Post by Joe Cross on Dec 19, 2007 18:00:54 GMT -6
Ring Name: "The One Man Wrecking Crew"
Real Name: Joseph Xavier Cross
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 280 lbs
Hometown: Albany, NY
Theme Music: "Bulldozer" by Machine Head
Entrance: The intro riff for Machine Head's "Bulldozer" rings out and the ZeroTron shows houses being knocked down by bulldozers and by wrecking balls. The words "One Men Wrecking Crew" is displayed in white text on a black background in between shots. Soon, the melodic lyrics can be heard.
Into the battles, making cages rattle
There's a pain that's inside us and we're letting it out
The lyrics get harder and louder.
"Charge right in, we dare to fail
No one is giving in, always we live to win!
He steps out onto the stage and raises his arms to a series of boos and screams out at the fans in anger.
A hunger turns and burns inside of all of us
And it will not be denied!"
He walks to the top of the ramp.
Walking a path untraveled to reach higher level
Challenging, always going against the grain
Blood for blood - that is the rule
And we will make the rules, never be fortune's fool
There's right and wrong in almost everything we do
For us we do what is right
He races to the ring, sliding under the bottom rope and running to a corner on the other side of the ring.
Bulldozer feeds upon the weaker as they fall
Bulldozer crushes all!
He stares out over the crowd before walking to one side of the ring, waiting on the bell to sound so he can let loose on his opponent.
Trademarks
Chokeslam
Bulldozer (Gore)
Clubber Lang's Wet Dream (Series of hard, swinging punches, finishing with a vicious uppercut to the chin)
Finishers
Annihilation
Description: Grabs his opponent by the throat and lifts them as if for a chokeslam. He holds them in the air and then lets go of the throat to drop them with an earth- shaking Uranage (Rock Bottom).
LEVELLED!!
Description: Clothesline from Hell. Just the way JBL does it, but can do it from out of nowhere sometimes.
Other moves
Big boot (Standing and running)
Polish Hammer (Standing and running)
Choke Toss
Powerbomb (most variants)
Powerslam
Running Powerslam
Gorilla Press
Lou Thesz Press
Axe Handle off top rope
Elbow to the face (Standing and running)
Argentine Backbreaker
Torture Rack
Spinebuster
Dropkick
Spinning Heel Kick
Top rope senton (Cannonball style)
Avalanche
Superplex
Top rope Samoan Drop
Tiger Driver
German Suplex
Style: Can do a bit of everything except high flying, but excels in power battles, brawls and hardcore matches.
Advantages:
Very Strong
Quick for his size
Resilient
Builds up a lot of momentum due to his rage
Disadvantages:
Cares too much about hurting his opponents and will probably miss opportunities to pin his opponent.
Reckless. Will do whatever he feels like doing with no regard for human safety whatsoever.
Mentally ill/ Insane. This explains his rage. He needs medication to keep him in check. This doesn't stop his rage, rather, it stops him reaching a more dangerous level. If he doesn't take this medication, he becomes extremely dangerous. That said, he eventually will be hit by a severe migraine. If his opponent can survive his onslaught, they will have an easy advantage. Because of this, he always takes it before he enters a match.
Bio: Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Joe was sent away when his parents couldn't control him. It was one thing to be an excitable child, but Joe was always more than that. He became violent and when his parents couldn't stop his bad behaviour and terrible tantrums, they sent him to a home in the hopes it would sort him out. Unfortunately, it didn't work and he only got worse. As he got older, they started trying to control his violent mood swings with medication, which although worked, messed with his head. He always resented being sent away and couldn't understand why his own family would abandon him. Blaming them, he could only think about the day where he'd be released and find some way of repaying them for the life he led, feeling they were responsible. The only thing that kept him going through those times were thoughts of revenge against his family, but his perceptions became twisted by different combinations of drugs used to keep him in check. He started to blame even his younger brother Jericho, despite the fact he was a mere infant at the time. Seeing Jericho as being responsible for "stealing his life", he is overcome by hatred of his younger sibling, who in reality, has never done him harm (which makes a change).
Now an adult, Joe is more dangerous than he ever was. The only thing in his heart is anger and the intent to take out his rage on anyone he sees fit to. His psychotic fits of rage are capped by his reliance on tranquillisers though they do not stop him going about his day to day activities. Without them, he becomes even worse, but after a while, is overcome by skull splitting migraines.
Joe's life has been anything but easy, but he now sees an opportunity to avenge a perceived transgression against him and will stop at absolutely nothing to achieve this goal.
People in Joe's life:
Jericho "Raze" Cross:
Joe's younger brother, their meeting at Sunday Storm was their first in 23 years. He remembered his younger sibling with hatred for a wrong that in truth was never done by Jericho, who had all but forgotten him. These two are the last surviving members of their families after their parents died in a car accident and having no other relatives due to their parents both being only children, and both sets of grandparents passing away not long before Mr and Mrs Cross.
Joe's recent actions with the stalking of his brother, followed by his revelation of the two being related and then breaking a steel chair over Raze's head, he has now created a mutual hatred between the two, instead of potentially bridging the years long gap that could have brought them back together at last. All he wants is to tear Raze's life apart, which will now be a mutual feeling for the King of Thorns.
Besides having the same surname and a vague resemblance to each other, both men are very different from each other in both their personalities and methods.
Jericho took a flight out of America shortly after his last appearance at Aftermath 2K8. Unfortunately, the plane went down in the Altlantic. Though his body has not been recovered, Joe's younger brother has been legally declared dead as of January 13th 2009.
