PERSONAL INFORMATION
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Wrestler's Alias: Aaron Blackbourne
Wrestler's Real Name: Aaron Blackbourne
Pic Base: Finn Balor
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 175 lbs.
Birthdate: October 27, 1990
Birth Place: Lowell, Massachusetts
Current Residence: Seattle, Washington
Physical Description: Aaron Blackbourne is Caucasian with short dark brown hair and green eyes. He’s normally clean-shaven, but sometimes he’ll appear to have a five o’clock shadow. Aaron has some fairly good muscle definition for a guy his size, but nothing too extreme that would make people suspicious. In the ring he wears traditional black tights with a red letter B on the back in a demonic-looking font, black knee pads, black arm sleeves with numerous red and white lines criss-crossing them and black wrestling boots with kick pads that look like they’re designed to see how many different demonic creatures one can comfortably cram onto such a small canvas. During his entrance he wears a black jacket with the same letter B as on his tights, and while it’s still red it’s also designed to look like a demon of some sort is contained within the letter. When Aaron decides to “dip into his creativity to unleash his inner demons” his appearance will change, but this will vary depending on what exactly he decides to go with in those instances.
WRESTLING INFORMATION
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Wrestling Style: Striker
Alignment (Face/Tweener/Heel): Face
Years Pro: 7
Primary Finisher: Unchained Creativity
Finisher Descriptions: High Impact Bicycle High Knee (What makes this finisher so dangerous isn’t just the high impact with how Blackbourne delivers the strike that calls to mind some of Japan’s hardest hitters in the wrestling business and makes any casual fan cringe, but also the fact that Blackbourne can execute this move out of nowhere and from any position where he’s able to suddenly jack someone’s jaw using his knee. The most common method of delivery will be charging at a standing opponent, but he can also land it on a sitting or kneeling opponent as well as catch someone charging at him or flying at him off the top rope or from a springboard. He’s also slowly become more fond of using a variation where he goes from a wrist lock into a short-arm version of this a la Kenny Omega’s Rain Trigger. He’s even able to slip free of someone’s attempt at a move and catch them with this out of the blue. Any time you write a Blackbourne match, you have free reign to decide how he busts this move out to help build fear in his opponents that any time, at a moment’s notice and without warning, one Unchained Creativity out of nowhere could spell the end of their night.)
Secondary Finisher: The Perfect Ending
Finisher Descriptions: Shotei Palm Strike (Aaron has adopted this move as a finisher to pay homage to Kelcey Wallace, as well as to have another finisher he can fall back on in the event someone targets his legs with the intent of preventing him from delivering the Unchained Creativity. This move effectively functions in almost the exact same way as the Unchained Creativity does, in that Aaron can deliver this strike with the kind of high impact that calls to mind some of Japan’s hardest hitters in the wrestling business and makes any casual fan cringe, often even turning opponents completely inside out before they hit the mat. Also like the Unchained Creativity, Blackbourne can execute this move out of virtually nowhere, whether it be standing face-to-face with his opponent or charging at them or even catching them charging or lunging at him as a counter to whatever they were looking to hit him with, among with just about any other possible scenario you can think of. The writer has free reign to bust this move out as they see fit, just like the Unchained Creativity, to both build the fear that this move can also connect without warning to end somebody's night as well as send the message that targeting Blackbourne's legs no longer makes you safe from a knockout blow that can and likely will turn your lights out.)
Signature Moves:
- Pull the Trigger
- Creative Process
- Painted Sky
Signature Moves Descriptions (If Needed):
- Fireman’s Carry dropped into an Overhead Kick
- Blackbourne hits a Running Front Dropkick to the opponent with enough force that it sends them flying into the turnbuckles behind them. As they slump into a seated position from the impact, Blackbourne will run and bounce into the opposite corner before charging full steam into a Running Double Knee Smash to the seated opponent’s face.
