Post by starkweather on May 31, 2006 11:52:07 GMT -5
Name: Alexander Starkweather
Sex: Male
Alignment: Ultra-Heel
Rank: Main Event
Manager: Umeko Saito (On Leave)
Age: 32
Birthdate: May 28th, 1974
Height: 6’ 1"
Weight: 215 lbs.
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Wrestling Style: Technician/Chain Submissionist
Entrance Music: "Descending" by Lamb of God
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Physical Description: Of middling height and weight, with an unremarkable physique somewhere between Olympian and Jeff Hardy. His stature isn’t what he is proud of, though. Somewhat messy black hair with a neatly trimmed goatee. A smattering of scars (one on his left forearm and a curving one on his right shoulder the most easily visible) leads one to believe that he may have participated in those much-fabled death matches in his past.
Ring Gear:
Smiley: A pair of somewhat baggy black pants, army-issue boots. He also wears a battered SWAT-style black vest and a beaten up ‘smiley face’ mask on his way to the ring.
Scarecrow: A burlap sack, eye holes and a ragged mouth ripped out, the mouth sewn shut in a grotesque smile. The outfit is completed by a pair of pants tucked into his kneepads and boots, sewn-together burlap like his mask. He occasionally wears a ripped-up burlap top as well.
Death: A face mask fashioned after a human skull with black fabric over the eyes, he does not remove this mask before the match. The rest of his outfit is a ragged pair of black pants and boots.
Entrance: The far-away sounds of Starkweather’s entrance are accompanied by the silhouette of a figure cast onto the jumbo-tron. At the very crescendo of the intro a slow-motion shot of a dark form rising from the foreground is shown in slow motion accompanied by television static while a deep, guttural voice says "Live or die... Make your choice." The song begins in earnest, and Starkweather takes the stage wearing his smiley face mask (or his Scarecrow outfit if the match is important) before heading down to the ring amidst a sea of boos.
Gimmick: Demented Psychologist. A great portion of his offense is mental rather than physical. He’s capable of taking an inhuman amount of punishment and simply sitting back up to keep at it if it means he’ll get into the opponent’s head. He’ll work over opponents’ body parts with submissions and hard kicks (usually to the head and arms) only to hobble them, to make them try and escape him before he uses one of his unique finisher variations. He's not opposed to using his mask as a foreign object, and it's remarkably tough to break so he will swing it with all due force.
Specialty Match: House of Mirrors - A twelve foot high steel cage lined with mirrors from top to bottom, they six feet to a side themselves. The mirrors must be broken to scale the cage, littering the ring with broken glass.
Match Notes: Starkweather enjoys using submission wrestling just as much as his stiff striking moves, so his match tactics generally fluctuate from one style to the other as the match progresses (striking to submissions/grappling moves). He uses his submission finisher about as much as his impact finisher, and both center on impact or pressure on the neck and upper back, so he generally centers his attack on the upper body unless he is looking to hobble his opponent. He does not do springboard moves, he's not that aerial.
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Awards:
ACW Hottest Man of the Year 2006
Breakout Wrestler of the Year 2006
Accomplishments:
Won the International Title on 11/13/06.
Won the Heavyweight Title on 9/30/07
History:
Living a relatively normal life as a professional psychologist, Alexander Starkweather's life changed when his wife of several years died in a car accident. He became more introverted after she passed away, and eventually his psychology practice drove him to seek a vent for his steadily growing anger and self-doubt. That vent was wrestling.
He wrestled in the So Cal independent circuit for approximately a year before heading to Japan to refine his submission skills. He didn't find exactly what he was looking for, participating in death matches and "trash wrestling" just as often as he was wrestling clean submission-based wrestling. This led to a hybrid submission/striking style that suited his experience. He returned to the US and began wrestling in bigger-name promotions such as CZW and JAPW under a different ring name and mask before adopting his current look.
Upon entering ACW he immediately made waves with his vicious submission-based style and ruthless attacks on other workers, with memorable attacks on Rena and Jonny Spade accredited to him. He was even indirectly responsible for Dan White's temporary retirement after a spot at their match at Heatwave in 2006.
