[OOC] Breaking Kayfabe 2.0 The Reboot

[Tyler Night]

Kayfabe A literary device used in professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of staged events within the industry as "real" or "true", specifically the portrayal of competition, rivalries, and relationships between participants as being genuine and not of a staged or predetermined nature of any kind. Kayfabe has also evolved to become a code word of sorts for maintaining this "reality" within the direct or indirect presence of the general public. Suspension of disbelief, a ruse, a deception, fake.

All words and terms used in professional wrestling. Ask any wrestler if wrestling is real and there will be 3 answers you will get, almost always the answer will be yes. Others will say no but neither are most movies. Final answer will be it is as real as you make it or want it to be.

Out of all the answers, you will get 100% fake or real, the toll it takes on your body is real. For 21 years, Poetic Death has been traveling the road, amassing a following in the independent scene like few others ever have. For 12 years he has run his own wrestling company and school, teaching to an untold amount of students that have made their own fame or followed in his footsteps and remained loyal.

4 years before the present day Poetic Death closed his wrestling school down and retired from pro wrestling, for those 4 years he dedicated his life to building cars and bikes but as is the way with wrestling retirement more often than not, it is only a break. Getting the itch again Death set out to remake his name in the ring.

Everybody can have up to 2 characters in the rp. I would prefer to have around 6 to 8 characters in the rp. Yes we will have a bi-weekly wrestling show, Wins and losses will be based on 2 factors, your promo for the show and believability of your character to win.

Character Sheet

Name:
Age:
Sex:
Wrestling Name:
Wrestling Moniker:
Wrestling Location:
Wrestling Theme:
Wrestling Moveset(5-20 moves):
Wrestling Signature(1-5 moves):
Wrestling Finisher(1-3):
Wrestling Entrance(Make it substantial, this is going in the shows.)
Wrestling Appearance:
Wrestling Bio:
Additional Info:

If you feel like this rp is your kind of rp send an application, it is going to be fun.

[Amaranthine]

That seems fun. I'll have a character up by tomorrow or the end of the week or something like that. For now there's only the entrance.

[Tyler Night]

@AmaranthineAwesome

[Tate]

A few questions

1. For the designation of wrestling VS signature, is signature iconic or flashy, or is it like John cena’s moves of doom where he just does then every match? Like if my character is a heel would the eye rake fall under signature or normal wrestling moves

2. Can I create a leader of what would be a stable? And then have my second guy apart of it and open it up to others, I wanna make a Kevin Sullivan esq. type heel.

3. What style of wrestling or era are you looking to capture, like 80’s 90’s or more like today’s spot fest style

[RogueFox]

Omen

Name: Asher David
Age: 24
Sex: Male
Wrestling Name: Omen
Wrestling Moniker: The Disaster
Wrestling Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Wrestling Theme:

Wrestling Moveset(5-20 moves):
1. DDT
2. Facebuster
3. Suplex
4. Dropkick
5. Superman punch
6. Elbow drop
7. Frog Splash
8. Doublehand slap
9. Big Boot
Wrestling Signature(1-5 moves):
1. The Beginning - A running dropkick using the ropes.
2. The End - Omen holds his Opponent above his head before throwing them onto the ground.
3. Devastation - A grab, followed by a series of head to head headbutts.
Wrestling Finisher(1-3):
1. Apocalypse - Omen sets up into a power bomb, but as he begins to throw his opponent, he locks them into a pile driver.
2. Armageddon - A clothesline with the forearm and elbow rather than an out-stretched arm.
Wrestling Entrance: Mr. Highway's Thinking about the End begins to play. When the drums come in, fire pillars burst from the ramp. "WAKE UP!" Omen comes walking out. He stands at the ramp as fire bursts again, raising his arms with it to look like he created it. He walks steadily toward the ring, stopping every 10 steps to throw his arms apart and scream. He slides into the ring, stands in the middle, and when the theme song says "DISRESPECT YOUR SURROUNDINGS" (which now comes after the second "Will we ever get what we deserve) He flexes and throws his arms up again, flames burst out of the ring.
Wrestling Appearance: Intimidating is the word most use to describe Omen. He is 6 feet, 6 inches tall, and weighs 235 lbs. He is muscular and imposing. He has long black hair and a thick beard. He wears black and red wrestling boots and Black wrestling shorts.
Wrestling Bio: Asher was in wrestling since Junior High, and practiced pro wrestling with friends on a trampoline, as many children do. He began officially training to go pro when he was 17. He has made a name for himself on a small network, and is now going to the big leagues. He holds the reputation of being a destroyer, commanded by some ominous outside force. He does battle against faces, claiming that they are in the way of The Plan.
Additional Info:

[Tyler Night]

@Tate Signature would be like the 5 moves of doom. They are the moves your character would be known for to potentially setup for a finisher or use as an alternative to a finisher if it wouldn't work on a large person.

