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December 1994, the Global Wrestling Association is number one in the world for professional wrestling. The most popular weekly shows, a roster of household names, a range of titles, and an annual end of year pay-per-view, the Brawl of Fame.
This year marked the 9th annual Brawl of Fame, with the main event being a title match for the Global Wrestling Championship. The challenger was the star face of the GWA, the fan favorite Eddie Winters. The champion was the vicious monster of a man Titus Stonewall.
The match was initially brought to a close with Eddie's victorious clean pin following a fierce suplex combination. Eddie's celebration was short-lived however as the owner of the GWA Vincent Manson, flanked by a cadre of security guards, came marching in from backstage.
Vincent declared that the match was invalid, claiming he had evidence of Eddie attempting to buy off the referee before the match. The crowd was stunned by this declaration, and an infuriated Winters grabbed a mic and demanded this so-called evidence be shown. Vincent refused, calling it confidential and that his decision was final. He declared Eddie Winters was being released from his contract immediately and being removed from the arena. As the security guards surrounded and dragged Eddie away, he proclaimed he'd get back at Vincent for this, and the night ended with a smug Vincent Manson being booed and escorted away under a hail of trash and debris.
Following this, a mass exodus of talent left the GWA, either in solidarity with the slighted Eddie Winters, or out of fear they'd be ejected by surprise next.
January 1995, and its the first GWA broadcast since this incident is made. Vincent Manson announces every title has been vacated and reset, the roster filled with new, fresh talent, and a new era of the GWA begins with the first weekly show of the year, Monday Night Rumble.
Welcome to the GWA! A professional wrestling RP inspired by the often-claimed "peak" of American professional wrestling. If you're looking for high flying, powerbombing, suplex slamming action, this is your place.
I really hope I don't need to go down the usual "here's all the rules you see in every OOC" junk, just don't be a jerk, work with me and the others on issues, conflicts and such, and we'll be golden.
Big thing is I don't plan on running this like a traditional "Person A posts, Person B posts, Person C posts, Person A replies, etc." roleplay. I wanna present this like a proper professional wrestling promotion, with players and/or NPCs being booked in advance, title shots and storylines being set up behind the scenes, and everything like that. So while this will be a pretty collaboration post-heavy RP, I don't expect people to give every single post their all.
That being said, here's a template sheet. First half is for your real identity, second half is for your wrestling persona identity(feel free to denote anything staying the same between the two):
And that's that. Expect a discord link at some point for planning purposes.
This year marked the 9th annual Brawl of Fame, with the main event being a title match for the Global Wrestling Championship. The challenger was the star face of the GWA, the fan favorite Eddie Winters. The champion was the vicious monster of a man Titus Stonewall.
The match was initially brought to a close with Eddie's victorious clean pin following a fierce suplex combination. Eddie's celebration was short-lived however as the owner of the GWA Vincent Manson, flanked by a cadre of security guards, came marching in from backstage.
Vincent declared that the match was invalid, claiming he had evidence of Eddie attempting to buy off the referee before the match. The crowd was stunned by this declaration, and an infuriated Winters grabbed a mic and demanded this so-called evidence be shown. Vincent refused, calling it confidential and that his decision was final. He declared Eddie Winters was being released from his contract immediately and being removed from the arena. As the security guards surrounded and dragged Eddie away, he proclaimed he'd get back at Vincent for this, and the night ended with a smug Vincent Manson being booed and escorted away under a hail of trash and debris.
Following this, a mass exodus of talent left the GWA, either in solidarity with the slighted Eddie Winters, or out of fear they'd be ejected by surprise next.
January 1995, and its the first GWA broadcast since this incident is made. Vincent Manson announces every title has been vacated and reset, the roster filled with new, fresh talent, and a new era of the GWA begins with the first weekly show of the year, Monday Night Rumble.
Welcome to the GWA! A professional wrestling RP inspired by the often-claimed "peak" of American professional wrestling. If you're looking for high flying, powerbombing, suplex slamming action, this is your place.
I really hope I don't need to go down the usual "here's all the rules you see in every OOC" junk, just don't be a jerk, work with me and the others on issues, conflicts and such, and we'll be golden.
Big thing is I don't plan on running this like a traditional "Person A posts, Person B posts, Person C posts, Person A replies, etc." roleplay. I wanna present this like a proper professional wrestling promotion, with players and/or NPCs being booked in advance, title shots and storylines being set up behind the scenes, and everything like that. So while this will be a pretty collaboration post-heavy RP, I don't expect people to give every single post their all.
