Adrien Cochrane [Fired Up Application]
Aug 17, 2020 14:38:27 GMT -5
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VITAL STATISTICS
RING NAME: Adrien Cochrane
NICKNAMES: The Dropkick King, the Original Guardian
HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6'0"/190lbs
HOMETOWN: New Orleans, LA
AGE: 33 (10/5/1986)
ALIGNMENT: Babyface
GIMMICK: Character's personality is mostly that of the handler's. 15 year veteran, musician, mentor of Adam Sanders. He's an old school babyface that loves the thrill of competition, trying to battle like a warrior in the ring with honor and respect.
PICBASE: Jason Wade from the band Lifehouse
APPEARANCE:
In Ring: He wears black, silver, and blue pants-length ring tights and a black sleeveless shirt with #BELIEVE written on it in blue letters, and black boots. He has a black leather jacket that he wears for his entrance.
Out of the ring: Mostly jeans and either a plaid button-down shirt or just a band tee. He might wear the leather jacket from his entrance if weather is cool enough. He sometimes wears either a trilby hat or a baseball cap outside the ring as well. A necklace that he sometimes wears has the key to his pre-Katrina home
TWITTER: @thedropkickking
BIOGRAPHY
Adrien Cochrane got his start as a member of a stable in a Gulf Coast regional company called All-Star Wrestling Association, part of the World Wrestling Alliance (WfWA in OOC) and being trained by former World Wrestling Alliance World Champion "Nightbringer" Ryan Corey as one of his first students at Camp Nightfall. After a few shows, Adrien became the leader of the stable called Live Wire, being a main part of their tag division. After awhile, Adrien began to outgrow the team with Dean Hobkirk and got a few singles opportunities, eventually becoming a two-time finalist in the World Wrestling Alliance Summer Games Tournament with a new gimmick and moniker, the Original Prankster. It was until after he was dismissed by new AWA owner Edward Nair and sent to another WWA region up in New York, Hudson River Wrestling, that Adrien was able to finally capture his first championship, the HRW Manhattan Island Title. He attempted to get back into the alliance-wide tag division once more as he teamed up with Colby Blaine, with her uncle and OLW legend Ripper Longshanks managing the both of them, but the team never quite got there.
Once the WWA folded, it was awhile before Adrien reemerged, and it was with Premium Championship Wrestling, matured from his time away and refocused as the Dropkick King. Adrien Cochrane quickly dispatched many then and future PCW Hall of Famers such as Draven Logan Kennedy, Liam Reilly, then-champion Michael Morrison, Sickboy and Yoshiru Long from the Elite, Jerry Matthews, and Heather Monroe to have runs with their PCW Platinum Championship and later, his first World Title after defeating Heather Monroe in Madison Square Garden. He had one successful defense with the title at the following pay per view in Heather Monroe's final match before retirement.
Adrien left PCW for True Honor Wrestling. Though his time at THW was brief before it closed, he did capture the THW International Title on the final show from a future rival in EXODUS Pro Lexie Bonds. THW was merged to EXODUS Pro where Adrien reunited with fellow former WWA wrestlers Jimmy Riley and Justin Brooks. His association to those two landed him in the middle of the war between the EXODUS Seikigun, a group of high-profile wrestlers who was standing by injured general manager Jonathan Collins, who was injured by the hands of the other faction, a group called LEGION, who sought to destroy EXODUS Pro. Adrien quickly befriended EXODUS Pro World Champion Fiona Rourke, EXODUS Pro International Champion Heather Halliwell, Riley, Brooks, and a few others to eventually defeat LEGION, the highlight of which was Adrien being the last man standing in an eight-man tag match and able to overcome the numbers to win the match as the lone survivor.
Once LEGION was dispatched, ex-AWA owner Edward Nair shows up and starts his reign of terror, part two, trying to take over the company and dividing the roster again. This results in a betrayal by Heather Halliwell against the former Seikigun members, getting the World Title from Fiona Rourke. Once Adrien was given the opportunity to get Heather one-on-one and was able to finally capture his second World Title despite interference from everyone Nair could throw into the match.
After his run as champion, Adrien was in and out of the EXODUS Pro picture after a couple of disappointing showings before coming back on the final show in a battle royal, where he would go on to meet his future proteges, Kenzie Rydell and Adam Sanders. Cochrane ends up wrestling briefly at Rydell’s other employer, Inferno Wrestling. Inferno closed quickly, unfortunately, with Adrien’s only title shot coming from a champion who didn’t even show up for the match on the last pay per view. Once Inferno owner, Chris Night, opened up a new company called #FSociety, one of the first signings he wanted to make was Adrien. Cochrane impressed enough that when Tyson Gregory was crowned champion on the first show after winning against Adrien who was wrestling back to back matches in the match, Adrien was given the first crack at Tyson Gregory for the belt. After being a bit underestimated by the champion, the Dropkick King captured his third heavyweight championship. While Gregory didn’t waste any time getting the championship back from Cochrane, Adrien ended his #FSociety run without another loss, capping off his run on the final #FSociety show by ending the undefeated streak of #FSociety Anarchy Champion Allyson Morrow. On the final show of Karnage-Pro Championship Wrestling, just a couple of days prior to the final #FSociety show, Adrien and his then-girlfriend, Stacy Sterling, captured their tag team championships, marking the first time Cochrane had won a tag belt.