Yes you can create a stable or faction and make a second character to join it.

It will be a modern era so there is potential for spot fests but mostly it is gonna be classic style.

[Tate]

@Tyler Night

Would you put it on like the NWA Power spectrum of like old school with New school matches?

[Tyler Night]

Yeah. @Tate

[Tate]

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The Dungeon Master

Name: Mike Brick
Age: 38
Sex: Male
Wrestling Name: The Dungeon Master
Wrestling Moniker: N-A
Wrestling Location: A Higher Plane of Existence
Wrestling Theme: https://youtu.be/xnKhsTXoKCI
Wrestling Moveset(5-20 moves):
1. Knife Chop
2. Standing Headbutt
3. Snap Suplex
4. Eye Rake
5. Forehead bite
6. Power bomb
7. Surfboard stretch
8. Dragon suplex
9. Belly to Belly Suplex
10. Belly to Back suplex
11. Michinoku Driver
12. Super kick
13. Test of strength into snap suplex
Wrestling Signature(1-5 moves):
1. Sneak attack: on a whip to turn buckle, guy rushes in, and he lands a knee to the groin
2. The poison mist
3. Master’s Combo- starts with opponent in corner, flying knee into monkey flip, followed by a leg drop.
Wrestling Finisher(1-3):
Natty Twenty- a top rope Kiniku Buster

Wrestling Entrance(Make it substantial, this is going in the shows.)- his entrance starts with the members of his stable walking out, forming a phalanx and then parting as the words start. He steps out of smoke rising fo the ground. He barks some inaudible commands in pure gibberish, as if speaking another language. His “minions” approach the ring with him in toe, they check under the ring and around to make sure his path is clear before he steps into the ring as it calls “Master-Master,” he then insults some fans calling them names, before spitting on the side of the ring. He does some other heel poses like, and sits in the corner on the top buckle with his “minions standing menacingly in front of him. If he is wrestling the match he then slides out of the ring and huddles with his team. If he is not wrestling he stays there whispering battle plans into who ever is’s ear.

Wrestling Appearance: stands at 6’0 with a bit of a gut. He only where plain black trunks, with black boots knee pad and shoulder pads. In his entrance he also has a cape that is red with orange fire decals from the bottom up. He has short blonde hair.

Wrestling Bio: Mr. Brick has been many names over the years and has gotten them over to varied degrees. Better on the mic then in the ring, he has to worked and written for several promotions. His soecialties have always been multi-man matches whether that be tag team or 1v1v X. He has had the same finisher forever, and has renamed it with each new character he plays. He often hold a singles belt but rarely defends it as he often allows his “minions” to do his dirty work, swooping in at the last second for the pin.
Additional Info: other gimmicks, “the official”- a red themed one where he threw matches for other heels. “Bayou Bandit”- a southern themed stable leader. “The Don”- a mobster themed boss. “The original Mr.Brick,”- his first gimmick when he was just an undercard jobber

Any notes @Tyler Night

[Tyler Night]

@RogueFoxGo ahead and add it to the character tab.

[Tyler Night]

Still need 3 or 4 more @Tate Go ahead and add it to the character tab.

[Amaranthine]

Happiness is only a dive away

Name: Wolfgang Miller
Age: 32
Sex: Male
Wrestling Name: Hannibal Grinn
Wrestling Moniker: "The Cannonball"
Wrestling Location: Daytona Beach
Wrestling Theme: The Prelude - plays until 0:27, then
this kicks in (at the timestamp the link plays)
Wrestling Moveset(5-20 moves):
Normal Offense:
• Ushigoroshi
• German Suplex
• Right Kick into left Roundhouse Kick combo
• Spinebuster
• Running Knee
• Enziguri (sometimes the Step-Up variant)
• Cross Body from the Middle Rope

Top Rope Offense:
• Frankensteiner
• Flying Headbutt
• Cross-Body
• Elbow Drop
• Leg Drop
• Frog Splash
• 450 Splash

Wrestling Signature(1-5 moves):
• Left Punch -> Right Punch -> Dropkick combo
• 3 consecutive Cannonballs into the Corner
• Coast to Coast Dropkick

Wrestling Finisher(1-3): The Dive (Shooting Star Press with a very high jump and slow rotation)

Wrestling Entrance: The Prelude starts playing, and all lights in the Arena turn to a blinding white. On the Titantron, a big smiling face appears in front of a white background, like it had been ripped from a snowman. (Similarly, it is made of black holes on the white) It slowly fades into a more blue-ish color shortly before the "real" theme, Sink to the Bottom or Swim for the Shore, starts playing, and Hannibal steps out on the entranceway, looking like the happiest man alive. He blows kisses, bows and waves to the cheering and celebrating crowd, like he was dancing to the most cheerful song he had ever heard. With a big smile on his face he enters the ring, walks across to the opposite corner, climbs up the top rope and jumps off it into the ring, as though he would do a Shooting Star Press, but landing on his feet like he'd been standing there the whole time. Music off - smile on.

