Ashlyn De Luca
Oct 7, 2018 17:47:17 GMT -5
Post by FGA Office on Oct 7, 2018 17:47:17 GMT -5
STATS
WRESTLER'S FULL NAME:
Ashlyn Maria Evans
WRESTLER'S RING NAME:
Ashlyn De Luca
WRESTLER'S NICKNAME:
--
D.O.B.:
April 20, 1993
HEIGHT:
5’6”
WEIGHT:
133 lbs
ALIGNMENT:
Heel Spectrum: (1 - 4) | Tweener: (5) | Face Spectrum (6 - 10)
4
BILLED FROM:
Atlanta, GA
PRO DEBUT:
January 2013
PICBASE:
Zoey Deutch
MANAGER:
N/A
Will sometimes be accompanied to ringside by her tag partner, Logan Alexander. (PB- Bruce Campbell)
MOVESET
WRESTLING STYLE:
1. Tech
2. Striker
FINISHING MOVES:
1. Storybook Ending: Grapevine (Grounded) Dragon Sleeper
2. The Flyleaf: Leaping sitout facebuster-- usually ending in a spike for short opponents. Sometimes hit from the second turnbuckle.
3.Crashlanta: Inverted Belly-to-Back Mat Slam aka Styles Clash.
TRADEMARK MOVES:
1. Syxx Kick: Running Double Spinning Wheel Kick
2. Diving Double Knees to standing or kneeling opponent
3. New Chaos Theory: Single Leg Liontamer
4. Phenomena: Running step-up high knee transitioned into a Snap Frankensteiner
5. Deathgrip wrist lock with repeated stomps to neck/head of grounded opponent
COMMON MOVES:
STRIKING
- Elbow Strikes
- Short-Arm Forearm Smash
- Kick Variants (Roundhouse, Drop, Pele, Crescent, Axe, Super, Bicycle, Heel, Savate, etc.)
- Desperation Headbutt
GRAPPLING
- Brainbuster
- Hangman’s Neckbreaker (usually across the top rope/turnbuckle)
- Dragon Suplex
- Deathgrip wristlock followed by multiple kicks/knees
- Hurricanrana / Poison-Rana
- Rolling (Double) Russian Leg Sweep
- Stunner (as a counter to a Suplex)
- Counter side headlock takedown into vicious head slamming
- Backbreaker Variants (Butterfly, Headlock, Sidewalk, Hip Toss, Suplex, Straightjacket, etc.)
RUNNING
- Shining Wizard variants
- Tornado DDT (often seemingly out of nowhere, in unusual positions/locations)
- Running Buckle Bomb
- Rolling Arm Drag/Drags (sometimes into Fujiwara or transitioned into a wristlock)
(Also: See strike variations)
GROUND
- Fujiwara Armbar
- Triangle Choke / Inverted Triangle Choke
- Sharpshooter
- Rolling Axe Kick to seated opponent
AERIAL
- Asai Moonsault
- Ropewalk into; Leg Drop / Frog Splash / Blockbuster
- Springboard Single Leg Dropkick
- Run-Up Butterfly (or Dragon) Superplex to opponent climbing the ropes
ENTRANCE & ATTIRE
ENTRANCE MUSIC:
"Suburbia" by Kavinsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6wpcmu11kg
RING ATTIRE:
-Black sports-bra style top, covered in what looks like small multicolored paint splotches
-Black elbow pads
-Long black tights, “ADL” written down left leg in green, “CHAOS” down right leg in pink
RING ENTRANCE:
The lights in the arena blink to darkness, prompting a loud but indecisive reaction from the audience, many of which have grown used to being plunged into darkness-- but the mixed reaction becomes dominated by boos as the words “I come to life…” echo throughout the arena over the soundsystem, followed by the familiar deep drums, with the text CHAOS appearing in blood red on the Tron. Kavinsky’s “Suburbia” plays on the PA and the lights in the arena slowly return with a red hue. Ashlyn De Luca steps out of the darkness and onto the top of the ramp, smirking at the reaction of the audience. She turns her back briefly, flashing the back of her black-and-pink “Chaotics” jacket before making her way down toward the bottom of the ramp. Ashlyn pauses, looking out at the crowd around her before sprinting to the ring, sliding in beneath the bottom rope and rising to a knee in the center.
