Post by Cass Baumer on Feb 24, 2017 7:55:40 GMT
OOC INFO
NAME: Mike or 'Lifer'
E-MAIL: dndynamite93@gmail.com
TWITTER: Cass Baumer / @iamlifer2
SKYPE/AIM/OTHER:
- SKYPE: dndynamite93
- AIM: LiferAmI
WILL CHARACTER BE COMPETING IN HARDCORE DIVISION: Y
IN-CHARACTER INFORMATION
NAME: Cassandra Baumer
NICKNAME(S):
- Cass
- The Headliner
AGE: 24
HEIGHT: 5'9"
WEIGHT: 64 kilograms (141 lbs.)
HOMETOWN / BILLED FROM: Wellington, New Zealand
ALIGNMENT: Heel
ON CAMERA / OFF CAMERA CHARACTER PERSONALITY: (If these differ please state both - note this is different to how your character behaves in the ring - how they interact with fans, other wrestlers, interviewers etc.)
Cass Baumer is a sarcastic tomboy with the tendency to live in the moment without thinking of the consequences. While she respects the members of the staff and relates to the fans on some level, Cass is undoubtedly selfish. She uniquely sees wrestling from an outsider's perspective, having been a fan of watching the sport since grade school. Publicly, she views publicity and instant gratification as the top priority. She's constantly promoting the #BaumerReport brand in an attempt to get her name out there and while a genuine person with a reason for it all lies just underneath, she hides it behind a thick shell. Constantly spreading rumors and speculation on her fellow wrestler's professional and personal lives, it's obvious she's not here to make friends. Whether she does this out of spite, as entertainment for the people who enjoy it, or purely as a way to get herself noticed in the homogeneous wrestling world depends on who is speculating.
GIMMICK: #BaumerReport — Yellow journalism imbued with sensationalism and scandal-mongering with the occasional real news thrown in. This can range from light-hearted and humorous to detestable and serious. This is in response to the recent '#FakeNews' trend.
STRENGTHS:
1) EMOTIONAL INFLUENCER - While she can use her fists, hardcore expertise and a budding technical submission style, the strongest weapon in her arsenal is the ability to manipulate the emotions of others. While angered or upset, opponents are more likely to make mistakes.
2) AN EYE FOR DETAIL - It's a trait every journalist should have. Crafty and resourceful, Cass can notice details about her opponent in the heat of battle or generally by observing people in any given situation. Spotting subtle movements, she can spot weaknesses easily exploitable. Reacting on instinct, she can create spontaneous plans during a match that could rival even the most experienced veterans.
3) OUTSIDER PROSPECTIVE - Despite the fact that Cass grew up as a loyal wrestling fan and knows more about the sport than your average rookie, she shamelessly embraces the new concepts in wrestling that others despise. This includes using her voice on social media to get her way, manipulating public opinion in order to acquire matches someone of her skill level wouldn't otherwise be able to acquire. While others would rather start from the bottom, Cass is more than happy to involve herself into situations using guile and wit.
4) NO BAD PUBLICITY - Whether she lays it all out on the line and leaves the match with bruises or intentionally gets herself counted out, Cass will do whatever it takes to become the center of the conversation. Winning the match is secondary to getting the job done in other respects.
5) SOCIAL MEDIA MOGUL - Cass knows how to build her brand. She knows how to get her name out there and constantly uses a strong social media presence to garner attention. She uses social media as a weapon in its own regard, assuring her opponents go into the match clouded by emotion.
WEAKNESSES:
1) THE RECKLESS ONE - While Cass can change tactics in the heat of a match, it's obvious when the bell rings that she doesn't have a concrete game plan for her opponent at the start. This leads to her recklessly running on almost entirely instincts during a match and while those instincts are usually good, the lack of a plan can obviously cost her.
2) APATHETIC DEMEANOR - Despite her love of watching the sport, there are times when she doesn't feel the passion for it that everyone else does on the surface. She'll often nonchalantly discredit the seriousness involved in being successful in wrestling in favor of a brash devil may care attitude and while heightened composure in an otherwise stressful match can be an advantage, it has its obvious drawbacks as well.
4) IN-RING INEXPERIENCE - All the wrestling knowledge in the world doesn't mean much when you've only fought in a handful of matches.
