Nando Fresno: Alien Hunter
Nov 21, 2020 21:41:10 GMT -5
Post by FGA Office on Nov 21, 2020 21:41:10 GMT -5
STATS
WRESTLER'S FULL NAME:
Fernando Sanabria Castro III
WRESTLER'S RING NAME:
Nando Fresno: Alien Hunter
WRESTLER'S NICKNAME:
--
D.O.B.:
Feb 13, 1997
HEIGHT:
5’5”
WEIGHT:
145 lbs
ALIGNMENT:
Heel Spectrum: (1 - 4) | Tweener: (5) | Face Spectrum (6 - 10)
6
BILLED FROM:
Fresno, California
PRO DEBUT:
January 2016
PICBASE:
Moises Arias
MANAGER:
Jillian Clay (Jaclyn Betham)
Should be noted that Clay is Fresno’s tag partner but does not always accompany him for singles’ competition.
MOVESET
WRESTLING STYLE:
1. High Flyer
2. Erratic striker
FINISHING MOVES:
1. Flüsse Rand - Long distance Frog Splash.
2. Polaris - Spinning Roundhouse aka Tornado Kick.
3. Event Horizon - Baseball Slide roll-through into a Single Leg Crab.
TRADEMARK MOVES:
1. AbductHer! / AbductHim! - Katahajime/Tazzmission to opponent entering (or exiting) the ring.
2. Barnard 33 - Reverse Snapmare → Bicycle Knee Smash
3. (Counter) Snap German Suplex
4. Spanish Fly / Super Spanish Fly
5. Rapid palm strike flurry, followed by Discus Elbow
COMMON MOVES:
STRIKING
- Jab series
- European Uppercut
- Dropkicks; Basement, Missile, Standing, Front, Dropsault
- Roundhouse Kick
- Axe Kick
GRAPPLING
- Satellite DDT
- Hurricanrana variations
- Brainbuster / Reverse Brainbuster
- Side Headlock Backbreaker
- Piledriver
- Dragon Screw
- Snap German Suplex
- Cheeky Nando’s → Powerbomb Combo
RUNNING
- Running Back Suplex (often done to opponent on apron)
- Stinger Splash
- Running Step-Up Knee Strike
- Chop Block
GROUND
- Sliding Knee Strike
- Cloverleaf
- Heel Hook
- Frantic stomping to opponents’ legs
AERIAL
- Diving Hurricanrana
- Diving Tornado DDT / Diving Tornado Facebuster
- Corkscrew Moonsault
- Triangle Dropkick
- Springboard Flying Cross Body (often to opponent outside the ring)
- Diving Double Knees to crawling/crouched opponent
ENTRANCE & ATTIRE
ENTRANCE MUSIC:
“Hey Sandy” by Polaris
RING ATTIRE:
Nando wrestles shirtless, and long, slim-fitting pants, usually either in black, olive, or urban camo, tucked into combat boots. Rarely, Nando may opt for traditional long tights in the same design. He sports a long elbow pad on his right arm that extends down to his forearm.
RING ENTRANCE:
The lights in the venue dim, and multiple green-and-blue lasers illuminate the interior of the building with what appear to be starlight, giving its ceiling the look of a planetarium.
Polaris’ “Hey Sandy” explodes across the PA system as the house lights explode to life, casting shades of blue and green across the venue as Nando Fresno: Alien Hunter emerges from the back. His expression is one of apparent indifference as he makes his way toward the ring. Once he’s a few feet away, the hunter gets a running start and leaps up onto the apron. He looks out into the audience, surveying those in attendance for a few seconds before he grabs the top rope with both hands and springs over it, into the ring.
ANNOUNCER: [Announces]
Nando walks toward the ropes closest toward the hard camera, unblinking. He motions toward his eyes, and then back out toward the camera with two fingers, a silent “I’m watching you”, leaning against the ropes, staring out into the world for several seconds before the tiniest smirk crosses his face. Nando finally turns, running the ropes as his music fades.
CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRANCE:
[Incoming]
CHARACTER BACKGROUND
PERSONALITY:
Eccentric. Nando has dedicated his life to exposing (and in many cases, outright hunting, obv) potentially dangerous extraterrestrial life. He’s kind of a dick. But he’s kind of got a big heart. He outwardly disapproves of the non believers. Nando is generally receptive to the wrestling crowd as a whole but tends to be shy (or just distrusting) when isolated in one on one situations. He has an established social circle and is skeptical toward most strangers.
STRENGTHS:
1. Evasive: well-versed in counters and escapes, especially relating to throws.
2. Agile: able to move around the ring/on the mat and transition between holds/strikes quickly.
3: Methodical: enters each match with a game-plan/tweaks own style based on opposition’s style and skillset.
WEAKNESSES:
1. Diminutive: smaller than average (male) wrestler, lacking in brute strength and power.
2. Over-Planning: could get flustered when faced with an opponent/stipulation that he hasn’t had an opportunity to plan for… or that he’s had *too much* time to plan for.
3. Stubborn: strongly believes in his own methods (to a fault) and is often unwilling to deviate from them.
TAUNTS/MANNERISMS:
1. Removing his elbow pad before his palm strike/elbow flurry.
2. The “I’m Watching You” gesture, toward his opponent or the hard cam.
Allies & Foes:
ALLIES
1. Jillian Clay
2. Sadie San Francisco
3.
4.
5.
FOES
1. Seth Iser
2. Ricky Valero
3. Silk & Cyanide
4. Aliens
5.
FGA CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD:
N/A
ADDITIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD:
-NKP Tag Team Champion (1x) w/ Jillian Clay
-PPW Tag Team Championships (1x) w/ Jillian Clay
BACKGROUND:
Nando was born in Fresno, California at like 11pm or some shit on the 13th of February ‘97 to Cinzia Castro (though unwed at the time, going by her maiden name Valentino) and Fernando Castro Jr. He fell in love with astronomy, and more passionately, the exploration for extraterrestrial life-- of course-- at a young age. He originally intended to set his sights on astronomy while preparing for college, but later decided to conduct his own extensive research as a budding ufologist, growing gradually less enthused with teachings sanitized by the public. Though wrestling remained an interest rather than a passion in his teenage years, serving as a way to fund what-would-be a college education at Northern Arizona University, Nando became captivated by the sport and psychology of wrestling. His incessant alien-seeking and undesirable social behavior got him kicked out of his fair share of gyms (ALL THE GYMS ACTUALLY).
Undeterred like a champ though, Nando trained weekly for two years under the guidance of the Dragomirov family in San Diego, California. In 2015, Nando met independent wrestler Jillian Clay at his first booking. Jillian claimed to be from Saturn. And Nando, with a shrug said “fucking right you are” (it’s documented), beginning an unbreakable, interplanetary partnership. And Nando did online courses at his local community college instead of going to Northern Arizona and that’s fine and hundreds of mllions of people do it, fuck you, and YES HE WILL go to “real” college one day. Just-- anyway.
Though the pair signed with Portland Pro Wrestling months after meeting, the organization went on a self-imposed hiatus before their official debut. Instead, Fresno wrestled his first official match alongside Clay in Germany’s New Kingdom Pro, where the team would remain for nearly two years, living in Hamburg, Germany until the company’s closure, capturing the Tag Team Championships one time. Throughout their run, they also made appearances in the World Crown Syndicate (WCS), Shooting Star Wrestling Alliance (SSWA), and Frontier Grappling Arts (FGA), and still regularly compete for the latter. In early 2019, Nando and Jillian signed with Portland Pro Wrestling, eventually winning the Tag Team Championships from the Havoc Kids before losing them in a triple threat title match to longtime rivals Nightfall Rising in 2020. The company announced an indefinite break after the show, prompting Fresno and Clay to set their sights on FGA full time as of March 2020.
