Steamboat Ricky
WZCW's Living Legend
username: Straight_Edge_Mystic
Real Name: Dylan Ford
Wrestlers Name: Apotheosis
Wrestlers Nickname: n/a
Height: 6’4”
Weight: 260
Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana
Billed From: Boston, Massachusetts
Appearance: Apotheosis is rather serious looking, as if he is ready for a war or a journey. Despite being young, he looks older and weary as his travels have aged him. He is slightly pale with shoulder length, messy dark brown hair with some blonde streaks. He has a scar going down the right side of his face (think John Locke from LOST). He has a few tattoos, mostly religious and mythological in nature. Overall, he looks like a journeyman who knows his way around life, truth, and the ways of the world.
-----------Hair color/length: Shoulder length, messy, dark brown with some blonde streaks.
-----------Eye color: Green
-----------Facial Hair: Thin beard.
-----------Ring Attire: Apotheosis wears black, gray, and red wrestling tights with different religious symbols running down the sides i.e. crosses, Celtic knots, welsh dragons, ankhs, etc. He has black and gray boots. He wears black elbowpads, gray wristbands, and a black glove on his right hand. He comes to the ring wearing a Vietnamese silk jacket that is red and black with a dragon on the front and back.
-----------Backstage Attire: Blue jeans, Vietnamese jacket, and a black leather duster.
-----------Physical Features: A scar on the right side of his face (similar to John Locke from LOST). Slightly pale, not the most built person, but is in a healthy and fit shape.
-----------Tattoos: Five as of now, a Celtic cross on right shoulder, an ankh on left wrist, a Cerberus on his back, a meditating Buddha on his right forearm, and the word VERITAS, Latin for truth, encircling his heart.
Gimmick: A journeyman on the constant search for truth throughout the world. Has undergone significant apotheosis, or change throughout his life. Has now decided to come to WZCW to proclaim a message of change and truth for anyone who would listen and follow. He is a man of great discipline due to several spiritual experiences in life and now practices meditation, fasting, and deep prayer. Despite his spiritual nature and want for change and truth, he enjoys inflicting pain upon others. He does have a reason for this, if others will not their need for truth or change in their lives on their own accord, he figures the best way to make them see is to beat it into them very painfully.
Strength/Weakness:
Strengths:
1. Great mic skills due to an extensive vocabulary.
2. Technical and ground expertise.
3. High tolerance of pain due to his studies of pain and how it works.
Weaknesses:
1. Can be reclusive at times.
2. Can be very impatient.
3. Sometimes gets too emotionally involved with people.
Alignment: A heel because the majority of people are not receptive to his message
Trained By: William Regal, The Hart Family, and ROH Wrestling School
Sample Pic of Wrestler:
Brief History: Born and raised in Indianapolis, IN. Left home at the age of 17 to travel the world and search for truth and change and how to bring it about. After three years of his search, he came back to the states and decided to become a pro wrestler and explore the mythology, truth, change, and pain housed within it. Has now been in the business for three years on the indie scene, but is ready to step up to the big leagues.
Title History: None
Entrance Music: “Riders on the Storm” by The Doors
Entrance description: Music starts playing and Apotheosis comes out looking down at the floor, seemingly depressed, but he is actually focused and thinking over the truths and changes he has discovered and his upcoming match. In his hand, he carries Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero with a Thousand Faces.” This will change when he finishes it. He slides into the ring, takes off his jacket, plops down in the corner, and opens and starts reading the book waiting for his opponent.
Finishers:
1. The Hero’s Journey (Vertebreaker)
2. The Call to Adventure (Anaconda Vice)
15 Most used moves:
Gargoyle Suplex
Hangman’s Neckbreaker
Double-Underhook Backbreaker
Snap DDT
Half Nelson Bulldog
Sitout Jawbreaker
Russian Leg Sweep
Drop Toe Hold
Diving Knee Drop Bulldog (Calf Branding)
Spinning Heel Kick
Flying Clothesline
Stinger Splash
Northern Lights Suplex
Side Effect
Rolling Fireman’s Carry Slam
Sample RP: Paul Heyman: Ladies and gentlemen, I am standing here with someone that just may change how the world views the business of professional wrestling. To everyone else, he may look like some bum off the streets, but I assure that he is not. Let me introduce the world to the newest acquisition of WZCW, Apotheosis. Apotheosis, would you be so kind as to inform us of who you are and why you are here in WZCW?
Apotheosis: It would be my pleasure Paul. As Paul has stated, I am called Apotheosis. Not many of you are familiar with the term, so I shall enlighten you. Joseph Campbell, a great mythologist came up with something called the Hero’s Journey. Every person has been on this journey, whether they are only now receiving the call to adventure, have entered the belly of the beast, or perhaps slain the villain and are returning to bestow their boon on the townspeople. On this journey, the hero undergoes apotheosis, change, a transformation. They are no longer who they were when they first left, they are something new. As the Christian Bible states, “The old has gone, the new has come.” That is who I am, I am change, I am transformation, I am Apotheosis. Why am I here? That’s a strange question, why? Why do we anything, Paul? I believe that everything happens for a purpose, predestination if you will. And so I am here for a purpose. My purpose is to proclaim the truths of life and to be a harbinger of change. I have traveled and studied the world from the tribes of South America to Hindus in India and to Muslims in Iraq. The one thing that I constantly experience is how so many religions and mythologies are so similar and so intertwined. I see that everything in the world is truth. And so I have to share those truths with the WZCW stars and its fans. I must caution the WZCW stars, though, if you do not willingly think about the truths and changes I present to you, I WILL HURT YOU! For you shall know truth and truth shall transform you or else.