- Froggy Bow (Frog Splash transitioned into an Elbow Drop)
Theme Song:
“My Name” by From Ashes To New (main theme song)
“10 Inch Nails” by Audiomachine (“Demon” Blackbourne’s theme song)
Common Moves:
- Dropkick
- Soccer Kick to the chest of a seated opponent
- Sleeper Slam
- Suicide Somersault Senton
- Step-Up Enzuigiri
- Dragon Suplex
- Discus Elbow Smash
- Repeated Shoot Kicks to the chest of a kneeling opponent [It should be noted that Blackbourne can use this move to set up his finisher, usually faking his final shoot kick to get the opponent to brace for something that’s not coming before blasting them with the Unchained Creativity]
- Exploder Suplex
- Moonsault
- European Uppercuts
- Forearm Strikes
- Reverse DDT
- Snap Suplex
Strengths:
+ In an attempt to compensate for the size disadvantage he’s often found himself at, Blackbourne has trained extensively to ensure his strikes are as lethal as possible, including a one year stint in Japan training under some of the best strong style athletes you can find there. Every strike he throws is going to hurt, no matter how big or tough you are, and his Unchained Creativity knee strike is capable of causing legitimate knockouts to those who aren’t used to taking such stiff strikes (although going that far is never Blackbourne’s intent, the possibility does exist if you want to run with it at any point in time).
+ Speaking of the Unchained Creativity, what makes it even more lethal is the fact that it can come from literally out of nowhere, meaning his opponents will always have to keep that in the back of their mind while fighting him. That makes it easy for Blackbourne to bait people into favorable scenarios using the mere threat that he could be about to unleash it, or allow them to get comfortable with the fact he’s shown no indication of wanting to end it anytime soon before blasting them when they least expect it. A finisher like that creates a never-ending mind game that will always give Blackbourne a slight mental edge in the ring.
+ Blackbourne can be pretty unpredictable in the ring, owing to his nature as a creative spirit. If he can think of a move or spot on the fly that will throw off his opponents, especially if nothing like it has ever been seen before, he’ll go for it the moment he sees an opening.
+ While it only tends to be reserved for pay-per-views and otherwise larger (usually special) events, when Blackbourne unleashes one of his “inner demons” it’s almost a guarantee his opponents will get thrown way off their game. Giving such a creative soul free reign to do this allows him to paint something from his opponent’s psyche in his own mind and unleash it against them. Plus, even if his opponent expects seeing him all painted up in some interesting fashion, there’s absolutely no way of knowing exactly what they’re going to face, as some of the inner demons Blackbourne has unleashed have taken completely different approaches to matches, and in a few rare cases his entire fighting style has seemingly changed to invalidate everything his opponent could’ve possibly prepared for.
Weaknesses:
- While he’s developed his striking extensively to try and get around this, his size is still a glaring weakness. More often than not Blackbourne will find himself outsized and outpowered, taking away some of the throws and suplexes in his arsenal and allowing him to essentially be bullied around the ring fairly easily depending on how aggressive his opponent is. That said, opponents who get too comfortable with this degree of control still need to be wary of the Unchained Creativity due to its “out of nowhere” nature.
- The flip side to the coin regarding his strength about being unpredictable is the fact that not every creative idea is always going to be successful. Those aforementioned “on the fly” spots? Especially if it’s never been seen or done before, there’s just as much of a chance trying it will backfire and put Blackbourne in an even worse position than he was in before. He’ll still try it anyway without hesitation, always citing later that the whole essence of creativity is trying things no one else would ever come up with, but it’s a lot harder to justify it if it doesn’t work out.
- The majority of Blackbourne’s striking offense revolves around his legs, especially the ever-lethal Unchained Creativity. Targeting and taking out his legs effectively disables a vast majority of his offense, and anything that hinders or outright removes the threat of his dangerous and unpredictable finisher makes fighting him a much easier task.
