WRESTLER'S INFORMATION
In-Ring Name: Buster Gloves
Wrestler's Real Name: William Bernard Glover
New to XWF or a returning roster member?: New
Wrestler Date of Birth: 10/12/1987
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 245 lbs
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Personality: Tweener than leans heavy face, but his emotions get in the way. Buster is overly positive. He respects athleticism, professionalism, and hard work. He's quick to de-escalate heated conversations and prefers to handle differences through sporting competitions. He pushes his allies, giving them opportunities first, at the cost of his own career. Suspenders before belts. After struggling with pill/alcohol addiction and PTSD from his time serving in the Middle East, he's grateful for everything he has, and feels entitled to none of it.
Pic Base, if any: Jason Statham
Strengths: Technical Grappling, Physical Strength, Methodical approach to matches, Resilience
Weaknesses: Hardcore matches, High spots, Speed, Difficulty in maintain healthy relationships, Emotions get the best of him
Entrance Theme Music: Stabbing Westward - Burn (The Cure Cover)
Stable Affiliation: SAGA
Special Entrance (if any):
The lights go out. The sounds of music and a snorting bull fill the arena as smoke rises from the stage. The lights return to the arena and Buster Gloves rises from the floor of the stage as the words "BUSTER GLOVES" play on the tron. "Burn", as played by Stabbing Westward, plays as blue and white lasers bounce around the arena
Stoic and unshaven, Buster scans the audience, conveying more with a look than a thousand words.
The Bull of the North. He checks his chin, by giving it two short punches with a black padded glove on his left hand. The letters W.I.F.E. (Wrestling is Forever) printed on the backside of it. He wears a black t-shirt with the word "SAGA" written in gold on his chest.
Buster descends the ramp high fiving kids, pointing to the cheap seats up top, and bouncing his head to the music. He crawls up the ring steps like a silverback gorilla, wipes his shoes on the apron and ducks in under the top rope into the ring. Then side hops a circle around the ring before coming back to center. He removes his mask and checks his chin one more time as he poses for the hard cam.
Standard Moves: Chops, Brainbuster, Teep Kick/Sparta Kick, Judo throw, Ankle Lock
Trademark Move(s): Heart Punch "The Heartbreaker" (set up for the Soul Crusher), Muay Thai Clinch Knees "The Richmond Knee Party", Pop-Up European Uppercut, Release German Suplex
Finishing Move(s): The Soul Crusher - Standing D'Arce Choke
The Obliterator - Burning Hammer (desperation finisher)
Favorite Hardcore Attacks/Spots: None. Does not like weapons, hardcore matches, or high spots. Would use steel chairs in self-defense only.
Additional notes: Buster Gloves is a former mixed martial artist and BJJ player. An American solider from 2007 to 2011, Gloves is one of the few fighters who were allowed to simultaneously serve in the United States Army while also fighting professionally. Gloves retired from fighting when his wife passed away from a bout with cancer, leaving 2 (then) young sons behind for the fighter to raise. He ran an MMA gym in Richmond ,VA called "The River City Dojo" until he sold it in 2022. He began his professional wrestling career in 2019 and supplemented his time by teaching grappling to pro-wrestling students at the Champions Advantage Performance Center in Vero Beach, FL. He now lives in the Velvet Rabbit Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV.