Araceli "La Cueza" Midori
A scion of one of Mexico's greatest wrestling families, coming to claim their legacy!
A scion of one of Mexico's greatest wrestling families, coming to claim their legacy!
Vital Stats
Name: Araceli Midori (real surname withheld)
Nickname: La Cueza
Sex: Female
Age: 20
Eyes: Orange (wears blue contacts)
Hair: Black with a green streak (wears a green wig in-ring)
Height: 5'4
Weight: 122 lbs
Hometown: Juarez, Mexico
Alignment: Face (Neutral Good)
Entrance music: Zinnia's Theme Rock Remix - Game and Sound (Kayfabe: custom entrance music)
Favorite Match Types: Standard, TLC, LWS, hardcore, hentai
Twitter: @LaCueza
Appearance
"Get a good look now, because it'll be the only chance you get."
In-Ring - “There's only one thing missing. And I plan on making it mine!”
Promo - “We're on fire now!”
Swimsuit/Hentai - “I might be La Cueza, but I might be even hotter like this.”
Streetwear - “Yo! Let's hang.”
Casual - “Let's get outta here. I love the ring, but why sometimes I need something bigger than a canvas square to move around in.”
Formal - “Asking me out like this was pretty bold. I like it.”
Workout - “Time to get to work. Abuelo never rested, so why should I?”
Hentai/Sexy (semi-NSFW) - “Girl in a suit get you goin'?”
Nude (NSFW) - “Not too hot for ya?”
Just Waking Up (NSFW) - “H-Huh? How'd you get in here? Oh, if it's a fight you want – j-just let me get out of bed!”
"Everyone's watching. Everyone who's worn our mask. Everyone who's watched it smile. I can't lose. I won't lose!"
Style: Rushdown Luchadora (Lucha Libre) - Araceli's wrestling style is exactly what you'd expect from a woman like her: Nonstop, energetic, and full of pride for her sport and lineage. Many luchadoras focus on aerial assaults; while Araceli is certainly capable of taking to the skies, she prefers to use her agility to keep the distance close. With unwavering intensity, she narrows the gap to deliver a dizzying array of strikes, flips, grabs, and throws. On the rare occasion that she takes a step back, it's only to share a moment with the crowd while she sets up an even bigger hit!
At times, Araceli will leap from corners, ladders, or other similarly high spots. After all, nothing is too tall a task for La Cueza. However, shorter jumps such as from the lower ropes, apron, or cage walls are also part of her arsenal, as they allow her to keep the pressure going.
Even once she's floored you, Araceli won't let up. Hopefully you'll have the good sense to stay down for the three-count, but if you don't, get ready to be ragdolled until you do. It's not exactly the same as an MMA ground-and-pound, but she'll string together a variety of high-impact moves to make you think twice about getting up.
Araceli approaches hentai matches with the same zeal that she approaches any other match. She isn't great at mixing pain with pleasure, or at finding the balance in between. As a result, she falls into the camp of wrestling her opponent down until they can't resist, then doing whatever she wishes with them.
Strengths: Araceli's greatest strength is her physical agility. She isn't exactly a speedster, but she has honed her body and fighting style to complement one another. Her nimble control of space in the ring makes it hard for opponents to catch a breath, and her stamina lets her do that all match long. If you do catch her out, Araceli's never-say-die attitude always gives her a chance.
While she hasn't been in the ring for as long as some, she has the blood of Halcon Tormenta and a deep desire to live up to her family's legacy. Countless hours spent sweating over canvas, combined with her incredible spatial awareness, have given her an intuitive feel for the ring. To her, the bodies of allies and opponents are extensions of the terrain. Surfaces like ropes and the ring floor are an extension of Araceli herself.
Weaknesses: As creative as Araceli is, she's a bit of a traditionalist in that she cut her teeth in lucha libre promotions, as well as similar styles across the United States and Mexico. As a result, she isn't well-suited to face the wider variety of styles that LAW presents. In particular, opponents who can hang in close with her will be able to turn the tables easily. Martial arts infighters, clinchers, and similar fighters will be able to weather the storm and hit back twice as hard.
