Post by heartbreak on May 7, 2019 20:49:08 GMT -5
HANDLER INFORMATION
YOUR NAME -
PREFERRED METHOD OF CONTACT -
Full-time
WRESTLER INFORMATION
REAL NAME -
Heihachirō Kanagawa (金川 平八郎)
STAGE NAME -
Heartbreak Kanagawa
NICKNAME(S) -
HBK, Lone Star Ronin, the Quickest Draw in the East AND West, the Sheriff of Strong Style, the Rootinest-Tootinest Wrestler in the Wild West
HEIGHT & WEIGHT -
5’10, 235 lbs
DATE OF BIRTH -
8/19/81 (Age 37)
FIGHTS OUT OF -
Saitama via Amarillo, Texas
YEAR OF DEBUT -
2001
ALIGNMENT -
2.75 - Heartbreak isn’t as cruel or bloodthirsty as other heels, but he will bend and break the rules to get his way, fighting as scrappy and dirty as he possibly can. He’s goofy enough to be likeable; it’s his ego and antics in and out of the ring that put down that possibility quicker than he ever puts down his opponents.
PERSONALITY -
EQUIPMENT -
CASUAL ATTIRE -
In a lot of ways, Heartbreak ‘lives the gimmick’, dressing in leather and denim, gaudy cowboy hats and boots to match. Usually equipped with a fanny pack and a pair of outdated designer shades as well.
WALKOUT ATTIRE -
A long, rhinestoned and embroidered sleeveless rawhide duster, and a similarly stylized cowboy hat. He also carries with him a bullwhip, which he swings around, cracks, and generally threatens fans, camera operators, and other employees with.
WALKOUT THEME -
'China Grove' by The Doobie Brothers
BRIEF HISTORY -
Born and raised in Saitama, young c was among the first students in the inaugural graduating class at semi-retired Gentaro Endo’s wrestling school, +ULTRA Dojo. Though undersized, he showed a great deal of promise and athleticism in training, and in an environment that was beginning to better appreciate the flashy high-flying of junior heavyweights, the wrestling world was Kanagawa’s oyster in the early 2000s. However, a young lion is as a young lion does, and Kanagawa spent most of his first year wrestling getting his ass handed to him for little pay and even less spotlight. Finally, during a high-octane juniors showcase, he had a chance to prove his worth to the Japanese scene… but crashed and burned on a botched dive to the outside, nearly ending his career then and there.
Kanagawa’s young star nearly flickered out in the following year, with less bookings coming in after a long recovery period. Pulling some strings with some promoters in the United States, it was Gentaro Endo who sent Kanagawa on an excursion to Texas, to gain experience and further hone his craft in a new environment.
Heihachirō Kanagawa never returned.
From his ashes, Heartbreak Kanagawa rose. Having fallen in love with the Lone Star State, and the style of wrestling it cradled, Kanagawa has spent the last fifteen years of his career working in the American Southwest, making towns all the way to the Gulf of Mexico on an independent level, while sustaining himself as a cattle rancher on the side, in his adopted hometown of Amarillo.
What brings him back to Japan, and Max-J? Other than gold and glory, Heartbreak thinks it’s high time for Japanese wrestling to get educated the way he was, when he was left in America with only a prayer and his boots. He’s fixing to bring Texas rasslin’ to the land of Strong Style.
PREVIOUS INJURIES -
SPORTSMANSHIP -
Heartbreak is as unsportsmanlike as they come, and the only time he’s ever going to shake hands is if he hacks a big wad of spit into his palm. At the drop of a hat, he will play dirty. His goal is to outgrapple his opponents; barring that, mitigating the referee as much as possible to cheat his way to victory.
FIGHTING STYLE -
Heartbreak considers himself an old school southern grappler, and has staked his claim on the old adage of ‘work smarter, not harder’. He has eschewed the fast-paced acrobatics of his junior heavyweight days for rest holds, hard hits, and working over the soft spots. His age and his move set don’t mean he’s slow, however; if you’re not careful he’ll stomp you down and twist you into submission, or drill your head through the ring.
