Raphael Dallins
Sept 13, 2020 0:35:12 GMT -5
Post by FGA Office on Sept 13, 2020 0:35:12 GMT -5
STATS
WRESTLER'S FULL NAME:
Raphael Christopher Dallins
WRESTLER'S RING NAME:
"The Foundation" Raphael Dallins
WRESTLER'S NICKNAME:
“The Foundation”
“Superstar”
“Ace of Fades”
“The White Knight”
“Sparrow” (Doesn’t mind one way or the next still being called it, but we’re trying something new.)
D.O.B.:
03.10.98
HEIGHT:
6'1"
WEIGHT:
205 lbs
ALIGNMENT:
(10 On A 1-10 Scale in terms of Face, not necessarily a good thing. He's full hardline kinda face now.)
BILLED FROM:
Harlem, New York by way of Trinidad & Tobago
PRO DEBUT:
07.10.2018
PICBASE:
Chris Bey
MANAGER:
Caroline Dallins
MOVESET
WRESTLING STYLE:
(Up to 2 MAX)
1. Striker (Kick-based variety. Blame it on some Capoeira, football, and a lot of core and lower body strength.)
2. Submissions (A lot of grappling, mat based lock-ups and holds.)
FINISHING MOVES:
(Up to 4 MAX)
1. Bass Reeves Special - Chickenwing Camel Clutch
2. The Notorious K.I.C.K. - Standing Double Foot Stomp
3. Bass Reeves Deluxe - Bull's Angelito/Scorpion Crosslock (Reserved for Supershows/Title Matches/Big Feuds...It’s not some unbeatable submission, it just gets brought out for bigger events.)
TRADEMARK MOVES:
(Up to 5 MAX)
1. Chekov's Gun - Double Chickenwing Facebuster. Setup for The Bass Reeves Special
2. The John Wick - Jumping Corner Dodge followed by a Corner Yakuza Kick
3. Leaf Hurricane - Counter Scorpion Kick, followed by a Pele Kick
4. Desperado Lock - Rolling Armdrag / Scissored Armbar Crossface Combination
5. Love T.K.O. - Shining Axe Kick, sometimes in the corner
COMMON MOVES:
STRIKING
- Mule Kick
- Switchblade Kick
- Step-Up Enzuigiri
- Baseball Slide
- Front Dropkick
- Corner Chest Kicks
- Leg Lariat
- Jumping Sidekick
- Windmill Kick (Countering an opponent’s kick attempt)
GRAPPLING
- German Suplex Into A Turnbuckle
- Tiger Suplex
- Butterfly Suplex
- Hammerlock Suplex
- Various Armdrags
RUNNING
- Gargoyle Suplex
- Running Penalty Kick
- Spinning Wheel Kick
GROUND
- Arm Stomp
- Inverted Sharpshooter
- Kimura Lock/Finger Bending
- Bridging Single Leg Lock
AERIAL
- Snap Armdrag To The Outside
- Suicide Dropkick
- Standing/Diving Double Knee Armbreaker
- Superplex
ENTRANCE & ATTIRE
ENTRANCE MUSIC:
“The Demon's Blade" by Army Of The Pharaohs
RING ATTIRE:
• White Snapback Baseball Hat (entrance only)
• White armbands with trimmings of a variety of colors depending on his tights. Combos include red/white, blue/white, gold/white, black/white and so on.
• White wrist tape.
• Wrestling tights with a variety of intricate housing blueprint designs.
• White left kickpad with blueprint design, black right kickpad with Trinidad & Tobago flag.
• White-on-black two-toned wrestling boots.
RING ENTRANCE:
CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRANCE:
CHARACTER BACKGROUND
PERSONALITY:
After losing the United States championship to Logan Alexander, Sparrow---or rather Raphael Dallins has gone full paladin. No more brokering, no more trying to make nice, no more trying to humor shades of gray. Sportsmanship has its place to peers who believe in that. For the most part, outwardly Raphael Dallins is still as earnest a wrestler as ever and wants to prove himself...But there's something...A little sinister to everything he does now. Something at least a small contingent of fans at every arena can see plain as day.
