Post by styg on Jun 17, 2023 10:29:29 GMT
WRESTLER INFO
Real Name: Anson Enzo Severino Orlandelli.
Ring Name: Anson Orlandelli.
Nickname: The Epic Sex God; Tier Zero Meta Knight.
Height: 5'11" / 1.80m.
Weight: 191lbs / 87kg.
Billed From: Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA (unless the show is in Hawaii, in which case, Kaneohe, Hawaii, USA).
Originally From: Kaneohe, Hawaii, USA.
Current Residence: Oxford, England.
Gender: Male.
Date of Birth: 09/08/1984.
Physical Description: Mixed Hawaiian and Italian heritage. Lithe build with low body fat, powerful legs and a six pack. Short black hair which he frequently styles into a fauxhawk. Hazel eyes, clean shaven. No piercings or tattoos.
Picture Base: Keahu Kahuanui.
Ring Attire: Mid-thigh tight shorts, usually in some combination of black, white, gold and red; boots with kickpads, elbow pads and knee pads in matching colours; wooden bead necklace. His shorts and kickpads have an 'Anson' logo that's usually a riff on a videogame logo. During his entrance he wears a long white fake fur coat and aviator shades. For big matches, he changes up his usual colour scheme to co-ordinate with Russ, typically adopting Natural Ones themed takes on famous gaming-related symbols or colour schemes.
Regular Attire: Always well-dressed, typically favouring monochromes and neutrals in striking cuts with statement flashes of bright colour. He's a fan of East Asian brands in particular, like Undercover, Cav Empt, Ordinary People, Blindess, The Soloist and Sex Pot Revenge. Almost always very expensive and very bright trainers, even if he's otherwise formal. He has a definite vain streak when it comes to his appearance.
Manager: Savannah Lyons.
Character's Twitter: @epicsexgod20
BIOGRAPHY
Personality: Egocentric, braggadocious, motormouthed hyperactive hipster-nerd. Anson comes from a very large family where you have to be loud to be heard, so he's got a quick tongue which often operates before his brain does. Outside of the ring he's often found gushing about his new favourite game/book/TV show/DJ/fashion line, and he loves to argue about pop culture. He's the kind of person who's at his happiest when he's having a heated debate. He tends to rub people the wrong way, being perceived as brash, self-aggrandising and argumentative, but he's actually quite sensitive underneath all that. He's not stupid by any means, but both Russ and Savannah are actual geniuses, and Anson - who grew up always having to compete with siblings and cousins for praise - privately feels inadequate compared to them. He's fiercely competitive and no stranger to sulking or protesting when he loses at anything, although he's not as table-flippingly bad as he used to be. He's highly gregarious, deeply loyal to his friends no matter how much he might wind them up, and a surprisingly good peacemaker when it's a situation which doesn't directly involve him.
After mocking Russ for years for being autistic, he was surprised to learn in 2021 that of the two it's actually he himself who is autistic.
Associates:
* Russ Lehman, his tag team partner.
* His wife Savannah Lyons, also the team's manager.
* The crew surrounding Jay Pride and Jackie Boy Warner's Manchester gym Caledonian, such as Evangelista, Laurel Anne Hardy and Katie Brookmyre.
Title History:
* GEW Tag Team of the Year 2008 (with Russ Lehman)
* 5 x WUC Hope & Glory Tag Team Champion (with Russ Lehman)
* 1 x XWA World Tag Team Champion (with Russ Lehman)
* 1 x 2CW Interstate Tag Team Champion (with Russ Lehman)
* 2 x 2CW Texas Tag Team Champion (with Russ Lehman)
* 1 x AGA Light Heavyweight Champion
* 1 x TXC Hybrid Champion
MATCH-WRITING INFO
Entrance Theme: Fader Gladiator - "Battle of the Planets".
Entrance Description: Fader Gladiator's "Battle of the Planets" hits the PA system and Anson Orlandelli strides out, with Russ Lehman trailing just behind him. They're both wearing long coats and shades, and Anson starts bouncing around, gesturing to himself, shouting out boasts, all that good stuff, while Russ throws some rap style points in his direction. As the Natural Ones begin their journey to the ring, Anson continuing to yell and big himself up, and lets a couple of fans take selfies with him. When he reaches the ring, he leaps onto the apron and strikes a pose like a model, before corkscrew vaulting over. He hits the corner and poses again while his name is called, then its opposite; all the while, Russ prowls back and forth around the ring. Finally Anson hops down as the music fades, sliding off his white fake fur coat which he hands to Russ through the ropes, followed by his shades.
