From: SWF Stats Thread 2008

[Guest Ghetto Bird]

THE HOUSE OF MARVELOUS

 

 

 

About the set:

 

The House of Marvelous set consists of five main elements:

- A red carpet, which covers the entire area of the ring

- A luxurious couch, with matching love seat

- Two ten-foot prop “concrete” pillars, designed to resemble the columns in ancient Greco-Roman architecture, roughly five feet apart, and joined together by a “concrete” arch

- A thick velvet rope, which spans between the two arches

- A microphone stand, which holds the host’s microphone

 

Notes about placement (and it’s not necessary to put all of this stuff in your promos; this is just to help give you a better ideal of what the set should generally look like; you’re free to re-arrange the set a bit if you like, but please leave the five main elements in there):

- The arch and columns are set up so that the arch faces the SmarkTron. All guests will be made to enter the set through this arch, and if they try to get around, they will be cut off by Mister Bruner.

- Bruner is also in charge of the velvet rope; he will always open it immediately for heels, but he may make a face wait, if Sir Marvelous feels like jerking the face’s chain.

- If you’re walking down to the ring, the luxurious couch will be facing your right, and the matching love seat will be facing you. They are subject to be changed on a show-to-show basis, because the luxurious couch often ends up destroyed. In fact, it would be greatly appreciated if, any time you may choose to write a run-in, that the luxurious couch become a casualty of this conflict.

- The microphone stand should be somewhere in front of the luxurious couch, just as long as it’s far enough away that, if someone sits down, they won’t knock the stand over.

 

 

 

 

About the host:

 

Sir Marvelous

Real Name: Michael Anderson

Height: 5’8”

Weight: 196 lbs.

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Bald

From: Atlanta, GA

 

Ring Entrance: Sir Marvelous comes down to the ring to "I Love the Dough," by Notorious BIG

 

Sir Marvelous is a weasely, pro-heel host in the Brother Love style; he is always immaculately dressed in an Armani suit. And, like Brother Love, he is especially partial to heels with money or influence. Sir Marvelous will generally be ingratiating towards his heel guests, ask them easy questions, and even help them run down their rivals. He is somewhat more pejorative to his babyface guests, occasionally asking them a difficult question and then pulling the microphone away before they can reply. The likelihood of Sir Marvelous doing this to a babyface guest is inversely proportional to how high the face is up in the food chain. In other words, he probably wouldn’t try it with Landon Maddix even once, but somebody like, say, Ced Ordonez would barely be able to get a word in edgewise.

 

If you’re a face trying to figure out where you stand, and how often Sir Marvelous might interrupt you, imagine, on a scale of 1 to 10, that Cutthroat is a 1, and Mark Stevens is a 10, and assume that you fall somewhere in between the two of them.

 

Bio: Michael Anderson is a Black American of African descent and considers himself to be a Southern gentleman. He was born in Reynolds, GA, and raised in Oglethorpe; while he tried to overcome his thick accent through diction and elocution courses, it still breaks through from time-to-time, and he has a tendency to drawl whenever he’s joking around.

 

Anderson was an aspiring professional wrestler in the early to mid-90s, but never got a serious look from any of the major promotions in the US because of his size. He was immensely popular, however, in several independent promotions, and had a successful run in AAA that earned him a tryout with the IGNJL in late 2000, but fate intervened before he ever got there: a freak injury occurred during his final match in AAA that destroyed his left knee, and ended his wrestling career. It took six surgeries and three years of therapy before he was even able to walk again, and even now, he is only able to walk very short distances without the aid of a cane. While he was convalescing, Anderson completed his business degree, and also began studying law. During this time, he also became licensed as an agent; he had some minor stage actors signed to his agency, but his heart kept calling him to return to wrestling somehow.

 

In 2003, he first made contact with Dominic LeCroix when the SWF was performing in Atlanta; after listening to LeCroix lament about the SWF’s lack of a Light-Heavyweight division, Anderson proceeded to convince LeCroix to sign him as his agent, promising LeCroix that there would be a Light-Heavyweight Division in the SWF within the next twelve months. Anderson got himself an appointment with then-commissioner Mark Stevens for the purpose of trying to negotiate the re-instatement of the Light-Heavyweight Division, only to learn that Stevens had already convinced the SWF Executive Committee to instate a Cruiserweight Division. Anderson, however, did not share this information with LeCroix, allowing him to believe that his negotiating tactics made it possible.

