From: Character Specs

[Ed Wood Caulfield 0]

*UPDATED JANUARY 26, 2008*

 

 

Name

Tha Puerto Rican

 

Nicknames

The P.R. Menace, The People's Champion, The People's Champ, PRL, The Great One, Greatness Personified, The Most Electrifying Man In Professional Wrestling, The Latin Lion

 

Age

28

 

Height

5'9"

 

Weight

220 lbs.

 

Hometown

San Juan, Puerto Rico

 

Alignment (heel, face, tweener)

Highly charismatic, cocky, arrogant FACE~!

 

Stable affiliation (if any)

One-half of The Badd Boyz with Colombian Heat

 

Wrestling style (brawler, cruiserweight, technical, all-rounder, etc.)

High-Flyer who gets technical and brawls when neccessary

 

Theme music

"Know Your Role 2000" (The Rock's theme circa 2000)

 

Entrance Style (what color pyro, spotlights, etc.)

We hear the following over the P.A. system:

 

“THE CHAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMP…”

 

*DUN DUN*

 

“…IS…”

 

*DUN*

 

“…HERE!”

 

With that, a lightning bolt hits the entrance, the PRL entrance video plays on the AngleTron, and "Know Your Role 2000" begins playing, with the crowd standing up and cheering loudly. The lights go down in the arena. PR is heard saying, "THE CHAMP IS HERE!" in tune with the beat of the song, while smoke fills the entryway and spotlights circle around and around the arena. A few seconds elapsed, and then Tha Puerto Rican quickly saunters out through the smoke and power walks to the ring, not stopping at all, and keeping his eyes focused on the ring. The crowd cheers louder than before. Tha Puerto Rican stops at ringside to slap hands with the fans before power walking around the ringside area. Tha Puerto Rican gets on the ring apron and gives the fans The People's Eyebrow. Tha Puerto Rican enters the ring. He spins around; soaking in the fans' cheers while "Know Your Role 2000" continues playing over the P.A. system. Tha Puerto Rican does the HBK muscle pose while pyro goes off behind him. The crowd is still cheering loudly. PRL heads to a second turnbuckle and raises his hands. He then heads to another second turnbuckle and raises his hands again. PR then hits a third second turnbuckle and raises his right fist into the air while he “smells the electricity” as a single spotlight shines on him ala The Rock. PRL does the same Rock pose on the fourth second turnbuckle, receiving cheers. Tha Puerto Rican gets off of the ropes, removes his sunglasses and earring from his left ear, and gets ready for his match while the lights go back on in the arena. "Know Your Role 2000" dies down as Tha Puerto Rican waits for his opponent(s).

 

Entrance attire (sunglasses, robe, jacket, etc)

Sunglasses. Sometimes Tha Puerto Rican wears a FUBU Puerto Rican flag baseball jersey. Other times, he'll wear a Puerto Rican flag as a cape. He'll also come out wearing HBK-like entrance attire (as in the cowboy chaps and vests with hats) once in a while. PRL will always come to the ring wearing an earring in his left ear and sunglasses, though.

 

Ring attire

WHEN WRESTLING: Tha Puerto Rican wears a Puerto Rican flag bandana on his head in all of his matches. Blue elbow pads. Puerto Rican flag wrist bands. Black crew cut. Long red tights with blue down the sides with "PUERTO" written down the left leg in white blocky letters, and "RICAN" written down the right leg in white blocky letters. A picture of the island of Puerto Rico with a Puerto Rican flag inserted onto it is on his rear with the words "PUERTO RICO" written in red neon cursive font on top. Red wrestling boots with the Puerto Rican flag airbrushed onto them. For AngleMania, and AngleMania only, P.R. paints two Puerto Rican flags on his cheeks. He also wears a gold chain around his neck.

 

WHEN NOT WRESTLING: Tha Puerto Rican is no longer "The Corporate Champion", but he still likes to dress nice. $500 shirts, expensive dress pants, expensive dress shoes and $500 Rolex watches are all apart of PRL's normal attire outside of the ring. However, PRL will also wear a T-shirt and jeans every once in a while too. He has become more relaxed with what he wears outside of the ring since he's no longer corporate. Either way, Tha Puerto Rican always wears a Puerto Rican flag bandana on his head to symbolize that PR hasn't forgotten where he came from. PRL will also sometimes wear his warm-up gear consisting of a Puerto Rican flag bandana, a gold chain around his neck, an earring in his left ear, sunglasses, a black sweatshirt, blue elbow pads, Puerto Rican flag wrist bands, black warm-up pants, and red wrestling boots with the Puerto Rican flag airbrushed onto them.