Entrance: Blackbourne has two different entrances he’ll alternate between, one for his normal self and one for “Demon” Blackbourne. His normal entrance is used for all Breakdowns and house shows, and can also be used for Supreme Saturdays depending on what kind of match he’s booked in. The entrances for “Demon” Blackbourne are reserved only for pay-per-views and on Supreme Saturdays where he feels the match is worth the appearance of his demon self. The “Demon” entrance will be updated fairly often as there will be some differences for each event it’s used at to reflect the various different “inner demons” Blackbourne will seek to unleash through his creativity, much like how Balor’s entrance and appearance can change up a bit each time it’s used. I’ll list the name of the show in the demon entrance so match writers will know to use it. If I DON’T have the name of an upcoming Supreme Saturday/PPV listed there, go with the normal entrance as Blackbourne won’t be “unleashing a demon” for that night, similar to how there are certain scenarios where you don’t see “Demon Balor” even if it’s a PPV.
Normal Entrance
All of a sudden, the lights go out, prompting a surprised pop from the fans. The tune of “My Name” by From Ashes To New begins, the lyrics starting about eight seconds into the song. White lights slowly begin to envelop the stage as we see that smoke has also begun to engulf it. The Tron also comes to life with clips of Aaron Blackbourne in action, both as himself and as his various demon incarnations, as well as clips of his various artistic endeavors including writing, painting, drawing and digital art. During this, we see a figure standing in the smoke, but that and the lighting make it impossible to tell who the silhouette belongs to. When the song hits the chorus, pyro suddenly goes off on the sides of the stage in sync with the silhouette throwing his arms in the familiar raised and outstretched pose, the smoke clearing almost as if on command to reveal the creative soul himself, causing the fans erupt into cheers. The lights start to come back on, although they're both dimmed and rotating between every color in the spectrum to the beat of the song, as Blackbourne begins making his way down to the ring, happily accepting high fives from the fans with a smile. As he reaches ringside he suddenly leaps onto the apron and quickly climbs so that he’s got one foot on the top turnbuckle, and in tune with the chorus kicking in a second time he briefly crosses his arms across his chest before throwing them out in the same raised and outstretched pose as before, the lights going out again as white spotlights suddenly come on and converge upon him as he closes his eyes and basks in this moment, also letting the lyrics of the song serve as a reminder of exactly who he is and why he does this. When the chorus ends, Blackbourne leaps from the top into the ring as the lights completely return to normal, removing his black jacket and setting it into his corner before he begins doing some light warm-ups for the match ahead.
No Special Entrance for Last Grasp of Reality 2021
Biography:
The easiest way to describe Aaron Blackbourne would be a creative soul, but even that doesn’t feel like it’s doing him justice in all honesty.
Growing up, it always seemed like he was different from everyone else. He was still part of school social circles and participated in sports and had a fairly normal home life, but he would never really be one for hanging out with friends beyond when he needed to see them, instead preferring to confine himself to his room in favor of more artistic endeavors. Drawing, painting, sculpting, carving, writing… even digital work and 3D modeling when the technology began to take shape, Aaron always wanted to master it all in hopes of sharing with the world what he saw in his own head, always fascinated by the seemingly endless well of creative ideas he possessed. It was no idea he became the go-to designer when classmates wanted their own unique shirt designs, or even had an entire section dedicated to his own words when one of his high school english teachers published a book of poems written by her students. Anyone who met him could just feel that the young man was destined to become one of the people that would go on to change the world.
It didn’t take long for Aaron to learn exactly why that was nothing more than a dream.
After graduating college with the degree that would back up his design talents and allow him to find steady work doing what he loved, he was surprised to find that no design firm would bother to hire him. The degree didn’t matter, his impressive portfolio was often ignored, and the excuse that he was lacking ‘real world experience’ was always shoved down his throat, ignoring the problem that he could never gain such experience if no one would hire him in the first place. It wasn’t until several months later that someone working for one of the firms he’d been denied a job at let it slip to him the real reason why he was being turned down: they were afraid of what he was capable of. Someone so young being as talented as he was and a master of a level of creativity that far exceeded men and women with double, even triple his experience? The job market just couldn’t have someone like him put everyone to shame, and no one was willing to gamble on paving the way towards the future at the expense of overall company morale when this one person would be in so much higher demand than anybody else.