3) HEAT SINK - An angry opponent is a double-edged sword. While it's common for them to make more mistakes, it's obvious it can lead to more pain.
5) MASTER OF NONE - While she's more than capable with her fists and occasionally shows some technical prowess, Cass is currently a balanced fighter. This means she doesn't specialize in a single aspect of wrestling yet.
ENTRANCE MUSIC: "Smooth Sailing" by The Queens Of The Stone Age
ENTRANCE:
As the vocals of The Queens Of The Stone Age burst out of the speakers. the crowd stands to their feet. Cass Baumer makes her way out of the gate with her fists held high while tremendous jeers rain down on the New Zealand-born social media mogul. Clad in a navy blue leather jacket, the reporter smirks to the crowd as she struts down the FAW aisle steadily. Spotting the camera aimed directly at her, she turns and begins walking backward, gesturing to the black #BaumerReport logo at the back of the leather jacket with her thumbs as a form of shameless advertising.
Flippantly turning once again to face the ring, she continued walking down towards the ring with a subtle smile. Playfully tipping her snapback flat-rimmed cap to the camera that adorned the logo as well, she tossed it to the crowd. A decent amount of the crowd cheered, reaching out to grab the hat within the mass of humanity as Cass slid underneath the bottom rope. Bouncing back to her feet with ease, she swiftly tosses the jacket out of the ring to be retrieved by an official as the boos continue to be rained down on her. As the music dies down, she makes her way to her corner and impatiently waits for the action to commence.
CHAMPION ENTRANCE:
As the vocals of The Queens Of The Stone Age burst out of the speakers. the crowd stands to their feet. Cass Baumer makes her way out of the gate with her fists held high while tremendous jeers rain down on the New Zealand-born social media mogul. Clad in a navy blue leather jacket, the reporter smirks to the crowd as she struts down the FAW aisle steadily. Spotting the camera aimed directly at her, she turns and begins walking backward, gesturing to the black #BaumerReport logo at the back of the leather jacket with her thumbs as a form of shameless advertising. Below the iconic logo is the FAW Hardcore Championship worn backward and as the metal shines against the spotlights, the crowd gets significantly louder.
Flippantly turning once again to face the ring, she continued walking down towards the ring with a subtle smile. Playfully tipping her snapback flat-rimmed cap to the camera that adorned the logo as well, she tossed it to the crowd. A decent amount of the crowd cheered, reaching out to grab the hat within the mass of humanity as Cass slid underneath the bottom rope. Bouncing back to her feet with ease, she swiftly tosses the jacket out of the ring to be retrieved by an official as the boos continue to be rained down on her. Along with her jacket, she gently hands the FAW Hardcore Championship to the same man who puts it in its proper place. As the music dies down, she makes her way to her corner and impatiently waits for the action to commence.
MOVE SETS:
(Please be as descriptive as possible as this will be used for match writing)
WRESTLING STYLES: Hardcore brawling with average submission and technical skills.
IN-RING PERSONALITY:
While Cass might not be able to outwrestle every member of the FAW roster, she uses her guile and resourcefulness to opportunistically find a way to sway the match in her favor. She'll run on purely instincts on the outset of the match until she can use her eye for detail to notice when she needs to change her approach. Spotting things others might not notice such as seeing an opponent's subtle movement in the corner of her eye like an opponent grabbing their arm or the back of their neck or even whether or not they're favoring one leg over the other, Cass can easily exploit the situation in her favor at the first hint of weakness. Capitalizing on mistakes and the knowledge of her opponents, she can sometimes even spot when certain moves are incoming in order to make up for her own shortcomings once the heat is on and the eyes are on her.
While crafty and cunning, she sometimes has a tendency to be cowardly. Using classic tactics such as leaving the ring constantly to keep the match at her own pace, she'll use every tool at her disposal to defeat her opponent (even if that tool is a sudden roll-up or winning via count out). Sometimes, however, Cass might see winning as a second priority. Instead, she could DQ herself by using a weapon on her opponent to send a message, she could rely on the champion's advantage to attempt to keep a championship or something similar. She wants to be the main topic of discussion and sometimes winning clean isn't the way to achieve that.
