Wrestler: "Deathdealer" Tommy Ganz
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 234
Manager: None
Alignment: Principled
Hometown: Boston, MA
Entry Music: "As The Worm Turns" by Faith No More

Wrestler Information/Background:

I. Appearance

A. Physical Appearance -
Tommy is pretty much still a kid at this point, and he looks a lot younger
than he is.  Boyish face, not overly attractive, but not ugly, either.  He's
the type of guy who would blend in in a crowd.  Short brown hair, deep blue
eyes, and a lean, trim body describe his exterior looks, while his
personality leans more towards what his facial features imbue... deep set
eyes, straight as an arrow mouth, and not even a hint of a smile crossing his
lips.  He is serious about wrestling to a fault, and it shows in his face.

B. Ring Appearance -
He wears a red singlet to the ring, with a black Ankh emblazoned across the
chest area of the outfit.  Long black boots and elbow/knee pads finish off
the outfit.  Sure, it's cliche to wear black and red, but he's young and
doesn't understand this yet.  Somewhere down the line, he may change outfits,
but when that happens, I'll send an updated app.


II. Psychological Makeup

A.  Information -
Tommy's wrestling family has imbued in him the belief that everything must be done with a certain amount of order and fairness.  Because of this, he's very calm and straightforward. He'll say what he's going to do, then do it.

B.  Strengths
1. Mat Wrestling - He's absolutely flawless in this aspect of his wrestling technique, and can make a man tap out in many, many ways.  Once he gets you down on the mat, either you fight your way back up, or you give up.

2. Intelligent - Very smart, very sly.  He knows where he is in the ring at all times, understands ring placement, and uses everything happening around him to his advantage.  He can read an opponent like a book before the bell has even wrung, and modify his approach to take on his opponent.

3. Relentless - Once he finds a body part to exploit, he'll attack that body part until there's nothing left of it.  He's not out to injure his opponent, but if it's the only way to make his opponent give the match up, then so be it.

C.  Weaknesses
1. Young - Being so young, he doesn't understand a lot of the backstage politics going on, nor does he care.  He doesn't try to kiss ass, and believes that his work ethic alone will get him over.  This naiveity hurts him in the long run.

2. Small - For a heavyweight, he's about as small as you can get.  He's put on some weight since his last stint in a pro-wrestling ring, but he's still nowhere near the size of a William Craven or an Ultimate Thrasher.  Because of this, he's easily thrown around, and has to overly rely on his mat game.  If he can't take you down on the mat, he won't take you down at all.

3. No Trust - He doesn't trust anyone, and thus doesn't want any help in the ring.  At all.  If he's getting beat down, he'd rather be beaten to a bloody pulp than to have anyone come out and help him.  He saw what his father went through when he trusted people, and he doesn't want the same fate.

Wrestling Style:

Daredevil: None
High Flier/Lucha Libre: Fair
Martial Arts: None
Power: None
Technical/Mat Wrestling: Excellent
Submission: Excellent
Cheating: None
Hardcore/Brawling: None
Escapability: Excellent
Stamina: Excellent
Ring Awareness: Excellent
Team Work: None

Top 10 wrestling moves:

1. Stretch Plum - A submission invented by Plum Mariko, it is a modified
version of a abdominal stretch, and works over the abdomen, neck, arm, and
back all at the same time.  A nasty submission hold that leaves little room
for error.

2. "Pain Killer" Arm Bar - A variation on the classic form of the arm bar, in
which Ganz either A) grabs and falls with the arm, bringing his opponent with
him or B) pulls the arm up into position.  Either way, the move calls for the
opponent to be on his stomach, with Ganz grabbing the arm and pulling it
forcibly up and back.  This works on the arm and shoulder area.

3. Flying Cross Arm Lock - Ganz leaps up, wraps his legs around the arm of
his standing opponent, and tumbles over with him, keeping the arm locked on
landing.  Again, another arm and shoulder submission.

4. Back Roll Neck Lock - A nasty submission that works over the neck and
head.  Ganz falls with what looks like a DDT, but holds on and rolls over
with his opponent, keeping his opponent's neck locked after hitting the mat,
while he traps his opponent's legs with his own.  Once an opponent is down in
this move, it is _very_ difficult to escape.

5. Royal Octopus Hold - Another abdominal stretch variation, only this time
the neck is the main point of emphasis for this submission.  Ganz wraps his
free leg around the head and neck of his opponent while applying the stretch,
forcing the neck into a position it's not supposed to be in.

6. Flying Heel Cross - Ganz leaps at his opponent's leg, wrapping his own
legs around one of this opponent's.  The opponent falls, and Ganz keeps the
hold locked on, pulling and tearing at the knee and leg.

