Roster Archive (2022-2024).

Name: Krash
Real name: Jake Montrose
Nickname/s: 'The Moustache Maverick', ‘The Heartbeat’, ‘The White Wolf’
Height: 5ft '11
Weight: 205 lbs
Age: 32
Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
Alignment: Face
Status: On hiatus



Background: A veteran wrestler for more than a decade, Krash has traveled the globe via dozens of promotions, creating allies, finding enemies, and winning gold all the while. Trained in VCAA under the questionably-professional teachings of Murphy Dreyer, Krash didn’t seem to have that bright of a future, being used as more of a punching bag for Murphy’s more prized students to hone their skills on. His big break came primarily by accident - a more national-sized company named OWW: Takedown was having a battle royal to showcase talents across the globe, and after Murphy tricked them into thinking his own company was ‘the biggest in Australia’ when it was barely more than a developmental without a parent company, he arranged for his best student to take part of it.

Except his ‘best student’ tore his Achilles tendon shortly before the show, forcing Murphy to find a replacement. Krash was the first person he saw, so he threw a plane ticket at him and told him not to disappoint. From there, his career took off - following success in Takedown, to CGS, CAW, APW, CWA, and finally FWA, with countless championships, treasured allies… And more than a few enemies.

Previous Personality: A polite, dramatic thespian with a habit of talking a little bit too much, Krash tended to hold a dry optimistic worldview, often attempting to avoid conflict and opt for a pragmatic solution. As the saying goes, ‘you catch more flies with honey than vinegar’, with many an opponent letting their guard down by his affable, pleasant demeanor.

And yet, as one vagabond once alluded to, that silver tongue of his is surrounded by sharp teeth. And as a former mentor once said, he’s burnt so many bridges he should be choking on the smoke. There is a reason he’s won countless titles and accolades throughout his career, after all. While there is no doubt that the treasure of genuine companionship is something Krash is dearly fond of, with a reputation for being endearingly friendly, others hint that a conniving, backstabbing scoundrel lies somewhere beneath the surface.

The truth is likely somewhere in between.

Current Personality: Following the Jeremy Best incident, Krash has grown withdrawn, reserved, an empty shell of the man he once was. Up until very recently, he was emotionally numb, unable to feel much of anything from an emotional standpoint, be it the companionship of a treasured friend, or the rush of fighting within the squared circle. He was, and in a way still is, a hollowed husk of himself. The connections were severed, and while he’s still trying to keep up the appearance of the affable, good-natured man he was before the incident, it’s increasingly apparent to those who listen that something is missing, something he’s trying to force into existence through will and effort, and failing to do so.

Burying Jeremy alive was only the first step in the long, long process to becoming himself again. It will take time, and effort, to be who he once was.

Previous Gimmick: High-flying veteran showman. Talkative gentleman, or someone passing as it.

Current Gimmick: PTSD-induced trauma. Frequent spells of dissociation. Reserved. Withdrawn. Aware that he is not the person he once was, aware that he is currently missing his emotional state and his ability to feel things, and will do anything to recover them and be himself again.



Wrestling Style: Showman high flyer. Excels at crowd control and bringing a crowd to life. Favors a strong speed and defense base, utilizing his agility to stay ahead of the game. Or, to use the H.A.T.S ™ wrestling-based stat styling system…

Hardcore - Third strongest trait. Has experience digging deep to inflict and withstand pain with weaponry attached..
Aerial - Strongest trait. Poise and balance is second to none, graceful like a swan. A step behind what he used to be.
Technician - Weakest trait and aware of it. Will try to avoid going hold-to-hold and fall into that gameplay of matwork.
Striker - Second strongest trait. Favors quick and efficient footwork to strike opponent with dazzling kicks.

