Post by Archibald Barnes on Dec 16, 2008 19:33:24 GMT -5
Wrestler Profile: Archibald Barnes
From: Albany, New York
Height: 5’7”
Weight: 119 lbs.
Age: 78
Debut: 1947
Theme Music: "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner
Finisher: Old Schooled (a sitout schoolboy rollup)
Favorite and Common Moves:
-Norwegian Pinky Lock (Barnes grabs an opponent by their wrist, grabs their pinky and hyperextends it backwards)
-Nosebutt
-Typhoid Waist Lock (A waist lock, followed by holding onto the opponent and spinning around several times)
-Thigh Lock (A chinlock, done to the thigh of an opponent)
-Bar Strangled Spanner (A set up for a hurricanrana…without the hurricanrana being executed)
-Invisible Ottoman (Flying butt)
-Sarsaparilla Chinstrap (Reverse chinlock…done from the front by bending his elbows and cupping his hands over his opponent’s chin before pushing back)
-Erie Ankle Squeeze (Literally, squeezing he opponent's ankle)
-Slaps of varying kinds
-Practically anything else that can come to mind…
Type (Face, Heel, Tweener): Face
Wrestling Style: Comedy of varying types
Affiliation: None
Titles Held:
-Too many too list
Basic Appearance: Very skinny and meek-looking. Bald. Has a black handlebar mustache.
Wrestling Attire: Long burgundy tights with black vertical stripes, black wrestling shoes and black trunks over the tights. Wears a black stovepipe hat and black bath robe as entrance attire along with his wrestling garb.
Bio: Years ago, Archibald Barnes was a legend. He was an aggressive and fearless wrestler with a tough attitude and a style that was the envy of nearly everyone else that he encountered. He built a lifestyle around wrestling, but age caught up to him and he had to retire before the vast majority of current wrestlers were born. Barnes eventually became disillusioned with life in an old folks’ home over the years and against the wishes of his family, friends and physicians, has returned to the ring. Whether or not he actually remembers how to properly wrestle is hardly his concern…just whether he can show “those crazy whippersnappers” how wrestlers in his day used to do it.
Strengths: Barnes has been probably been around as a wrestler longer than any of his competition has been alive. He’s literally seen everything in the wrestling ring and has a very good grasp of how to reverse moves. Archibald’s surprisingly fast for a man his age…although that may have something to do with the fact that a moderately strong gust of wind could send him sailing through the air.
Weaknesses: He’s extremely old and frail, extremely weak, and has a tendency to fall asleep if he gets worn down. Archibald Barnes also seems to lack total memory of how to do moves.
From: Albany, New York
Height: 5’7”
Weight: 119 lbs.
Age: 78
Debut: 1947
Theme Music: "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner
Finisher: Old Schooled (a sitout schoolboy rollup)
Favorite and Common Moves:
-Norwegian Pinky Lock (Barnes grabs an opponent by their wrist, grabs their pinky and hyperextends it backwards)
-Nosebutt
-Typhoid Waist Lock (A waist lock, followed by holding onto the opponent and spinning around several times)
-Thigh Lock (A chinlock, done to the thigh of an opponent)
-Bar Strangled Spanner (A set up for a hurricanrana…without the hurricanrana being executed)
-Invisible Ottoman (Flying butt)
-Sarsaparilla Chinstrap (Reverse chinlock…done from the front by bending his elbows and cupping his hands over his opponent’s chin before pushing back)
-Erie Ankle Squeeze (Literally, squeezing he opponent's ankle)
-Slaps of varying kinds
-Practically anything else that can come to mind…
Type (Face, Heel, Tweener): Face
Wrestling Style: Comedy of varying types
Affiliation: None
Titles Held:
-Too many too list
Basic Appearance: Very skinny and meek-looking. Bald. Has a black handlebar mustache.
Wrestling Attire: Long burgundy tights with black vertical stripes, black wrestling shoes and black trunks over the tights. Wears a black stovepipe hat and black bath robe as entrance attire along with his wrestling garb.
Bio: Years ago, Archibald Barnes was a legend. He was an aggressive and fearless wrestler with a tough attitude and a style that was the envy of nearly everyone else that he encountered. He built a lifestyle around wrestling, but age caught up to him and he had to retire before the vast majority of current wrestlers were born. Barnes eventually became disillusioned with life in an old folks’ home over the years and against the wishes of his family, friends and physicians, has returned to the ring. Whether or not he actually remembers how to properly wrestle is hardly his concern…just whether he can show “those crazy whippersnappers” how wrestlers in his day used to do it.
Strengths: Barnes has been probably been around as a wrestler longer than any of his competition has been alive. He’s literally seen everything in the wrestling ring and has a very good grasp of how to reverse moves. Archibald’s surprisingly fast for a man his age…although that may have something to do with the fact that a moderately strong gust of wind could send him sailing through the air.
Weaknesses: He’s extremely old and frail, extremely weak, and has a tendency to fall asleep if he gets worn down. Archibald Barnes also seems to lack total memory of how to do moves.
