Post by fullmetal on Apr 13, 2021 2:07:17 GMT -5
BIRTH NAME: California Hall
(NOT related to Scott Hall...probably.)
PLACE OF BIRTH: San Diego, California (USA), residing in New York City, New York (USA)
AGE: 30
FACE CLAIM: American Gladiator "Phoenix" Jennifer Widerstrom, with bright orange hair that has red streaks through it.
RING NAME: "PyreBird" Kallie Hallaheim
NICKNAME(S): "Other Kallie", "Second Kallie", "Kallie 2", "Kallie 2: Electric Boogaloo"
BILLED FROM: Valhalla, Japan
HEIGHT: "A Queenly 6' 1""
WEIGHT: "A ripped 205 lbs"
TWITTER: @kuroseiseniwc
WHAT BRINGS YOU TO UPRISING?
"We of BLACK CRUSADE INTERNATIONAL are making our intentions known to join UPRISING in order to aid our trusted BLACK CRUSADE teammate, Kalinda Kriegsdottir.
While we are here in UPRISING, we intend to accomplish, and continue to accomplish often, 3 primary goals: CONQUER, CONSUME, and CONTROL.
We will speak our words eloquently, but our actions will echo and reverb so much further than simply the wrestling ring in UPRISING's homebase of Las Vegas.
Make no mistake, we intend on winning championships and clutching to them with grasps stronger than iron, but those championships will serve as the tangible demonstrations of our domination over those who choose to fight us -- as well as those who are chosen by UPRISING management to fight us -- rather than step aside from our warpath.
This is our mission.
This is our CRUSADE.
We will not stop, no matter how hard you fight back, and no matter how much to try to break us.
Be afraid.
Be very afraid." - JIRITSU, on behalf of BLACK CRUSADE WORLDWIDE
PERSONALITY OVERVIEW: While her 4 masked teammates of BCWW have (mostly) consistently kept any distinguishing personality traits close to the vest (if displaying any at all), Kallie displays a rather lively personality and air about her, and often reveals when she enjoys whatever she's doing in the ring, especially when she has the advantage. However, she also displays (via angry shouting) her disappointment when something isn't going her way (like when her opponent kicks out at 2).
STRENGTHS:
Physically, Kallie is quite strong, and can almost easily lift a person weighing up to 250lbs or so long enough for it to look rather impressive; her muscular frame and conditioning also gives her quite the bursts of explosive speed and she can sprint over a full mile before experiencing any exhaustion; she is also quite attractive and lively, which makes it very easy for the "average" fan to cheer for her.
Emotionally, she ascribes to the same philosophy of tenacious determination that her teammates do, and once she sets her mind to something, she will pursue it regardless of the obstacles in front of her.
Mentally, she's above-average in retaining what's taught to her so that she can recall it later to her benefit.
WEAKNESSES:
Physically, despite her impressive physique and conditioning, Kallie is very much a "pro wrestler" rather than a "technical wrestler" or "hybrid fighter", and is quite susceptible to technical and more agile wrestlers out-maneuvering her. She's also not very much of a high-flyer (offensively) and has a pretty limited and simple top rope arsenal...despite her ring name being "Bird".
Emotionally, as mentioned above in Personality, she wears her emotions on her sleeve and when the advantage swings away from her, she will very easily show her frustration, which can occasionally lead to more and more disadvantage for her in the match. Her tenacious determination will also lead her to be quite stubborn at times in dealing with a situation that would warrant her changing her method of dealing with it. She is also a bit proud and vain about her muscles and how buff she looks, and has even insisted on it being mentioned in her introduction.
Mentally, she often has a one-track mind about things, which leads her to occasionally be oblivious to other things.
ALIGNMENT: Whichever alignment fellow BLACK CRUSADE teammate Kalinda Kreigsdottir is currently at, otherwise Chaotic Neutral in general.
WHY THEY'D BE CHEERED: Kallie Hallaheim is a redheaded nigh-Amazonian specimen often seen in skin-tight gear, it's not hard to see why she would be cheered. She also has a firm grasp of the fundamentals and enough grasp of intermediate wrestling to not suck in the ring, which also makes the "smarter" fans cheer for her.
WHY THEY'D BE BOOED: She's not above using illegal maneuvers, even against beloved crowd favorites, and she's quite willing to beat down fan favorites past 5-counts for the DQ, so while it isn't exactly easy to get the "average" fan to boo her, she's quite willing to make it happen.
