Line #139 Characters/UniversalWrestlingFederationGAME


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:American "Strong Style"]]
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4	->''"The shoot-style GAME promotion in Los Angeles continues to run at Yoahan Plaza in Los Angeles in Japan-town with bi-weekly shows, next one being 7/16. From our reports, some of the matches are definitely shoots with the guys getting busted and bruised up, and some of them are worked shoots. Those who attend have been extremely complimentary."''
5	-->-- '''Dave Meltzer'''
6
7	!!As a whole:
8	* BadassCrew: The first American-based shoot style promotion.
9	* {{Crossover}}: With [=HOOKnSHOOT=] at one of their first shows in 1996.
10	* DarkerAndEdgier: Had a few Vale Tudo style fights on their cards in 1995.
11	* InsistentTerminology: They classified their predetermined bouts as "Strong Style" rules bouts, even though it was actually under shoot style wrestling rules.
12	* LighterAndSofter: Had to limit themselves to submission wrestling matches in 1996 due to not having a boxing license and bond, as well as bad press that marked it as a UFC-like event.
13	* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: In its beginnings, the wrestlers were several Southern California based indie Lucha Libre style wrestlers, with their first show held in a Chinese restaurant of all places.
14	* SpecialGuest: Pro wrestling veteran Dr. Jerry Graham was in attendance for the first show and was the trainer of the founders
15	* WorkedShoot: Matches contested under Strong Style rules were predetermined, while those contested under shoot wrestling and submission wrestling were supposedly legit.
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17	!!!Eric Anderson
18	* CoolTeacher: Trained Amber Gallows.
19	* GeniusBruiser: He is a lawyer in real life.
20	* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Ebony Blade, Esq, Eric Anderson, and Gemini Kid.
21	* [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]
22	* RedBaron: "Gemini Kid".
23	* ScaryBlackMan
24
25	!!!Blue Angel
26	* CombatCommentator: Worked as one in his retirement.
27	* CoolMask: As Blue Angel and El Resucitado.
28	* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Chucho Villa, The Blue Angel, and El Resucitado. His real name is Jesus Villalobos.
29	* MaskedLuchador: As Blue Angel and El Resucitado.
30	* WrestlingFamily: Has a son who wrestles as Tigre Universitario.
31
32	!!!Duane Breisinger
33	* TheApprentice: To Veryl Long and David Palladino.
34	* CoolTeacher: Is the head instructor at Palladino Martial Arts.
35	* GeniusBruiser: Has a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh.
36	* IKnowKarate: Shotokan UsefulNotes/{{Karate}}, as well as amateur wrestling, UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, boxing, UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}, UsefulNotes/MuayThai, and UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu.
37
38	!!!Kurt Brown/Vandal Drummond
39	* TheApprentice: To Chacal Rivera, Gil Arellano and Jerry Graham.
40	* AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Co-founded GAME and also competed in events.
41	* BarbarianLongHair: Has wrestled most of his career with long unkempt hair.
42	* HeAlsoDid: He hosts podcasts like Lucha World and 6:05 Superpodcast.
43	* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Vandal Drummond, Jimmy Cyclone, Lucky Pierre, Dr. Alquima, Caveman Wellington, The Abortionist, Telly Evangelist, The HIV Kid, The Squeaker, R.U.R. 2000 (briefly), El Roboto Sattva, Yom Rippur, Rocking Jerry Brown, El Paparazzi, and Donkey Show Dominguez.
44	* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/CatchWrestling
45	* RedBaron: Dubbed by Steve Sims as "The Second Greatest Luchador of Scottish Descent (Next to Vampiro)".
46	* StartMyOwn: Was one of the founders of GAME.
47
48	!!!Al Burke
49	* CombatReferee: Doubled as one in GAME, strangely his referee uniform was a UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} gi.
50	* HeAlsoDid: Is a stuntman and actor when he is not wrestling and his best known film appearance is as the "Large Billy Idol Fan" in the Creator/AdamSandler movie Film/TheWeddingSinger.
51	* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Al Burke, Dr. Feelgood, and Mr. Outrageous.
52	* {{Jobber}}: Was one in the Wrestling/{{WWE}} in the late 1980s to early 1990s.