That being said, here's a template sheet. First half is for your real identity, second half is for your wrestling persona identity(feel free to denote anything staying the same between the two):
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age & DOB:[/b]
[b]Birthplace:[/b]
[b]Height:[/b]
[b]Weight:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]History:[/b][b]Name/Nickname/Title:[/b]
[b]Age & DOB(If Any):[/b]
[b]Birthplace(If Any):[/b]
[b]Height:[/b]
[b]Weight:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]History:[/b]And that's that. Expect a discord link at some point for planning purposes.
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Name: Emmett Moseley
Age & DOB: 27 (March 15th 1968)
Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee
Height: 5'10
Weight: 190 lbs
Personality: To most outside observers by 1995 the differences between the character Emmett played in the ring and how he carried himself in his private life were negligible to say the least; to borrow from the parlance of wrestling insiders, he was full on “living his gimmick” be that for better or for worse. Amongst the boys in the lockeroom he has a quite the reputation of being a notorious backstage politician and prima donna, he is constantly lobbying management to increase his standing at the cost of others; he thrives on drama and has mastered the art of using gossip and slander to his benefit. One can surmise that he has burned many bridges in his career. Despite being a braggard, he never intentionally brings up his lineage; in fact, he goes out of his way to never mention his estranged family. He prides himself using his charisma to elevate a match from just a series of moves to a story that captivates the audience; being innately aware of the natural ebbs and flows of a match, he knows how best to capture the crowd's interest. The only caveat to this is whenever something happens backstage that annoys or irritates him, it intrinsically reflects in his in-ring performance; he is not beyond intentionally sandbagging someone to make them look worse to the fans and management. If given the chance he undoubtably will find a way not to lose clean; if one were to look at his record, they would find that it is littered with a plethora of brawl to the back, double count-out, and DQ finishes. Emmett indulges in his vices and various luxuries with reckless abandon, he is currently living well beyond his means. To the few people that put up with his narcissistic behavior and hangout with him outside of the ring, there exists a sense that his inflated ego masks an emotionally vulnerable person; many are left pondering if they ever met the real Emmett Moseley or just another mask.
History: The youngest of five children Emmett Moseley was born into purple in terms of wrestling; his grandfather “Luxurious” Lionel Moseley was an accomplished grappler in the forties and fifties and his father Atticus Moseley found remarkable championship success in the heyday of the territories as one half of the infamous Death Dealers; Atticus eventually became a co-owner of the BBWL (Big Bend Wrestling League) the premier promotion in what once comprised the Memphis territory. Like many families immersed in wrestling culture, there existed an unwritten rule that any male offspring were to be trained to take part in the business, thusly comprising a circular system where the preceding generation would train the next thereby ensuring the squared circle always had a fresh crop of talent. Young Emmett, like his two older brothers , was never asked if he wanted to be a professional; wrestler his fate was sealed the moment he was born. Despite showing an aptitude in schooling, his academic endeavors were always second to his father’s ambitions. At a young age Emmett was frequently pulled from class by his father to help distribute fliers for BBWL events; in the lead-up to being trained as a professional wrestler Emmett was already immersed in that world through the odd jobs he did for his father around the promotion
By the time the late 1980’s rolled around and Emmett was making his in-ring debut in his father’s promotion at the age of eighteen, most of the traditional wrestling territories having been eclipsed by the rise of national promotions folded or were in the prolonged process of folding; BBWL was no exception to this and was relegated to a footnote in the bigger wrestling picture. BBWL’s talent pool was frequently raided by entities with larger pocketbooks leaving the promotion with the has-beens and never-weres, even Atticus’ older sons (Jubal and Marcus) were drawn by the allure of national exposure and left for the GWA where they wrestled as the New Death Dealers to middling success never rising out of the mid-card in their brief tenure with the company. It was clear that Atticus had his hopes riding on Emmett’s emerging prowess to reverse the company's downslide, but that was tantamount to a pipe-dream as the number of issues plaguing the promotion such as finical mismanagement could not be fixed inside the wrestling ring. Emmett wrestled under his own name for two years as the promotion’s top babyface (marking one of the few times he was not strictly a heel) and won their top belt numerous times before abruptly leaving the company never to return; the details of departure are not public knowledge and even the most avid of dirt sheet readers would only know that it stems from a backstage argument between Emmet and his father. As of 1995 BBWL still exists in some capacity, running sporadic events with subpar local talent in the backwaters of Tennessee and Kentucky.
