Post by Erik Holland on Jan 7, 2018 16:59:38 GMT -5
Other Aliases: Gilgamesh, The President of the Badd Breed
Representing: The Badd Breed, Elysium Pro Wrestling & Death Trip Wrestling
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 267 lbs.
Billed Hometown: Silent Hill
Date of Birth: 2nd day, January, 1989
Professional Debut Date: June 13, 2012
Past Injuries & Surgeries: TONS of superficial wounds done up with stitches. Erik's one of those lucky guys that has gone through most of his life and career without breaking a bone.
Disposition: Chaotic babyface
Gimmick: A brutal, cunning, tough, talented and potentially still clinically insane wrestler who leads and inspires the multi promotional vigilante group known as the Badd Breed.
Pic Base: Sami Callihan (either the Worldwide Desperado or New Horror personas are okay)
Contract Deal: Full-Time
Entrance Attire: To the ring, he wears what the punks call a "battle vest" - a black or blue denim vest utterly festooned with studs, buttons, spraypaint, patches and the like, typically advertising horror movies, metal bands and punk bands. He sloppily sprays BADD BREED across the back of the vest in white or red. Under that, the official Badd Breed "Future Belongs To The Badd" t-shirt (he either wears it or has it wrapped around his waist 90's kid style). And finally, as revealed on Twitter he has debuted a new piece of entrance gear--a leather mask that covers his nose and mouth, molded to have horrifyingly sharp teeth and a gruesome crooked nose, coming in a variety of color schemes. BADD BREED is carved into the mask, albeit in small letters, and in random positions. No two entrance masks look the same besides the teeth.
Theme Song: Fear Factory - Autonomous Combat System
Entrance Description:
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PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS FEARFUL OF SOMETHING THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND
THE NEXT STEP IN EVOLUTION IS A MACHINE
A MACHINE THAT CAN THINK [AND] FEEL
SURVIVING...IS [ALL] THAT WILL MATTER
♫
[After a few long moments, a pulsating and punishing salvo of Fear Factory's guitars and drums assault every one of our senses, with strobe lights blazing in time in red and white. We can see the silhouette of Erik Holland on the top of the stage, pacing back and forth, shaking his head, arguing with himself, tugging at his hair, generally just working himself and the crowd into a frenzy before he stomps toward the ring at an accelerated pace. The strobes stop and explode into a cacophony of red and white searchlights as Erik Holland is seen fully now, yelling about what violent things he's going to do as he bounces from one side of the entrance ramp to the other, pinging off the crowd like a pinball. He arrives at ringside and circles the ring one and a half times before jumping on the apron facing the hard camera, staring out to the vast expanse in a crouch before he ducks through the ropes into the ring. Heading to one turnbuckle, he hops up on the second rope and throws his arms out to welcome the roars of the crowd.Erik is now seen slumping in the corner, back against the second pad and ass on the mat, glowering up at the camera from behind his entrance mask. He reaches up and peels the mask off, yelling something we can't hear over the music and cheering at the cameraman before he slings the mask into the crowd and pulls himself up onto his feet with help from the ropes, ready to begin the match.]
As Champion Entrance Description:
♫
PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS FEARFUL OF SOMETHING THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND
THE NEXT STEP IN EVOLUTION IS A MACHINE
A MACHINE THAT CAN THINK [AND] FEEL
SURVIVING...IS [ALL] THAT WILL MATTER
♫
[After a few long moments, a pulsating and punishing salvo of Fear Factory's guitars and drums assault every one of our senses, with strobe lights blazing in time in red and white. Erik Holland slams through the entryway, championship gold grasped in his fists and whirling around his head like some sort of horrific medieval weapon. He sticks the strap in his teeth, letting the belt dangle down as he stomps toward the ring, eyes ablaze with violent thoughts. As he arrives at ringside he grabs a ringside rail, shaking it violently, whipping the front row into a moshing frenzy as he turns away and dives into the ring, belt still clenched in his jaws. He snatches it out of his own mouth, going to each side of the ring and raising it high for all to see before he turns to the entryway draping the belt across the mat in front of him, daring whoever is coming at him to come and take it from him.]
Coup de Grâce Entrance Description:
♫
PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS FEARFUL OF SOMETHING THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND
THE NEXT STEP IN EVOLUTION IS A MACHINE
A MACHINE THAT CAN THINK [AND] FEEL
SURVIVING...IS [ALL] THAT WILL MATTER
♫
[The curtains open as the red and white strobes blaze. Six white-outfitted attendants wheel a struggling Erik Holland out onto the stage in a hand truck, clad in a straight jacket and a full-head mask depicting the Badd Guy, the logo signifying its wearer as a member of the Badd Breed. As Fear Factory continues to punish our senses, the attendants wait for a moment to give everyone, all the cheering fans a good look at this maniac before they undo the straps on the truck, freeing Holland from his prison, allowing him to collapse onto his knees onstage as they undo the straight jacket and mask. In one fluid motion they tear it all off once all necessary buckles, belts and braces are undone and Holland pings down to the ring, as if he were a bullet shot out of a gun.]
[He arrives at ringside in a twinkling, sliding underneath the bottom rope and coming up to his knees facing the hard camera, sinking his teeth into the middle strand. The camera gets close to him but not too close, letting us all see the bulging eyes and hear the snorting and snarling breath of Holland as he has a mouthful of rope. He lets go of the rope, yelling some violent things at the camera before pulling away from the hard camera and going to acknowledge the crowd with a roar and more violent threats directed at his opponent. Finally, he collapses against the turnbuckle, ass on the mat and back against the pads as he stares up defiantly at the camera now peering down at him. He pie-faces the camera away before pulling himself up, now ready to fight.]
