Post by Kenzie Garrett on Apr 21, 2019 0:42:19 GMT -6
CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY
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Myriam "Lunity" Damphousse
BASIC INFO
Ring Name
Kenzie Garrett
Birth Name
Mackenzie Myriam Garrett
Nickname(s)
- The Soulknife
- Geek Gladiator
- Mage of the Mat
- Big Mack/Mack Daddy
- The Tin Mack (due to the Emerald Wonder TV series casting of Kenzie as the Tin Man)
- (insert seasonal/holiday/relative-to-the-time pun - ie: the ViKenzie Experience/Val-Kenz-Tine/etc)
- Black Rose
Sex
Female
Age
June 7, 1993 -- 26 years old
Place of Birth
Fresno, California, USA
Currently Residing
same
Height
5'0"
Weight
108lbs
Alignment
Face - mostly. She's usually pretty friendly with just about everyone and doesn't go out of her way to treat people poorly. When pushed to her limits, she becomes something of an anti-hero. Her language goes to the foul side, and even if she goes to pretty violent extremes, there's good intentions behind it.
Debut Year
2018
Ring Attire
Normal Matches: Kenzie's normal match gear is nothing truly spectacular. As someone relatively new to the game, only in it for a year or so, her gear is more of a reflection of her own laid back style. This is usually a pair of high-waisted shorts that have spandex in them to allow for flexibility and movement: either dark navy or black in color, a faded band t-shirt or muscle tanktop over a sports bra that's typically neutral colored sports bra, some form of stockings - usually sheer or with a slight shimmer, black kneepads and black wrestling boots with mismatch kickpads (one typically a sparkly, silver color and the other one a matte black - as this was her first set of kickpads, they are meaningful to her, too meaningful to correct or swap at the very least) Her hair is either in a messy ponytail or down in its usual side-swoop, combover style.
Blood Feuds/Major Rivalries/Death Matches: Kenzie likes to take a page from beau Rebel Manson's book for these bouts, as he is synonymous with this stipulation. Kenzie will swap the 'hipster' look for something much more dark and sinister: usually a ribbed tanktop that's a bit more formfitting to give an opponent less to grab onto, either black or white tights with a blood splatter pattern on them, matching kneepads, and boots/kickpads to match the latter. Her makeup will be significantly darker, and she will wear a spiked Hannibal mask across her face and red contact lenses. Should it be a particularly personal bout, she will wear fingerless gloves adorned with spikes or studs on the knuckles.
Twitter Handle
@kenzlikessnacks
Your Preferred OOC Name
Ailly
Preferred Roster
Millennium
PERSONALITY INFO
Theme Song
"Black Rose" - Volbeat ft. Danko Jones
Gimmick
Kenzie is a rookie who is most definitely a fish out of water in most situations. She's goofy, awkward, silly, incredibly nerdy... pretty relatable. She's ultimately the "everyman." A girl chasing a dream and usually an underdog given her small size and inexperience. With just about a year of experience under her belt, Kenzie's improvement has been apparent - having gone from losing matches due to botches or not knowing the proper way to land hits or perform holds effectively to a competent competitor who is eager to cut her teeth and make a name for herself. She's looking for her "epic-scale Dragonball Z 13 episode fight story arc" and to add some more titles and validity to her name.
Personality:
Kenzie is an entertainer. When she is not in the ring or in the gym, she's online, streaming - usually either video games or music. She's somewhat of a geek, and usually finds herself uncomfortable in social situations outside of her "circle." But she's got a lot of heart and a lot of desire to prove her worth and get better. She's stood her ground with legends and those with infinitely more experience and skill than she has, even when it was certain she was walking into a bout that would spell nothing but punishment and pain for her. She's in over her head, entirely, but she's scrappy and determined.
Strengths
Heart: Kenzie doesn't have a lot of weight to throw around, nor does she have a lot of strength, but she's got heart that dwarfs her physical size. She'll take a hell of a beating and putting her down is much more difficult than it looks.
Charismatic: The bulk of her living comes from her ability to draw a crowd and entertain people. She loves being adored by a crowd.
Determination: She wants, so badly, to be taken seriously and to be 'up there' with the pillars of wrestling. She'll do what it takes to get there.
Frequently-Changing Moveset: It's hard to predict what someone may do when they're always learning new skills, training with new people, and new moves. As someone learning on the go, it makes her a chameleon of styles.
