John Dionysus

Tall, short cropped hair, muscular (not overly bulky), cool grey eyes absent of innocence and with the look of one who has taken more than his share of life’s strain. His face possesses well-defined features including the strong jaw line associated with the warrior. A scar runs down the right hand side of his face. The scar begins half an inch right of the eye and runs the full length of his cheek, ending at his jaw line. He is unshaven but clean in appearance, yet showing little obvious predisposition towards personal-grooming. Attire is usually dark and simple.

Ring attire consists of black short tights and black boots, black pads for the knees and elbows and black sweat bands on both wrists.

An indy veteran who never made it big. Self-belief combined with a number of personal problems, notably alcohol addiction, plagued his career. Dionysus is now sober and as fit as ever, desperate not to be just another wrestler.

Personality-wise he is sullen and thoughtful. Not really a trash talker or arrogant, just a vet trying to find his way in the wrestling world.

John's wrestling career is long but bears little success. He spent much of twenties in the indy scene, but was constantly battling with alcohol addiction.

2011 was his breakthrough year: he sobered up and signed for WWA in Autumn 2011. He joined at a time of instability, but had something of a star turn in the tournament held under Andy Seeley's administration.

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WWA Heavyweight Champion (x1)

Move set

Striking moves

• Running knee to the face (either after whipping opponent into the ropes or as a reversal after being whipped against ropes)
• Headbutt
• Knife edge chops
• Toe kick followed by one of the following: i) right hook ii) knee lift to the face or torso iii) knee lift to the torso followed by elbow to the back of the head (this combination is often followed by Dionysus’ signature move ‘Above The Cut’)
• Roundhouse kick to the head
• Knee drop
• Running crooked arm lariat
• Clothesline
• Punching combination (Dionysus gets his opponent into a corner and unloads a series of body shots before finishing off either a huge right hook or a uppercut)

Grappling moves

• Fireman’s carry takeover
• Devil lock DDT
• Hammerlock into reverse facelock backbreaker
• Crossface chicken wing (used as a takedown ả la Lou Thesz rather than as a submission move)
• Backdrop backbreaker (Billy Robinson style)
• Gut wrench suplex
• Cobra clutch slam
• Samoan driver
• Fallaway slam
• Knee smash facebreaker

Signature Moves

1) Above The Cut (Body lock suplex - skip to 2:32 @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kASevozSSIk

2) Hard Knocks (Running spinebuster in which the opponent is driven violently onto the mat, then mounted and subjected to a severe and brutal pummelling of the face with fists and elbows).

3) Cerebral Bore (Reverse headlock, forearms clubs to the chest, into a reverse swinging neckbreaker).

Black Hole Slam