John Dionysus Strategy

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


• Fallaway slam


• Knee smash facebreaker

Signature Moves

1) Above The Cut (Over the shoulder arm trap belly to belly suplex)

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 (Half nelson Reverse front facelock into a reverse swinging neckbreaker. This is also a secondary finisher for opponents too big for the Event Horizon.).

90*, 180*, 270* or 360* swinging uranage slam

Darkness. Tchaikovsky’s “Marche Slave” begins and a single spotlight highlights John Dionysus as he steps through the curtain and walks purposefully towards the ring. Dionysus does not respond or react to the crowd, but walks on, his eyes directed straight ahead at the ring, full of focussed intensity. He climbs the steps and through the ropes, pacing full circle around the ring before taking a position in one of the corners, ready to go face to face with his opponent.

John Dionysus has not received the formal education afforded most professional wrestlers; he has been trained, but it has never been prolonged nor intense, and most of his moveset has come from clips he seen or aims at utilising his natural abilities. As a result his style is never what would be described as technical. He uses submission moves sparingly, and only has one real submission spot (unless he is applying a particular strategy that involves mat-based wrestling).

Dionysus is a good physical specimen with alot of natural strength, and his in-ring strategy reflects this. He is a powerful striker, especially with the knife edge chop, and he is learnt some Muay Thai techniques during his life and is particularly fond of the neck tie used to immoblise his opponent and administer some damaging knees and elbows. Dionysus is proficient at close quarter striking and brawling. However, Dionysus rarely reverts to hardcore or illegal tactics and is highly unlikely to recourse to the use of weapons or aerial or high risk tactics.

Dionysus uses his natural strength to carry out a variety of suplexes and slams on his opponent. He is surprisingly proficient at the suplex, in spite of limited formal training.

To summarise: not a technical wrestler; rarely uses submission holds or illegal/hardcore tactics and never takes the aerial route; his main wrestling strategy consists of using close quarter striking to set up the more powerful suplexes and slams in his moveset. A methodical wrestler who is very risk averse.

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).