Emmett spent a good part of the next few years traversing the wilderness per say, drifting between the remnants of territories and various indie promotions; it Is here that he began crafting what would later become the “Dorian Valentine” persona. Also, during this time, he began developing a reputation as a backstage troublemaker and politician. He would eventually be picked up by GWA’s main competition where he would begin to rise up the card. He would win some of the promotion's minor belts, but right as he was being primed for a world championship run a change in backstage management killed his momentum. The new management proved to be resilient to his tantrums and politicking, so Emmett resorted to his tried-and-true method of voicing his frustrations with booking in the ring. The culmination of these efforts lead to a farce of a pay-per-view match with the Māori Warrior Tamunga, where Emmet pulled every stop short of going into business for himself to sandbag the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Champion. The company, tired of his attitude problems, swiftly released Emmet from his contract. However, his unemployment was short lived as he somehow capitalized on the mass exodus caused by the Winters debacle to gain employment with the GWA. Winters
Age & DOB: 27 (March 15th 1968)
Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee
Height: 5'10
Weight: 190 lbs
Personality: To most outside observers by 1995 the differences between the character Emmett played in the ring and how he carried himself in his private life were negligible to say the least; to borrow from the parlance of wrestling insiders, he was full on “living his gimmick” be that for better or for worse. Amongst the boys in the lockeroom he has a quite the reputation of being a notorious backstage politician and prima donna, he is constantly lobbying management to increase his standing at the cost of others; he thrives on drama and has mastered the art of using gossip and slander to his benefit. One can surmise that he has burned many bridges in his career. Despite being a braggard, he never intentionally brings up his lineage; in fact, he goes out of his way to never mention his estranged family. He prides himself using his charisma to elevate a match from just a series of moves to a story that captivates the audience; being innately aware of the natural ebbs and flows of a match, he knows how best to capture the crowd's interest. The only caveat to this is whenever something happens backstage that annoys or irritates him, it intrinsically reflects in his in-ring performance; he is not beyond intentionally sandbagging someone to make them look worse to the fans and management. If given the chance he undoubtably will find a way not to lose clean; if one were to look at his record, they would find that it is littered with a plethora of brawl to the back, double count-out, and DQ finishes. Emmett indulges in his vices and various luxuries with reckless abandon, he is currently living well beyond his means. To the few people that put up with his narcissistic behavior and hangout with him outside of the ring, there exists a sense that his inflated ego masks an emotionally vulnerable person; many are left pondering if they ever met the real Emmett Moseley or just another mask.
History: The youngest of five children Emmett Moseley was born into purple in terms of wrestling; his grandfather “Luxurious” Lionel Moseley was an accomplished grappler in the forties and fifties and his father Atticus Moseley found remarkable championship success in the heyday of the territories as one half of the infamous Death Dealers; Atticus eventually became a co-owner of the BBWL (Big Bend Wrestling League) the premier promotion in what once comprised the Memphis territory. Like many families immersed in wrestling culture, there existed an unwritten rule that any male offspring were to be trained to take part in the business, thusly comprising a circular system where the preceding generation would train the next thereby ensuring the squared circle always had a fresh crop of talent. Young Emmett, like his two older brothers , was never asked if he wanted to be a professional; wrestler his fate was sealed the moment he was born. Despite showing an aptitude in schooling, his academic endeavors were always second to his father’s ambitions. At a young age Emmett was frequently pulled from class by his father to help distribute fliers for BBWL events; in the lead-up to being trained as a professional wrestler Emmett was already immersed in that world through the odd jobs he did for his father around the promotion
By the time the late 1980’s rolled around and Emmett was making his in-ring debut in his father’s promotion at the age of eighteen, most of the traditional wrestling territories having been eclipsed by the rise of national promotions folded or were in the prolonged process of folding; BBWL was no exception to this and was relegated to a footnote in the bigger wrestling picture. BBWL’s talent pool was frequently raided by entities with larger pocketbooks leaving the promotion with the has-beens and never-weres, even Atticus’ older sons (Jubal and Marcus) were drawn by the allure of national exposure and left for the GWA where they wrestled as the New Death Dealers to middling success never rising out of the mid-card in their brief tenure with the company. It was clear that Atticus had his hopes riding on Emmett’s emerging prowess to reverse the company's downslide, but that was tantamount to a pipe-dream as the number of issues plaguing the promotion such as finical mismanagement could not be fixed inside the wrestling ring. Emmett wrestled under his own name for two years as the promotion’s top babyface (marking one of the few times he was not strictly a heel) and won their top belt numerous times before abruptly leaving the company never to return; the details of departure are not public knowledge and even the most avid of dirt sheet readers would only know that it stems from a backstage argument between Emmet and his father. As of 1995 BBWL still exists in some capacity, running sporadic events with subpar local talent in the backwaters of Tennessee and Kentucky.