As time went by he developed a plan to exact his own kind of punishment on those that he felt were far too comfortable in their seats of power... So he hatched a plan. It involved kidnapping, framing, blackmail and manipulation, Umeko Saito the victim of his malicious attention while he used Chance Emmerson as a puppet to turn his rage on Yoko Satoshi in a misguided attempt to get her back, since evidence planted by Starkweather led him to believe Satoshi had done it.
After winning the International Title he was in a match before the Pay-Per-View That Shall Not be Named with his rival Rattlesnake, they participating in a Bullrope Match to try and settle their dispute once and for all. A match that he lost, no less.
But, that did not deter him. He furthered his plans until the main event of the Pay-Per-View That Shall Not Be Named, where to his surprise and relative delight, Yoko Satoshi collapsed after her match with Emmerson and retire due to a long-standing injury shortly after. She did two things for him when doing this: She opened the World Title to his grasp and she gave him the weapon which he could use to put the final nail into the coffin: Defeated Chance Emmerson in one of ACW's most brutal match inventions ever. A House of Mirrors Match, which would take place at Winter's Discontent. After a hard-fought and startlingly bloody match, Chance Emmerson came out on top... But one needs to ask themself whether or not this was just another part of Starkweather's master plan.
The following months consisted of feuds with the likes of Brimstone and Scott Andrews, feuds that Starkweather genuinely seemed to be disinterested in. His idle mind games with Brimstone and general malaise concerning Andrews' animosity toward him seemed uncharacteristic. His strong showings in the Straitjacket Match with Brimstone, which he won by disqualification, and the Bed of Roses match with Andrews were clear indications as to his willingness to punish his own body.
As something of a surprise to both of them, Starkweather and Chance Emmerson's manager suddenly developed something of a relationship after the events of Bloody Valentine. She made the transfer over to being his manager and something of a business partner in many aspects after Chance's sudden departure one night.
Starkweather went on to even greater levels of backstabbing and conspiracy, using he and Umeko's combined manipulative ability to sway Wyvern to their side after turning on then-champion The Senator and winning the World Title by nefarious means at Fallen Heroes 2007. A few weeks later Kudo Yasuda joined the fold, completing the trifecta of monstrosities that now found themselves aligned with one another.
After Alicia Laureano attempted to break the stable up following an anonymous later to make tempers flare Starkweather took matters into his own hands, going to her home in London and destroying it, going as far as to leave a grisly message involving a certain black feline. The feud between the two of them would last for some time, a match at Seven Deadly Sins 2007 ending with AK losing her cool and attacking him with a steel chair after he in turn attacked the announce team. The feud culminated in a vicious Hell in a Cell match at Heatwave, Alicia winning by giving him a Shiranui off the side of the cell. The move was botched, however, he landing awkwardly with his head hitting the guardrail, he suffering a laceration and a light concussion that sent him out of action for just over a week.
During the feud with Alicia, his manager Umeko managed to procure the services of a one Yoko Satoshi who was still reeling from a devastating breakup with her longtime girlfriend Sarin, and with his newfound minion he turned his attention to the world title. Attacking Wyvern after telling him he had found his perfect challenger, he announced that he would be challenging for the title and ejected Wyvern from the group. The feud would culminate at the Emperor of the Ring event, during which Adrian Flamingo and Yoko Satoshi would help Starkweather to injure and subsequently retire the now-former champion.
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Submission Finisher:
Sensory Deprivation (Half-Nelson Crossface Camel Clutch with Bodyscissors) (****)
Starkweather applies a Half-Nelson to the opponent's right arm and crosses his left hand across their face to wrench it to the right, he then sits on their back and wrenches them back at a sharp angle until the tap-out.
Impact Finisher:
Frontal Lobotomy (Wheelbarrow into Double Leghook Facebuster) (***) (Example)
Desperation Finisher:
Relapse III (Rope-Assisted High-Angle Cutter) (*) (Example)
The Relapse II is a much more dangerous version of his trademark move that he uses when the occasion is right and he needs to put them away. The second variation is dangerous if the opponent lands incorrectly, and few can hope to kick out if he manages it.
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Trademark Moves:
========== Submission ==========
The I.I.S. (Interim Involuntary Suspension) (Example) (***)
Illegal rope-assisted Leg Choke.