Moveset:
Strikes:
~ Forearm Smash
~ Chops
~ Running Back Elbow
~ Superkick
~ Enziguri
~ Grounded Enziguri
~ Spinning Wheel Kick
~ Dropsault
~ Corner Dropkick
~ Jumping Calf Kick
~ Surprise Calf Kick
~ Through-The-Ropes High Knee
~ Corner Kick/Slingshot Dropkick
~ Leg Sweep into Capoeira Kick
Suplexes:
~ Basic Suplex
~ German Suplex
~ Half-Nelson Suplex
~ Swinging Vertical Suplex
~ Northern Lights Suplex
~ Release Back Suplex
~ Spider Suplex
Grapples:
~ Arm Drag
~ Back Body Drop
~ Famouser
~ DDT
~ Gourdbuster
~ Spear
~ Swinging Neckbreaker
~ Arm-Trap Backbreaker
~ Twirl-a-whirl Backbreaker
~ Headscissors
~ Flapjack
~ Flapjack
~ Slingblade
~ Spinebuster
~ Satellite DDT
Ground:
~ Grounded Uppercut
~ Rolling Neck Snap
~ Sliding Dropkick
~ Cartwheel
Submissions:
~ Hangman's Figure-Four Neck Lock
~ Crossface
Aerials:
~ Rope-walk Hurricurana/Frankensteiner
~ Springboard Crossbody
~ Diving Dropkick
~ Missile Dropkick
~ Diving Moonsault
~ Triangle Cannonball
~ Diving Crossbody
~ Apron Slingshot Sunset Flip Powerbomb
Signature moves:
~ One-Hit Kill ~ Running Knee Strike
~ Krash Kourse
~ Eiffel D'Parachute
~ Reverse Tornado DDT
~ Overdose - Roll-through Dropkick
~ Baseball Slide Though Ringpost
~ Coast-2-Coast Cutoff Dropkick (Rare)
Finishing moves:
~ Daybreaker - Diving Elbow Drop, often preceded by removing the elbow pad
~ Discordant Serenity - Trapped DDT into Guillotine Chokehold
Desperation Finisher:
~ Razzle Dazzle - Pole Shift



Accomplishments:

~FWA~
1x FWA World Champion
1x FWA North American Champion
1x FWA Tag Team Champion (w/ Alyster Black)
FWA Triple Crown Champion
Only person to hold the FWA World Championship & CWA World Championship at the same time
Buried Jeremy Best Alive

~CWA~
2x CWA World Heavyweight Champion
1x CWA High Voltage Champion (Final)
1x CWA Pure Champion (First)
4x CWA Tag Team Champion (3x w/ Alyster Black as 'The Gang Stars', 1x w/ Dan Maskell)
2014 WrestleRoyal Winner
CWA Triple Crown Champion

~OWW~
1x OWW Takedown World Champion
1x OWW Hard Knox Champion (Final)
2x OWW Tag Team Champion (1x w/ AJ Tornado, 1x w/ Steve Storme as 'The Gang Stars', Final)
OWW Triple Crown Champion

~APW~
1x APW World Heavyweight Champion (Longest Reign)

~CGS~
Rated #25 Greatest CGS Wrestler

Non-wrestling Accomplishments:
Cover star of 'Moustache Mania Monthly Magazine' [Recurring]



Injury History:
~ Shattered jaw (2007)
~ Fractured wrist (late 2010-early 2011)
~ Nagging spinal/rib injuries
~ Concussion issues
~ Significant left knee injury (2015 - early 2016, recurring)
~ Died (2022 - 2022). Got better.
~ Kidnapped & held against his will by Jeremy Best for six months. Left malnourished and broken. Would rather have stayed dead.

