Post by Ace King on Sept 13, 2016 23:33:10 GMT -6
OFFICIAL FRIDAY NIGHT RAMPAGE CONTRACT
ACE KING
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Birth Name: Eric Carr
Wrestling Name: Ace King
Nicknames: The Gambler, The Vegas Volcano, The Kingpin
Picture Base: Davey Richards
Date of Birth: March 30, 1982 (40 years old)
Height: 6'3”
Weight: 229 pounds
Place of Birth: Reno, Nevada
Billed From (if different from POB): Las Vegas, Nevada
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Disposition / Alignment: Neutral Good
Fighting Style: Strong Style, with a well-rounded Technical base
In-Ring Strengths: In-ring psychology (comes from his experience); efficient with his offensive arsenal; boundless competitive spirit in the ring.
In-Ring Flaws: Quick temper can get the best of him from time to time; timing isn't the best on high-risk maneuvers as he gets older. Another weakness is self-confidence; he knows he has the technical capabilities to match up, but he doesn't always believe in himself.
Ring Attire: Full-length black tights with a burning house of cards on either leg, standard boots and a black leather vest.
Backstage Attire: Thin leather jacket with one of his EWCShop t-shirts underneath, dark jeans and black canvas sneakers.
THEME SONG & ENTRANCE
Theme Music: 'Ace of Spades' – Motorhead
SHORT ENTRANCE:
"Ace of Spades" rips through (insert arena here), and the crowd cheers as pyro goes off in time with the opening drum beats. Ace King then calmly steps out onto the stage, his eyes narrowed and focused on the ring.
Announcer: Making his way to the ring, FROM Las Vegas, Nevada, weighing in at 229 pounds... He is [IF CHAMPION - the (insert championship here)...] THE GAMBLER... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINGGGGGG!!!
Ace rolls his head around the back of his neck for a few seconds before focusing back in on the ring, then makes his way down the ramp, interacting with a few fans along the way. He stops a few steps short of the ring, then dives in under the bottom rope as red pyro explodes from each turnbuckle. Ace pauses on his knees in the middle of the ring for a moment before getting to his feet, his attention locked in on (the entrance ramp/his opponent).
MAIN EVENT / PPV ENTRANCE
"THE ACE OF SPADES! THE ACE OF SPADES!!!"
The signature Motorhead anthem rips through (insert arena here), and the crowd starts cheering. As the drums kick in, pyro goes off up and down the ramp. Once the guitars hit, a plume of fire goes up on either side of the ramp as Ace King rises to the stage from a platform, looking out at the crowd and nodding in appreciation.
Announcer: Making his way to the ring, FROM Las Vegas, Nevada, weighing in at 229 pounds... He is [IF CHAMPION - the (insert championship here)...] THE GAMBLER... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINGGGGGG!!!
A thin smile crosses Ace's face as his weathered eyes look out at the crowd, pausing for a few more seconds on the platform before casually making his way down the ramp toward the ring, his arms outstretched for fans on either side of the barricade. He stops a few steps short of the ring, then dives in under the bottom rope as red (or gold, if he's a champion in a title match) pyro explodes off each turnbuckle. Ace spins up to one knee, then takes another appreciative look out at the crowd before getting back to his feet and turning his attention to (the entrance ramp/his opponent), his game face firmly on.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Tendency to Cheat (Delete ALL that do NOT apply):
- [x] Rarely
- [x] Never
Motivation to Compete (Delete ALL that do NOT apply):
- [x] Passion; they love wrestling and don't care about winning or losing, just fighting.
- [x] Glory; they are obsessed with winning and will stop at nothing to avoid defeat.
- [x] Going for Gold; all they care about are title belts and winning them. They want to be the best.
- [x] Renaissance; out to prove he can still keep up with the next generation despite his longevity.
- [x] Legacy; in his mind, he still has unfinished business in terms of cementing his place in EWC history.
Favorite Match Types: Anything with a cage, as well as anything to test his mettle (Iron Man, Submission, etc.)
Least Favorite Match Types: Anything overly gimmicked (Object on a Pole, Four Corners, etc.)
[OPTIONAL] Favorite Weapon: Steel chair or kendo stick
WRESTLING INFORMATION
Pro Debut: 2005
..
Signature Moves: Minimum of two (2), maximum of five (5)
1. Four of a Kind
Four rolling Vertical Suplexes (For Match Writers: The crowd will count along with each one.)