Stunned by this revelation and forced to try and strike it out in a freelance environment, Aaron managed to make some fairly good money, but it wasn’t a stable income. It was around this time that his own family began to slowly fall apart, with his mom and dad divorcing in the wake of one of his father’s drunken rages leading to a bout of domestic violence, their behavior causing his youngest brother to start walking down a very dark and dangerous path in his life, and his other brothers either falling ill to issues that plagued him all his life and were finally hitting their pinnacle or simply abandoning the family to pursue his own interests. With his own life barely going anywhere, Aaron retreated more and more into his own mind, taking comfort in his creative innocence while slowly becoming more jadde towards the world around him. He often became the neutral side in every issue, preferring to stick to his own devices and stay out of matters.
What lead Aaron to wrestling wasn’t simply a lifelong love of the sport like most fans will claim. While it played a factor, the biggest reason was the idea that maybe, through wrestling, he could immerse himself in his creativity as a profession and share his thoughts and ideas with the world around him. A big part of wrestling was the characters after all, and aspects such as lucha libre creating these real life characters with no one scoffing at the mere idea of men and women wearing masks all the time and becoming one with the personas they created fascinated him. With the idea of having a stable income doing something he loved while incorporating his true passion, Aaron immersed himself in training, focusing mostly on becoming a striker to balance out the fact that while he was athletic, he wasn’t the size of your typical wrestler that was going to be throwing people around like rag dolls.
Wrestling, however, did not provide Aaron with what he was after. The more he became annoyed as he began to take notice of a world growing stagnant because change and innovation was deemed something to be feared instead of revered by the powers in charge, especially from those who feared losing their jobs to an ever-evolving future no matter how true the desire was to simply make lives easier and more enjoyable, the more he noticed that wrestling was no exception. No one wanted to be creative anymore, and week after week he put up with the same tired speeches about his opponent being the best or some variation of it, the same moves that everyone threw around, the desire to have the exact same matches instead of springing for something that could raise the bar into five star territory or perhaps even beyond. For the first two years of his career this is what the young man put up with as he bounced around from small promotion to small promotion, using his pay to try and keep his fractured family afloat even as things at home just seemed to grow worse, especially when his dad ended up in jail and his mom outright moved to Florida to pursue happiness with a new man in her life.
In his third year in the wrestling business, Aaron received the invitation of a lifetime to travel overseas and try his hand in the Japanese wrestling market. Training under a lot of the biggest names and stiffest strikers they had to offer, Aaron finally found the joy and freedom he’d been seeking for far too long. It was here in Japan that he not only debuted his new lethal finisher the Unchained Creativity for the very first time, but also took the advice of some of his trainers to stop being frustrated with those who tried to stifle his creativity and instead share it with the world regardless, forcing them to understand what could be if they stopped letting fear cloud their judgment. The first time Aaron donned the full-body paint that shared with the fans only one of the various demons and monsters he’d concocted over the years as an outlet for his greater frustrations, it became an addiction to share the spotlight with them, becoming the conduit to a world beyond perception and the living weapon for creatures normal people would not understand.
Five years after his journey in pro wrestling started, Aaron now lives in Seattle, Washington, having left the remnants of his family behind when it became clear they were beyond his help and refused to accept or acknowledge what he was willing to do to fix everything. Under various pseudonyms, he’s become one of the most in-demand freelance designers and artists in the country, and no matter what company he wrestles for, the passion and creative freedom always follow, as do the demons. It was one such display that lead to a talent scout contacting him about giving Supreme Championship Wrestling, arguably the biggest wrestling company in the entire world, a shot. Considering he has nothing to lose and a whole new canvas to paint his wild and vivid imagination into existence, time will tell just how far Aaron truly makes it in the land of SCW, especially when his goals match no other wrestler to ever set foot in one of its rings.
