Post by Justin on Oct 29, 2019 2:54:20 GMT -5
VITAL STATISTICS
RING NAME: Eric Dane
NICKNAMES: The Only Star - The Adversary - The Antagonist - The Defiant - The End Boss
HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6’4” / 240lbs
HOMETOWN: New Orleans, LA
AGE: 48 (09.28.71)
ALIGNMENT: To be determined...
GIMMICK: Cagey, grizzled veteran.
PICBASE: Chris Jericho
APPEARANCE:
Blond hair of varying length, cerulean blue eyes that can be somewhat unsettling if he stares at you just the right way. He has a smile that can change your mind and he dresses like a champion, suited and booted to the nines at any and every opportunity. In the ring his attire varies, usually long tights with various patterned stars emblazoned across the entire thing. What’s important to note about ring-attire is the vibranium-laced knee-brace on his right knee. That shit is the biggest, bulkiest, most medically advanced and damn near cybernetic knee brace you’ve ever seen.
TWITTER: twitter.com/OnlyStarDEF
BIOGRAPHY
Eric Dane has been wrestling for a fucking long time. Over 30 years if you count the years he spent doing the youngboy gimmick in a dojo in Japan after not being satisfied with his American training. To say that he’s “been there, done that” would be an understatement. Thing is, the guy can’t let go. He’s been on top for easily twenty years and he’s got no fucking concept that he’s not still the man he was in 1999 or 2009. In 2019, though, it’s been a rocky road. He’s lost more matches this year than in any other decade combined, and it hasn’t been sitting well with him. Just recently The Only Star has managed to get out of a contract with a company that he had no business signing with in the first place and is ready to make one more run at the top…
That, or die trying.
QUOTES & CATCHPHRASES
MOVESET, STYLE & ENTRANCE
FINISHERS:
- Stardriver (Tomohiro Ishii’s sheer-drop brainbuster. Just a straight down head drop, it’s fucking dangerous, and he likes to hit it in strange places like on the ring apron or through a table or what have you.)
- Starbreaker (Shinsuke Nakamura’s BOMAYE Knee Strike, not the bullshit watered-down Kinshasa either, I’m talking full-on running knee to the cranium. Keep in mind that Dane at all times wears a “vibranium” knee brace on his striking knee. Oh, and he’s liberal with this move, always trying to throw one to turn the tide of a match if an opening should present itself.)
SIGNATURES:
- Star Destroyer (Ushigoroshi. Keep in mind the “vibranium” Knee brace. This move can be used to finish matches just as often as the Starbreaker.)
- Shining Star (Shining Wizard)
OTHER MOVES:
- Elbow Strikes of all varieties (Back, Diving, Rolling, etc)
- Knee Strikes from any which way the can be executed
- Various Suplexes/Headdrops
- Various Slams/Drivers
- Every Illegal Hold ever invented
- Catch-Wrestling holds and transitions
- Knife-edge Chops
- Overhand Chops
- Eric Dane does not fly. Ever. For any reason.
WRESTLING STYLE:
Dane wrestles a style of his own design that he calls “Frustration Heel,” wherein he uses his grappling knowledge and ability to cheat without getting caught to frustrate opponents into making stupid mistakes. He’s versed in Strong Style, Catch Style, and various other niche styles from his travels across the world. However, as he’s gotten older he’s taken to more of a violent brawling style rather than the technical genius he has been known for in the past. Don’t be surprised to see him get all head-droppy, though, he’s probably forgotten more suplexes than you’ve seen on YouTube.
ENTRANCE THEME:
"The One You Love to Hate" by Rob Halford
ENTRANCE DESCRIPTION:
The lights drop.
CUE-UP: “The One You Love to Hate” by Halford
Silver spotlights hit the stage and out steps The Only Star, a smirking grin spread wide across his face as he takes in everything that the contentious and belligerent crowd has to give him. He eats it up, almost as if it fuels him.
♫ You may not like the future
♫ And we're not here to preach to you
♫ We'll take you to the killing floor.
♫ And we're not here to preach to you
♫ We'll take you to the killing floor.
More boos. The crowd hates him. Eric Dane loves it.
♫ You think you want to know me
♫ You think you want to own me
♫ But I have nothing you can buy.
♫ You think you want to own me
♫ But I have nothing you can buy.
He swaggers to the ring, stopping occasionally to jaw with one of the more vocal fans, but for the most part preoccupied with himself and how goddamned awesome he is.
♫ I can break you
♫ I can raise you
♫ Bring you to your knees
♫ Cause I'm the one you love to hate.
♫ I can raise you
♫ Bring you to your knees
♫ Cause I'm the one you love to hate.
Dane climbs into the ring and pops to his feet, circling backward with both arms thrown wide so that everybody in attendance can get a good look at him. Just as the announcer gets to his name he climbs the nearest turnbuckle and again throws an arm high into the air. The sheer voracity of the jeering is electric.
♫ You can't fool me
♫ You can't rule me
♫ You only want to hang around
♫ Cause I'm the one you love to hate.
♫ You can't rule me
♫ You only want to hang around
♫ Cause I'm the one you love to hate.
More boos, he drops down to the ring and begins his pre-match routine, oblivious to the crowd, the referee, opponents, or anyone else. Eric Dane is a man obsessed and right now he is focused on the match at hand.
CHAMPIONSHIPS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- NeWA (interfed) World Title [2]
- WfWA (interfed) World Title [4]
- Summer Games (tournament) Championship [2]
- UTA World Title
- CWF World Title
- WCWA (interfed) World Title
- HOW World Tag Team Title
- Dozens of regional/independent "Heavyweight" Titles
ALL ABOUT YOU!
YOUR NAME: Justin
HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT US? The Internet.