Notable relationships:
~ Alyster Black. Closest friend and confidant. Would walk barefoot into hell if he asked.
~ Cyrus Truth. Reliable ally. Paths cross rarely.
~ Mike Parr. Thrown-together tag team, gelled surprisingly well considering their bitter rivalry not long beforehand. Can't quite say they're allies, but there's certainly something resembling respect, potentially one way.
~ Dan Maskell. Once tense allies. Now estranged.
~ Jeremy Best. Openly traumatized following kidnap and containment. Avoids mentioning or talking about him. Still has nightmares.
~ Randy Ramon. Complicated.
~ Devin Golden. Complicated.
~ Violet Dreyer. Hesitantly fond of. Owes her/her family some favors. Not quite a mentor.
~ Shawn Summers. Career rivals, polar opposites.
~ Steve Storme. Former mentor. Long since estranged. Lost contact. Missed.
~ Murphy Dreyer. Trainer. Kind of a dick. Owes favors.
~ Lilith. History unwritten.
~ AJ Tornado. [REDACTED.]

Picbase: Marion Fontaine



FWA Theme Music: "Back In Town" by Matt Dusk



CWA Theme Music: “The Kill” by 30 Seconds To Mars



Warehouse Theme Music: “Bring It On” by DelaDap



Other Information:
~ Talent Relations & Backstage Coordinator in Next Generation Wrestling.
~ Co-owner of Victorian Combat Arts Association.
~ Guest starred on long-running Soap Opera Telenova, Days Of Our Knives, as Detective Montrose (Season 19, Episodes 19.11 - 19.13).
~ Voice acted on unaired MLP 4.5 Pilot, as Maverick.
~ Gay Disaster.
~ Currently on hiatus following the Jeremy Best incident.



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Hey. Figured I should put this up somewhere for when I decide to come back. This thread will also double for any other characters, like Violet, so expect her profile to pop up in this thread in an hour or so.

Name: Trick or Trash
Combined Weight: 458 lbs
Alignment: Face

Team Background: One of the most wonderful things about wrestling is when things that absolutely shouldn't work or at least be only be a one-match thing still somehow works. Case in point: The team of Halloween Knight and Mamífero De Basura, two luchadors that have nothing whatsoever in common, and were just put together for a random tag team match on Ground Zero. For whatever reason, things just 'clicked', and even with only limited experience teaming together, they just had a kind of seamless chemistry right from jump street. Yes, one might be a dancing skeleton, and the other might be a giant possum that hangs out in dumpsters, but they stand for the same things: Lucha culture, and wrestling being as wonderfully weird as possible.

Team Gimmick: Lucha Culture is wonderfully weird.

Tag Team Moveset:
Jump Scare (Fake out dive by Knight (often punctuated by Knight yelling out "BOO-!") followed by suicide dive by Trash, moonsault/senton by knight)
Pumpkin Patch II (Gutbuster/Diving leg drop)
Graveyard Smash (Basement dropkick/Tombstone Flapjack)
Dumpster Diver (launching dropkick into corner)
Trash O'Lantern (Total Elimination)

Tag Team Finisher:
Doomster (Like Dumpster? Get it? I don't know I don't think we came up with a name for this, so I came up with it on the fly-Codebreaker/Martiknees)

Tag Team Theme: [MEDIA=youtube]g-vpodj0Tqk[/MEDIA]

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THE TRICK...



Name: Halloween Knight
Halloween Knight: 221lbs
Height: 6ft 1in
Age: 48
Billed From: Torreon, Mexico
Alignment: Face

Background: Boo-! Did that Scare you?! Well I know something scarier, and that's the GHOULISH and FRIGHTFUL. Senior SPOOKS, Mr Halloween Knight! The man of a thousand bones is an iconic figure in Lucha Libre, one of the faces of Lucha Libre and one of the best all-rounders Lucha Libre had ever known. His golden period was between 1999 and 2005 when he seemed to chun out awesome matches on a near-nightly basis, but it was more then being a great wrestler, it's more then his infamous dance moves. It was more than his obsession with steel chairs. Halloween Knight was seen by many as the arch-defender of lucha culture, right down to the whole spooky outfit. The concept being simple. Whenever Lucha was dead, Halloween Knight would always be around to bring it back from the dead.

