Blitzkrieg
Finn Balor licked his lips and swallowed his saliva. He had just defended his NXT championship against Sami Zayne and now he stared down the Ascension as they glared at him. They were about to dismantle him, and there wasn't much he could do. He was exhausted from his winning effort and they had the numbers game.
Finn shook his head as they started in on him from both sides, mouthing that they didn't want to do this. "You have to feel bad for Finn Balor. He just has a grueling match and now he's facing the Ascension." Corey Graves spoke.
"I don't." Tom Phillips responded. "Finn Balor has had problems with these two since his debut. You make enemies. You deal with them!"
"You're making an enemy out of me right now."
As the Ascension finally closed the distance between them and Balor, Konnor was blind sighted. His body hit the mat as Viktor and Finn turned to face his assailant. It was a man with dark brown, almost black, hair with the sides shaved very close to the skull and the top long enough to lay flat over his hairline. He wore a Balor Club tee shirt, blue jeans and a pair of black high top converse.
"That's Andy Mercier!" Corey crowed in awe.
"You're right! He's an international wrestling superstar! What's he doing on NXT?"
Viktor closed the distance between him and Andy Mercier, swinging angrily. The dark haired man ducked underneath the punch and landed a solid kick to his targets skull. Viktor stumbled, dazed, before he was lifted onto Andy's shoulders. The new arrival looked directly into the camera before delivering a Go 2 Sleep to Viktor, sending him sprawling to the mat.
As Konnor regained his footing, Andy spun and delivered another lethal kick to his skull. He pulled Konnor onto his shoulder from behind almost in a torture rack. He proceeded to perform an inverted Go 2 Sleep to the back of the man's skull, sending him to the mat with his teammate. Quickly, Andy spun and faced Finn, who stood in place with shock.
Andy stared at him with fierce eyes before out spreading his arms and smiling as he pointed to his Balor Club shirt. Finn released a visible breath as he smiled walking forward with his NXT championship in hand to embrace the man. Their mouths moved as they talked, but everything was inaudible.
"Well, how do you like that Phillips? We may have just witnessed history by watching the debut of Andy Mercier."
"I hope so, Corey. He's a phenomenal athlete."
"If the display we're seeing is anything to go by then we may be seeing future tag team champions in that ring on top of that!"
Finn turned from Andy and made to walk to the side of the ring to raise his title for the fans. As he walked though, Andy's smile slipped and he lurched forward. Finn dropped his belt as the new arrival reached over his shoulders and pulled his arms in an X over his chest before performing a straight jacket back breaker.
"Or not!" Phillips called as Andy stared down at Finn before reaching down and grabbing the NXT championship. He stood staring at the downed Finn a moment longer before raising the title with one hand as the crowd cheered, and booed, loudly. "I think we definitely just witnessed the debut of Andy Mercier! But he's not here for tag team titles, he's here for the big one! And what an impression to prove it!"
"I can't argue with you there. That was definitely a statement. Well folks, that's it. Goodnight from NXT."
The show faded off air with Andy Mercier holding the NXT title over his head and standing over the downed forms of the Ascension and Finn Balor.
XXX
That's it guys! It's pretty short, but, I wanted to see Andy Mercier in a story because he's a character I've worked on for a while. Anyway, the time line here may not be in sync with real world. Storylines may be out of place, wrestlers may be around when they shouldn't be, commentators may too, that kind of stuff. But I want to make a world for Andy Mercier.
If you guys want to have your ocs in IIIIII need em! I'll put my ocs info below and you can use it as a template. You don't have to go as in depth as I did, but I do need the basics
Let me know if you want Raw, Smackdown or NXT Face Heel or Tweener and if you want a specific title. I'll probably give it to you if you're first to come. Also, brand extension hasn't happened yet in this story as of now.
Oc/template
Real Name: Andy Degray
Ring Name: Andy Mercier
Hometown: Prefers London England or Paris France as heel but Ontario Canada as Face.
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 190IBS
Skin color: Between pale and tan
Social Media Handle: Realstrongstyleshoot
Appearance: Dark brown almost black hair with the sides shaved very close to the skull and the top long enough to lay flat over his hairline. Blue eyes with brown around the pupils that reflect red and orange.
Ring attire: Black trunks with partial red spitting flames on the sides. Armbands to his upper biceps with downward red spitting flames on the outside. Black boots with black kick pads with upward red spitting flames on front. Black knee pads directly above the kick pads with red strips at the top and bottom and the name Mercier stylized like teeth in a mouth over it.