Craftiness: What Kenzie lacks in skill and in size, she makes up for with a sharp mind. Known to win by a well-timed roll-up or with the accumen to take an opponent's hand and slap it to the mat mid-submission to essentially "make" them tap out, Kenzie's mind can take her down the road her body cannot. She's also been known to use her environment to her advantage to cover up her flaws in the ring.
Weaknesses
Inexperience: Kenzie's only been at this for about a year, and got involved in it ultimately to spend more time with Rebel, not out of genuine passion for it that she had at the start like others. As such, sometimes her moves are sloppy, or not as good as they could be to be as effective as she'd like. She's much less of a physical hazard to wrestle than she was before, however.
Size: At 5'0" and 108 pounds, it is very easy to bully her with 99% of the roster will trump her in size.
Nerves: There's a huge difference in singing a song for a few hundred people online, versus performing in a live wrestling match in front of thousands of people. Kenzie's also only wrestled in Australia's OWF promotion and thusly, their oceanic territory in New Zealand. Touring/wrestling outside of AUS is completely foreign territory to her.
Emotion-Driven: Kenzie can 1000% get in her own way. Taking some ribbing from Lisa Seldon too close to heart, and not knowing the locker room veteran protocol, Kenzie marched headfirst into battle with the Queen of the Sea, ready to wage war with her regardless of being disadvantaged in every single way. She's young and learning, she may take things a little too close to heart and either let them get her down or push her into making a huge mistake.
FIGHTING INFO
Fighting Style(s)
- Brawler: Your character relies on striking to pummel their opponent into submission.
- Entertainer: Your character feeds off of the crowd, giving them what they want and using their cheers to drive them toward victory.
- Hardcore: Your character loves nothing more than swinging a chair/bat/random item at their opponent. [**SITUATION-BASED**]
- High Flier: Your character uses their body as a projectile, throwing themselves from dangerous heights in new and creative ways to best incapacitate their opponents.
- Submission Expert: Your character his a varied arsenal of submission holds, and looks to end matches via submission where possible.
- Technical: Your character is well versed in various holds, takedowns and suplexes - giving them a strong, mat based style.
Finishing Move(s)
1. Ryuuenbu: Modified Double Fujiwara Armbar - example
2. Grim Fandango: Spikerana
Signature Moves
1. Meteora Variants - diving, cornered, or rebounding
2. Crossbody variants - rebounding from Irish whip, from being thrown into corner, or traditional
3. Lariat varieties (short-arm, running, rebounded from an Irish Whip, discus)
4. Quick Pins
5. Repeated Knee Strikes
6. Exploder/Half-n'-Half/German Suplexes (though this will only work for smaller opponents - she will still try on larger opponents because new kid)
7. All of the Hurricanranas - rope-assisted handstand variant, traditional, rebounding, whirlygig, from outer apron to the ground
8. Roaring Elbow
9. Backstabber (to try and prepare for the Ryuuenbu)
10. Pinball Wizard: Diving Somersalt Canonball from the corner post
Preferred Weapon(s)
This is ALL-situation based. If Kenzie finds herself in a position where she feels slighted, or it's a personal rivalry? It's anything and everything that's not nailed down... even the nail gun itself. She will try her best to fuck you up. If it's just an ordinary match? She won't even think about touching them. You gotta really earn her ire for her to go after them.
Preferred Match Type(s)
Parakore: this match is specific to OWF. There are no rope breaks, no pinfalls, and a ten minute time limit where the goal, like sumo, is to force an opponent to leave the marked area. Kenzie is a two-time Parakore Champion and the current OWF Parakore Champion. She excels at this unique stipulation.
Hardcore: Kenzie has held OWF's "Hard Yakka" (the equivalent of the 247 Hardcore Rules) Championship for a glorious 23 minutes on the night of its inception. While Hardcore is not her personal favorite without reasons like a traditional deathmatch wrestler, she can thrive in that environment with an end-goal in mind.
Disliked Match Type(s)
Tables Matches: Kenzie has been very unlucky in getting put through numerous tables when she was just starting her career. She doesn't like it.
Why Your Character Competes
- Bloodlust: Your character wishes for nothing more than to simply hurt their opponent. **[SITUATIONAL - not for every single match]**
- Experience: Your character wishes to learn and develop, to become a bigger and better competitor in the ring.