STRENGTHS:
1. His Cardio Day Must Be Intense: He’s got an insane amount of stamina, as befitting someone pinballing all around the ring like a crazy person. Tanking through big moves with a refuse to quit attitude sees Raphael very hard to put down...Especially because he reserves energy instead of jumping off of everything.
2. Death By Legs: There’s a reason kick attacks make up a compelling amount of his offense. His strikes and aerial abilities are absolutely the most dangerous offense he has. This comes from a Capoeira background. With Izzy Anders gone, Sparrow may be THE most dangerous striker in the company. Period.
3. Master Surgeon: You can outpower him, outfly him, outshine him...But God help you trying to out-wrestle him. Raphael has dove full into his bag of grappling and ring awareness. Favoring upper body holds (shoulder, arm, and back), he will pick you apart slowly.
WEAKNESSES:
1. PTSD From Past Me: High-fliers and speedy wrestlers annoy Raphael now. Using a daredevil style that he once believed in and now can’t keep up with serves as frustrating to wrestle against. Keep moving and he will be increasingly nettled, becoming prone to making mistakes. He’s outright refusing to play catch up and waste energy.
2. Impatience Is A Virtue?: Raphael gets more frustrated the longer a match goes on, as per any bog standard heel (yet he’s a super face now, go figure.) That last move didn’t put his opponent away for the three count? They still won’t tap? Cue punching on the mat or arguing with the referee while throwing his hands up in aggravation. Anything that gives his opponent a few precious moments to start the counterattack.
3. The Code: Becoming full extreme on the lawful good spectrum, has eaten up even more awareness as a wrestler. No cheating. No holds until four. Easily cheated out of matches, easily outsmarted, easily jumped, unaware of seeing things coming. Adding to that, he becomes a bit of a wet blanket teaming with peers. He will straight up stop a tag partner cheating, even to the detriment of the team.
TAUNTS/MANNERISMS:
1. Raphael will do a Rock Lee pose. This is mostly to psyche out an opponent/pop the crowd.
2. After taking a particularly brutal move from an opponent, Raphael Dallins will kip-up as though it didn’t affect him...And then immediately faceplant/flop in sheer agony. Basically to show his opponent hit him so STUPIDLY hard that it took his brain a minute to register how much that hurt. Honestly, this is just a really fancy Flair Flop. Don’t judge me.
3. Raphael will slowly raise his opponent up off the ground with one boot, ala Malachi/Aliester Black before kicking them back down or hitting a finisher. This is that vicious streak at work.
4. Not really Raphael but please note that at least twenty percent of the crowd should be against him no matter what he does. Cheering his opponent no matter who they are.
Allies & Foes:
ALLIES
1. TJ Techniques
2. Owen Gonsalves
3. Antoinette
4. Gwen Margolis
5.
FOES/RIVALS
1. Logan Alexander
2. Silk & Cyanide
3. HENNY
4. Owen Gonsalves
5. Ace Voltage
FGA CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD:
- FGA Mid-Atlantic Legacy Championship x1
- FGA 15 Championship x1
- FGA U.S. Championship x1
- FGA World Tag Championships x1 (With TJ Techniques as Def Before Dishonor)
ADDITIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD:
- Liberty Pro King Of New York Championship x1
- Liberty Pro Freedom Championship x1
FGA ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- FGA 5th Competitor To Hold Two Championships At The Same Time
BACKGROUND:
Raphael Dallins was adopted by a Caribbean family shortly after his mother put him up for adoption. He grew up in a loving household however, with parents who were as good to him as he could ever ask. (At least until he began disagreeing about religion and the rights of other people. Then...Well.) He found a love in football... Well football, rugby, some capoeira but found his way to professional wrestling through a local backyard company in Port of Spain. Eventually, it got to him flying to the states to get more American wrestling experience. Along the way he adopted the mask, deciding that going by Raphael was a bit bland. He adopted his name in honor of Trinidad’s legendary Calypsonian singer, Mighty Sparrow.