Araceli is also not very good at submissions. When a match demands that she win by submission, her philosophy is the same as it always is: hit them until they can't stop her. If it works for a pinfall, it should work for a submission, right? Her repertoire doesn't go much beyond that, and her creativity might not help much in the slower, tighter spaces of a submission.
Araceli's mercurial temperament can also get the better of her. When she gets mad at an opponent, she can make mistakes, and the characteristic precision that she prides herself in can break down. Sore spots for her include her family, her place in the family legacy or wrestling history, her diminutive size, and her wrestling skill. You can probably find more if you want.
Basic Moveset:
- Dropkicks
- Moonsaults
- Destroyers
- DDTs
- Sentons
- 619s
- Superkicks
- Elbow drops
- Atomic drops
- Frankensteiners
- Dragon sleepers
- Flatliners
Spot Moves
En Fuego
A Whirling Candy. Araceli leaps into her opponent and spins in the air while taking them down. A quick way for Araceli to close the distance while making an unexpected attack.
All That and a Bag of Takis
A rapid-fire slap rush to the face, followed by a standing dropkick. Often used as a transition spot, or to piss them off with the slaps.
Dancing Flame
A King of the Ropes dropkick. Araceli hops up on the middle rope and makes an elegant, spinning glide across them. Then, she leaps towards the opponent for a mighty dropkick! Used to show off to the crowd.
Espira de Fuego
A Ranhei. Araceli locks an opponent's arm by the shoulder before sweeping their leg right out from under them! A great way to press an advantage without resorting to outright grappling.
Flash Fire
A School Boy into a Rope-Hung DDT. Araceli rolls forward, sweeping and rolling her opponent towards the ropes. She props their legs up on the ropes before delivering a rope-hung DDT! Something Araceli can pull out when her opponent least expects it.
Contracorriente
A Step-Up Springboard Moonsault. While being chased or while her opponent is in a disadvantaged state, Araceli runs over to the bottom rope to deliver a springboard moonsault.
Tormenta's Destroyer
A Rope Bounce Canadian Destroyer. Araceli leaps at her opponent, quickly climbing them to "pilot" them over to the ropes. She falls back, using the rebound of the ring ropes to start a Canadian Destroyer!
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]Fenix Oscuro
An inside-out flatliner, used to disorient her opponent with the big spin before slamming them down on the ground.
Finishers
Firestorm (pin)
A 630 Phoenix Senton, delivered in true daredevil fashion. While standing on the top rope, turnbuckle, or a ladder, Araceli faces the crowd. Then she leaps off, flipping in the air to deliver a massive senton!
Tormenta Ardiente (pin or KO)
The epitome of never giving your opponent a breath to react. Araceli leaps atop her opponent, then leans back to feint a Frankensteiner. Instead, however, she lurches forward and hops over their head, locking legs around their torso to transition into a sudden Sunset Flip Powerbomb!
Double Dive (Hentai - NSFW)
Araceli prefers to finish off her hentai matches locked in tight. She'll sit on one of her opponent's legs while lifting one up. With her opponent opened up and held still, she'll then start tribbing them to orgasm!
“I watched Halcon and my mother for years. Even when they didn't know it. Especially when my mom couldn't know it. I'm ready for this. I promise.”
Personality
Personality: In a lot of ways, Araceli is the same person outside the ring as she is in it – or, more accurately, the ring is the place where she can express herself most freely. More than anything, Araceli is a woman who can't find it in her to stay still. In a conversation, she'll bounce back and forth on the balls of her feet. She'll speak fast and change topics faster if you'll let her. As a person, she embraces change. What she's thinking and feeling in the moment is what she'll act on.
Her mind often falls back towards wrestling, much to the chagrin of some of her family. After all, it's more than her hobby or her job. It's her calling. Especially in a place like LAW, she's prone to stacking herself up against the people around her – or in front of her. If you seem like a fun opponent or worthy rival to her, she might not stop until you give her at least a spar.
At the end of the day, however, Araceli's core motivation is the profound connection to the birthright that flows through her veins. Her admiration for her family and its legacy has, over time, turned into a mission of passion. Araceli works hard to live up to it, to be worthy to follow those who came before her. She won't let anyone stop her – not friends, not family, not rivals. And definitely not herself.