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Wrestler's Alias: Aaron Blackbourne
Wrestler's Real Name: Aaron Blackbourne
Pic Base: Finn Balor
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 175 lbs.
Birthdate: October 27, 1990
Birth Place: Lowell, Massachusetts
Current Residence: Seattle, Washington
Physical Description: Aaron Blackbourne is Caucasian with short dark brown hair and green eyes. He’s normally clean-shaven, but sometimes he’ll appear to have a five o’clock shadow. Aaron has some fairly good muscle definition for a guy his size, but nothing too extreme that would make people suspicious. In the ring he wears traditional black tights with a red letter B on the back in a demonic-looking font, black knee pads, black arm sleeves with numerous red and white lines criss-crossing them and black wrestling boots with kick pads that look like they’re designed to see how many different demonic creatures one can comfortably cram onto such a small canvas. During his entrance he wears a black jacket with the same letter B as on his tights, and while it’s still red it’s also designed to look like a demon of some sort is contained within the letter. When Aaron decides to “dip into his creativity to unleash his inner demons” his appearance will change, but this will vary depending on what exactly he decides to go with in those instances.
WRESTLING INFORMATION
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Wrestling Style: Striker
Alignment (Face/Tweener/Heel): Face
Years Pro: 7
Primary Finisher: Unchained Creativity
Finisher Descriptions: High Impact Bicycle High Knee (What makes this finisher so dangerous isn’t just the high impact with how Blackbourne delivers the strike that calls to mind some of Japan’s hardest hitters in the wrestling business and makes any casual fan cringe, but also the fact that Blackbourne can execute this move out of nowhere and from any position where he’s able to suddenly jack someone’s jaw using his knee. The most common method of delivery will be charging at a standing opponent, but he can also land it on a sitting or kneeling opponent as well as catch someone charging at him or flying at him off the top rope or from a springboard. He’s also slowly become more fond of using a variation where he goes from a wrist lock into a short-arm version of this a la Kenny Omega’s Rain Trigger. He’s even able to slip free of someone’s attempt at a move and catch them with this out of the blue. Any time you write a Blackbourne match, you have free reign to decide how he busts this move out to help build fear in his opponents that any time, at a moment’s notice and without warning, one Unchained Creativity out of nowhere could spell the end of their night.)
Secondary Finisher: The Perfect Ending
Finisher Descriptions: Shotei Palm Strike (Aaron has adopted this move as a finisher to pay homage to Kelcey Wallace, as well as to have another finisher he can fall back on in the event someone targets his legs with the intent of preventing him from delivering the Unchained Creativity. This move effectively functions in almost the exact same way as the Unchained Creativity does, in that Aaron can deliver this strike with the kind of high impact that calls to mind some of Japan’s hardest hitters in the wrestling business and makes any casual fan cringe, often even turning opponents completely inside out before they hit the mat. Also like the Unchained Creativity, Blackbourne can execute this move out of virtually nowhere, whether it be standing face-to-face with his opponent or charging at them or even catching them charging or lunging at him as a counter to whatever they were looking to hit him with, among with just about any other possible scenario you can think of. The writer has free reign to bust this move out as they see fit, just like the Unchained Creativity, to both build the fear that this move can also connect without warning to end somebody's night as well as send the message that targeting Blackbourne's legs no longer makes you safe from a knockout blow that can and likely will turn your lights out.)
Signature Moves:
- Pull the Trigger
- Creative Process
- Painted Sky
Signature Moves Descriptions (If Needed):
- Fireman’s Carry dropped into an Overhead Kick
- Blackbourne hits a Running Front Dropkick to the opponent with enough force that it sends them flying into the turnbuckles behind them. As they slump into a seated position from the impact, Blackbourne will run and bounce into the opposite corner before charging full steam into a Running Double Knee Smash to the seated opponent’s face.
