In-Ring Name: Lukáš Avetisyan

Weight: 231 lbs.

Hometown: Sioux City, IA

Personality: Elliptical and acerbic.

Biography: Born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania to Azerbaijani parents, Lukáš moved with his family to the United States before he entered primary school, settling eventually in Sioux City, Iowa. His wrestling career started somewhat late in life, as records indicate that he joined a Nebraska-based wrestling school at the age of 22.

Very little about his career, leading up to his first stint on the Independent circuit, is little more than hearsay. He’s been touted as a great aerial combatant, while others give mention to his submission-based style of wrestling. Avetisyan himself has said that he identifies as a “Strong-Style wrestler with a European foundation.” Less favorable reports of the man state quite openly that he has a tendency to be elliptical and eccentric. Outwardly, he doesn’t seem to look like the kind of wrestler that would rock stadiums or sell loads of merchandise… but then again, true power isn’t always spoken.

Pic Base: René Duprée. Just can't find that many good pictures of him from his ECW days. If anyone is able to get some good shots of him staring blankly into the camera, please let me know.

Alignment: Heel

Gimmick: No Nonsense Ne'er-do-Well

Specialty Match: Submission Match

Favorite Weapon(s): Gravity

Entrance Theme: "Oh My Darling Don't Cry" by Run The Jewels

Special Entrance Description: No light show, nothing special. During the song, Avetisyan typically just walks down to the ring out of sync with the beat of the music. He has a habit of glancing at the audience as he walks, often making prolonged eye contact with individual fans as he walks by them.

- Sitout Collar-and-Elbow Jawbreaker

- Snap DDT

- Suplex variations:

- Welcome to Azerbaijan(Inverted facelock takeover, transitioned into a Goku-Raku stretch)

- Repeated roundhouse kicks to the knee or back

- Running Yakuza kick to a seated opponent

- Triangle Hold

- Separation Anxiety(Step-over head-hold armbar)

- Spinning Knife-Edge Chop

- Running Punt to Knee

- Arm-trap Cravate Toss

Time Paradox - A hammerlock Exploder Suplex. Avetisyan stands facing his opponent and positions himself under one of the opponent’s arms, wrapping his near arm around the opponent’s neck and back while his far arm reaches around and bends the opponent’s arm backwards in a hammerlock. He then tosses the victim backwards over his head.

Night Court - Shining Black variation. With his opponent kneeling and facing away from him, Avetisyan dashes towards the opponent and leaps partially over one shoulder while spinning halfway, kicking them in the side of the head as he passes the victim in mid-air.

Oh My Darling Don’t Cry - A falling hammerlock Facebuster. Starting out with a front facelock, Avetisyan hooks one arm backwards while tightening up the facelook with his other arm. He leaps backwards, fans out his legs and falls chest and stomach first on the mat, driving his victim’s face and shoulder down under him.

Finishing Moves: 

Lament Configuration - A wrenching hammerlock Fujiwara-style armbar. His opponent seated or lying, Avetisyan wraps his near arm under the opponent’s shoulder/armpit and uses his far arm to bend the opponent’s arm at the elbow, then twists them until they lay face-down. Then, placing most of his weight on their opposite side, Avetisyan twists and wrenches the arm upwards out of its socket. There are known incidents where the victim of this hold has managed to get to their feet, in which case Avetisyan keeps the arm hooked and either slams, suplexes or throws them back to the mat while holding the arm in a leveraging position.

Seven Hills Slice - A stalling suplex transitioned into falling facebuster. Sometimes called a Suplex F5, Avetisyan lifts the opponent up, making a vertical column of both his body and his victim’s. He then tilts the opponent forward while simultaneously falling backwards, landing the poor victim face and chest first on the mat.