53	* RedBaron: "Mr. Outrageous".
54	* WrestlingFamily: His daughter Molly is also a wrestler.
55
56	!!!Capitán Oro
57	* {{Acrofatic}}: Like his brother Super Boy, he was a bit on the heavy side, but he could still fly just fine.
58	* TheApprentice: To Gil Arellano & Avispon Negro.
59	* BashBrothers: Was part of Los Hermanos Moro with his real brothers Super Boy and Principe Hindu.
60	* CoolMask
61	* MaskedLuchador
62	* WrestlingFamily: His father is El Moro, his brothers are Super Boy and Principe Hindu, and his nephews are Super Boy Jr, Principe Indu Jr, and Legacy.
63
64	!!!Renegado Estrada
65	* CoolMask
66	* MaskedLuchador
67	* UnknownCharacter: Not much is known about him.
68
69	!!!Dan Farren
70	* TheChessmaster: Is the commissioner for Millennium Pro Wrestling.
71	* CombatReferee: A long time referee for California based indie wrestling and was the main referee for GAME.
72	* CoolMask: Sometimes wore one.
73	* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Augie Loya, Beau Beverly, Dan Farren, and Thunder Machine.
74	* {{Jobber}}: Was one as a wrestler.
75	* StartMyOwn: Founded a short-lived wrestling promotion called Hollywood Heavyweight Wrestling.
76	* StoutStrength: Had a big waist.
77
78	!!!Golden Boy
79	* TheApprentice: To Mr. Lince and Rosa Salvaje.
80	* CoolTeacher: Trained luchadors like Alicia, Baby Puma, Chico del Barrio, Dulce Kanela, Karo Korazón, Lady Jaguar, Lady Maravilla, Lady Puma, Larry Miranda Jr., Pedro Navajas, Perla Negra, and Quinto Misterio.
81	* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Cowboy Jr., Golden Boy, and El Jaguar II. His real name is Jorge Antonio Valdez González.
82	* WrestlingFamily: Is the brother of Lover Boy, Símbolo Dos Mil, Rey Demonio Jr, the brother-in-law of Perla Negra, and the son of Rosa Salvaje.
83
84	!!!Terry Iwakura
85	* IKnowKarate: A Kyokushin black belt and trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} under Benny "The Jet" Urquidez.
86
87	!!!Geza Kalman Jr.
88	-->''"Are they going to pay me? If they pay me I'll fight, I don't care."''
89
90	* TheApprentice: To Wrestling/DanSevern and Joe and Wrestling/DeanMalenko.
91	* {{Determinator}}: Suffers from diabetes.
92	* EarlyBirdCameo: Had a match in Wrestling/{{WWE}} before his MMA career.
93	* {{Jobber}}
94	* RedBaron: "Big Dawg".
95	* UnskilledButStrong: Had no formal martial arts training when he started MMA.
96
97	!!!Kid Pepe
98	* CoolMask
99	* MaskedLuchador
100	* UnknownCharacter: Not much is known about him.
101
102	!!!Killer Kimera
103	* AlliterativeName
104	* CoolMask
105	* DoNotCallMePaul: His real name is Frankie Dee.
106	* MaskedLuchador
107	* UnknownCharacter: Not much is known about him.
108
109	!!!Jeff Larson/Kit Thorne/Fisico Nuclear
110	* TheApprentice: To Gil Arellano.
111	* CoolMask
112	* GeniusBruiser: His gimmick is a wrestling physicist. He also has a Bachelor's degree in Physics at Cal-State Fullerton and did his Masters at Cal-State Long Beach in real life.
113	* MaskedLuchador
114	* ShoutOut: His gimmick is one to Kip Thorne, as American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate, known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics.
115
116	!!!Magneto
117	* CoolMask
118	* MaskedLuchador
119	* UnknownCharacter: Not much is known about him.
120
121	!!!Grant Miller/Benson Lee
122	* AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Co-founded GAME and also competed in events.
123	* CoolMask: Wore one as Benson Lee.
124	* CoolTeacher: Trained Shirley Doe.