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.
- BLOODLUST/VIOLENCE: Your character gets a thrill from the violence. For them, winning and losing is secondary to being able to spill the blood of another human being.
- PASSION: All your character has ever wanted to do is wrestle. It's in their blood; their DNA. They eat, breathe and live this sport and for them it's a way of life.
ATTITUDE TOWARDS TEAMWORK:
- TOTAL TEAM PLAYER: Your character will team with anyone, even if they don't share a common interest or goal. Appreciates the benefits of friends and allies.
(Character Note: Despite her loyalty being only to BLACK CRUSADE, Kallie is perfectly willing to be a helpful and cooperative partner to whoever she's teaming with in a random pairing...unless she's being forced to team with them against her own teammates.)
TENDENCY TO CHEAT:
- Rarely
THEME SONG: 'The Tiger Warrior' (Killer Instinct 2013 - Jago's theme) – Mick Gordon
VALET/MANAGER: JIRITSU
VALET/MANAGER FACE CLAIM: (custom image)
VALET/MANAGER PURPOSE: In regular matches (with DQ), JIRITSU is there primarily to deliver advice and to balance numbers in matches where the opponent has their own outside help. In matches with no DQ, JIRITSU will get their own hits in and often introduce a weapon if the opportunity calls for it. They generally are there to provide veteran strategy to (the presumably less-experienced) PyreBird and devise on-the-fly game plans.
WRESTLING EXPERIENCE: Officially unknown/unrevealed, but some FOIA-released records show a woman matching Kallie Hallaheim's description training/wrestling professionally as early as 2012.
WRESTLING STYLE:
(Mostly) - THE SPORTS ENTERTAINER: Relies on their charisma and showmanship to mask their limited wrestling ability. They can fight, but not to the level of some of their more skilled peers.
(Character note: Kallie semi-frequently taunts before many of her moves, telegraphing them and risking a counter for the sake of the crowd reaction; her training also leads her to also attempt to add that "sports entertainment snap" to many of her basic moves.)
(Semi-Frequently) - THE PURIST: Relies on hard-hitting, old-school brawling. Takes the throwback traditional wrestling style and makes it relevant once again.
(Character note: Most of Kallie's training comes in the form of the purist old-school fundamentals and most of her offense comes in the form of old-school style moves.)
(Semi-Frequently) - 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.
(Character note: Kallie's strength and physique occasionally leads to her also sometimes insisting on wrestling like a hoss, and she will frequently engage in "hoss spots" against other muscular wrestlers who are also billed as monoliths. Her wrestling skill is however somewhat more varied than the "traditional" hoss style entails.)
(Sometimes) - 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.
(Character note: Much of Kallie's offense intersects Purist with Strong Stylist, due to much of her offense mainly consisting of "basic" and "classic" moves.)
(Usually) - THE EXTREMIST: Relies on weaponry and their surroundings to abuse their opponents. Their primary objective, aside from victory, is to maim, bludgeon and incapacitate. Nothing is off-limits for this fighter.
(Character note: Since Kallie's explicit secondary objective as a member of BCWW is to inflict all kinds of pain, she will always try to use her surroundings during all times of the match to cause that, and often resort to weaponry in the late-match if things aren't going her way.)
- THE ALL-ROUNDER: Combines a variety of styles from different disciplines to disable and defeat their opponent.
MATCH TENDENCIES: What's your character's mentality inside the ring?
Inside the ring, just like the rest of BCWW, PyreBird operates on a philosophy of "strike first, strike fast, strike fierce", looking to end a match as quickly as possible. She will mainly use her power for quick overwhelming bursts, and against larger/stronger opponents, she will ALWAYS look to match or even out-power them, before switching up to "standard" wrestling if she doesn't immediately get the win.
Every so often, when she's shifted momentum back into her favor after losing it, she'll attempt to introduce a steel chair into the proceedings, with varying results, before inevitably using the opportunity (distraction or not) to go for a signature/finisher.
BACKSTAGE TENDENCIES:
Kallie is quite friendly and sociable, but like her tag partner JIRITSU, she often gives off an air of suspicious intentions, with even the most honest and innocent of simple activities (like offering a bottle of water) being met with discomfort and questioning. She sometimes likes to lean into it with vaguely threatening whispers of completely innocent things (like "Have you tried the custard donuts? They're TO DIE FOR..." about a perfectly innocent box of donuts, for instance) close-up just to throw the person off further and for her and her team's own amusement.