So you can imagine the surprise when Halloween Knight left his homeland and turned up on Ground Zero. The story goes that after a good twenty years, not even Halloween Knight could fight off time, and he was noticeably slowing down, and not even working one week a year stopped (The 31st of October to the 6th of November, or as it's most commonly known; Halloween to The Day Of The Dead. That week is always an event in Lucha land, as he runs down the ramp handing out candy, doing his fun little skeleton dance... Okay, it doesn't sound like much, but trust me, it's over like rover.)

So the Mexican big wigs went to Halloween Knight and offered him a big PPV for his retirement... and Halloween Knight responded by going to Dave Sullivan to offer his services for Ground Zero to prove he's as good as he ever was. While he didn't win, he impressed FWA officials enough to offer him a full-time contract. The idea was for him to debut around the 31st of October, but then his good buddy Trash Mammal got himself in trouble...

Gimmick: Chair swinging, jukebox dancing, spooky icon of Luca Libre.

Accomplishments: Finalist in Season Four of Ground Zero. -Lucha legend- Mascot of a national holiday.

Style of Wrestling: The majority of Halloween Knight's techniques come from modern Lucha Libre, with additional high-impact slams borrowed from American and Japanese wrestling. Along with practiced technical skills, Halloween Knight is a versatile, well-rounded luchador with an affinity for high risk maneuvers. Between his high-speed dives and his high-impact slams, opponents quickly feel the brunt of Halloween Knight offense.

For whatever reason, Halloween Knight truly LOVES using steel chairs in his offense whenever possible, in increasingly creative and elaborate ways including using them as launching pads or springboards for his attacks.

Trained in the traditional tecnico style of lucha libre, He's a bit at a loss against the more roughshod American "Southern" style and often ends up at a loss in a brawl.

Moveset:

Signature Moves:
Horrorcanrana- A Rana sometimes to an oncoming opponent while springboarding or from the top rope to an opponent sitting on the turnbuckle. Sometimes he dance walks across the top rope before delivering it
Monkey Flip to an cornered opponent
Three SPOOKY Suplexes- Triple Rolling Vertical Suplexs
TERROR Tornado DDT! -A springboard DDT, often preceded by his DANCE walking across the top rope.

Finishing Move:
Dia De Los Muertos - Jumping Spinning Wheel Kick, more often then not with the assistance of a steel chair ALA The Van Daminator

Cryptonite Crunch - Back to Belly Piledriver with neck cradled underneath the arm

SUPER FINISHER
THRILLER - Coast to Coast Dropkick (Sometimes with a Steel chair)

Picbase: L.A Parka

Theme Music: [MEDIA=youtube]1mrGdGMNsv0[/MEDIA]

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... And The Trash.

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Character name:
KATSU

Nicknames:
The Kitsune Warrior
The Sky Fox
The Huntress
The Yokai Queen
The Flaming Spirit

Height:
5'1
Weight:
112 pounds
Age and D.O.B.:
23 years old,
April, 4th, 2001 [Not public knowledge]
Billed From:
Osaka, Japan
Resides:
Tokyo, Japan
Face/heel/tweener:
BabyFace
Gimmick:
Young Mysterious Lucharesu masked wrestler.
COLOUR CODE:
E55E7F

Background:
Much like many masked wrestlers, her real name is kept from public record and with it, most of her history prior to the life of wrestling. But the Captivating masked star of MAYHEM has given small glimpses of her life prior to wrestling. Starting young like several top female performers in the country, Vampiress started her training in early High school, to the dismay of her parents despite being seen as a gifted student excelling in school. So much so that she wrestled under a mask from day one, though the Vampiress name did not happen right away. Instead, eventually, as she was scouted by the units in the company, she was drafted into SIN, a group of freaks and villains in Cosmic Joshi Wrestling. There the Vampiress persona was crafted, creating an appearance to feed off of her negative emotions and inspire beauty and fear into her name. She started off well after joining SIN, winning the “Young Blood Tournament,” a tournament held by the company for wrestlers 19 and under. Then eventually won her first Trios titles.