- Glory: Your character fights to win. Championship titles are their ultimate goal, and they see their in-ring success as the true path to legendary status.
- Fame: Your character sees competing as a means to further their name into a household brand, to become famous.
- Passion: Your character competes because they love wrestling, they love the crowd and the adrenaline of performing.
Attitude Toward Teamwork
- Enthusiastic: Your character will team with virtually anyone.
Attitude Toward Cheating
- Occasional: Your character may be tempted to bend the rules a little here or there, but will generally avoid it if possible.
KNOWN RELATIONSHIPS
Katarina Price: Half-Sister - @katkillsnoobs
Clint Price: Brother-in-Law, Katarina's husband - @nerdywhiteboy
Ethan Giles: Friend - @yourfriendgiles
Rebel Manson: Ex-Boyfriend - @fistfullofglass
Nathan Cullen: Best Friend - @unbreakablenate
Trent Rowen: Friend, Tourmate - @trentthesexican
Fable Reed: Friend, Trainer - @helloimfable
Archer Rowen: Friend, Trainer - @foreverflannel
Emerald Wonder: Employer, TV Series - @emeraldwondertv
Splat! Media: Employer, Media Library - @splatpoint
Michelle Wong: Former Boss, Enemy - @wongneverwrong
Jacob Hammerstein: Rival, Enemy - @imjustsomeguy1
Reese Kennedy: Walrus, Enemy - @reesekennedyinc
Mel Reeves: Friend - @melissareeves_
Kenzie Rydell: Insincere Cunt, Enemy - @dearfuturekenz
Echo: Mutual Respect, Friend - @revealtheecho
Razzles Mars: Friend - @razzlesmars
EMP: Friend - @2tiredep18
CHARACTER HISTORY/BIO
Kenzie Garrett was once little more than the little sister of famous cosplayer/con model, Katarina Garrett. She was stuck in a very large shadow that was difficult to get out of, and nothing ever seemed to come quite as easy for her as it did her more famous sibling. As the total opposite of her, she was painfully shy, finding solace and comfort in her small internet community that helped her come out of her shell a bit more, performing music and playing video game for a crowd of patrons. This allowed Kenzie to find herself in a number of bad relationships and saw her stranded in Canada for some time, working a way to get back home to Fresno from Winnipeg when a relationship had failed her.
This made Kenzie retreat in shame. She'd failed herself, this time on a catastrophic level that left her in another country, just barely scraping by. It was out of the blue that she had made a reappearance on social media and slowly started to allow herself not only the opportunity to make a living, rather than depending on her mother, but to allow herself to make friends. Out of this came a blooming relationship with death match competitor, Rebel Manson.
Rebel's busy touring schedule meant that he and Kenzie were ships in the night with when the two got to see one another. Kenzie's best idea for remedying this problem was to get a job in his profession of choice. With no intentions of becoming a death match wrestler herself, that meant her options were limited for where to go to spend time with the rogue Rebel. With just a few short weeks of training under her belt, Kenzie went on to join OWF under Flannery Dorsey, finding herself as a member of the ring crew.
This move to ring crew allowed Kenzie to learn on the go, and pay her dues the way that others who had come before her had. As part of the ring crew, her duties were building and de-constructing the ring (which she had used her complete lack of knowledge in just HOW to do so to her advantage, opponents in her matches sometimes finding turnbuckles loosened and padding poorly attached, throwing them off of their game and allowing herself the upper hand), preparing meals with catering, and cleaning bathrooms. The downside to being on ring crew, however, was that the position was by no means a guaranteed contract. It allowed only six weeks of being involved and that meant that without a contract afterwards, Kenzie could easily be sent back home and forced to leave Australia. With Flannery Dorsey's resentment for Rebel helping him make decisions in Kenzie's "best interest" (such as having her debut match be against Redd Thunder) it became very clear that Dorsey was punishing Rebel through Kenzie; this was something his assistant, Michelle Wong, was only too happy to help with as she did not like the attention that Dorsey was giving Kenzie as part of his way of "toughing her up."