[ANNOUNCER INTRO/COMMENTARY]
Ashlyn walks toward the ropes, calmly climbing to the second, scanning the audience before blowing a sarcastic kiss toward the mainly-jeering crowd. She peels her jacket off, tossing it onto the face of the nearest cameraman before pushing herself off of the ropes, mouthing along to the lyrics of her theme as she makes her way toward the corner, ready for action.
CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRANCE:
The lights in the arena blink to darkness, prompting a loud but indecisive reaction from the audience, many of which have grown used to being plunged into darkness-- but the mixed reaction becomes dominated by boos as the words “I come to life…” echo throughout the arena over the soundsystem, followed by the familiar deep drums, with the text CHAOS appearing in blood red on the Tron. Kavinsky’s “Suburbia” plays on the PA and the lights in the arena slowly return with a red hue. Ashlyn De Luca steps out of the darkness and onto the top of the ramp, smirking at the reaction of the audience. She turns her back briefly, flashing the back of her black-and-pink “Chaotics” jacket before making her way down toward the bottom of the ramp. Ashlyn pauses, looking out at the crowd around her as she unzips the jacket, revealing her half of the FGA World Tag Team Titles. She takes it off into her hand before sprinting to the ring, sliding in beneath the bottom rope and rising to a knee in the center.
[ANNOUNCER INTRO/COMMENTARY]
Ashlyn walks toward the ropes, calmly climbing to the second, scanning the audience before blowing a sarcastic kiss toward the mainly-jeering crowd, raising her title high above her head, only amplifying the reaction. She peels her jacket off, tossing it onto the face of the nearest cameraman before pushing herself off of the ropes, mouthing along to the lyrics of her theme as she makes her way toward the corner, ready for action.
CHARACTER BACKGROUND
PERSONALITY:
Ashlyn is incredibly arrogant. Loud-mouth. Pure trash talker tbh. For the most part she has a mild attitude toward people she’s not directly feuding with (or hasn’t feuded with) and the fanbase in general. Could be considered paranoid or delusional to an extent, feeling that upper management is conspiring against her.
STRENGTHS:
1. In tune with her environment-- Ashlyn will alter or modify certain moves based on location or match type.
2. Incredibly quick/agile-- easily displayed through striking/running attacks.
3. Patient-- not easily rattled by a change of pace.
WEAKNESSES:
1. Submission game suffers against large opponents/heavyweights.
2. Publicized knee/leg injury since early 2018.
3. Paranoia leads to disagreements with officials/other wrestlers.
TAUNTS/MANNERISMS:
1. Jerking motion in front of her… abdomen… before throwing the invisible substance into the opponent’s face. Or ref’s face. Or at the crowd.
2. Sometimes stops a running attack or stops dead in her tracks after an Irish Whip rebound simply to give the opponent the finger.
Allies & Foes:
ALLIES
1. Logan Alexander
2.
3.
4.
5.
FOES
1. The Polychromatic Lion Attack Squad
2. Dogs of War
3. Smart Style
4. Your local sports team
5.
FGA CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD:
-FGA World Tag Team Championship (2x) w/ Logan Alexander
ADDITIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD:
-PW Television Championship (1x)
-PW International Championship (1x)
-HKW Bloodlust Championship (3x)
-SSWA World Championship (1x)
BACKGROUND:
Ashlyn was born in Tampa, Florida on April 20th, 1993 to Alexander & Jemma De Luca. Shortly before her fifth birthday, they relocated to East Point, GA and finally to Atlanta, GA where Ashlyn (mainly) lives until present-day. After losing her mother to cancer shortly thereafter, Ashlyn became involved in sports-- specifically gymnastics, and later amateur wrestling-- though had “behavioral problems” throughout her childhood, eventually becoming pregnant and giving birth to her son, Samuel De Luca-Lake at the age of 14. After returning to "athletic-shape" and seeking guidance in 2011, Ashlyn would eventually seek the help of former World Champions Logan Alexander, and later Aubrey J. Parker and Talon Wilkinson. She broke into the mainstream wrestling scene with a successful run in the original Phoenix Wrestling beginning in 2013, holding the Television and International Championships, most notably feuding with the likes of Faith and Aurora Jansen. Notably, Ashlyn became embroiled in a bitter, seven-month feud with Faith exacerbated by Ashlyn's affair with Faith's then-husband, Tommy Evans and a vicious grudge match which saw De Luca set her rival ablaze. A series of failed attempts at the World and Tag Team Championships would take their emotional toll. After taking a hiatus in late 2014, Ashlyn purchased and rejuvenated a now-successful local bakery (...!) but began training for an in-ring return in early summer 2016.
