Height: 6'6" Weight:252 lbs.

Hometown: Manhattan, New York

Alignment: Face

Alignment: "Crawling in the Dark" by Hoobastank

Alignment: No manager currently

Background Information:
Larry Tact grew up on Long Island. He is from a family that wasn't too into wrestling, but he and his brother started watching it when Larry was in his teens, and he quickly became interested in the psychology of the business. Tact worked as a bouncer at bars and clubs first, using his strength to overpower people. However, Tact started learning how to wrestle a little while after he began watching, and studied the different aspects of the art of wrestling. Once trained, Tact started wrestling in independant leagues, but never made it very high early on. He made money through hardcore type matches in smalltown places, doing street fights and brawl-type matches. He went around and entertained the people who desired to see beatings, and also submitted people to submissions he knew, which he enhanced the power of using his strength.
People wondered why Tact entered the business at all, as he could have taken the easy way out, and leech off his family to make a decent living. However, Tact has a strong sense of independence, and so he didn't want to live off the success of his parents, who were in the medical business. He wanted to make a name for himself in the wrestling business, and so he continued to wrestle matches in those small towns and communities. He got into many bar room brawls, because people wrongly thought his honesty and good nature (respecting people that respect him, and trying to help out when he can) was sickening. Luckily for Tact, he had gone to college during the time he was learning how to wrestle. After graduating with a business degree, Tact started getting into some business ventures as he wrestled. Unlike his early wrestling career, Tact caught onto the business world rather quickly, and was able to make a very comfortable amount of money for himself. Eventually, he also broke into some samll-time indy promotions when they were peaking, and so these two things combined made Tact enough money to live where he always wanted to: Manhattan. Tact has become known around many Manhattan restaurants, clubs, and stores, and has many friends there.
Although Tact was in some decent indy promotions, they still weren't professionally recognized. In one particular promotion, the New York Wrestling Alliance (NYWA), Tact underwent a major change in direction, marking a key turning point in his career. He changed his style totally, remolding himself from a brawler into a technical wrestler. Tact still occasionally would (and will) integrate brawling into his strategy, however it is for the purpose of weakening his opponent. Then he will go after them with his technical skills, which is his primary offensive.
At age 24, Tact finally got his big break. The first professionally recognized federation Larry Tact wrestled a match in was the IWF, or Internet Wrestling Federation. Tact was given a tryout match in April of 2000; a dark match prior to the IWF: School Yard Brawl II Pay-Per-View. Tact won his debut in convincing fashion, beating his opponent, Fa't, handly. This led to Tact getting his big break: a shot in the IWF. Tact had watched the IWF for a few months before he was offered a tryout, and so he was very excited to get into the mix. Being the honest person he is, and speaking his mind immediately got Tact some negative attention from others in the IWF. Namely, Mephisto (Michael Manson), Doc Silver and "SuperStar" Ruger. At the time, Mephisto was on a tear which would eventually lead him to the IWF Unified Titles, and later still the IWF Triple Crown Titles. Silver is known around the wrestling world as a legend, and Ruger is an IWF Grand Slam Champion. So Tact really had his work cut out for him, from the moment he set foot into the IWF. However, Tact didn't mind being the somewhat controversial, rebellious figure, and he fought through any criticisms. This would eventually lead Tact to a spot in the first ever IWF Triple Crown Championship match, and later still an IWF Entertainment Title run during his first year in the IWF. Tact also competed in the IWF King of Cable Access Tournament, the IWFs War Games (IWF: Slim Probability II), and the 2nd Annual IWF King of the Death Match Tournament, during his first year.
About halfway through his first year, Tact joined a second federation: the Rocky Mountain Wrestling Federation (RMWF). There, Tact made his way to two RMWF Mile High Title reigns, the second highest title in the federation, and one RMWF King of the Mountain win in March of 2001, just before his one year anniversary. By winning the King of the Mountain Tournament, in which he defeated former RMWF World Champion, Rage, and the mysterious X in the Finals, Tact attained the vacant RMWF World Championship.
During his first year, Tact also had a brief stint in the Cyber World Wrestling Federation (CWWF) when they had reopened. Tact remained there from the time they reopened until a few months later, when they closed. At the time they closed, Tact was in line for a CWWF Unified World Championship title shot, and was also scheduled to take part in a tournament to find a new CWWF Hardcore Champion.
Tact was also to have a match in the NWWA, where he was going to take part in their fifteen-man King of Extreme Match. However, that match never occurred, as the NWWA shut down before it took place.
On his one year anniversary in the IWF, and in the professional circuit, Tact faced off against Shawn Hart, the "Phenom" of the IWF, in a High School Massacre Match at IWF School Yard Brawl III. Tact won, although in controversial fashion thanks to Michael Manson. A sour ending was in store for Tact, though, on his Anniversary. This is because, at the end of School Yard Brawl III, KRoW had Suicide taken away to Happy Acres Mental Hospital after their Triple Crown Title match came to a draw. Suicide relinquished the Triple Crown Titles, and swore bad times ahead before willingly leaving to go to Happy Acres, as Tact was held back and could do nothing but watch his friend go.
Then in the summer of 2001, Tact had to witness the return of two of his biggest rivals ever, if not the biggest, from his past. Two wrestlers, and former friends from before he even began wrestling, made their returned to wrestling. Captain Nappi and Gideon S. Darkheart; collectively, Corporate Conglomerate Incorporated. The pair made their return, along with Gideon's sister Mystique, who was a friend of Tact's, by joining Daniel Pierce's Ultimate Wrestling Alliance. Gideon "wrestled" there; in actually sending CCI flunkies to do his work for him in matches. Tact was not in the UWA, but he did watch it. Gideon S. Darkheart was forced to wrestle in the tournament Finals, where he went on to defeat Fanatic, someone else Tact was familiar with, in a Cage Match to become the first-ever UWA World Champion. Then, Tact watched as CCI paid off Happy Acres Mental Facility to help get Suicide out, while Tact had been attempting to get his friend out through more...tactful means.