Real Name: Dylan Ford
Wrestlers Name: Apotheosis
Wrestlers Nickname: n/a
Height: 6’4”
Weight: 260
Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana
Billed From: Boston, Massachusetts
Appearance: Apotheosis is rather serious looking, as if he is ready for a war or a journey. Despite being young, he looks older and weary as his travels have aged him. He is slightly pale with shoulder length, messy dark brown hair with some blonde streaks. He has a scar going down the right side of his face (think John Locke from LOST). He has a few tattoos, mostly religious and mythological in nature. Overall, he looks like a journeyman who knows his way around life, truth, and the ways of the world.
-----------Hair color/length: Shoulder length, messy, dark brown with some blonde streaks.
-----------Eye color: Green
-----------Facial Hair: Thin beard.
-----------Ring Attire: Apotheosis wears black, gray, and red wrestling tights with different religious symbols running down the sides i.e. crosses, Celtic knots, welsh dragons, ankhs, etc. He has black and gray boots. He wears black elbowpads, gray wristbands, and a black glove on his right hand. He comes to the ring wearing a Vietnamese silk jacket that is red and black with a dragon on the front and back.
-----------Backstage Attire: Blue jeans, Vietnamese jacket, and a black leather duster.
-----------Physical Features: A scar on the right side of his face (similar to John Locke from LOST). Slightly pale, not the most built person, but is in a healthy and fit shape.
-----------Tattoos: Five as of now, a Celtic cross on right shoulder, an ankh on left wrist, a Cerberus on his back, a meditating Buddha on his right forearm, and the word VERITAS, Latin for truth, encircling his heart.
Gimmick: A journeyman on the constant search for truth throughout the world. Has undergone significant apotheosis, or change throughout his life. Has now decided to come to WZCW to proclaim a message of change and truth for anyone who would listen and follow. He is a man of great discipline due to several spiritual experiences in life and now practices meditation, fasting, and deep prayer. Despite his spiritual nature and want for change and truth, he enjoys inflicting pain upon others. He does have a reason for this, if others will not their need for truth or change in their lives on their own accord, he figures the best way to make them see is to beat it into them very painfully.
Strength/Weakness:
Strengths:
1. Great mic skills due to an extensive vocabulary.
2. Technical and ground expertise.
3. High tolerance of pain due to his studies of pain and how it works.
Weaknesses:
1. Can be reclusive at times.
2. Can be very impatient.
3. Sometimes gets too emotionally involved with people.
Alignment: A heel because the majority of people are not receptive to his message
Trained By: William Regal, The Hart Family, and ROH Wrestling School
Sample Pic of Wrestler:
Brief History: Born and raised in Indianapolis, IN. Left home at the age of 17 to travel the world and search for truth and change and how to bring it about. After three years of his search, he came back to the states and decided to become a pro wrestler and explore the mythology, truth, change, and pain housed within it. Has now been in the business for three years on the indie scene, but is ready to step up to the big leagues.
Title History: None
Entrance Music: “Riders on the Storm” by The Doors
Entrance description: Music starts playing and Apotheosis comes out looking down at the floor, seemingly depressed, but he is actually focused and thinking over the truths and changes he has discovered and his upcoming match. In his hand, he carries Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero with a Thousand Faces.” This will change when he finishes it. He slides into the ring, takes off his jacket, plops down in the corner, and opens and starts reading the book waiting for his opponent.
Finishers:
1. The Hero’s Journey (Vertebreaker)
2. The Call to Adventure (Anaconda Vice)
15 Most used moves:
Gargoyle Suplex
Hangman’s Neckbreaker
Double-Underhook Backbreaker
Snap DDT
Half Nelson Bulldog
Sitout Jawbreaker
Russian Leg Sweep
Drop Toe Hold
Diving Knee Drop Bulldog (Calf Branding)
Spinning Heel Kick
Flying Clothesline
Stinger Splash
Northern Lights Suplex
Side Effect
Rolling Fireman’s Carry Slam
Sample RP: Paul Heyman: Ladies and gentlemen, I am standing here with someone that just may change how the world views the business of professional wrestling. To everyone else, he may look like some bum off the streets, but I assure that he is not. Let me introduce the world to the newest acquisition of WZCW, Apotheosis. Apotheosis, would you be so kind as to inform us of who you are and why you are here in WZCW?
Apotheosis: It would be my pleasure Paul. As Paul has stated, I am called Apotheosis. Not many of you are familiar with the term, so I shall enlighten you. Joseph Campbell, a great mythologist came up with something called the Hero’s Journey. Every person has been on this journey, whether they are only now receiving the call to adventure, have entered the belly of the beast, or perhaps slain the villain and are returning to bestow their boon on the townspeople. On this journey, the hero undergoes apotheosis, change, a transformation. They are no longer who they were when they first left, they are something new. As the Christian Bible states, “The old has gone, the new has come.” That is who I am, I am change, I am transformation, I am Apotheosis. Why am I here? That’s a strange question, why? Why do we anything, Paul? I believe that everything happens for a purpose, predestination if you will. And so I am here for a purpose. My purpose is to proclaim the truths of life and to be a harbinger of change. I have traveled and studied the world from the tribes of South America to Hindus in India and to Muslims in Iraq. The one thing that I constantly experience is how so many religions and mythologies are so similar and so intertwined. I see that everything in the world is truth. And so I have to share those truths with the WZCW stars and its fans. I must caution the WZCW stars, though, if you do not willingly think about the truths and changes I present to you, I WILL HURT YOU! For you shall know truth and truth shall transform you or else.