 

Finishing Move(s) (try to keep it to 1 or 2)

P.R. Nightmare (Edgeacution a.k.a. C.O.D.: Concussion On Delivery a.k.a. Jumping DDT.)

 

P.R. Smackdown (Burning Hammer. Rarely used finisher. And when it is used, it is the guaranteed end of the match. No ifs, ands, or buts.)

 

Signature Moves (ex: Shining Wizard, Rolling Germans, etc.)

The People's Elbow Drop (Tha Puerto Rican stands up on the top rope, removes his left elbow pad and throws it into the crowd. He then leaps off of the top rope, doing the "Up yours!" gesture while in mid-air, before dropping his left elbow onto his opponent. Tha Puerto Rican always does a bodyslam to set up the move.)

 

The People's Trifecta (Tha Puerto Rican does a vertical suplex. He then rolls through, and does a second vertical suplex. PRL rolls through again, and then lifts up his opponent into the air for a third vertical suplex, holding his opponent up in the air for a few seconds, letting the blood rush to their head. He then does the "You can't see me!" hand gesture, and then walks to the ropes, doing a slingshot suplex for the third suplex. Afterwards, Tha Puerto Rican will applaud himself.)

 

Lightning Strike (Diamond Cutter)

 

Esto Daño De La Cogida De La Voluntad (Cradle DDT. It's Spanish for "This Will Fucking Hurt".)

 

The Mad Cappa Crusher 2006: The Remix (Kenny Dykstra's cool looking Top Rope Legdrop)

 

Back Cracker

 

The Annexation Of Puerto Rico (Tiger Driver '91)

 

The Cappa Killa (Stone Cold Stunner)

 

Dodge THIS, BITCH~! (Gamengiri a.k.a. Johnny-Go-Round a.k.a. Johnny from The Spirit Squad's cool looking Spinning Wheel Kick)

 

The San Juan Jam (Tha Puerto Rican exits the ring, and stands on the ring apron. He then leaps onto the top ring rope, and then does a Springboard 450 Splash onto his opponent.)

 

Latin Slam (Rock Bottom)

 

The Puerto Rico Elbow (Same as The People's Elbow. Before the elbow is dropped, P.R. will mock his opponent's mannerisms if the opponent has any.)

 

Five Knuckle Shuffle (That's John Cena's move where he pumps up his sneakers, runs to the ropes, stops to shake his shoulders, dusts his right shoulder off, and then does a fist drop onto his opponent's face. Tha Puerto Rican doesn't wear sneakers in the ring, so he simply runs to the ropes, forgoing the pumping up the sneakers part of the move.)

 

Che Guevara Special (Gory Guerrero Special)

 

"Free Puerto Rico Now!" (Gory Bomb)

 

Leapfrog followed by a reversed leapfrog followed by an arm-drag (usually begins his matches)

 

The People's Axe (Double Axehandle from the top rope)

 

Air Puerto Rico (Van Terminator a.k.a. Front Dropkick from one side of the ring to the other, into a garbage can or a chair or whatever other weapon PR can find)

 

Lightning Bolt (Styles Clash)

 

Van Daminator

 

German Suplex, followed by Tha Puerto Rican getting up, pounding his chest and yelling, "THE CHAMP IS HERE!" to cheers. PRL then stops to pose.