FIGHT-ENDING STYLE:
- SUPERIOR STAMINA: Uses their superb conditioning to wait for the opponent to tire, before ending the fight on their terms.
- ULTRA-VIOLENCE: Focused around brutality, using weapons and their surroundings, leaving their opponent no choice but to concede defeat.
IN-RING STRENGTHS:
- Pure Power: Have I mentioned yet for the 50th time that Kallie is strong? She very much likes to out-power her opponent and demonstrate her own resilience to their attacks. She also likes to use her strength to give more squeeze to squeezing submissions and torque/leverage to stretching moves.
- Early Agility: Kallie's conditioning also gives her quite the boost for early-match sprints and bursts, usually making simple moves (like a shoulder block or a Belly-to-Belly Suplex) look more impressive.
- Game Plan: She will frequently stick to her game plan regardless of her opponents' attempts to throw her off her game, usually with some success as a result.
IN-RING WEAKNESSES:
- Game Plan: Her insistence on sticking with her game plan in most matches will also sometimes backfire on her as she usually will not adjust to her opponent if they continue to out-maneuver her.
- Limited Defensive Repertoire: Kallie has mainly trained in how to properly fight back against powerhouses, fighters, and basic pro wrestlers...and not much else. Hybrid grapplers, agile luchadors, and twisty technicians still consistently out-maneuver her basic defenses against those styles.
- Poser Powerhouse: Kallie is a powerful Amazonian queen...HOWEVER, she is also obsessed with out-powering much stronger opponents than herself, which can also sometimes backfire on her as they sometimes end up overpowering her through their own sheer strength (as an example, she's in constant competition with her titanic teammate CLIMAX and only has a 33% win-rate against him in arm wrestling and ~30% win-rate in push-up and pull-up contests).
- Anti-Air: Ironically, "PyreBird" does not often take to the top rope, and less often than that succeeds in aerial moves that aren't basic axe-handles or splashes.
FINISHERS
1. "Phoenix Rising" - Fireman's Carry Toss to Neckbreaker (Kazuchika Okada's "Heavy Rain" variation of the "Attitude Adjustment")
2. "Wildfire" - "Rainmaker" Ripcord Lariat
SIGNATURE MOVES
1. "Phoenix Down" - Uproot Back Drop Driver, sometimes done in a dead-lift from the ground
2. "Ashes Fall" - Jackhammer
3. "Wing-Spread Splash" - Turning Frog Splash from the top rope
4. "Clover Claw Hold" - Elevated Texas Clover Leaf (D'Lo Brown/Hiroshi Tanahashi's version)
5. Phoenix-Plex - Dragon Lee's Phoenix-plex/Kalisto's "Del Sol Driver"/Kevin Steen's "Steenalizer" (Powerbomb lift modified to modified head-clutch Northern Lights Suplex finish)
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=2klSBmxGZTU
COMMON MOVES
1. Military Press (against lighter opponents, PyreBird will also press them up a few times and hold them up longer to flex her strength advantage)
2. Stalling Vertical Suplex (against lighter opponents, she'll also press them up a few times like Bobby Lashley and hold them up longer to flex her strength advantage; she'll also sometimes even do a Stalling Superplex from the top rope)
3. Belly-to-Belly Suplex (overhead, side, against a whipped/running opponent, and sometimes even off the top rope)
4. Chainsaw Elbow (submission/rest hold, PyreBird grinds her forearm/elbow across her opponent's face)
5. Knee Drop (from various positions)
6. Running Bicycle Kick
7. Headlock Takeover to Headlock Submission (this also starts a Chain Wrestling sequence against opponents who have a Chain Wrestling-based style/tendency)
8. Flapjack (mid/late match dominance demonstrator)
9. Exploder (especially during a momentum shift/fiery comeback) - note: Kallie primarily does the "T-Bone Tazplex" and Mercedes Martinez version of this most of the time
- youtu.be/t1qh9oBU1R4?t=12
- youtu.be/auSCXAhz2_Y
10. "Fire Whip" - Sudden Impact/Gunn Slinger (Fallaway Slam lift swung out to a Book End/Rock Bottom)
BACKSTAGE APPEARANCES: Do you want segments and/or backstage interactions to be written FOR YOU or would you prefer to submit your own?
- YES: I'm absolutely fine with having my segments written for me and I'll just sell what happens via Twitter or CD writing.
AGENT NAME: FullMETAL ("FM" or "Metal" should be fine.
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