutes than he learned in his whole career. Carson won with his J-Bomb finisher on Leon, starting a "respect" feud with Leon for the North American title. Carson was carried to his best ever match in the process, winning the title in front of his home fans in Chicago. Bret then used his creative control to maintain the feud between the two face teams, adding in another element a short time later in the form of Napier's NEst product, the heel Jeremy Rose. The objective was to use everyone's skills to bring Carson up to the same level as a worker, to complement his talents his charisma and star look. Leon also took James under his wing and drilled him in how to cut promos. Carson became a hot prospect, thanks to the guidance of the newly-christened Bantown Mafia. Unfortunately, that was the beginning of the end for the Bantown Mafia. Carson's title reign ended with him dropping the title back to Vane, with the idea being a slow burn towards Vane turning heel and feuding with Bret. However, O'Connell was growing more and more uncomfortable with the power Bret was amassing, so he underhandedly had Thomas Munoz, Bret's latest project and a wrestler he actually liked due to his menacing looks and awesome power, bury Bret's entire circle of friends. Bret unwittingly agreed, knowing that it would build up anticipation for a hot feud and would elevate Thomas Munoz to main event level right away. Thomas proceeded to take out the entire Bantown Mafia with his dreaded Career Killer Straitjacket Powerbomb. This gave them a reason to vacate all the titles, and shortly thereafter they were won by either friends of Mark Vegas or workers Peter O'Connell liked. Peter then was manipulated by Vegas into ending the reign of terror by Munoz by forcing him to job to up-and-coming face Micky Morici, so that Vegas could beat him later and take all his momentum. The long-running silent war between O'Connell/Vegas and Bennett and his Bantown Mafia came to a head on the infamous day of Thursday Week 4 October 2013, where Bret cut the infamous shoot promo that likely changed the face of wrestling. Leon was part of the human chain in the back that blocked people from the outside for legitimately interfering, as he had in truth been disillusioned with the company for quite some time and was ready to leave. After the promo of the ages was cut, Leon left along with the entire Bantown Mafia to MUGEN Japan Pro Wrestling, where he toured with them for two months. Leon adjusted to the hard-hitting Japanese style with surprising ease, leading to him feuding with Seto Kaiba, the exciting young junior all-arounder who was finding increasing success taking on the heavyweights. The two produced some excellent classics, with Leon putting over Seto huge along the way. Eventually, the Bantown Mafia moved back to the US, ready to compete for Excellence Professional Wrestling. With Leon at his absolute peak at the age of 29, it is going to be interesting to see if he progresses to the main event and add to his vast and varied resume of titles in the exciting new environment of EPW. 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White Dolphin Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 (Some of these rather vague ribs compared to the last ones. This is a bit of a weak update, but I've been busy with title histories, which has made me realize I likely won't include them for a long-ass time. Japan coming up next, hopefully, although, like Mexico, I will freely admit to being way out of my depth when it comes to both regions, so it'll be kinda strange doing them.) EVEN MORE BENNETT-VERSE COLORFUL CHARACTERS Ax Man 13 Ax Man 13 is a beefy lumberjack character played by professional wrestler Jrodan Quin, who had the unfortunate coincidence of having a typo in his name registered at the hospital and thus became stuck with his moniker. His character is a typical wrestling lumberjack, but he is noted for the use of Engrish in his promos, which has made him a cult favorite. --- Narhari Tiger Narhari Tiger is an atrocious Indian "wrestler" who "fights" in Japan. Originally a practitioner of a vague Indian martial art which he claimed to be undefeated in, Tiger was borught in for a couple shows against a pair of fellow martial artists, but bombed horribly, as his strikes looked ridiculously fake and due to his rangy height and lumbering athleticism, he could not even take a back bump. He was released since then, and everyone except a select group of people seeing hilarity in his incompetence hope to never see him in a wrestling ring ever again. --- Tadeshi Chikafusa Tadeshi Chikafusa is a tremendously gifted wrestler with excellent abilities who is the current shining star rookie possessed by MUGEN Japan Pro Wrestling. With his quality striking, excellent