However, as she matured, and her family found out who she was (and thus the long process of getting them to accept her dreams), she grew dissatisfied with the group, both with how they would routinely step over the line, and the leader. Things came to a head where in a tag team match she walked out on her team, getting away from the group. She was a loner for several months, and even was on a losing streak. Eventually, Vampiress found a home in MAYHEM, after a vote unanimously accepted her. Finding a new lease on life, she got the ball rolling again, starting to team with another member, ironically one she beat in the finals of the tournament she won years ago, Ririko. Then, almost a year later, MAYHEM got a foreign member, a rare sight, especially after the pandemic. That girl was around her age too. Cali Hayama. Much like MAYHEM gave Vampiress a new lease on life, it was the same for Cali and the three young members of the group instantly clicked with them winning the company’s Trios championships, Vampiress’ second reign, and they would become the Trio to beat.

Their reign ended at 315 days after Cali Hayama, having been unable to really focus due to her US commitments, hesitating and costing them the match. Tensions nearly blew up, but they were calmed by MAYHEM’s leader and their mentor, Saori Suzuki. Afterwards, Vampiress revealed to Cali that she wishes to go on a tour in America. This caught the eye of Cal Robinson of FWA management. He extended an offer to her to spread her wings more in America and ever hungry for competition, she accepted a per-appearance deal with Fantasy Wrestling Alliance under the slightly modified name of Vampyra.

Her start in the promotion was fast and furious, going from facing nobodies to getting lucky chosen as part of the F1 Climaxxx tournament, facing some of the best in the promotion including champions. During this time, she would win her first singles championship in her career, the FWA Television Championship. The catch, she drew the ire of the previous champion, Shawn Summers who attacked her. Despite losses in the tournament, she made significant progress in a short time, earning respect from the crowd and having a rising stock as not just a future star, but one of the now. Though her title reign was cut short thanks to a fatal four way defense, the message was clear. She is capable of hanging with ANYONE on the roster AND capable of competing at a championship level.

Though, that start ended up being too hard on the young star. With the majority of her time in a European Tour, far away from home, she was left burnt out mentally and physically and took a brief, but extended absence from the promotion in order to wrestle at home and reflect. She made her first in person appearance back at The Grand March announcing that she will enter the CC and rid herself of a curse that was put on her long ago. That curse turned out to be: the Vampyra persona.

Entering the match, she debuts a new mask, a spirit she feels is more true to her and a new name. Gone is the darkness, and instead a more free spirited persona and colourful. Katsu. Since becoming Katsu, she has seemingly continued her momentum on both sides of the pacific, with YOKAI Death Squad emerging as a Unit of its own in Japan, appearing in FWA, and being in multiple title pictures in FWA. However an injury derailed her momentum and once healed, spent an extended time away from FWA owing to Japanese commitments, including her first singles title in Japan, and a growing tension between FWA and CJW.

But finally, at the Carnal Contendership 2024, Katsu made her return. The Kitsune Warrior would enter the Sphere in Las Vegas at #26. She would not just match what she did the previous year, qualifying for Steel Roulette again, but making it all the way to the final two. Across her was fellow returnee, Krash. On that night, the Mustached Maverick would triumph, setting up an almost destined showdown with Jeremy Best, but, once again, Katsu’s growth has continued and is certainly destined for big thing on both sides of the Pacific.