Running Powerbomb into the turnbuckle into leg submission (STF, Boston Crab, etc) (***)
Lifting his opponent as if to Powerbomb them or counter a Rana, he runs to the ropes and drives them back-first into them. He holds their leg as they fall forward and rolls back, applying various leg submissions.
Single-Arm DDT into Modified Fujiwara Armbar (***)
A Single-Arm DDT, after which Stark pivots to rest on their back and apply the Armbar.
Restraint Hold (Falling Snap Armwringer into Rings of Saturn) (****)
========== Grappling ==========
Relapse (Rope-Assisted Jawbreaker) (***) (Example)
Can be done with the opponent's feet on the ropes, turnbuckle, guardrail or apron.
Relapse II (Standing Headspike Cutter Variant) (***) (Example)
Standing variant on his Relapse move series, which sees him apply a 3/4 Facelock and then drop quickly to his front, impacting the top of their head or forehead on the mat with no small amount of inertia.
SchweinDT (Belly to Back Driver into modified DDT) (***)
Started as per the move, but instead of dropping them to the side he drops to his front and lands them on the top of their head. Used as a setup for Sensory Deprivation.
Tornado Armbreaker (**)
Started as a corner-mounted Tornado DDT, but as he comes down he clutches onto an arm and drives the shoulder into the canvas.
Separation Anxiety (Crucifix into Sit-Out Double Shoulder Armbreaker) (***)
Started as a Crucifix Powerbomb, but instead of dropping them forward he drops them straight down with the undersides of their biceps wrenching down over his shoulders. Aptly named due to the real chance of such an event occuring.
========== Striking ==========
Curb Stomp (Mexican Surfboard into Stomp) (***) (Example)
Started as a Mexican Surfboard but ended abruptly by a kick to the back of the head that drives their face into the canvas. Used as a setup for Sensory Deprivation.
Curb Stomp II (Running Rope-Assisted Curbstomp Kneedrop) (**) (Example)
Propping an opponent face-down in the corner and draping their arms over the bottom rope, Starkweather runs across the room and drops a pair of knees directly into their neck/shoulders, driving and grinding their face into the canvas.
Re-Education (Flying Double Stomp) (***) (Example)
Variations:
- While opponent is in a Tree of Woe
- Standing with opponent on canvas (aimed at face rather than chest)
- While opponent is kneeling (aimed at head)
- While opponent is on hands and knees (aimed at head or back)
- While opponent is hung out on the middle rope (aimed at head or back)
- While opponent is on table to the outside
- While opponent's head is propped up on chair
- Slingshotting over the top rope
- While opponent is seated in the corner (off the top backwards, Dropkick style)
- With opponent's head hanging out of the ring from the apron (aimed at the face/head)
- With opponent's sternum propped up on the metal ringpost (Starkweather falls to the outside afterward)
Falling Pendulum Clothesline (***)
With the opponent prone, he winds up and spins a quick 360 degree turn to plant a vicious Discus Clothesline into their chest/throat.
Lightning Leg Lariat to sitting opponent (***)
A simple Leg Lariat, but done to a sitting opponent.
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Normal Moves:
========== Submission ==========
Chain Wrestling (*****) - A short series of Lucharesu-inspired moves done one after the other focusing on one part of the body. Example: Shoulder Arm Breaker into European Uppercut to the elbow into Arm Breaker Drop.
STF (***)
Tree of Woe (**)
Dragon Screw/Mandara Twist into Single Crab or STF (**)
========== Grappling ==========
Tilt-A-Whirl Backbreaker/Gutbuster (***)
Facebreaker (Knee-Mounted Facecrusher) (**)
Double-Arm Suplex (***)
Multiple Spinning Neckbreakers (**)
KneeDT (***) - With the opponent prone, he grabs a leg and delivers a DDT to it. Usually a precursor to some sort of leg-based submission. Also called the "Even-Toe".
Snap Suplex (****)
Cut-Throat Backbreaker (**)
Belly-to-Back Suplex (**)
Step-Up Huracanrana (*)
========== Striking ==========
Stiff Kicks (*****)
Running Knee Lift (****)
Step-Up Enzuigiri (***)
Basement Dropkick (***)
Whip Reversal into Discus Elbow (Example) (***)
Rolling Snapmare into Leg Lariat (Example) (***)
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