Post by styg on Aug 8, 2020 12:01:00 GMT
WRESTLER INFO
Real Name: Anthony Wilbur Harrison.
Ring Name: Tony Harrison.
Nicknames: The King of Crunch; The Cruncher; Uncle Tone; TONY FUCKING HARRISON.
Height: 6'8" / 2.03m.
Weight: 277lbs / 126kg.
Billed From: Abingdon, England.
Originally From: Abingdon, England.
Current Residence: Abingdon, England.
Gender: Male.
Date of Birth: 13/08/1977.
Physical Description: Big and muscular with very broad shoulders. White with a shaved head, light salt-and-pepper beard, blue eyes. Off-the-shelf "badass" *cough* tribal tattoos across his upper arms and shoulders.
Picture Base: Bill Goldberg.
Ring Attire: Baggy wrestling trousers in a two-tone design, with a matching headband - typically some combination of red/white/black but he'll wear other colour combinations for special occasions. Taped wrists and bare feet. During his entrance, he wears a burgundy smoking jacket.
Regular Attire: Tony favours expensive, well-tailored suits, usually all in black, in any professional or even semi-professional capacity (unless he's shilling MC Inc. merch). When he's off the clock, probably just jeans and a shirt or T-shirt.
Manager: Savannah Lyons, though she basically trusts him to manage himself.
Character's Twitter: @cruncher77
BIOGRAPHY
Personality: Jovially arrogant, affably offensive, and actually rather intelligent and cunning despite self-delusion regarding many of his flaws, and a natural tendency to speak before thinking; in particular, he's a surprisingly astute businessman. But his usual geniality masks deep bitterness, and he can hold a grudge for sure. Onscreen, he plays up a somewhat buffoonish persona that's equal parts refined upper crust gentleman, dashing world traveller, and martial arts master (based more on chop socky movies than any real discipline).
Personal History: Tony hails from a pretty comfortable middle class area in Oxfordshire. After reading History of Art at Bristol, he went directly into wrestling, and that was his focus for over a decade. Following GEW's closure in 2011 and realising the wrestling business wasn't as stable as he thought, he set about establishing a side career, putting his degree to good use as an antiques dealer. He and his wife now run a pretty successful dealership in his hometown of Abingdon.
Career History: Tony debuted for Superstar Promotions in 1999, shortly before it folded - a great omen. After floating around various British and American indie promotions for a few years, mostly underwhelming in his performances, he happened to find a footing in GEW in 2007 as his daft ring persona caught on with the fans. He remained an undercard fixture until the company's closure, and though his win/loss record was mediocre (and many of his wins came about from circumstances outside his control) he nonetheless managed to attract a cult following and carve out a secure position. Over the course of his tenure he served as the muscle for Chelsea's Angels, brought in the mysterious living shadow La Sombra Oscura, and joined MC Inc.'s Casey Black and Lance Murphy as their manager and hype man.
He later signed with GEW's spiritual successor Reborn Wrestling, claiming to now be a master of all fighting styles, and surprisingly went on a tear through the undercard until he fought the then-unknown Jared Buxton who bit into Tony's Achilles tendon, shelving him for some time and effectively sending him into semi-retirement. Ever since then Tony's only wrestled part time, serving primarily as manager to MC Inc. and La Sombra Oscura, the latter now unmasked as the living incarnation of wrestling itself, El Avatar de Lucha Libre. Although Tony never won a championship of his own, Lance, Casey and El Avatar are all former world champions now, so he must've done something right.
Many would question why Tony's been in wrestling as long as he has when he's never been very good. The man himself would counter that he found a way to turn not being very good into an extremely lucrative career.
Associates:
* MC Inc., Lance Murphy and Casey Black, to whom he serves as a kind of combined manager / business adviser / mascot / favourite uncle.
* El Avatar de Lucha Libre, formerly La Sombra Oscura, who considers Tony his only friend and confidante. Tony handles much of El Avatar's business for him, both professionally and personally.
* Savannah Lyons, childhood friend. They've helped one another's careers out a lot over the years. Strictly speaking, Savannah is Tony's own agent, but she mostly lets him get on with it himself.
Title History: lol nah
MATCH-WRITING INFO
Entrance Theme: Ash - "Kung Fu"
Entrance Description: He walks to the ring at a leisurely pace, taking the time to wave to the fans with regal grace and a confident smile. He might have a snifter of brandy he sips from intermittently. He wears a smoking jacket, which he removes and carefully hangs up before entering the ring. As he's introduced, he'll indulge in a bit of shadowboxing or kata, before adopting a dashing pose as his name is called out.
Fighting Style & Mindset: Befitting his size, Tony focuses on powerhouse brawling, striking hard and yeeting people about. He also likes to think of himself as a master of different disciplines from all over the world and will try to incorporate elements of a bunch of different martial arts. This expertise is basically all in his own mind, though.