Non-FWA accomplishments:
Intergalactic Cosmic Champion [CJW] (1-Time, Current)
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CJW Trios Champion (2-Time)
CJW Young Blood Cup Winner 2018
YOKAI Death Squad Co-Leader

FWA accomplishments/Notable Events:
FWA Television Champion (1-Time)
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Ground Zero Season 4 & 5 Coach
4th Place Carnal Contendership 2023
Steel Roulette Participant 2023
Runner-Up, Carnal Contendership 2024

Outside FWA Allies:
-YOKAI Death Squad-

Cali Hayama -Co Leader, Asian-Canadian Twitch streamer-
Ririko -Part of original Trio, precious otter obsessed bean-
REO -Younger Sister to Ririko, Rookie-
Miyu Kawamato -Newest member, Former Idol turned Deathmatch enthusiast-

Saori Suzuki (CJW) -Mentor, former unit leader.
Tiger X (PWK) -Dashing young masked wrestler, second generation wrestler, Nephew of Katsu's childhood hero, occasional mixed-tag partner

Style of wrestling:
High-Speed Lucharesu (Lucha-Libre + Strong Style)

MOVESET:

STRIKES
Vertical Dropkick
Forearm/Elbow Strike
Spinning Enziguri
Roundhouse Kick (done to head, legs, arms, stomach, chest, wherever needed)
Superkick
Low Dropkick to an opponent’s leg.
Knife Edge chops
Jumping bicycle knee
Single Leg Dropkick
Spinning Back Heel Kick, often to the gut followed by a low dropkick to the side of the head
Pele Kick

STANDING
Any hurricanrana/Head-scissors variation you can think of
Arm Drags
Scoop Slam (to opponents her size about)
Bridging German Suplex (to opponents her size about)
Bridging Tiger Suplex (to opponents her size about)
Headscissors into a Russian Leg-Sweep
Octopus Stretch
Standing Spanish Fly
Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker (to opponents around her size)
Snap DDT
Crucifix Driver
Backstabber
Sit-Out Slingblade
Victory Roll + Double Stomp Combination.

GROUND
Headscissors Lock
Standing Moonsault
Stomp/ Knee drop on limbs.
Penalty Kick to the back
Boston Crab
Stump Puller Leg Snap
Arm wrench slam
Single Leg Crab

CORNER
Running Dropkick
Super Frankensteiner
Top Rope Spanish Fly
Rope Hung Figure Four neck lock

ROPE/SPRINGBOARD/DIVE
Diving Moonsault
Frog Splash
Springboard Moonsault
Springboard Crossbody
Diving Hurricanrana
Suicide Dive between middle and bottom rope
Triangle Moonsault to the outside
Diving Missile Dropkick

RUNNING
Running Dropkick Variations
Running Headscissors
Running Arm Drag variations
Flying Forearm Smash

FAV SNEAKY PIN COMBOS, BECAUSE ROLL UPS AND SMALL PACKAGES ARE OVERDONE AND WE NEED THE SPICE WITH THEM:
Fox Cage (Seat Belt)

Frakenstiener into a pin


La Magistral Cradle


Fox Trap (Mouse Trap)


Fox Tail (Last Supper/Scorpion into a folding pin)


SIGNATURES
Sakura Kick (Tiger Feint Kick/619)

Blazing Spiral (Lightning Spiral)

Burning Arrow (Running Double Knees to the back of kneeling opponent)

Katsu-Wheel (Cartwheel Bomb)


Finishers:
Kitsune Buster (Pop-Up Double Knee Facebreaker/Pop Up Codebreaker. Can do Diving Variation if feeling frisky)


Nightfall (Phoenix Splash)




Spirit-Drain (Triangle Choke, sometimes transitioned from a Frakenstiener)



Attire:

Taking inspiration from Lucha-libre with a Japanese spin, Katsu always has her signature mask on with inspiration from the Kitsune. Her attire then has a bra, long arm sleeves and arm bands. Then it is usually tights with some skin showing on the side, but she's not afraid to mix it up with short trunks. The colours can vary. She often has a mix of red, white, pink, gold, and black to fit with her Kitsune astetic, or reps YOKAI Death Squad with black or white and neon colours. For big matches, she often themes her colours either based on the match, opponent, or city. EX: Green, white, and red in Mexico City fighting fellow masked wrestler, Vengedor, all white at "Worlds Unite" in the dead of winter.