At the end of the summer she debuted in HKW on its Defiance brand, immediately feuding with the Crimson Baroness. The two would trade wins with the Baroness often getting the best of De Luca, though Ashlyn managed to defeat her for the Bloodlust Championship on two separate occasions in 2016 and 2017. During her run, Ashlyn entered SSWA’s 2017 Young Guns Cup, emerging victorious over the likes of Artemis Kaiser, Jackie Fowler, and Danielle Vasquez to win the tournament. She went onto win the brand’s World Championship from Selena King in June 2017 despite controversy and quickly reconnected with her mentor and teacher, Logan Alexander, with her eyes set on FGA and ultimately her first taste of tag team success.
Throughout 2017, Logan and Ashlyn (under the name “Chaotics”) performed as a team and won FGA’s Dynamic Duos tournament-- one which saw Ashlyn De Luca score a long-awaited pinfall victory over former mentor and rival Aurora Jansen-- ultimately defeating Upper Echelon’s Emilio Vialpando and Jinzai in the finals: a match which would spark a heated rivalry between Ashlyn and Emilio. Afterward, Chaotics engaged in a rivalry with Peaches and Dan Herrera of the Polychromatic Lion Attack Squad, culminating in a Tag Team Championship victory at FGA’s 6 Year Anniversary Show-- though both teams were attacked by Shintaro Majima and Mark Bisley of Smart Style (a team the Chaotics had defeated, and disrespected months prior during the Patriot Games tournament).
Meanwhile in HKW, De Luca had been a part of a blood-feud with Artemis Kaiser. The two exchanged the Bloodlust Championship during their months-long rivalry which culminated in a Three Stages of Hell Match which saw both women badly injured. Regardless, Kaiser and De Luca formed a mutual respect and ADL would continue to defend her SSWA World Championship against the likes of Utopia Vidal, Selena King, and-- controversially-- Anastasia Starling. In HKW, a man that had acquired near-legendary status, Flame, returned at De Luca’s expense, stalking her (and Emilio Vialpando) following De Luca’s victory over Artemis Kaiser at HKW’s War Ready which began Ashlyn’s third Bloodlust Championship reign. Eventually, Flame physically stole Ashlyn De Luca’s championship belt, leaving the champion without a title to display as the year ended.
While the Chaotics remained undefeated in FGA throughout 2017 (successfully defending their titles against Smart Style and the Polychromatic Lion Attack Squad of Peaches and Dan Herrera), in SSWA, Ashlyn would eventually lose her World Championship to Anastasia Starling at December’s Royal Battle after an emotional bout. Shortly after, Ashlyn’s entry into the 2018 Young Guns Cup was announced, making her the first previous winner to reenter the tournament. Ashlyn declared that 2017 was the year she achieved “stardom”, and 2018 would be the year that she cemented “legendary status”, emphasizing this with a victory over Dragon Diabolico in the tournament’s first round and Dickie Harter in the second, but was ultimately defeated by Kendall Kingham in the Round of 16. A day later, Ashlyn lost her Bloodlust Championship to Emilio Vialpando in the returning Hell’s Asylum Match at HKW Divine Supremacy, suffering a leg injury during an exchange with Flame atop the cell, exacerbated when she was thrown off of the roof and into the crowd. Ashlyn was technically cleared for competition six days later, though still attempting to rehab the injury, and signed an official year-long contract with FGA at the end of January 2018, debuting in the losing end of a main event match against Undisputed Champion Johnny Karma on an episode of Flashpoint. In February 2018, Ashlyn quietly married Tommy Evans in Nevada, becoming Ashlyn Maria Evans.