technical wrestling capabilities, and ability to do some breathtaking highspots, he should go far. --- Day Spa Mask Day Spa Mask is a technical wrestler, noted for his bizarre skin care gimmick which he plays off nicely due to his great acting skills. He has established himself on the indy scene pretty well, and looks ready to be signed by a bigger, more professional company soon. --- Ned Williams Ned Williams is starting to establish a reputation as the brightest young talent on the independent scene, who portrays a "Man of 100 Gimmicks", impersonating various wrestlers such as Captain Dynamo, Mark Vegas, Darkness Knight and El Medico. His excellent acting skills make the gimmick work, and he can even perform at a decent level in the ring, with a good solid grasp of the basics. --- Seto Kaiba Seto Kaiba is one of the most exciting young Junior-division prospects in years. Participating in MUGEN Japan Pro Wrestling, he has become one of the most hated heels in Japan due to his natural arrogant look and confident swagger, which is a rarity in MJPW. His catchphrase of "Screw the rules, I have money." has become memetic in Japan, leading to plenty of merchandise dollars and a few MUGEN Japanese Junior Championship reigns. He has recently began competing against heavyweights, and has recently had a rule changed preventing juniors from claiming the MUGEN Japan Championship. --- Youngster Joey Youngster Joey is a cocky heel in the independent scene, who frequently claims his wrestling skills are "Top percentage of all wrestlers.". While they, in actuality, aren't, his solid wrestling and microphone skill makes him one to watch on the Canadian independent scene. --- Bork Laser Bork Laser is a Swedish grappler of high caliber, though to be the best wrestler on the European scene. With his huge physique, menacing look, and outstanding Brawling/Technical wrestling capabilities, he is being pegged by many as likely to make a huge impact in the US or even Japan. --- Shae Semeniuk Of all the people to enter the wrestling world, Shae Semeniuk may very well be the worst. Born in LA, presumably to two of the worst parents in the world, Shae got a severe case of unwarranted self-importance from the moment she was born, believing she was the most fair, beautiful person on earth, and someone who was going to be be a tremendous star some day. Thankfully, she hasn't gotten any parts in any movies, even indy ones. Even though she is good-looking, a good actress, and has absolute confidence in herself in front of a camera, her attitude and manipulation make her a total sleaze even by Hollywood standards. She got invited to a wrestling show, and instantly saw what she thought would be the backdoor to Hollywood. She makes a totally natural heel bitch valet, and her performances already have people talking. If a promoter can deal with the cancer that is Semeniuk in a locker room, she could go far in the wrestling world. --- E-102 Gamma A wrestler billed as being a robot from the future, E-102 Gamma is a solid wrestler with a unique charisma that always seems to be misused by promoters. His lame gimmick and ridculous costume get him noticed easily, but he never gets the right push, and he is manipulatable somewhat by backstage politics. If a promoter gets behind him, he could easily become a big star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Sam Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="White Dolphin" data-cite="White Dolphin" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="34753" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>One thing I should add is that I'm gonna likely add signups for y'all to add your own workers to this mod because A) I don't have enough ideas to fill seven regions, and don't want too many generic indy guys and B) I really wanted to contribute ideas of my own to a couple mods, which I couldn't do, so it'll be good to enable people who have some ideas to make their mark on what I hope will be one of the more popular TEW2013 verses. Besides, I might get some more Scotsman/Minion/Minor Annoyance-esque characters, which are always nice for a mod, they add plenty of flavor.<p> </p><p> More character profiles next posts.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Heh. Got a few characters from my mod that I'll probably submit...<img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Dolphin Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 Made a sign-up thread for y'all to get your own workers in the mod, link is: <a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1843313" rel="external nofollow">http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1843313</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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