Emmett spent a good part of the next few years traversing the wilderness per say, drifting between the remnants of territories and various indie promotions; it Is here that he began crafting what would later become the “Dorian Valentine” persona. Also, during this time, he began developing a reputation as a backstage troublemaker and politician. He would eventually be picked up by GWA’s main competition where he would begin to rise up the card. He would win some of the promotion's minor belts, but right as he was being primed for a world championship run a change in backstage management killed his momentum. The new management proved to be resilient to his tantrums and politicking, so Emmett resorted to his tried-and-true method of voicing his frustrations with booking in the ring. The culmination of these efforts lead to a farce of a pay-per-view match with the Māori Warrior Tamunga, where Emmet pulled every stop short of going into business for himself to sandbag the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Champion. The company, tired of his attitude problems, swiftly released Emmet from his contract. However, his unemployment was short lived as he somehow capitalized on the mass exodus caused by the Winters debacle to gain employment with the GWA. Winters
Name/Nickname/Title: Dorian Valentine
Age & DOB(If Any): 27 (February 14th 1968)
Billed Birthplace(If Any): The Lap of Luxury
Billed Height: 6’1
Billed Weight: 225 lbs
Personality: The core of the Dorian Valentine persona is that of a wastrel aristocrat, one who slinks from city to city, leaving behind a string of spurned lovers and unpaid hotel bills; he primarily uses the illusion and trappings of wealth to manipulate those around him. A prime example of this can be seen on the January 11th 1993 episode of the now defunct BSCA’S (Bear State Championship Alliance) locally syndicated wrestling program originating out of Fayetteville, Arkansas; in the episode Cleavon ‘The Boulder’ Coltrane finds out that the supposed diamonds given to him by Dorian to ensure the giant’s interference in the Championship Bout at the preceding month’s “Season’s Beatings” event were nothing more that cheap costume jewelry made of glass. Dorian’s impeccable manners and etiquette only serve to mask an amoral heart; inside the squared circle he will resort to all manner of underhanded tactics to ensure his victory. Like the royalty of old he displays an air of pretentiousness and acts like he owns everything and everyone in any room he happens to walk into; it is clear he sees both his fellow competitors on the roster and those that comprise the audience to be beneath him. He exudes an aurora of unearned pride and pomposity, even if the situation does not warrant such a display. The character has a natural flamboyance and is prone to overexaggerated displays of emotion. His visage is usually plastered with a look of smug assurance or haughty boredom; the type of looks that are highly irritating to most people. The jeers of the plebians in the audience only encourages his sense of superiority; to him they hate him because their feeble minds cannot understand him. His in-ring move set is best described as the juxtaposition of high-flying offense and southern style technicality.
History:
Dorian Valentine passes himself off a descendant of minor royalty, but outside of his insinuations there is no proof that this is the case; in fact, when pressed Dorian often makes contradictory and confusing statements about what noble bloodline, he is supposedly a part of. He is nothing more than a conman exploiting the general public’s infatuation with the rich and powerful for his own benefit. In kayfabe it is clear that this charlatan pursued a career in professional wrestling primarily because of its transitory nature, as it is less of a risk to run confidence scams when one knows they will only be in a locale for a brief time. Dorian rarely breaks his posh façade but when something inevitably fails to go as well as he expects it to his short-temperedness surfaces; out of desperation he is prone to attempt to secure a victory by any means possible. Dorian has long since bought into his own hype and gets a rise out of the scorn of the masses, he believes they are jealous as he is everything they are not. He pursues Championship Gold mostly out of spite, but he is also under the impression that it is his destiny to be lauded for his innate greatness.