In early 2001, Tact joined the World Wrestling League and had one match against Snake Eyes, which he lost. After that, rumors were going around that the WWL would shut down, however, that did not turn out to be the case. Gideon and Nappi came along with Suicide, and Suicide made the announcement that he had bought the WWL, and would run it along with Maxwell Houz, aka Mickey Mouse. While happy to see Suicide back, Tact was confused and worried, because CCI were named Vice Presidents, and Tact knew about the history between Suicide, CCI, and himself. Due to this knowledge, it made no sense that Suicide would join CCI, to Tact. Things got even more confusing when Tact was attacked by Suicide at one point, but he never lost hope in his friend. As for the WWL, it stuck around, and Tact went on to capture the WWL Tri-American Title in a three-way dance with Armageddon and then Champion, Scott Allen, at WWL Rebirth. The reigns of power were eventually split, as Suicide handed over the ownership. Dividing it into quarters, four people were selected to run the WWL. Bob Morris, Chris Horowitz, Doc Silver, and Andrew Medina. Medina was the former Owner of the NYWA, the indy promotion Tact had been most involved with -- and also where Suicide and CCI had been, among others -- before it closed down and Tact went to the IWF. Tact and CCI immediately had and still have problems, continuing their battle against each other, which predates to the NYWA. Tact continued to defend the Tri-American Title, but didn't stop with the WWL. At IWF Slim Probability III, Tact defeated then Champion KRoW to become the IWF Unified Champion. Around this time Tact's friend Goliath had recently been kicked out from Cyber Pro Wrestling (CPW), due to Jordan Alexander, it's corrupt and paranoid President and Owner. Tact decided to delve a bit more into the business aspect of wrestling, and he went to Jordan, who was a marked man at that point, to try and negotiate a deal. Things went well, and on December 2, 2001, Larry Tact became the new Owner of CPW. However, that would be the last major business move Tact would make, at least for a while.
Soon after he bought out CPW, still during the winter of 2001, Tact hit a major turning point in his career, and his life. Somehow, most of Tact's financial accounts were hacked into and wiped out, leaving him with very little. In addition, Tact was framed for credit card fraud, and got arrested by police. He only had to spend a few nights in jail, but almost missed a Pay-Per-View, WWL Revolution, as a result. A no-show would have seen him forfeiting his WWL Tri-American Title to "The Messenger" Trevor Cane, in a title match that CCI were Special Enforcers for. Tact was released on a few hundred-thousand dollars bail, but the charges were not dropped. In fact, things only got worse, as Tact was kidnapped shortly after by the Mafia, who were paid off by an unknown source to aid in Tact's framing, and do worse. Tact's kidnappers had a gun to Tact's head, and were ready to kill him, when the police, Suicide, Goliath, and Pat Gordon came in and saved Tact. Things didn't end there, though. Tact was brought up on more charges, by KRoW and the Critics of Wrestling (CoW), a group of activists who could not stand Tact, among other wrestlers who suposedly "degraded" the wrestling industry. Threatened with losing his wrestling license, Tact was to appear to argue his side of the case on a certain date. However, Tact was setup and attacked on the day of his court appearance, while going to the court. His assailants were KRoW marks, who claimed to have actually been paid off by KRoW to attack Tact. However, nobody was around when these remarks were made, and so Tact could not use that information. During the fight he had with these people, though, Tact suffered a stab wound and had to be taken to the hospital after police arrived. As a result, he did not show up to the court, and could not give his case on the charges he was being brought up on. So Tact was stripped of his wrestling license, and would only be allowed to fulfill already-signed bookings in promotions; after that, Tact was told he would not be able to wrestle matches for any promotion. Tact was devastated, however he would find a loophole in the court ruling made by one Judge Ito. Tact discovered that he would not be able to wrestle any official matches for the promotions he was in. He would, however, be able to wrestle "unsanctioned" matches for any promotion, pending said promotions approval. So Tact would be able to continue to wrestle, just in unsanctioned matches. This would allow him to continue bringing in the money that he so desperately needed, as due to this whole disaster, he no longer had much cash.
In April of 2002, Tact joined the recently reopened Cyber World Wrestling Federation to help mend his financial wounds. There, in their second card back, Tact gained one-half of the vacant CWWF US Tag Team Titles along with Pat Gordon, collectively the Five Star Tag Team, defeating the Backseat Boyz at CWWF SaloonFest.
Tact held the WWL Tri-American Title for eight months, before losing it on a WWL Salvation program in February of 2002. There, two of the WWLs new blood, Zak Conrad and Dizz, defeated Tact in a Handicap Match for the title. Both Dizz and Conrad would end up as the declared new WWL Tri-American Champion, however days after Corporate Conglomerate Incorporated injured Zak Conrad, and so Dizz became the sole new WWL Tri-American Champion.
In mid-April of 2002, Tact hit yet another turning point in his life and wrestling career, and closed a chapter of his life. At IWF Aftermath, following the IWFs third Anniversary, Tact and Dusty Thompson faced Michael Manson and Nemesis (aka Ellis Scott); Manson being one of Tact's enemies, and Nemesis being an on-off enemy. Ever since being kidnapped by the Mafia, and kept in isolation virtually the whole time, Tact became even more outspoken on his views and what he believed to be the truth. One of the things he stated was that the IWF had been infected by the likes of Michael Manson, and ever since November of 2000 was slowly dying. At Aftermath, Tact scored a pinfall over Manson, and that marked his last IWF match. Only a day after Aftermath, Tact resigned from the IWF and forfeited the IWF Unified Titles. Tact had always been with the IWF, since he broke into the professional circuit, but that was no more. Despite the fact it would make things harder for him, financially, Tact decided that he had accomplished all he wanted to in the IWF, and that the place was not for him anymore.
Tact continues to battle to survive, both on the wrestling scene and off of it. He was forced to shut down Cyber Pro Wrestling (CPW) due to his financial constraints. His prestige in the business world is shot, after the various happenings during the winter of 2001, and so Tact works to rebuild it. Tact still continues to try and regain what he once had, before the whole disaster and financial losses, and simultaneously strive in his wrestling career. He left the CWWF, shortly after losing the CWWF US Tag Titles in a Handicap match (his partner no-showed). Tact continues to wrestle unsanctioned matches in the World Wrestling League (WWL), and now looks to go to one of the biggest promotions out there today, the CSWA, to test his wrestling skills possibly more than ever before. In the CSWA, Tact looks to solidify his claim as one of the best, if not the best, pure technician in wrestling today.