Real Name: Joseph Xavier Cross
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 280 lbs
Hometown: Albany, NY
Theme Music: "Bulldozer" by Machine Head
Entrance: The intro riff for Machine Head's "Bulldozer" rings out and the ZeroTron shows houses being knocked down by bulldozers and by wrecking balls. The words "One Men Wrecking Crew" is displayed in white text on a black background in between shots. Soon, the melodic lyrics can be heard.
Into the battles, making cages rattle
There's a pain that's inside us and we're letting it out
The lyrics get harder and louder.
"Charge right in, we dare to fail
No one is giving in, always we live to win!
He steps out onto the stage and raises his arms to a series of boos and screams out at the fans in anger.
A hunger turns and burns inside of all of us
And it will not be denied!"
He walks to the top of the ramp.
Walking a path untraveled to reach higher level
Challenging, always going against the grain
Blood for blood - that is the rule
And we will make the rules, never be fortune's fool
There's right and wrong in almost everything we do
For us we do what is right
He races to the ring, sliding under the bottom rope and running to a corner on the other side of the ring.
Bulldozer feeds upon the weaker as they fall
Bulldozer crushes all!
He stares out over the crowd before walking to one side of the ring, waiting on the bell to sound so he can let loose on his opponent.
Trademarks
Chokeslam
Bulldozer (Gore)
Clubber Lang's Wet Dream (Series of hard, swinging punches, finishing with a vicious uppercut to the chin)
Finishers
Annihilation
Description: Grabs his opponent by the throat and lifts them as if for a chokeslam. He holds them in the air and then lets go of the throat to drop them with an earth- shaking Uranage (Rock Bottom).
LEVELLED!!
Description: Clothesline from Hell. Just the way JBL does it, but can do it from out of nowhere sometimes.
Other moves
Big boot (Standing and running)
Polish Hammer (Standing and running)
Choke Toss
Powerbomb (most variants)
Powerslam
Running Powerslam
Gorilla Press
Lou Thesz Press
Axe Handle off top rope
Elbow to the face (Standing and running)
Argentine Backbreaker
Torture Rack
Spinebuster
Dropkick
Spinning Heel Kick
Top rope senton (Cannonball style)
Avalanche
Superplex
Top rope Samoan Drop
Tiger Driver
German Suplex
Style: Can do a bit of everything except high flying, but excels in power battles, brawls and hardcore matches.
Advantages:
Very Strong
Quick for his size
Resilient
Builds up a lot of momentum due to his rage
Disadvantages:
Cares too much about hurting his opponents and will probably miss opportunities to pin his opponent.
Reckless. Will do whatever he feels like doing with no regard for human safety whatsoever.
Mentally ill/ Insane. This explains his rage. He needs medication to keep him in check. This doesn't stop his rage, rather, it stops him reaching a more dangerous level. If he doesn't take this medication, he becomes extremely dangerous. That said, he eventually will be hit by a severe migraine. If his opponent can survive his onslaught, they will have an easy advantage. Because of this, he always takes it before he enters a match.
Bio: Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Joe was sent away when his parents couldn't control him. It was one thing to be an excitable child, but Joe was always more than that. He became violent and when his parents couldn't stop his bad behaviour and terrible tantrums, they sent him to a home in the hopes it would sort him out. Unfortunately, it didn't work and he only got worse. As he got older, they started trying to control his violent mood swings with medication, which although worked, messed with his head. He always resented being sent away and couldn't understand why his own family would abandon him. Blaming them, he could only think about the day where he'd be released and find some way of repaying them for the life he led, feeling they were responsible. The only thing that kept him going through those times were thoughts of revenge against his family, but his perceptions became twisted by different combinations of drugs used to keep him in check. He started to blame even his younger brother Jericho, despite the fact he was a mere infant at the time. Seeing Jericho as being responsible for "stealing his life", he is overcome by hatred of his younger sibling, who in reality, has never done him harm (which makes a change).
Now an adult, Joe is more dangerous than he ever was. The only thing in his heart is anger and the intent to take out his rage on anyone he sees fit to. His psychotic fits of rage are capped by his reliance on tranquillisers though they do not stop him going about his day to day activities. Without them, he becomes even worse, but after a while, is overcome by skull splitting migraines.
Joe's life has been anything but easy, but he now sees an opportunity to avenge a perceived transgression against him and will stop at absolutely nothing to achieve this goal.
People in Joe's life:
Jericho "Raze" Cross:
Joe's younger brother, their meeting at Sunday Storm was their first in 23 years. He remembered his younger sibling with hatred for a wrong that in truth was never done by Jericho, who had all but forgotten him. These two are the last surviving members of their families after their parents died in a car accident and having no other relatives due to their parents both being only children, and both sets of grandparents passing away not long before Mr and Mrs Cross.
Joe's recent actions with the stalking of his brother, followed by his revelation of the two being related and then breaking a steel chair over Raze's head, he has now created a mutual hatred between the two, instead of potentially bridging the years long gap that could have brought them back together at last. All he wants is to tear Raze's life apart, which will now be a mutual feeling for the King of Thorns.
Besides having the same surname and a vague resemblance to each other, both men are very different from each other in both their personalities and methods.
Jericho took a flight out of America shortly after his last appearance at Aftermath 2K8. Unfortunately, the plane went down in the Altlantic. Though his body has not been recovered, Joe's younger brother has been legally declared dead as of January 13th 2009.
