Chris "Crowing" - TAFKA Firechild

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Revised/update Bio for my returning guy.

Promo/match writing advice: Shoot for CM Punk meets Chris Jericho and you're most of the way there.

Name: Chris ‘Firechild’ Crowing, also called Flame by his friends.

pOOster (your username): sharpshooter

Alignment: remains to be seen, could go either way

Build: Big cruiserweight (Jericho/Punk), sandy blond hair to shoulders, grey-blue eyes, no tatts.
Outfits: In ring wears a pair of black vale tudo shorts, with the flaming crow logo on the back. Wears a black hoodie with the hood up on the way to the ring.

Backstage will usually be seen in jeans, wearing a black t-shirt (again with logo) and his hoodie.

Promo style: Jericho/Punk – will be silent for a while when he re-debuts.

Height: 5 foot ten inches

Weight: 220lbs

Hometown (birthplace): Dundee, Scotland

Special Moves:
Wings of the Phoenix (Pedigree Driver/J-Driller/Angel's Wings)
D- Tuner (submission - LionTamer)

Signature Moves:
Demon Driver (half nelson implant DDT) -running enziguri - Shining Wizard -dives over the top rope - Shooting Star Press -Reverse DDT (a la Christian) - flying forearm - bulldog - lionsault - DDT & suplex variations

Entrance Music:
“Micah” by Russian Circles

Career Highlights:
First ever and 3 Time OOWF Onslaught Champion
OOWF Tag Team Champion
OOWF Intercontinental Champion

Former Associates: Chris Cole (3PS), Concrete Takaken Gryffon (Heroes Guild)

Notable feuds:
Drink & Destroy (as part of the 3 Piece Set)
Seraph
Capellan & Thim Reynolds
Spin Hansen
'Altrageous' Chris Alt
F. Fonzworth MacCappington III

OOWF Debut:
Defeated Blade on OOWF Midweek Mayhem.

Ring style:-
Ring style: Early 2000s technical entertainer – think Jericho/Guerrero/Angle/Punk. Think Chris Jericho, except more intense and always Kurt Angle crisp in his execution - unless he loses his temper and then he sometimes makes mistakes. Absolutely LOVES going hardcore, and in general his style is a take-no-prisoners intense style, although now and again he likes to show off his solid technical skills - usually when wrestling friends.

Bio:-
Firechild entered the OOWF and immediately made enemies of the 3 Piece Set, the reigning tag team champions - and his issue with them eventually resulted in him saving their tag titles by attacking them during a title defense. This however turned out to be 'a set up all along' as Firechild joined the 3PS, propelling him to a victory in the tournament to crown the first EVER OOWF Onslaught Champion. Despite being a rulebreaker, Firechild flourished in the 'pure' division, contesting classic matches with fellow newcomers like Capellan and Thim Reynolds. Firechild continued to assist the rest of the 3 Piece Set in their ongoing war with Drink & Destroy - regaining the tag team titles when teaming with Cole (thanks to the 3PS 'Freebird' rule.)
Firechild got sidetracked into a feud with pious newcomer Seraph - who cost him his Onslaught title in an epic tussle with Capellan (I think...) as he tried to mend the villainous Firechild's ways.
Firechild ended up becoming Seraph's pupil as the Preacher tried to mend his ways. This, again was a set up all along, as Firechild turned on Seraph in a tag match against the 3 Piece Set and following a hellacious beating, nailed him to a crucifix and set him on fire.

However Seraph would not stay down and returned to the OOWF to wreak Propitiation on Firechild, leading to the brutal Hells Gate match (Inferno Hell in a Cell matchj) where Seraph triumphed against Firechild.

Following this loss, Firechild lost motivation and spun wheels for months, as Ax-Man left the 3 Piece Set to be replaced by former fan favourites 'Altrageous' Chris Alt and Hollywood Hardbody Harris. Retaking the Onslaught title from Thim Reynolds renewed Firechild's vigour, but losing the coveted belt to newcomer Spin Hansen affected his confidence - and standing in the set with OOWF Champion Cole. Eventually Firechild was sold out by the 3 Piece Set to placate Moosehead Jack and Thim Reynolds for Firechild taking the Onslaught title, gaining Moose's tacit support for Cole's reign as champion.

Firechild returned as a sympathetic babyface, and eventually convinced the uber-face Concrete Takaken Gryffon to take him under his wing as part of the Heroes Guild, originally set up to combat villainy in the OOWF, best personified by the 3PS and Moosehead Jack.

Firechild first targeted 'Altrageous' Chris Alt in a best of seven series, eventually prevailing despite heel tactics by Alt designed to disable him. With the 3PS disintegrating, Firechild was denied his immediate revenge but rallied by briefly holding the Intercontinental title, while helping Concrete Takaken Gryffon in his quest to dethrone the evil Underdawg as OOWF champion. Concrete was successful, and Firechild assisted him as best he could during this reign - although his integrity as a member of the Guild was repeatedly called into question due to his heelish past as the revitalised Drink & Destroy rose to challenge the Guild. Eventually, Concrete was dethroned by Stank and the Heroes Guild unravelled, leaving Firechild treading water again, until crossing horns with F. Fonzworth Cappington III and discovering the Cappington may well have been responsible for his father's death. This lead to a brief, brutal feud culminating in Firechild losing a crucial ladder match, resulting in him becoming MacCappington's slave. Eventually, former tag team partner, 'the Main Event' Chris Cole, deciding whatever had passed between them, he couldn't abide Firechild's servitude, got into MacCappington's head - and at the potential loss of his own autonomy, fought for Firechild's freedom in a Invitational tournament match against MacCappington, and won.