125	* FakeNationality: Was billed as being from Hong Kong as Benson Lee.
126	* IKnowKarate: A black belt and also knew kung fu style called Shuai Jiao.
127	* RedBaron: "Ninja".
128	* StartMyOwn: Was one of the founders of GAME.
129
130	!!!Makoto Muraoka
131	* AlliterativeName
132	* IKnowKarate: A Kyokushin UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} black belt. He was also a UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} 2nd dan black belt and trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} under Benny "The Jet" Urquidez.
133	* TheWorfEffect: Was choked out at Battlecade Extreme Fighting 1 by Ralph Gracie in 40 seconds.
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135	!!!Wrestling/MikeQuackenbush
136	* TheAce: From CHIKARA's inception to at least 2008, possibly until 2011 when he lost in the 12 Large Summit final to Eddie Kingston.
137	* ArchEnemy: His most hated rival over the years would have to be Chris Hero. After Hero left Chikara, it became Claudio Castagnoli.
138	* AuthorAppeal: Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger, Wrestling/ManamiToyota, ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'', Mexican wrestling, British wrestling legends Johnny Saint and Johnny Kidd, [[Wrestling/SatoruSayama Tiger Mask]], ''Series/{{Lost}}'', ComicBooks, {{Anime}}, Music/TalkingHeads, ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'', ''ComicBook/XMen''...[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and]] references to failed early 1990s Wrestling/{{WWE}} gimmicks Kwang and Max Moon.
139	** He once said in an interview that, with everyone trying to be "xtreme," he wanted CHIKARA to be "wacky."
140	* BadassTeacher: He was heavily involved in training many of the wrestlers who have been on CHIKARA's roster at one point or another.
141	* BigShutUp: He gave one to [=UltraMantis=] Black in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsL_bjwJ3u8 this video]] when Mantis objected to Quack calling him an idiot for giving Vökoder (Tim Donst) the Eye of Tyr, which Donst then gave to Ares following the formation of Wrestling/DieBruderschaftDesKreuzes.
142	* BlackAndGrayMorality: Quack's been deliberately trying to give the GEKIDO wrestlers career ending injuries, and succeeded with 2 of them. But he only started doing this as a response to GEKIDO doing it, and he says he's doing it to protect his roster from GEKIDO and others like them.
143	* BrokenPedestal: He was genuinely surprised in Dragon Gate when Yamato, whom he held among the best wrestlers in Japan, kicked him below the belt.
144	* ChekhovsGun: The counter to the CHIKARA Special, since the only reason anyone would insist on creating a counter to his own finisher is because it would be important to the story later on, which is exactly what happened.
145	* TheComicallySerious[=/=]StraightMan[=/=]OnlySaneMan: To the wackier antics in CHIKARA. Generally, if the situation doesn't call for him to be serious, he's this, as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgfvLCoWzkk this promo]] with him telling Wrestling/{{Frightmare}} about how he needs to start focusing on the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pa/e/chikara/chikara-yl.html CHIKARA Young Lion's Cup]], with Hallowicked presumably telling Frightmare the same thing in [[TheUnintelligible his own way]], and Quack saying, "You heard the man."
146	* {{Determinator}}[=/=]MadeOfIron: He suffered a concussion during his IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Title match with Wrestling/JoeyRyan which was a quarterfinal in the ''IWA Mid-South: 2007 [[Wrestling/ThePublicEnemyTagTeam Ted Petty]] Invitational Tournament'', September 29, 2007. Despite that, he managed to ''win'' the match, and, ultimately, the tournament that same night.
147	* FinishingMove: Several.
148	** The Quackendriver (4 versions QD-QD IV)
149	** Lightning Lock Beta
150	** The CHIKARA Special, which he innovated. He then invented a few different variants.
151	* HeWhoFightsMonsters: In 2012. With the GEKIDO invasion, Quack has been getting increasingly vicious in his attacks on GEKIDO's members.
152	* TheHero[=/=]BigGood: In the feud with Wrestling/TheKingsOfWrestling.
153	* TheHost: He was the original one for CHIKARA's weekly Website/YouTube series "[=Podcast=]-A-Go-Go."
