I may actually forget I'm doing this (wouldn't surprise me), but I might as well throw this guy in here.
--- STEVE KNOX
Age: 23 (born April 2)
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 242 lbs.
Hometown: Providence, Rhose Island
Trainer(s): Earl Knox / Jeremy Odessa
Wrestling Style: Technical/Power
Entrance Music: "Cliffs of Dover" by Eric Johnson
Finisher:
- The Gold Rush (Lariat)
- The Gold (Double) Standard (Crossface chickenwing (suplex))
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Bio:
Steve is the second son of Earl Knox, a professional wrestler turned actor who died in 2001 in an accident on the set of his third movie.
Steve was trained partially by Earl Knox, his father, up until his death. While Earl died only just after he had finished Steve's training, Steve eventually went to Jeremy Odessa to "complete" his training. A consumate professional both in and out of the ring, Steve is marked with an inability to get along with his brothers, Simon and Soren, and can't even get along with his little sister, Siobahn.
Steve is the real ring veteran of the Knox brothers, having wrestled for almost eight years straight. Talented at both technical and power wrestling, Steve became a tSC mainstay after the promotion lost its television deal. He is presently in the middle of his unprescedented third Championship reign with the organization.
Style:
Steve is a technical wrestler with signs of power wrestling. He rarely goes to the air and just pounds on an enemy until they're a puddle of goo. He's as comfortable with hardcore as he is on the mat, and he's generally pretty well-rounded. However, he doesn't do so well against opponents who are stronger than he is, and tends to have to resort to unusual methods in order to put them down.
Early:
Double leg takedown, fireman's carry takedown, knee lift, one-handed scoop slam, back body drop, armdrag, arm wringer, drop toe hold, elbow strikes, punches.
Middle:
Belly-to-belly suplex, powerslam, fireman's carry flapjack, hard powerbomb, delayed vertical suplex, DDT, military press drop, back suplex, backbreaker, german suplex w/bridge, barrage of elbows in the corner that ends with a dropkick, boston crab, rear choke, stomps.
Late:
Tombstone piledriver, gutwrench powerbomb, brainbuster, dragon suplex w/bridge, top rope double knee drop, top rope senton
Finishers:
- The Gold Rush (Lariat)
Your typical lariat finisher.
Knox has a powerful lariat, usually used to equalize bigger men that he can't reasonably use the Gold Standard on. He can use it with a simple charge, or he can use it after bouncing off the ropes. While he can hit it out of nowhere, he can also use it with a lot of fanfare (similar to how his brother, Simon, uses the P.K.K.) by charging off of two sets of ropes while his opponent recovers in the center, making it obvious that it's the Rush he intends to use.
- The Gold Standard (Crossface Chickenwing)
Knox's submission.
If he looks to lock this in, it can be out of nowhere. However, he also likes to use it with a bit of fanfare, stalking his opponent from behind with his arms held out.
Steve is relentless with this hold, often retaining his grip on this hold despite his opponent's attempts to counter it. He has been using this hold long enough to know both its strengths and its weaknesses, and has been known to counter opponent's counters to the hold once he has it locked in. However, if his opponent is especially stubborn and refuses to give up...
- The Double Standard (Millenium Suplex (Crossface Chickenwing Suplex))
...he uses this. Exactly as it may indicate, this is a suplex done out of the Gold Standard.
The Double Standard can be considered Steve's "uberfinisher" in the sense that if he lands this, the opponent is royally screwed without help (unless it's a huge match, anyway). Steve usually tries to hold on to the Gold Standard hold after landing the suplex in an attempt to maintain the submission. However, nine times out of ten, the very impact will break the hold and force Steve to go for the pin.
Either way, it guarantees victory similar to how Kurt Angle scissoring the legs with the anklelock guarantees victory for Angle.
Steve doesn't normally use the Double Standard, and only does it if an opponent is especially feisty in trying to get out of the Gold Standard. He has been known to use the Double Standard to counter the "run up the turnbuckles and flip into a pin" move sometimes used to counter the crossface chickenwing, using the opponent's own momentum to destroy them.
-- Mike