Titles Held:
On October 18, 2000, in the IWF, Larry Tact defeated X-Treme, and gained his first recognized professional Championship, the IWF Entertainment Title.
Then, on December 29, 2000, in the Rocky Mountain Wrestling Federation (RMWF), Larry Tact defeated RMWF Mile High Champion Iron Fury by DQ. Later that night, Fury handed over the RMWF Mile High Title to Tact, saying he deserved it. Thus Larry Tact gained his second recognized professional Championship.
In early 2001, the RMWF held a King of the Mountain Tournament to determine who would get the vacated RMWF World Championship. Tact, in the first round, faced off against the then Mile High Champion Triple Cross, with the title on the line. Tact won the match, and became RMWF Mile High Champion for a second time.
In the King of the Mountain Finals, Tact faced off against Rage and X. Aside from the RMWF World Title, no other titles were on the line in this Triple Threat match, which Tact ended up winning. This marked Tact's third title, the start of his fourth title reign, and was his first professionally recognized World Championship.
In July of 2001, Tact claimed the vacant WWL Tri-American Championship at the WWLs return show, Rebirth, after defeating "The Pain Event" Scott Allen and Armageddon in a Triple Threat match for the title.
Tact gained the IWF Unified Championship after defeating KRoW at the IWF: Slim Probability III Pay-Per-View, held in late 2001.
Tact has also been one-half of the CWWF US Tag Team Champions.