2. Big Slick
Spinal Wipe into an STO - In big/personal matches, this is done into a turnbuckle
3. Full House
Roundhouse Kick
4. Eye in the Sky
Airplane Spin into a Running Death Valley Driver
5. 7-7-7
Victory Star Drop - Only in desperate situations
..
Finishing Moves: Maximum three (3) and one (1) optional Super Finisher (SF)
1. Blackjack Bomb
Torture Rack into a Psycho Driver
2. House of Cards
Standing Inverted Cloverleaf, occasionally with a Sitout variation for extra pain
3. Wild Card
Panama Sunrise / Diving Front Flip Piledriver
SF. Windfall
Springboard Knee Strike to back of head
..
Common Moves Minimum Five (5) | Max Twenty (20)
1. Dropkick (Standard, Missile, Hesitation)
2. DDT (Tornado, Cliffhanger, Devil Lock, Asai)
3. Stretches (Abdominal, Bow and Arrow)
4. Slingblade
5. Single-leg Boston Crab (usually set up by avoiding an oncoming kick and chop-blocking the opponent down)
6. Suplex (Tiger '03, German, Vertical, Slingshot, Japanese Ocean Cyclone)
7. Powerbomb (Argentine, Sitout Gutwrench, and Blue Thunder; Blue Thunder can come from Full Nelson transition)
8. Neckbreaker (Argentine, Corkscrew, Overdrive, and Somersault)
9. Shoot kicks (Can be used to target limbs to set up other moves)
10. European Uppercut (Includes Cesaro's Diving European Uppercut from top turnbuckle)
11. Cloverleaf (Texas and Hammerlock)
12. Clothesline
13. Armbar (Crucifix, Flying Cross, Fujiwara)
14. Moonsault (Springboard, Corkscrew, Double Jump, Triple Jump (in matches where weapons are OK, as the first jump is off a chair), Spanish Fly)
MINI BIOGRAPHY
{BEFORE EWC - CLICK TO EXPAND}
Growing up under the bright lights of Las Vegas, Eric Carr wanted to do something that would surely make him the greatest entertainer to ever come out of “The Entertainment Capital Of The World”. While living in Las Vegas, he saw countless headlining bands come in and out of the city, and thought he might one day want to make a living in the music industry in some capacity. However, his family thought otherwise, as they wanted young Carr to become a doctor... Or do something that made him a lot of money. Because he was in such strong disagreement with the rationale of his family, constantly escalating into physical and verbal altercations, Carr fell into a deep depression.
Eventually, Carr found himself immersed in the world of gambling, as he always loved the concept of taking a chance. After a short time, he found that he was quite good at it despite being so young. He was well on his way to earning a World Series Of Poker bracelet, when he decided to leave the table for a moment to use the bathroom. In his travels, he heard loud cheering coming from a different area of the casino. Curious, he followed the sound of the cheering, and what he found was an independent wrestling event taking place. It was at this point that Carr decided he wanted to become a professional wrestler, much to the dismay of his family.
After training in Mexico with Jose Lothario for two and a half years, Ace King, who had narrowly avoided the ring name Buck Norris due to a resemblance to a certain famous actor, made his pro wrestling debut within the walls of Combat Zone Wrestling in 2008 as one of its original competitors. Over the next eight years, Ace built a legacy very few could touch, all while remaining loyal to CZW despite having countless opportunities to go elsewhere as his fellow competitors dispersed.
Fast-forward to 2016, and CZW appeared to be on its death knell for the last time. Ace had returned to help defend CZW against a group hellbent on returning the promotion to its hardcore roots, while King and co. sought a more hybrid style where wrestling wasn't overshadowed by weapons. The matter was resolved as Ace took down his greatest rival, 'Bad Ass' Matt Covey, to capture an unprecedented third CZW World Heavyweight Championship in a Last Man Breathing Match.
Growing up under the bright lights of Las Vegas, Eric Carr wanted to do something that would surely make him the greatest entertainer to ever come out of “The Entertainment Capital Of The World”. While living in Las Vegas, he saw countless headlining bands come in and out of the city, and thought he might one day want to make a living in the music industry in some capacity. However, his family thought otherwise, as they wanted young Carr to become a doctor... Or do something that made him a lot of money. Because he was in such strong disagreement with the rationale of his family, constantly escalating into physical and verbal altercations, Carr fell into a deep depression.
Eventually, Carr found himself immersed in the world of gambling, as he always loved the concept of taking a chance. After a short time, he found that he was quite good at it despite being so young. He was well on his way to earning a World Series Of Poker bracelet, when he decided to leave the table for a moment to use the bathroom. In his travels, he heard loud cheering coming from a different area of the casino. Curious, he followed the sound of the cheering, and what he found was an independent wrestling event taking place. It was at this point that Carr decided he wanted to become a professional wrestler, much to the dismay of his family.