As a solo competitor, Nando was a participant in FGA’s 2017 Rey Del Aire tournament, though he fell short in the opening round like a nerd. He wrestled a handful of singles matches in 2018 while Clay recovered from a concussion, finally earning his first ever one-on-one championship match (vs. Seth Iser) for the Pride Championship in a feud that saw Nando caught in a game of cat-and-mouse in its latter stages. Though defeated, the showing earned Fresno a substantial amount of support moving forward. About damn time.
Throughout 2019, the Saturnian Connection had a number of (seemingly) minor run-ins with the Good Guys consisting of Evan Envi and Ricky Valero. In the fall of 2019, Envi was brutally assaulted by an unknown assailant on the year’s final broadcast of Vertigo and the Saturnian Connection found themselves accused. After months of arguing and brawling with Valero, Nando revealed footage that exposed Valero as the attacker, clearing SatCon’s names in the process. Immediately afterward, the duo became engaged in a rivalry with United States Tag Team Champions Silk & Cyanide after interrupting (a post-Shakespearean) interview in the backstage area. Though verbally abused by the champions as a result, Nando and Jill upset them in a tag team bout on Vertigo to net a Tag Team Title match. Fucking heroes, dude. Flew too close to the sun though and lost that fight after leaving it all on the table. Regardless, Nando and Jill began negotiating individual (but identical) contracts with FGA. The world went to shit around this same time however, and the team was unable to finalize a deal until the end of July 2020.
WRESTLER'S FULL NAME:
Fernando Sanabria Castro III
WRESTLER'S RING NAME:
Nando Fresno: Alien Hunter
WRESTLER'S NICKNAME:
--
D.O.B.:
Feb 13, 1997
HEIGHT:
5’5”
WEIGHT:
145 lbs
ALIGNMENT:
Heel Spectrum: (1 - 4) | Tweener: (5) | Face Spectrum (6 - 10)
6
BILLED FROM:
Fresno, California
PRO DEBUT:
January 2016
PICBASE:
Moises Arias
MANAGER:
Jillian Clay (Jaclyn Betham)
Should be noted that Clay is Fresno’s tag partner but does not always accompany him for singles’ competition.
MOVESET
WRESTLING STYLE:
1. High Flyer
2. Erratic striker
FINISHING MOVES:
1. Flüsse Rand - Long distance Frog Splash.
2. Polaris - Spinning Roundhouse aka Tornado Kick.
3. Event Horizon - Baseball Slide roll-through into a Single Leg Crab.
TRADEMARK MOVES:
1. AbductHer! / AbductHim! - Katahajime/Tazzmission to opponent entering (or exiting) the ring.
2. Barnard 33 - Reverse Snapmare → Bicycle Knee Smash
3. (Counter) Snap German Suplex
4. Spanish Fly / Super Spanish Fly
5. Rapid palm strike flurry, followed by Discus Elbow
COMMON MOVES:
STRIKING
- Jab series
- European Uppercut
- Dropkicks; Basement, Missile, Standing, Front, Dropsault
- Roundhouse Kick
- Axe Kick
GRAPPLING
- Satellite DDT
- Hurricanrana variations
- Brainbuster / Reverse Brainbuster
- Side Headlock Backbreaker
- Piledriver
- Dragon Screw
- Snap German Suplex
- Cheeky Nando’s → Powerbomb Combo
RUNNING
- Running Back Suplex (often done to opponent on apron)
- Stinger Splash
- Running Step-Up Knee Strike
- Chop Block
GROUND
- Sliding Knee Strike
- Cloverleaf
- Heel Hook
- Frantic stomping to opponents’ legs
AERIAL
- Diving Hurricanrana
- Diving Tornado DDT / Diving Tornado Facebuster
- Corkscrew Moonsault
- Triangle Dropkick
- Springboard Flying Cross Body (often to opponent outside the ring)
- Diving Double Knees to crawling/crouched opponent
ENTRANCE & ATTIRE
ENTRANCE MUSIC:
“Hey Sandy” by Polaris
RING ATTIRE:
Nando wrestles shirtless, and long, slim-fitting pants, usually either in black, olive, or urban camo, tucked into combat boots. Rarely, Nando may opt for traditional long tights in the same design. He sports a long elbow pad on his right arm that extends down to his forearm.