After a year of experience, he had since given up the mask, feeling that trying to identify himself and even define himself as some sort of enigmatic figure did not work how he might have liked. He, however, kept the name Sparrow and still identifies as such. His training has seen him under Chris Strike’s banner even teaming with Strike’s daughter on a few occasions as the Birds of Prey. Following that, he got extensive learning from Vivienne Robichaud at Lion’s Den NOLA to iron out his chosen wrestling style.
Since wrestling doesn’t pay the bills that well for a journeyman wrestler, he supplemented his income as a sous chef for Poor Estelle’s in Port Allen, Louisiana... He’s actually a pretty excellent chef for whatever that is worth and made a decently successful Youtube channel from the skill. After a few month's of hiatus from professional wrestling, Sparrow has returned to his passion, revitalized. This has come to a head in 2021 where he ended Ace Voltage’s iron grip over the Mid-Atlantic Legacy championship. More success would follow in the form of dethroning Mark Bisley to hold the FGA 15 championship and becoming the fifth person to hold two titles at once in FGA.
Following the fallout of All-Star Showdown X and a failed bet, he has gotten a manager he never wanted in the form of veteran wrestler Caroline Dallins. Caroline seems to see her little brother as needing guidance only she can offer. Her guidance would come off and on in successes, but the two siblings finally parted ways after Caroline admitted to having booked Sparrow to team with HENNY in a match with US Champion Owen Gonsalves & Gareth Prichard Jr...
...After HENNY had interrupted a very hard-fought match between Sparrow and Owen for the U.S. Championship a few shows before. Coupling that with her trying to convince Nina Stokes to take his head, getting him booked in a match against Artemis Kaiser (and nearly getting him crippled), the two siblings realized they could not work together for any longer...Okay really, Caroline decided she had done all she could with him and got Sparrow as far as she could take him. Enter Calico Case, taking over with a...New style of management, and just in time with Sparrow now holding the U.S. Championship...Only for Caroline to have potentially removed his new manager in record time. It seems that his sister will forever specter over his career, even if she's not managing him.
It's been an interesting recent few months. While teaming with TJ Techniques and forming Def Before Dishonor would see TJ and Sparrow collect the World Tag Championships, the U.S. Championship & Pride Championship all at once, the fallout that followed would change Sparrow's, or rather Raphael's direction. After believing for a time that Logan Alexander was something of a kindred spirit in ring, Sparrow was proven wrong when Logan made an example of both he and TJ after taking the U.S. Championship.
In the shadow of that, and the rivalry with Silk & Cyanide continuing, Sparrow seemingly re-christened himself as Raphael Dallins, as well as calling back on Caroline as his manager once more. For why? Who can say.
WRESTLER'S FULL NAME:
Raphael Christopher Dallins
WRESTLER'S RING NAME:
"The Foundation" Raphael Dallins
WRESTLER'S NICKNAME:
“The Foundation”
“Superstar”
“Ace of Fades”
“The White Knight”
“Sparrow” (Doesn’t mind one way or the next still being called it, but we’re trying something new.)
D.O.B.:
03.10.98
HEIGHT:
6'1"
WEIGHT:
205 lbs
ALIGNMENT:
(10 On A 1-10 Scale in terms of Face, not necessarily a good thing. He's full hardline kinda face now.)
BILLED FROM:
Harlem, New York by way of Trinidad & Tobago
PRO DEBUT:
07.10.2018
PICBASE:
Chris Bey
MANAGER:
Caroline Dallins
MOVESET
WRESTLING STYLE:
(Up to 2 MAX)
1. Striker (Kick-based variety. Blame it on some Capoeira, football, and a lot of core and lower body strength.)
2. Submissions (A lot of grappling, mat based lock-ups and holds.)
FINISHING MOVES:
(Up to 4 MAX)
1. Bass Reeves Special - Chickenwing Camel Clutch
2. The Notorious K.I.C.K. - Standing Double Foot Stomp
3. Bass Reeves Deluxe - Bull's Angelito/Scorpion Crosslock (Reserved for Supershows/Title Matches/Big Feuds...It’s not some unbeatable submission, it just gets brought out for bigger events.)
