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Post by turrible666 on Aug 10, 2021 1:02:54 GMT
The various wrestling promotions of the Tri-State Area, all coming soon to THE NAKAMURA BALLROOM, located at Gorgeous Gummo's Casa De Butts (no one under 21 allowed, sorry, them's the rules)
And in case Brown Shoes didn't make this clear in the above screenshot, STRUGGLE staff will be dressed accordingly
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Post by turrible666 on Aug 16, 2021 17:12:24 GMT
More new things, and someday I should actually use some of them, I dunno
TSLL's SANTA CALIENTE now has the full four attires, which is to say he has two, with entrance gear.
For the "screenshots and paragraphs, non-wrestler" pile:
WARDEN EUSTACE is one of the two overseers of the SLAMMED STRAIGHT! program, and the good cop to Warden Brunhilde's extremely bad cop. Which is not to say that he isn't a brutally corrupt dude with little regard for human safety or welfare, but he's a real friendly guy with pleasant manners, so that's at least something.
 RUPRECHT SCHTANK is an inventor, entrepreneur, futurist, and the richest man in the Tri-State area. (yes, even richer than Hapsburg Raytheon VI, who nevertheless looks down on him for being "new money") And this is all despite having arrived in this country thirty years ago with nothing to his name but the shirt on his back, the will to succeed, and $980,000,000 in stock for his father's company back home. Since then, he has failed upward beyond most people's wildest dreams, managing to score billions in government subsidies and investments from people who have never noticed that he never has actually made anything that's worked. (including a revolutionary new fire extinguisher that burned down several homes somehow, and a line of smart TVs where internet connectivity was a $300 add-on that required an internet connection to download) The dude definitely knows how to build a brand, though.
And some wrestlers!
EDDIE KAIMANA (real name Edith) is a Hawaiian-born former semi-professional recent graduate of the Notoriety Dojo. She's generally real laid-back and non-confrontational about most things, which makes her entry into the world of combat sports kind of baffling. But on the other hand, as an ex-surfer, she's also crazier than a shithouse rat and spends an inordinate amount of time leaping from high places and generally doing daredevilish shit. It hurts her opponents more often than it hurts her, which is kind of what you hope for in those situations.
WAR GOD TONGA is a massive brute who strikes fear into everyone who faces him and destroys his opponents with a savagery that makes it only a matter of time before he scores some serious gold in Hyper Pro Wrestling MOSES. Meanwhile, his little brother and occasional tag partner, ELDON TONGA, is a gifted high-flyer and just kind of a cool guy, I suppose.
And finally,  BLAZE HYDRO is a recent hire by Extreme Wrestling XTREME, and hoo boy, this guy sure loves him some drugs. It's all he ever talks about, just and "hello, would you happen to know where I could 'score' some Mary Jane, my fellow narcotics abusers?" and "I sure would like to purchase some more illegal drugs, boy, if only I know where the local dealers are, as well as detailed information on their supply chains." For some strange, unknown reason, some have suggested that he might be an undercover cop, but I'm sure that's simply a baseless accusation. I'm sure it's all just a coincidence that a hippie burnout would have a crew cut, an immaculate chevron mustache, and a pair of well-polished tactical SWAT boots, and I'm sure lots of heavy drug users out there refer to to their various preferred substances by slang terms that fell out of common use in 1972. And I'm also sure it's just a coincidence that Tony Unity decided to make him walk to the ring to "Sound of Da Police" by KRS-One.
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Post by markrocker on Aug 16, 2021 18:57:43 GMT
Fantastic stuff. Love the stories.
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Post by turrible666 on Aug 28, 2021 16:39:42 GMT
UPDATE: Got several more TSLL type people fully movesetted and logicked out, bringing me dangerously close to being able to actually do something with all of them.
