The New BOD (like...both of 'em)
Oct 10, 2019 16:55:41 GMT -5
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Post by RB Cardone on Oct 10, 2019 16:55:41 GMT -5
Name: John (Epitome) & Chris (Justin Laali)
Contact Info: Via PM here is probably fine. We’re both on Facebook. I’m cool if you want to contact me there. That’s how I found out about the GCW revival in the first place. I’ll let Chris decide if he wants to be contacted outside of the forum. I’m also super skilled at relaying messages.
Background of The New BOD
First – very important. It’s NOT pronounced “bod” as in “body” – it’s pronounced Bee Oh Dee. It’s an acronym.
Why doesn’t it have periods? I don’t remember.
What does it stand for? Why don’t you shut your fucking face and mind your own goddamn business, how about that?
The New BOD are a special kind of tag team. They basically do what they want, when they want to do it. It’s not because they’re a couple of badasses. It’s because they’re too ignorant of social norms that they just go and do their thing. Often this is humorous. If you want to picture an exact idea of how these characters act, I would suggest picturing a Coke-riddled version of Michael Scott from the U.S. (read: better) version of The Office paired with a larger, muscular, more Coke-riddled version of Michael Scott from the U.S. (read: still better) of The Office. For the record, yes that’s the same character twice and no it wasn’t a mistake. Everything we do is intentoinal. Including that intentional misspelling of ‘intentional’ (because why not?). Add in a bad misunderstanding of history, and you’ve got yourself The New BOD.
The New BOD are officially banned in three countries: England, Canada, and Mexico. If there are any shows in those three countries...whatever, they’ll show up and do them. I’m sure the queen(s) don’t remember what we did to them anyway. Monarchs tend to be forgetful people, right? I’d say the Queen of England probably got the worst of it, but the Queens of Canada and Mexico respectively were a lot more vocally displeased. The Mexican queen was clearly possessed by a demon as she was speaking in tongue. Truly iconic moments.
Justin Laali is a member of the incredibly famous Laali wrestling family. If you’re familiar with the Von Erich family, then the Laali family is basically the same thing just with a lot more dumb and an equal amount of dead. Justin was the youngest of the Laali siblings. There was Joseph, better known to longtime GCW fans as The Ultimate Reynool – a member of GCW’s Hall of Fame. That’s still a thing right? We want that to still be a thing. He was the oldest, followed by Jason – better known to longtime (e-)wrestling fans as Death By Me. Then there was Jessica, who was briefly involved in the wrestling industry. Rebecca was the devil or something, and then there’s Justin. He’s the youngest and most living of the five.
Epitome is not a member of the incredibly famous Laali wrestling family by birth, but he married into it when he married Jessica. Shortly after, he formed the most awesome tag team of all-time –champions around the globe (until they got banned) – The New BOD. If you got this far and were expecting a different name, HOW SPECIAL OF YOU.
Laali men (and in-law Laali men) really have (had) an unhealthy addiction to soda. Unless they were going senile and getting really into Civil War reenacting on the Confederate side. At that point, they held true to the character, and gave up their soda addictions. Some might even say that caused the senility. I wouldn’t, because it wouldn’t medically make any sense, but some do. Mainly them. Also, this does mean when we used “Coke-riddled” above that we were talking about the soda brand. This is obviously why we chose to capitalize the letter C. Again, everything we do is intentional.
Wrestler Info
Ring Name: Epitome
Real Name: Matthew Landes
Nickname: ...Epitome?
That feels like a nickname.
Height: 6’1”
Weight: 225.5 lbs. That extra .5 is really important to him because he says it makes him a heavyweight in MMA, though I must stress that he has never attempted MMA and at age 37, should probably never attempt MMA. Also, he's wrong, because you're allowed to be up to 1 lb over limit.
Gender: The Man! ...Not like...Becky Lynch’s The Man...but...more like...a man version...of The Man.
