Luchador Corner
THE TEMPLE
Luchador Name: Aranza
Luchador Nicknames: La Cazadora de Màscaras (The Huntress of Masks)
Height: 5 ft 8 in
Weight: 140 lbs
Hometown: Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico
Gimmick / Persona: Big game hunter setting her sights on the most dangerous game of all... luchadores.
Catchphrase: "The thrill is in the kill,"
Moveset & Wrestling Style: Technician-Striker with bursts of agility and power to surprise opponents
Finishing Move:
The Cull (Kneeling Electric Chair Driver)
Signature Moves:
10 Pointer (Double Foot Curb Stomp; sometimes done off the second or top rope)
Catch & Release (Fish Hook Ripcord into a Rolling Elbow)
Clean Shot (Running Single Leg Dropkick to a cornered opponent)
El Garrote (Inverted Suplex Lift spun and dropped into a Guillotine Choke)
Taunts/gestures: Holding out an arm with her index and pinky fingers pointed out to simulate aiming the crosshairs of a bow or gun at her opponent.
Entrance Song Title: Into The Vines
Ring Entrance: An eerie calm hits the usually rowdy Temple as the first notes of Aranza's theme hit, almost seeming spectral. Once the drums come in, the Huntress herself enters through the gates of the temple adorned in a feathered headdress that calls to mind the Aztecs she believes to share a connection with through her love of the hunt. Draped down her back is a cape of sorts, composed of the pelt of a bison.
Aranza stalks silently down to the ring, every footstep calculated and deliberate as her eyes remain unflinchingly locked on her quarry. Once she gets to ringside she removes her ceremonial attire and with cat-like agility leaps onto the apron of the ring, crouched near the ropes like a jaguar about to pounce. She slides under the bottom rope and quickly takes position in the corner of the ring, no fanfare necessary as she awaits the sound of the bell while continuing to wordlessly examine her opponent.
Backstory: The masked huntress known only as Aranza has an obsession with pursuing big game to test her prowess. Name an animal be it land, sea, or air and she probably has killed it with the precision and ruthlessness that marks her profession. Aranza's perception of the meaning of the hunt was shaped when she was a young girl taken by her father out on an African safari where the hunting party would end up stranded in the Serengeti. Facing feral predators, harsh elements, and a lack of supplies, Aranza's father would show her what had to be done for survival and imparted a lifelong lesson. The weak of the world were only fit to feed the strong.
When rescue finally arrived, only father and daughter were found.
Now mature and far surpassing her father's capabilities, Aranza has her sights set on The Temple and the only game she now deems to be worthy of challenging her skill, luchadores. The most physically fit and capable fighters on the planet, perfect prey for a good hunt. Aranza considers the squared circle her hunting ground, and she is determined to take a trophy from any opponent that ends up in her crosshairs... even their mask.
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