Fighting Style & Mindset: Anson's main skills are acrobatics and kicking. As such he's very much a flier, with all his offence being built around mobility and speed; he's very much one of those ultra-cardio flippy guys who can moves in ways that just don't seem human. He's a wily fighter who always thinks a step ahead and employs a higher-than-average use of counters, feints and reversals. He mugs to the crowd like crazy, and uses a lot of audacious, inventive and utterly gratuitous cheats he dubs "hax+sploitz". Cheating comes to him as naturally as swimming does to fish. He can actually get a little insulted by opponents who don't cheat, feeling like they're obviously not taking the match seriously enough. He is ambidextrous and can switch between regular and southpaw stances with ease. On the other hand, he's not exactly versatile stylistically, and despite phenomenal conditioning, has a low pain threshold, particularly in no-DQ situations. Anything more violent than a ladder match is really bad news for him.
Primary Finisher:
01. "Time Spiral" - Corkscrew 450° senton.
Alternative Finishers:
01. "Critical Existence Failure" - Corkscrew knee strike to opponent kneeling or on all fours (similar to Paul Robinson/Will Ospreay's Robinson Special).
02. "R.F.G." - Leghook reverse space tornado. Original finisher, now more of a signature but can still win against lower card opponents.
Signature Moves / Spots:
01. "Boom! Headshot" - Running or coast-to-coast facewash dive to opponent slumped in corner.
02. "Diamond Pickaxe" - Standing backflip double knee drop.
03. "Drilling Conclusion" - Samoan driver lungblower.
04. "Exploding Roll" - Avalanche butterfly Canadian destroyer.
05. "Power Nine" - Nine elevated knee strikes to face of cornered opponent.
06. "Smash That Button" - Running or cartwheel basement headscissors driver.
07. "U.R. (Soul Is Mine)" - Anson gets the opponent in position for a hangman's neckbreaker across the top rope, with Anson himself on the apron. Anson drops to the ground to snap the opponent's neck against the ropes, then quickly turns around, reaches into the ring, grabs the staggered opponent's ankles, and trips them onto their face.
08. Running high knee / bulldog combo (a la CM Punk).
Common Moves:
01. Headscissor throws and takedowns, of assorted flavours.
02. Flash pins - rana, small package, schoolboy, etc.
03. Suplexes - backdrop, fisherman's, German (especially the sliding rope-hung version), half nelson, snap.
04. Planchas / suicide dives of varying kinds.
05. Back legsweep.
06. Baseball slide kick, to sitting opponents or opponents on the outside.
07. Capoeira kicks.
08. Dragon screw.
09. Dropkick (standing, running, basement, missile, shotgun).
10. Enzuigiris, all kinds.
11. Flying kick (a la Bruce Lee / Liu Kang).
12. Hangman's neckbreaker.
13. Japanese armdrag.
14. Monkey flip.
15. Shoot kicks.
16. Side Russian legsweep.
17. Sitout jawbreaker.
18. Sliding kick.
19. Spinning heel kick.
20. Springboard shooting star press.
21. Standing moonsault or shooting star press.
22. Superkick.
23. Tornado DDT.
24. Triangle Frankensteiner.
25. Yakuza kick.
Weapon of Choice: Guitar Hero controller.
Match of Choice: Tag team, with Russ.
Real Name: Anson Enzo Severino Orlandelli.
Ring Name: Anson Orlandelli.
Nickname: The Epic Sex God; Tier Zero Meta Knight.
Height: 5'11" / 1.80m.
Weight: 191lbs / 87kg.
Billed From: Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA (unless the show is in Hawaii, in which case, Kaneohe, Hawaii, USA).
Originally From: Kaneohe, Hawaii, USA.
Current Residence: Oxford, England.
Gender: Male.
Date of Birth: 09/08/1984.
Physical Description: Mixed Hawaiian and Italian heritage. Lithe build with low body fat, powerful legs and a six pack. Short black hair which he frequently styles into a fauxhawk. Hazel eyes, clean shaven. No piercings or tattoos.
Picture Base: Keahu Kahuanui.