Entrance Attire: Ring Gear with a reversible black bandanna wrapped around under his eyes and going down to his chest. On one side there is a lower human skull with bullets hanging from it. On the other is the name Mercier stylized like teeth in a mouth. Also wears a black tee shirt with the same stylized Mercier and downward red spitting flames behind it.
Street Clothes: A tee shirt or muscle shirt. It is Maroon to crimson from top to bottom with ride the Lightning written on it with Mercier stylized as a lightning bolt underneath it. If tee shirt he wears a black leather jacket with the stylized name Mercier with certain letters stylized as bullets. If a muscle shirt he wears a blue denim vest with a black cloth hood with a union jack flag, rising sun flag, Canadian flag, and French flag patched onto both sides of the chest two on either side. Black cargo pants or blue jeans. Black combat boots with his cargo pants and converse with the blue jeans.
Tattoos/piercings: None
Personality:
(Heel) Rude and disrespectful and cocky utilizing any means to win with his brutal mma and strong style
(Face) Honorable and fearless . Utilizes his most high risk dangerous moves to please the fans.
(Real Life) A generally nice and laid back guy.
Wrestling Style:
(Heel) Andy "Strong Style" Mercier uses mma and strong style wrestling refusing to take high risks for fans
(Face) Andy "True Shooter" Mercier utilizes his high flying style and integrates mma and strong style wrestling
Taunts: Pointing his hand like a gun at his opponents, pointing his hand like a gun at the crowd, putting his hand like a gun against a downed opponents head and "shooting it" and the "Too Sweet" hand sign
Signatures(Max 6): Sling Blade, Coup De Grace, ankle lock into German suplex, straight jacket back breaker, Suicide Somersault Senton, jumping yakuza kick
Finishers (Max 3): Andy's out(and he's out[A Kinshasa]), Ride the Mercier(A Go 2 Sleep/ aUra G2S) and Show no Mercier(A Banks Statement)
Manager: None
Theme Song: Crown Of Thorns by Black Veil Brides
Entrance: Andy walks onto the top stage before dropping to one knee. He makes a gun with his right hand and places it to the side of his head before shaking his head and pointing to the ring, clicking his thumb like he's shoot. He jumps to both feet with a war cry and walks down the ramp.
He stops at the end and lifts his arms quickly, pointing his hands at the crowd like guns as they call "Strong!" He turns around quickly and raises his arms again as the fans call "Style!"
He spins back around and walks to the ring. He makes to go to the steps before spinning and running and jumping through the air onto the apron. He grabs the rope and sits there for a second before pulling to his feet. He makes his way to the corner and climbs the ring post.
He bends down and let's his body and arms dangle before jerking up and bending his back. He points his hand like a gun at either the crowd or his opponent clicking like he's shooting. He then drops into the ring jumping from foot to foot in place before falling into the corner with his arms on the upper ropes and his legs crossed at the ankles.
Titantron & Minitron: Has a typical entrance tron with him wrestling & either "True Shooter" or "Strong Style" flashing depending on if he's face or heel.
Relationships: N/A
Accomplishments:
King of Strong Style(For a time and still self proclaimed)
2x IWGP Intercontinental Champion
1x CMLL World Heavyweight Champion
1x ROH World Television Champion
2x ROH World Tag Team Champion
1x IWGP Heavyweight Champion
Short but undefeated MMA/UFC streak
Extra info: Has an accent that is not hard to understand, but can't be pinpointed as a single accent
Has a strong appreciation for actual female wrestlers
Dislikes total divas
Does not break Kayfab on social media, but does for fans
Bio: Andy Degray
Andy Degray was born in the United States of America. However, he was moved overseas with his mother after the death of his father to her homeland in the United Kingdom. He grew up watching the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling. He was enamored with the larger than life stars but never thought about pursuing a dream of wrestling. This is due to him not believing he had a place in the wrestling world because of his small height and weight.
Instead he would take up Mixed Martial Arts in London England. He would impress a scout associated with MMA training and land a training contract. After signing with the company, he would move to Paris France where the main dojo was located. He would train there or travel with his instructors to its sister location in Ireland. As his contract began to wind down, he came close to signing a deal with the UFC who were interested in shaping his still somewhat rough style.
However he was approached by officials from New Japan Pro Wrestling who were impressed with his athleticism in the ring. After a few negotiations, he would sign with NJPW before moving to Japan to pursue his dream. He began learning a high flying style and debuted as Mach Degray. This character floundered as Andy was still trying to integrate his new high flying style and his MMA together.
