Justin Straw

[Tony Cole]

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RING NAME: Justin Straw
NICKNAME(S):
"Born Survivor"
"The Rain Child"
GENDER: Male
ETHNICITY: Caucasian
NATIONALITY: British
BORN: December 4th, 1993 (age 20)
BILLED FROM: London, England
HOMETOWN: Brentwood, England
RESIDES: Tampa, Florida
TRAINED BY: Frank Straw
HEIGHT: 6'2 (1.85m)
WEIGHT: 198lbs (90kg)
HAIR/EYE COLOR: Black/Blue
CROWD AFFILIATION: Face
ENTRANCE THEME: "Awake and Alive" by Skillet
GIMMICK/BIO: Born on December 4, 1993 in Brentwood, England, Justin Straw was the only child of professional wrestler Gary Straw. At a very young age, Justin became a huge wrestling fan after attending a show where his father and uncle, Frank Straw, performed in.

On January 15, 1999, when Justin was barely 5-years old, his father and mother were killed in a tragical hit-and-run accident in the countryside of London. During a heavy storm, Justin was traveling on the back-seat of their car driven by his father, when a truck rammed onto the front. Justin's father and mother died immediately on impact. The apparently drunk driver flew the scene, as Justin, unconscious, was laying on the side of the road. Miraculously, he survived the accident, even after spending over 2 hours in cold rain and whirling storm before paramedics got to the scene.

After the death of his parents, Justin was adopted by his uncle Frank, who then raised him. At the age of 11, Justin told his uncle he wanted to follow the footsteps of his late father and become a professional wrestler. Justin was trained by his uncle, who also gave him his nicknames relating to his miraculous survival of the car accident - Born Survivor and The Rain Child.

Due to his tragical past, Justin is extremely modest. As a part of his wrestling persona, he usually compares his upcoming matches etc. to his accident and his survival - also by wearing ring gear with logos that relate to the accident. He claims that by doing so, he declares that he has overcome the tragedic events. He says that by surviving the accident, his life still had a larger meaning to be fulfilled - he believes it is his destiny to be the best in the pro wrestling business. He is a risk-taker, and an image of a new age hybrid wrestler - he has many combinations of technical, powerhouse and highlying moves.

Following the accident, Justin has a scratch under his left eye and a large scar on his chest. (as seen in the pictures)

SIGNATURE MOVES:
Lightning in London (Diving double foot stomp)
Stormbringer (Wrist-lock transitioned into a short-arm lariat)

FINISHING MOVES:
Eye of the Storm (Kneeling inverted sharpshooter)
The Cyclone (Reverse fireman's carry dropped into a facebuster)


Tell me everything you would like to see changed, any advice. I still kinda want to work on the face morphing, otherwise I am positive on his looks (probably also gonna work on the attire a bit more but I'll see about that). What about the gimmick, which failed me last time?


This is my new main CAW, so Justin Straw is obviously looking to join feds! 

[Arcan]

That backstory is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too melodramatic.

[Brent Delivine]

Have to agree with Arcan, the story is a bit too melodramatic for my liking also. Also seems weird that the one who survives such horrific events would continue to remind himself of it by having it on his gear. Almost as weird as how Gregory Iron has a disabled sign on his attire because he is mentally handicapped. Always seems weird to me that wrestlers would bring that much attention to a negative.

[Tony Cole]

Like said, he does so to show that he has overcome his past. He's supposed to be an inspirational character.

[Arcan]

Except that instead of being inspirational, his story comes off as forced, cheesey and frankly, cringe-worthy.

You need to take a step-back and re-work it.

[Spriter]

Jul 28, 2014 5:20:55 GMT -5 Tony Cole said:

Like said, he does so to show that he has overcome his past. He's supposed to be an inspirational character.

but he hasn't overcome it, his entire character is completely defined by his past

[Tony Cole]

He is still a work-in-progress, I'm not having him in any feds yet. I will work the story a bit.

Apart from that, I would like hear about his appearance or anything else you have to say?

[Joshua Bishop]

According to his story, how is this guy still alive?

It sounds way too unrealistic for him to be alive if he's found on the side of the road in pouring rain, left for hours, and it's assumed that everyone in the car is D.O.A. when a drunk driver IN A TRUCK hits a tiny car IN THE RAIN.

[Tony Cole]

Like said, I'm differing the story... will have something to it but the main reason for the story was an excuse to call him The Rain Child x) I'll come up with something else.

Now still... would anybody have anything else to say other than the story?