New to XWF or a returning roster member?: Returning (One Night Only!)
Wrestler Date of Birth: September 9, 1977
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 237 lbs
Hometown: Sunset Coast, Australia
Personality: Inside the ring, Steve is a man who fights with honor, but at the same time is extremely intense, ice-cold and determined in his efforts to attain complete superiority in every match. He views all opponents in one of two categories- enemies, or objectives to plow through and take down in order to attain victory. There are no ‘friendly matches’ or ‘going easy’ in Steve Jason’s book. Rather than the arrogance of some wrestlers, he merely shows solid confidence and near-unshakable resolve to get the job done- and this carries through to his promos, where he varies anywhere from challenging his opponents to give him hell to ripping into everything about them depending.
Steve’s out of ring character depends on who exactly he’s dealing with. With friends, while he’s not necessarily the ultra-enthusiastic party man, he’s usually friendly, open and loyal almost to a fault. With acquaintances (and the vast majority of people he encounters falls into this category), he’s civil but can be quite reserved depending on the person. With hostiles, he’s downright cold- and that’s if you’re lucky.
In recent years, Steve has come to accept that his time at the top of the mountain in the XWF has passed, and by and large has come to accept his retirement. It seems to have brought him a great sense of peace for the first time in years, and he now focuses his energies on being a good father and giving back to the community. He also seems to have buried the hatchet on old disagreements with the XWF, having accepted a reinstatement in the Hall of Legends. Only one thing remains to be reconciled - the one greatest of all time who nobody, not even Steve, has defeated. The one who got away. The Brand.
Looks Description: In terms of build, he leans more towards athletic and lean than bulky and muscular. While his facial expressions vary on mood, he has an alert and active look about him, with occasional flashes of introspection. His eyes are an icy blue-gray, his nose is aquiline. His short-cropped hair is mostly a dark brown save for the temples, where the odd strand of gray can be seen. He has also recently grown out a short beard, something never seen in his younger years. He also has scars on his right cheek, throat and up the left side of his ribcage.
Ethnicity: Australian (Anglo-Saxon / Southern European)
Pic Base, if any: Karl Urban (as Billy Butcher from The Boys)
Strengths:
Analytical/tactical - he doesn't just outfight his opponents, he puts together a game plan to out-think, outwin and gain superiority and advantage as long as possible.
He's known for very high levels of endurance and damage - when on his game, it takes a lot to put him down.
He's been in the game for a long time now and has spent most of that trying to master the craft - he knows a lot of tricks of the trade.
Weaknesses:
As he depends on superiority and advantage, if he loses either he can find it hard to recover and can be swarmed.
Wear and tear- it's taken a while but the high-impact, extremely dangerous life of an XWF main-eventer - and the brutal assaults, beatings and even assassination attempts - that come with it has begun to take its toll on Steve, and he's beginning to discover he has limits.
Entrance Theme Music: "Midlife Crisis" by Faith No More
Special Entrance (if any): Icy-blue lights suddenly light up the arena as the heavy drumbeats that accompany the beginning of "Midlife Crisis" by Faith No More reverberate around the arena for a few moments. Blue and white beams of light begin sweeping around the general entrance area of the arena as Steve Jason emerges, decked out in a silk white short-sleeved shirt over his ringwear, marching with a purpose down towards the ramp. He doesn't waste any time stopping and posturing on the way down the ring, striding down with purpose in time to the music and vocals. As he reaches the foot of the ring, he waits for a couple of moments then coils into action, leaping up to the top in one bound and over the top rope to the next. As he begins to move towards one of the turnbuckles, blue and white lights washing over his form, he slides his arms out of the shirt and seems to literally spring out of it up to the turnbuckles, leaving him in his ring boardshorts as he raises his arms to the crowd. He stands there for several seconds, closing his eyes and soaking up the atmosphere of the ringside area, then springs back down to the canvas and crouches in a combat stance.
Ring Attire: He wears a pair of comfortable silky boardshorts in a variety of patterns as his ring attire. He usually wears elbowpads matching the color of his short, and wrestling-style boots. He also wears a white-gold chain around his neck.
Out Of Ring Attire: If it's casual/backstage, T-shirts of various brands (surf and skate tend to be prominent, but it can be anything), jeans/shorts, sneakers/boots. If it's more of a stylish affair, he'll opt for short-sleeved silk/velvet shirts with jeans or slacks depending. In recent years, he's cared somewhat less for image, and seems to have adopted a penchant for palm-print/hawaiian-style shirts.
Trademark Move #1: Kobrakai Triplex Description: Chain-wrestling move- one vertical suplex, followed by a Three Amigos-style spin-and-lift, then another vert suplex, same Three Amigos lift, then finally a stalling suplex ala the Jackhammer. Probably the most popular of Steve's specialty moves among crowds.
Trademark Move #2: Rising Tide Description: Diving Lariat, ala Kane
Finishing Move #1: The S3 Description: Olympic Slam from the top rope. Can be co-opted into a standard Olympic Slam (ala Centurion's 1000 Mile Slam) for a more convenient finisher.
