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|Birth Name|
» Akira Yamada (山田 明, Yamada Akira)

|Hails From|
» East Osaka City, Japan
» August 23rd (24)

|Fighting Style|
» Akira is a student of modern day puroresu through and through. He has spent almost every waking day from the moment he graduated secondary school practicing his craft in the AJW Dojo in Kyoto. In particular, Akira has fully embraced the Strong Style of striking from his mentors within the Dojo.

While he spent the first two years of his career, and still heavily leans on, using the extremely basic repertoire expected of a Young Lion, the subsequent year or so before his arrival in the United States saw Akira begin to build his own unique move-set. This mostly involved dropkicks and snap suplexes mixed in with the typically stiff knee and elbow strikes of the AJW. One might say Akira's excursion to AWE is an experiment in seeing how an American audience responds to a decidedly Japanese style of wrestling.

|Signature Moves|
» Missile Dropkick
» Pele Kick
» Snap German Suplex (Occasionally bridged)
» Boston Crab

|Finisher|
» Ivory Sunrise (Running Bicycle Knee Strike or a Springboard Tornado DDT who knows I'm open to suggestions, especially regarding names)
» Crimson Sunset (Corkscrew Moonsault, yet to be debuted)

|Theme|
» Perpetual Burn

|Gimmick|
» Thanks to a groundbreaking business agreement between the Association of Japanese Wrestling and the Chairman of AWE, one of Japan's most promising young talents has begun his traditional excursion in the one promotion nobody would've thought to see him.

Although he initially came into AWE with the typical over-eagerness expected of a Young Lion, it soon became very clear that Akira came from a different realm of sports entertainment. He came from a realm of legitimate athletes, rather than the caricatures put on display by the Quinn family. He quickly found such competitors beneath a man of his skills, despite, in some cases, being many years his senior. In short, Akira has turned on the organization that opened their doors to help him grow as a competitor, and now he seeks to conquer the AWE in order to prove the superiority of his own brand of wrestling, as a so-called athlete in exile.

He has subsequently dubbed himself the "Rising Sun of the Wrestling World" and abandoned the traditional black tights and wrestling boots of Japanese rookies for a set of gear that blatantly evokes the Rising Sun motif.

Whether or not the superstars within AWE will earn his respect is yet to be seen.

|Face or Heel|
» Heel

|Backstage Rep|
» Due to the relatively short amount of time he has been a member of AWE's locker room, Akira has not yet garnered much of a reputation. Most of the people he has personally worked with seem to deem him competent and willing to follow the directions he's given. If you were to ask the man himself, he'd simply say his apparent humility is bred from a deep love and passion for the business, and understanding that he has yet to fully pay his dues.

However, beneath the surface beats the heart of a man who wants nothing more than to ascend as high as he possibly can, whether that be in Japan or the United States. His home promotion wouldn't of made such a fuss of sending him to America if he was to spend his time there toiling in the lower midcard. Everyone from his promotion to his trainers have placed great trust in his talent and abilities, and he fully intends to live up to such praise, even if some of the cagier veterans in AWE are a bit side-eyed at his arrival.

|Other|
» Do let me know if I should alter the move-set to avoid too much "sameness" with any of the other characters.
» I'm more than open to switching him around a bit to be a completely fresh babyfaced import if needed/desired.
» FC: Kaito Kiyomiya (I think? Note that my Japanese isn't exactly good.)

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|Birth Name |
» Gustav Hedlund

|Hails From |
» “The Age of Chivalry” (Gothenburg, Sweden)
» November 4, 1990 (27)

|Fighting Style |
» A student of British catch as catch can wrestling, Alexander’s arsenal of moves focuses on grounding his opponent with submission and grappling holds while targeting their neck. This style stems from his mentor being a carnival grappler from the UK, who treated wrestling as a legitimate martial art. As such, there’s little flashiness but a lot of emphasis on the most basic moves such as headlocks and the collar&elbow tie-up.