 

When LeCroix sustained a serious shoulder injury at the hands of Mike Van Siclen, he decided to take some time off to convalesce, and then attempted to come back under a secret identity. Anderson helped him to re-enter the SWF under the Birdman persona, and protected his identity from others. He provided LeCroix with detailed dossiers on the wrestlers that had joined and/or returned to the SWF during his absence, ostensibly to give him the chance to prepare for his matches, but in reality, Anderson merely collected this information as a means to scout other potential clients. It was during this time that he retained the services of Tracey Bruner as a bodyguard. Anderson and LeCroix had a falling out when LeCroix abruptly quit the fed after his immediate family was tragically killed in a hurricane, despite Anderson’s attempts to get him to stay and compete, since he was still owed a title shot at the time that he left, which he never cashed in on.

 

When LeCroix eventually returned to the SWF later that year, Anderson continued to exert influence on LeCroix’s career from behind the scenes, since LeCroix had never actually fired him. Anderson also played a role in splitting up Wild and Dangerous, preying on Dangerous’ ego and jealousy by getting LeCroix several title opportunities, and several lucrative merchandising deals, while Dangerous, who would soon become a two-time World Heavyweight Champion, “languished” in the shadow of his more popular teammate. It was also during this time period that Anderson negotiated his own deal with the SWF to join the company as a road agent.

 

When Mike Van Siclen made his return to the SWF, LeCroix still had revenge on his mind; Anderson saw that as the perfect opportunity to enhance his visibility within the fed. He reminded LeCroix that he was technically still under contract, but offered to both end the contract and help LeCroix get revenge on Van Siclen if LeCroix would use his influence to help him get a televised segment on SWF programming. After a very successful three-episode pilot, Anderson negotiated a contract to host the House of Marvelous on SWF programming on a regular basis.

 

 

 

 

About the bodyguard:

 

Wrestlers Name: Tracey Bruner

Nickname: "Big Bully" Bruner, Mister Bruner

Height: 6' 10"

Weight: 455 lbs

Hometown: Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, in New York City, NY

Age: 31

Face/Heel: Heel

Stable: N/A

Ring Escort: Sir Marvelous

Weapon(s): None

Quote: none

 

Looks: Bruner wears a tailor-made suit and matching fedora at all times when on SWF programming; he even wrestles in it, although he will remove his jacket and fedora before wrestling. He also wears sunglasses at all time, which are held in place by a lanyard, and wrestles with the sunglasses on.

 

Bruner comes down to the ring to "Call the Ambulance," by Busta Rhymes. Here is a link to the edited version on Rhapsody.

 

 

 

Stats:

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Strength: 10

Speed: 4 (Frighteningly quick for a big man. He's no stranger to the top rope, but he won't try anything more risky than a moonsault )

Vitality: 5 (Hard as hell to knock off his feet, and can take a lot of punishment; gets blown quickly... cause, you know, he's 455 pounds, and all...)

Charisma: 1 (Marvelous does all the talking)

 

 

Style: Smashmouth, explosive, power-based style.

 

Signature moves:

 

Powerbomb

Chokeslam

Diving lariat

Belly-to-belly suplex

Bearhug spinebuster (the kind Ron Simmons does; snatch you up on the rebound and spike you!)

Avalanche splash in the corner

Military press (will do reps with anyone under 300 pounds)

Big boot

Guillotine legdrop from the second rope (this is one of those moves that Bruner likes to do all the time, but almost never hits)

 

 

 

Common moves:

 

Powerslam

Lariat

Bearhug

Neck Vice

Snake eyes

Backfist

Elbow drop

Full Nelson

Headbutt

Vertical suplex

Legdrop

"Kitchen Sink" kneelift

Miscellaneous big man moves

 

 

 

Rare moves:

 

Plancha (Undertaker-style: on a dead run)

Chokeslam over the top rope to the floor

Moonsault

 

 

Finishers:

 

Big Splash from the second rope*

 

* But here's the rub: Bruner will go for the splash if, and only if, he has successfully hit a powerbomb. And, like I said, he's 455 lbs. So, good luck kicking out of that...

 

 

 

Bio: Tracey Bruner is a Black American of Caribbean descent (his parents emigrated from Jamaica) who was born and raised in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, in New York City. He tried playing football at NYU, but was kicked off the team for repeatedly injuring his teammates in practice. He dropped out of school shortly thereafter, and became a bouncer. Bruner quickly earned a reputation throughout New York as the top bouncer in the city, and he began working as a bodyguard on the side to earn more money. In mid 2004, the SWF was on tour in the New York area, and Bruner was contacted by the SWF to provide security for their top talent while they were performing at Madison Square Garden. It was during this time that Bruner made the acquaintance of Michael Anderson. Anderson made Bruner an offer to work for him as a personal bodyguard, and offered him a chance to become a professional wrestler. Anderson offered Bruner more money than he was making as a bouncer, so Bruner quit his job and has been working for Anderson ever since.