Age: I don’t really remember, but probably like 37
Billed From: Baltimore, MD IN THE GOOD OLE U S OF A (his words)
Wrestling Style: Tag Team Specialist based largely on a Terry Taylor-type dude (that was also in a tag team...drew a blank, sorry)
Status: (Heel, Face, Tweener) People just react to them however they feel is appropriate. So maybe a Tweener, or maybe a FaceHeel. I don’t know. Definitely not a Tarheel (Baltimore City Community College for the win, baby!).
Entrance Music: Let’s say......Iced Earth’s version of The Star Spangled Banner if they’re feeling patriotic, or...hmm... let’s say “But There’s Wolves” by The Dear Hunter any other time. (See me if this isn’t clear enough)
And then don’t forget:
Ring Name: Justin Laali
Real Name: Even more Justin Laali
Nickname: THE COOLEST MOTHERFUCKER ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET AND BEST DAMN SODA DRINKER IN INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA! (his words, not mine, and he very much insisted on the caps lock)
Height: 6’4”
Weight: 256.5 lbs (It’s really only 256, but he thought Epitome’s half a pound looked cooler so just humor the guy please)
Gender: I keep telling him “American” is not a gender, but he’s being really pushy on this.
Age: 35. That one I know. It matched my own.
Billed From: Death Valley, CA, FUCKING AMERICA (...yeah...)
Wrestling Style: Tag Team Specialist based largely on....I don’t know, someone powerful. Jim Neidhardt, Animal, these people are the kind of vibe we’re looking for. Maybe Epitome is more like Bret Hart then, but that implies that he’s on an entirely different level than Justin (no offense to Jim Neidhardt or Terry Taylor), and that would REALLY upset the status quo.
Status: (Heel, Face, Tweener) He says: “The opposite of Epitome, because I’m my own damn person.” There’s a minor gap in his knowledge on how tag teams operate. In-ring he’s really good at it, because his intuition is pretty great. Trying to explain philosophy and ring psychology is just this whole other thing.
Entrance Music: Despite being really into dubstep, I did manage to convince them both that it was better to come out to one song, and not two different songs played over each other simultaneously, so go with Epitome’s choices.
Moves
Signature(s): (unnamed)
Description: The Hart Attack with Justin delivering the lariat.
Finisher(s): The Eagle’s Cry
Description: Justin Laali performs a powerbomb while Epitome simultaneously performs a blockbuster (each would then be their singles finisher if they had one, but they are tag specialists and would probably never get to use one)
Common Moves (10 minimum please)
1. Epitome holds the leg of his opponent while they desperately reach to tag in their partner. Epitome tags in Justin. Justin bounces off the ropes and delivers a devastating leg drop.
2. Justin places the opponent in the corner, and delivers a shoulder ram and holds the position. Epitome tags himself in. He then charges into the corner with a diving body splash with the opponent unable to escape.
3. Double snap suplex
4. Justin performs a piledriver while Epitome leaps off the middle rope to help drive the opponent’s head into the canvas
5. Epitome delivers a backbreaker and holds the opponent in position. Justin then slowly and methodically runs up and drives an elbow into the opponent’s throat as Epitome lets go.
6. Justin delivers a spinebuster followed immediately by an Epitome senton splash.
7. With the opponent dazed, Justin Laali and Epitome alternate quick jabs. They each then mime reaching back for a huge hook, but instead deliver a double boot to the opponent’s midsection.
8. Double flapjack
9. With the opponent flat on their back, Epitome will bounce off the ropes, Justin will toss him into the air, and Epitome will land with a body splash.
10. Epitome locks in a Boston crab, while Justin Laali stomps repeatedly at the opponent’s head.
11. They have insisted that they can do a perfectly synchronized 450 splash. I promise you that they cannot. If they tried, they would legitimately break their neck. But they insisted I list it, so it’s been listed.
(To be helpful when having them not perform just tag maneuvers, neither would do extremely advanced moves while in the ring alone – but Justin Laali can perform any regular power-oriented move and Epitome any technical-oriented move, including all the basic wrestling submissions)
Appearance
They look like human wrestlers. I sent a picture of them to Tom already, so explaining their appearance just feels like a lot of unnecessary work.