Before the start of the spring, Ashlyn began a rivalry with Izzy Anders in SSWA. The pair exchanged verbal barbs (mainly in jest) for weeks, with Ashlyn confident that Izzy didn’t still have the fire necessary to beat her in a one-on-one match. For the better part of two months, the two were hellbent on upstaging the other, though Anders would eventually emerge victorious in the rivalry. In FGA, the Chaotics engaged in a war with Mark Bisley and Shintaro Majima of Smart Style in a months-long battle to determine who FGA’s premier tag team was. The team traded the championships, with Smart Style besting the Chaotics to earn a reign as champions in early 2018 before the Chaotics recaptured them months later-- with the titles, along the way, being made exclusive to Flashpoint once Vertigo GM Brandon Macdonald held a tournament to crown the first FGA United States Tag Team Champions (won by Pendragon), titles exclusive to Vertigo. This was one of many events that led to a war between the General Managers and their respective brands.
In SSWA, Ashlyn De Luca came to the aid of her husband, Tommy Evans during his ongoing rivalry with the members of Project Continuum. Over the weeks, the pair were backed up by the likes of Jade Malling, Evangelista, and finally Kenzie Rowe, going on to defeat Project Continuum in a 5 v 5 Hell in a Cell match. In FGA, the opening shots were fired in brand wars between Vertigo and Flashpoint. The Chaotics were attacked in a sky suite by members of the Vertigo roster, with a broader attack made worse after the Dogs of War allowed many of the Vertigo members access to other Grapplers. In spite of this, the Chaotics were selected to captain a team to combat “Team Vertigo”-- a team that also featured Smart Style, the Polychromatic Lion Attack Squad, and the traitorous Dogs of War, which Logan Alexander very vocally objected to. The match went on as planned (though with Smart Style taking over as captains) and although Logan Alexander abandoned his team mid-match, Team Flashpoint was victorious in the brand war. Regardless, there was animosity between Alexander and the rest of the roster-- including his own tag team partner.
Meanwhile in HKW, Ashlyn De Luca answered the open challenge of Jason Jackson, who had built up momentum as a hybrid star in MMA as well as wrestling. Over the weeks, Jackson had grown increasingly on-edge and less amused with Ashlyn’s less-than-serious attitude. In the open challenge, Ashlyn won with a flash roll-up relatively quickly. As a show of respect, Ashlyn went for a handshake but was attacked by Jackson after the match. This coincided with an attack in SSWA by Jason Anderson Protivnik, enraged that De Luca had been selected for a WCS Crown Jewel Championship opportunity. Ashlyn put her opportunity on the line against Protivnik in a one-on-one match and emerged victorious, continuing a winning streak in SSWA, though she was ultimately unsuccessful in capturing the Crown Jewel Championship and took a brief leave from the company. Ashlyn, growing tired of the constant attacks, fought back against Jackson and defeated him in a match at Destiny where the winner had to pin their opponent for five seconds as opposed to three.
All throughout, for months, Logan and Ashlyn butted heads in FGA, with Logan displaying a more callous, violent attitude. After Logan’s actions threatened to cost the Chaotics the Tag Team Titles in a 2 out of 3 Falls match against Smart Style, Ashlyn took both titles into her possession. The pair remained at odds for weeks with Ashlyn insinuating that she intended to find a new partner-- until Ashlyn was attacked by the Dogs of War backstage, shortly after they’d assaulted both Peaches and Dan Herrera. Logan would come to her rescue, but refused to take his half of the Tag Team Championships back, claiming he had to “earn it”, reigniting the animosity between the pair. The Chaotics were assaulted a second time by the Dogs of War, who would battle the Polychromatic Lion Attack Squad to a draw in a match to determine number one contenders. The Chaotics successfully defended the championships in a triple threat tag team match at FGA’s Above & Beyond event against both the Dogs and PLAS… but shockingly assaulted the members of the Polychromatic Lion Attack Squad after the decision. Ashlyn justified her actions, claiming that “they shouldn’t have been there anyway” she was tired of seeing others rewarded for putting their hands on her (and her partner) unnecessarily, blaming the careless attitudes of upper management (namely Hadley Herrera) for her perceived lack of opportunities within the company.