Ring Attire: Mid-thigh tight shorts, usually in some combination of black, white, gold and red; boots with kickpads, elbow pads and knee pads in matching colours; wooden bead necklace. His shorts and kickpads have an 'Anson' logo that's usually a riff on a videogame logo. During his entrance he wears a long white fake fur coat and aviator shades. For big matches, he changes up his usual colour scheme to co-ordinate with Russ, typically adopting Natural Ones themed takes on famous gaming-related symbols or colour schemes.
Regular Attire: Always well-dressed, typically favouring monochromes and neutrals in striking cuts with statement flashes of bright colour. He's a fan of East Asian brands in particular, like Undercover, Cav Empt, Ordinary People, Blindess, The Soloist and Sex Pot Revenge. Almost always very expensive and very bright trainers, even if he's otherwise formal. He has a definite vain streak when it comes to his appearance.
Manager: Savannah Lyons.
Character's Twitter: @epicsexgod20
BIOGRAPHY
Personality: Egocentric, braggadocious, motormouthed hyperactive hipster-nerd. Anson comes from a very large family where you have to be loud to be heard, so he's got a quick tongue which often operates before his brain does. Outside of the ring he's often found gushing about his new favourite game/book/TV show/DJ/fashion line, and he loves to argue about pop culture. He's the kind of person who's at his happiest when he's having a heated debate. He tends to rub people the wrong way, being perceived as brash, self-aggrandising and argumentative, but he's actually quite sensitive underneath all that. He's not stupid by any means, but both Russ and Savannah are actual geniuses, and Anson - who grew up always having to compete with siblings and cousins for praise - privately feels inadequate compared to them. He's fiercely competitive and no stranger to sulking or protesting when he loses at anything, although he's not as table-flippingly bad as he used to be. He's highly gregarious, deeply loyal to his friends no matter how much he might wind them up, and a surprisingly good peacemaker when it's a situation which doesn't directly involve him.
After mocking Russ for years for being autistic, he was surprised to learn in 2021 that of the two it's actually he himself who is autistic.
Personal History: Anson's mother is Hawaiian and his father is Italian-American. He was born in Honolulu, and he grew up splitting his time between Kaneohe, HI and Klamath Falls, OR. His parents split up when he was an adolescent, and both remarried not long thereafter; he has a lot of full, half and step-siblings, and even more cousins. While on an excursion to England in his early days, he met Savannah Lyons at a party and they started dating; they later married, and they have three children together, Cloud, Daisy and Leon. Together with Russ, they host regular Twitch streams and maintain a gaming-oriented YouTube channel. In contrast to many of his friends in the wrestling business, Anson's life away from the ring has generally been stable and straightforward.
Career History: Anson's early days in wrestling were pretty standard. He was a fan as a kid, got training as a teen, and wrestled around local indies as a young adult. During excursions to the United Kingdom, he had a couple of matches teaming successfully with British wrestler Russ Lehman; the two found they had a natural rapport both in and out of the ring, and they decided to form a full time tag team with Anson's girlfriend Savannah Lyons lending them her psychology and business skills as their manager. The feeling was that they had more potential as a unit than as singles stars, at least in the short term; over fifteen years and numerous tag team championships later, they're firmly established as a successful veteran team.
Their first major promotion as a team was Global Extreme Wrestling where, despite never winning the Tag Team Championship, they did win the Team of the Year award in 2008. Since then they've worked all over the UK and North America, most prominently for XWA BattleZone, Twin City Wrestling and Fight Club UK - where they're entrenched as the divisional aces, as record five-time Hope & Glory Tag Team Champions and thrice winners of the annual Hope & Glory Shield tournament. Anson suffered a nasty injury in 2021, and during that time, Russ proved his worth as a singles star, winning Fight Club UK's top title, the British Openweight Championship. Demonstrating a maturity which might be surprising to those who best remember from his original GEW run, Anson was nothing but happy for his friend - though, naturally, he's promised to win that title too one day and have a longer reign with it.Associates:
* Russ Lehman, his tag team partner.
* His wife Savannah Lyons, also the team's manager.
* The crew surrounding Jay Pride and Jackie Boy Warner's Manchester gym Caledonian, such as Evangelista, Laurel Anne Hardy and Katie Brookmyre.
Title History:
* GEW Tag Team of the Year 2008 (with Russ Lehman)
* 5 x WUC Hope & Glory Tag Team Champion (with Russ Lehman)
* 1 x XWA World Tag Team Champion (with Russ Lehman)
* 1 x 2CW Interstate Tag Team Champion (with Russ Lehman)
* 2 x 2CW Texas Tag Team Champion (with Russ Lehman)
* 1 x AGA Light Heavyweight Champion
* 1 x TXC Hybrid Champion
* Fight Club UK Hope & Glory Shield 2015; 2016; 2018 (with Russ Lehman)
* Fight Club UK Elements Cup 2017
MATCH-WRITING INFO
Entrance Theme: Fader Gladiator - "Battle of the Planets".