- Froggy Bow (Frog Splash transitioned into an Elbow Drop)
Theme Song:
“My Name” by From Ashes To New (main theme song)
“10 Inch Nails” by Audiomachine (“Demon” Blackbourne’s theme song)
Common Moves:
- Dropkick
- Soccer Kick to the chest of a seated opponent
- Sleeper Slam
- Suicide Somersault Senton
- Step-Up Enzuigiri
- Dragon Suplex
- Discus Elbow Smash
- Repeated Shoot Kicks to the chest of a kneeling opponent [It should be noted that Blackbourne can use this move to set up his finisher, usually faking his final shoot kick to get the opponent to brace for something that’s not coming before blasting them with the Unchained Creativity]
- Exploder Suplex
- Moonsault
- European Uppercuts
- Forearm Strikes
- Reverse DDT
- Snap Suplex
Strengths:
+ In an attempt to compensate for the size disadvantage he’s often found himself at, Blackbourne has trained extensively to ensure his strikes are as lethal as possible, including a one year stint in Japan training under some of the best strong style athletes you can find there. Every strike he throws is going to hurt, no matter how big or tough you are, and his Unchained Creativity knee strike is capable of causing legitimate knockouts to those who aren’t used to taking such stiff strikes (although going that far is never Blackbourne’s intent, the possibility does exist if you want to run with it at any point in time).
+ Speaking of the Unchained Creativity, what makes it even more lethal is the fact that it can come from literally out of nowhere, meaning his opponents will always have to keep that in the back of their mind while fighting him. That makes it easy for Blackbourne to bait people into favorable scenarios using the mere threat that he could be about to unleash it, or allow them to get comfortable with the fact he’s shown no indication of wanting to end it anytime soon before blasting them when they least expect it. A finisher like that creates a never-ending mind game that will always give Blackbourne a slight mental edge in the ring.
+ Blackbourne can be pretty unpredictable in the ring, owing to his nature as a creative spirit. If he can think of a move or spot on the fly that will throw off his opponents, especially if nothing like it has ever been seen before, he’ll go for it the moment he sees an opening.
+ While it only tends to be reserved for pay-per-views and otherwise larger (usually special) events, when Blackbourne unleashes one of his “inner demons” it’s almost a guarantee his opponents will get thrown way off their game. Giving such a creative soul free reign to do this allows him to paint something from his opponent’s psyche in his own mind and unleash it against them. Plus, even if his opponent expects seeing him all painted up in some interesting fashion, there’s absolutely no way of knowing exactly what they’re going to face, as some of the inner demons Blackbourne has unleashed have taken completely different approaches to matches, and in a few rare cases his entire fighting style has seemingly changed to invalidate everything his opponent could’ve possibly prepared for.
Weaknesses:
- While he’s developed his striking extensively to try and get around this, his size is still a glaring weakness. More often than not Blackbourne will find himself outsized and outpowered, taking away some of the throws and suplexes in his arsenal and allowing him to essentially be bullied around the ring fairly easily depending on how aggressive his opponent is. That said, opponents who get too comfortable with this degree of control still need to be wary of the Unchained Creativity due to its “out of nowhere” nature.
- The flip side to the coin regarding his strength about being unpredictable is the fact that not every creative idea is always going to be successful. Those aforementioned “on the fly” spots? Especially if it’s never been seen or done before, there’s just as much of a chance trying it will backfire and put Blackbourne in an even worse position than he was in before. He’ll still try it anyway without hesitation, always citing later that the whole essence of creativity is trying things no one else would ever come up with, but it’s a lot harder to justify it if it doesn’t work out.
- The majority of Blackbourne’s striking offense revolves around his legs, especially the ever-lethal Unchained Creativity. Targeting and taking out his legs effectively disables a vast majority of his offense, and anything that hinders or outright removes the threat of his dangerous and unpredictable finisher makes fighting him a much easier task.