WRESTLER'S FULL NAME:
Ashlyn Maria Evans
WRESTLER'S RING NAME:
Ashlyn De Luca
WRESTLER'S NICKNAME:
--
D.O.B.:
April 20, 1993
HEIGHT:
5’6”
WEIGHT:
133 lbs
ALIGNMENT:
Heel Spectrum: (1 - 4) | Tweener: (5) | Face Spectrum (6 - 10)
4
BILLED FROM:
Atlanta, GA
PRO DEBUT:
January 2013
PICBASE:
Zoey Deutch
MANAGER:
N/A
Will sometimes be accompanied to ringside by her tag partner, Logan Alexander. (PB- Bruce Campbell)
MOVESET
WRESTLING STYLE:
1. Tech
2. Striker
FINISHING MOVES:
1. Storybook Ending: Grapevine (Grounded) Dragon Sleeper
2. The Flyleaf: Leaping sitout facebuster-- usually ending in a spike for short opponents. Sometimes hit from the second turnbuckle.
3.Crashlanta: Inverted Belly-to-Back Mat Slam aka Styles Clash.
TRADEMARK MOVES:
1. Syxx Kick: Running Double Spinning Wheel Kick
2. Diving Double Knees to standing or kneeling opponent
3. New Chaos Theory: Single Leg Liontamer
4. Phenomena: Running step-up high knee transitioned into a Snap Frankensteiner
5. Deathgrip wrist lock with repeated stomps to neck/head of grounded opponent
COMMON MOVES:
STRIKING
- Elbow Strikes
- Short-Arm Forearm Smash
- Kick Variants (Roundhouse, Drop, Pele, Crescent, Axe, Super, Bicycle, Heel, Savate, etc.)
- Desperation Headbutt
GRAPPLING
- Brainbuster
- Hangman’s Neckbreaker (usually across the top rope/turnbuckle)
- Dragon Suplex
- Deathgrip wristlock followed by multiple kicks/knees
- Hurricanrana / Poison-Rana
- Rolling (Double) Russian Leg Sweep
- Stunner (as a counter to a Suplex)
- Counter side headlock takedown into vicious head slamming
- Backbreaker Variants (Butterfly, Headlock, Sidewalk, Hip Toss, Suplex, Straightjacket, etc.)
RUNNING
- Shining Wizard variants
- Tornado DDT (often seemingly out of nowhere, in unusual positions/locations)
- Running Buckle Bomb
- Rolling Arm Drag/Drags (sometimes into Fujiwara or transitioned into a wristlock)
(Also: See strike variations)
GROUND
- Fujiwara Armbar
- Triangle Choke / Inverted Triangle Choke
- Sharpshooter
- Rolling Axe Kick to seated opponent
AERIAL
- Asai Moonsault
- Ropewalk into; Leg Drop / Frog Splash / Blockbuster
- Springboard Single Leg Dropkick
- Run-Up Butterfly (or Dragon) Superplex to opponent climbing the ropes
ENTRANCE & ATTIRE
ENTRANCE MUSIC:
"Suburbia" by Kavinsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6wpcmu11kg
RING ATTIRE:
-Black sports-bra style top, covered in what looks like small multicolored paint splotches
-Black elbow pads
-Long black tights, “ADL” written down left leg in green, “CHAOS” down right leg in pink
RING ENTRANCE:
The lights in the arena blink to darkness, prompting a loud but indecisive reaction from the audience, many of which have grown used to being plunged into darkness-- but the mixed reaction becomes dominated by boos as the words “I come to life…” echo throughout the arena over the soundsystem, followed by the familiar deep drums, with the text CHAOS appearing in blood red on the Tron. Kavinsky’s “Suburbia” plays on the PA and the lights in the arena slowly return with a red hue. Ashlyn De Luca steps out of the darkness and onto the top of the ramp, smirking at the reaction of the audience. She turns her back briefly, flashing the back of her black-and-pink “Chaotics” jacket before making her way down toward the bottom of the ramp. Ashlyn pauses, looking out at the crowd around her before sprinting to the ring, sliding in beneath the bottom rope and rising to a knee in the center.