RING ENTRANCE:
The lights in the venue dim, and multiple green-and-blue lasers illuminate the interior of the building with what appear to be starlight, giving its ceiling the look of a planetarium.
"Attention, all personnel, this is CBTS; phase vehicle pre-count operation will start on my mark in
FIVE.
FOUR.
THREE.
TWO.
ONE.”
FIVE.
FOUR.
THREE.
TWO.
ONE.”
Polaris’ “Hey Sandy” explodes across the PA system as the house lights explode to life, casting shades of blue and green across the venue as Nando Fresno: Alien Hunter emerges from the back. His expression is one of apparent indifference as he makes his way toward the ring. Once he’s a few feet away, the hunter gets a running start and leaps up onto the apron. He looks out into the audience, surveying those in attendance for a few seconds before he grabs the top rope with both hands and springs over it, into the ring.
ANNOUNCER: [Announces]
Nando walks toward the ropes closest toward the hard camera, unblinking. He motions toward his eyes, and then back out toward the camera with two fingers, a silent “I’m watching you”, leaning against the ropes, staring out into the world for several seconds before the tiniest smirk crosses his face. Nando finally turns, running the ropes as his music fades.
The lights in the venue dim, and multiple green-and-blue lasers illuminate the interior of the building with what appear to be starlight, giving its ceiling the look of a planetarium.
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THREE.
TWO.
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Polaris’ “Hey Sandy” explodes across the PA system as the house lights explode to life, casting shades of blue and green across the venue as Nando Fresno: Alien Hunter emerges from the back. His expression is one of apparent indifference as he makes his way toward the ring. Once he’s a few feet away, the hunter gets a running start and leaps up onto the apron. He looks out into the audience, surveying those in attendance for a few seconds before he grabs the top rope with both hands and springs over it, into the ring.
ANNOUNCER: [Announces]
Nando walks toward the ropes closest toward the hard camera, unblinking. He motions toward his eyes, and then back out toward the camera with two fingers, a silent “I’m watching you”, leaning against the ropes, staring out into the world for several seconds before the tiniest smirk crosses his face. Nando finally turns, running the ropes as his music fades.
CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRANCE:
[Incoming]
CHARACTER BACKGROUND
PERSONALITY:
Eccentric. Nando has dedicated his life to exposing (and in many cases, outright hunting, obv) potentially dangerous extraterrestrial life. He’s kind of a dick. But he’s kind of got a big heart. He outwardly disapproves of the non believers. Nando is generally receptive to the wrestling crowd as a whole but tends to be shy (or just distrusting) when isolated in one on one situations. He has an established social circle and is skeptical toward most strangers.
STRENGTHS:
1. Evasive: well-versed in counters and escapes, especially relating to throws.
2. Agile: able to move around the ring/on the mat and transition between holds/strikes quickly.
3: Methodical: enters each match with a game-plan/tweaks own style based on opposition’s style and skillset.
WEAKNESSES:
1. Diminutive: smaller than average (male) wrestler, lacking in brute strength and power.
2. Over-Planning: could get flustered when faced with an opponent/stipulation that he hasn’t had an opportunity to plan for… or that he’s had *too much* time to plan for.
3. Stubborn: strongly believes in his own methods (to a fault) and is often unwilling to deviate from them.
TAUNTS/MANNERISMS:
1. Removing his elbow pad before his palm strike/elbow flurry.
2. The “I’m Watching You” gesture, toward his opponent or the hard cam.
Allies & Foes:
ALLIES
1. Jillian Clay
2. Sadie San Francisco
3.
4.