Entrance: Blackbourne has two different entrances he’ll alternate between, one for his normal self and one for “Demon” Blackbourne. His normal entrance is used for all Breakdowns and house shows, and can also be used for Supreme Saturdays depending on what kind of match he’s booked in. The entrances for “Demon” Blackbourne are reserved only for pay-per-views and on Supreme Saturdays where he feels the match is worth the appearance of his demon self. The “Demon” entrance will be updated fairly often as there will be some differences for each event it’s used at to reflect the various different “inner demons” Blackbourne will seek to unleash through his creativity, much like how Balor’s entrance and appearance can change up a bit each time it’s used. I’ll list the name of the show in the demon entrance so match writers will know to use it. If I DON’T have the name of an upcoming Supreme Saturday/PPV listed there, go with the normal entrance as Blackbourne won’t be “unleashing a demon” for that night, similar to how there are certain scenarios where you don’t see “Demon Balor” even if it’s a PPV.
Normal Entrance
All of a sudden, the lights go out, prompting a surprised pop from the fans. The tune of “My Name” by From Ashes To New begins, the lyrics starting about eight seconds into the song. White lights slowly begin to envelop the stage as we see that smoke has also begun to engulf it. The Tron also comes to life with clips of Aaron Blackbourne in action, both as himself and as his various demon incarnations, as well as clips of his various artistic endeavors including writing, painting, drawing and digital art. During this, we see a figure standing in the smoke, but that and the lighting make it impossible to tell who the silhouette belongs to. When the song hits the chorus, pyro suddenly goes off on the sides of the stage in sync with the silhouette throwing his arms in the familiar raised and outstretched pose, the smoke clearing almost as if on command to reveal the creative soul himself, causing the fans erupt into cheers. The lights start to come back on, although they're both dimmed and rotating between every color in the spectrum to the beat of the song, as Blackbourne begins making his way down to the ring, happily accepting high fives from the fans with a smile. As he reaches ringside he suddenly leaps onto the apron and quickly climbs so that he’s got one foot on the top turnbuckle, and in tune with the chorus kicking in a second time he briefly crosses his arms across his chest before throwing them out in the same raised and outstretched pose as before, the lights going out again as white spotlights suddenly come on and converge upon him as he closes his eyes and basks in this moment, also letting the lyrics of the song serve as a reminder of exactly who he is and why he does this. When the chorus ends, Blackbourne leaps from the top into the ring as the lights completely return to normal, removing his black jacket and setting it into his corner before he begins doing some light warm-ups for the match ahead.
No Special Entrance for Last Grasp of Reality 2021
Biography:
The easiest way to describe Aaron Blackbourne would be a creative soul, but even that doesn’t feel like it’s doing him justice in all honesty.
Growing up, it always seemed like he was different from everyone else. He was still part of school social circles and participated in sports and had a fairly normal home life, but he would never really be one for hanging out with friends beyond when he needed to see them, instead preferring to confine himself to his room in favor of more artistic endeavors. Drawing, painting, sculpting, carving, writing… even digital work and 3D modeling when the technology began to take shape, Aaron always wanted to master it all in hopes of sharing with the world what he saw in his own head, always fascinated by the seemingly endless well of creative ideas he possessed. It was no idea he became the go-to designer when classmates wanted their own unique shirt designs, or even had an entire section dedicated to his own words when one of his high school english teachers published a book of poems written by her students. Anyone who met him could just feel that the young man was destined to become one of the people that would go on to change the world.
It didn’t take long for Aaron to learn exactly why that was nothing more than a dream.
After graduating college with the degree that would back up his design talents and allow him to find steady work doing what he loved, he was surprised to find that no design firm would bother to hire him. The degree didn’t matter, his impressive portfolio was often ignored, and the excuse that he was lacking ‘real world experience’ was always shoved down his throat, ignoring the problem that he could never gain such experience if no one would hire him in the first place. It wasn’t until several months later that someone working for one of the firms he’d been denied a job at let it slip to him the real reason why he was being turned down: they were afraid of what he was capable of. Someone so young being as talented as he was and a master of a level of creativity that far exceeded men and women with double, even triple his experience? The job market just couldn’t have someone like him put everyone to shame, and no one was willing to gamble on paving the way towards the future at the expense of overall company morale when this one person would be in so much higher demand than anybody else.