 

West Coast Pop (Springboard Hurricarana)

 

The Ricochet (Tha Puerto Rican grabs his opponent by his head, brings him towards the ropes, leaps over the top ring rope, bringing his opponent's throat onto the top ring rope, snapping his opponent back onto the mat)

 

Lightning Shock (P.R. follows The Ricochet by rushing towards his opponent, leaping over him, grabbing his head in mid-air and giving him a reverse neckbreaker on the way down)

 

Basic moveset

Moonsault

Piledriver

Wheelbarrow Suplex

Fist Drops

Rock-Style Punches (including the spitting of the left hand before the last punch)

Flying Forearm, followed by the kip up, followed by the stomping of the right foot ala Shawn Michaels (the "Tuning up the band"), followed by the Sweet Chin Music (This usually sets up the P.R. Nightmare)

Tope' Suicida

Baseball Slide

Shooting Star Press

Arm-Bar

Pescado

Sharpshooter

Spinning Heel Kick

Edge-O-Matic

Samoan Drop (After doing the Samoan Drop, PRL applauds himself)

Spinebuster (Rock-Style)

European Uppercuts

Stomping A Mudhole

Stinger Splash

Double Underhook DDT

Russian Legsweep

Tilt-A-Whirl Backbreaker

Enziguiri

Shining Wizard

Bulldog

 

Manager/valet/sidekick

Colombian Heat will sometimes accompany him, but most of the time, he comes to the ring by himself. He's his own man now.

 

Catchphrases/Trademark gestures

-Cocky smirk

 

-The McMahon SNEER~!

 

-"Smells the electricity" ala The Rock

 

-"Watch out for the lightning strike, because (Insert Opponent's Name Here), you are about to suffer a P.R. Nightmare!"

 

-Does the "That's it!" signal when it's time to do the P.R. Nightmare or the P.R. Smackdown

 

-Always begins his in-ring interviews by saying, "THE CHAMP IS HERE!"

 

-Always ALWAYS ends his promos by saying, "THE CHAMP HAS SPO-KUN~!!!"

 

-After certain moves, PRL points to his head to show how smart he is

 

-After certain moves, PRL will applaud himself

 

-Calls the fans his "Lightning Bolts", like how The Rock called the fans "The People", or how Hulk Hogan called the fans "Hulkamaniacs", or how Kane called the fans "Kaneinites". Originally done to irritate the fans, they have since come to love Tha Puerto Rican, so they have no problem being called his "Lightning Bolts" now.

 

-Once in a while, Tha Puerto Rican will "borrow" a catchphrase from The Rock, and he'll work it into his promo

 

-"I will lay the smackdown on his candy ass!" (Whenever he saids this, Tha Puerto Rican will slap his hands together. It looks like he is making a sandwich, but he is not. He is laying the smackdown on someone. Not making a sandwich.)

 

-"You can't see me!" (Complete with hand gesture)

 

-The People's Eyebrow

 

History/Background/Career Highlights

Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Picked on in school. Tried to commit suicide five times. Wrestled in the indies for a few years as The Lightning Kid wearing a mask and then losing it and wrestling without a mask. Joined the OAOAST in January 2003 as Puerto Rican Lightning. Debuted on March 10, 2003 on an edition of IntenseZone, taking on The Mad Cappa in a match which ended in a disqualification.

 

Over the next four years, Tha Puerto Rican ran rougshod over the OAOAST with The Lightning Crew by his side. PRL feuded with Leon Rodez, Panther, John "Rock Hard" Brickston, Otaku II, "Reckless" Drek Stone, "The Birmingham Bad Boy" Jamie O'Hara, Colombian Heat, Spanish Fly, both members of D*LUX, and The Mad Cappa, perhaps his greatest rival of all, among others. Through it out, The P.R. Menace has managed to garnered an impressive resume. He is a 3-time OAOAST Puerto Rican/Italian/Puerto Rican Champion, a former OAOAST X-Division Champion, a former OAOAST North American Champion, a former HI-YAH World Tag Team Champion with Stephen Joseph Popick, and the holds the record for the longest 24/7 Championship reign in OAOAST at 360 days.

 

At School's Out: Class Dismissed 2004 on May 23, 2004, Tha Puerto Rican formed an alliance with Stephen Joseph Popick. Popick dubbed PRL his "Corporate Champion", and proceeded to become P.R.'s manager and "Career Consultant", helping him win matches and titles along the way, at one point holding the HI-YAH World Tag Team Titles with him. The bond between PR and Popick was at one point very strong, and the two men were arguably the most hated men in the entire OAOAST.

