Post by Cross Recoba on Jul 20, 2021 13:00:11 GMT -5
Personal Information
Name: Bailey
Best contact : Discord/PM
Wrestler Information
Name: Cross Recoba
Height: 6'1
Weight: 230 lbs
Hometown: Cicero, IL
Resides: Las Vegas, NV
Birthdate: 22nd July 1994
Pic Base : Chad Michael Murray
Wrestler's Ring Attire: Crucifix necklace, Black tights with an ornate crucifix down the side. Comes to the ring with a cane with a golden lionshead on it.
Wrestler's Backstage Attire: Mostly tailor-made suits, either Italian or from Savile Row.
History:
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.
Made it to 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 found himself in Ascension Wrestling thanks to former tag-partner and Premiere Wrestling Alliance Tag Team Title Co-Holder, Chris Card. Suffering only four losses in his year-plus with the company, his defining feud occurred with the implosion of High Finance where he put on classic after classic with Card.
Alignment: Face
Psychological Make-up:
Cross feels like he operates above the law, what he can’t buy gets to meet his ‘minder’. His mind has been trained to look at the world as a series of negotiations and he approaches each fight as if it were an acquisition. Despite not being brought up like the only child he has appropriated an egocentric view of the world in which he may serve as part of an organisation but the ultimate means and end of an operation are worked out around how to best serve his own needs
He has a tendency to display extreme narcissistic tendencies outside the ring, teased by his peers for his subconscious habit of looking in every reflective surface this has lead some to believe it is pure vanity on his part. This is only a half-truth. Whilst a certain vanity exists it also has stemmed through the curiosity raised by others for being a fair headed Sicillian American. Called ‘Hagen’ by elder kids at school, as well as accusations of being adopted, he has developed a certain distrust to his own looks. Looking more ‘Americanised’ than his siblings and other relatives it has shut as many doors as it has opened them.
Cross is the youngest of the three children but the only one to have followed in his father’s footsteps, this has lead to a ceasefire relationship with his elder brother and made him over-protective of his sister. However it has also made him assume the role of ‘leader’ over the other two and this sometimes means that his mind is not totally focused on the task at hand.
Entrance Theme: Turn to Stone - Joe Walsh
Wrestler's Entrance:
"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 begins down the ramp still holding it aloft.
Frank Salazar: Coming to the ring, standing at six feet and one inch, and weighing in at 230 pounds, hailing from Las Vegas, Nevada.... and the self-proclaimed 'Box Office Smash of SWAT'..... , '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.
List up to three strengths your character possesses:
1. Methodical
2. Agile
3. Mind games
List up to three weaknesses:
(For every strength, you must have at least one weakness.)
1. Jack of all trades, master of none
2. Knee at less than 100%
3. Hairline trigger temper
Wrestling Style:
Grade your wrestlers on each of the following wrestling attributes using 0 to 5 , with 5 being the highest per attribute, you can place points as you wish, but it can’t total above 30. The total will increase as you go and gain levels with our SWAT Points.
Daredevil -
Lucha Libre/High Flying - 3
Technical - 4
Submission - 3
Power - 3
Martial Arts - 0
Cheating - 4
Brawling - 3
Escapability - 3
Stamina -3
Ring Awareness -Team Work - 4
Moves
15-20 Moves Your Wrestler Uses:
1. Legdrop Bulldog
2. Ranhei
3. Snap Suplex
4. Knife-edge chop
5. Enziguri
6. Slingshot elbow drop
7. Dropkick
8. Facebuster
9. Hangman's Neckbreaker
10. Saito Suplex
11. German Suplex
12. Sideslam with elbow drop
13. Shoulder Breaker > Jumping Reverse STO
14. Missile Dropkick
15. Crucifix lift to neckbreaker
16. Running Elbow Drop
17. Running Knee Lift (corner)
18. Turnaround Springboard Dropkick
19. Top rope elbow drop
20. Top rope reverse hurrancanrana
Signature Moves
1. "THE SICILLIAN TYPEWRITER" (Sit-Out Shirunai)
2. "THE SKIM" (Osaka Street Stunner)
3. "A MILLION LIRA DROPKICK"
4. STATEN ISLAND DROP (Sit-Out DDT to the Apron)
Primary Finisher's Name: Up All Night in Dakota
Primary Finisher's Description: Jumping Spinning Tombstone Piledriver)
Other Finishers:
Garibaldi's Guillotine - (Standing Boston Crab) [Set-Up: Piledriver lift, steps over arms and wrenches back on legs)
Fall of Valachi - (Top-Rope Tiger SUPLEX) - DESPERATION / BIG MATCH
Name: Bailey
Best contact : Discord/PM
Wrestler Information
Name: Cross Recoba
Height: 6'1
Weight: 230 lbs
Hometown: Cicero, IL
Resides: Las Vegas, NV
Birthdate: 22nd July 1994
Pic Base : Chad Michael Murray
Wrestler's Ring Attire: Crucifix necklace, Black tights with an ornate crucifix down the side. Comes to the ring with a cane with a golden lionshead on it.
