"Big Red" Rebecca Tanke

WRESTLER INFO

Real Name: Rebecca Anke

Ring Name: "Big Red" Rebecca Tanke

Nickname(s): Wildfire, Bad ass

Height: 6'2

Weight: 190 lbs

Billed From: Chicago, Illinois

Originally From: Chicago, Illinois

Current Residence: Somewhere near New Bern, NC

Gender: Female

Date of Birth: November 11th, 1977

Physical Description and/or Picture Base:

Base: Laura Prepon (Redhead)

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Specifics: Like that, but more serious, muscular, and 6'2. Not that she's incapable of humor, but she tends to be more serious, especially when wrestling. Especially now that she's really focusing on her own career for one of the few/ first times ever.

Ring Attire: Red tights with yellow highlight, black halter top sports bra, black boots with red flames. Possibly sporting her latest t-shirt (often a tank top) on the way to the ring. Dark reddish brown leather gloves.

Regular Attire: Same, but often with a black jacket over it.

Manager: None

BIOGRAPHY

Personality: Rebecca's a fierce, stubborn, occasionally ill tempered firestorm.

She's in a mindset of wanting to focus on her in-ring career, since she's often been relegated to manager, bodyguard or announcer in the past. In her mind, the time is right to make her story about herself rather than others.

She's not likely to flat out break the rules to get the advantage, but depending on her emotional state, I could see her bending the rules, especially if she's pissed off.

Personal History: Rebecca's been fascinated by wrestling since she watched her uncle wrestle when she was a young girl. She's been married twice - first to a wrestler named Maximus_Oriducs and more recently to a wrestler named Stan Grubb. Although both ended up in divorce, Max is currently operating as her trainer while Grubb acts as her promoter and business manager.

Her career has been tightly linked to Wilde's and although she often wrestled and sometimes commentated, she's been more in the background while Wilde takes more of a star role. That is a big part of why she is currently so focused on herself. Her older child is named Brandi, with Max being the father.

Career History: She's often served as a second/ bodyguard to Wilde, although has also wrestled and commented. She's occasionally served a similar role to Shelly Hollins, who is now her sister in law. She's even served as a friendly (and sometimes unfriendly) rival to Wilde.

Associates: Wilde Tanke (brother/ frenemy), Brandi (daughter), Shelly Hollins (sister-in-law), Amanda Anke (niece), Cid Hollins (step nephew), Maximus_Ordicus (ex husband, trainer), Stan Grubb (ex husband, promoter/ business manager), Savannah (ex stablemate) and more.

Title History: Undocumented (probably none)

MATCH-WRITING INFO

Entrance Theme: Bitter Sweet Symphony by the Verve

Entrance Description:

There's a short burst of fire, or fire-like pyro. (Pick one, writer.)

Music starts here.

Several seconds later, Rebecca Tanke-Grubb comes into view, briefly holds up her fist in the air, smiles briefly, and walks to the ring with a sense of determination.

She turns to the fans, briefly stopping to slap a few hands, then climbs onto the ring apron before using the turnbuckles to help her step over the top rope. She stands in the middle of the ring, either folding her arms across her chest or raising her fist in the air (pick one of the two or just have her stand there, writer) for several seconds for photo ops.

Fighting Style & Mindset: Power wrestler and brawler. Rebecca generally likes to keep it simple, although later in the match, especially with bigger/ stronger opponents, she might need to use more aerial tactics. With bigger/ stronger opponents, she might also resort to more stick and move brawling in order to avoid being overwhelmed before she can gain the upper hand.

She tends to be otherwise aggressive and pretty much straight forward, though, relying heavily on her ability to withstand a lot of punishment and just keep brawling.

If she cheats, it should be rather limited and used to either show she's pissed off or very determined.

Primary Finisher:
Inferno - An old school vertical brainbuster, ala Maximus_Ordicus. She's likely to move them to a corner in case she wishes to place them on a turnbuckle (to help transition into the move easier) before going into the move.

Alternative Finishers:
A) Old flame - a Superkick. Basically it's meant more for a setup for the finisher. Inspired by her personal trainer/ ex husband Stan Grubb.
B) Firebomb - An old school powerbomb. Her longtime former finisher. Would be useful for "false finishes," if such a thing existed.

Limit Break Finisher: (Super-rare, only-for-huge-matches finisher when all else fails.) Finish him/ her! - Basically, after Rebecca's temper / intensity begins to show, she'll superkick her opponent to set them up to fall into the corner, and then attempt an old school vertical brainbuster off the top rope.


Signature Moves / Spots: (No upper limit, but don't take the piss and do more than five.)
1) Big boot- a classic "big gal" move
2) Chokeslam
3) Clothesline off the second rope (more for bigger or tougher to put away opponents)
4) Big Right Hand
5) Spinebuster

Common Moves:
1) Knee to the gut
2) Intense clothesline
3) Hard body slam
4) Running cross body block
5) Kicking a downed opponent
6) Gut wrench powerbomb (desperation move, near the end of a match or if having problems putting an opponent away)
7) Superplex (also a desperation move but closer to a proper finisher)
8) Running leg drop (absolutely not a finisher by any means, regardless of who uses it)
9) Rollup from behind (also not a finisher, even if it beats Steve Austin)
10) Boot to the back of the head (when she's feeling vicious, which is not terribly rare)

Weapon of Choice: Steel chair, loaded leather glove (if absolutely required)

Match of Choice: Last One Standing