5.
FOES
1. Seth Iser
2. Ricky Valero
3. Silk & Cyanide
4. Aliens
5.
FGA CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD:
N/A
ADDITIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD:
-NKP Tag Team Champion (1x) w/ Jillian Clay
-PPW Tag Team Championships (1x) w/ Jillian Clay
BACKGROUND:
Nando was born in Fresno, California at like 11pm or some shit on the 13th of February ‘97 to Cinzia Castro (though unwed at the time, going by her maiden name Valentino) and Fernando Castro Jr. He fell in love with astronomy, and more passionately, the exploration for extraterrestrial life-- of course-- at a young age. He originally intended to set his sights on astronomy while preparing for college, but later decided to conduct his own extensive research as a budding ufologist, growing gradually less enthused with teachings sanitized by the public. Though wrestling remained an interest rather than a passion in his teenage years, serving as a way to fund what-would-be a college education at Northern Arizona University, Nando became captivated by the sport and psychology of wrestling. His incessant alien-seeking and undesirable social behavior got him kicked out of his fair share of gyms (ALL THE GYMS ACTUALLY).
Undeterred like a champ though, Nando trained weekly for two years under the guidance of the Dragomirov family in San Diego, California. In 2015, Nando met independent wrestler Jillian Clay at his first booking. Jillian claimed to be from Saturn. And Nando, with a shrug said “fucking right you are” (it’s documented), beginning an unbreakable, interplanetary partnership. And Nando did online courses at his local community college instead of going to Northern Arizona and that’s fine and hundreds of mllions of people do it, fuck you, and YES HE WILL go to “real” college one day. Just-- anyway.
Though the pair signed with Portland Pro Wrestling months after meeting, the organization went on a self-imposed hiatus before their official debut. Instead, Fresno wrestled his first official match alongside Clay in Germany’s New Kingdom Pro, where the team would remain for nearly two years, living in Hamburg, Germany until the company’s closure, capturing the Tag Team Championships one time. Throughout their run, they also made appearances in the World Crown Syndicate (WCS), Shooting Star Wrestling Alliance (SSWA), and Frontier Grappling Arts (FGA), and still regularly compete for the latter. In early 2019, Nando and Jillian signed with Portland Pro Wrestling, eventually winning the Tag Team Championships from the Havoc Kids before losing them in a triple threat title match to longtime rivals Nightfall Rising in 2020. The company announced an indefinite break after the show, prompting Fresno and Clay to set their sights on FGA full time as of March 2020.
As a solo competitor, Nando was a participant in FGA’s 2017 Rey Del Aire tournament, though he fell short in the opening round like a nerd. He wrestled a handful of singles matches in 2018 while Clay recovered from a concussion, finally earning his first ever one-on-one championship match (vs. Seth Iser) for the Pride Championship in a feud that saw Nando caught in a game of cat-and-mouse in its latter stages. Though defeated, the showing earned Fresno a substantial amount of support moving forward. About damn time.
Throughout 2019, the Saturnian Connection had a number of (seemingly) minor run-ins with the Good Guys consisting of Evan Envi and Ricky Valero. In the fall of 2019, Envi was brutally assaulted by an unknown assailant on the year’s final broadcast of Vertigo and the Saturnian Connection found themselves accused. After months of arguing and brawling with Valero, Nando revealed footage that exposed Valero as the attacker, clearing SatCon’s names in the process. Immediately afterward, the duo became engaged in a rivalry with United States Tag Team Champions Silk & Cyanide after interrupting (a post-Shakespearean) interview in the backstage area. Though verbally abused by the champions as a result, Nando and Jill upset them in a tag team bout on Vertigo to net a Tag Team Title match. Fucking heroes, dude. Flew too close to the sun though and lost that fight after leaving it all on the table. Regardless, Nando and Jill began negotiating individual (but identical) contracts with FGA. The world went to shit around this same time however, and the team was unable to finalize a deal until the end of July 2020.