Name: “The Madman From The Badlands” Tex Violence
Height: 6′ 4″
Weight: 259 lbs.
Age: 33
Hometown: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Alignment: Heel
Appearance: The first thing you’ll notice about Tex Violence is the eyes- bright blue, ice-cold looking, and almost glassy- he’d look well and truly
insane if it weren’t for the sinisterly calculating, intelligent light behind them. The next thing that’ll be noticed, at least by some, is the
fact that he’s very handsome, in a rugged way- and this, combined with the eyes, somehow creates an image even more unnerving than the eyes alone.
His complexion is slightly darker than normal- he could be confused for a “mestizo”, or half-breed, but Tex just has a naturally darker complexion,
for whatever reasons. Tex wears his black, just-past-shoulder-length hair in a braid, tied at the top and bottom with rawhide leather cord (and yes,
he WILL pull it out to choke people with. :)), and he has a very short, very neatly trimmed little goatee that wraps up and around the sides of his
mouth, stopping halfway, which is almost, but not quite, a moustache. He’s tall (well, in day-to-day life, at least- 6’4″ ain’t shit in the world of
wrestling) & well-built, although a little top-heavy (not as bad as Brian Christopher, but not as proportionate as, say, Steve Austin)- of particular
notice are his very heavily muscled neck, shoulders and arms, which are well-defined but blocky, as if they were gotten through hard work and not a
carefully structured weight-lifting regimen, and his “6-Pack” abs, which are just naturally defined due to good genetics- Tex isn’t vain, and never
bothered to “work” his abs, they’re just naturally ripped. The left arm has a large number of scars running up and down it, silent testament to his
willingness to wrap his arm in barbed wire from shoulder to wrist and then hit people with it via flying clotheslines- his right arm also bears a few
scars from the same, but the number isn’t even noteworthy compared to his left. A slight scar, barely noticeable, also tugs at the left side of his
upper lift, giving Tex a perpetual, angry-looking sneer- which is just fine w/Tex, because he’d be sneering even if he DIDN’T have the scar, which is
the result of a steel-cage match he had against one-time partner Monga Khan (a match which Tex won). Perhaps miraculously, it’s the only scar on Tex’
face- he’s either avoided or cleanly healed all other damage to his face, and even the two broken noses he’s had in the past year haven’t left any
discernible mark. Depending on what he’s wearing in the ring, various tattoos can be seen on Tex’ upper body- he has a large black-and-red
scorpion tattooed on the small of his back (probably 18″ from tail to claws), and a life-sized Tarantella (tarantula) tattooed on the outside of
his right shoulder, as if it’s trying to crawl straight up his shoulder and onto the side of his neck.
Ring Attire:
In Ring: Tex wrestles in a pair of black wrestling “cowboy” boots w/silver trim, a black double-strap singlet, and either a pair of faded, worn Lee
blue jeans (worn over the singlet, obviously. :)) or a pair of baggy black pants, although at times he’s been know to just wear the pants and boots,
w/no singlet underneath (about 1/3 of the time). Both wrists are always taped up with black, rubberized electrical tape, and occasionally he tapes
his fingers, as well- it’s also not unknown for Tex to stash a razor blade or some other small tool of mischief under the outside layer of tape, where
it’s concealed but easily gotten to (roughly 75%-85% of the time- and if it’s against someone he bears particular malice, you can guarantee that
BOTH wrist-wraps contain razors). He’s also been known to hide a chain or a pair of brass knucks in his boots, but that’s slightly less common (about
50% of the time).
Ring Entrance Attire: On his way to the ring, Tex wears a Confederate Army Calvary Officer’s-style hat (as opposed to the slouch-cap type), in black
instead of grey, and with rattlesnake rattles hanging off the ends of the leather bolo-cord that serves as the hatband, three tail-feathers from a
bald eagle hanging out of the band in back (pointed down). His “ring jacket” is, in fact, a black leather long-coat, a chromed longhorn steer
skull (full size- it’s an actual chromed skull, complete w/horns) set on each shoulder. He ALWAYS has his 7′ long “bull rope” tied in a noose and
hanging loosely from his hand (or, occasionally, around his neck)- the thing is, the “bull rope” is actually made out of braided lengths of barbed
wire, the barbs intact and, in fact, hand-sharpened to a needle’s point. He may or may not fight in full regalia- it depends half on his opponent,
and half on his mood at the time.
