WRESTLER'S STATS
In-Ring Name:
Steve Sanders
Nickname(s):
The Franchise
The Chosen One
The Messiah Of Ohio
Steven (Pet Peeve)
Height:
6'3
Weight:
230 LBS
Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio
Fighting Style:
Highflyer, Submission, brawl, technical, hardcore, MMA (strikes, kicks)
Personality:
Weaknesses:
Ego: He believes in himself a bit too much, this could be a strength too but Sanders does not know when he bites off more than he can chew. This is the one thing that caused the rift between him and others most of the time.
Pride: Anything Steve feels challenges his stance as a man, he will get involved, until the bitter end.
No Trust: The events he has experienced through his long career makes it hard for him to trust new people.
Steven: His pet peeve, he hates being called Steven and will bring about unknown reactions out of him depending on who is saying it and his emotions.
Strengths:
Won’t Quit: Steve Sanders has been involved in far too many dangerous matches and stipulations, his mentor Justyn Sayne has placed him in constant situations to prepare him for the road to greatness and it’s pitfalls. His time in Imperia was the greatest testament to this won’t quit attitude which also has placed him in a different place than most of the people he has faced over the years. This is what gave him longevity in the business.
High Pain Tolerance: Flaming tables, Hell in a Cells, Street Fights, Flaming Dumpsters, three on one. SteveSanders has been dealt a lot of pain mentally, emotionally and physically.
No fear: Despite the persistence of others to paint an image, Sanders will not hesitate to get right in the face of anyone, no matter how big the group, no matter the person. He has a fear of no one and the challenge excites him a lot.
Intelligent Wit: Sanders has always found a way to get under people’s skins, with wordplay, personal triggers or even his mouth have often riled up a lot of people over the years. His study of the Art Of War and coupled with his keen ability to observe weakness and how to capitalize on it.
Charisma: Sanders loves to live off the thrill of people around him and the crowd, it's the drive whether they are with him or against him.
Ring Versatility: His natural high school wrestling training, coupled with his training from Justyn Sayne along with his ten years of experience within the ring, he knows how to use every advantage and pace himself out to get the most. He is a viper striking and striking until there s nothing left.
Experience: Is unlimited. Even the people he has come into the business with, Sanders for the better part learned how to stay relevant within the changing of times. He has ONLY got better over the last five years compared to a lot of what people are used to.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Pic Base:
The Miz (Old Verison, not the new gimmick)
WRESTLER'S IN-RING INFO
Alignment:
Heel
Gimmick:
Steve Sanders was always the cocky funny guy that always found a way to insult anyone and everyone who crosses his path. He is very business oriented, straight to the point and will do whatever it takes to reach the top. Crossing The Franchise would be the biggest mistake he has ever made. And the people who have crossed him over the years have created a monster that can only be fed with blood. That can only be fed with the destruction of people’s so-called heroes, so-called champions, and so-called fans favorites. The Franchise has no fear.
Over the years he has learned to rely on his cunning, wit and most importantly his experience. The Franchisefeels like he one of the last people who truly value carry the old essence of the business. Steve Sanders feels alone in a world full of sharks, he is trying to reclaim his former glory, his inner fears are people not remembering the impact he has left in the business. He feels the fans, the world of wrestling and even the people he came up in the business have turned their back on him. The Franchise has carried the ball for a lot of companies and then he feels like they stiffed him on royalties, contracts, and the whole nine yards
"The Franchise" Steve Sanders wants the wrestling world to know pain, he wants the wrestling world to know fear. He wants the wrestling world to know that either he can save you or he can destroy you...
Specialty Match:
TLC
Favorite Weapon(s):
Chairs and Kendo Stick, Ladders
Entrance Theme:
"Savior" Skillet
Fighting Style Description:
Steve Sanders uses a lot of hard based kicks and strikes and focuses on limb damage and high impact moves that can also hurt himself. His hardcore street style enables him to create new ways to hurt his opponent, with a twist of technical expertise to wear them down. If he feels he is losing the edge he will do whatever it takes to regain the upper hand. His mat work and high flying work make him very well rounded.
