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BIRTH NAME: Michael Marou
PLACE OF BIRTH: Dallas, TX
AGE: 32
FACE CLAIM: John Burk
RING NAME: Michael Marou
BILLED FROM: Los Angeles, CA
HEIGHT: 6' 1"
WEIGHT: 265 lbs
WHAT BRINGS YOU TO UPRISING? Michael was in the army(more on that later) right after high school. While in the army he trained and competed in the Army Combativies program, training in muy Thai, Krav Maga and Jui Jitsu. After his discharge from the army, he worked in a gym, training in mma. It didn’t pay well so he fought in underground fight circles to bring in extra cash. This was in 2015, and that’s when he ran into Ashe Draven, owner of the now defunct ECWF. Ashe brought him in as a wrestler and Michael fell in love with the sport. But he didn’t start out well. He took a couple years off from wrestling and started back in the middle of 2020, finding much more success in his previous run as a wrestler. Now he wants to wrestle as much as he can, so when Michael found out that Uprising was starting up, he jumped at the opportunity
PERSONALITY OVERVIEW: Michael pulls no punches. He has never worried about offending anyone or pissing anyone off. He’s cocky, arrogant and disrespectful to those he deems not worthy.
STRENGTHS:
Confidence
Physical strength
Refuses to stay down. No matter how hard he gets hit, he makes every effort to get back up.
Ring awareness (attention to detail is very high)
WEAKNESSES:
He isn’t as fast as a lot of his peers. The speedy high fliers can run circles around him
He has a bit of a temper. It’s not unheard of to get himself disqualified when he gets really pissed off
He doesn’t make a lot of friends, so he rarely has anyone watching his back
ALIGNMENT: Neutral evil
WHY THEY'D BE CHEERED: Despite all his flaws, he has heart. Even with the most heel like tendencies, he’s not a coward and won’t back down from a fight.
WHY THEY'D BE BOOED: Hes cocky and thinks he’s the best thing since sliced bread. He will do whatever it takes to win. He has no regard for others feelings or well being. He’s out for himself and himself alone.
REASONS TO COMPETE:
- GLORY: Your character is all about winning and cannot stand to lose. It sends them into a rage. They have to be the very best and they'll stop at nothing – for better or worse – to achieve that.
ATTITUDE TOWARDS TEAMWORK:
- INNER CIRCLE: Your character will team with a select few ONLY. Outside of that small circle, they'd be considered anti-social, but within their group, they're fiercely loyal.
TENDENCY TO CHEAT:
- Often
THEME SONG: 'This Means War' – Avenged Sevenfold
VALET/MANAGER: Emily Johnson
VALET/MANAGER FACE CLAIM: Tomi Lahren.
VALET/MANAGER PURPOSE: Emily claims to be there just for moral support, and says she mainly focuses on her role as an agent. Going over contracts, negotiating with fed management, etc. but she also does go out of her way to help Micheal in matches. Whether she’s providing a distraction or interfering in a sly way, she likes to see her client win. However she has never had any form of training so if she does get involved in a match, she usually won’t be very physical.
WRESTLING EXPERIENCE: 5 total, 2.5 years actually active.
WRESTLING STYLE:
- THE HOSS: Relies on brute strength and size to dominate their opponent. They don't have much talent in terms of actual wrestling skill, but they can still hurt you.
- THE TECHNICIAN: Relies on a catch-as-catch-can style of wrestling, featuring a variety of suplexes, submission holds and ground-based wrestling.
- THE STRONG STYLIST: Relies on hard-hitting (often stiff) moves and sharp strikes. Whether it's punches, chops, kicks, throws or submission holds, this fighter wants to hit hard, hit fast and hurt their foes.
MATCH TENDENCIES: Michael tries to win by any means necessary. He will cheat. But most notably he will not shut up. He’s constantly trash talking his opponents, especially when he’s got the advantage (think Kevin Owens). If he’s got the upper hand, he’ll toy with his opponents, especially the smaller ones. If he’s at the disadvantage he’s not above a low blow or a poke to the eye to even things up.
BACKSTAGE TENDENCIES: he avoids those he doesn’t like (which is most people) but he can be friendly with those he does like of course. He’s always eager to run his mouth so interviewers should feel able to approach him. Of course he may still mock them and ridicule them.
FIGHT-ENDING STYLE:
- CEREBRAL: Overcomes the opposition through intelligence, ingenuity and superior ring psychology.
- SUPERIOR STAMINA: Uses their superb conditioning to wait for the opponent to tire, before ending the fight on their terms.
IN-RING STRENGTHS:
- Physical Strength - he can man handle most opponents
- Ring awareness - he pays attention to as much as he possibly can and always tries to be aware of what’s going on and how he can gain an advantage
- His MMA style - he’s fought and trained mma for years and few can match him when he utilizes his jui jitsu, Krav Maga and muy thai training
IN-RING WEAKNESSES:
- Speed - he’s not slow by any means, but a lot of today’s spot monkeys can run circles around him, and if he can’t catch them he can’t hurt them
- Bad temper - it doesn’t happen TOO often but if he gets really pissed off he might just choke someone on the rope until he’s disqualified
- Gimmick matches - he’s never excelled in the gimmick matches like ladder, hardcore, cage match etc.
FINISHERS
1. 'Corporal Punishment' – Super kick
2. 'Court Martial' – Sit out pile driver
3. Americana Lock (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KbOkHMVhnT8)((almost guarantees a victory when used, so doesn’t use it as often as other finishers)
SIGNATURE MOVES
1. 'Gogoplata' – Undertaker’s hell’s gates
COMMON MOVES
Knee to the face (from muay Thai clinch)
Spinning back kick (or fist)
Kimura
German suplex
Ground and pound style punches
Round house kick
Guillotine choke hold
Single and double leg take downs
DDT
Stalling suplex
BACKSTAGE APPEARANCES: Do you want segments and/or backstage interactions to be written FOR YOU or would you prefer to submit your own?
- NO: I definitely want to write and submit my own segments and realize that the failure to do so will result in a lack of involvement in the ongoing plotlines and/or receiving push towards championships.
AGENT NAME: Josh
AGENT CONTACT: Reach me on my twitter account dms @maroumichael[/b][/font][/b][/font]