Post by storm on Mar 3, 2022 0:48:14 GMT -5
BIRTH NAME: Liam Archibald Richardson
PLACE OF BIRTH: Westminster, London, England
AGE: 24
FACE CLAIM: Nash Carter
RING NAME: Liam Richardson
NICKNAME(S): The Assassin
BILLED FROM: Brooklyn, New York
HEIGHT: 5' 10"
WEIGHT: 180 lbs
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Good.
WHAT BRINGS YOU TO UPRISING?
Richardson is a former martial arts champion turned professional wrestler, who comes from a wealthy background having trained in several different martial arts for the majority of his life. Richardson has come to Uprising alongside his tag team partner Miles Watson in order to stake their claim as the best tag team in the world, with their goal to dominate the division.
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PERSONALITY OVERVIEW: Richardson is colder, more calculated than his partner Miles Watson, but that isn't to say he isn't a laugh to be around. He is typically English in a sense, with quick witted humour and sarcasm being his go to in any situation, yet when it comes to business he shows no weakness and is very much focused on what he has to do in the ring.
STRENGTHS: He has a varied wrestling style, he's very intelligent and is also resilient.
WEAKNESSES: Temper issues, not the biggest of guys out there too.
WHY THEY'D BE CHEERED: Athleticism is impressive to say the least, a bit of a shows-man in the ring and whenever he connects with one of his hard shoot kicks, the fans tend to pop.
WHY THEY'D BE BOOED: Can go too far at times, particularly when things aren't going his way, which can lead to him amping up the ante.
REASONS TO COMPETE:
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- 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:
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- 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:
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- Rarely
THEME SONG: 'Arsonist Lullabye' – Hozier
VALET/MANAGER: Gregory Murphy
VALET/MANAGER FACE CLAIM: Bob Odenkirk
VALET/MANAGER PURPOSE: Why are they at ringside? To provide distractions? To aide victories? To dispense tactical advice? To be decorative? Odenkirk is only there for the big matches, per-say. He won't be there for every match but he's there to be decorative, as the manager for their factor - The Heroes for Hire - Murphy does act as the main mouthpiece for the group. An awkward yet smooth talker on the microphone who believes in his clients to the fullest and will do whatever's necessary to ensure success for them.
WRESTLING EXPERIENCE: 4
WRESTLING STYLE:
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- THE PURIST: Relies on hard-hitting, old-school brawling. Takes the throwback traditional wrestling style and makes it relevant once again.
- THE TECHNICIAN: Relies on a catch-as-catch-can style of wrestling, featuring a variety of suplexes, submission holds and ground-based wrestling.
- THE LUCHA: Relies on superb speed and agility, as well as a chain wrestling form of free fighting that wows the audience and bamboozles their opponent. Impressive displays of acrobatics render the need for power and force obsolete.
- THE AERIALIST: Relies on speed and aerial prowess to overwhelm their foes. What they lack in size and brute strength, they make up for in agility and accuracy.
- THE SPOT MONKEY: Relies on shocking high spots, daredevil antics and dangerous risk taking to compensate for lack of technical wrestling ability. Will put everything on the line to entertain fans and overcome the challenger.
- 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.
- THE ALL-ROUNDER: Combines a variety of styles from different disciplines to disable and defeat their opponent.
MATCH TENDENCIES: Loves to play mind games with his opponents, often going for a handshake only to pull out in the last moment, or just shit-talking them to get a reaction. When things aren't going his way in the ring, he'll flee and take a break on the outside for a moment or so, leaning on the guard-railing to chat to either his manager Gregory Murphy or partner Miles Watson.
BACKSTAGE TENDENCIES: Approachable to an extent, but at the same time keeps himself to himself.
FIGHT-ENDING STYLE:
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- OUT-WRESTLING: Beats the opponent using their preferred wrestling 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:
- Style: (he's a hard hitter, able to use any part of his body in order to knock his opponent down, this is something he had to be growing up in London otherwise he was going to be the one who was knocked down and out. As well as this, he's a skilled technician, mat based wrestling and submission wrestling also being an area of study for Liam.)
- Intelligence: he's smart, cunning and is able to deduce what his opponent is going to do next before they know. He's been studying the art for a long time, the art of deduction. But he's also able to find loopholes when trapped in submissions, or use his ring awareness to help himself out of a sticky situation.