[ANNOUNCER INTRO/COMMENTARY]
Ashlyn walks toward the ropes, calmly climbing to the second, scanning the audience before blowing a sarcastic kiss toward the mainly-jeering crowd. She peels her jacket off, tossing it onto the face of the nearest cameraman before pushing herself off of the ropes, mouthing along to the lyrics of her theme as she makes her way toward the corner, ready for action.
CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRANCE:
The lights in the arena blink to darkness, prompting a loud but indecisive reaction from the audience, many of which have grown used to being plunged into darkness-- but the mixed reaction becomes dominated by boos as the words “I come to life…” echo throughout the arena over the soundsystem, followed by the familiar deep drums, with the text CHAOS appearing in blood red on the Tron. Kavinsky’s “Suburbia” plays on the PA and the lights in the arena slowly return with a red hue. Ashlyn De Luca steps out of the darkness and onto the top of the ramp, smirking at the reaction of the audience. She turns her back briefly, flashing the back of her black-and-pink “Chaotics” jacket before making her way down toward the bottom of the ramp. Ashlyn pauses, looking out at the crowd around her as she unzips the jacket, revealing her half of the FGA World Tag Team Titles. She takes it off into her hand before sprinting to the ring, sliding in beneath the bottom rope and rising to a knee in the center.
[ANNOUNCER INTRO/COMMENTARY]
Ashlyn walks toward the ropes, calmly climbing to the second, scanning the audience before blowing a sarcastic kiss toward the mainly-jeering crowd, raising her title high above her head, only amplifying the reaction. She peels her jacket off, tossing it onto the face of the nearest cameraman before pushing herself off of the ropes, mouthing along to the lyrics of her theme as she makes her way toward the corner, ready for action.
CHARACTER BACKGROUND
PERSONALITY:
Ashlyn is incredibly arrogant. Loud-mouth. Pure trash talker tbh. For the most part she has a mild attitude toward people she’s not directly feuding with (or hasn’t feuded with) and the fanbase in general. Could be considered paranoid or delusional to an extent, feeling that upper management is conspiring against her.
STRENGTHS:
1. In tune with her environment-- Ashlyn will alter or modify certain moves based on location or match type.
2. Incredibly quick/agile-- easily displayed through striking/running attacks.
3. Patient-- not easily rattled by a change of pace.
WEAKNESSES:
1. Submission game suffers against large opponents/heavyweights.
2. Publicized knee/leg injury since early 2018.
3. Paranoia leads to disagreements with officials/other wrestlers.
TAUNTS/MANNERISMS:
1. Jerking motion in front of her… abdomen… before throwing the invisible substance into the opponent’s face. Or ref’s face. Or at the crowd.
2. Sometimes stops a running attack or stops dead in her tracks after an Irish Whip rebound simply to give the opponent the finger.
Allies & Foes:
ALLIES
1. Logan Alexander
2.
3.
4.
5.
FOES
1. The Polychromatic Lion Attack Squad
2. Dogs of War
3. Smart Style
4. Your local sports team
5.
FGA CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD:
-FGA World Tag Team Championship (2x) w/ Logan Alexander
ADDITIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD:
-PW Television Championship (1x)
-PW International Championship (1x)
-HKW Bloodlust Championship (3x)
-SSWA World Championship (1x)
BACKGROUND:
Ashlyn was born in Tampa, Florida on April 20th, 1993 to Alexander & Jemma De Luca. Shortly before her fifth birthday, they relocated to East Point, GA and finally to Atlanta, GA where Ashlyn (mainly) lives until present-day. After losing her mother to cancer shortly thereafter, Ashlyn became involved in sports-- specifically gymnastics, and later amateur wrestling-- though had “behavioral problems” throughout her childhood, eventually becoming pregnant and giving birth to her son, Samuel De Luca-Lake at the age of 14. After returning to "athletic-shape" and seeking guidance in 2011, Ashlyn would eventually seek the help of former World Champions Logan Alexander, and later Aubrey J. Parker and Talon Wilkinson. She broke into the mainstream wrestling scene with a successful run in the original Phoenix Wrestling beginning in 2013, holding the Television and International Championships, most notably feuding with the likes of Faith and Aurora Jansen. Notably, Ashlyn became embroiled in a bitter, seven-month feud with Faith exacerbated by Ashlyn's affair with Faith's then-husband, Tommy Evans and a vicious grudge match which saw De Luca set her rival ablaze. A series of failed attempts at the World and Tag Team Championships would take their emotional toll. After taking a hiatus in late 2014, Ashlyn purchased and rejuvenated a now-successful local bakery (...!) but began training for an in-ring return in early summer 2016.