(see: Dory Funk Jr, Terry Funk, Dick Murdoch, Shawn Michaels)
FINISHING MOVES -
Texas Piledriver
Spinning Toe Hold
SIGNATURE MOVES -
Wild Western Lariat (Heartbreak ‘plays possum’ selling corpse-like after an opponent’s attack, followed by a Rebound Lariat)
Bittersweet Chinphony (Sweet Chin Music; corner theatrics, tuning up the band, the works; 9/10 times, will never get the pin, and Heartbreak will still be shocked)
Calf Branding
Bullwhip (w/the referee distracted/incapacitated, Heartbreak will strike/choke/stretch his opponents with his bullwhip)
FAVOURITE MOVES -
- Knife-edged Chop
- Missile Dropkick
- Back Body Drop
- Elbow/Knee Drop
- Boot Scrape/Face Wash
- Closed-fist Punches
- Corner/Diving Crossbody
- Headlock. He’ll work one the whole damn match if he can.
TAUNTS -
- swinging/cracking his bullwhip
- posing/flexing
- resting on the top ropes
- ‘tuning up the band’ in the corner before attempting his Bittersweet Chinphony
- rotating a finger over his head, signalling for his Spinning Toe Hold
YOUR NAME -
PREFERRED METHOD OF CONTACT -
TYPE OF CONTRACT -
Full-time
WRESTLER INFORMATION
REAL NAME -
Heihachirō Kanagawa (金川 平八郎)
STAGE NAME -
Heartbreak Kanagawa
NICKNAME(S) -
HBK, Lone Star Ronin, the Quickest Draw in the East AND West, the Sheriff of Strong Style, the Rootinest-Tootinest Wrestler in the Wild West
HEIGHT & WEIGHT -
5’10, 235 lbs
DATE OF BIRTH -
8/19/81 (Age 37)
FIGHTS OUT OF -
Saitama via Amarillo, Texas
YEAR OF DEBUT -
2001
ALIGNMENT -
2.75 - Heartbreak isn’t as cruel or bloodthirsty as other heels, but he will bend and break the rules to get his way, fighting as scrappy and dirty as he possibly can. He’s goofy enough to be likeable; it’s his ego and antics in and out of the ring that put down that possibility quicker than he ever puts down his opponents.
PERSONALITY -
Heartbreak is a West Texas Redneck, through and through… even if he’s not from Texas, or the United States to begin with. He likes to hunt, he likes to fish, his beer cold and his women firm-feelin. He’s a cattle rancher, for crying out loud! Heartbreak considers himself more Texan than Japanese, and has embraced his adopted culture in every way he can think of. This, along with an ego the size of an oil field and a complex or two about his face and hair, gives Heartbreak the kind of attitude only a distant, estranged stepfather could tolerate.
He’s cocky, arrogant, vain and overconfident, but he knows how to play to his strengths and against a crowd’s. If he can’t outgun his way out of a fight, he’ll outrun it. He doesn’t believe in ‘honor’ or ‘strong style’ like this latest crop of plucky Japanese wrestlers do; he’d rather take the low road than the King’s Road any day.
He’s cocky, arrogant, vain and overconfident, but he knows how to play to his strengths and against a crowd’s. If he can’t outgun his way out of a fight, he’ll outrun it. He doesn’t believe in ‘honor’ or ‘strong style’ like this latest crop of plucky Japanese wrestlers do; he’d rather take the low road than the King’s Road any day.
EQUIPMENT -
CASUAL ATTIRE -
In a lot of ways, Heartbreak ‘lives the gimmick’, dressing in leather and denim, gaudy cowboy hats and boots to match. Usually equipped with a fanny pack and a pair of outdated designer shades as well.
WALKOUT ATTIRE -
A long, rhinestoned and embroidered sleeveless rawhide duster, and a similarly stylized cowboy hat. He also carries with him a bullwhip, which he swings around, cracks, and generally threatens fans, camera operators, and other employees with.