Special Entrance Description(Optional):
The lights dim down as"The Franchise Has Arrived... flashes, then "Messiah" flashes, then "God" flashes, "The Franchise" Steve Sanders flashes on the screen as the guitar solo from "Savior” by Skillet begins, standing there light blinking red and white lights as the song cuts in, raising his arms up in a godly pose, the jacket does a shutdown effect cutting all the lights off and the music stops...fans start booing, then a voice does a countdown effect, 10..9..8...7...6...5...4...3..1...the words "Your Savior Has Arrived" as the pyro blows up across the stage as the music cuts back in, The Franchise flips around on his axle standing there with a smug look on his face. Donning white and red wrestling boots, with a design of a weird machina lines intersecting around to the shin. The trunks had a design of the same machina lines creating an even pattern around the whole piece. The back of his trunks has The Franchise in red graffiti with white outline. His elbow pads the same. The jacket is black with what appears to be lights on the jacket. The jacket is still flashing red lights as he looks to the left of the arena.
{:}I'm everything you've wanted
I am the one who's haunting you
I am the eyes inside of you
Stare back at you
There's nothing left to lose
There's nothing left to prove
Surrender your love
It's all you can do, yeah{:}
He begins start down the ramp with a very confident stroll down the ramp, staring out at the crowd, he always receives a mixed reaction, sometimes being The Chosen One just isn't an easy job. The Franchise looks at a camera sitting ringside and can be heard mouthing the words, "Welcome To The Sanders Zone, it's my time now!" The Franchise hops up on the apron and looks at a random fan and gives them a snarl. "The Franchise" Steve Sanders turns around and stands on the apron, as he enters the ring walking to the middle of the ring...The Franchise throws his arms up again as the fury of red pyro creates a raining effect behind him in the ring. His red jacket starts lighting up the words in a marquee of words like Franchise, Savior, Messiah before going solid red flashing before the lights before it looks like it does a complete shutdown.
{:} What you got
What you want
What you need
Gonna be your savior
Everything's gonna crash and break
But I know, yeah, I know
What you got
What you want
What you need
Gonna be your savior
Everything's gonna crash and break
Your savior {:}
The Franchise lowers his arms and gets in the ring, taking off his expensive jacket he hands to some random official on the outside before standing in the middle of the ring, He goes to one of the corner turnbuckles and hops up on it to throw his arms out and soak up the praise of his followers.
{:} It's time to redefine
Your deophobic mind
Don't hesitate, no escape
From secrets on the inside
There's nothing left to lose
There's nothing left to prove
Surrender your love
It's all you can do, yeah {:}
He smiles with a laughter at the boos of the fans as he hops down off the turnbuckle.
{:} What you got
What you want
What you need
Gonna be your savior
Everything's gonna crash and break
But I know, yeah, I know
What you got
What you want
What you need
Gonna be your savior
Everything's gonna crash and break
Your savior
I am the eyes inside
Staring back at you...
I am the eyes inside
Staring back at you...
You need, you need me, yeah {:}
He hops off the turnbuckle and walks to the middle of the ring He throws his hands up in a god pose as eight red pyros shoot up behind him into a shower effect of pyro.
{:}
What you got
What you need
Everything's gonna crash and break
What you got
What you need
Everything's gonna crash and break
What you got
What you want
What you need
Gonna be your savior
Everything's gonna crash and break
But I know, yeah, I know
What you got
What you want
What you need
Gonna be your savior
Everything's gonna crash and break
Your savior
I'm watching you
Cause you need me
Yeah, yeah, cause you need me {:}
The Franchise Stands there in the ring, looking at his opponent.
WRESTLER'S MOVE-SET
Most Used Moves:
Primary Finishing Move:
The Chosen One (superkick) /*/ Over years of trying to find ways to make this move more effective, Sanders modified the move to focus the impact into the throat, knocking the wind out of him possibility knocking the person out to provide an easy win. Dangerous move due to the fact he can perform it at any time and no need for a setup.
Shattered Franchise (Diamond Cutter) /*/ A secret move normally Sanders never used but is bringing out. The move can be performed from every possible way. Great counter moves, off the top rope, of a reversal, and Sanders ace in the hole.
