'Kiwi Krush' Andrea Cross

PIC BASE: Toni Storm

THEME SONG: Million and One by Royal Blood
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WRESTLER’S IN-RING INFO
CHARACTER DISPOSITION: Lawful Good
TENDENCY TO CHEAT: Rarely | Must be heavily provoked/infuriated.
MOTIVATION TO COMPETE:
PASSION; you live and breathe wrestling, winning or losing doesn't matter to you
GIMMICK: Andrea ‘Andy’ Cross is a young wrestler originally hailing from New Zealand, after recovering from a near career ending knee injury early on in her career, she’s rebuilt her entire fighting style and has finally punched her ticket to the bigtime.

FAVORITE MATCH TYPE: She’ll fight wherever
LEAST FAVORITE MATCH TYPE: Ladder matches and the like, she doesn’t fully trust her knee.
WEAPON OF CHOICE: The humble steel chair

COMMON MOVES (10 MIN):
1. High Impact striking.
2. Springboard forearm
3. Running Dropkick
4. Kicks/Knees to the knee/leg
5. Diving DDT
6. Plancha to the outside
7. Arm Lock/Bar
8. Running Knife Edge Chop
9. Clothesline
10. Leg Lock/Knee Bar (working the leg/knee)

SIGNATURE MOVES (3 MIN):
1. ‘Kiwi Strong’ | Deadlift German Suplex | (EXAMPLE)
2. ‘Calico’s Crest’ | Lung Blower | (EXAMPLE)
3. ‘Cross Kick’ | Step-up crescent kick | (EXAMPLE)
4. ‘J.J. Special’ | Flying Armbar (Submission) | (EXAMPLE)

FINISHING MOVES (3 MAX):
1. ‘Kiwi Krush’ | Strong Zero (Main Finisher) | (EXAMPLE)
2. ‘Kiwi Krunch’ | Inverted Cloverleaf (Submission) | (EXAMPLE)
3. ‘Kiwi Krash’| High-Angle Uranage (Counter Finisher) | (EXAMPLE)
UF. ‘Kiwi Konnection’ | Moonsault Double-Foot Stomp (EXAMPLE) (Never used out of fear of reaggravating knee injury)

BIOGRAPHY
Growing up in New Zealand, from a very young age Andrea only dreamt of one thing, and that was becoming a professional wrestler like her father. Unfortunately, such dreams weren’t easy to achieve living in a remote nation in an even more remote town. So eventually the family would move to America so that Andy’s father, J.J. Cross could attempt to launch his career alongside his own best friend. But before he’d even have a chance, fate struck a disastrous blow in the form of a sickness that he would not recover from

Heartbroken and distraught, Andrea’s mother would work doubly as hard to give her daughter a good upbringing. And Andrea herself even showed talent at Judo, even getting offers from notable colleges with the potential of working towards an Olympic level.

But Andrea on her graduation day, had different ideas, and chose to follow in her father’s footsteps instead. To become a wrestler, and to help walk the path that he never got to finish. Training under her uncle, she showed determination and grit needed, and shortly after her nineteenth birthday she’d made her debut.

Early on, despite a lack of experience, she attains success through high speed and never-say-die spirit with a heavy and dangerous dose of high risk and high flying moves to dazzle crowds and overwhelm opponents both smaller, and much bigger than she is. And combine that excitement with a pure unbridled fighting spirit, the future seemed extremely bright for young Andrea as she made a name on the independent scene.

Except disaster struck one night, on her way to grab a title belt hanging high above the ring she slipped and fell to the unforgiving canvas below and tore the ligaments in her right knee, a devastating injury that put a near immediate halt on her budding career.

An injury bad enough to end her career, Andrea was faced with the possibility of needing to give up on her dream. But despite ‘better’ options being available for her to make a career out of, she made the decision to keep fighting and rehabbing her injury in the hope of not just one day being back into the ring, but being better than ever.

Rebuilding her entire style towards a more grounded and technical style, heavy on strikes. Andrea did just that in proving everyone around her wrong and returning to the ring after a 2-year layoff, and after running through the indie competition in expert fashion, she finally got herself a call to the big ticket.

Her chance to prove herself on Project: Underground

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SUPPORTING CAST
1. NAME: ‘Calico’ Jack Rackham
RELATION: Former independent wrestler and (Andrea’s) wrestling trainer, and full-time uncle. He achieved a modicum of fame playing a wrestling pirate but injuries and lack of success ended his career early. A friend of her late father and brother to her mother, Jack has been a father figure in her life as much as anybody else.

2. NAME: Amy Stevens-Cross
RELATION: Andrea’s mother and closest confidante in life who moved heaven and earth to get Andrea a good upbringing after the passing of her husband. She isn’t fully committed to Andrea’s wrestling career, but supports her in any way she can, including helping make her ring gear.

3. NAME: Joseph J.J. Cross
RELATION: Andy’s late father, who passed away when she was only ten years old. A former independent wrestler themselves, Andrea has partly taken up his dream to become a wrestler and live both their dreams.