Apex
The Top Predator
Ring Name: Apex
Real Name: Chance Valiant
Species: Anthro Skunk
Age: 20
Hair Color: Black with White-Tipped Bangs
Eye Color: Dark Purple
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 160 lbs.
Alignment: Heel
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Current Entrance Music:
Blue Stahli - Enemy
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Style: Balanced Offense
He favors power-based moves when the momentum is securely on his side, such as suplexes, backbreakers, and strong-arm'd submissions. He'll pepper in high-flying maneuvers when the opponent seems worn down, stunned, or the opportunity presents itself. Though he may use them more than once, he'll almost inevitably precede his finishers with a lasting bearhug as a sign of physical dominance, no matter any size difference.
Preferred Matches:
Most anything. The more "legitimate," the better. Less likely to go for hentai or "soft" matches, at least in any official capacity.
Stats:
Endurance: 3/5 - Solidly athletic. Won't tire out quickly.
Strength: 4/5 - His greatest strength.
Speed: 3/5 - Solidly athletic, but doesn't stand out among speedsters.
Defense: 4/5 - Can take a real beating. Durable.
Technique: 3/5 - Good knowledge of moves, but tends to focus on doing his selected repertoire well over having a great variety.
Strikes: 3/5 - He tends to use strikes to build momentum, favoring force over flash.
Submissions: 2/5 - It's not often that he employs submissions, with the exception of a bearhug.
Powerhouse: 5/5 - The premium of his moves, and they hit hard.
Counters: 2/5 - Apex is mostly focused on unrelenting, overwhelming offense.
High Flying: 4/5 - Despite this, he has excellent control in his aerial game and makes use of it whenever he can to land truly punishing blows.
Finishing Moves:
Dangerous Game:
A top rope 450 splash!
Natural Selection:
A tombstone piledriver!
Extinction Event:
A sort of finisher. If Apex catches an opponent in a bearhug and decides it's time for the match to end, he'll continue squeezing until they go slack on him. He then lets them drop to the mat, or 'taps' them to topple them. Either way, once they're lying on their back, he'll lie on them and press in for a pin finish that's both physically and visually dominant.
Appearance:
This particular anthro is of the skunk variety, coming in at 5'10" and sporting the short, glossy black fur with distinct patches or stripes of white his kind is most known for. A narrow stripe of white fur begins just above his black button nosepad, travels up his brow, and vanishes beneath his hair. It appears again at the back of his neck and splits into two separate stripes down his back and along his large, fluffy tail.
Starting at the top, a pair of wide, expressive amethyst eyes stare out from a smoothly-defined, somewhat youthful face, his age ranging somewhere between late teens and early twenties. His hair matches his fur in its obsidian color, kept trimmed and gently, if stylishly, mussed. The bangs are an exception, allowed to outgrow the rest of his hair and fall about his right eye rakishly - the tips of which being white.
His frame reflects his lifestyle, being honed through rigorous and continued physical conditioning. A patch of white begins over his flat and defined chest, spreading down to cover his sleekly-toned six-packed abdominals. His limbs are smoothly streamlined in muscle tone, his overall frame lacking in any excess weight or bulk. Instead, he appears to be on the athletically slender side.
Attire:
Apex wrestles with a minimalist approach, wearing a pair of dark purple boots and a matching pair of wrestling trunks marked with a golden apex symbol. The only other article he wears is a pair of matching elbowpads, leaving the rest of his sleek physique exposed.
Gallery:
In Ring, In Attire!
Looking Forward to the Bell
Dangerous in Any Setting
Shhh. Secretly Nice.
Personality:
Apex is a confident, cocky wrestler out to dominate opponents. He's happy to take any challenger, no matter the stipulation, to prove he's the best there is; the top of the proverbial food chain. Moreover, he wants the audience to know he's the best. He's not satisfied until his foe is completely beaten, and he's the clear winner. Perhaps ironic, this tends to keep him from going for cheap wins, but not cheap shots. If he gets a win too early, he may in fact choose to stick around and continue beating on his foe until it's clear he's the better. Or alternatively, signal the match to start again just to keep things going.
Chance, on the other hand, is an upbeat, jocular young skunk who most would describe as friendly and approachable. He's an optimistic, 'glass half full' type and fun-loving; an extroverted, energetic person who errs on positivity. Despite his adventurous, thrillseeking, and even playful personality, Chance can also be surprisingly soulful and subdued at times. Though these times are more of a rarity.[/center]
When the skunk became a professional wrestler, he embraced his theatric side and created the cocky, dominant persona for the ring. He enjoys the split from his true self, though there are some notable bleedovers from his true personality into the character. After the dedication and training Chance has poured into professional wrestling, he is quite confident, and even a little cocky. He'll play it up at times even out of the ring for the sake of stirring competition, which he loves. The dominant and forceful aspects of Apex come from more guilty side of Chance, though - he may secretly love physically dominating an opponent in the ring. It runs contrary to his kind nature, but the persona gives him license to indulge. Chance created Apex out of what he sees as his personal flaws, kicked up a notch. That, however, doesn't mean he doesn't enjoy it.
Chance is passionate about life in general, and professional wrestling is one of its highlights for him. Though the persona isn't reflective of his true self, he absolutely brings everything he's got to the ring with the intention to beat his opponent. Showmanship is important to him, as he acknowledges it's an entertainment business, but he wrestles and trains to be the best. Sometimes the persona creates problems along the way, but to him, that's just a part of the business. Naturally competitive, he carries a strong drive to win.
History:
Chance's background isn't particularly complicated. When he was young and growing up in Los Angeles, he wanted to be a movie star. It was a common dream, and his parents supported him, but he was a lone face in a sea of other aspirants just like him. As he got a little older, he stopped caring specifically if it was for movies or television - he just wanted to be famous. However, directionless, he wasn't succeeding much at that either. That is, until he began getting into fights. As teens are wont to do, these fights were recorded and distributed. His ability to rile an crowd, paired with his dogged tenacity in a fight, earned him some notoriety. It also earned him the burning ire of his parents.
Taking an active role in their son's development, they switched him to a much stricter, private school. And at about that time, Chance became a fan of professional wrestling. Seeing a wrestler work a crowd, and the physical nature of the sport, the competition, all of it appealed to him. These people were famous for dominating opponents in a ring to the roar of countless spectators. It was like modern gladiators. He wanted that. And thankfully, his parents approved of that being his method to stardom. They underestimated the zeal he'd display in his training, however.
With the exception of schoolwork, professional wrestling training and physical conditioning became Chance's life. He had no intentions to pursue higher learning. To his benefit, when he turned 18, he took the indie circuit by storm. Through the course of his first year, he learned just how much the sport appealed to him. He created the Apex persona in an effort to really make a name for himself - literally - and has been pushing for global stardom ever since.
Relationships:
Friends: None.
Enemies: None.
Romance: None.
Rivals: None.
Fun Facts:
-Chance absolutely HATES the "all skunks stink" stereotype. It's a hotbutton with him.
-As it happens, Chance doesn't stink!
-Chance has excellent hearing and smelling.
-With respects to his species, the irony of his gimmick as "The Top Predator" isn't lost on him. That said, he's very proud of his ability and skill.
-Apex belongs to an anthro-oriented federation called the Jungle Wrestling Alliance.
Match History:
1/1/0
Wins
vs. Krystal Cloudfang (Submission, Extinction Event finisher) - View Here (Gladiator Match)
Social Scenes & Unofficial Matches
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Nada!