Secondary Finishing Moves:
Cruxshadow (spinning high angle pedigree)
The Sanders Effect (swanton bomb)
Trademark moves:
The Sanders Lock (The modified version of the ankle lock pulling upward putting more pressure on the ankle and back while stepping down on the knee of the leg to pin it down) *Banned*
The Sands Of Time (modified version of the famous Sharpshooter from the Hart Family, he sits back further on the back, while applying an ankle lock to one of the legs while pulling both legs up)
Falling Into Infamy (Full Nelson facebuster)
Other Moves:
spinebuster
the end of the night (inverted death valley driver)
flying clothesline
german suplex
belly to belly suplex
burning hammer
cradle ddt
Taste Of Heaven (gory lock into a facebuster)
multiple german suplex
no hands twisting somersault plancha
step up enziguri
ddt
jumping enziguri
butterfly suplex
apron tornado ddt
sleeper suplex
roundhouse kick
backflip kick
suicide tornado ddt
space flying tigersault
corner waterwheel slam
blackout ddt
swinging ddt
Signature Taunts:
The Chosen One raises his arms outward like he is a god.
Quotes:
“The Franchise Just Tagged Your Ass!”
“Welcome To The Sanders Zone..”
Edward Allen Beatty III, born to Vicky Bowen and Edward Beatty JR on March 13, 1984, in Cincinnati, Ohio was destined to be in front of a crowd slamming someone down on the mat. His dad started him out by watching 1980 greats such as Hulk Hogan and Sting, which prompted the young man to wrestle much like his idols which they were called at one time. He wrestled his entire life, starting in elementary school in little fights on the playground all the way up to Junior High when he joined the wrestling Team of Porter Middle School and dominated the middleweight division for an entire two years, he won so many matches and titles during those two years that High School coaches were trying to recruit him, but, Edward ignored that until it was time to enter high school. The entire summer he listens to scouts and finally, two months before school started, he picked his High School, which was West High.
But, as we know it, Edward was a good kid until he reached the ninth grade, when he met Kevin Putteet, within the same neighborhood they were living in. Kevin was dating Edward's sister and one day, Kevin was about to fight about ten people, all by himself, and little to Kevin's surprise, Edward jumped in and they both whipped some ass. That little event went into a friendship,
long after Kevin and Edward’s sister broke up. They both went to West High, both wrestled on the heavyweight level, and was both the best in the nation. They often had to face each other to win tournaments and it was often, back and forth, always tying with each other, till this day, they only beat each other once. They were so close, that, a match between these two was like watching a real World Title Match on TV, which is what Edward wanted everyone to look at it as. But, don't let good grades and stuff fool, you.
Edward was apart of the streets as well, everyone knows Lower Price Hill had that belief system. The two top wrestlers at West
High was in charge of it all. Kevin broke Edward in one night and they did everything, partied, sold drugs and shit, but, it was one day, that, Kevin and Edward had a serious discussion, that they both wanted to become professional wrestlers after High School.
Kevin and Edward agreed that whoever hit it big, got everyone who wanted to wrestle on board, somehow and someway. One other person coming into this circle was Cecil Ingle, some big man who was actually a bodyguard for the two's gang of people and looked like he can wrestle, even though he never tried, but, he wanted in the deal also.
So, after four years of High School, Kevin didn't attend school one day, and Edward found out that Kevin was popped with drugs and
killed someone, but, Edward's money for getting into wrestling was transferred over to his bank account before Kevin got popped, so
Edward moved on with his plans. Cecil took control of the streets, as Edward traveled to his first indy wrestling show in Cameron, New
Jersey under the moniker of Steve Sanders, which he was crafting during his high school wrestling career. Steve met a man named
Jim Rumple, who went by the ring name was Justyn Sayne, and they talked for hours and came to the conclusion that they both had what each other needed to get where they wanted.
So, off to Red Deer, Canada they went, and a lot of hard struggles came and went over the next couple years, Edward made the big time by 1999, and Kevin was getting out in a couple months. Edward made it to SCW, where Kevin got brought in by Edward,
and sooner than later, they split paths and Cecil came in, with Kevin as they braved the path of wrestling alone. Edward was caught up in his fame, not worried about nobody but himself, it went to his head. I guess that happens to somebody with such natural raw talent in the ring. Edward made it even bigger by the time he reached The Colosseum in 2001, whereas his wife Karen
Sanders was pregnant with his son, but, Edward just ignored her, they been high school sweethearts and been dating for quite sometime.