Entrances she usually has a cape which flows behind her. Then often an extra mask for the entrance. Often it is a larger, slightly more elaborate version of her normal mask, but she mixes it up for big matches and other occasions.




Masks and attire colours can vary, with red being common. Though the design generally stays. She usually has a second entrance mask, often taking inspiration from a kitsune as well, though it can vary depending on her opponent and the match.

Pic Base:

Starlight Kid



Theme Music:

MEGITSUNE- メギツネ By Babymetal

SPOILER: Click to show

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Entrance Motions:

The drums of "Megitsune'' cause the arena lights to flash in tune, drawing cheers from the fans. After seven seconds, a shadowy figure appears on the stage. Her arms are crossed in front of her chest, hands in a fox head pose as the LED lights behind her show nine Kitsune tails flowing behind her. As the music picks up, she spreads her arms wide as fire spurts from the side of the stage. Katsu basks in the glow of the fire before doing a throat slashing gesture as the rest of the LED lights are on. Cape flowing behind her, Katsu makes her way down to the ring.

Announcer: "Introducing First/Their opponent, representing YOKAI Death Squad, from Osaka, Japan, she is the Kitsune Warrior, KAAATSUUUU!!!"

Moving down the ramp at a somewhat quick pace, Katsu removes her entrance mask to show her regular one and she gives a small head tilt while holding it next to her head. Going around the ring, she places her entrance mask on the apron before sliding on the apron.. One hand on the ropes, she opens up her cape and closes her eyes, keeping a calm aura to her. She quickly drops down into the splits then slides into the ring.

Heading to the nearest corner turnbuckles, Katsu climbs up them and puts one foot on the top rope. She does another throat slash before winking to the crowd. Heading down, she leans down in a superhero-like pose, holding her arms in an “X” in front of her chest. Katsu’s hands again have the Fox-head gesture before she spins around and heads to her corner unclipping her cape as her music fades.

Team Name:
YOKAI Death Squad

Often refered to as YDS

Team Members:
Katsu (Co-Leader)
Cali Hayama (Co-Leader)
Ririko
Miyu Kawamato
REO

Combined weight:
See individual weights, do math.

Disposition:
Face

Tag Team History:

MAYHEM was Formed in 2018 from the dissolution of the group of the Tokyo Death Crew, Saori Suzuki refused to be absorbed in another group, feeling vengeful at the forced dissolution of TDC. Her voice was echoed by a portion of fans, and while she could not carry the name of the old group, she felt she had something to offer and bestow upon other members. Having a call to anyone feeling left out of their group or feeling alone, soon MAYHEM was formed, and their goal, simple, Screw the System, and together they will show that when nothing is fair, anything goes. Though over the years, the stance has been softened a bit with their growing popularity. An early recruit was Ririko, at the time

Some members would enter and leave, but eventually, this message ended up speaking to Vampyra (Now Katsu) who was on her own after escaping from her abusive former group, Sin. She joined the group. After the company returned post-pandemic, she got back on track and then Cali Hayama would join the group. Together they would form a regular trio with Ririko, another young member of the group, and the three were practically in sync as a team, each being a bit unique, with Cali being loud and brash, Katsu being the often calmer force but cunning, and Ririko being the wild-card with an abnormal combination of being able to kick faces in and throw people around with ease. This then unnamed trio became a great team and became CJW Trios Champions for nearly a year. Their success drew the attention of FWA where Cal Robertson successfully recruited Katsu to work for both companies. In the meantime, Cali and Ririko have shown their prowess as a team, winning CJW’s tag team Championships. Though by the time they won their belts Katsu lost her first singles championship- point proven, all three young ladies are capable of gaining gold both sides of the pacific. They are seemingly content to let Katsu continue her work in FWA along with their home promotion and work from afar-