Wrestling Appearance: Hannibal is relatively well-built, as is the standard for a wrestler, and stands tall at an impressive 6'8''. His blonde, long hair waves and curls onto his back, partially covering a smiley face made from bullet holes tattooed onto it. He only wears blue swimming trunks with pink stripes on each side, featuring many cheerful motives, smiles and thumbs-up depictions. He weighs 280 pounds.

Wrestling Bio: Coming from an MMA background, Wolfgang has been a staple in the Wrestling Industry for the past 10 years. Initially moving over because of the creativity and opportunity for more light-hearted gimmicks posed such a strong contrast to the very one-dimensional nature of "real" fights, he invented himself anew over and over again, though one thing never changed: His status as a face, longing to make the crowd roar and laugh in excitement, putting heels in their place and prevailing over the most terrifying odds.
Additional Info: He laughs and smiles a lot, sometimes to a point where it comes off as psychotic or crazy. Whenever he gets hit by a move, he is overjoyed, the more punishment he takes, the more momentum he gains. This is also why he uses so many risky top-rope-diving moves - it just fuels his masochistic side even more to come crashing down on the canvas. To this point, it's not quite certain if there isn't a twist to his persona of pure positivity.

@Tyler Night - It seems I'm done.

[Tyler Night]

@AmaranthineYou're good to go, post it in the character tab

[Tyler Night]

Need 1 or 2 more and we can get started

[BangoSkank]

Editing this to form in the next few minutes. Going to eat so it's not done yet but I'm stopping for a bit.

Danger, Danger Fontaine

Name: Donald Fostaine
Age: 37
Sex: Male
Wrestling Name: Danger, Danger Fontaine
Wrestling Moniker: Masked and Mustachioed Macho...Guy
Wrestling Location: Huntington Beach
Wrestling Theme: "Where Is Your God Now" Rok Nardin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zu_3IAR5Ms
Wrestling Moveset(5-20 moves): Arrogant Clothesline, Spinebuster, German Suplex, Belly to Belly, Running Dropkick to Knee, Running Knee to Downed Opponent, Monkey Flip, Baseball Slide, Snapping Scoop Slam, Oklahoma Slam

Wrestling Signature(1-5 moves): Tilt-a-Whirl Backbreaker, Epileptic Elbow Drop (Great Muta Running Elbow Drop), Above Average Moonsault, Full Nelson Release Suplex, Posing Strikes Combination, Stalling Suplex w/ Theatrics

Wrestling Finisher(1-3): The Money Shot (Top Rope Elbow Drop w/ Theatrics), Running Shining Wizard, Sit Out 3 Rep Military Press Slam

Wrestling Entrance: Song starts at 0:13 as fog fills the arean, at 0:30 Danger, Danger Fontaine starts walking through the fog at 0:35 he runs to the ring, cape billowing magnificently behind him, where he passes back and forth to each of the ring corners cutting dramatic turns at each ring corner so his cape billow behind him dramatically.

Wrestling Appearance:
Towering over his opponents, in a very manly manner, Danger, Danger Fontaine is 6'4" and 246 pounds of raw hard taut muscle slathered in copious baby oil. His build is best described as mercilessly powerful and massively sexual. His perfectly manicured mustache poking out of his black and white mask, which has been custom made to allow for this. He wears one pattern or another of military camouflage shorts and Gold's Gym Muscle shirts. He also wears bog standard wrestling boots and fingerless weightlifting gloves. All of this is set off beautifully by the bright red cape he wears for his entrance.

Wrestling Bio:
Additional Info: When the match calls for it Danger, Danger Fontaine brings his own weapons to the ring these weapons are: a wooden folding table, a Chinese folding metal chair, a kendo stick, a stop sign, a baseball bat, and a single live and very confused lobster.
For special occasions he will dress up as a superhero, every year he allows his fans to vote for what superhero he should be this year, and every year he overrides their suggestions because obviously Batman is best.

[BangoSkank]

For anyone interested in joining but without enough knowledge of moves to feel comfortable joining...

primusdatabase.com/index.php?title=Wr…

Bear in mind each of those images is a GIF so you can see the move performed

[Tyler Night]

@BangoSkankGo ahead and add it to the Character tab

[Tyler Night]

We can start if we are unable to get anymore characters into the story.

[Tyler Night]

Okay, we can start. @BangoSkank@Amaranthine@Tate@RogueFox

[Amaranthine]

we ded?