TRADEMARK MOVES:
(Up to 5 MAX)
1. Chekov's Gun - Double Chickenwing Facebuster. Setup for The Bass Reeves Special
2. The John Wick - Jumping Corner Dodge followed by a Corner Yakuza Kick
3. Leaf Hurricane - Counter Scorpion Kick, followed by a Pele Kick
4. Desperado Lock - Rolling Armdrag / Scissored Armbar Crossface Combination
5. Love T.K.O. - Shining Axe Kick, sometimes in the corner
COMMON MOVES:
STRIKING
- Mule Kick
- Switchblade Kick
- Step-Up Enzuigiri
- Baseball Slide
- Front Dropkick
- Corner Chest Kicks
- Leg Lariat
- Jumping Sidekick
- Windmill Kick (Countering an opponent’s kick attempt)
GRAPPLING
- German Suplex Into A Turnbuckle
- Tiger Suplex
- Butterfly Suplex
- Hammerlock Suplex
- Various Armdrags
RUNNING
- Gargoyle Suplex
- Running Penalty Kick
- Spinning Wheel Kick
GROUND
- Arm Stomp
- Inverted Sharpshooter
- Kimura Lock/Finger Bending
- Bridging Single Leg Lock
AERIAL
- Snap Armdrag To The Outside
- Suicide Dropkick
- Standing/Diving Double Knee Armbreaker
- Superplex
ENTRANCE & ATTIRE
ENTRANCE MUSIC:
“The Demon's Blade" by Army Of The Pharaohs
RING ATTIRE:
• White Snapback Baseball Hat (entrance only)
• White armbands with trimmings of a variety of colors depending on his tights. Combos include red/white, blue/white, gold/white, black/white and so on.
• White wrist tape.
• Wrestling tights with a variety of intricate housing blueprint designs.
• White left kickpad with blueprint design, black right kickpad with Trinidad & Tobago flag.
• White-on-black two-toned wrestling boots.
RING ENTRANCE:
[div align="center"][b][font size="5"][i]"THE [font color="#e6cd19"]KING[/font] OF THE RING, [font color="#e61919"]UNDISPUTED[/font]--
THERE'S NOWHERE TO RUN, NOWHERE TO HIDE!"[/i][/font][/b][/div]
"The Foundation" Raphael Dallins emerges through the curtain, flanked by his manager and sister Caroline. Raphael hops on the balls of his toes to "The Demon's Blade" as the crowd splits on cheers and boos at about eighty percent to twenty. He begins walking down to the ramp, high-fiving a few fans with his eyes towards the ring. He steps onto the apron, before sliding through the first and second rope as Caroline takes the stairs to get into the ring.
Raphael rolls his shoulder before taking off his white fitted hat. He takes off for the opposite rope, rebounds and launches the hat into the crowd for a lucky fan to catch. The crowd cheers, for a moment the undercurrent of boos and jeers completely disappearing.
[ANNOUNCER]
[div align="center"][i][font color="red"]“Cartier weaponry, chain gang recipe!
Punch you in your face, after we exchange pleasantries!
I always understood that the pain was a necessity,
Put the pressure on you, until we exchange densities.
Stupid motherfucker thinking he can change destiny,
It's a different game, man, Need the same referee.”[/font][/i][/div]
Caroline goes over some last minute plans with her client before she exits the ring, leaving Raphael to the match. He nods at the referee politely, before rolling his shoulders and wrists.CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRANCE:
[div align="center"][b][font size="5"][i]"THE [font color="#e6cd19"]KING[/font] OF THE RING, [font color="#e61919"]UNDISPUTED[/font]--
THERE'S NOWHERE TO RUN, NOWHERE TO HIDE!"[/i][/font][/b][/div]
"The Foundation" Raphael Dallins emerges through the curtain, flanked by his manager and sister Caroline. On her shoulder, Caroline carries his championship for him. Raphael hops on the balls of his toes to "The Demon's Blade" as the crowd splits on cheers and boos at about eighty percent to twenty. He begins walking down to the ramp, high-fiving a few fans with his eyes towards the ring. He steps onto the apron, before sliding through the first and second rope as Caroline takes the stairs to get into the ring.