Edward left wrestling, as his wife staged her death, and that left poor Edward with no drive to wrestle. It came back to him a
year later, when in 2002, his friend Jim Rumple brought Edward to Brandon Harwell of Imperia, and Edward has been snapped back to reality of life and been including his friends more often. Edward returned to wrestling, and finally, Kevin and Cecil been reunited with Edward, who took this time, to be with Imperia for two solid years, which was in a professional UFC setting, the fights were real, and the injuries more real. Steve and company left in late 2003 when Imperia closed, and Steve has been working indy shows since, but picked up a contract offer from LAW once again, and went on to claim the LAW Elite Championship, and was royally screwed and fired, but kept the LAW Elite Championship.
The Chosen One weaved in and out retirement, making brief stops in GWA and NEW until finally, he came back to PWF, but due to some unforeseen personal events, he had to exit the company. Now he is back, to save the game. Again. After teaming up with his fellow comrades, the Anti-Establishment, Steve Sanders was seriously injured by Halfbreed. The Chosen One rehabbed his injuries and vowed to come back to be the "end" as we know it. He returned to Shockvalue in October of 2012, to stalk his prey. Before revealing himself on October 16th, 2012 and took out Halfbreed, followed by clearing out most of the establishment before his contract expired and he chooses not to renew his contract with Pulse.
Steve Sanders married his girlfriend Wakki Jackie, who has been apart of his life throughout most of his career, this is one of the main reasons Trent Helms has a strong dislike of him. Wakki was Trent's huge crush and she didn't return his feelings and off on off during their relationship she was having an affair with Steve Sanders.
During that time, his friendship with Kevin ended. Meanwhile, The Chosen One just kept training to remain in shape, until the time was right. He re-debuted when The Colosseum reopened its doors to have it's 2014 Lord of The Colosseum, it's been ten years since a Colosseum event has been held. Sanders drew the legendary Alpha Hapf going under his legal name Keith Brand, supposedly a washed up old fart. Sanders and he met, and it would appear Sanders was gaining the upper hand until the man known as Buzzkiller appeared, and interfered in the match costing Sanders the match and Branding Hapf.
Meanwhile, Justice granted Sanders a chance at redemption against Buzzkiller. Night two of LOTC 2014 was the night, and Sanders took it to BK, just to only be beaten and almost ending up like Jesus. Meanwhile, it would appear the public prodding of Justin Sellers over the years finally got the big man's attention. LOTC 2014, night three it was Sellers Vs Sanders I: Loser Leaves The Colosseum. For good. Sanders took him to task and defeated the big man, his old mentor in the middle of the ring. Also, in the meantime stealing his Colosseum World Heavyweight Championship. In the meantime, Julia Hill was looking at Sanders long and hard, as her future. 2014 Hall Of Fame rolls around, and it is revealed...Julia Hill uses her power and dubs Steve Sanders as her "Chosen One" and The Colosseum World Heavyweight Champion.
Bodie Styles takes offense and a brawl breaks out at the HOF, with the headline reading: Styles Vs Sanders: Summer Spectacular 2014 Night Three for The Colosseum World Heavyweight Championship. In the meantime, Hill and Sanders revealed that they will be joining forces with a stable called "The Regime". It's members grew fast, Jason Dyers, Menace, Cecil, Wakki, Alpha Hapf, Defiance, Syn, Buzzkiller. During this time, Buzzkiller was accidentally murdered. And Sanders grabbed The Colosseum by the throat, going on to have classic matches against Chris Velmont and Dan Forge during TheLethal Lottery Tag Tourney. Sanders was tagged up with Jason Dyers, which saw Sanders go up against Bodie Styles night two...which Sanders ending up winning. During this time, Jackie and Sanders begin getting stalked. Eventually, Wakki Jackie was kidnapped. The Chosen One was pitted against Bodie Styles in a fight for the WH title and the rights to "The Chosen One" name, which on that fateful night, 85 days in as Champion, Sanders was defeated. The same night Sanders found out that Wakki Jackie who was found and transported to ICU has passed away. Details surrounding the circumstances are still being investigated, and since the wrap of Summer Spectacular Steve Sanders has been unreachable...his number disconnected...he hasn't been seen in public since and asked for a release from his contract in the summer of 2014. Steve faded from the spotlight that was granted to him for the coming years. He maintained a positive image despite being out of the spotlight. The landscape of the business has been changing while he was away.
Shorty after November first, 2017 he felt the urge to complete again. Still feeling like he has more to offer the business and still wants to improve upon his legacy. He found the best business in the world. The EAW. He knows that this is where the big boys play and he wants to come out to play.
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Subject: "The Franchise" Steve Sanders 