Shortly after this, Firechild was released from the OOWF and hasn’t been seen for some years, aside from a brief period assisting former foe Moosehead Jack train in preparation for his run at the Onslaught title.

Now Firechild is back, vignettes will air for a while. His new character, starts off very silent and all business and his reason for returning has not been made clear.

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Updated character & moveste, clarified for the benefit of the writers.

Ring monicker: Firechild

Full name: Chris 'Crowing' Napier

Entrance Music: 'Micah' by Russian Circles - edited down to about 3 mins from 8 youtu.be/4noNh8a5uPE

Appearance / size: CM Punk with shoulder length sandy blond hair & no tattoos.

Ring attire: Knee length wrestling boots, knee pads, black & white vale tudo shorts, wears white hand wraps.

On the way to the ring, wears a black, sleeveless hoodie with the hood up. Firechild logo on the back.

Backstage / street wear: In general, Boots, jeans, black hoodie, usually a band t-shirt. Aesthetic will change depending on location, in Canada & northern parts, will look like a viking biker, in more southerly places he looks more like a surf kid. etc.

Has a tendency to alternative / pagan affectation in his accesories, wearimng leather pendants & wrist bands with things like crows, a mjolnir etc. on. Just cause he thinks they look neat.

General ring style: CM Punk meets Chris Jericho, having trained MMA for a while.

Has added a lot of the more visually fun MMA stuff into his moveset, specifically muay thai head kicks, knees and low kicks and an array of jiu jitsu submissions.

Not as much of a flier as he used to be, more of a striker / technician. Will still happily come off the top rope with a dropkick or crossbody if the occassion arises.

Signature moves:

Shining Wizard, Demon Driver (half nelson implant DDT) - muay thai clinch & knees - suplex variations, wide array of submissions.

Finishers:

Wings of the Phoenix - pedigree/tiger driver
D-Tuner (submission) - liontamer

In ring temperament:

Against faces / guys he respects will usually go for a more technical, clean match but will still ramp it up if the match seems to be slipping away. Will usually start trying to chain wrestle and then see where it goes. Not adverse to getting a bit mental (hardcore action) to win a match, even against a friend / fan favourite.

Against heels / guys he doesn't respect, will ramp up the violence, putting a lot more into the suplexes etc. More likely to start striking and go for nasty subs/hardcore action/crazy stuff off the top against a guy he wants to hurt.

That should do, you'll work out the rest...

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Updated profile for the wrestler formerly known as Firechild

Name: Chris “Crowing” Napier

Hometown: Dundee, Scotland

Height: 5” 10’

Weight: 220lbs


Entrance Music: “The Crowing” by Coheed & Cambria

Bio:
Under his previous alias as Firechild, Crowing competed in the OOWF in the mid 00s, becoming the first Onslaught champion and going on to hold that belt three times, along with single Intercontinental and Tag Team title reigns along with a win on the OOWF Invitational tournament. As a member of the 3 Piece Set and later the Heroes Guild, he contested noteworthy feuds with Seraph, Altrageous, F. Fonzworth MacCappington III as well as Drink & Destroy, the Establishment and the 3 Piece Set in general. None of that matters anymore…

Appearance: Not the biggest guy and not the most over muscled, but well toned. Shoulder length dirty blond hair and icy blue eyes.

Backstage attire: Boots, dark grey bootcut jeans, stylised t-shirts (band t-shirts like Metallica, Coheed & Cambria etc. or Affliction t-shirts is the sort of look) or nicely cut black or white shirts (perhaps with a waistcoat if he’s feeling a bit flash) either worn with a well cut leather jacket or a black sports hoodie (Hayabusa) if he’s somewhere cold.

In-ring attire: Black and white coloured short tights (like the Vale Tudo shorts worn by the likes of Shogun Rua & BJ Penn), black or white boots, black wrist tape. Awesome new tattoo of wings across his back.

Moves: General move-set reminiscent of Chris Jericho / CM Punk / Edge. High impact moves, kicks, good ring psychology, sets up submissions etc. Quite fond of getting a bit hardcore if the occasion demands it…
Likes to set up his finishers by working over the neck of his opponent with suplexes etc.

Finisher: Wings of the Phoenix / Raven’s Wings – Implant Tiger Driver – essentially a Pedigree kicked out to the level of a Tombstone.

Secondary Finisher: Shining Wizard – running knee to the face.

Submission Finisher: D-Tuner – WCW-era Lion Tamer with the knee on the back of the opponent’s head.

Trademark moves: series of kicks especially MMA style leg kicks, real jiu-jitsu submissions.

Notes:
On his return to the OOWF as Firechild, Chris found it much changed and discovered he had outgrown his previous persona and has reinvented himself as Crowing, a more grown up, assured and restrained character. He has vowed to rebuild his legacy in the OOWF from the ground up. His stated opinion is to become a grand slam / 6 pack champion and to win the World title which eluded him in his first run.

Crowing will soon start a talk segment, similar in format to the Highlight Reel or Piper’s Pit. For want of a better title, let’s call it “As the Crow Flies…”