Finishing Move:
Tactful Surrender

Finishing Move Description:
Tact grabs his opponent by an arm and a leg while they are down. Tact pulls back on the limbs, rather than falling to his back, like a standard bow-and-arrow lock. As he wrenches back on the limbs, Tact also puts pressure on his opponent's back with a knee. For the exact move, see the Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio, Jr. WCW Cruiserweight Title Match from Halloween Havoc..'97, I think.

Setup Move:
The Humbling or Star Breaker (can be used as pinfall finishers)

Setup Move Description:

Typical Moves:
1) (Overhead) Belly-to-Belly Suplex
2) German Suplex
3) The Quiz (Pumphandle into an over-the shoulder PowerSlam)
4) Armbreaker
5) Jumping High Knee (while running)
6) Top Rope Elbow Drop
7) (Kickswing) DDT
8) Back Breaker Submission (puts pressure on opponent while they're on his knee)
9) Sky Lock - Inverted STF
10) StretchPlex (Abdominal Stretch into T-Bone Suplex) / Super StretchPlex (from top rope)

Handlers Name:
Jeff

Email Address:
penaj@mville.edu

Messenger Identity:

Wrestler's Entrance Description:
The lights go out, and remain off as the opening guitar rift of "Crawling in the Dark" by Hoobastank plays. As the first four bass beats kick in, one-by-one the letters "T-A-C-T" flash on the screen. Blue and neon green lights flash around the arena as the music plays, and a video montage of Larry Tact cutting promos and wrestling in matches is shown. Tact walks out onto the stage (if he has a title belt, it will be strapped around his waist or over his shoulder.) Tact heads over to either end of the stage, yelling out to the fans, before heading down to the ring and getting up on the apron, and a turnbuckle. He looks out at the crowd, observing it momentarily, and then yells out to them again as he hoists his arm into the air (if he has a title belt, he'll raise it up as he looks at the crowd from on the turnbuckle). Tact then gets off the turnbuckle and steps through the ropes, into the ring.

Favorite Matches:
vs. Billy Matthews (WWL Tri-American Title match)
vs. Anarky (WWL House Show)
vs. Rage & X (Triple Threat RMWF World Title Match)
vs. Captain Nappi (WWL Salvation)
tagged w/Pitt Symphalyous vs. Suicide & Jean Rabesque (WWL Rush)

Catchphrase:
"Get ready, for you will..be..tactilized!"
"Prepare to be humbled."

Recent Quote:

Roleplay Sample:
"I wrestle with style, smarts, and the will to survive."