Drake Young

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME
Thomas Bayless

RING NAME
Drake Young

PICTURE BASE
Bobby Fish

CURRENT NICKNAMES
"The One"
"Pittsburgh's Finest"
"The Steel City Superstar"
"The Icon"

HEIGHT
6'0"

WEIGHT
215lbs

DATE OF BIRTH
February 15th, 1987 (29 years old)

HOMETOWN
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

PERSONALITY DESCRIPTION
Drake Young is a cocky, arrogant showman who will do anything to win. He puts himself first over everyone else, and thus, makes him a very selfish person, but also very successful.

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION

BILLED FROM
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

ALIGNMENT
Heel

MANAGER/VALET
N/A

WRESTLING TRAINING
Drake Young started wrestling at the age of 20. He was trained by "Dirty" Dan Young, his father (born Daniel Bayless).

WRESTLING DEBUT
March 27th, 2007

WRESTLING INFORMATION

ENTRANCE THEME
"MIDLIFE CRISIS" by Faith No More

WRESTLING STYLE
1: Showman --- Drake is above all else a showman. He is incredibly charismatic in the ring as well as outside the ring. He uses his natural charisma to make the crowd hot for him, often flexing, kissing his biceps and overall taunting the crowd whenever he can.
2: Technical --- Drake possesses a vast moveset of technical wrestling abilities. He often wears his opponent out with holds, submissions and the incredible pace he can keep up.
3: Hybrid --- Drake is a jack of all trades and a master of them all. He can be a hardcore wrestler at a flip of a coin, a high-flyer, as well as a technical messiah. He has studied years and years mastering his craft and it shows inside the ring.

STRENGTHS
1: Endurance --- Drake's endurance is second-to-none. He has wrestled hour long Broadways numerous times in his career and can go even longer. The longest documented match he has ever wrestled was in 2010 when he won the Pittsburgh Heavyweight Championship from Kyle Armstrong that lasted over 95 minutes. His endurance cannot be matched, nor can it be duplicated.
2: Intelligence --- Perhaps one of the most underrated aspects of professional wrestling is the intelligence aspect of the wrestling business. Drake is a master manipulator, often never putting himself in harms way. He is always three steps ahead of everyone he wrestles. He studies his opponents like he would for a giant College exam---he makes sure to never overlook anything when it comes to his opponent.
3: Technical Ability --- As mentioned before, Drake Young is a master of the art of professional wrestling. His style of wrestling---although boring to some---is smothering to say the least. He is a master of submissions and wrestling holds that will guarantee to put a hurting on anyone---and everyone---he faces.

WEAKNESSES
1: Speed --- Drake's biggest weakness---arguably---is speed. Although he isn't slow, against other smaller competitors he isn't as fast as them. His style suits a more slowed approach rather than a quick approach. He can often be caught off guard by a competitor who is very fast, but he knows that he can slow them down with his moveset.
2: Strength --- While Drake isn't a small competitor by any means (6'0", 215 lbs), he is no strongman. Although he can life most competitors with ease, his strength does have its limitations. When facing an opponent 300 lbs or more, Drake's moveset becomes limited due to the fact it will be hard to get them off their feet. Fortunately, Drake has a solution to every problem. He uses submissions to ground bigger opponents down if he cannot physically lift them up.
3: Arrogance --- Drake is overly confident in his abilities and sometimes it can cost him. Although he never overlooks anyone, sometimes, when the match is going his way, he will become overly confident and start taking his opponent lightly. This cost him the Pittsburgh Heavyweight Championship against Shawn Meyers, breaking his record setting reign of 546 days. He had Shawn down and started taunt the crowd and started to coast, which ended up being his downfall.

FAVORITE WEAPON
His own two hands.

COMMON MANEUVERS
1: Abdominal Stretch
2: Atomic Drop (Regular, Reverse, Super)
3: DDT Variations (Cradle, Snap, Impaler, Reverse)
4: Dropkick (Missile, Hesitation)
5: Frankensteiner (Top Rope, Springboard)
6: High-Angle Boston Crab
7: Multiple Knee Strikers to a Cornered Opponent
8: Multiple Kick Variations (Super, Side, Roundhouse, Lariat)
9: Multiple Suplex Variations (Belly-to-Back, Belly-to-Back, German, Half-Nelson, Saito, Sleeper)
10: Multiple Strike Variations (Elbow, European Uppercut, Uppercut, Palm thrust)
11: Piledriver
12: Powerbomb Variations (Sit-Out, Release, Jacknife)
13: STF
14: STO
15: Tilt-a-Whirl Backbreaker