Contact Info: Via PM here is probably fine. We’re both on Facebook. I’m cool if you want to contact me there. That’s how I found out about the GCW revival in the first place. I’ll let Chris decide if he wants to be contacted outside of the forum. I’m also super skilled at relaying messages.
Background of The New BOD
First – very important. It’s NOT pronounced “bod” as in “body” – it’s pronounced Bee Oh Dee. It’s an acronym.
Why doesn’t it have periods? I don’t remember.
What does it stand for? Why don’t you shut your fucking face and mind your own goddamn business, how about that?
The New BOD are a special kind of tag team. They basically do what they want, when they want to do it. It’s not because they’re a couple of badasses. It’s because they’re too ignorant of social norms that they just go and do their thing. Often this is humorous. If you want to picture an exact idea of how these characters act, I would suggest picturing a Coke-riddled version of Michael Scott from the U.S. (read: better) version of The Office paired with a larger, muscular, more Coke-riddled version of Michael Scott from the U.S. (read: still better) of The Office. For the record, yes that’s the same character twice and no it wasn’t a mistake. Everything we do is intentoinal. Including that intentional misspelling of ‘intentional’ (because why not?). Add in a bad misunderstanding of history, and you’ve got yourself The New BOD.
The New BOD are officially banned in three countries: England, Canada, and Mexico. If there are any shows in those three countries...whatever, they’ll show up and do them. I’m sure the queen(s) don’t remember what we did to them anyway. Monarchs tend to be forgetful people, right? I’d say the Queen of England probably got the worst of it, but the Queens of Canada and Mexico respectively were a lot more vocally displeased. The Mexican queen was clearly possessed by a demon as she was speaking in tongue. Truly iconic moments.
Justin Laali is a member of the incredibly famous Laali wrestling family. If you’re familiar with the Von Erich family, then the Laali family is basically the same thing just with a lot more dumb and an equal amount of dead. Justin was the youngest of the Laali siblings. There was Joseph, better known to longtime GCW fans as The Ultimate Reynool – a member of GCW’s Hall of Fame. That’s still a thing right? We want that to still be a thing. He was the oldest, followed by Jason – better known to longtime (e-)wrestling fans as Death By Me. Then there was Jessica, who was briefly involved in the wrestling industry. Rebecca was the devil or something, and then there’s Justin. He’s the youngest and most living of the five.
Epitome is not a member of the incredibly famous Laali wrestling family by birth, but he married into it when he married Jessica. Shortly after, he formed the most awesome tag team of all-time –champions around the globe (until they got banned) – The New BOD. If you got this far and were expecting a different name, HOW SPECIAL OF YOU.
Laali men (and in-law Laali men) really have (had) an unhealthy addiction to soda. Unless they were going senile and getting really into Civil War reenacting on the Confederate side. At that point, they held true to the character, and gave up their soda addictions. Some might even say that caused the senility. I wouldn’t, because it wouldn’t medically make any sense, but some do. Mainly them. Also, this does mean when we used “Coke-riddled” above that we were talking about the soda brand. This is obviously why we chose to capitalize the letter C. Again, everything we do is intentional.
Wrestler Info
Ring Name: Epitome
Real Name: Matthew Landes
Nickname: ...Epitome?
That feels like a nickname.
Height: 6’1”
Weight: 225.5 lbs. That extra .5 is really important to him because he says it makes him a heavyweight in MMA, though I must stress that he has never attempted MMA and at age 37, should probably never attempt MMA. Also, he's wrong, because you're allowed to be up to 1 lb over limit.
Gender: The Man! ...Not like...Becky Lynch’s The Man...but...more like...a man version...of The Man.
