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Preston Vanderlay Esquire - Dr. Holly Cambric - 07-10-2025 PRESTON VANDERLAY ESQUIRE
![]() Wrestler's Real Name: Preston Vanderlay Esquire Wrestler Age/Date of Birth: Somewhere between late 20s and early 30s Height: 6’0” Weight: 218 pounds Hometown: New York City, New York Alignment (Face? Heel? Antihero?): Heel Pic Base: Leonardo DiCaprio (Wolf of Wall Street era) Backstory/Important Character Details: Preston Vanderlay Esquire is a professional wrestling success guru and self-proclaimed “Undisputed Architect of Victory,” hailing from Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Ungodly rich and dangerously persuasive, Preston hasn’t wrestled a single match…by design. Using an army of lawyers and an even larger vault of hush money, he exploited an obscure contract loophole that allows his three hand-picked “students” to compete on his behalf under the classic Freebird Rule. Each time one of his proteges wins, the official record books list Preston Vanderlay Esquire as the victor. Titles, accolades, and main-event clout? All his. He’ll claim it’s not cheating, it’s “leveraging human capital.” Though he has yet to debut in-ring, his presence is already unavoidable. His three students use all his signatures and finishers as a homage/tribute to him. Listed below are his students' names and brief info.. Briggs Wellington: The muscle of the operation, Briggs is a towering powerhouse. Dressed in gym-chic business casual, he specializes in spinebusters, power slams, and bearhugs. Briggs says very little. Pic base if needed: Wardlow. Pic base video: Dashford Luxe: The high-flying, fast-talking show-stealer, Luxe is all flips, speed, and smugness in a blazer he never actually wrestles in, just tears away before hitting the ropes. A social media darling, he zips around the ring with springboard cutters, poisonranas, and moonsaults. Pic base if needed: Austin Theory. Pic base video: Regan Vale: An exceptional former MMA fighter. She left the cage behind for something far more vicious, corporate wrestling under Preston Vanderlay Esquire’s payroll. She now blends stiff strikes, suffocating submissions, and boardroom intimidation. Pic base if needed: Callisto from Xena: Warrior Princess Pic base video: Strengths: Preston’s a master manipulator with a talent for exploiting loopholes, contractual, psychological, and financial. Backed by obscene wealth and loyal handpicked disciples, he wins without ever wrestling a match himself. His greatest strength is turning power into perception, making the audience believe he's a genius strategist while others do the dirty work. Weaknesses: Preston’s fully capable of wrestling, or at least he’s trained in it, but refuses to risk his body when others can take the punishment for him. He’s also not particularly favorable to the idea of the grind, hence his disciples doing it for him. His ego and obsession with maintaining his untouchable image keep him out of the ring, even when stepping in could solve problems faster. This reliance on delegation can backfire if his disciples fail. Entrance Theme Music (Provide YouTube link as well as name and version): “Paper Planes” by M.I.A. Ring Entrance (PLEASE write one out for use in match/show writing): “Paper Planes” by M.I.A. hits the speakers. The arena blacks out completely as a cold robotic voice echoes: “Please stand by for a priority broadcast from the office of Preston Vanderlay Esquire… Wrestling’s Wealthiest Winner.” A massive golden “V” lights up on the titantron. Suddenly, the curtain parts, not for Preston, but for two identically dressed male attendants in tuxedos, who roll out an absurdly long red carpet lined with gold trim, leading all the way to ringside. They are followed by a fog machine team in full uniform, blasting synthetic mist infused with a $700 designer cologne. The beat drops, and the words “Take your money” pulse with the lights, right as a custom-built gold-plated luxury mobility throne rises from beneath the stage. Reclining in it like a Roman emperor is Preston Vanderlay Esquire, draped in a white silk trench coat with golden lapels, his sunglasses gleaming with his initials etched on