Her mind often falls back towards wrestling, much to the chagrin of some of her family. After all, it's more than her hobby or her job. It's her calling. Especially in a place like LAW, she's prone to stacking herself up against the people around her – or in front of her. If you seem like a fun opponent or worthy rival to her, she might not stop until you give her at least a spar.
At the end of the day, however, Araceli's core motivation is the profound connection to the birthright that flows through her veins. Her admiration for her family and its legacy has, over time, turned into a mission of passion. Araceli works hard to live up to it, to be worthy to follow those who came before her. She won't let anyone stop her – not friends, not family, not rivals. And definitely not herself.
Biography
Biography: Araceli Midori is one of two living descendants of Halcon Tormenta, a founding legend of lucha libre whose lineage has included some of the greatest wrestlers in Mexican history. Her mother was a brave and beloved luchadora in her own right, and both the world and the current Halcon – Araceli's grandfather – recognized her skill, tenacity, and righteousness as worthy of her family name. As such, Araceli's mother was next in line to inherit the name and mask of the Storm Hawk.
Until, that is, a tragic accident claimed the life of the ascendant luchadora. Shellshocked by their sudden loss, the family scrambled to figure out what to do with their lineal title. After all, Halcon was getting on in years, and his other child had disappeared in disgrace after having a child out of wedlock. Not to mention that he was an unskilled, weak-willed wrestler. More distant relatives were either too young, too old, or had no interest in wrestling. Halcon held on as long as he could, hoping against hope for a solution to appear out of nowhere. Eventually, however, he retired, and the Halcon Tormenta lineage seemingly ended with him.
Araceli was forced to grow up quickly after that. Her father hadn't held the same energy since the accident. Halcon spent much of his time in America, helping his daughter-in-law raise Araceli's cousin – a rambunctious young girl named Alizeh Midori. That left Araceli to care for her extended family and maintain their home in Mexico.
With the years came a yearning to support her family another way. Araceli had always deeply admired her ancestors' careers, watching generations' worth of Halcon Tormenta matches. Professional wrestling became something of an obsession for Araceli, who could often be found moonsaulting pillows and launching into tope suicidas over couches. That obsession became an aspiration, and one day, she begged to be trained in the family's art.
Both her father and her grandfather, however, refused. Since her mother's accident, Araceli's family had been rather protective, and this situation was no different. But the young Araceli was not to be deterred. She enrolled in wrestling classes throughout her youth, and when she came of age, she entered an independent league in secret as La Cueza – an homage to her ancestors' similarly bird-based ring names.
By the time her family found out, it was too late; Araceli had already made quite the name for herself. They had no choice but to allow La Cueza's career to take off. Araceli wrestled across Mexico and eventually landed in Halcon's old promotion, where she quickly became a beloved face of the franchise. Araceli defeated old family foes, her fellow legacy wrestlers, and new rivals alike as she built an impressive record deserving of her family name – or so she thought.
Only when Araceli won her first title did Halcon break the news: He'd already passed his mask on. It was halfway across the world, in the hands of none other than Alizeh Midori, Araceli's cousin, who had built quite the strong wrestling career in her own right. The decision was made a while ago, before Araceli had even started wrestling.
That her cousin had possession of the mask… it tore at Araceli. She'd been close with Alizeh growing up. She'd admired the Emerald Storm as a wrestler and a person. Even after they moved apart due to the events surrounding their respective parents, the two stayed in touch as best they could.
But… that didn't change the fact that Alizeh moved away. She'd only wrestled in Halcon's old promotion when the lights were at their brightest. She left to America, then to Japan, all the while adopting a style that watered down the principles of lucha libre. By all accounts, she didn't even want to take up the Halcon Tormenta name! Not to mention, Araceli's mother would have had the mask if not for what happened.
Araceli loved Alizeh like a sister, despite the miles and years between them, but she couldn't just stand by and let her family's legacy die thousands of miles away. She continued to wrestle, to learn, to grow – until an offer from LAW made its way into her inbox. Araceli Midori accepted without a second thought. After all, what better place to stake her claim to the Halcon Tormenta lineage than right next to the woman who took it for granted?