At the end of the summer she debuted in HKW on its Defiance brand, immediately feuding with the Crimson Baroness. The two would trade wins with the Baroness often getting the best of De Luca, though Ashlyn managed to defeat her for the Bloodlust Championship on two separate occasions in 2016 and 2017. During her run, Ashlyn entered SSWA’s 2017 Young Guns Cup, emerging victorious over the likes of Artemis Kaiser, Jackie Fowler, and Danielle Vasquez to win the tournament. She went onto win the brand’s World Championship from Selena King in June 2017 despite controversy and quickly reconnected with her mentor and teacher, Logan Alexander, with her eyes set on FGA and ultimately her first taste of tag team success.
Throughout 2017, Logan and Ashlyn (under the name “Chaotics”) performed as a team and won FGA’s Dynamic Duos tournament-- one which saw Ashlyn De Luca score a long-awaited pinfall victory over former mentor and rival Aurora Jansen-- ultimately defeating Upper Echelon’s Emilio Vialpando and Jinzai in the finals: a match which would spark a heated rivalry between Ashlyn and Emilio. Afterward, Chaotics engaged in a rivalry with Peaches and Dan Herrera of the Polychromatic Lion Attack Squad, culminating in a Tag Team Championship victory at FGA’s 6 Year Anniversary Show-- though both teams were attacked by Shintaro Majima and Mark Bisley of Smart Style (a team the Chaotics had defeated, and disrespected months prior during the Patriot Games tournament).
Meanwhile in HKW, De Luca had been a part of a blood-feud with Artemis Kaiser. The two exchanged the Bloodlust Championship during their months-long rivalry which culminated in a Three Stages of Hell Match which saw both women badly injured. Regardless, Kaiser and De Luca formed a mutual respect and ADL would continue to defend her SSWA World Championship against the likes of Utopia Vidal, Selena King, and-- controversially-- Anastasia Starling. In HKW, a man that had acquired near-legendary status, Flame, returned at De Luca’s expense, stalking her (and Emilio Vialpando) following De Luca’s victory over Artemis Kaiser at HKW’s War Ready which began Ashlyn’s third Bloodlust Championship reign. Eventually, Flame physically stole Ashlyn De Luca’s championship belt, leaving the champion without a title to display as the year ended.
While the Chaotics remained undefeated in FGA throughout 2017 (successfully defending their titles against Smart Style and the Polychromatic Lion Attack Squad of Peaches and Dan Herrera), in SSWA, Ashlyn would eventually lose her World Championship to Anastasia Starling at December’s Royal Battle after an emotional bout. Shortly after, Ashlyn’s entry into the 2018 Young Guns Cup was announced, making her the first previous winner to reenter the tournament. Ashlyn declared that 2017 was the year she achieved “stardom”, and 2018 would be the year that she cemented “legendary status”, emphasizing this with a victory over Dragon Diabolico in the tournament’s first round and Dickie Harter in the second, but was ultimately defeated by Kendall Kingham in the Round of 16. A day later, Ashlyn lost her Bloodlust Championship to Emilio Vialpando in the returning Hell’s Asylum Match at HKW Divine Supremacy, suffering a leg injury during an exchange with Flame atop the cell, exacerbated when she was thrown off of the roof and into the crowd. Ashlyn was technically cleared for competition six days later, though still attempting to rehab the injury, and signed an official year-long contract with FGA at the end of January 2018, debuting in the losing end of a main event match against Undisputed Champion Johnny Karma on an episode of Flashpoint. In February 2018, Ashlyn quietly married Tommy Evans in Nevada, becoming Ashlyn Maria Evans.
