[4] Height: 6'1"
[5] Weight: 225 lbs
[6] Date of Birth: August 2, 1978
[7] Actual Hometown: Florence, SC
[7a] Hometown as announced when wrestling: Columbia, SC
[8] Heel or Face (no neutrals or tweeners): As needed, but will apply as face
[9] Any trademark weapons/foreign objects? (optional): n/a
[10] Manager/Valet with description (optional): n/a
** Appearance Info **
[1] Describe your wrestler's physical appearance(i.e., race, hair color,
scars, facial hair, physical built, etc.): He's getting old. Short brown hair, no longer what would be described as chiseled. White.
[2] Describe your wrestler's ring attire: Generally, black pants length pants with "Eagle" written in blue down the outside of one leg and "Claw" written down the outside of the other. Depending on mood and feud, something could be written on the butt of the pants to mock opposition - included in strat.
[3] Does your wrestler wear or carry anything that he leaves at ringside
when wrestling? Nothing
[4] Write out your wrestler's entrance to the ring as it would appear
before a match: I strat all my entrances, but as a general template:
VO: Keep you in the dark, you know they all...pretend.
[The guitar riffs of Foo Fighter's "The Pretender" hit as the lights go low. To each power chord, the lights flash and then return to their low level. The screen lights up with a simple statement: "Geddings", which pulses with the power chords. As the chorus hits, the lights slowly rise to full power and...]
[POP!]
[Wearing his trademark black and blue pants, Will Geddings emerges from the locker room area. Stopping to chat with a few fans on the way, he makes his way to the ring and rolls under the bottom rope. Geddings takes a seat on the top turnbuckle and awaits the start of the match.]
** In-Depth Info **
[1] What makes this character unique? He's getting old. As he started at 18, he has grown up in the sport and the wrestling world has had an opportunity to see him rise to prominence and will, ultimately, see the decline of his skill set.
[2] Wrestler's attitude/personality: Sarcastic/standoffish.
[3] How many years of professional wrestling experience does your
wrestle
have? (pro/non pro?) 20 professional
[4] Strength and weaknesses. Please include a balance of strengths and
weaknesses.
Strength: Ring savvy - experience counts in this game. He understands how to use the rules or, depending on disposition, break those rules.
Technical ability/Striking - Much like a pitcher who is losing his fastball, Geddings no longer has his super high end aerial ability. In order to offset that, Geddings has spent retirement practicing his ground game.
Weakness: Stamina: This one is a little difficult as his stamina was always a weak point due to the nature of his high risk offense. Now, that high risk offense is limited, but age may be a problem. As he hasn't been in the ring in ten-ish years, he really doesn't know.
Aerial wrestling - This one is a little counterintuitive, but knee injuries and age have robbed Geddings of a lot of his younger offense.
[4] Summary of experience/history. Please be descriptive. This is
important: Geddings is a multiple time World Champion - PCWF, AWMC, WLW to name a few. He is also a multiple time Intercontinental level champion and has won two tag team championships and two cruiserweight championships in his career. He is a veteran of many federations and is generally known, though not always respected. With victories over legends such as Brody Thunder and Retribution on his ledger, he has faced some of the biggest names in the game.
** Wrestler Make **
[1] What is the name of your wrestler's finisher? Eagle Claw
[2] Description of the finisher: Double Arm DDT with slow, one by one arm hooks (a la pedigree hooks)
[3] What are the situations in which your wrestler could perform the
move? Most any time from a standing position. Can be used from the top rope in a pinch or if the opposition is a taller individual.
[4] How can it be countered? Bigger opponents can break Geddings' hands or Northern Lights Geddings into a pinning predicament.
[5] What is your wrestler's overall style (examples: technician, brawler,
high flyer, luchador, fighter, shooter, etc)? May use primary and secondary.
Primary: Technician
Secondary: Brawler
[8] List 10 (or more) non-basic moves that your wrestler will use
regularly (and ones which fit his style!): (keep in mind it's going to be the desciptive tool to understand your wrestler.)
1. Royal Treatment - Shooting Star Press - Geddings may still try to use his erstwhile secondary finisher, but there are legitimate doubts as to whether he still can.
2. Inverted Russian Leg Sweep
3. Belly to Belly into arm and neck sleeper - borderline choke
4. Superkick
5. Facebuster
6. Running wheel kick while opponent in corner
7. Flying leg drop off top - one of his standards, FlyBoy's old finisher. Should have no problem still using this one, but probably best used only if Geddings somehow ends up on the top rope naturally.
8. Flying back elbow while on run
9. Sleeper holds that border on chokes - or cross the border when playing heel
10. Crowning - A Full Nelson/Bulldog that has always been a signature of Geddings' but rarely got used due to the fan preference of the Royal Treatment. However, with the Royal Treatment in jeopardy, this move may take a more prominent place in his arsenal.