Tony's biggest asset is the fact he's been in wrestling for over 20 years. He's seen it all, and when it comes to sneaky tricks, he's done it all. All this experience means he's pretty good on the psychological offence, reading opponents and finding the thing that'll tilt them. He's also in great shape for his age, having taken good care of himself, and remains deceptively athletic. In particular, he's still freakishly strong, quite capable of benching even heavyweights. On the other hand, his speed and dexterity - while basically adequate - were never exactly anything special even in his prime.
His biggest weakness is that he's... well... not very good, in general. He has wiles, he has strength, but Tony is simply not a natural born fighter and almost always comes off worse against those who are. Despite his wealth of veteran experience, he's still not the hardest person to rile up or distract, and he can get somewhat overconfident about his fighting abilities. Another problem is that his right ankle was surgically repaired after Jared Buxton bit it, and it's never been quite the same since.
He's definitely not above cheating. Oh, and he likes to strike heroic poses.
Primary Finisher:
01. "Thames Valley Vice II" - Swinging sleeper, holding the opponent up so their feet dangle in the air.
Alternative Finishers:
01. "Thames Valley Bomb" - Death Valley bomb.
02. "Thames Valley Vice I" - Gogoplata.
Signature Moves / Spots:
01. "Kuranchi" - Standing splash.
02. Stinger splash, running from the opposite corner.
03. HARD Irish whip, intended to send the opponent crashing into the buckles with maximum impact. Often followed up with a schoolboy.
04. Poison mist, following the traditional colour-effect scheme.
05. Vertical suplex, stalling as long as he can get away with.
06. Savate kick.
Common Moves:
01. Abdominal stretch.
02. Boxing punches.
03. Double axe handle (maybe off the bottom rope if he's feeling adventurous!).
04. German suplex.
05. Headbutt.
06. Knife-edge chops, typically a whole battery of them. These hit hard.
07. Military press slam.
08. Mongolian chops.
09. Powerslam.
10. Running knee lift.
11. Russian legsweep.
12. Schoolboy roll-up, and to a lesser extent other kinds of flash pins.
13. Snap suplex.
14. Side headlock.
15. Sidewalk slam.
16. Spinning back kick, typically to the gut or chest, but he'll do it to a kneecap in a pinch, or the face against opponents small enough.
17. Standing leg drop.
18. Assorted "martial arts" strikes and throws, more reminiscent of old Hong Kong movies than actual genuine fighting techniques. His form is not good but he does them with gusto.
Weapon of Choice: His brilliant wit.
Match of Choice: Nothing too hardcore!
Real Name: Anthony Wilbur Harrison.
Ring Name: Tony Harrison.
Nicknames: The King of Crunch; The Cruncher; Uncle Tone; TONY FUCKING HARRISON.
Height: 6'8" / 2.03m.
Weight: 277lbs / 126kg.
Billed From: Abingdon, England.
Originally From: Abingdon, England.
Current Residence: Abingdon, England.
Gender: Male.
Date of Birth: 13/08/1977.
Physical Description: Big and muscular with very broad shoulders. White with a shaved head, light salt-and-pepper beard, blue eyes. Off-the-shelf "badass" *cough* tribal tattoos across his upper arms and shoulders.
Picture Base: Bill Goldberg.
Ring Attire: Baggy wrestling trousers in a two-tone design, with a matching headband - typically some combination of red/white/black but he'll wear other colour combinations for special occasions. Taped wrists and bare feet. During his entrance, he wears a burgundy smoking jacket.
Regular Attire: Tony favours expensive, well-tailored suits, usually all in black, in any professional or even semi-professional capacity (unless he's shilling MC Inc. merch). When he's off the clock, probably just jeans and a shirt or T-shirt.
Manager: Savannah Lyons, though she basically trusts him to manage himself.
Character's Twitter: @cruncher77
BIOGRAPHY
Personality: Jovially arrogant, affably offensive, and actually rather intelligent and cunning despite self-delusion regarding many of his flaws, and a natural tendency to speak before thinking; in particular, he's a surprisingly astute businessman. But his usual geniality masks deep bitterness, and he can hold a grudge for sure. Onscreen, he plays up a somewhat buffoonish persona that's equal parts refined upper crust gentleman, dashing world traveller, and martial arts master (based more on chop socky movies than any real discipline).
Personal History: Tony hails from a pretty comfortable middle class area in Oxfordshire. After reading History of Art at Bristol, he went directly into wrestling, and that was his focus for over a decade. Following GEW's closure in 2011 and realising the wrestling business wasn't as stable as he thought, he set about establishing a side career, putting his degree to good use as an antiques dealer. He and his wife now run a pretty successful dealership in his hometown of Abingdon.