Entrance: “Dusted” begins playing, and Tex strides purposefully to the ring, ignoring the fans. Nothing fancy. 🙂
Theme Music: “Dusted [demo version]” by Sepultura
Favorite Maneuvers: (No fewer than twenty, no more than fifty)
- Flying Clothesline From Top Rope (See Signature Moves for his favorite
variant) - Side Suplex
- Side Slam
- Swan-Dive Headbutt From Top Rope (a la Chris Benoit)
- Tombstone Piledriver (on mat or from top rope)
- Front Face Piledriver
- Standard Piledriver
- Brain-Buster
- Tiger Suplex/Superplex
- Tiger Driver
- Dragonscrew Leg Whip (which tends to surprise the hell out of opponents
familiar only with his rep) - Powerbomb
- Double-Underhook Powerbomb
- Double-Underhook Suplex
- Guillotine Legdrop
- Hotshot (preferably onto a steel guardrail or into a table)
- Facebuster (preferably onto concrete)
- Over-The-Knee Backbreaker
- DDT (a la Arn Anderson’s)
- Reverse Heel Kick To The Kidneys
- Cobra Clutch
- Thumbjab To The Throat
- Running Clothesline (See Signature Moves for his favorite variant)
- Chairshots, Chairshots, Chairshots!! (All Flavors)
- Tie Opponents Arms Up In The Ropes And Kick The Shit Out Of Them (Ok,
so it’s not a move, technically, but it’s still one of his favorite things
to do in a match. :)) - Wrenching Armbar (slightly modified version of Maxx Payne’s old
“Painkiller” armbar finisher. Tex has been known to really get into this
move, however, and dislocate the occasional shoulder- and it ain’t
accidental. :)) - Fireball To The Face (Yup, the good, old-fashioned Memphis kind. :))
- Slingshot Brainbuster
- Tiger Bomb
- Double-Underhook Front Face Piledriver
Primary Finisher:
“Texan Violence” – Submission Hold
Opponent’s face down on the mat, Tex goes down on one knee (the left one, which he plants next to their head, or, more frequently, ON their head or
neck), he grabs one of their legs (usually the left), rests their ankle on his shoulder and locks his hands on the other side, just above the knee
(i.e., on the thigh), and then wrenches as hard as he can, pushing with his right leg for leverage (and digging his knee into their head), trying to
dislocate or break their knee. He’s also known to lock up the knee first, and then go down on one knee, to add more of a “pop” force to it. Ok, ok,
it ain’t pretty, it ain’t terribly scientific, and the name’s a “Like it or hate it” kinda deal, but it works. 🙂
Signature Moves:
The Diamondback: Flying Top-Rope Lariat w/his barbed wire “bullrope” wrapped around his arm. This is an all-purpose manuevre- it functions as a
set-up move for the Texan Violence, a Backup Finisher, and a general-purpose move for anyone who’s either particularly weak (he’s like a
wolf, going for the weak, in that respect), particularly troublesome, or has pissed him off. He calls it the Diamondback simply because the scars
it’s left on his arm (almost always the left arm, but on a few occasions he’s used the right) resemble the pattern on a Diamondback Rattlesnake’s
back. He’ll use the braided barbed-wire “Bull-rope” to augment any of his clotheslines on occasion- this one is the only one with a special name,
simply because this one tends to be the most damaging.
Kneebreaker: Lifts them by one bent knee and then drops them down across his own knee (a la the classic Ric Flair setup for the Figure-Four). This
is very often used as a set-up for the Texan Violence.