Wrestler's Backstage Attire: Mostly tailor-made suits, either Italian or from Savile Row.
History:
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.
Made it to 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 found himself in Ascension Wrestling thanks to former tag-partner and Premiere Wrestling Alliance Tag Team Title Co-Holder, Chris Card. Suffering only four losses in his year-plus with the company, his defining feud occurred with the implosion of High Finance where he put on classic after classic with Card.
Alignment: Face
Psychological Make-up:
Cross feels like he operates above the law, what he can’t buy gets to meet his ‘minder’. His mind has been trained to look at the world as a series of negotiations and he approaches each fight as if it were an acquisition. Despite not being brought up like the only child he has appropriated an egocentric view of the world in which he may serve as part of an organisation but the ultimate means and end of an operation are worked out around how to best serve his own needs
He has a tendency to display extreme narcissistic tendencies outside the ring, teased by his peers for his subconscious habit of looking in every reflective surface this has lead some to believe it is pure vanity on his part. This is only a half-truth. Whilst a certain vanity exists it also has stemmed through the curiosity raised by others for being a fair headed Sicillian American. Called ‘Hagen’ by elder kids at school, as well as accusations of being adopted, he has developed a certain distrust to his own looks. Looking more ‘Americanised’ than his siblings and other relatives it has shut as many doors as it has opened them.
Cross is the youngest of the three children but the only one to have followed in his father’s footsteps, this has lead to a ceasefire relationship with his elder brother and made him over-protective of his sister. However it has also made him assume the role of ‘leader’ over the other two and this sometimes means that his mind is not totally focused on the task at hand.
Entrance Theme: Turn to Stone - Joe Walsh
Wrestler's Entrance:
"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 begins down the ramp still holding it aloft.
Frank Salazar: Coming to the ring, standing at six feet and one inch, and weighing in at 230 pounds, hailing from Las Vegas, Nevada.... and the self-proclaimed 'Box Office Smash of SWAT'..... , '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.
List up to three strengths your character possesses:
1. Methodical
2. Agile
3. Mind games
List up to three weaknesses:
(For every strength, you must have at least one weakness.)
1. Jack of all trades, master of none
2. Knee at less than 100%
3. Hairline trigger temper
Wrestling Style:
Grade your wrestlers on each of the following wrestling attributes using 0 to 5 , with 5 being the highest per attribute, you can place points as you wish, but it can’t total above 30. The total will increase as you go and gain levels with our SWAT Points.
Daredevil -
Lucha Libre/High Flying - 3
Technical - 4
Submission - 3
Power - 3
Martial Arts - 0
Cheating - 4
Brawling - 3
Escapability - 3
Stamina -3
Ring Awareness -Team Work - 4
Moves
15-20 Moves Your Wrestler Uses:
1. Legdrop Bulldog
2. Ranhei
3. Snap Suplex
4. Knife-edge chop
5. Enziguri
6. Slingshot elbow drop
7. Dropkick
8. Facebuster
9. Hangman's Neckbreaker
10. Saito Suplex
11. German Suplex
12. Sideslam with elbow drop
13. Shoulder Breaker > Jumping Reverse STO
14. Missile Dropkick
15. Crucifix lift to neckbreaker
16. Running Elbow Drop
17. Running Knee Lift (corner)
18. Turnaround Springboard Dropkick
19. Top rope elbow drop
20. Top rope reverse hurrancanrana
Signature Moves
1. "THE SICILLIAN TYPEWRITER" (Sit-Out Shirunai)
2. "THE SKIM" (Osaka Street Stunner)
3. "A MILLION LIRA DROPKICK"
4. STATEN ISLAND DROP (Sit-Out DDT to the Apron)
Primary Finisher's Name: Up All Night in Dakota
Primary Finisher's Description: Jumping Spinning Tombstone Piledriver)
Other Finishers:
Garibaldi's Guillotine - (Standing Boston Crab) [Set-Up: Piledriver lift, steps over arms and wrenches back on legs)
Fall of Valachi - (Top-Rope Tiger SUPLEX) - DESPERATION / BIG MATCH