On a related note, ESTRELLA GRITANDO has joined the prestigious "4 attires" club
And upon the realization that the roster is too small for a separate cruiserweight or trios division, PIGGY DE PAJAS has become a lady, through the miracle of Appearance Edit
Meanwhile, since I can't stop myself from making new people:
"The Gold Standard" STERLING POUND (someone has to have already used that name before, right? Come on) is British import who is extremely vain and arrogant, and despite not necessarily a big-time rule-breaker, he can be straight-up cruel to opponents, as a classically-trained submission master. Also, some have said I made this dude entirely to have an excuse to use Fuee's curly mustache twirling moves, and this is clearly fake new from the failing New York Times. (that's totally what I did, though)
 Notoriety's Ukrainian-born GANNA RADCHENKO, "The Radioactive Girl of Chernobyl," is an unstoppable mutant whose very presence poisons the air and land around her, a living testament to man's arrogance, born in the fires of a freshly-exploded reactor #4, and whose terrible power was given to her by neutrons gone insane. Of course, this story is all utter bullshit; she was born well over a decade later and hundreds of miles away from the disaster, and had a relatively happy and radiation-free upbringing. But screw it man, 90% of this game is mental, and if her opponents are afraid to actually touch her, that's too much of a tactical advantage to let them think otherwise. Also, anyone who would actually believe all the "radioactive girl" nonsense isn't someone she'd want to hang out with anyway. Also, I just noticed that I forgot to change the waist parts on costume #4 after changing her costume #1 color scheme.
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Post by markrocker on Aug 28, 2021 19:03:38 GMT
Sterling Pound is a nice looking edit. Starscream translates more like Grito Estelar, than Estrella Gritando, which would translate to english something close to Screaming Star
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Post by OrochiGeese on Aug 29, 2021 8:50:19 GMT
STERLING POUND is 1000% up my alley as a character and wrestler. Excellent work! Good show! 🎩
Mustache curling is an ends, not just a means 😁
He has a great attire too - really like the design and color scheme for the boots.
GANNA has a really vibrant color scheme too.
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Post by turrible666 on Oct 26, 2021 1:22:24 GMT
hey look, some more stuff
First, a few updated looks for the people:
In addition to his traditional black gear, ACE LA GRANGE also got a fancy new silvery-gray look with the money that Big Bird Machine gave him before the big show at the County Fairgrounds. Then again, if you got his ModPack Export, you already knew this.
PARKING LOT DUVAL also has a snazzy new set of duds, raising once again the question of why he hasn't stopped living in his car.
In the downtime since War Party 2021, VELVEETA DREAM grew her hair out and added some highlights.
Speaking of new hairstyles, super-heavyweight jabroni BUCKO CLAMBAKE has "gone Hollywood" with a bold new hairstyle that's still not going to help him stop being a total loser.
Speaking of losers, after having been recently and inexplicably signed by EWX, Bolphunga Slopsley has embraced his more violent new surroundings and is on a mission to prove that he is truly hardcore. He totally isn't though, so this can only end in blood and suffering. On a brighter note, Lil' Chucky Unity probably gets to win a match now.
And as The First Class Family expands, FIRST CLASS JOHNNY SAN DIEGO now has what could be generously described as "interesting" attires for escorting The Turd Boyz and Big Dick Fuchs to the ring, respectively.
And from the LEGENDS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA files:
 400-plus pounder PORK CHOP FATS was a fan favorite who seemed destined for stardom in the late 1970s and early 80s, to such an extent that after a dispute with a promoter, he actually had his name legally changed to Pork Chop Fats to protect his future earnings. Literally, like the dude's middle name is "Chop." Anyway, this complicated matters greatly when he suffered a massive heart attack in his late 20s and subsequently underwent one of the damnedest body transformations in local wrestling history, re-debuting as a 250ish pound man apparently made out of concrete and iron. Despite his name no longer matching his appearance, Fats went on to incredible success, becoming the Tri-state Wrestling Alliance's first African American world champion in 1985. Unfortunately, injuries derailed his career, but he ended up making the most of his post-wrestling life, and today Doctor Pork Chop Fats is one of the Tri-State Area's most well-respected citizens.
 "The Crusty Seaman" KAPTAIN KRABS was one of the roughest, toughest, shit-kickingest dudes who ever sailed the Spanish Main, wrestled for the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance, or did some combination of both. He terrorized opponents throughout the 1970s and 80s for the TSWA, but today he devotes his time to his semi-respectable seafood establishment, as well as serving as a trainer, manager, and career advisor for his son Todd.
Back to modern times, former Navy offensive lineman and rookie wrestler TODD KRABS is a massive powerhouse who has made sporadic appearances for local outlaw dirtshows, hoping to eventually break through in one of the local promotions. I'm guessing that would theoretically be STRUGGLE via the Hoss Dojo, as he's probably not bloodthristy enough for EWX yet, and not nearly flippy enough for TSLL.