Career History: Tony debuted for Superstar Promotions in 1999, shortly before it folded - a great omen. After floating around various British and American indie promotions for a few years, mostly underwhelming in his performances, he happened to find a footing in GEW in 2007 as his daft ring persona caught on with the fans. He remained an undercard fixture until the company's closure, and though his win/loss record was mediocre (and many of his wins came about from circumstances outside his control) he nonetheless managed to attract a cult following and carve out a secure position. Over the course of his tenure he served as the muscle for Chelsea's Angels, brought in the mysterious living shadow La Sombra Oscura, and joined MC Inc.'s Casey Black and Lance Murphy as their manager and hype man.
He later signed with GEW's spiritual successor Reborn Wrestling, claiming to now be a master of all fighting styles, and surprisingly went on a tear through the undercard until he fought the then-unknown Jared Buxton who bit into Tony's Achilles tendon, shelving him for some time and effectively sending him into semi-retirement. Ever since then Tony's only wrestled part time, serving primarily as manager to MC Inc. and La Sombra Oscura, the latter now unmasked as the living incarnation of wrestling itself, El Avatar de Lucha Libre. Although Tony never won a championship of his own, Lance, Casey and El Avatar are all former world champions now, so he must've done something right.
Many would question why Tony's been in wrestling as long as he has when he's never been very good. The man himself would counter that he found a way to turn not being very good into an extremely lucrative career.
Associates:
* MC Inc., Lance Murphy and Casey Black, to whom he serves as a kind of combined manager / business adviser / mascot / favourite uncle.
* El Avatar de Lucha Libre, formerly La Sombra Oscura, who considers Tony his only friend and confidante. Tony handles much of El Avatar's business for him, both professionally and personally.
* Savannah Lyons, childhood friend. They've helped one another's careers out a lot over the years. Strictly speaking, Savannah is Tony's own agent, but she mostly lets him get on with it himself.
Title History: lol nah
MATCH-WRITING INFO
Entrance Theme: Ash - "Kung Fu"
Entrance Description: He walks to the ring at a leisurely pace, taking the time to wave to the fans with regal grace and a confident smile. He might have a snifter of brandy he sips from intermittently. He wears a smoking jacket, which he removes and carefully hangs up before entering the ring. As he's introduced, he'll indulge in a bit of shadowboxing or kata, before adopting a dashing pose as his name is called out.
Fighting Style & Mindset: Befitting his size, Tony focuses on powerhouse brawling, striking hard and yeeting people about. He also likes to think of himself as a master of different disciplines from all over the world and will try to incorporate elements of a bunch of different martial arts. This expertise is basically all in his own mind, though.
Tony's biggest asset is the fact he's been in wrestling for over 20 years. He's seen it all, and when it comes to sneaky tricks, he's done it all. All this experience means he's pretty good on the psychological offence, reading opponents and finding the thing that'll tilt them. He's also in great shape for his age, having taken good care of himself, and remains deceptively athletic. In particular, he's still freakishly strong, quite capable of benching even heavyweights. On the other hand, his speed and dexterity - while basically adequate - were never exactly anything special even in his prime.
His biggest weakness is that he's... well... not very good, in general. He has wiles, he has strength, but Tony is simply not a natural born fighter and almost always comes off worse against those who are. Despite his wealth of veteran experience, he's still not the hardest person to rile up or distract, and he can get somewhat overconfident about his fighting abilities. Another problem is that his right ankle was surgically repaired after Jared Buxton bit it, and it's never been quite the same since.
He's definitely not above cheating. Oh, and he likes to strike heroic poses.
Primary Finisher:
01. "Thames Valley Vice II" - Swinging sleeper, holding the opponent up so their feet dangle in the air.
Alternative Finishers:
01. "Thames Valley Bomb" - Death Valley bomb.
02. "Thames Valley Vice I" - Gogoplata.
Signature Moves / Spots:
01. "Kuranchi" - Standing splash.
02. Stinger splash, running from the opposite corner.
03. HARD Irish whip, intended to send the opponent crashing into the buckles with maximum impact. Often followed up with a schoolboy.
04. Poison mist, following the traditional colour-effect scheme.
05. Vertical suplex, stalling as long as he can get away with.
06. Savate kick.
Common Moves:
01. Abdominal stretch.
02. Boxing punches.
03. Double axe handle (maybe off the bottom rope if he's feeling adventurous!).
04. German suplex.
05. Headbutt.
06. Knife-edge chops, typically a whole battery of them. These hit hard.
07. Military press slam.
08. Mongolian chops.
09. Powerslam.
10. Running knee lift.
11. Russian legsweep.
12. Schoolboy roll-up, and to a lesser extent other kinds of flash pins.
13. Snap suplex.
14. Side headlock.
15. Sidewalk slam.
16. Spinning back kick, typically to the gut or chest, but he'll do it to a kneecap in a pinch, or the face against opponents small enough.
17. Standing leg drop.
18. Assorted "martial arts" strikes and throws, more reminiscent of old Hong Kong movies than actual genuine fighting techniques. His form is not good but he does them with gusto.
Weapon of Choice: His brilliant wit.
Match of Choice: Nothing too hardcore!