Raphael rolls his shoulder before taking off his white fitted hat. He takes off for the opposite rope, rebounds and launches the hat into the crowd for a lucky fan to catch. The crowd cheers, for a moment the undercurrent of boos and jeers completely disappearing. At this point, Caroline raises the championship high overhead.
[ANNOUNCER]
[div align="center"][i][font color="red"]“Cartier weaponry, chain gang recipe!
Punch you in your face, after we exchange pleasantries!
I always understood that the pain was a necessity,
Put the pressure on you, until we exchange densities.
Stupid motherfucker thinking he can change destiny,
It's a different game, man, Need the same referee.”[/font][/i][/div]
Caroline goes over some last minute plans with her client before she exits the ring, Raphael's title in her possession. As for The Foundation? He nods at the referee politely, before rolling his shoulders and wrists.CHARACTER BACKGROUND
PERSONALITY:
After losing the United States championship to Logan Alexander, Sparrow---or rather Raphael Dallins has gone full paladin. No more brokering, no more trying to make nice, no more trying to humor shades of gray. Sportsmanship has its place to peers who believe in that. For the most part, outwardly Raphael Dallins is still as earnest a wrestler as ever and wants to prove himself...But there's something...A little sinister to everything he does now. Something at least a small contingent of fans at every arena can see plain as day.
STRENGTHS:
1. His Cardio Day Must Be Intense: He’s got an insane amount of stamina, as befitting someone pinballing all around the ring like a crazy person. Tanking through big moves with a refuse to quit attitude sees Raphael very hard to put down...Especially because he reserves energy instead of jumping off of everything.
2. Death By Legs: There’s a reason kick attacks make up a compelling amount of his offense. His strikes and aerial abilities are absolutely the most dangerous offense he has. This comes from a Capoeira background. With Izzy Anders gone, Sparrow may be THE most dangerous striker in the company. Period.
3. Master Surgeon: You can outpower him, outfly him, outshine him...But God help you trying to out-wrestle him. Raphael has dove full into his bag of grappling and ring awareness. Favoring upper body holds (shoulder, arm, and back), he will pick you apart slowly.
WEAKNESSES:
1. PTSD From Past Me: High-fliers and speedy wrestlers annoy Raphael now. Using a daredevil style that he once believed in and now can’t keep up with serves as frustrating to wrestle against. Keep moving and he will be increasingly nettled, becoming prone to making mistakes. He’s outright refusing to play catch up and waste energy.
2. Impatience Is A Virtue?: Raphael gets more frustrated the longer a match goes on, as per any bog standard heel (yet he’s a super face now, go figure.) That last move didn’t put his opponent away for the three count? They still won’t tap? Cue punching on the mat or arguing with the referee while throwing his hands up in aggravation. Anything that gives his opponent a few precious moments to start the counterattack.
3. The Code: Becoming full extreme on the lawful good spectrum, has eaten up even more awareness as a wrestler. No cheating. No holds until four. Easily cheated out of matches, easily outsmarted, easily jumped, unaware of seeing things coming. Adding to that, he becomes a bit of a wet blanket teaming with peers. He will straight up stop a tag partner cheating, even to the detriment of the team.
TAUNTS/MANNERISMS:
1. Raphael will do a Rock Lee pose. This is mostly to psyche out an opponent/pop the crowd.
2. After taking a particularly brutal move from an opponent, Raphael Dallins will kip-up as though it didn’t affect him...And then immediately faceplant/flop in sheer agony. Basically to show his opponent hit him so STUPIDLY hard that it took his brain a minute to register how much that hurt. Honestly, this is just a really fancy Flair Flop. Don’t judge me.
3. Raphael will slowly raise his opponent up off the ground with one boot, ala Malachi/Aliester Black before kicking them back down or hitting a finisher. This is that vicious streak at work.
4. Not really Raphael but please note that at least twenty percent of the crowd should be against him no matter what he does. Cheering his opponent no matter who they are.