Alexander performs more strikes such as knife and open palm chops against smaller wrestlers while preferring to outwrestle larger opponents to wear out their stamina. Lastly, he rarely incorporates any high flying moves, and even then he’ll only go as high as the second turnbuckle.

|Signature Moves |
» Catch and Release German Suplex
» Cravate Snapmare
» Alpinjaeger (Pop-up European uppercut)
» Sir Robinson Special (Sleeperhold overhead toss into headlock)

|Finisher |
» Blackpool Stretch (Regal Stretch)
» Knightfall (Spinning headlock lariat into backbreaker)

|Theme |
» Radetzky March (A good, public domain clap-along song)

|Gimmick |
» The classic gimmick of the smiling foreigner who finds America fascinating. Alexander also incorporates European phrases and gentleman conduct in order to endear himself to the audience. Inside the ring though, there’s little laughs to be had aside from clowning his opponent with his superior grappling skills and strongman displays. Small details he has incorporated into his act is holding the microphone between his middle and ring finger like a wine cup, bringing a dog on leash to ringside before handing them to an official, and wiping his feet on the apron before entering the ring.

As for his ring gear, Alexander enters wearing a blue robe embellished with the European Union star emblem on the back. Once he enters the ring, he reveals his Lions-Passants trunks and matching white boots, along with the distinct lack of kneepads.

|Face or Heel |
» Face

|Backstage Rep |
» While he tends to keep to himself backstage, Alexander is extremely enthusiastic when others seek out his help. Even now as a wrestler, he considers himself a fan first and foremost. As such, he looks forward to everyone’s matches and tries to keep up with all the programs going on in order to give necessary feedback when asked.

Aside from wrestling, Alexander is also a foodie and tries to sample whatever specialties are home to the city they’re in. Recently, he’s been asking the boys and girls in the locker room if they want him to bring anything back or even if they want to come along with him in the hopes of building better relationships outside the ring.

|Other |
» He’s actually afraid of dogs.
» FC: Erik Karlsson.

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|Birth Name |
» Andrew Noble

|Hails From |
» Bellevue, Washington
» April 1st, 1995 (23)

|Fighting Style |
» Max Mayhem is a major wildcard. He almost always has some kind of new move that he uses on his opponents or a different way of moving about the ring. Whether it’s a big brute who uses head on attacks like clotheslines and headbutts or someone who is in love with the top rope, with Mike Mayhem, you’ll never know. Always coming up with new ideas to impress the fans and keep them guessing.

|Signature Moves |
» Pele Kick
» Springboard Stunner
» Jumping DDT
|Finisher |
» “Max Lock”
» “Armageddon Upon You”
» Curb Stomp

|Theme |
» Maker of Mayhem

|Gimmick |
» He’s the one that thinks he’s the king of the world. Cocky, arrogant and sometimes rude, he always gets his fair share of cheering and booing by the crowd but that usually just fuels his fire. Mike Mayhem lives for action and if something is or seems too boring, he will decide to “spice things up”. He’ll start drama with anyone just because he can. He can also be deceptive, making it seem like he’ll do one thing only to do turn around and do the other just to get a reaction. He has a signature taunt in where he gives his opponent a thumbs up, usually before delivering a finishing move.

Max’s outfit starts of a pair of red boots that end just before his knees and have the words “Mayhem” on both sides of both boot in some sort of crazy font. He wears red knee pads along with the boots. Following along, he sports some trunks that, just like most of his outfit, is red. It has a black and white logo of the letter “M” on the front. Finally, he wears two compression arm sleeves that are again, red. They also have a white flame pattern. Occasionally varying in terms of colour but the design is always the same.

|Face or Heel |
» Face

|Backstage Rep |
» Quite new to AWE but that doesn’t mean he’s inexperienced. He used to wrestle for other smaller companies for about two years before being picked up by AWE. To anyone who knows Andrew knows he is pretty much the opposite of his in-ring character. He’s quite friendly and kind to almost anybody and likes trying to make new friends. He is somebody who doesn’t really like real conflicts and will always try his best to defuse and resolve the situation as best he can. He has been known to occasionally let his standing as “Mike Mayhem” get to his head and can sometime act cocky towards some low tier wrestlers. He can be a bit cheeky sometimes and continue playing as Max Mayhem even after the match is over and done, though it isn’t for long… most of the time.

|Other |
» FC: Chris Denker