A relentless, ruthless, intense and hard hitting brawler that is very versed in the hardcore arts and can create some very sick spots with various weapons. Quite strong as well, and knows a couple suplexes (Belly to Belly Overhead & German Release) which he executes to great effect. Look to Sami Callihan, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Rick Steiner as inspiration.
Finisher (Description): The Toxic Avenger (John Cena's "Attitude Adjustment")
Set-up [Optional] (Description): NONE
Alternate Finisher [Optional] (Description): Project: GABRIEL (Pedigree)
Alternate Set-up [Optional] (Description): NONE
Strengths:
*Extremely strong - Can lift and overpower most wrestlers, not superheavyweights though.
*Very versed in the hardcore arts. Gets creative with violent spots involving weapons, and only rivals guys like Cactus Jack or Sabu in how willing he is to put his body on the line to entertain the fans and win a match.
*Very mentally tough and able to stay in long, grueling matches.
Weaknesses:
*Because he's so big and strong, he's not very quick. Smaller wrestlers will have an easier time.
*Not a technical wrestler AT ALL. Doesn't know the first thing about countering holds other than with sheer brute strength. Just relies on his toughness to help him survive submission holds rather than counter them.
*Erik operates solely fueled by intensity and emotion. He's not a gameplanner or a thinker in the ring, despite his intelligence outside of it. More intelligent, scientific and technical wrestlers can figure this out pretty easily and take advantage.
Favorite Match Stipulation: Anything that allows him to use weapons.
Favorite Weapon: ALL OF THEM. Seems to prefer barbed wire in copious amounts as well as steel chairs, Erik can swing a steel chair with the best of them and often comes up with a lot of absolutely vile spots involving chairs.
* = Required Move Set [Minimum 5]
FRONT MOVES * DDT STIFF Knife Edge Chop Powerbomb Forearm Smash Belly to Belly Overhead Suplex Standing Lariat Swinging Neckbreaker Short Arm Clothesline Vertical Suplex Powerslam
| BACK MOVES * Atomic Drop German Release Suplex Reverse DDT Full Nelson Slam Back Suplex
| RUNNING MOVES * Lariat Bicycle Kick Reverse Elbow Kitchen Sink Kneelift Forearm Smash
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AERIAL MOVES NONE, Erik does not go to the top or even the middle rope to execute moves.
| GROUND MOVES Elbow Drop Knee Drop Fist Drop Boot Scrape Soccer Kick
| SIGNATURE MOVES * 1. Plan 9 From Outer Space - Superman Punch 2. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - One Man Top Rope Diving Bulldog 3. The Driller Killer - Clash of the Titus (Short-arm lift into a sitout powerbomb) 4. The Move From Another World - Michael Elgin's "Revolution Bomb" Buckle Bomb/Spinning Sitdown Powerbomb Combo 5. Three Nil - Hirooki Goto's GTR, or a Spinning Headlock Lariat into a Backbreaker
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Union Battleground Valor Awards: ___
Other Notable Promotions:
Full Intensity Wrestling
Neo Gothic Industrial Wrestling
Elysium Pro Wrestling
Death Trip Wrestling
Warzone Pro Wrestling
Other Notable Championships:
2x FIW Fighting Spirit Champion
FIW Rising Champion (Longest reign in company history)
FIW World Tag Team Champion (w/Tiami Erickson)
NGIW Champion
Elysium Pro World Champion (Inaugural)
Other Notable Awards:
Elysium Pro "Wideawake" Tournament Winner (2017)
Biography:
One of the faster rising stars in wrestling, Erik burst onto the scene in memorable fashion immediately winning the Fighting Spirit Championship within a few months of debuting in FIW, and this is after a run in NGIW that saw him tear through the ranks, win the NGIW Championship in one of the bloodiest brawls in the promotion's history, and again--disappear shortly after losing it.
After taking time for himself away from pro wrestling to get his mind and emotions (mostly) in order through professional therapy, Holland returned to FIW with a vision. That being the Badd Breed, which he formed with Mr. Misery and Valiente DARK. Soon his vision of seeing the Breed go beyond FIW's borders and institute a new era of exciting, high risk and bloody pro wrestling was realized as more and more competitors united under his flag, including most notably Tiami Erickson who soon after became his girlfriend.
He has seen a large amount of success since then, playing a major role in FIW's war against the Coulter Crew and capturing the Rising Championship on the same night Kim Coulter was run out of the business. Erik began fielding calls from other promotions at this time, appearing for Elysium Pro where he became the first ever World Heavyweight Champion. The same night he lost the Rising title, at FIW's Homecoming, he recaptured the Fighting Spirit Championship making good on his promise to regain the first championship he ever won as an active performer.
Following this, Erik would capture his first ever Tag Team Championship alongside Tiami Erickson, becoming the 75th FIW World Tag Team Champions at Hardcore Hangover following a brutal and fast paced triangle ladder match.
He even appeared in Death Trip Wrestling, taking a hardcore legend in Nurse Kinsley to the limit in her own match, Medical Nightmares, battling Kinsley through razorblades, syringes, rubbing alcohol and so, so, so much blood to a 30 minute draw.
Seemingly, Erik is on a meteoric rise in wrestling and who can say what kind of havoc he and the Badd Breed will be up to in the future.
Years of Experience: 15
Twitter Handle: @projectholland3
Best Way to Reach?: At Erik's twitter feed
Willing to Help Write Matches?: Yes
How Did You Hear About Us?: Been here before
What Brought You to the Battleground?: Been here before
Roster Last Updated: What's that mean?