Finishing Move #2: Vindicator Deathlock Description: STF variant- one arm wrenches the neck, another locks the leg and both then wrench diagonally
Favorite Hardcore Attacks/Spots:
Steve isn't really a hardcore wrestler per se and generally prefers to rely on fists and feet if it comes to a brawl. If a weapon is required, he'll generally opt for Asian-inspired melee weapons - kendo sticks, nunchaku and the like.
History:
Steve Jason was born nearly forty-two years ago in a home-birth at his family's home in Sorrento, a suburb on the beachside strip of the Sunset Coast in Perth, Western Australia, to affluent parents - Richard, a successful attorney, and Elaine, a school-teacher. During his youth in the late 80s and early 90s, Steve grew up as part of the surf culture in that area - spending virtually every out-of-school moment roaming along the stretches of coastal suburbia, whether it be skateboarding, surfing, straight-up hanging out. It was here that Steve first developed the spiritual affinity to water that shows in his professional wrestling approach today - calm and steady one moment, intense and powerful the next. His youth was not plagued by the poverty, crime, orphanhood and personal tragedy that seemed to plague so many of his fellow wrestlers - on the contrary, Steve had little if anything to complain about during his teenage years.
During that time, Steve's second love involved professional wrestling. Like so many kids in the late 80s and early 90s, Steve made it a point to catch the show every weekend on TV, entranced by the brave gladiators who fought for glory and honor in the ring - somewhat ironic, given the grittier side he was exposed to during his actual career. While relatively intelligent, doing B-average at school and aiming for university, Steve wanted to do one of two things - surf professionally, or wrestle professionally. Neither sat well with his rich parents, who insisted his focus be on academic endeavors as he crossed into college, but he was supported by his long-time best friend Dougy McNamara, who cheered him on every step of the way, his girlfriend Felicia who supported him, and his black sheep uncle Lance, a Vietnam vet who encouraged Steve to chase the adventures of life. Steve did well at surfing, winning local competitions, but it wasn't really enough to make a living out of. His martial arts abilities, however, seemed razor-sharp and he seemed to be developing the strength, speed and mind to make a great fighter in the ring. Thus it was that, at the age of twenty, Steve left Australia for Japan, training underneath a Shotokan master while working part-time at a McDonald's. That training expanded as he visited Korea, China and Vietnam, and then eventually places like Israel, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico and Canada, picking up fighting skills in some countries, wrestling skills in others.
In 2001, it was finally time for him to enter the industry, making his debut in Chicago and winning major titles - including the CCWF World Championship - within months. It wasn't long that CCWF went bust however, and he began a pilgrimage over to the X-Treme Wrestling Federation with other CCWF refugees. It was here that Steve truly reached what could be considered stardom - he fell in with a variety of influential individuals, such as real-estate heiress Talia Richards, who became one of Steve's closest confidantes and agents. He would later be joined by his best friend Dougy, who eventually became a C-grade celebrity when he wasn't getting drunk off Steve's dime. As time went by, he won titles, established legacies and won both friends and enemies. A regular target of 'dark' wrestlers due to his upbeat take on life and moral principles, Steve was known for taking the fight to them, even falling in with vigilantes on occasion. One of his most memorable moments was his alliance with friend Jem Williams, the two men dubbing themselves the 'Unkillables' after the sheer amount of attempts to end their careers each man survived. There were occasional spats between the men, but by and large, they were like brothers and carved legacies. And then, there was his now-infamous love affair with fellow wrestler Heather Halliwell, probably on record as one of the more passionate soul-crossed romances in the industry - before it went to hell, anyway. Crowned with forays into the nightclub industry, it was good to be king.
For the past several years since his last stint, Steve's career seems to be slowly winding down. He did make the odd pilgrimages to the federation of his rise, but they were few and far between and it was clear that Steve's heart wasn't exactly in it the way it used to be. Instead he focused on his own business ventures and training various individuals, as well as focusing on trying to make his engagement to Heather Halliwell work.
2011 saw what would ultimately become a downward spiral in Steve's career - and personal life. His ties with the XWF were severed forever when management had sought to bring back Cyren, Steve's long-term enemy, who had been on one of his many exiles from the XWF. An enraged Steve confronted the management of his old stamping grounds, demanding to know how they could in good conscience welcome back known psychopaths. That move saw Steve throw his Legend status away, decking an executive for good measure and burning his ties to the industries it would seem.
Things went from bad to worse. He sought refuge with his fiancee Heather Halliwell in the WGWF, only to find that she had betrayed him for a much richer and more powerful man, and that she had transformed herself into a vamped-up version of herself he didn't even recognise. With his employers and, apparently, most of his friends turned against him, Steve faded away from the public eye, appearing on occasion at special non-sanctioned events but generally leaving the world behind him.
But time heals all wounds, as they say. In recent years Steve seems to have mended a lot of the bridges with his old colleagues and even with Heather, opting for a somewhat quiet life, trading in winning titles for a far tougher set of challenges - suburban life. He was last seen in public two years ago at the semi-official XWF Reunion show, where he has since dropped off the radar. It was generally accepted that Steve Jason wouldn't be seen again- and he had stated publicly that there was absolutely nothing that could get him back in the ring.
As it turned out, there was one thing that could. The Brand...
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