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HANDLER INFO
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Your Name: James
Email address: jamesisacreep@gmail.com
IM Names: ihaveyrriches
Can you write at all? Nope...
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CHARACTER INFO
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Character's Name: Josh Manning
Date of Birth: 9/27/84
Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 220 lbs.
What other feds does this character compete in: None... as of the next (and final) GNAW show.
Appearance: Caucasian with an athletic and moderately muscular, athletic physique, slightly tan, long brown hair (shoulder length), greenish eyes, and a perpetual five o'clock shadow. No tats, no scars. Manning is definitely one of those handsome, TV-ready wrestlers... although his appearance is the only thing that's TV-ready.
In Ring Attire: Long fuchsia-colored tights with a large black tribal design down each leg and knee pads worn underneath and black leather wrestling boots which, in addition to the customary laces, are zippered up along the calf. Manning also wraps his wrists with white athletic tape and wears a black brace on his right elbow.
History (feds he's competed in, former titles he has held, etc):
Without going into much detail, Josh Manning has had a tumultuous history with the business of professional wrestling. A 23-year old prodigy, he was an internet darling, a favorite amongst blogs and the smart marks frequenting the message boards. Unfortunately, Manning's career was briefly shelved when a car accident left him with a broken hip and a broken leg. Additionally, it was just as he was on the cusp of signing with an unnamed major wrestling promotion.
Manning quickly recovered... but he just wasn't the same. Now addicted to pain killers and other substances, Manning often showed up to his shows either high on cocaine or delirious from a cocktail of marijuana and pills... seldom was it that he was found to be sober. The promotion that had signed him quickly severed ties... and the stories of Manning's antics quickly spread, causing him to be blackballed from professional wrestling.
This forced Josh Manning to seek help at a rehabilitation facility, where he finally became clean.
With his new found sobriety, Manning resurfaced in a small independent called the North Brooklyn Wrestling Project, where he shouldered the gimmick of an unstable hipster from Williamsburg... this only lasted so long, due to the promotion's shaky management. After proving to the community that he was "back," Manning signed to Shootfire Pro Wrestling with his cousin Noah Lopez (adopting the last name "Lawrence" here) to form the tag team known as Wave of the Future. The two quickly found success and were put in a program with Owen Cage and Shane Diamond, collectively known as Team EGO. Unfortunately, Lawrence and Manning were both unsatisfied with their company, leading them to get "lost" during a tour of Europe... and as a result, no-showing and getting fired from SPW altogether.
Unfortunately, the backlash Manning received was rather unexpected. Rumors surfaced that he had relapsed in a major way, and as a result, Manning was once again "banned" from professional wrestling and was unable to find work... that is, until GNAW opened its doors, where, under the management of the infamous Omar, he invaded the company with a vengeance and formed an alliance with the Perfectly Perfect Duo, crucifying Ryan FUCKING Delaney in the process.
Personality: Whereas Josh Manning was a light-hearted wisecracker the last time we saw him on television (and we mean "real" television, not a late night, hour-long rag tag show with poverty-level production values), Manning is now a little... darker. He's still a wisecracker, but his barbs are more venomous... more "honest"... more provocative. Feeling like wrestling has betrayed him and has become a hypocritical caricature of itself, he has adopted a nihilistic attitude towards the industry and seeks to destroy it from the inside out.
Face / Heel / Neutral: Heel
Entrance Music: "Monster" - Kanye West featuring Rick Ross, Jay-Z, and Nicki Minaj
Ring Entrance (may include lyrics):
# IIIIIII shoot the lights out... high 'til its bright out #
# Ohhh, just another lonely night #
# Are you willing to sacrifice your life? #
["Monster" by Kanye West, Rick Ross, Jay-Z, and Nicki Minaj begins blaring over the PA as Josh Manning bursts through the entrance portal, led by his manager... the Man of Every Year... Omar. Manning is wearing his usual wrestling gear -- white tape wound around each wrist, fuchsia-colored tights with a black waistband and black tribal designs entwining each leg, knee pads underneath aforementioned tights, and black leather wrestling boots, zippered up on the calves along with the customary laces up front. He also has on a leather biker-style vest with a black and white, upside-down American flag emblazoned on the back. Omar is dressed to the nines, wearing a shit-eating grin, a tailored suit and, of course, his gold chains and rings. Manning slides into the ring and hops onto the ropes, looking out into the crowd with a smirk that says, "Thank God I'm better than all of you... and unlike you, I don't have terrible hygiene." He jumps back down to the mat, takes off his vest, and begins warming up for his match with Omar giving him some last minute words of advice.]
Type of Wrestler (high flyer, brawler, technician, etc): Technician with a little aerial flair.
Comparable Real Wrestlers: The wrestling style of Austin Aries, the volatility of Brian Pillman (with a little Jimmy Jacobs thrown in)
Move set (list 10-30 moves):
1. Suicide dive
2. Plancha variations
3. Asai moonsault to an outside opponent
4. Springboard sunset flip
5. Wrist clutch belly to belly suplex
6. Rolling snap suplex
7. Release German suplex into the turnbuckles (it is assumed the
opponent would hit neck-first, but Josh executes the move at a close
enough distance that they hit the turnbuckles front-first, upside
down)
8. Tree of woe > Baseball slide
9. Various pinfall attempts, one after another, followed by Manning getting frustrated and stomping a mud hole in his opponent.
10. Sit-out facebuster
11. River City Jam - Twisting springboard legdrop
12. Swinging neckbreaker
13. Tornado DDT
14. Rolling somersault senton
15. X-Sacto Knife - Overdrive
Signature Moves (these are your favorite moves, specialty moves, named
moves, etc, list up to 5):
1. Springboard enzugiri
2. Springboard bitch slap
3. Sac-Town Bomb - Pumphandle sit-out powerbomb
4. Reverse STO
Finishing Move(s):
1. The Red Light Premium Package - Backpack/piggy back stunner
2. Roaring Elbow - Stiff, Masato Tanaka-style, with an audible "SMMMMMAAAAAAAACKKKKKKK!" Rumor has it the elbow pad he wears is loaded... OK, it's actually not much of a rumor. It's 85% true.
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MANAGER INFORMATION
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Manager Name: Omar
Manage Height/Weight: 170 lbs., 5'9"
Manager Personality: He's the Man of Every Year... the Black Jerry Magure... the Black Mark Cuban. Omar (full name: Omar Wright) is an intelligent, conniving, arrogant, loudmouthed son of a bitch who will stop at nothing to help his clients get to the top of the mountain. That said, he prefers not to be called a "manager" but rather a "talent relations executive" or a "victory consultant." Omar is a man of taste, as he is a connoisseur of fine wines, expensive cigars, as well as the finest tailored suits money can buy
