Salem Cartier

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SALEM CARTIER

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Wrestler Name: Salem Cartier
Ring Name: Salem Cartier
Nickname(s): "The Witch", "Dark Crystal", "Something Like A Phenomenon"
Gender: Female
Picbase: Mellisa Clarke
D. O. B.: 9/11/92
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 130 lbs.
Years Pro: 2

Accolades/Accomplishments:
1x HKW Cyber Champion (longest reign)
1x HKW Bloodlust Champion
2016 SSWA Young Guns Cup Semi-Finalist (Made Final 4 out of 64)
Multi-time belt contender in HKW, GPW, and FGA

Hometown:
Born: Laval, Quebec, Canada,
Raised: Laconia, New Hampshire
Residing: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Billed From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Entrance Theme: 'Phenomena' – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Entrance Description (please keep simple and adequate for an indie promotion):

"I'll get you my pretty... and your little dog too!"

The funky drum beat and riff of 'Phenomena' by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs fills the arena and the quirky yet energetic Salem Cartier appears at the entrance wearing a hooded dark purple leather tailcoat with huge silver buttons, the hood pulled over her eyes. She carries a silver cane, the top a silver claw gripping a dark purple crystal that has a plasma globe effect. She's tapping her foot and bopping her head to the beat...

She raises both hands and motions for the fans to get hyped, swinging the cane, then bops her way toward the ring in time with the song, popping her shoulders up and down, swaying her arms around with a coy smile and wink to the audience.

"Hey! Don't touch, kid; sleep with the lights on
Touch, kid; how you surprise me
Now roll kid, rock your body off!"

She steps up the ring steps, throws her hood back, clutches the top rope and puts her feet on the bottom rope, gazing around and rocking up and down on the ropes...

"You're something like a phenomena
Something like an astronoma'
Now roll kid, rock your body off!"

She slides through the ropes, twirls off her jacket with a flourish and drops to a knee in the center of the ring, extending her arms out holding up the cane and playing to the crowd as the music fades. She takes the jacket and cane to the corner, ready for the match.


Personality (a brief description of your wrestler as a person and an athlete):
Smart-ass laid-back quirky slacker chick; the seemingly innocent one with devilish thoughts. Supposed reincarnated witch (not really but a running gag, she plays it up in character sometimes to keep people guessing). Uncrowned icon of teens and rebellion.
Alignment: Face
Allies (if any): Artemis Kaiser, Nina Stokes
Rivals (if any): Fran, Neon

Strengths (2 or more): Quickness, Adept at fluke roll-ups of different variety, High energy, Can get a burst of adrenaline after a lengthy beatdown by her opponent. Something of a MacGyver of the ring, will use what’s at her disposal within reason to win, but not a blatant heel cheater.

Weaknesses (2 or more): Power moves, especially ones that knock the wind out of her, tends to burn out the longer a match goes, but can get a burst of adrenaline (but not always), old neck injury prone to attack.

Preferred Match Type(s): Ladder, Last Man Standing

Least Favourite Match Type(s): Anything on a pole, Iron Man

Wrestling Style: Striker/Technical

Finisher(s) (max. 2 + desperation/big match finisher):

1. New Hampshire Handshake – high velocity leaping elbow strike to the jaw, similar to Superman punch but with the elbow (can be hit from basically anywhere, her "out of nowhere" finisher similar to Stunner/Diamond Cutter)
2. Hijack Kevorkian - spinning lifting double underhook facebuster aka Berkocet www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9gl6HnzB1I (from 7 second mark on!)
3. Hemlock Groove - Lotus Lock (submission)

Signature Moves (at least 1):

1. Leg trap camel clutch (submission)
2. Standing monkeyflip DDT (hops feet up on opp. Thighs and drives straight down with DDT)
3. Somersault cutter (from behind, opponent on knees)
4. Buzzsaw kick
5. Straddle attack (standing on apron, leaps to dodge shoulder tackle and lands on opponents back/neck, used by Gail Kim)

Moveset:

1. Shin kicks
2. Wheelbarrow bulldog (used as a counter usually)
3. Spinning discus knee
4. Springboard back elbow
5. Repeated chops
6. Hammerlock suplex
7. Shin breaker into leg-hook Saito suplex
8. Leg-feed enziguiri (either by the other kick being blocked or a feint)
9. Double underhook suplex
10. Corner cartwheel leaping hip attack
11. Cactus clothesline (full tilt clothesline with opp. near ropes that take both out of ring)
12. Shining Wizard
13. Lariat takedown
14. Leapfrog body guillotine
15. Forward Palm strike
16. Arm Wringer + Chops + Headscissor Takedown combo
17. Cross-armed surfboard
18. Rolling snapmare
19. Flying calf kick
20. Tope con hilo


Biography (extended background on your character):[/div][/div]

Born in Laval, Quebec, Canada but has lived most of her life in New Hampshire. Has lived in New Jersey and Miami more recently; currently resides in Toronto. Her mother was a librarian and her father a college professor. Something of a disappointment because she didn't go on to higher learning but her folks love her just the same. Has an older sister Morgan who is exactly two years older than her. Former Wiccan, respects their beliefs but not a devout follower anymore. Distantly related to the Cartier jeweler family, although not in line to get any money. Lived on a tree hugger commune for months because she was bored and becoming a nun was out of the question. Dated an unsavory veteran pro wrestler for a minute, where she got her only real wrestling training prior to joining HKW.

Spends her free time knitting (just ask Brandon Banks, she knitted his son a hat once!), eating junk food, watching bad movies and cartoons. All through this she has a certain charismatic quality about her; and appears to be an inadvertent teen icon and the face of rebellion and being different. She begrudgingly accepts the role, knowing she's no hero but someone has to make a stand sometimes... perhaps it's her love of the movie The Legend of Billie Jean (1985). No matter what she does, people seem to dig her and sometimes want a deep philosophical message from her... but she'd rather talk about the bad '80s movie she saw last week and her favorite brands of cereal, or rattle off song lyrics.

Spent the better part of 2014 in Hard Knox wrestling (HKW) where she captured the now defunct Cyber Championship and held it for 153 days, which to this time is the longest reign in that belt's existence in both HKW and PDW. Spent most of 2015 in GPW where she tagged with Nina Stokes as Magic Bullet/Wicked Strong, where they become tag title contenders but did not win the belts. NREturned to HKW after a ten month absence, vowing to be bigger and better than ever before; a more focused and seasoned grappler. Won the Bloodlust Title on her first night back.

Tries to balance the public eye with her home life. Had a nasty breakup and marriage that was annulled. Now she has a solid relationship with wife Artemis Kaiser.