Months of the same followed as Kenzie found herself at the ire of her bosses and having her job security constantly threatened took a toll on her. Garrett soon decided to leave the two with no choice, proposing a "winner take all" match of sorts. Kenzie versus Wong: should Kenzie win, her contract was made permanent and she was off ring crew and Wong would take her place there. Should Wong win, Kenzie would leave. Michelle, too eager for the opportunity to take Garrett out, signed the contract to make the match official... and found herself beaten to a bloody nose and busted lip from the clipboard by Kenzie in the aftermath.
Kenzie won the bout and happily integrated herself into the roster, becoming a one time Hard Yakka Champion and a two-time Parakore Champion, proudly defending said title most recently against Fallon Lockhart and Evie Cole in a match booked by the Skullkids. As OWF went into hiatus, however, Kenzie was left without any bookings nor any matches. Now she finds herself at Millennium's doorstep, to bring the Soulknife back to competition.
"Never caught unarmed, the soulknife is the literal interpretation of using the power of the soul as a weapon."
Hard Yakka Champion - x1
Parakore Champion - x2, currently holding
Kenzie Garrett was once little more than the little sister of famous cosplayer/con model, Katarina Garrett. She was stuck in a very large shadow that was difficult to get out of, and nothing ever seemed to come quite as easy for her as it did her more famous sibling. As the total opposite of her, she was painfully shy, finding solace and comfort in her small internet community that helped her come out of her shell a bit more, performing music and playing video game for a crowd of patrons. This allowed Kenzie to find herself in a number of bad relationships and saw her stranded in Canada for some time, working a way to get back home to Fresno from Winnipeg when a relationship had failed her.
This made Kenzie retreat in shame. She'd failed herself, this time on a catastrophic level that left her in another country, just barely scraping by. It was out of the blue that she had made a reappearance on social media and slowly started to allow herself not only the opportunity to make a living, rather than depending on her mother, but to allow herself to make friends. Out of this came a blooming relationship with death match competitor, Rebel Manson.
Rebel's busy touring schedule meant that he and Kenzie were ships in the night with when the two got to see one another. Kenzie's best idea for remedying this problem was to get a job in his profession of choice. With no intentions of becoming a death match wrestler herself, that meant her options were limited for where to go to spend time with the rogue Rebel. With just a few short weeks of training under her belt, Kenzie went on to join OWF under Flannery Dorsey, finding herself as a member of the ring crew.
This move to ring crew allowed Kenzie to learn on the go, and pay her dues the way that others who had come before her had. As part of the ring crew, her duties were building and de-constructing the ring (which she had used her complete lack of knowledge in just HOW to do so to her advantage, opponents in her matches sometimes finding turnbuckles loosened and padding poorly attached, throwing them off of their game and allowing herself the upper hand), preparing meals with catering, and cleaning bathrooms. The downside to being on ring crew, however, was that the position was by no means a guaranteed contract. It allowed only six weeks of being involved and that meant that without a contract afterwards, Kenzie could easily be sent back home and forced to leave Australia. With Flannery Dorsey's resentment for Rebel helping him make decisions in Kenzie's "best interest" (such as having her debut match be against Redd Thunder) it became very clear that Dorsey was punishing Rebel through Kenzie; this was something his assistant, Michelle Wong, was only too happy to help with as she did not like the attention that Dorsey was giving Kenzie as part of his way of "toughing her up."
Months of the same followed as Kenzie found herself at the ire of her bosses and having her job security constantly threatened took a toll on her. Garrett soon decided to leave the two with no choice, proposing a "winner take all" match of sorts. Kenzie versus Wong: should Kenzie win, her contract was made permanent and she was off ring crew and Wong would take her place there. Should Wong win, Kenzie would leave. Michelle, too eager for the opportunity to take Garrett out, signed the contract to make the match official... and found herself beaten to a bloody nose and busted lip from the clipboard by Kenzie in the aftermath.
Kenzie won the bout and happily integrated herself into the roster, becoming a one time Hard Yakka Champion and a two-time Parakore Champion, proudly defending said title most recently against Fallon Lockhart and Evie Cole in a match booked by the Skullkids. As OWF went into hiatus, however, Kenzie was left without any bookings nor any matches. Now she finds herself at Millennium's doorstep, to bring the Soulknife back to competition.
"Never caught unarmed, the soulknife is the literal interpretation of using the power of the soul as a weapon."
Hard Yakka Champion - x1
Parakore Champion - x2, currently holding
