Name: ‘The First’ Freddie Rich
Height: 6’3
Weight: 237lbs
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Alignment: Face
Style: Primary: Brawler Secondary: Technical
Additional Description(Optional:) A decent hybrid of brawling and wrestling, Freddie looks to conceal his weaknesses and hit big moves. He moves nimbly for someone 6’3. He curses the fact that he doesn’t have ONE outstanding attribute, but appreciates that he has a lot of good qualities, nonetheless.
Finisher: Filthy Rich (Cradle Piledriver)
Signatures: Freddie’s Nightmare (Sick Kick)
First Class: An Irish whip, but Freddie follows his opponent and as they’re coming off the ropes, he scores with a fast, point-blank dropkick
First Class Stamp: Facewash, Samoa Joe style
Moveset: snap suplex and floats over for the pin,
shoulderbreaker,
shoulder clutch suplex hold,
delayed vertical suplex,
slingshot suplex,
hammerlock slam,
hammerlock DDT,
monkey flip,
catapult underneath the bottom rope,
legdrop across the apron,
fistdrop,
double underhook backbreaker,
backbreaker into backbreaker hold,
atomic drop followed by a shinbreaker
arm wringer with repeated punches,
surfboard stretch,
standing surfboard stretch,
surfboard with dragon sleeper,
dragon sleeper with hammerlock applied,
double armbar,
rear chinlock,
figure four with punches to the knees,
single leg drag into full nelson on the
ground.
Slingshot Elbow Drop,
Twisting Springboard Clothesline.
Strengths: Born into the business – A second generation star, Freddie grew up watching his father and uncle snare singles and tag team gold. A lot of the tactics they deployed are now used by him.
Influence – Freddie frustrates, motivates, and leads his cousin and brother in every situation. There’s no question who the team captain is.
Weaknesses: Doesn’t count on his partners enough – Freddie only really trusts his cousin, Todd. He loves and recognizes Declan is going to be a star one day, perhaps even better than he is, but that’s not today. He doesn’t trust Donny AT ALL.
Temper – Due to the above, Freddie gets annoyed when someone else screws up, and that’s because nobody else in this iteration of his family is on his level – for now.
The Rich Family Girls – Very, very proud and protective of his sister and cousin. Why? Because nobody else can protect them like he can.
Double-Edged Sword (Optional):
The pressure – He’s The Rich Family’s go-to guy, their team captain and brightest star. He both enjoys the pressure and places even great pressure on himself to get it done. Freddie lets it get to him away from the ring, as well, and laments the fact that The Rich Family have come so close on multiple occasions, yet have never won a single title between them, since his dad was wrestling.
Quirks/Eccentricities: None. You will, however, see him in quite a few off-site segments, and see different sides to his heel-cum-face. He’s not 100% good nor bad. At heart, even as a heel, he loves his family, though they don’t always feel it.
Dos and Don’ts when writing your character: Will never hit any of his relatives.
Beliefs, Values and Desires: ‘The First’ – The first-born son of former World champion, Frank Rich, the captain of The Rich Family, and with the aim of becoming the first GLOBAL Grand Slam champion – Freddie is an ambitious wrestler looking to honor and surpass his father and uncle, and break records along the way.
To win the Tag Team titles – Given how close they’ve been, this is Freddie’s first port of call, and it bothers him badly.
To eventually go solo – After leading his relatives to tag team gold, he also wants to capture a singles championship.
Help Todd, Declan…and even Donny improve: Freddie realizes Declan has enormous potential, and feels he could help the hapless Donny improve, if only the idiot would listen.
Backstory: Via several federations, Freddie Rich has learned his trade by serving in and heading factions, and has come close to winning tag team titles without actually accomplishing it. In GLOBAL, we see the best-prepared version of ‘The First’ yet.