Until, that is, a tragic accident claimed the life of the ascendant luchadora. Shellshocked by their sudden loss, the family scrambled to figure out what to do with their lineal title. After all, Halcon was getting on in years, and his other child had disappeared in disgrace after having a child out of wedlock. Not to mention that he was an unskilled, weak-willed wrestler. More distant relatives were either too young, too old, or had no interest in wrestling. Halcon held on as long as he could, hoping against hope for a solution to appear out of nowhere. Eventually, however, he retired, and the Halcon Tormenta lineage seemingly ended with him.
Araceli was forced to grow up quickly after that. Her father hadn't held the same energy since the accident. Halcon spent much of his time in America, helping his daughter-in-law raise Araceli's cousin – a rambunctious young girl named Alizeh Midori. That left Araceli to care for her extended family and maintain their home in Mexico.
With the years came a yearning to support her family another way. Araceli had always deeply admired her ancestors' careers, watching generations' worth of Halcon Tormenta matches. Professional wrestling became something of an obsession for Araceli, who could often be found moonsaulting pillows and launching into tope suicidas over couches. That obsession became an aspiration, and one day, she begged to be trained in the family's art.
Both her father and her grandfather, however, refused. Since her mother's accident, Araceli's family had been rather protective, and this situation was no different. But the young Araceli was not to be deterred. She enrolled in wrestling classes throughout her youth, and when she came of age, she entered an independent league in secret as La Cueza – an homage to her ancestors' similarly bird-based ring names.
By the time her family found out, it was too late; Araceli had already made quite the name for herself. They had no choice but to allow La Cueza's career to take off. Araceli wrestled across Mexico and eventually landed in Halcon's old promotion, where she quickly became a beloved face of the franchise. Araceli defeated old family foes, her fellow legacy wrestlers, and new rivals alike as she built an impressive record deserving of her family name – or so she thought.
Only when Araceli won her first title did Halcon break the news: He'd already passed his mask on. It was halfway across the world, in the hands of none other than Alizeh Midori, Araceli's cousin, who had built quite the strong wrestling career in her own right. The decision was made a while ago, before Araceli had even started wrestling.
That her cousin had possession of the mask… it tore at Araceli. She'd been close with Alizeh growing up. She'd admired the Emerald Storm as a wrestler and a person. Even after they moved apart due to the events surrounding their respective parents, the two stayed in touch as best they could.
But… that didn't change the fact that Alizeh moved away. She'd only wrestled in Halcon's old promotion when the lights were at their brightest. She left to America, then to Japan, all the while adopting a style that watered down the principles of lucha libre. By all accounts, she didn't even want to take up the Halcon Tormenta name! Not to mention, Araceli's mother would have had the mask if not for what happened.
Araceli loved Alizeh like a sister, despite the miles and years between them, but she couldn't just stand by and let her family's legacy die thousands of miles away. She continued to wrestle, to learn, to grow – until an offer from LAW made its way into her inbox. Araceli Midori accepted without a second thought. After all, what better place to stake her claim to the Halcon Tormenta lineage than right next to the woman who took it for granted?
- Fuego Takis are Araceli's favorite snack food.
- Araceli's last name is not actually Midori. She wrestles under the Midori last name so as to not reveal her actual family name – the family name of the Halcon Tormenta lineage.
- When she barely knew how to talk, Araceli called Alizeh "Cuzzy ZayZay." It's since stuck.
- Her nickname of "La Cueza" comes from Cuezaltzin, the legendary firebird of Aztec myth who is also known as Xiuhtecuhtli.
Record: 0 - 0
Championships/Accomplishments:
Friends: Alizeh Midori
Allies:
Rivals: Alizeh Midori
Enemies:
Crushes:
With special thanks to @Bare for allowing me the use of this commissioned art, as well as for allowing me to expand the Midori Cinematic Universe. Thanks as well to @ThatPolishDude for allowing me to use Nemona's FC for non-attire references.