Age: I don’t really remember, but probably like 37
Billed From: Baltimore, MD IN THE GOOD OLE U S OF A (his words)
Wrestling Style: Tag Team Specialist based largely on a Terry Taylor-type dude (that was also in a tag team...drew a blank, sorry)
Status: (Heel, Face, Tweener) People just react to them however they feel is appropriate. So maybe a Tweener, or maybe a FaceHeel. I don’t know. Definitely not a Tarheel (Baltimore City Community College for the win, baby!).
Entrance Music: Let’s say......Iced Earth’s version of The Star Spangled Banner if they’re feeling patriotic, or...hmm... let’s say “But There’s Wolves” by The Dear Hunter any other time. (See me if this isn’t clear enough)
And then don’t forget:
Ring Name: Justin Laali
Real Name: Even more Justin Laali
Nickname: THE COOLEST MOTHERFUCKER ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET AND BEST DAMN SODA DRINKER IN INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA! (his words, not mine, and he very much insisted on the caps lock)
Height: 6’4”
Weight: 256.5 lbs (It’s really only 256, but he thought Epitome’s half a pound looked cooler so just humor the guy please)
Gender: I keep telling him “American” is not a gender, but he’s being really pushy on this.
Age: 35. That one I know. It matched my own.
Billed From: Death Valley, CA, FUCKING AMERICA (...yeah...)
Wrestling Style: Tag Team Specialist based largely on....I don’t know, someone powerful. Jim Neidhardt, Animal, these people are the kind of vibe we’re looking for. Maybe Epitome is more like Bret Hart then, but that implies that he’s on an entirely different level than Justin (no offense to Jim Neidhardt or Terry Taylor), and that would REALLY upset the status quo.
Status: (Heel, Face, Tweener) He says: “The opposite of Epitome, because I’m my own damn person.” There’s a minor gap in his knowledge on how tag teams operate. In-ring he’s really good at it, because his intuition is pretty great. Trying to explain philosophy and ring psychology is just this whole other thing.
Entrance Music: Despite being really into dubstep, I did manage to convince them both that it was better to come out to one song, and not two different songs played over each other simultaneously, so go with Epitome’s choices.
Moves
Signature(s): (unnamed)
Description: The Hart Attack with Justin delivering the lariat.
Finisher(s): The Eagle’s Cry
Description: Justin Laali performs a powerbomb while Epitome simultaneously performs a blockbuster (each would then be their singles finisher if they had one, but they are tag specialists and would probably never get to use one)
Common Moves (10 minimum please)
1. Epitome holds the leg of his opponent while they desperately reach to tag in their partner. Epitome tags in Justin. Justin bounces off the ropes and delivers a devastating leg drop.
2. Justin places the opponent in the corner, and delivers a shoulder ram and holds the position. Epitome tags himself in. He then charges into the corner with a diving body splash with the opponent unable to escape.
3. Double snap suplex
4. Justin performs a piledriver while Epitome leaps off the middle rope to help drive the opponent’s head into the canvas
5. Epitome delivers a backbreaker and holds the opponent in position. Justin then slowly and methodically runs up and drives an elbow into the opponent’s throat as Epitome lets go.
6. Justin delivers a spinebuster followed immediately by an Epitome senton splash.
7. With the opponent dazed, Justin Laali and Epitome alternate quick jabs. They each then mime reaching back for a huge hook, but instead deliver a double boot to the opponent’s midsection.
8. Double flapjack
9. With the opponent flat on their back, Epitome will bounce off the ropes, Justin will toss him into the air, and Epitome will land with a body splash.
10. Epitome locks in a Boston crab, while Justin Laali stomps repeatedly at the opponent’s head.
11. They have insisted that they can do a perfectly synchronized 450 splash. I promise you that they cannot. If they tried, they would legitimately break their neck. But they insisted I list it, so it’s been listed.
(To be helpful when having them not perform just tag maneuvers, neither would do extremely advanced moves while in the ring alone – but Justin Laali can perform any regular power-oriented move and Epitome any technical-oriented move, including all the basic wrestling submissions)
Appearance
They look like human wrestlers. I sent a picture of them to Tom already, so explaining their appearance just feels like a lot of unnecessary work.