 Finally, local junior high substitute teacher MISS PAINE has spent the last couple of years leading a secret double-life, making weekend appearances at wrestling shows. Generally, this has taken place outside the Tri-State Area, as there were serious concerns about getting in trouble at work, not to mention the risk of the extreme awkwardness of one of her 12 year old male students seeing her in something pretty close to her underwear. Of course, with recent changes to the local school board, several catastrophic changes have been made to school policy, including outlawing covering-your-mouth-when-you-cough mandates, banning Critical Math Theory, and diverting funds from the computer lab to build a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest, she decided that it might be time to focus more on the wrestling thing.
Oh yeah, and with local government easing up on restrictions on gatherings, STRUGGLE has been looking for new places to put on shows. And while these efforts have failed miserably for the most part, for some ungodly reason ABANDONED PINES RETIREMENT HOME has agreed to host a few future cards. And given STRUGGLE's recent reputation as a promotion that features an awful lot of people in top spots who have been around 20 years or more, the response to this announcement has been... unkind.
(also, I just noticed that I forgot the drop shadow on the Andy Griffith portrait, and I need to remember to fix that)
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Post by turrible666 on Nov 2, 2021 3:09:59 GMT
Now that STRUGGLEWEEN is in the books, here's a look at some of the festivities. First, the Vito Genovese Memorial Bingo Complex and Auction Barn, all decked out for spooky season:
And now, some of the costumery of the evening:
Skip Legday and Captain STRUGGLE paying loving tribute to the late, great Outside Agitators
He is vengeance, he is the night, he is Big Baby Lucifer
You most assuredly do NOT have a friend in Screaming Rage Man
President Evil, Agent 35, Agent Bulldog, and Agent Fang enjoying a night of grape soda and chocolate donuts as Zartan, Buzzer, Zarana, and Torch, respectively.
Jezebel Grim, Toshiyo Nakano, and Yumiko La Grange as... Well, as each other.
 Ace La Grange remembered to avert his eyes when they opened the Ark of the Covenant, so he's good now, brother.
Come with Zippity Duda if you want to live.
Patience Halliburton-Vanzetti with the ol' Spirit Halloween Slutty Witch Special.
PARTY TIGER? no, Party Tigger!
Becky With the Awful Hair as Wonder Woman, also with awful hair.
Hey Vern, it's Hillbilly Grim, knowhutImean?
Finally,
Come with Froggy Terry and you'll be in a world of pure imagination, bitch.
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Post by Ramon on Nov 2, 2021 8:04:07 GMT
I lOVE the struggleverse! These costumes made me legit burst out laughing! :D Awesome stuff! That Halloween arena is pure gold!
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Post by turrible666 on Nov 16, 2021 2:08:39 GMT
A few more as the Tri-State Lucha Libre roster continues to take shape:
CHICO VERDE is a dude I just kinda slapped together, who exists as a means for me to giggle at a deep inside joke relating to a hilariously fucked-up story I heard once that involved multiple felonies, so I can't repeat it. I'll come up with his official character someday.
NORMAL CLOWN is a guy who, in addition to being a reasonably accomplished pro wrestler, delights audiences with all kinds of tricks and jokes and wacky antics. What else were you expecting from a wrestling clown? The fuck is wrong with you people?
LADY PEGGY was once a suburban housewife, but grew tired of her miserable life with her loser husband Alberto (Dude was like 50 and working in a shoe store, y'all) and eventually left his ass and became a luchadora. Someday, I'm gonna figure out how to get some leopard spots on the midsection of attire #4.
Finally, EL PROFESIONAL is a no-nonsense aerial assassin who is silent, but very deadly.
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Post by turrible666 on Jan 5, 2022 1:36:26 GMT
Hello, here's what I've been doing since I haven't been running shows.
First in our beloved STRUGGLE Pro, faced with mounting threats to the Evil Administration, President Evil has reinstated THE SECRET EVIL SERVICE. They are totally a dedicated legion of, ruthless, faceless hordes of crack commandos, and not just dojo trainees/free agents The Undertaken, Buster Sampson, Cleve Hawk, His Excellency, Deadly Nightshade, Carrie Shipley, Slashley, and Dee Stroyer desperately accepting $35 for an occasional run-in gig.
And across town in the yet-to-launch TSLL:
 MANOS DEL DESTINO is a dark and mysterious rudo, said to wield evil powers, or possibly just folding chairs and shit like that. Master of the deadly claw hold.
And formerly Dos, TRES HOMBRES have filled the team with the third member of the power trio, BEARDSLEY McWHISKERTON. Damn, he's smooth.