Allies & Foes:
ALLIES
1. TJ Techniques
2. Owen Gonsalves
3. Antoinette
4. Gwen Margolis
5.
FOES/RIVALS
1. Logan Alexander
2. Silk & Cyanide
3. HENNY
4. Owen Gonsalves
5. Ace Voltage
FGA CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD:
- FGA Mid-Atlantic Legacy Championship x1
- FGA 15 Championship x1
- FGA U.S. Championship x1
- FGA World Tag Championships x1 (With TJ Techniques as Def Before Dishonor)
ADDITIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD:
- Liberty Pro King Of New York Championship x1
- Liberty Pro Freedom Championship x1
FGA ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- FGA 5th Competitor To Hold Two Championships At The Same Time
BACKGROUND:
Raphael Dallins was adopted by a Caribbean family shortly after his mother put him up for adoption. He grew up in a loving household however, with parents who were as good to him as he could ever ask. (At least until he began disagreeing about religion and the rights of other people. Then...Well.) He found a love in football... Well football, rugby, some capoeira but found his way to professional wrestling through a local backyard company in Port of Spain. Eventually, it got to him flying to the states to get more American wrestling experience. Along the way he adopted the mask, deciding that going by Raphael was a bit bland. He adopted his name in honor of Trinidad’s legendary Calypsonian singer, Mighty Sparrow.
After a year of experience, he had since given up the mask, feeling that trying to identify himself and even define himself as some sort of enigmatic figure did not work how he might have liked. He, however, kept the name Sparrow and still identifies as such. His training has seen him under Chris Strike’s banner even teaming with Strike’s daughter on a few occasions as the Birds of Prey. Following that, he got extensive learning from Vivienne Robichaud at Lion’s Den NOLA to iron out his chosen wrestling style.
Since wrestling doesn’t pay the bills that well for a journeyman wrestler, he supplemented his income as a sous chef for Poor Estelle’s in Port Allen, Louisiana... He’s actually a pretty excellent chef for whatever that is worth and made a decently successful Youtube channel from the skill. After a few month's of hiatus from professional wrestling, Sparrow has returned to his passion, revitalized. This has come to a head in 2021 where he ended Ace Voltage’s iron grip over the Mid-Atlantic Legacy championship. More success would follow in the form of dethroning Mark Bisley to hold the FGA 15 championship and becoming the fifth person to hold two titles at once in FGA.
Following the fallout of All-Star Showdown X and a failed bet, he has gotten a manager he never wanted in the form of veteran wrestler Caroline Dallins. Caroline seems to see her little brother as needing guidance only she can offer. Her guidance would come off and on in successes, but the two siblings finally parted ways after Caroline admitted to having booked Sparrow to team with HENNY in a match with US Champion Owen Gonsalves & Gareth Prichard Jr...
...After HENNY had interrupted a very hard-fought match between Sparrow and Owen for the U.S. Championship a few shows before. Coupling that with her trying to convince Nina Stokes to take his head, getting him booked in a match against Artemis Kaiser (and nearly getting him crippled), the two siblings realized they could not work together for any longer...Okay really, Caroline decided she had done all she could with him and got Sparrow as far as she could take him. Enter Calico Case, taking over with a...New style of management, and just in time with Sparrow now holding the U.S. Championship...Only for Caroline to have potentially removed his new manager in record time. It seems that his sister will forever specter over his career, even if she's not managing him.
It's been an interesting recent few months. While teaming with TJ Techniques and forming Def Before Dishonor would see TJ and Sparrow collect the World Tag Championships, the U.S. Championship & Pride Championship all at once, the fallout that followed would change Sparrow's, or rather Raphael's direction. After believing for a time that Logan Alexander was something of a kindred spirit in ring, Sparrow was proven wrong when Logan made an example of both he and TJ after taking the U.S. Championship.
In the shadow of that, and the rivalry with Silk & Cyanide continuing, Sparrow seemingly re-christened himself as Raphael Dallins, as well as calling back on Caroline as his manager once more. For why? Who can say.