Cochrane toyed with free agency, eventually landing in Redemption Wrestling, who later changed their name to New Generation Wrestling, beginning a feud immediately with Matthew Shields. As Shields began building his army called the Destroyers, Cochrane did as well, recruiting Jazmyn Rain, Alechs Aurelio, and Honey to take them on as the Guardians, with later additions of Jessica Sears and Joshua Goldstein to replace the members who departed the company. The heights of the feud include the debut of the Guardians after Adrien defeated Shields in a cage match, Cochrane being the last man standing in an elimination four-team stable war match with championship opportunities on the line, and the final showdown between the groups. It had some low moments with Sears being viciously assaulted, and a couple of failed attempts at the Tag Team Titles. But Adrien’s NGW run was capped off by capturing the NGW Championship at the biggest PPV for the company, WrestleForce, in a Last Man Standing match against his friend Johnny Maverick. He was able to defend it one time against Jaime Alejandro before the company sadly closed its doors.
He's still early in his HYBRID Unleashed career, joining the company in September 2018 after NGW closed its doors. The Guardians reformed with Sears, Goldstein, and fellow new signee and Adrien protege Kenzie Rydell. He even married the older half-sister of fellow Guardian, Jessica Sears, Everalda Sears, on February 14th, 2019. As a member of HYBRID, Adrien won the Guerreros of Lucha annual multi-company tournament, the Super Falcon Cup at the end of 2018, facing Seattle Pro representative Billy Danielson in the finals in a series of three matches.
One of his most memorable non-title battles under the HYBRID banner was a brutal Hell in a Cell match between Adrien and his former friend and ally turned enemy Chris Marks, with Adrien's career on the line. After somehow not giving up after being powerbombed through the roof of the cell, Cochrane was able to land a dropkick to send Marks flying off the top and into the announce table before finishing the match with an Adrien Cutter. The momentum from this victory led Adrien to winning the Duality Championship (the tag titles of the company) and later beating Kayla Richards for the HYBRID Evolution Championship, a title he still has as of this writing.
QUOTES & CATCHPHRASES
- #Believe
- "I believe I can win any match at any time against any opponent. I might not win every match, but I know that there is no match that is impossible for me to win."
MOVESET, STYLE & ENTRANCE
FINISHERS:
- "The Adrien Cutter" (Diamond Cutter ala Diamond Dallas Page)
- "Crescent City Connection" (springboard meteora with pin)
SIGNATURES:
- "Flight One Eight Two" (Swanton Bomb)
- "Lullaby Ballad" (Headscissors takedown to triangle chokehold)
- "Lightning Strike" (super kick, a move he passed on to Adam Sanders)
SETUP MOVES:
- "Aceinator" (Whisper in the Wind, used to set up the Crescent City Connection a lot)
OTHER MOVES:
- Dropkicks and every variation of. Think Okada quality. He is the Dropkick King, after all
- Bulldog
- DDTs and all variations, will rarely use Adam's Motor City Circuit
- Hurricanrana and variations, such as the Frankensteiner
- Spinning heel kick
- Suplexes, including germans, snap, and fisherman's
- Jaw breaker
- Crossbody
- Moonsault
- Armbars
WRESTLING STYLE:
High-flying, speed striker, decent with technical skills
ENTRANCE THEME:
"Last One Standing" by Simple Plan
ENTRANCE DESCRIPTION:
The lights turn off for a moment. The dueling guitar riffs from Simple Plan guitarists Sébastien Lefebvre and Jeff Stinco from their song “Last One Standing” as the screen reads “#Believe” in a light blue font. With a solitary spotlight on the top of the ramp, Adrien Cochrane appears the moment Pierre Bouvier’s vocals begin to echo throughout the venue.
“How many times are you gonna try to shut me out?
I told you once, told you twice, I ain't going to turn back around
You can say whatever, try to mess with me
I don't care, I'm not scared
You don't have to say you're sorry, save your sympathy
With a friend like you, I don't need an enemy
I would give you time if you were worth it
But guess what, you're not worth it”
Jessie Love: From New Orleans, Louisiana, weighing in at one hundred ninety pounds, he is "The Dropkick King" and the HYBRID Evolution Champion ...ADRIEN COCHRANE!!
Cochrane looks at the fans from the ramp for a moment, giving a smile as he makes his way down the ramp and to the ring, where he normally is hitting as many high fives and fist bumps as he can on his way to his destination. As Adrien leaps over the ropes to enter the squared circle and removes his black leather jacket to expose his #Believe shirt, he leans on the ropes with his fist in the air to the sound of the chorus.
“Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, I'm always going to be the last one standing
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, because I'm never going to give up trying
And now I'm ready to go, I'm here, I'm waiting for you
And I'm going be the last one standing”
CHAMPIONSHIPS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
NGW World Heavyweight Champion (final)
#FSociety World Heavyweight Champion
EXODUS Pro World Heavyweight Champion
PCW World Heavyweight Champion
2018 GoL Super Falcon Cup Winner
HYBRID Unleashed Duality Champion (as the Guardians, shared with Jessica Matthews, Joshua Goldstein, and Bethany Kenyon)
HYBRID Unleashed Evolution Champion (current)
PCW Platinum Champion
THW International Champion (final)
KCW Karnage Kup Tag Team Champion (w/ Stacy Sterling) (final)
HRW Manhattan Island Champion
Fan Favorite/Babyface of the Year (PCW 2012, #FSociety 2016, NGW 2017)
PCW Hall of Fame (inducted in 2019)
ALL ABOUT YOU!
YOUR NAME: Adrien
HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT US? I work here already