154	* ImpersonationGambit: At ''CHIKARA Young Lions Cup II'', Night II, July 31, 2004, there was a trios match where the Dark Breed (Hallowicked and Wrestling/{{UltraMantis Black}}) and DJ Skittles defeated the Sweet 'n' Sour International team of Spyrazul, Mobius and Flex Fenom. At ''Retribution Rumble of Revenge and Rumble to Remember'', August 27th, there was an ''atomicos'' (8-man tag match) with Jigsaw[=/=]Jolly Roger[=/=]Men @ Work (Mister ZERO and Shane Storm) vs. the Sweet 'n' Sour International team of Larry Sweeney, Spyrazul, Rorschach and Crossbones, which Jigsaw's team won. Before the match, Sweeney was asking where Quackenbush was. Shane Storm defeated Spyrazul at ''Beware of Barely Badd Blasts and/or Blood Brawls on the Beach'' on September 25th. At ''The Cibernetico Cometh'' on October 30th, there was the first-ever Torneo Cibernetico match, with Jigsaw's team (Jigsaw[=/=]Men @ Work[=/=]F.I.S.T. [Icarus & Wrestling/GranAkuma][=/=]Jolly Roger and Private Eye[=/=]DJ Skittles) vs. Sweet 'n' Sour International (Sweeney/Spyrazul/Sharecropper/The Dark Breed/Crossbones/Mano Metallico/Rorschach.) When the match was down to Jigsaw vs. Sweeney/Spyrazul/Rorschach, Spyrazul hit a Black Tornado Slam on Rorschach and allowed Jigsaw to pin Rorschach. Spyrazul removed his mask to reveal, of course, Quackenbush. Quack threw the mask at Sweeney, wished Jigsaw luck and got himself counted out. This led to Jigsaw pinning Sweeney to win the match.
155	* MinoredInAssKicking: Had a submission grappling match in GAME, which he won by choke.
156	* PapaWolf: Toward his students and toward CHIKARA itself, as GEKIDO had the misfortune of finding out for themselves.
157	* PowerStable:
158	** [[Wrestling/LarrySweeney Sweet 'n' Sour International]] (under a mask as Spyrazul. See above.)
159	** (in Dragon Gate USA and EVOLVE): CHIKARA Sekigun, with Jigsaw, Wrestling/{{Hallowicked}} and Wrestling/{{Frightmare}}.
160	* PutOnABus: Vanished off the CHIKARA roster in 2013, after he received a packet of information regarding the Vavasseurs' company, Titor Conglomerate.
161	** The reason is Quack wanted to step out of the spotlight and leave the company to the next generation of wrestlers (though he's still there behind the scenes). He's mostly retired now.
162	* RedBaron: "Lightning," "The Master of a Thousand Holds"
163	* RedOniBlueOni: The rational, scientific Blue to Eddie Kingston's Red. That said, as his RoaringRampageOfRevenge against GEKIDO showed, he could also be a case of BewareTheNiceOnes[=/=]YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry. It's not that he and King are similar, just that they'd get angry for different reasons.
164	* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: The booker for CHIKARA.
165	* ShoutOut: He chose the name "Lightning" as a tribute to one of his heroes, [[Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger Jushin "Thunder" Liger]].
166	* SoLastSeason: {{Subverted\| trope}}. He pinned Wrestling/BryanDanielson with the Alligator Clutch, not seen as a "legit" finishing move since the days of George Becker! Even in Becker's days it often failed.
167	* TagTeam:
168	** The Black T-Shirt Squad, w[=/=]Don Montoya and Wrestling/RecklessYouth
169	** The [=Superfriends=], w[=/=]Chris Hero
170	** Team [=Frightning=], w[=/=]Hallowicked and Frightmare
171	* TooManyBelts: Held ''six'' titles at once in 2004, from promotions in the U.S., Mexico and Germany, calling them the "I-Crown," a tribute to the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/jcrown.html Octuple J-Crown]], which combined 8 different Junior Heavyweight/Light Heavyweight Title from 1996-1997. At the Season 3 opener, ''Kids Eat Free on Tuesdays'', he announced a gauntlet match, ultimately won by Jigsaw, to determine the Number #1 contender to all of them. As shown above, he held six different titles a second time, in 2007-2008.