7. Crossface Chickenwing - Wrap the arm around the throat and neck,
neutralize the opponent's free arm, and use the arm wrapped around the neck
to forcibly pull your opponent's neck to one side.  Move made famous by Bob
Backlund, though used for many years before Backlund.

8. Sitting Full Nelson - With his opponent sitting, Ganz locks on a full
nelson from behind, steps over, and pulls his opponent into what appears to
be a full nelson/camel clutch combination.  Works over the neck.

9. STF

10. Boston Half Crab

11. Scorpion Deathlock/Sharpshooter

12. Texas Cloverleaf

13. Spinning Toe Hold - Will usually use this move to set-up one of his other
leg submissions

14. Figure Four Leglock

15. Camel Clutch

16. "Crippler" Crossface

17. Chinlock Surfboard - A basic surfboard, but with a chinlock instead of
holding the arms.  Works on the back and neck.

18. Inverted Kabel Naria - Just like a normal Kabel Naria (see his finisher
for description) only with a "Dragon Sleeper" locked on instead of a
chinlock.  This move _always_ draws the submission, and is only used when the
Kabel Naria is not forcing the submission.

19. Bow and Arrow

20. Sickle Hold - Locking for what looks like an Indian Deathlock (crosses
the legs and slides his own leg between them to hold them in place), Ganz
falls back into a bridge, locking his hands around the chin of his opponent
and pulling back.  Affects the back, neck, and legs.


Finishing Move: Kabel Naria (this is  Ganz's favorite submission, but is
_NOT_ a normal finisher. He uses any submission hold to finish his opponent.
This just happens to be a submission he uses more than others.)

Description: Starting with what looks like the beginnings of a surfboard, Ganz locks the neck with a
chinlock, then falls back onto his butt instead of his back, forcibly pulling
back on the neck and head while holding his opponent's legs up off the mat with
his own.  Another nasty submission that draws a nice pop when done.  Affects the
neck and back.

Profile: Tommy Ganz is the youngest in a long line of Ganz family members.  His
father is infamous Boston wrestler/promotor Josef "Skull" Ganz, with his
brothers and sisters (5 brothers, 3 sisters) making up one of the most prolific
wrestling families in Boston history.

Josef Ganz began wrestling in the early '60s, and quickly garnered a
reputation as a savvy but mean-spirited businessman.  He bought out several
wrestling promotions in Massachusettes, and started his own in their stead,
making sure that he was the only man you could work for in the Boston area
and make money.  Unfortunately, he felt that he was the only man who could
draw money, and pushed himself to the moon at any and all opportunities.  The
fans loved to hate him, but the wrestlers in the back flat-out hated him
period.  The hate transferred over to his spoiled children, who one after
another were trained and pushed by their father.

Tommy's dream of becoming a professional wrestler like his father started
when he was young.  He watched his father, brothers, and sisters all work
their way into the hearts of the fans, and he wanted to be just like them.
But his dreams were soon crashed when, at twelve years old, Tommy's father
died of a heart attack.  Josef Ganz was 64 years old when he died, and Tommy
was the product of his third marriage to indepedent wrestling diva Jacie
"Lane" Ganz.    Tommy mourned his father's loss, and gave up on becoming a
wrestler until he was sixteen.  It was then that he decided to renew his
efforts, and began to train under his oldest brother, Jason "Crippler" Ganz.

You would think that with the wrestling history the Ganz family name had
garnered in Mass., that it would be easy to break into the business and make
a decent living off of independent bookings.  Unfortunately, when Josef died,
there was no will, and his wrestling company was split amongst his many
investors.  The investors decided that the Ganz family was not what Boston
independents needed to move into the 21st century, and let each and every
member know that they were not welcome to wrestle on their cards.  On top of
that, the other independents had heard of the Ganz family "legacy", and
wanted nothing to do with the supposed egos the family carried.  It seemed
that the family was done in the business.

Tommy's training lasted three long years, though he could have worked after
his first year.  But because of the family's troubles in the business, it was
impossible to find work, and Tommy was stuck training to get his wrestling
"fix".  Because of this constant training, Tommy soon became the best
technical wrestler the Ganz family had ever produced, and was urged to break
into the business.  Finally, after much goading by his brothers and sisters,
Tommy decided to try his hand at the wrestling business at the age of
nineteen.

For the past six months, "The Deathdealer" Tommy Ganz has dominated the north
east wrestling scene.  He feels ready to move out west, and has contacted the
one wrestling promotion he feels needs him the most... GPW.