The STRUGGLE is real - newww stufffffff

yep, new stuff.

First, in STRUGGLE Pro, with a couple of new looks for old wrestlers (and there was a third that I decided I didn't like, so I'm not posting a screenshot until I fix it)

With his new manager and mean-ass new attitude, BIG DICK FUCHS gets a new look, getting plainer tights, but maintaining the balance with way fancier boots (and more cowboyish entrance gear I forgot to screenshot)

And I guess this next one's a very mild spoiler for something I haven't done yet, but was inevitable

Across town in TRI-STATE LUCHA LIBRE, two more additions to the forces of evil

EL GALVATRON, El Decepticon Inconquistable, is a walking instrument of destruction, who recently won the mask of Ultra Magnifico, and has vowed to crush Rodimus Primo with his bare hands.

JOAQUIN "EL KOMANDANTE" SALAZAR is only a few years into his career and has already emerged as a dominant all-around talent south of the border, and you'd think this his signing would be a huge coup for TSLL. That is, except for his connections to a lot of extremely sketchy people involved in a lot of extremely sketchy activities has a lot of people asking a lot questions about TSLL and how Puno Dorado (who generally has a reputation as a standup dude)  all of a sudden came up with the necessary funding to fully staff a new promotion and buy a building for it to run in full-time. Which is seen HERE:

I'd still like to add more random nonsense to the walls and maybe do something less lazy with the beams, but otherwise, yeah.

Also, TSLL has their very own - as in not working for any other promotions - referee, MASK DE MARRON

What?  No, you fool, those shoes aren't even brown!

Now, we head across the seas to the the Tri-Prefectural Area check out what's going on in Notoriety and MOSES:

Here, we see former STRUGGLE Pro jobber supreme, HANNAH BANANARAMA, one of several ex-STRUGGLErs trying to make a fresh start overseas. She's not cool new hair, cool new gear, and an actual finishing move, (the banana split, obviously) and has fully dedicated herself to becoming more than just cannon fodder.  And it... Well, it hasn't worked so far, as she still gets her ass kicked an awful lot.  Still, she's probably done way better than than tag team partner Patty Bobatty (together, they form the Tri-State Underdogs), although they've both done far, far worse than Sweet Brown Sugar Disco Dynamite Mama Fox, who is also active in the tag team scene, forming the successful team of Kicksploitation with Dragon BRUCE.

VIOLENCE KHUNBISH once aspired to be a member of the Mongolian Olympic judo team, except she just wasn't quite good enough at actual judo, so she'd get frustrated and just start headbutting and biting people. Needless to say, this was frowned upon, and when she was issued an ultimatum by her coaches to straighten up or be kicked off the team, she vowed to do better and become an exemplary judoka.  Then, she got a phone call with an intriguing offer from a pro wrestling scout, so she told her coaches to fuck off, got a wild-ass haircut, and then hopped a plane to Japan. Since then, she's been an absolute terror who brutalizes her opponents alongside Notoriety's head super villain Nikuya and their evil little buddy, Mika Kanemura.  And one of these days, I'll come up with a name for their stable, honest.

Fresh outta the dojo, POWER MINAMI is an ex bodybuilder, who is fukkin jaaaacked, and is the only person on the current Notoriety roster who can match Nikuya or the aforementioned Violence Khunbish in terms of raw physical power. Management is high on her as someone who could potentially be the face of the brand somewhere down the line, although there have been many who have voiced concerns that she's just a big muscle-head who's a lot better at flexing than actually wrestling anyone, and that management needs to calm the hell down about her. The age-old story of pro wrestling.

And here's Notoriety's head referee, Etsuko Inoue, previously seen in wrestler/trainer form. Speaking of management, they've never been happy with how she doesn't dress particularly professionally for the job and generally gives very few fucks, but she's a respected veteran, she does a good job as a ref, she's also the head trainer at the Notoriety Dojo, and the place would fall apart without her, so she's gonna keep just reffing in whatever she wore to the arena.

Meanwhile, over in MOSES

This is... Uhh... well, it's obviously an ex-sumo guy, as he dresses like a sumo wrestler and has a a couple mad-sumoish moves, but I haven't come up with a name for him yet.  Which is hilarious, because I'm pretty sure he's fully finished, to the point of having full CPU logic.  But for now, he's on my game as "Sumo Guy." I will update you all whenever his True Name has been spoken.

Finally, here's MOSES head referee, CHEETAH OMORI. An ex-heavyweight wrestler who enjoyed moderate success in the 90s and 2000s, he's a no-nonsense stickler for the rules who is respected, and even somewhat feared, by the MOSES roster.  Well, except for Kaz Maeda, who neither fears nor respects anyone.  But folks, can you blame him?