172	* TheUnfettered: As of ''High Noon'', when Kingston beat Quack for the Grand Championship, Quack feels like he's not the face of the company anymore and thus doesn't have any obligation to take the high road against invaders like GEKIDO.
173	-->If you think, for some reason, we're going to stand idly by while you come in here and try to wreck what we have built over the last eleven seasons, '''''I''''' will greet you at the door and '''''I''''' will ''break your bones''.
174	* UnreliableNarrator: At ''King of Trios 2010'', he told Jigsaw that there wasn't a counter for the Inverted CHIKARA Special. During the Torneo Cibernetico between Team CHIKARA[[note]][=UltraMantis=]/Quack/Kingston/Jigsaw[=/=][=Hallowicked=][=/=]carus[=/=]STIGMA (formerly Shane Storm)[=/=]Sweeney[[/note]]-BDK[[note]]Ares[=/=]Claudio[=/=]Wrestling/{{Tursas}}[=/=]Pinkie Sanchez[=/=]Donst[=/=]Wrestling/SaraDelRey[=/=]Wrestling/DaizeeHaze[=/=][[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious]][[/note]] at ''The Dark Ciberknetico'' on October 23, 2010, Donst locked the hold on Quack...and Quack escaped, with Donst ''saying'', "You said there wasn't a counter!" Justified, since Shane Storm giving the counter to the CHIKARA Special to Mantis to give to Chris Hero for his Hair vs. Mask match vs. Equinox (Vin Gerard) at ''The Sordid Perils of Everyday Existence'' on November 17, 2007 was the first big step toward the debut of the BDK in the first place.
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176	!!!Greg Regalado
177	* UnknownCharacter: Not much is known about him.
178
179	!!!R.U.R. 2000
180	* CoolMask
181	* MaskedLuchador
182	* UnknownCharacter: Not much is known about him.
183
184	!!!Chamaco Torres/Super Boy
185	* {{Acrofatic}}: About 5ft 7, 260ibs and can do suicide dives and Asai Moonsaults (springboard moonsaults performed onto an opponent on the floor outside the ring). When he worked for Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling, their guys were very surprised by his ability to fly considering his body size.
186	* TheApprentice: To Gil Arellano & Avispon Negro.
187	* BashBrothers: Was part of Los Hermanos Moro with his real brothers Capitan Oro and Principe Hindu.
188	* CoolMask
189	* CoolTeacher: Became a wrestling trainer after his retirement.
190	* GameBreakingInjury: Knee injuries eventually ended his in-ring career.
191	* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Ball Rei, Chamaco Torres, The Convict, El Espartano, Leon Guerrero, and Super Boy (his most famous name). His real name is Sergio Torres.
192	* [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]: Learned at bit from Avispon Negro.
193	* MaskedLuchador: From Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
194	* RedBaron: "Yoyo", "Hijo del Moro", "The Convict".
195	* ShoutOut: His gimmick as The Convict was based on a funny comedy character that was one of Manga/TigerMask's nemesis in the manga series.
196	* StoutStrength
197	* WrestlingFamily: His father is El Moro, his brothers are Capitan Oro and Principe Hindu, and his sons are Super Boy Jr, Principe Indu Jr, and Legacy.
198
199	!!!Ultra Rojo
200	* CoolMask
201	* MaskedLuchador
202	* UnknownCharacter: There isn't much known about him, he only appeared for the first show.
203
204	!!!Doug Williams
205	* [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]: A former California State High School champion.
206	* LeotardOfPower: An amateur wrestling one.
207	* RedBaron: "The Role Model".
208	* ScaryBlackMan
209
210	!!!Craig Wolfley
211	* BashBrothers: With his brother Dale.
212	* UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball: Was a former Steeler.
213	* NonActionGuy: Provided a venue for a GAME at the Martial Arts and Sports Complex in Pittsburgh and managed his brother at the event.
214
215	!!!Dale Wolfley
216	* TheApprentice: To Boris Malenko.
217	* BashBrothers: With his brother Craig.
218	* CoolTeacher: Ran a martial arts school.

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