WALKOUT THEME -
'China Grove' by The Doobie Brothers
BRIEF HISTORY -
Born and raised in Saitama, young c was among the first students in the inaugural graduating class at semi-retired Gentaro Endo’s wrestling school, +ULTRA Dojo. Though undersized, he showed a great deal of promise and athleticism in training, and in an environment that was beginning to better appreciate the flashy high-flying of junior heavyweights, the wrestling world was Kanagawa’s oyster in the early 2000s. However, a young lion is as a young lion does, and Kanagawa spent most of his first year wrestling getting his ass handed to him for little pay and even less spotlight. Finally, during a high-octane juniors showcase, he had a chance to prove his worth to the Japanese scene… but crashed and burned on a botched dive to the outside, nearly ending his career then and there.
Kanagawa’s young star nearly flickered out in the following year, with less bookings coming in after a long recovery period. Pulling some strings with some promoters in the United States, it was Gentaro Endo who sent Kanagawa on an excursion to Texas, to gain experience and further hone his craft in a new environment.
Heihachirō Kanagawa never returned.
From his ashes, Heartbreak Kanagawa rose. Having fallen in love with the Lone Star State, and the style of wrestling it cradled, Kanagawa has spent the last fifteen years of his career working in the American Southwest, making towns all the way to the Gulf of Mexico on an independent level, while sustaining himself as a cattle rancher on the side, in his adopted hometown of Amarillo.
What brings him back to Japan, and Max-J? Other than gold and glory, Heartbreak thinks it’s high time for Japanese wrestling to get educated the way he was, when he was left in America with only a prayer and his boots. He’s fixing to bring Texas rasslin’ to the land of Strong Style.
PREVIOUS INJURIES -
In nearly twenty years as a wrestler, Heartbreak has suffered a number of injuries - most of which occurred at the beginning of his career, including a littany of concussions, a torn rotator cuff, and two separate knee surgeries.
SPORTSMANSHIP -
Heartbreak is as unsportsmanlike as they come, and the only time he’s ever going to shake hands is if he hacks a big wad of spit into his palm. At the drop of a hat, he will play dirty. His goal is to outgrapple his opponents; barring that, mitigating the referee as much as possible to cheat his way to victory.
FIGHTING STYLE -
Heartbreak considers himself an old school southern grappler, and has staked his claim on the old adage of ‘work smarter, not harder’. He has eschewed the fast-paced acrobatics of his junior heavyweight days for rest holds, hard hits, and working over the soft spots. His age and his move set don’t mean he’s slow, however; if you’re not careful he’ll stomp you down and twist you into submission, or drill your head through the ring.
(see: Dory Funk Jr, Terry Funk, Dick Murdoch, Shawn Michaels)
FINISHING MOVES -
Texas Piledriver
Spinning Toe Hold
SIGNATURE MOVES -
Wild Western Lariat (Heartbreak ‘plays possum’ selling corpse-like after an opponent’s attack, followed by a Rebound Lariat)
Bittersweet Chinphony (Sweet Chin Music; corner theatrics, tuning up the band, the works; 9/10 times, will never get the pin, and Heartbreak will still be shocked)
Calf Branding
Bullwhip (w/the referee distracted/incapacitated, Heartbreak will strike/choke/stretch his opponents with his bullwhip)
FAVOURITE MOVES -
- Knife-edged Chop
- Missile Dropkick
- Back Body Drop
- Elbow/Knee Drop
- Boot Scrape/Face Wash
- Closed-fist Punches
- Corner/Diving Crossbody
- Headlock. He’ll work one the whole damn match if he can.
TAUNTS -
- swinging/cracking his bullwhip
- posing/flexing
- resting on the top ropes
- ‘tuning up the band’ in the corner before attempting his Bittersweet Chinphony
- rotating a finger over his head, signalling for his Spinning Toe Hold