Stunned by this revelation and forced to try and strike it out in a freelance environment, Aaron managed to make some fairly good money, but it wasn’t a stable income. It was around this time that his own family began to slowly fall apart, with his mom and dad divorcing in the wake of one of his father’s drunken rages leading to a bout of domestic violence, their behavior causing his youngest brother to start walking down a very dark and dangerous path in his life, and his other brothers either falling ill to issues that plagued him all his life and were finally hitting their pinnacle or simply abandoning the family to pursue his own interests. With his own life barely going anywhere, Aaron retreated more and more into his own mind, taking comfort in his creative innocence while slowly becoming more jadde towards the world around him. He often became the neutral side in every issue, preferring to stick to his own devices and stay out of matters.
What lead Aaron to wrestling wasn’t simply a lifelong love of the sport like most fans will claim. While it played a factor, the biggest reason was the idea that maybe, through wrestling, he could immerse himself in his creativity as a profession and share his thoughts and ideas with the world around him. A big part of wrestling was the characters after all, and aspects such as lucha libre creating these real life characters with no one scoffing at the mere idea of men and women wearing masks all the time and becoming one with the personas they created fascinated him. With the idea of having a stable income doing something he loved while incorporating his true passion, Aaron immersed himself in training, focusing mostly on becoming a striker to balance out the fact that while he was athletic, he wasn’t the size of your typical wrestler that was going to be throwing people around like rag dolls.
Wrestling, however, did not provide Aaron with what he was after. The more he became annoyed as he began to take notice of a world growing stagnant because change and innovation was deemed something to be feared instead of revered by the powers in charge, especially from those who feared losing their jobs to an ever-evolving future no matter how true the desire was to simply make lives easier and more enjoyable, the more he noticed that wrestling was no exception. No one wanted to be creative anymore, and week after week he put up with the same tired speeches about his opponent being the best or some variation of it, the same moves that everyone threw around, the desire to have the exact same matches instead of springing for something that could raise the bar into five star territory or perhaps even beyond. For the first two years of his career this is what the young man put up with as he bounced around from small promotion to small promotion, using his pay to try and keep his fractured family afloat even as things at home just seemed to grow worse, especially when his dad ended up in jail and his mom outright moved to Florida to pursue happiness with a new man in her life.
In his third year in the wrestling business, Aaron received the invitation of a lifetime to travel overseas and try his hand in the Japanese wrestling market. Training under a lot of the biggest names and stiffest strikers they had to offer, Aaron finally found the joy and freedom he’d been seeking for far too long. It was here in Japan that he not only debuted his new lethal finisher the Unchained Creativity for the very first time, but also took the advice of some of his trainers to stop being frustrated with those who tried to stifle his creativity and instead share it with the world regardless, forcing them to understand what could be if they stopped letting fear cloud their judgment. The first time Aaron donned the full-body paint that shared with the fans only one of the various demons and monsters he’d concocted over the years as an outlet for his greater frustrations, it became an addiction to share the spotlight with them, becoming the conduit to a world beyond perception and the living weapon for creatures normal people would not understand.
Five years after his journey in pro wrestling started, Aaron now lives in Seattle, Washington, having left the remnants of his family behind when it became clear they were beyond his help and refused to accept or acknowledge what he was willing to do to fix everything. Under various pseudonyms, he’s become one of the most in-demand freelance designers and artists in the country, and no matter what company he wrestles for, the passion and creative freedom always follow, as do the demons. It was one such display that lead to a talent scout contacting him about giving Supreme Championship Wrestling, arguably the biggest wrestling company in the entire world, a shot. Considering he has nothing to lose and a whole new canvas to paint his wild and vivid imagination into existence, time will tell just how far Aaron truly makes it in the land of SCW, especially when his goals match no other wrestler to ever set foot in one of its rings.
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