Manager:
Dorian is often accompanied to the ring by a burly character going under the name of ‘Gentleman’ Isaac Quinn. While Dorian with his perfectly styled golden locks can be considered the embodiment of beauty and grace inside the ring, Quinn is quite the opposite. A large man, he is best described as the quintessential Midwest shlub; his trademark slovenly look consists of wearing a Green Bay Packers coat over a faded hair-band t-shirt, a pair of blue jeans, socks, and sandals. Despite their differing personalities shared greed is what bonds these two mountebanks. While Quinn has a manger license, a fact that he announces on a nearly consistent basis, he uses his presence at ringside primarily to help Dorian cheat. On occasion he will join commentary on Dorian’s matches. Outside of Dorian, he manages a rotating clientele of wrestling school trainees who in kayfabe have signed ridiculous contracts with him that divert the lion's share of their earnings into his pockets; he promises to pay them primarily in exposure.
Age & DOB(If Any): 27 (February 14th 1968)
Billed Birthplace(If Any): The Lap of Luxury
Billed Height: 6’1
Billed Weight: 225 lbs
Personality: The core of the Dorian Valentine persona is that of a wastrel aristocrat, one who slinks from city to city, leaving behind a string of spurned lovers and unpaid hotel bills; he primarily uses the illusion and trappings of wealth to manipulate those around him. A prime example of this can be seen on the January 11th 1993 episode of the now defunct BSCA’S (Bear State Championship Alliance) locally syndicated wrestling program originating out of Fayetteville, Arkansas; in the episode Cleavon ‘The Boulder’ Coltrane finds out that the supposed diamonds given to him by Dorian to ensure the giant’s interference in the Championship Bout at the preceding month’s “Season’s Beatings” event were nothing more that cheap costume jewelry made of glass. Dorian’s impeccable manners and etiquette only serve to mask an amoral heart; inside the squared circle he will resort to all manner of underhanded tactics to ensure his victory. Like the royalty of old he displays an air of pretentiousness and acts like he owns everything and everyone in any room he happens to walk into; it is clear he sees both his fellow competitors on the roster and those that comprise the audience to be beneath him. He exudes an aurora of unearned pride and pomposity, even if the situation does not warrant such a display. The character has a natural flamboyance and is prone to overexaggerated displays of emotion. His visage is usually plastered with a look of smug assurance or haughty boredom; the type of looks that are highly irritating to most people. The jeers of the plebians in the audience only encourages his sense of superiority; to him they hate him because their feeble minds cannot understand him. His in-ring move set is best described as the juxtaposition of high-flying offense and southern style technicality.
History:
Dorian Valentine passes himself off a descendant of minor royalty, but outside of his insinuations there is no proof that this is the case; in fact, when pressed Dorian often makes contradictory and confusing statements about what noble bloodline, he is supposedly a part of. He is nothing more than a conman exploiting the general public’s infatuation with the rich and powerful for his own benefit. In kayfabe it is clear that this charlatan pursued a career in professional wrestling primarily because of its transitory nature, as it is less of a risk to run confidence scams when one knows they will only be in a locale for a brief time. Dorian rarely breaks his posh façade but when something inevitably fails to go as well as he expects it to his short-temperedness surfaces; out of desperation he is prone to attempt to secure a victory by any means possible. Dorian has long since bought into his own hype and gets a rise out of the scorn of the masses, he believes they are jealous as he is everything they are not. He pursues Championship Gold mostly out of spite, but he is also under the impression that it is his destiny to be lauded for his innate greatness.
Manager:
Dorian is often accompanied to the ring by a burly character going under the name of ‘Gentleman’ Isaac Quinn. While Dorian with his perfectly styled golden locks can be considered the embodiment of beauty and grace inside the ring, Quinn is quite the opposite. A large man, he is best described as the quintessential Midwest shlub; his trademark slovenly look consists of wearing a Green Bay Packers coat over a faded hair-band t-shirt, a pair of blue jeans, socks, and sandals. Despite their differing personalities shared greed is what bonds these two mountebanks. While Quinn has a manger license, a fact that he announces on a nearly consistent basis, he uses his presence at ringside primarily to help Dorian cheat. On occasion he will join commentary on Dorian’s matches. Outside of Dorian, he manages a rotating clientele of wrestling school trainees who in kayfabe have signed ridiculous contracts with him that divert the lion's share of their earnings into his pockets; he promises to pay them primarily in exposure.
Let me know what you think. Willing to rework things where needed.
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@MelodicElementI like it a lot. Every promotion needs the pompous rich boy heel, and bonus points for the bruiser bodyguard and a stable of jobbers. Feel free to throw his sheet over into the characters tab, and I'll add 'em to the roster.
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@ReedeThe23rd Appreciate it! The hype is building, can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with!
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