Post by Declan Black on Mar 11, 2017 22:10:48 GMT
“The Pride of Nova Scotia”
Declan Black
Wrestler Name: Declan Black
Ring Name: Declan Black
Nickname(s): "The Pride of Nova Scotia"
Gender: M
Picbase: Kevin Condron
D. O. B.: 12/01/88
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 225 lbs.
Years Pro: 9
Accolades/Accomplishments:
-Former/longest reigning/most title defenses 2CW/ReDEFINE World Heavyweight Champion
-Final NAPW World Heavyweight Champion
-Seattle Pro Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion (current)
-NAPW Battlebowl 2014 Winner
-NAPW Most Hated Wrestler of the Year, Wrestler of the Year (tie), Match of the Year 2014
Hometown: Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Billed From: City of London, England by way of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Entrance Theme:"Brenda Stubbert" - Ashley MacIssac youtu.be/TxGZJWKjzks
Entrance Description (please keep simple and adequate for an indie promotion):
A hard guitar riff hits the speakers, as the lights black out. With each of the three soft cymbals, a spotlight appears on the stage: green, yellow, then white. The second riff trains two more spotlights on the set, both white, before the pipes and fiddle start, heralding the appearance of Declan Black. Wearing a confident smirk, he steps out of the curtain. Slapping a few hands when convenient for him, he steps-saunters, really- to the ring, the picture of a self-assured athlete. He enters the ring, and takes his corner, sliding a Cape Breton Tartan custom mouthguard in after taking off his robe and passing it to a ring attendant. He does a few final stretches as he waits for the match to begin.
Personality (a brief description of your wrestler as a person and an athlete): Rich guy, loyal, but with few friends. Makes more temporary alliances than anything and tends to avoid tag team wrestling. Very driven for gold. Very rarely changes opinion on people, if he hates you, he hates you for life, and vice versa.
Alignment: Complicated. He leans face mostly, but will use heelish tactics (within traditional wrestling boundaries) if he feels them to be necessary. Friendships come secondary to titles with Declan, and he will always put being a champion first.
Allies (if any): N/A
Rivals (if any): Stella Chalmers-Blythe, anyone who associates with Stella Chalmers-Blythe, and people who don't actively despise Stella Chalmers-Blythe enough for his taste.
Strengths (2 or more):
-Wealth of experience and training leads to an almost unlimited move pool. There are few moves invented that Declan doesn't know or can't do.
-Excellent strategic mind means he's always thinking five steps ahead of an opponent, and can change strategy on the fly.
Weaknesses (2 or more):
-Lot of old injuries have slowed him and opened vulnerabilities, with his neck, left knee, and left elbow all having been injured in the past.
-Absolutely abhors anything that isn't classical technical wrestling. Crap brawler, can't fly to save his life...if it's not old school, it's crap to him, and he has no interest in it.
Preferred Match Type(s): Ironman/Best of 3 falls/British Rounds
Least Favourite Match Type(s): Ladder/Hardcore/Bra and Panties
Wrestling Style:Technical with a bit of submission and a lot of big strikes. In essence, strong style with a whole lot of suplexes thrown in for good measure.
Finisher(s) (max. 2 + desperation/big match finisher):
1: Black Plague (Rainmaker Lariat) ***This move is super, super hyped and I tend not to allow kickouts from it. It hasn't been kicked out of yet, and while I'd be willing to do one for a big match, talk to me before you write it. I will probably say no. You can do counters or reversals all you want, but if you want to do kickouts, use the other finisher.***
2: Call of the Coal (Claymore Kick)
Desperation/Big Match: Black Death (Repeated elbow strikes to the head of a grounded opponent until stoppage)
Signature Moves (at least 1):
1: 25:17 (Crippler Crossface) [An homage to friend and former tag team partner Frank "D.C." Wiland.]
2: Painkiller 2.0 (Severn-style inside armbar) [Tribute to trainer Robbie Priest.] youtu.be/KtsfuyW-28Q?t=1m59s
3: In The Black (Regal Cutter) www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0unmDSYj50
4: Black Magic (Callihan-Style Stretch Muffler) [https://youtu.be/N1oOrv-BlEM?t=5s]
5: Knee Trembler
6: Piledriver
Moveset:
1: Suplexes. Any suplex at all will do. Use your imagination. Liberally.
2: Rolling Elbow
3: Spinebuster (Anderson style)
4: Roundhouse Kick
5: Jumping knee strike
6: Spinning backfist
7: Triangle dropkick
8: Rolling senton (With opponent in fireman's carry)
9: Kneedrop (Ever seen Flair do it? That kneedrop.)
10: Hangman's Neckbreaker
Biography (extended background on your character):
Born in Glace Bay on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada to wealthy shipping magnates, Declan Black is a 9 year veteran with three world titles to his name. Trained from 2006-2008 by decorated multi-time World Champion Robbie Priest in both classic American wrestling and more advanced British mat work, he trained through his last two years doing his undergraduate degree in Political Science at Yale. Ever since graduation, he has wrestled all over the world, with notable stops in Germany and Japan to add to his more well known exploits in the United States and Canada.
Black's refuge has long been the mat game, as he has since admitted to physical and emotional abuse from his parents as a child. He is a lifelong fan who watches tapes almost religiously, and prides himself on a hybrid style that takes cues from German catch, Japanese puroresu, and classic British World of Sport. He is quite wealthy, having inherited his parents' empire at 19 upon their untimely deaths, and since spinning it off into the wildly successful Black-Mart chain of retail stores. He owns homes in Coral Gables, FL, his native Cape Breton, and most recently in the City of London, England, which he periodically moves between.
He recently emerged from a retirement he self-imposed in late 2015, still hungry for more success.