- Resilient: hit him as hard as you like, this is only going to stir him on, somehow he gets stronger with every strike that connects, a heart of a burning junior heavyweight who doesn't know the definition of quit. Endurance also plays a part in this, he's able to go through unimaginable pain for a long duration of time.
IN-RING WEAKNESSES:
- Temper: he's a small guy, and the stereotype is that small guys also have a short fuse, this is true in his case. If he doesn't like something, or someone pisses him off - he is going to lose his shit and not even his manager is going to be able to control him. This can lead to him being disqualified from matches, or losing focus, getting distracted from the main goal which is ultimately winning matches.
- Small (though he has got great strength, he is often smaller than his opponent, so they're able to perform power moves on him and toss him around the ring.)
FINISHERS
(Maximum of Two)
1. For Our Majesty! (Richardson signals the end of the match, a finger in the air and a stern look in his eyes. Pulling his opponent back up onto their feet, he lifts them up in a vertical base - managing to show brute strength as he holds them there before swivelling their body around as he brings them down, a modified brainbuster connecting.
2. Your Last Hurrah! (Modified double underhook guillotine choke)
SIGNATURE MOVES
(Maximum of Five)
1. 'Rage of Glory' – Often performs this move out of nowhere or when he's back pedalling in the match, Richardson suddenly delivers a hard shoot kick to the thigh of his opponent who drops to a knee. Grabbing the back of his opponent's head, he delivers three consecutive knee strikes to the face before bringing his opponent back up and Irish whip into the ropes. He's quick, performing each move fast. He runs at his opponent, a hard back elbow to the head, with his back against his opponent - he drives each elbow back into his opponent several times, taking a step forward as his opponent stumbles out of the corner, before culminating the sequence with a sweet overhead kick.
2. 'Fuck Honour! ' – After being on the receiving end of some punishment, Richardson has stomached all of his pain and anguish, allowing it to take over his body. He blocks a strike attempt from his opponent before all of a sudden bursts into a frenzy of boxing strikes, closed fists - connecting all over the body of his opponent who can't answer the frenzy of strikes, defenceless as Richardson loses himself with his strikes. The one strike that does it all is right at the end, where he connects with a sickening right hook that knocks his opponent down to the canvas.
3. 'Senton Kick' – Leaning his opponent against the corner, he connects with two knife edge chops that echoes through the arena. His opponent stumbles out, clutching onto their chest and he runs to the ropes, bouncing off of them and running towards his opponent, a senton kick to his stationary opponent who crumbles to the canvas.
4. 'London's Calling!' – Combination of strikes followed by an enziguri
5. 'Standing Shooting Star Press'
COMMON MOVES
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1. Strikes (palm thrust, forearm, elbow, jabs, open palm, shoulder, uppercut, knife edge)
2. Kicks (roundhouse, drop kick, spin, overhead, bicycle, enziguri, shoot)
3. Armdrag take down transitioned into armbar
4. Side headlock slam onto the canvas, keeps the hold intact.
5. Hiptoss, cartwheeling afterward, claps his hand and basement drop kick.
6. Suplex variations (dragon, tiger, snap, german)
7. DDT variations (snap, springboard)
8. Snapmare followed by a kick to the back or a chinlock submission.
9. Submission variation (cobra, chinlock, camel, muta, kneebar, armbar, octopus, surfboard)
10. Consecutive clotheslines until point of exhaustion
11. Rolling fireman carry before springboarding his way onto the second rope, moonsault.
12. Lariat out of nowhere, flipping his opponent inside out if smaller.
13. Double leg take down followed by mounted strikes to the opponent.
14. Single leg take down which normally is transitioned into a single leg boston.
15. Drop toe hold
16. Hoisting his opponent up onto the top rope, claps his hands - drop kick, opponent falls on outside.
17. Running European uppercut
18. Spinning spinebuster in a sitout position
19. Flapjack which he then transitions into an ankle lock
20. Flying armbar
BACKSTAGE APPEARANCES: Do you want segments and/or backstage interactions to be written FOR YOU or would you prefer to submit your own? (Please select ONE and delete the other.)
- 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: Storm
AGENT CONTACT: Twitter @realmarkstorm