After training in Mexico with Jose Lothario for two and a half years, Ace King, who had narrowly avoided the ring name Buck Norris due to a resemblance to a certain famous actor, made his pro wrestling debut within the walls of Combat Zone Wrestling in 2008 as one of its original competitors. Over the next eight years, Ace built a legacy very few could touch, all while remaining loyal to CZW despite having countless opportunities to go elsewhere as his fellow competitors dispersed.
Fast-forward to 2016, and CZW appeared to be on its death knell for the last time. Ace had returned to help defend CZW against a group hellbent on returning the promotion to its hardcore roots, while King and co. sought a more hybrid style where wrestling wasn't overshadowed by weapons. The matter was resolved as Ace took down his greatest rival, 'Bad Ass' Matt Covey, to capture an unprecedented third CZW World Heavyweight Championship in a Last Man Breathing Match.
Once CZW closed, Ace realized he wasn't quite finished with being an active performer in the business, despite running a wrestling school called The King's Court back in Las Vegas (his other source of income). So, at age 34, he finally stepped onto the big stage himself, signing with EWC after the Scars and Stripes PPV in 2016.
Ace debuted with EWC a few months later, and he proved he could thrive as a wrestler in his own right instead of relying on his ultraviolent past, as his hard-nosed, yet entertaining style earned him a great deal of respect. His durability is nearly unparalleled within EWC, and he has earned some major accolades along the way.
However, for all his successes, the one thing that had eluded Ace's grasp was the Undisputed Championship, which Ace believed to be the one missing piece to truly cement himself in the upper echelon of EWC's all-time greats. In July 2019, he finally won the big one, defeating a game Dominic Sanders in a Ladder Match to secure the Undisputed Championship, becoming a double champion in the process.
The year didn't end the way he had hoped, however; not only did he lose the Undisputed Championship in the Insanity Cage at Night of Champions without a successful defence to his name, his record-setting reign with the United States Championship came to an end after 777 days, falling to Scorpio in a 2 out of 3 Falls match at WrestleFest that many argue stole the show for the four-day festival, validated by the three EWC Honors the match and feud picked up.
2020 proved to be a tumultuous year for Ace, with plenty of ups (marrying former EWC United States Champion Shelley Silver, becoming the X-Division Champion, becoming a Grand Slam Champion by winning the Tag Team Championships with Dominic Sanders) and downs (coming up short in the Night of Champions main event for the fourth straight year, battles with depression, being suspended for inappropriate comments), though it ended with Ace claiming his second X-Division Championship, reclaiming it from Killjoy Ito, who had defeated him for it at the EWC Rumble in South Africa.
By contrast, Ace's 2021 would go down as one of the best of any competitor in EWC's history, first winning the Legends of the Cage tournament in Japan to secure a shot at the Undisputed Championship against Stitches at StrangleMania, which he won despite having lost the X-Division Championship back to Killjoy Ito earlier in the night. From there, Ace would back up his talk in the ring, as his five Undisputed Championship defences were the second-most in the championship's history, with two of those retentions coming in multi-person encounters, most notably becoming the first person to retain the Undisputed Championship inside the Insanity Cage at Night of Champions. On top of that, Ace also rekindled his longstanding tag team with El Pablo in ending the Southern Express's record run with the Tag Team Championships at FNR UNCENSORED in Monaco en route to his third season of entering every show with a championship belt in his possession, having also completed the feat in 2018 and 2019. However, he ended 2021 with nothing, having lost both the Tag Team Championships and the Undisputed Championship at WrestleFest.
His efforts were rewarded handsomely at EWC Honors as he took home seven individual awards and eight awards in total, including finally earning the right to be called Superstar of the Year, further consolidated by taking the top spot in EWC's Top 100 Wrestlers of 2021 list.
In comparison to 2021, 2022 started considerably slower for Ace as he had trouble sustaining momentum early on in the build-up to his Undisputed Championship rematch with Killjoy Ito at StrangleMania contested inside Rage in the Cage with Monster's Ball rules. The match ended in a draw, which afforded Ace another future rematch at the top championship.
