James Raymond [2024.]
Dec 30, 2019 16:23:32 GMT -5
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Post by James Raymond on Dec 30, 2019 16:23:32 GMT -5
THE NEW DANGER. THE NEW FACE OF THE NETWORK. THE CROWNED.
PIC BASE » Daniel Garcia.
HEIGHT » Six feet, one inches.
WEIGHT » One hundred and eighty-seven pounds (187lbs.)
HOMETOWN » Coventry City, England, United Kingdom
ALIGNMENT » Chaotic Neutral / Lawful Evil.
ENTRANCE MUSIC » ‘Styles Clash’ by Yonosuke Kitamura.
ENTRANCE DESCRIPTION » The slow beginning to ‘Styles Clash’ plays through the P.A. System in the arena as the house lights flash down onto the stage once the beat kicks in and onto the entrance curtain as the crowd awaits the arrival of James Raymond and raining down the mixture of cheers and boos from every inch of the arena. The figure of James slowly passes through the curtain from Gorilla Position as he looks around the arena. The half-mask worn around his head doesn’t give James the advantage of expressing himself, but from the way he’s looking around the arena and soaking in the crowd’s negative reaction, his nods are in approval of how the crowd feels about him.
James begins his walk to the ring, the spotlights following him down the ramp as he ignores those who reach out for him, even going as far as kicking the barricade that holds the fans back as he passes by. The Coventry native makes his way to ringside and walks around the ring until he’s leapt onto the ring apron where the hard cam faces, from there he begins to unwrap the mask from behind his head, pulling away at the final knot as the ring announcer begins his introduction.
Upon hearing his name being announced, James pulls the mask away from his head and reveals the bottom half of facial features to the hard camera that points right down at him, finally getting a good look at his cocky grin rubbed all over his face before he passes through the ropes and enters the ring, looking around the arena with that same shit-eating smug look on his face as he slips free from his ring jacket and places it down in his corner, ready for the match to begin / ready for his opponent to enter the arena.
BACKGROUND
GIMMICK » For years, he’s spent his time perfecting his talents in Japan under the Japanese Renaissance of Kakuto brand—but his tenure in Japan has been there for long enough, his vision expands further than the Japanese professional wrestling scene. James simply wants to recreate the wrestling world into his own image, an image that he thinks is the right image, of technical wrestling and ‘pure rules’ matches being the new form. None of the drama, none of the bullshit to wrestling, just pure wrestling. The way it has, and always should’ve, been from the beginning. However, for Raymond, there is no ‘gimmick’ or ‘persona’ per se. A roughened ‘catch as catch can’ professional wrestler who’ll do their best to tear at the limbs of his opponent’s and make through with violent tactics and traits. It’s his only desire, his only motivation, and to finally define what it once meant to be James Raymond again.
WRESTLING INFORMATION
WRESTLES LIKE » Bryan Danielson. Daniel Garcia. Go Shiozaki. Zack Sabre Jr.
COMMON MOVES
» Cravate Suplex, occasionally with knee strikes proceeding
» Double Underhook Suplex
» Fisherman Suplex
» German Suplex, occasionally transitioned from a O'Connor Roll, or sliding beneath the ropes
» Half Hatch Suplex
» Northern Lights Suplex
» Snap Suplex
» Paradise Lock followed by a Jumping Double Foot Stomp to the back
» Penalty Kick to the chest of a seated or kneeling opponent, occasionally on the apron or from the apron
» Pop-Up Kick to the Chest
» Rapid Slap Flurry
» Rapid Step Kicks
» Repeated Soccer kicks to the front and back of a seated or kneeling opponent
» Rolling Elbow Strike, occasionally done with a ripcord, shadowing an opponent, to the back of the head, to a kneeling opponent
» Rope-Assisted Gammengiri
» Roundhouse Kick, also does to a kneeling opponent, occasionally feinted into a leg sweep
» Running Facewash to a seated opponent, occasionally preceded with a forearm flurry
» Running Apron Flying Knee
» Slingshot Hesitation Dropkick
» Snap Headbutt; desperate measures and occasionally draws blood
» Spinning Back Kick into the midsection
» Standing Tiger Driver, occasionally used to transition into a leg submission
» Suicide Dive
» Penalty Kick to the arm of handspringing opponents
» Pele Kick to the arm
» Rope-Hung Triangle Armbar
» Running Dropkick to srm
» Shoulder breaker
» Shoulder-first Takedown
» Stomp to pointed elbow, occasionally on the apron
» Torbellino
» Tornado arm DDT
» Diving Dropkick to the leg
» Dragon Screw Leg Whip, to both legs with rope assistance
» Figure Four around the Turnbuckle Post
» Grounded Dragon Screw
» Hangman Dragon Screw Leg Whip
» Inner Thigh Kick, occasionally followed by a knee to the jaw
» Kick Apron Leg Sweep
» Leaping Thrust Kick to the back of the knee
» Low Dropkick
» Package Knee Breaker, occasionally on the apron
» Rolling Leg Snap
SIGNATURE MOVES
» Catch Point Kill [Gutwrench Powerbomb.]
» Atonement [High Kick.]
» Miseria Cantare [Brutality Kick.]
» The Last Line of Defence [Gowan Lariat.]
FINISHING MOVES
» Kishin Hunter [Busaiku Knee Kick.]
» Shattered Crown [Emerald Flowsion Kai.]
» Black Death [Triangle Lancer, will lean back with the arm to snap it.]
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
» AXW Undisputed Championship.
» AXW Anonymous Assault Championship. Inaugural, final. Merged into the Undisputed Championship.
» J-ROK Visual Kei Championship.
» J-ROK Super Duos Championships. With Jason Long.
» XHF Tag Team Championships. With Jason Long.
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
» J-ROK King of Hokkaido Tournament Finalist. 2020
» J-ROK King of Hokkaido Tournament Winner. 2023.
» J-ROK Sakura Tag League Winner. 2020, with Jason Long.
