Heck yeah, you know I'm down. Character #1!
Disclaimer: This character spawned from a late night shitpost several years ago about making the most uncomforting wrestler. Yes, this character exists only from changing one word in a gif. You have my sincere apologies.
Name: MOIST
Height: 5 ft 10
Weight: 232 lbs
Hometown: Yakushima, Japan
Age/DOB: 34
Alignment: Heel
Home Promotion: Genki Puro
Gimmick/Backstory: If you've broached the topic in social conversation, you'll know that there's a certain series of words that just tend to make everyone uncomfortable. Whether it's due to the associated imagery or the linguistic dialect saying the word embarks, everyone has one word that just never fails to make them ever so slightly uneasy and want to end the conversation as soon as possible.
Anyway, on an unrelated note, Shigure Nikko is fairly nondescript wrestler, based primarily in Japan. Neither particularly good nor particularly bad, Nikko has been well known within the Genki Puro circles for playing a chill, relaxed midcard babyface with a unique gimmick in that his fellow wrestlers constantly forgot about him. On one hand, it meant hot tags were always an enjoyable ride, as many a heel would react like Shigure Nikko would spontaneously appear out of thin air to kick their ass once the hot tag had been made. On the other hand... Well. Put it this way - There was a reoccurring gag in Genki Puro where he and a crew of similar midcard babyfaces would be attacked and beaten up by the top heels - more on those later - and the #1 babyface would run in and chase the heels away from their victims to cheers. Except for Shigure Nikko, who the #1 babyface would constantly overlook during this run in. Thus resulting in many shows ending with the babyfaces standing in a unified front, celebrating, high fiving, and generally giving each other a motivational pep talk, while right behind them Shigure Nikko would still be getting his shit kicked in.
Until one day he had enough, and after being left behind yet again, he vowed that next time they met, they would regret it. He swore he would retreat into the dark, to find the inner shadow within him, and everyone - face, heel, and ESPECIALLY tweeners - would rue the day. This promo was ignored and forgotten as it accidentally took place during commercial.
True to his word despite that, he vanished for a few months. Few noticed. But he returned, with a new, villainous attitude, almost evil in his schemes. Almost, but not quite. Now under the character of MOIST (yes the all-caps is necessary), he has vowed to make his fellow wrestlers regret forgetting him, by making them as uncomfortable as possible when they face MOIST in the ring. Not enough to make it be a big deal, of course, but enough to make them just not really want to be there. Like, not majorly, but not minorly, either. Such as:
- Standing directly in front of the interviewer whilst demanding they still hold the microphone
- Holding the door open while someone is several seconds away, forcing them to awkwardly walk at a quicker pace to get there
- Breaking the sacred urinal gap rule
- Waiting in the gorilla position before his match to make eye contact with his opponent while he slathers himself with baby oil
- Doing that thing where someone turns a chair backwards to sit in it in a way that's supposed to look cool and aloof and edgy, but it really doesn't because, like, you're essentially doing the splits and your crotch is awkwardly highlighted but you can't back out now, you've committed.
- Similar shit
Pic Base: NJPW's EVIL
Ring Attire: NJPW's EVIL but with ugly colors. Like, lime green, lime enough that it's painful to look at under a bright light.
Entrance Attire: Long brown cloak. Which, if you've read the above list, means he lathers himself in baby oil, THEN puts on the cloak, walks to the ring, then removes the coat to reveal the baby oil bod. Imagine baby oil underneath a cloak. God what a weirdo.
Wrestling Style: Brawler. Likes to extend matches longer than necessary.
Regular Moveset:
- Ripcord Elbow Strike
- Powerslam
- Bear Hug
- Backbreaker
- Gutbuster
- Knee Drop
- Spinning Lariat
- Drop Toe Hold
- Snapmare Neckbreaker
- Kneeling Bulldog
Signatures:
- Festering Crevice (Sitout Stretch Muffler)
- Orifice Smear (Running Big Boot to cornered opponent)
Finisher:
- Lugubrious Ointment (Overdrive)
Theme Music: Diesel Coated Grin - Durrdiss
Entrance: Standard walk out, with one of those hooded cloaks. Y'know the one. Brooding and all that. During his entrance, he spits water at the crowd. Not a fine spray of mist like one would expect, but more of a dribbled stream. A stagehand is usually nearby with a mop to clean it up.