 

That all changed in October of 2007. Popick had become tired of PRL's failed attempts at winning the OAOAST World Heavyweight Championship, the latest of which happened at Zero Hour 2007 on September 30, 2007 in a Triple Threat Ladder Match between PRL, Zack Malibu, and the Champion at the time, Landon "La Cucaracha" Maddix. Popick took on Maddix for the World Title on the Halloween Spectacular on October 31, 2007 and shocked the world, especially PRL, by defeating Maddix to capture his second World Heavyweight Title. Over a week later on the November 8, 2007 edition of HeldDOWN~!, Tha Puerto Rican returned to Puerto Rico to a hero's welcome and challenged Popick to a match right then and there in San Juan. Popick refused, PRL called Popick a coward, and Popick responded by slapping PRL across the face. Just before a physical altercation could occur though, Landon Maddix came out to complain about his loss on the Halloween Spectacular. PR challenged Landon to a one-on-one match for the first time ever and that match was the main event for the San Juan, Puerto Rico edition of HeldDOWN~!. The match went back and forth, but in the end, thanks to Stephen Joseph Popick and the OAOAST World Heavyweight Championship belt, PRL managed to pick up the victory. PRL did not take too kindly to Popick's interference in his match.

 

A Triple Cage Match for the OAOAST Championship was announced as the main event for November Reign 2007. In the weeks leading up to the pay-per-view, tension build between PR and Popick. Popick promised PRL that he would have his back in the Triple Cage, but that he also would do whatever it took to retain the World Title. PRL said that he would do whatever it took to win the World Title but would also have Popick's back, and on November 25, 2007, PRL, Popick, Zack Malibu, "Urban Legend" Todd Cortez, Landon "La Cucaracha" Maddix, and Bohemoth all entered the Triple Cage at November Reign in Las Vegas, Nevada, and proceeded to have one of the most memorable matches in OAOAST history. By the end, it came down to just PRL, Zack, and Popick in the third cage. PRL saved Stephen Joseph from a Riot Act Plus on top of the second cage from Todd Cortez, but Popick did not save PRL from getting Angle Slammed on top of the second cage. Instead, Popick took advantage, and grabbed the OAOAST World Heavyweight Championship belt from the hook to retain the Title, shocking the world again.

 

An irate Puerto Rican came to the ring on the November 30, 2007 edition of HeldDOWN~!, demanding an explanation for Popick's actions at November Reign. Popick announced to the world that his alliance with Tha Puerto Rican was over, but that was not the only surprise for PRL that night. After his request for a World Title shot was denied by Popick, PR challenged Popick to a Six-Man Tag Team Match with himself, Cuban Wall and Mr. Boricua taking on Popick and two partners of his choosing. Popick refused, stating that if they were to have a Six-Man Tag Team Match, who would PRL's partners be. PRL was confused by this comment, which allowed Cuban Wall to clothesline the back of his neck. The Lightning Crew proceeded to do a beatdown on Tha Puerto Rican, unceramoniously kicking him out of the very group he founded. Stephen Joseph Popick revealed that he was now the leader of The Lightning Crew and that they now took orders from him. Even PRL's fiancée, Ms. Lindsay Gonzalez, had turned her back on Tha Puerto Rican, marrying Stephen Joseph behind his back the morning after November Reign. Just when all hope was lost for Tha Puerto Rican, help came in the form of Colombian Heat, who proceeded to clear the ring of The Lightning Crew with PRL. PRL and Heat reunited that night on HeldDOWN~! in one of the most emotional moments in OAOAST history. Together, Tha Puerto Rican and Colombian Heat became known as The Badd Boyz.

 

The next week on HeldDOWN~!, PRL took on his cousin, The Bone Thug, in one-on-one action. But before the match could really get underway, The Lightning Crew interfered, causing the match to end in a no contest. PRL was able to fend off his former friends, that is until a man dressed in a black raincoat came out and gave Puerto Rican a Stone Cold Stunner. The man was revealed to be The Mad Cappa, PR's old rival, who was now a member of The Lightning Crew. Popick had arranged for Cappa to join The Lightning Crew and rid the OAOAST of Tha Puerto Rican once and for all.

 

On the December 13, 2007 edition of HeldDOWN~!, Tha Puerto Rican and The Mad Cappa collided in the ring yet again. Dubbed "A Rivlary Renewed", PRL and Mad Cappa proceeded to have another classic encounter, going all over the arena tearing each other apart. Towards the end of the match, The Lightning Crew once again interfered, and The Mad Cappa was disqualified. Still, The Lightning Crew entered the ring and proceeded to do another beatdown on Tha Puerto Rican. Then Popick ordered Cappa to crush PRL's larynx, just like PRL had done to Cappa on the May 27, 2003 edition of IntenseZone. The Mad Cappa was primed and ready to do the same thing evil act PR had done to him four years before. However, something inside The Mad Cappa prevented him from crushing PRL's layrnx. Despite Popick's constant badgering, Cappa refused to crush PRL's layrnx. This greatly angered Popick. Instead, The Mad Cappa jump off of the top rope and hit Stephen Joseph over the head with the ring bell. The Mad Cappa made a mad dash for the exit with The Lightning Crew on his tail while Colombian Heat helped his friend to the back.

 

The very next week, The Mad Cappa was kicked out of The Lightning Crew and forced to team up with Tha Puerto Rican against the team of Mr. Boricua and Cuban Wall, the two big men of The Lightning Crew. Surprisingly, PRL and Cappa fared fairly well as a team, taking it to Boricua and Wall to the crowd's delight. The Lightning Crew once again interfered, but PRL and Mad Cappa were able to fend them off successfully as the show ended. On the December 27, 2007 edition of HeldDOWN~!, Cappa and PRL teamed up again, this time against Cuban Wall and Vitamin X, Brains & Brawn. Like the week before, Cappa and PR worked well together as a team and just like the week before, The Lightning Crew interfered. And just like the week before, The Mad Cappa and Tha Puerto Rican (along with Colombian Heat, who saved The Mad Cappa from a chairshot from Cuban Wall by taking it himself) were able to fend them off successfully.

 

On the New Year's Spectacular on January 3, 2008, Tha Puerto Rican took on Stephen Joseph Popick and The Mad Cappa in a Triple Threat Match for the OAOAST World Heavyweight Championship. Popick had said that the reason that PRL and The Mad Cappa got a Title shot at the same time was so that they could focus on each other and allow Popick to sweep in for the victory. However, PR and The Mad Cappa's hatred for each other didn't compare to their mutual hatred for Stephen Joseph Popick, and the two rivals took turns taking apart Popick throughout the match. Fortunately for Popick, PR and Cappa's hatred for each other took center stage a few times in the match also, allowing Popick to strike too. In the end, Tha Puerto Rican did the Cappa Killa on Popick, but The Mad Cappa pulled PRL off of Popick just before the count of 3. Cappa didn't appreciate PRL doing *his* finishing maneuver on Popick. The two got into a shouting match as Popick recovered from the Cappa Killa. Seeing his two enemies occupied, Popick struck, pushing The Mad Cappa into Tha Puerto Rican and rolling The Mad Cappa up while holding his jeans. Popick got the victory and retain his World Heavyweight Title again. His plan to "Divide And Conquer" had worked on Tha Puerto Rican and The Mad Cappa.

 

Tha Puerto Rican is now on the warpath, looking for payback against Stephen Joseph Popick and looking to win the first World Heavyweight Championship of his career in the process. PRL hasn't forgotten about the newly named Stephen Joseph Popick Corporation either, and is looking to get some payback from them for turning on him as well. With his friend, Colombian Heat, by his side, Tha Puerto Rican goes into battle a new man; more focused, more determined, now loved by the fans, but still as cocky and as arrogant as ever! That part sure hasn't changed at all! Will The People's Champion get everything that he wants? Only time will tell.

 

Titles Held

OAOAST Puerto Rican/Italian Championship

- March 22nd, 2003 - June 29th, 2003

- July 21st, 2003 - March 28th, 2004

- June 26th, 2005 - June 30th, 2005*

 

OAOAST North American Championship

- September 28th, 2003 - January 25th, 2004

 

OAOAST 24/7 Championship

- April 7th, 2005 - April 2nd, 2006

 

HI-YAH World Tag Team Championship

- November 27th, 2006 - January 18th, 2007 (w/Stephen Joseph Popick)

 

OAOAST X-Division Championship

- April 1st, 2007 - May 10th, 2007

 

 

*- The belt was known as the OAOAST Italian Championship at the time. Tha Puerto Rican renamed the OAOAST Italian Championship the OAOAST Puerto Rican Championship on the June 30, 2005 edition of OAOAST HeldDOWN~!.

Edited March 23, 2008 by Ed Wood Caulfield