Ring Name: Terry "The Talk" Takowski, the Voice of the WWA
Gimmick: The World Wrestling Alliance's color commentator.
Alignment: Part of a two-man announce team, Takowski roots for the heels, acting as the foil for his loyal straight-man and play-by-play commentator, Seymour Clifton.
Age/Height/Weight/Hometown: Too Old/Too Short/Too Fat/Atlantic City, New Jersey
Entrance Theme: "Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap)" by AC/DC
Finisher and Signature Moves: n/a
In-Ring Style: n/a
Tale of the Tape: The self-proclaimed "Smartest Man Among Mongoloids," Terry "The Talk" Tatowski has only been in the World Wrestling Alliance for about three years, but in that time he's revolutionized the previously dull and dry commentary team. He and his do-gooder broadcast partner Seymour Clifton have declared themselves 'The Voices of the Wrestling Revolution,' often actively choosing sides in heated rivalries, and starting feuds with some of the stars on the roster-- most notably when "The Talk" was inducted as an honorary fifth member of the Fortunate Four by "Handsome" Jack Ransome, and when he had a box full of spiders dumped on his head by Dee Mentia on live TV.
Real Name: Sal "Sonny" D'Angelo, owner and booker of the World Wrestling Alliance.
Backstage Bio: Sal is the youngest of five brothers, the son of Dominic D'Angelo, a notorious mob boss from Jersey City. Already old to the point of near senility at Sal's birth, Dominic could rarely remember his youngest son's name, more often than not calling him 'Sonny,' a nickname which followed him well into adulthood. Neglected by his parents and abused by his brothers, Sonny was often a pushover growing up, secretly growing cruel and vindictive but always too afraid to challenge his bigger and scarier siblings, and instead taking out his frustrations on his childhood friend Seymour.
Upon his father's death, the D'Angelo brothers began squabbling over the remains of his empire, and as blood began to spill, Sonny bowed out, wanting no part in the violence and seeing a chance to go legitimate. Throughout the 70s, Sonny and Seymour had helped his brothers run boxing rackets, fixing fights and taking advantage of the bets. This experience in organizing staged fights, coupled with his creative energy he had always had to tamp down in the past, paid off in dividends about three years ago, when a friend of an acquaintance got Sal a job in a regional wrestling promotion. Within three years, Sonny had not only made himself a permanent fixture on the commentary table (and gotten his pal Seymour a job beside him), but through clever cut-throat tactics and the spending of his entire inheritance, bought the company itself.
With the popularity of televised wrestling on the rise, Sonny has had a vision to take his fledgling regional show onto a national stage....provided he can keep his nose clean and his past from catching up with him.
In-Ring Skills/Reputation: Sonny does not wrestle, but he's been told he sells like a fish on land.
Mic Skills/Reputation: Sonny is a natural on the mic, channeling his innate sleaziness into an insufferable but entertaining character to call the action on Monday Night Mayhem. While he makes it a point to root for the heels, he's careful not to bury his babyfaces-- since they are, after all, his money-makers-- and instead ruthlessly hounds the perennial nebbish Seymour.
Backstage Reputation: D'Angelo is the owner of the company and booker of the show, and while he's still relatively new to the wrestling business, he's the man who makes the final decision on every match on every show. Over the past year, he's carefully cultivated a small inner circle of workers to keep tabs on the rest of the locker room and make sure his orders are being carried out, and intimidate those who aren't loyal. While the WWA is profitable and quickly growing, Sonny can't seem to hold onto his money, most of it either paying off old debts or going up his nose. He's rumored to be having an affair with the female heel Dee Mentia, though both of them (as well as Dee's husband) deny it.
Motivation: Sonny wants the WWA to be a hit, and of course he wants the money and recognition that will come from that. More than anything, though, Sonny wants to have fame and fortune from something that didn't come from being a D'Angelo, to be the one son who can say they made their money the honest way-- which is the only way he can ever consider himself to be better than his older, richer, and more dangerous brothers.
Hindrance: Sal's got vision, but he doesn't have wisdom. He's too impulsive, too vindictive, and too addicted to destructive vices to ever really be free from his upbringing in the underworld.