And a couple local celebrities have decided to try their hand at pro wrestling, and have entered the free agent pool:
FREDDIE BORLAND is the king of the Tri-State Area's infomercial pitchmen, of which there are somehow more than one. Loud, boisterous, and extremely enthusiastic about seemingly everything, hinting at possible cocaine use, madness, or both. THAT'S A LOTTA DAMAGE!
DENISE MICHAELS has spent the last few years as a fitness instructor, theoretically leading overweight housewives toward a slim, trim future, but let's face it, her audience is probably mostly twelve year old boys and incredibly lonely old men. Trained to near physical perfection, she is very athletic, and incredibly arrogant.
Aaaand moving across the pond to Japan's Hyper Pro Wrestling MOSES:
DAISUKE KONDO is a former world champion and leader of the dominant heel faction, Black MOSES. A ruthless brawler, he forms sort of a "three pillars" situation in MOSES, with Kondo as the veteran heel, Esu Takashima as a young babyface superstar, and Kazushi Maeda as sort of a chaotic neutral killer senior citizen.
Formerly STRUGGLE Pro's Fighting Cocks, Buff Orpington and Rhode Island Red have rebranded, while still inexplicably keeping the chicken theme, and are now THE PULLET CLUB.
The change of scenery have done wonders for the duo, as they've developed an aggressive new attitude, already captured the MOSES tag team belts, sold an obscene amount of t-shirts, and have decreased the amount of penis puns by nearly 100%. They've also become prominent members of the Black MOSES heel faction.
Rounding out the Black MOSES roster for now is BONE THUG, a ruthless junior heavyweight who is indeed thuggish, and also quite ruggish.
Speaking of juniors, KING POSEIDON is a living legend, inexplicably still going strong after nearly 30 years. In fact his legendary run has outlived the cartoon his gimmick was created to promote by something like 29 and a half years.
And decidedly not a junior, DAI CHUNGUS is a rotund, yet deceptively athletic fan favorite, know for wacky hijinks and zany antics.
And across town and under the same corporate umbrella, here's what's going on in NOTORIETY:
Mika Kanemura, violence Khunbish, and reigning Queen of Notoriety Nikuya have joined forces in a faction known as the DEATHxSTARS, where the monstrous Khunbish and Nikuya demolish their foes, and then Mika blows snot rockets on them and sits on their face, because she's just an insufferable little shit like that. They also got snazzy new t-shirts.
In more radioactive news, GANNA RADCHENKO has upgraded her ring gear somewhat.
Finally, GORILLA MATSUMOTO is yet another living legend who's still somehow fighting at a high level. A superstar in Olive Japan Women's 90s heyday and multiple time world champ, she's perhaps even better known as a trainer, responsible for some real mean motherfuckers in her time, including Nikuya, Meiko Shimoda, and Yumiko La Grange (who totally stole her Kamigoye finisher). But now, she's left the dojo behind and is gearing up for one last big run, meaning CONCUSSIONS ARE BACK ON THE MENU, BOYS
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Post by turrible666 on Feb 6, 2022 2:35:45 GMT
NEWWW STUFFFFF
First for the "not sure if heading to the free agent pile or the future dojo trainee pile" pile,
LE PETIT MORT is a dark and sinister young man who is obsessed with death. Also mixed martial arts and politically sketchy t-shirts, but mostly death. Also, he is very, very small.
And BIG, FUN EARL is just a big ol' dude who loves fun!
And heading to a HYPER PRO WRESTLING MOSES ring near you:
BEAVIS FUKUDA (huh huh, you said "fukuda") is a cruiserweight and former juvenile delinquent who is a dumb, crude, thoughtless, ugly, sexist, self-destructive fool. But for some reason, the little weinerhead makes us laugh.
HATCHET HONAGA is a young man who has developed an unhealthy obsession with American wrestling legend Ax Doogan, going so far as to copy his fashion sense, near-suicidal tanning habit, and as much of his in-ring style as could be adapted by a dude who clearly does not posses 24-inch pythons.
And KEN HOKUTO, also known as "The fist of the South Star," is a fuckin' idiot who watches too many cartoons, and hilariously punches people in the dick all the time.
Also, both MOSES and NOTORIETY have a new home base, NAKATOMI HALL, located on an upper floor of their mutual parent company's corporate headquarters.