SIGNATURE MANEUVERS
"HEAD TRAUMA" --- Skull Crushing Finale
"FROM OUTTA' NOWHERE" --- Springboard Forearm Smash
"THE LOBOTOMY" --- Brainbuster

FINISHING MANEUVERS
"DBD (DEATH BY DRAKE)" --- Cattle Mutilation
"SAYANARA" --- Cradleshock

APPEARANCE

OUT OF RING: Three piece suit, either black/blue, black/red, or all black. Black dress shoes and a pair of dark designer sunglasses.
IN RING: Black/Yellow wrestling trunks with the words "THE 1 (or ONE)" on the back in white lettering with a black drop shadow. Black knee pads, yellow kickpads and black boots. He wears a mouthpiece that is either black/yellow in color or has "fangs" on it.

CAREER INFORMATION & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

PROMOTIONS:
Pittsburgh Championship Wrestling
Steel City Wrestling
Iron City Hardcore Championship Wrestling
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
Professional Wrestling Pittsburgh

CHAMPIONSHIPS and ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2x Pittsburgh Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Champion (Longest Reigning)
3x Steel City Wrestling Television Champion
1x Steel City Wrestling Hardcore Champion (Longest Reigning)
1x Iron City Hardcore Championship Wrestling Pureblood Champion
4x Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling Tag Team Champion (w/ Harvey Danger)
2x Professional Wrestling Pittsburgh Heavyweight Champion

BIOGRAPHY
Drake Young (born Thomas Bayless on February 15th, 1987) is an American Professional Wrestler from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Trained by his father "Dirty" Dan Young, Drake made his professional debut in March of 2007 shortly after his twentieth birthday. He has competed mainly in the professional wrestling circuit in Pennsylvania, becoming the longest reigning Pittsburgh Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Champion at over five hundred days. He has also competed for Steel City Wrestling, Iron City Hardcore Championship Wrestling, Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, and Professional Wrestling Pittsburgh, where he won numerous Championships. He is known for his unique blend of charisma and technical wrestling ability, which makes him a fan favorite in terms of entertainment. Competing mainly as a heel, Young is known to taunt his opponents numerous times throughout a match, especially when applying rest holds.

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Lit. Welcome.

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Bobby Fish!! :win:

Welcome to EAW!

Subject: Re: Drake Young December 26th 2016, 11:17 pm

Welcome to EAW!

Subject: Re: Drake Young December 26th 2016, 11:19 pm

welcome to the land of the elites

Subject: Re: Drake Young December 26th 2016, 11:56 pm

Lovely sign-up! Welcome to EAW.

Subject: Re: Drake Young December 27th 2016, 12:56 am

Welcome aboard eh.

Subject: Re: Drake Young December 27th 2016, 1:24 am

Bobby Fish!!! :bowdown:

Welcome to EAW, Drake!

Subject: Re: Drake Young December 27th 2016, 1:27 am

Welcome to EAW, young Drake.
Hope you'll enjoy your stay hre in the land of elite.

Subject: Re: Drake Young December 27th 2016, 3:44 am

Welcome to EAW! Bobby Fish is a sweet pic base choice. Nice sign up.

Subject: Re: Drake Young December 27th 2016, 10:32 am

Bobby Fish pic base: cool.
Faith No More entrance music: freakin awesome

Conclusion: Welcome!

Voltage Posts : 12

Thank you all for your kind words Smile

Subject: Re: Drake Young December 27th 2016, 1:09 pm

Welcome to EAW

Subject: Re: Drake Young December 30th 2016, 6:36 am

Love the city choice! (Here We Go...!)

Welcome to EAW! We're glad to have you on board, and I am officially putting you on SHOWDOWN.

If you have any questions, go right ahead and stop by the chat and some community member will gladly bring you up to speed on EAW. If you wish not to participate in the chatroom, perfectly fine! Just know you need 10 posts to Private Message anybody on the forums, so just go around answering a few threads, getting yourself involved in that manner.

Your writers are going to be Brian Daniels and Matt Ryder, but if you ever have any issues I do advise you PM Co-Chairman Mr. DEDEDE.

Showdown is every Saturday, meaning you can promo up until Friday at 11:59PM Eastern Time each week. The new cards are usually posted the day after, in this case, Sunday - but do not be alarmed if the new one is posted the same night of (Saturday).

I think that about covers it, but if anything else - let us know. Best of luck, and from all of us here at EAW - WELCOME.

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Welcome, have fun.

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