Entrance Description: Fader Gladiator's "Battle of the Planets" hits the PA system and Anson Orlandelli strides out, with Russ Lehman trailing just behind him. They're both wearing long coats and shades, and Anson starts bouncing around, gesturing to himself, shouting out boasts, all that good stuff, while Russ throws some rap style points in his direction. As the Natural Ones begin their journey to the ring, Anson continuing to yell and big himself up, and lets a couple of fans take selfies with him. When he reaches the ring, he leaps onto the apron and strikes a pose like a model, before corkscrew vaulting over. He hits the corner and poses again while his name is called, then its opposite; all the while, Russ prowls back and forth around the ring. Finally Anson hops down as the music fades, sliding off his white fake fur coat which he hands to Russ through the ropes, followed by his shades.
Fighting Style & Mindset: Anson's main skills are acrobatics and kicking. As such he's very much a flier, with all his offence being built around mobility and speed; he's very much one of those ultra-cardio flippy guys who can moves in ways that just don't seem human. He's a wily fighter who always thinks a step ahead and employs a higher-than-average use of counters, feints and reversals. He mugs to the crowd like crazy, and uses a lot of audacious, inventive and utterly gratuitous cheats he dubs "hax+sploitz". Cheating comes to him as naturally as swimming does to fish. He can actually get a little insulted by opponents who don't cheat, feeling like they're obviously not taking the match seriously enough. He is ambidextrous and can switch between regular and southpaw stances with ease. On the other hand, he's not exactly versatile stylistically, and despite phenomenal conditioning, has a low pain threshold, particularly in no-DQ situations. Anything more violent than a ladder match is really bad news for him.
Primary Finisher:
01. "Time Spiral" - Corkscrew 450° senton.
Alternative Finishers:
01. "Critical Existence Failure" - Corkscrew knee strike to opponent kneeling or on all fours (similar to Paul Robinson/Will Ospreay's Robinson Special).
02. "R.F.G." - Leghook reverse space tornado. Original finisher, now more of a signature but can still win against lower card opponents.
Signature Moves / Spots:
01. "Boom! Headshot" - Running or coast-to-coast facewash dive to opponent slumped in corner.
02. "Diamond Pickaxe" - Standing backflip double knee drop.
03. "Drilling Conclusion" - Samoan driver lungblower.
04. "Exploding Roll" - Avalanche butterfly Canadian destroyer.
05. "Power Nine" - Nine elevated knee strikes to face of cornered opponent.
06. "Smash That Button" - Running or cartwheel basement headscissors driver.
07. "U.R. (Soul Is Mine)" - Anson gets the opponent in position for a hangman's neckbreaker across the top rope, with Anson himself on the apron. Anson drops to the ground to snap the opponent's neck against the ropes, then quickly turns around, reaches into the ring, grabs the staggered opponent's ankles, and trips them onto their face.
08. Running high knee / bulldog combo (a la CM Punk).
Common Moves:
01. Headscissor throws and takedowns, of assorted flavours.
02. Flash pins - rana, small package, schoolboy, etc.
03. Suplexes - backdrop, fisherman's, German (especially the sliding rope-hung version), half nelson, snap.
04. Planchas / suicide dives of varying kinds.
05. Back legsweep.
06. Baseball slide kick, to sitting opponents or opponents on the outside.
07. Capoeira kicks.
08. Dragon screw.
09. Dropkick (standing, running, basement, missile, shotgun).
10. Enzuigiris, all kinds.
11. Flying kick (a la Bruce Lee / Liu Kang).
12. Hangman's neckbreaker.
13. Japanese armdrag.
14. Monkey flip.
15. Shoot kicks.
16. Side Russian legsweep.
17. Sitout jawbreaker.
18. Sliding kick.
19. Spinning heel kick.
20. Springboard shooting star press.
21. Standing moonsault or shooting star press.
22. Superkick.
23. Tornado DDT.
24. Triangle Frankensteiner.
25. Yakuza kick.
Weapon of Choice: Guitar Hero controller.
Match of Choice: Tag team, with Russ.