Modifed DDT: No fancy name for this one. He sets his opponents up as for a suplex, hoists them up high enough to rest their ankles on the ropes (or
the turnbuckle), then WHAM!!! He DDTs’em to the mat from their suspended position. BACKUP FINISHER
What Wrestlers (REAL) does he work like? No more than five or six please: Bruiser Brody, One Man Gang (minus the weight-related stuff), Arn Anderson,
Chris Benoit, Pit Bull #2
Manager: None
Descripition of Manager(s): n/a
Background Info on Wrestler:
Very few men can be succinctly summed up in a single word- by nature, human beings are complex individuals, with various personal foibles,
contradictions, and nuances. Tex Violence is not your normal person, though, and can, indeed, be summed up in a single word. That word is-
INTENSE. Despite only(!) weighing 263 lbs., Tex is as strong as most 350 pounders, but this is at least partially due to the sheer, overwhelming
intensity of the man. In the ring, he focuses in on his desire to hurt his opponents with such single-mindedness that it’s actually been described as
scary- his ex-wife, who, at the time, managed him, was once sneak-attacked during one of his matches and brutally beaten at ringside by his opponent’s
tag-partner, and it was as if Tex either didn’t notice or didn’t care- he continued to pummel, gouge, and otherwise decimate the man he was facing,
completely ignoring the partner until such time as the partner actually tried to lay his hands on Tex himself. In truth, Violence doesn’t care
about anyone but himself- even his closest friends are likely to be left to fend for themselves if someone makes themselves a target for Tex’ bad
intentions. This doesn’t mean that he doesn’t watch his own back, though…
Growing up, the man who’d come to be known as Tex Violence was a hellion- his father was the sheriff of a small town a few miles outside of
Albuquerque, New Mexico, and more than once he used his influence to get his only son out of paying the price for various small-time offenses- 2
misdemeanour Marijuana possession charges, under-age drinking, vandalism, fighting- each time sitting his boy down and trying to instill a sense of
responsibility, of accountability in his strong-willed child. It didn’t do any good, though- Tex was resentful of any attempt to impose any sort of
authority on him, and he thought his father was a hypocrite for letting him get away with things he arrested others for. 3 days after Tex’s 18th
birthday, he was convicted in a mess his father couldn’t get him out of, and he was sentenced to 6 years in a maximum security prison for
involuntary manslaughter in a case involving a death in a bar-room brawl Tex had taken part in. Ironically, Tex was innocent- he’d never laid a
hand on the migrant farm worker who’d been stabbed and later died. The 18-year old boy went into prison an unruly, uncontrollable hellraiser.
7 years later (an extra year was added to his sentence due to his actions in prison), he came out pure, plum-loco rattlesnake-mean. He drifted
around for 2 years from state to state, making money in a variety of ways- bare-knuckles fighting some nights, working as a bouncer others, and even
spending 6 months bodyguarding the lead singer of an potentially up-and-coming small-time country band (the gig didn’t pan out because Tex
vehemently hates country music). He was finally sitting in a Texas bar one night, a place called “BillyBob’s Texas”, drinking cheap tequila and
wondering what the hell he was going to do next when the entertainment that evening caught his eye- professional wrestling. He watched the action, and
later that night he called in a favor owed him by one of the bartenders to get himself a meeting with the head of the small fed. 3 months later he
was through with his training, and his career as a professional wrestler had begun. He wrestled in various, small-time independents for several
years (4 years, to be precise), where he actually developed into a surprisingly competent technical wrestler, before finally deciding to make
a run on the big-time and see how he fared. And thus, he’s preparing to make his IEWF debut…
UPDATE
After spending five months in a Texas penitentiary, Tex is in the process of getting his wrestling license re-instated!
New Tattoos:
1) Life-sized 3′ Rattlesnake wrapped around his right forearm (the rattle is on the back of his hand, the head on the inside of his elbow)- 6 or 7 coils
wrapped ’round.
2) The words “Violent Motherfucker” tattooed in solid-fill, flat black Gothic script across his 6-pack abs, a la Phil Anselmo of Pantera’s
“Unscarred” (‘cept in two rows- Violent, and below that, Motherfucker)
3) The Eye Of Horus around his navel, in full color (yes, under “Violent Motherfucker”)
New Scars:
1) A 1/4″ wide (top to bottom) white scar across the bridge of his nose (from Tex/Bishop III)
2) An apparent knife-wound scar on his left side, lower abdomen (i.e., halfway down the left lat)
3) The scars over the knuckles of both hands are heavy, as always.