However, Ace's focus shifted to the 2nd annual Best of Rampage Tournament, with the winner receiving an Undisputed Championship opportunity at Uncensored in October. Despite winning the HBO Broadcast Championship from Phoenix Winterborn in the tournament opener, he would eventually lose in the semifinal to the previously eliminated Moxie, dropping his championship in the process. Due to an earlier decree from General Manager Grizzly Duggan, Ace was then to slot into the Undisputed Championship match also featuring a pair of longtime rivals, Melody Malone and Killjoy Ito, at Scars and Stripes; however, he was initially concussed during PRIME's World Wide supershow, then later attacked by PRIME's Jack Severn to knock him out of not only the title match, but also the RAMPAGE vs. PRIME Invasion Series show.
Ace's road to recovery led him to Parabellum in Thailand, where he fell to Melody Malone as he was unable to cash in on his long-awaited rematch clause. From there, 'The Gambler' stumbled through the rest of 2022 with a seventh-place finish in the EWC Rumble, then dropping a main event match for the United States Championship against Lavender, who had won the BORT and successfully cashed in her opportunity at Uncensored. The decision was influenced by interference from Moxie, which led to a Triple Threat Fans Bring the Weapons Match at Wrestlefest XX, where just over three years to the day of seeing his record reign end at the same event, 'The Gambler' found his way through to become the United States Champion once again.
However, that reign didn't reach 77 days, much less 777, as Lavender defeated him in a Steel Cage on the Season 24 premiere of Friday Night Rampage, sending Ace down a path where he lost himself, as well as lost in the semi-finals of the Legend of the Ring tournament to Queen Melody Malone. Following StrangleMania, Ace took his first extended hiatus from EWC before finally resurfacing at the EWC Rumble, where he was the runner-up to Xavier Reid.
NOTES / ACHIEVEMENTS
Any Championships, tournaments, winning streaks, or notable achievements in the EWC go here.
• EWC Undisputed Champion (2 times)
• EWC United States Champion (2 times)
• Longest reign of any Champion in EWC history (United States Champion - 777 days [Oct. 30, 2017 - Dec. 15, 2019])
• EWC Tag Team Champion (2 times; first reign: Diamond Dogs w/Dominic Sanders; second reign: Rushin' Roulette w/El Pablo)
• EWC X-Division Champion (2 times)
• EWC Television Champion (1 time)
• HBO Broadcast Champion (1 time)
• EWC Grand Slam Champion
• EWC Night of Champions Insanity Cage Winner, 2021
• EWC Legends of the Cage Winner, 2021
• EWC Super 16 Tag Team Tournament Winner (w/El Pablo), 2021
• MNB #555 Tag Team Tournament Winner (w/Dominic Sanders), 2020
• EWC Rumble in the Bronx Winner, 2017
• 19 successful cumulative title defenses (10 United States, 5 Undisputed, 2 X-Division, 2 HBO Broadcast)
• 3-time EWC double Champion (2019: Undisputed and US; 2020: X-Division and Tag Team; 2021: Undisputed and Tag Team)
• EWC Top 100 Wrestlers of 2021 - #1
• EWC Top 100 Wrestlers of 2020 - #4
• EWC Honors - Superstar of the Year, 2021
• EWC Honors - Male Wrestler of the Year, 2021
• EWC Honors - Champion of the Year, 2018 and 2019
• EWC Honors - Rampage Wrestler of the Year, 2019 and 2021
EWC Honors - Most Loved Wrestler of the Year, 2021
• EWC Honors - Ashton Drake Award Winner, 2021
• EWC Honors - Memphis Reigns Award Winner, 2021
• EWC Honors - Shadow Man Award Winner, 2021
• EWC Honors - Xplode Award Winner, 2019
• EWC Honors - Match of the Year, 2019 (vs. Scorpio at WrestleFest) and 2021 (NOC Insanity Cage)
• EWC Honors - Feud of the Year, 2019 (vs. Scorpio)
• EWC Honors - Holy Shit Moment of the Year, 2019 (Losing the United States Championship after 777 days)
• CZW World Heavyweight Champion (3 times - Final)
• CZW Intercontinental Champion (2 times - First)
• CZW Tower of Power Winner (2 times)
• CZW North American Tag Team Champion (with EPFTW! )
• CZW Global Tag Team Champion (with EPFTW! )
OOC: ABOUT YOU THE HANDLER
Your First Name: Geordie
e-Fed Experience: On and off since 2007
e-fed Staff Experience: Yes
Are you willing to opt-in & write matches from time to time?: In a pinch
Would you like to be considered for helping with creative writing (e.g. EWC Magazine)? Yes
How did you find us?: Level-One vs. Crazyman feud first, then Lizzy brought me here to compete