ShiMa updates
Sept 2, 2016 16:22:30 GMT -5
Post by Smart Style on Sept 2, 2016 16:22:30 GMT -5
ENTRANCE + WARDROBE
Entrance Music:
"There's A Storm Coming" by Dance With The Dead
Ring Attire:
Jet black tights with a crimson waistband, black boots with jet black kickpads with crimson trim, white tape around his wrists, and his hair tied back in a tight ponytail.
For his entrance he wears a black ring robe with crimson detailing around the lapels and a pair of black sunglasses.
Ring Entrance:
As the opening of "There's A Storm Coming" filters through the PA system a combination of gold and reddish-orange lights flicker in the entranceway in sync with the keyboards - until the intro is interrupted by a combination of brooding synths and haunting, almost ethereal vocals that greet Shintaro Majima as he walks through the curtain into the arena, and without a second's hesitation he begins to walk down the ramp towards the ring
Once he reaches ringside Majima climbs the ring steps and steps into the ring, loosening his robe and removing his sunglasses before he walks towards the corner he has decided is his, at which point he removes his robe and places it and his sunglasses in the corner as he wipes the back of each hand in the palm of the other in preparation
BACKGROUND INFO
Pic Base:
Katsuyori Shibata
Gimmick:
Stoic and of few words - but who needs words when you're battering your opponent into oblivion?
Bio:
ShiMa was initially brought across to North America as an insurance policy for New Wave champion "Smart" Mark Bisley, who saw the value of having a heavy hitter in his corner and was looking to mold Majima into a partner, in early 2012 - but he never had the opportunity to step into the ring, as New Wave went on a long hiatus at this time, and Majima returned to Japan to hone his craft on home soil.
Having worked on his craft for a couple of years, Majima decided he needed to make another American excursion not just to hone his raft by working against different opposition, but to put his mind at rest by proving he could go to North America and compete against all comers, proving himself and righting that past wrong that was out of his control which has nagged at him ever since.
His time in Lions Den was one of unfulfilled promise: even though his matches were regularly a highlight of the shows he competed on, with his hard-hitting style earning him the respect of many of his peers and making him an opponent that many of the roster were wary of facing, on several occasions he had the chance to become a champion yet every time the chance eluded him, and this began to eat at him and give him extra motivation to silence his doubters.
Entrance Music:
"There's A Storm Coming" by Dance With The Dead
Ring Attire:
Jet black tights with a crimson waistband, black boots with jet black kickpads with crimson trim, white tape around his wrists, and his hair tied back in a tight ponytail.
For his entrance he wears a black ring robe with crimson detailing around the lapels and a pair of black sunglasses.
Ring Entrance:
As the opening of "There's A Storm Coming" filters through the PA system a combination of gold and reddish-orange lights flicker in the entranceway in sync with the keyboards - until the intro is interrupted by a combination of brooding synths and haunting, almost ethereal vocals that greet Shintaro Majima as he walks through the curtain into the arena, and without a second's hesitation he begins to walk down the ramp towards the ring
Once he reaches ringside Majima climbs the ring steps and steps into the ring, loosening his robe and removing his sunglasses before he walks towards the corner he has decided is his, at which point he removes his robe and places it and his sunglasses in the corner as he wipes the back of each hand in the palm of the other in preparation
BACKGROUND INFO
Pic Base:
Katsuyori Shibata
Gimmick:
Stoic and of few words - but who needs words when you're battering your opponent into oblivion?
Bio:
ShiMa was initially brought across to North America as an insurance policy for New Wave champion "Smart" Mark Bisley, who saw the value of having a heavy hitter in his corner and was looking to mold Majima into a partner, in early 2012 - but he never had the opportunity to step into the ring, as New Wave went on a long hiatus at this time, and Majima returned to Japan to hone his craft on home soil.
Having worked on his craft for a couple of years, Majima decided he needed to make another American excursion not just to hone his raft by working against different opposition, but to put his mind at rest by proving he could go to North America and compete against all comers, proving himself and righting that past wrong that was out of his control which has nagged at him ever since.
His time in Lions Den was one of unfulfilled promise: even though his matches were regularly a highlight of the shows he competed on, with his hard-hitting style earning him the respect of many of his peers and making him an opponent that many of the roster were wary of facing, on several occasions he had the chance to become a champion yet every time the chance eluded him, and this began to eat at him and give him extra motivation to silence his doubters.
