Post by Steele on Aug 2, 2019 17:41:57 GMT -5
VITAL STATISTICS
RING NAME: Rocco Rose
NICKNAMES:
- Saint Rocco
- The New Status Quo of Professional Wrestling
- Heartbreaker
- The Technical Professor
HOMETOWN: Venice Beach, California
AGE: 26 (Jan 19, 1993)
ALIGNMENT: Heel
GIMMICK: Cocky and arrogant jock
PICBASE: Dolph Ziggler
APPEARANCE:
Athletic build, long blonde hair tied back in a ponytail. Clean-shaven or with designer stubble, no tattoos.
TWITTER: @xhf_roccorose
BIOGRAPHY
Raised in Venice Beach, California, Rocco Rose was always a sporty kid. In high school he was very much one of the popular and cool kids. A jock through-and-through he showed an interest in many sports; Tennis, football, wrestling, track-and-field, he signed up for everything.
Although tipped for a promising career in athletics, a 19-year-old Rocco was approached by a friend of his college wrestling coach who was looking for talent with amateur wrestling experience to cross over to the professional game. Rocco mulled over his decision - after all, he was hoping to one day make Team USA in the Olympics. The promoter had a secret weapon though, the simple phrase "why share the glory with a team when you could be the star?"
That was enough to convince Rocco. Within a year of graduating college he was taking independent bookings all up and down the West Coast. But all through his first few years, he never quite made the "big time" as promised. He considered hanging up his boots and following his degree and his father into the legal field.
But fate intervened - he caught wind of a new promotion opening up under the XHF Network umbrella, PWE. This was his big chance to get his foot in the door and establish himself as the first mega-star of this new promotion. He sent demo tapes to their offices, and waited.
Despite being booked to appear on PWE's first show, that card never took place. Rocco reached out to AWF instead - if he couldn't be the big star in a new promotion, he was going to go straight to the top fed in the XHF and kick the door down.
QUOTES & CATCHPHRASES
- Pull no punches, make no apologies, give no fucks.
MOVESET, STYLE & ENTRANCE
FINISHERS:
- "KISS FROM A ROSE" (GTS)
SIGNATURES:
- Superkick
- Double-arm DDT
SETUP MOVES:
- Superkick to rock the opponent before delivering the GTS
OTHER MOVES:
- Running knee
- Slingblade
- Cross body block
- One handed bulldog
- Moonsault
- Sleeper hold
- Russian leg sweep
- Leg drop (standing, running or top rope)
- ARMBAR
- Old School
- Top rope elbow drop
- Eye rake
- Eye poke
- Face wash
- Atomic drop
- German suplex
- Superplex
WRESTLING STYLE:
Mixes amateur techniques with dirty tactics. Not especially flippy, but a lot of flash and flair.
ENTRANCE THEME:
"SANDPAPER" by FOZZY
ENTRANCE DESCRIPTION:
The lights in the arena blink with the beat of the intro to Fozzy's "Sandpaper", then are brought up in a blinding momentary flash as the lyrics kick in and Rocco Rose steps through the curtain to a hail of boos. He has a swagger in his step as he walks the aisle, daring the fans behind the barricade to throw a punch, knowing full well that they are unable to get to him. He walks the steps slowly and deliberately, wiping his feet on the apron before stepping through the ropes. In the middle of the ring, he circles round and goads all sides of the audience before going into his corner and removing his jacket, teasing throwing it into the crowd before just tossing it to the floor out of their reach.
MANAGED BY
NAME: Harry "The Hammer" Hansen
GIMMICK: No-nonsense, old-school grappler from New York Very stiff. A 50-year veteran, he worked the southern territories during his career and got blackballed from most of them. Opened a wrestling school in Rochester, NY, after he retired and put trainees through excruciating paces. Trained Jackson Steele and was referred to Rocco Rose by Steele in order to try and get his head in the right frame of mind.
PICBASE: Robert De Niro
APPEARANCE: 5' 6" tall but built like an ox. Grey hair, and rough skin. He looks like he's been through it all.
MANAGEMENT STYLE:
Very hands-on. Will take Rocco aside when necessary to buy him some time and go through tactics. Will also try to interfere on the sly.
SIGNATURE MOVE: (max 1)
- Sleeper Hold
ALL ABOUT YOU!
YOUR NAME: Steele
HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT US? Bitch I used to help run this place
