Post by Cross Recoba on Feb 23, 2020 17:49:56 GMT -5
VITAL STATISTICS
RING NAME: Cross Recoba
NICKNAMES: The Fox, The Hammer, The Man Worth a Thousand Bullets, The Box Office
HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6'1" / 230lbs
HOMETOWN: Las Vegas, Nevada
AGE: 25
ALIGNMENT: Reluctant Face
GIMMICK: Legitimate Businessman
PICBASE: Chad Michael Murray
APPEARANCE:
His hair often tousled into his face and framing his well-defined cheekbones and thus giving him an angelic look. His hair hides a small scar in his hairline from a beating as a teenager. His nose is unusually aquiline for an Italian-American, he has a semi-muscular build that was caused through his time spent playing high school football. Outside of the ring, he sports tailor-made suits from Saville Row and Italian fashion houses.
TWITTER: CrossRecoba
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Cicero, Illinois to first generation Sicillian immigrants. Cross' father disappeared when he was four. He was raised by his mother with a large (and resentful) hand from his oldest sibling, Turi. A promising football prospect, a high school knee injury put paid to any hopes of a scholarship.
He was sent to Las Vegas to join up with Alberto Costello, who had been friends with Cross’ family back to the times in Sicily. Having come to America in the fifties as a teenager he had established a wide reach of power that swept from California to Nevada, the once neutral state having been awarded to Costello in the late eighties after the whole mess with Gotti. At first he simply worked at the hotel and in the casino. He was fast-tracked from dealer to the floor manager within eight months and although this caused unrest upon his work colleagues he managed to always make money for Costello; at times underpaying himself in order to look better, and thus the promotion seemed legitimate. At the age of nineteen, he was making the kind of money a college graduate would make within in their first five years of working and life seemed good. It was at the juncture that Costello started to ask Cross to supervise ‘ancillary’ jobs, as he put it.
Now listed as VP of Operations and Communications at The Sands Hotel, he has combined his employment with stints wrestling in promotions around America. Those with a keen eye will recognize him appear frequently with high-profile visitors to the hotel. Rumors of what his title actually means have led several people to believe that all is not above board at the Las Vegas hotel.
His most recent place of note was 4CW where he was set to make a name for himself before its untimely closure. Previously a two-time Valor Pro Wrestling UnYielding Champion, as well as a former Chimera Tag-Team Champion with his partner, Dakota Jennings. He finds himself in Ascension Wrestling thanks to former tag-partner and Premiere Wrestling Alliance Tag Team Title Co-Holder, Chris Card.
QUOTES & CATCHPHRASES
- I'll Make you Famous
MOVESET, STYLE & ENTRANCE
FINISHERS:
- "UP ALL NIGHT IN DAKOTA" (Jumping Spinning Tombstone Piledriver)
- "GARIBALDI'S GUILLOTINE (Standing Boston Crab) [Set-Up: Piledriver lift, steps over arms and wrenches back on legs) - NOTE: CURRENTLY NO-ONE HAS BROKEN OUT OF IT
- "FALL OF VALACHI" (Top-Rope Tiger SUPLEX) - DESPERATION / BIG MATCH
SIGNATURES:
- "THE SICILLIAN TYPEWRITER" (Sit-Out Shirunai)
- "THE SKIM" (Osaka Street Stunner)
- "A MILLION LIRA DROPKICK"
- STATEN ISLAND DROP (Sit-Out DDT to the Apron)
OTHER MOVES:
- Legdrop Bulldog
- Knife-edge chop
- Snap Suplex
- Vertical Suplex
- Roundhouse Kick
- Spinning Back Kick
- Enziguri
- Elbow Smash
- Dropkick
- Facebuster
- Hangman's Neckbreaker
- Saito Suplex
- German Suplex
- Side-slam with elbow drop
- Shoulder Breaker > Jumping Reverse STO
- Ranhei
- Crucifix lift to neckbreaker
- Running Elbow Drop
- Stomps
- Kicks to grounded opponent
- Running Swinging Neckbreaker
- Running Kneelift (corner)
- Slingshot Elbow Drop
- Missile Dropkick
- Turnaround Springboard Dropkick
- Top Rope Elbow Drop
- Top Rope Reverse Hurrancanrana
WRESTLING STYLE:
American Indy / Japanese Junior
ENTRANCE THEME:
"TURN TO STONE" by JOE WALSH
ENTRANCE DESCRIPTION:
"Turn To Stone" by Joe Walsh fills the arena as the lights dim and a single spotlight illuminates the stage. Out from the curtain steps Cross Recoba, a titanium cane with a golden lion's head handle in one hand, touching the crucifix with the other. The HCW Diamond title is draped over his shoulder. The crowd responds with a chorus of cheers. Cross uses the handle of the cane to push his shag hair cut from his face, flicking his head back confidently as he smiles towards the audience. He holds up the cane that has caused so much trouble in the past to an even more rapturous response from the fans, and he begins down the ramp still holding it aloft.
Jessie Love: "Coming to the ring, standing at six foot one and one inch, and weighing in at 230 pounds, hailing from Las Vegas, Nevada.... and the self-proclaimed 'Box Office Smash of AWF'..... , 'THE FOX' CROSS RECOBBBAAA!!"
Recoba reaches ringside and holds the lions head handle of the cane up to his lips and kisses it for luck. He sets the cane to rest against the ring steps and then climbs them up onto the apron and, with a wipe of his feet, slips between the ropes. He pops up with both hands out at his side, walking forward as if putting his glory on display, and delivers an over-exaggerated bow that causes the fans to cheer even louder. Cross stands to his full height and smirks, stepping over to the far corner to await the beginning of the match.
CHAMPIONSHIPS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Valor Pro Wrestling UnYielding Champion x 2
Valor Pro Wrestling Chimera Tag-Team Champion x 1
Premiere Wrestling Alliance Tag-Team Champion x 2
HCW Diamond Champion (and only holder)
ALL ABOUT YOU!
YOUR NAME: Bailey
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