Nevertheless he was given a shot at the IWGP Intercontinental Championship. He would win the title, but go on to lose it in his very first defense before being pulled from active duty. He was pushed into an actual training regime to teach him the high flying skills he needed. After a year of training in the main dojo of NJPW in Japan, he returned to active duty and reclaimed the IWGP Intercontinental Championship in his redebute. He would defend the title five time before losing it on his sixth defense.
Directly afterward he was given a chance at an IWGP Heavyweight championship match which he was scheduled to win. However, he took a dive to the reigning champion after tearing his acl during the match.
He was sidelined for months and spent a majority of his time in the NJPW dojo where he met Shinsuke Nakamura and discovered the Strong Style wrestling. He and Shinsuke Nakamura would become friends and Shinsuke would begin teaching him Strong Style wrestling. Once he was cleared to compete, he took a leave of absence to train his high risk style and MMA, and more importantly Strong Style. He was later released from New Japan before he returned.
He was inactive in the wrestling world for half a year before debuting in Consejo Mundial de Luchadors Libre as Los Locomotive. Under the luchadors there he was able to finally fall into the role of a high flyer and impress audiences. Unfortunately his run in CMLL was short and forgettable with him only going on to win the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship once and defending it three times before losing it. After the loss he would fade from CMLL before his contract expired.
Afterward he would move to Ontario Canada and sign with Ring Of Honor. It was here that he debute as Andy Mercier and fully began integrating his high risk style, MMA style and Strong Style into one style. He would have a six month undefeated streak before losing his first match in a ROH World Television Championship match. He would go on to win the title the following month before holding it for three months.
After losing the belt he would form a team called the Smoking Barrels and turn heel for the first time. They would go on to claim the ROH World Tag Team Championships and held them for six months. Andy would lose his after his partner turned on him and formed a new team. Andy would turn face and recapture the tag titles with a new partner before losing them the following week. He was then given a push for the ROH World Heavyweight Championship.
However, with his contract running short and his mother's death back in the United Kingdom, one of his contests ended in a shoot match. After his opponent chose to no sell his moves and continuously stiff shot him, Andy punished him with his MMA and Strong Style background. This resulted in him losing to the current ROH World Heavyweight Champion.
He returned to the UK to attend his mother's funeral and allowed his contract to expire. He was approached by officials from New Japan who had renewed interest in him after seeing his Strong Style wrestling in ROH. Andy opted to make his MMA debut in Russia and Germany, performing three match obligations in both before resigning with NJPW. He redebute as a face fending off the Bullet Club to the fans delight, once again as Andy Mercier.
He would feud with the Bullet Club for weeks before turning heel on the fans and joining the faction. He swore off high risk moves to displease the fans, kept his opponents grounded and only used his MMA and Strong Style. He was given a major push due to the heat put on him and he finally claimed the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. After winning the strap he would personally proclaim himself "King of Strong Style" and enter into a feud with real life friend, Shinsuke Nakamura.
They would have a match for the Crown of the King of Strong Style that Andy would win, but only with help from the Bullet Club. Andy would go on to put more heat on himself. He would go so far as to claim that Shinsuke was nothing more than a poser and drew ire from fans and Antonio Inoki by announcing that after his next defense he would challenge Inoki for the original IWGP championship and would replace his belt with it. His next title defense would be against Shinsuke Nakamura in what would become an all or nothing match, the winner becoming the IWGP Heavyweight Champion and King of Strong Style.
On the day of the defense, Andy would have a scripted encounter with Yoshihiro Asai, better known as Ultimo Dragon, who had been signed by NJPW to help train high risk wrestlers. Ultimo would attempt to talk sense into Andy, having seen him perform, stating that he had too much talent to waste it as he was cheating and being dishonorable. The Bullet Club would appear and Ultimo would leave. Upon entering his competition, Andy would have nothing linking him to the Bullet Club and entered with the Ultimo Dragons own theme song.
He opted to take every high risk move he could to the delight of the fans. When it was apparent that he was losing, the Bullet Club came to interfere, only for Andy and Shinsuke to fend them off, effectively turning him face again. The two shook hands and continued competing in their match. Andy lost cleanly and would go to shake Shinsuke's hand, only for Shinsuke to turn heel, attacking Andy and making the same proclamation about the IWGP Heavyweight Championship he had.
Andy would go on to train diligently under Ultimo Dragon and had a year long run in NJPW with no titles, traveling to CMLL and ROH on a few separate occasions through Inner company collaborations before his contract with NJPW expired and he opted not to renew it again. He signed a developmental contract with the UFC and finally made his American television debute, winning five matches before deciding to return to his dream of being a professional wrestler.
Well, that's all guys!