them. He’s not alone. Flanking him on each side in slow, synchronized choreography are his disciples Briggs Wellington, Dashford Luxe, and Regan Vale. Briggs Wellington stomps down first, arms crossed, cracking his neck, dressed in an emerald suit-vest over tactical gear. Dashford Luxe flips onto the ramp out of nowhere, striking a pose midair before moonwalking partway down like he’s dancing through stock options. Regan Vale walks while cracking knuckles that are clad in black leather gloves. Her eyes are wild and yearning. As Preston’s throne glides forward on a hidden track, attendants throw faux stock certificates and shredded cease-and-desist orders into the crowd like confetti. Gold sparks rain from the ceiling while a voiceover plays: “Introducing the undisputed architect of all victory…PRESTON. VANDERLAY. ESQUIRE.” At ringside, a plush ottoman step unit is rolled into place. Preston stands, slowly removes his jacket, and hands it to an assistant like it’s a crown jewel. His disciples form a loose triangle behind him as he ascends the stairs one step at a time, pausing on the apron to scan the crowd with the classiest smirk. Inside the ropes, Dashford lounges in the corner like a smug hype man, Briggs looms with arms raised and flexed, and Regan paces slowly in a circle like a predator. Preston raises one hand to his temple, smiles like he just closed a billion-dollar deal, and steps to the center as fireworks go off indoors. After a few more seconds of the crowd booing the fuck out of him, Preston activates his Freebird Rule clause and selects one of his three student-diciples to fight for him. In-Ring Style (Technician? High Flyer?): Though he avoids competition whenever possible, Preston Vanderlay Esquire is a decent jack-of-all-trades in the ring, just skilled enough to capitalize when the moment is right. He relies heavily on distraction, shortcuts, and stalling, using his disciples and legal loopholes (ahem, cheating) to tip the odds. When forced to wrestle, he’s opportunistic and cagey, picking his spots, but lacks the durability or dominance to hang in a fair fight for long. In short, he’s a cowardly, opportunistic heel. 10 or More Standard Moves: 1. European uppercut 2. Jumping knee strike 3. Russian leg sweep 4. Snap suplex 5. Rope-hung neckbreaker 6. Running back elbow in the corner 7. Arm wrench into short-arm shoulder block 8. Gut kick followed by a DDT 9. Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker 10. Eye rake followed by a schoolboy roll-up Trademark Move Name(s): 1. The Market Crash (Snap swinging neckbreaker) 2. The Audited Elbow (Delayed, exaggerated people’s elbow style move with a gold cufflink flourish before dropping it… pure showmanship.) 3. Capital Gains (Butterfly suplex with a snap bridge) 4. The Tax Shelter (Dragon sleeper with a cocky smirk, often while talking trash.) Finishing Move Name(s): 1. The Liquidation Event (Cross-Rhodes with flair, yelling “SELL” in mid-rotation.) 2. The Severance Package (Inverted Cloverleaf with a Crossface. It looks unnecessarily complicated because it is, and he often yells stuff like “Compounding Interest, baby!” or whatever the match writer can come up with (optional of course). Favorite Hardcore Attacks/Spots: He definitely doesn’t want anything to do with this, but if it ever came to it, he’d used loaded briefcases, champagne bottles to the head, and might even staple one dollar bills to his opponent’s face or make them swallow pennies cause it’s all they’d be worth. Additional Notes (What are some things that they would ALWAYS do? Or would NEVER do?): He will always enter last, never set foot in the ring unless absolutely necessary, and always ensure his disciples raise his hand after every win. He will always bring a prop briefcase (often with fake contracts, shredded legal documents, or loaded with a brick). Conversely, he will never willingly take a clean bump, bleed, wrestle in a match he hasn’t already stacked in his favor, or acknowledge his disciples as anything more than “extensions of his brand.” ---------- Wrestler's Real Name: Wrestler Age/Date of Birth: Height: Weight: Hometown: Alignment (Face? Heel? 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