She's unafraid to use weapons and she's not afraid to get herself hurt with her soccer background and she's willing to throw everything she has at her opponent. She's resourceful. She won't rely too much on weapons but given the match stipulation, she won't shy away from doing a DDT on a chair or swinging a kendo stick straight for her opponent's skull. With desperate situations comes desperate measures, however. Trained by V - a hardcore legend in wrestling - she won't hesitate one second should the one thing standing in her way of winning a no-DQ match be creatively decimating her opponent with every weapon she can find.
She'll improve over time.
FAVORITE MOVES:
01) double underhook suplex
02) flying lariat
03) hammerlock twisted into a short-range lariat
04) headlock backbreaker
05) knee lift
06) knee to the groin
07) slingblade
08) soccer kick
09) suicide dive
10) wrist lock shoulder block
TRADEMARK MOVES:
1) "INSTANT GRATIFICATION" - A running lifting spear dropped into a sitout side slam spinebuster into a sitout pin. This move capitalizes on momentum.
2) "RUMOR MILL" - A forward somersault cutter, often times onto a weapon (steel chair, steel steps, etc.) when possible.
FINISHING MOVES:
2) "PENALTY KICK" or "PK" - While an opponent is on their hands and knees, Cass runs towards her opponent and jumps into a devastating punt kick to the head with the side of her boot. She can kick her opponent's head into the turnbuckle or any other weapon too when available.
2) "THE LAST BEAT" - backflip reverse DDT which can be transitioned into a pin.
CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY:
Cass grew up in Wellington, New Zealand not unlike most Americans. With two older brothers, she naturally grew into a tomboy, unafraid to share her thoughts in the bluntest way possible. Sometimes her mouth even got her in trouble back in grade school, but nothing too serious. When she got older, she joined the soccer team and became a natural fit. Her brash personality and her unapologetic attitude lent itself well to her on the field, but she didn't take it as seriously as she could have. Cass was naturally good at the sport and had fun doing it but she wasn't exactly after a spot on any FIFA team.
She took a journalism elective for a couple years and learned her way around an article. She was great at investigating and getting to the truth thanks again to her personality. She wasn't afraid to ask the hard questions, even if it made people uncomfortable, pressing until she got the story. In the middle of junior year, just like with soccer, she didn't apply herself and ended up dropping the class in favor of more free time. In her senior year, she picked it back up again and would later study journalism in college. Years after graduating grade school and shortly after gaining a degree in journalism, she left her static life as a writer for a small New Zealand online newspaper for a multitude of reasons.
She used to watch wrestling on TV and on her computer almost constantly, following some of the bigger names from a far right at her couch. She loved the sport, but again, she didn't think she'd ever actually become a wrestler in her wildest dreams. It was right up there with being drafted for a major soccer team, or being an actual news anchor on TV in the list of things that would probably never happen. When one of her favorite promotions, NGW, finally did a New Zealand tour and landed in her hometown, she offered her services to Devlin as a backstage interviewer. He accepted, and for a while, she worked as an independent wrestling journalist. She finally had a reason to go to where all the action was - the United States of America - and she gladly left her old life behind.
Since then, a legend of the sport took her aside and offered her lessons to defend herself. He is only known as V. This unlikely mentor grew into somewhat of a father figure to her, teaching her things that any normal trainer wouldn't have been able to teach. In time, the lessons grew more complicated and she was started to learn how to wrestle.
After her short stint as a wrestler in #FSociety wrestling, she decided to stick to what she knew. That is until FAW's own Ana Valentine made a proposal. Since then, she's become the FAW Hardcore Champion twice and continues to grow her brand — #BaumerReport — into one of the most recognizable sources of wrestling news and rumors on social media today. Using it to get attention and as an extra weapon to attack people with her words, she reports on the truth and dabbles in yellow journalism to gain attention. Spouting lies and inconvenient truths has a way to get under people's skin and as one of the most controversial figures in wrestling right now, she continues to show why she deserves the nickname 'The Headliner' — she makes headlines in every sense of the phrase in everything she does.
PREVIOUS FEDS:
AS STAFF:
New Generation Wrestling
#FSociety Wrestling
CWC Hollywood Pro
CWC Empire Pro
AS WRESTLER:
#FSociety Wrestling
CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY:
2x FAW Hardcore Champion
MANAGER INFO (if applicable)
NAME: N/A
KEY FEATURES: N/A