And now, for some for the "older edits getting slight makeovers and/or finally having all four attire slots filled" pile:
Hoss Dojo trainee KILLER ED now has alternate attires depicting a British trooper and some sort of cyborg who may or may not be caught somewhere in time. Also of note is the new official Hoss Dojo Zubaz training attire.
Similarly, here's Tri-state Area Hobo Supreme, HIS EXCELLENCY. Also, ATOMIC DOG, BUSTER SAMSON, and CLEVE HAWK got similarly filled out, but I screwed up and deleted their screenshots before I uploaded a ModPack Export of them and OL' ROSS GRACIE to the Workshop.
EWX's ultraviolent black metal elitist and skinny, skinny man TRONDHEIM TROY got a mild makover, with a half-assed attempt at simulating a bullet belt with non-partscraft parts.
and for the LEGENDS of the TRI-STATE AREA pile, early 2000s stars (and children of TSWA legend Governor Justice) JUSTIN AND JUSTINE JUSTICE finally got their attires filled out:
Here's JUSTIN JUSTICE complete with modern-day fourth attire, where he started a music career after walking away from wrestling. This is to say that he hangs around in the basement apartment he's renting with money bummed from his dad and his sister's husband and clumsily dicks around on a Casio keyboard that he doesn't know how to play, and has made a grand total of about $36 selling his demo CD-R. This is literally how he's spent the last 15+ years, you guys. It is very sad.
And here's JUSTINE JUSTICE, featuring a fourth attire from her brief run in Olive Japan Women after she abruptly quit the TSWA. It's long been rumored that she kept wrestling under a mask for some time after that, but she vehemently denies this.
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Post by turrible666 on Feb 6, 2022 21:55:01 GMT
quick update, as the entire staff of the Hoss Dojo has now recieved their official Zubaz
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Post by turrible666 on Feb 8, 2022 0:42:18 GMT
Heyyy, I'm on a roll over here, sort of, but not really. first, disregard the last post, because it occurred to me that it would be dumb for trainers and trainees to have identical attire, so here's an update for the above:
And speaking of the Hoss Dojo,
"The Carolina Reaper" PEPPER SCOVILLE is a new arrival to the Dojo with an obvious obsession with fire and heat, as seen in her ring attire, near-homicidal cooking habits, and occasional use of fire in her matches, despite not usually being much of a rule-breaker. She's kind of a puzzling addition to the class, as she's somewhat well-established back home in local North Carolina indies and outlaw mudshows, and some have questioned whether or not she needs any more seasoning. (HA, that was unintentional. You know, seasoning, as in... You know what, never mind) Her sudden relocation had added fuel to the fire (HA I did it again) of a series of unfounded rumors that she's somehow connected to a series of structural fires back home.
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Post by turrible666 on Feb 9, 2022 2:17:36 GMT
It was and remains DOJO TRAINEE SEASON, by god
BRANDI SHACKLEFORD overcame a rough childhood (her father abandoned the family when she was a toddler to seek his fortune in a state with more lax welfare-cheat laws, and her mother was later the first person to ever be officially censured by the Tri-State Area Exotic Dancer's Union) to become an Olympic hopeful as a promising young figure skater. Eventually however, an intense rivalry emerged with another (clearly superior) skater, you can take the girl out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park out of the girl, yadda yadda yadda, 90 days in jail. Legalities prevent me from disclosing details of the case, but a tire iron was involved, and Brandi is now seeking employment as a professional wrestler. She has shown great promise as a pretty vicious rule-breaker who kicks the living shit out of people with her big ol' skater legs, which is a lot like how her figure skating career went.
 It seems like everyone is STRUGGLE Pro is related to someone else around here, and well, here we go again. REAGAN VANZETTI is GARFIELD VANZETTI's oldest child from his previous marriage, and in fact was literally in the same grade as her current stepmother, PATIENCE HALLIBURTON-VANZETTI. (Except for her senior year, in which Patience mysteriously disappeared into home-school land, emerging some time later with newborn twins. Yeeeeah, it's as sketchy as it sounds, y'all.) Reagan's relationship with her father is somewhat strained, as she resents him for dumping her mom for a teenager, as well as the whole "spending thousands of dollars on tactical gear for Facebook photos and giving noncommittal answers when people ask about his nonexistent military career" thing, especially given the decade she spent in the Marines. Also, she was officially disowned by her father a while back, for living what he felt was a sinful and deviant lifestyle. (she voted for Obama) She has made no mystery of her main goal in professional wrestling: To beat the living shit out of both her dad and his wife.
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