Before the start of the spring, Ashlyn began a rivalry with Izzy Anders in SSWA. The pair exchanged verbal barbs (mainly in jest) for weeks, with Ashlyn confident that Izzy didn’t still have the fire necessary to beat her in a one-on-one match. For the better part of two months, the two were hellbent on upstaging the other, though Anders would eventually emerge victorious in the rivalry. In FGA, the Chaotics engaged in a war with Mark Bisley and Shintaro Majima of Smart Style in a months-long battle to determine who FGA’s premier tag team was. The team traded the championships, with Smart Style besting the Chaotics to earn a reign as champions in early 2018 before the Chaotics recaptured them months later-- with the titles, along the way, being made exclusive to Flashpoint once Vertigo GM Brandon Macdonald held a tournament to crown the first FGA United States Tag Team Champions (won by Pendragon), titles exclusive to Vertigo. This was one of many events that led to a war between the General Managers and their respective brands.
In SSWA, Ashlyn De Luca came to the aid of her husband, Tommy Evans during his ongoing rivalry with the members of Project Continuum. Over the weeks, the pair were backed up by the likes of Jade Malling, Evangelista, and finally Kenzie Rowe, going on to defeat Project Continuum in a 5 v 5 Hell in a Cell match. In FGA, the opening shots were fired in brand wars between Vertigo and Flashpoint. The Chaotics were attacked in a sky suite by members of the Vertigo roster, with a broader attack made worse after the Dogs of War allowed many of the Vertigo members access to other Grapplers. In spite of this, the Chaotics were selected to captain a team to combat “Team Vertigo”-- a team that also featured Smart Style, the Polychromatic Lion Attack Squad, and the traitorous Dogs of War, which Logan Alexander very vocally objected to. The match went on as planned (though with Smart Style taking over as captains) and although Logan Alexander abandoned his team mid-match, Team Flashpoint was victorious in the brand war. Regardless, there was animosity between Alexander and the rest of the roster-- including his own tag team partner.
Meanwhile in HKW, Ashlyn De Luca answered the open challenge of Jason Jackson, who had built up momentum as a hybrid star in MMA as well as wrestling. Over the weeks, Jackson had grown increasingly on-edge and less amused with Ashlyn’s less-than-serious attitude. In the open challenge, Ashlyn won with a flash roll-up relatively quickly. As a show of respect, Ashlyn went for a handshake but was attacked by Jackson after the match. This coincided with an attack in SSWA by Jason Anderson Protivnik, enraged that De Luca had been selected for a WCS Crown Jewel Championship opportunity. Ashlyn put her opportunity on the line against Protivnik in a one-on-one match and emerged victorious, continuing a winning streak in SSWA, though she was ultimately unsuccessful in capturing the Crown Jewel Championship and took a brief leave from the company. Ashlyn, growing tired of the constant attacks, fought back against Jackson and defeated him in a match at Destiny where the winner had to pin their opponent for five seconds as opposed to three.
All throughout, for months, Logan and Ashlyn butted heads in FGA, with Logan displaying a more callous, violent attitude. After Logan’s actions threatened to cost the Chaotics the Tag Team Titles in a 2 out of 3 Falls match against Smart Style, Ashlyn took both titles into her possession. The pair remained at odds for weeks with Ashlyn insinuating that she intended to find a new partner-- until Ashlyn was attacked by the Dogs of War backstage, shortly after they’d assaulted both Peaches and Dan Herrera. Logan would come to her rescue, but refused to take his half of the Tag Team Championships back, claiming he had to “earn it”, reigniting the animosity between the pair. The Chaotics were assaulted a second time by the Dogs of War, who would battle the Polychromatic Lion Attack Squad to a draw in a match to determine number one contenders. The Chaotics successfully defended the championships in a triple threat tag team match at FGA’s Above & Beyond event against both the Dogs and PLAS… but shockingly assaulted the members of the Polychromatic Lion Attack Squad after the decision. Ashlyn justified her actions, claiming that “they shouldn’t have been there anyway” she was tired of seeing others rewarded for putting their hands on her (and her partner) unnecessarily, blaming the careless attitudes of upper management (namely Hadley Herrera) for her perceived lack of opportunities within the company.