A few more rough skeletons, first with two more rudos for TSLL, the two evil henchpersons of El Galvatron, CICLONUS and ESTRELLA GRITANDO:

And man, I dunno, this is going too far, and I'm probably gonna cut it out with the Transformers theme, like Starscream lady doesn't even fit the post-1986 Movie-era theme I had going, man, what the hell. Playing a little more loose with the theme made Ciclonus come out kinda cool though, and it makes me want to redesign El Galvatron.

Meanwhile, a powerful addition to STRUGGLE Pro and Humble Ministries in particular, the mysterious man referred to only as THE CONFESSOR:

He's a huge man covered in mysterious scars who seems to answer directly to Sister Candy, and utterly terrifies everyone, including his theoretical leader, Billy Wayne Humble, who apparently had no prior knowledge of the dude prior to being told he was on his team now. His stated mission is to cleanse pro wrestling of sin and vice, and to make way for His coming, although the "He" in question here is a mystery to everyone.  None of this is absolutely terrifying at all, nope, ha ha, everything's reeeal cool.

Couple more to toss on the pile:

For the "background characters who'll mostly just appear to you people in paragraph/screenshot form" pile, (and there are a few more of those coming, haha, good times) here's AGENT KELLY:

Kelly (is that her first or last name?  I DON'T KNOW!) is the federal parole agent assigned to recently-released convicted drug trafficker and current EWX wrestler in mid comeback attempt Damien Nova. In addition to her official duties, according to rumor and innuendo, the two have also possibly become romantically involved, which on a personal, professional, and legal level is just an absolutely terrible idea for all involved.  A total dogshit idea.

And for the LEGENDS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA pile, here's legendary heel "THE BODY," HANDSOME APOLLO ADONIS

What's that, you say? How can a leathery, hatchet-faced old bastard who looks like a potato jammed on two toothpicks and probably smells like a cigar made of dry-rotted gym socks possibly attempt (with a surprising amount of success) to pass himself off as a well-built, handsome wrestler for almost thirty years?  I dunno man; it was just a different time.

Another roundup of new costumes for old people and less-old people newly having all four costume slots filled (and they're all wearing Chucks):

Dragon BRUCE (and that waist piece wasn't made for the F body, so I might need to rethink it)

Esu Takashima and all his abs

El Hijo Del Sabado Noche (the pose is weird, but it was the only screenshot I managed to get where he hadn't wandered off the screen, due to quirks of the mods involved)

Joaquin Salazar

Mika Kanemura (I was really proud of costume #3, and then looked up and immediately saw where Dakota had the same blood-splattery idea for an edit long before I did, because there is nothing new under the sun)

Cousin Miki Grim

Parking Lot Duval

Patience Halliburton-Vanzetti

The Phantom Rocker (after a trip to the vintage clothing store for Poison and Cinderella shirts)

El Sovietico

Bucko Clambake (with a bold new hairstyle)

El Galvatron

Stormy Knight

The Uberklaw ("Brother Klaw")

And two more new people, first for the "screenshots and paragraphs, non-wrestler" pile, Gummo's right hand, ROSA:

Many, many years ago as a troubled 20-something, Rosa signed on as onstage talent at what eventually became known as Gorgeous Gummo's Casa De Butts, one of the Tri-state Area's most beloved strip clubs/concert venues/sources of surprisingly edible chicken wings, owned and operated by local pro wrestler Gummo Nakamura. After a while, she decided that she was getting To Old for This Shit and decided to go to bartender school and work behind the bar, rather than on the pole.  This had several perks, including getting to wear clothes, no longer having to do 100 situps after every candy bar, and easy access to a sawed-off shotgun when the drunks get grabby.  Since then, she's pretty much become the one who runs the whole operation with overwhelming competence, keeping the budget balanced and the lights on, while Gummo juggles a wrestling career and several other business ventures, mostly of dubious legality. Also, in a bit of trivia regarding costume #4, actually tried her hand at wrestling in the 2000s as one of the many to fall for Steven T. Ruggle's famous "hey, how would you like to be on TV" pickup line. Her career lasted approximately 35 seconds, and the less said about it, the better.

And finally, an actual wrestler, in EWX's JEFF "THE BERSERKER" O'HALLORAN:

A few years back, EWX/Unity United Records founder Tony Unity was taking a break from a particularly stressful recording session, (it was either Bloodfucker or the Russell Kubiak Trio, I can't recall) and decided to walk across the street to the local convenience store for some chips and salsa and a pack of smokes. (which was a source of great shame for Tony, as this was back when he still claimed straightedge) While he was in line to check out, a customer in line ahead of him got all unruly over something and became abusive, and things quickly got heated. (From what I understand, the phrase "cock smoker" was uttered at least once) At this point, the clerk behind the counter went the hell off, leaped over the counter, and just beat the guy about the head and face with a baseball bat for a solid minute or so. After someone dragged the guy out and Jeff lamented that this all happened on what was supposed to be his day off, Tony immediately offered him a job with his hardcore wrestling fed. No one knows how that hat stays on.