Until a certain set of championships were introduced. Cali and Ririko would begin to appear for FWA, competing in the Trios division while Katsu balanced her singles title pursuits. This ended with Katsu breaking her collarbone and thus taking time away from FWA. Once their old unit, MAYHEM, officially ended following Virtue's split, YDS would become its own unit, thus adding to the responsibility and its members, with first Ririko's younger sister being added, then Miyu Kawamato joining. Katsu is finally back in FWA, with her two promotions, and while the rest of YDS are not contracted to the promotion, it's safe to say the Sky Fox has opened the door for them once again.


Tag Team Strategy:

Control the pace, keep the speed going, only slowing it down when needed such as grinding down an opponent but otherwise are zooming. A lot of fast paced, double team combinations. Ririko, even with her being more power based. Newer members each bring their own addition to it, but keep a generally quick pace.

TAG TEAM MOVES
Double Standing Dropkick (sometimes done after a double dropdown then a double leapfrog)
Snapmare from one member into a double PK
Running back elbow from one opponent into the corner, they stay in place, move at the last second for the other to hit a corner dropkick.
Drop toe-hold from one member, other holds them in a Last Chancery for the other to hit a low dropkick
Superkick/Enziguri Combination
Assisted Sunset Flip Powerbomb
Train of corner attacks
Double DDT
Double arm-breaker


TAG TEAM SIGNATURES
Double Crush (Running Senton from Ririko followed by a running Shooting Star Press from Cali)
Drive By Plex (German Suplex from Ririko assisted with a running dropkick from Cali)

Double Fly (Standing Moonsault from Katsu with a running Shooting Star Press from Cali)
Team Twirl (Assisted Tornado DDT, Katsu and Cali, can be in either position)

School Girls (School Boy Powerbomb by Ririko with a diving elbow drop from Katsu)
Young Blood (Wheelbarrow from Ririko into a single knee facebreaker from Katsu)

Cross Slash (Double Triangle Moonsaults to the outside by the high-flying wrestlers, Ririko follows with a vaulting press)

FINISHERS (Can be done by any member combination)
YOKAI Trigger (Golden Trigger/Double wrist lock double knee strike. Version exists with a third running knee to the back of the head)


Ctrl + Alt + Delete (Dirt Bomb from the MCMG)
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Theme Music:
“Delete” by Kuwanano

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Entrance (Original Trio):

The lights of the stage flash a mixture of neon green, purple, with occasional flashes of red to the music. The screens flash an 8-bit skull logo repeatedly. After about eighteen seconds, the YOKAI Death Squad Trio makes their way out. Katsu keeps her hand to her side, cape flowing behind her. Ririko runs to one side of the stage, amped up, as Cali Hayama hops in place. Ririko joins her partners in the middle of the stage as there are sparks of pyrotechnics. Standing next to Katsu, Ririko spins around and holds up the MAYHEM “M,” her masks "tongue" flopping around. Katsu crosses her arms in front of her, holding her hands in a “fox head” gesture as Cali Hayama kneels down in front of them, pointing her hand out like a sideways gun. The Canadian jumps up as all three begin to head down the ramp.

Announcer: “Introducing first/Their opponents..., the Sky Devil, Cali Hayama, the Crazy Ghost, Ririko and the Kitsune Warrior, Katsu… YOKAI DEATH SQUAD!!!

The three wrestlers head down the ramp before Katsu makes a break for the hard-cam side of the ring. The former FWA Television Champion opens her cape as she slides onto the apron. Cali Hayama jumps onto the apron and jumps over the top rope as Ririko slides into the ring. Katsu quickly does the spits and slides into the ring. Ririko and Katsu head to parallel turnbuckles as Cali Hayama hooks her leg on the top rope, removing her half mask and showing a smirk. The three head back to the middle of the ring and exchange a triple fist bump before heading to their corner.