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Ronnie Long Height: 6 ft 5 Weight: 254 lbs Hometown: Denver, Colorado Alignment: Face Theme Music: "Deeper Into You" by TRUSTcompany Appearance: Ronnie Long stands 6 ft 5 and weighs in at 254 lbs. He's got the build of a construction worker, having plenty of bulk but little definition. His skin is rather pale, although not abnormally so. His face is lined and weathered, and although he's clean shaven, his facial hair is so dark he has a perpetual 5 o'clock shadow. His hair is worn just past shoulder length. It's black, and in varying degrees of neatness - sometimes neatly combed across his shoulders, sometimes in greasy rat tails, and in every state in between. As for attire, Ronnie favors gray-black jeans and a black canvas trench coat. Ronnie's eyes are dark brown, but are usually hidden behind a pair of shades. Ring Attire: The same jeans as described in his appearance. Wears the trench coat and shades to the ring but removes them to wrestle. Black combat boots, black elbow pads, and his kneepads are under his jeans. Personality/Gimmick: Ronnie Long is what they call a tough nut to crack. When he started wrestling, he referred to him as the "dark side of humanity". He portrayed a school shooter, capitalizing on the aftermath of the Columbine High school shooting tragedy back in '99. Since then, Ronnie has changed his outlook on life due to a wide variety of factors. Including, as corny as it sounds, finding love in a girl named Deanna D'Aimore. Long story short he went full circle in his beliefs. Using the Yin-Yang as an example, he proclaimed himself the light within the darkness, and that he was intended by a greater power to help humanity where it suffered. Ronnie's first encounter with Jeffy Andrews was in CAL federation IWA, where Ronnie was a member of Jeffy's stable "The Unforgiven." Long suffered a back injury (he's always been injury prone), and Andrews had a man named Impact chokeslam Long through a table before firing him. When Long had his change of attitude, he decided to try and help his former enemy get his life back together. In the process of this, Andrews and Long have become firm friends. Long isn't as close with Heidi, obviously, but they still like each other just fine. Ronnie Long is a wrestler, but basically retired. He's got nothing against stepping into the ring for multiperson tag matches, but generally he leaves the fighting to Jeffy Andrews and Heidi. Should be noted that not only is Long a force to be reckoned with, he has nothing against beating someone senseless with a chair for looking at him or his friends wrong. He also operates under a policy where if Andrews or Heidi's opponents play clean, he'll stay out, but if they try to cheat, all restrictions are off and he'll do whatever he can to tip the match in Andrews/Heidi's favor. Maneuvers: Brawler offense. Punches, kicks, chops, stomps, forearm clubs, knees. Suplexes (vertical, stalling vertical, snap, forward, belly to belly, German) Scoop slam Powerbomb (sit down, sit down pin) Bulldog Facebuster DDT Lariat Knee Lariat Powerslam (w/ or w/out pin) Choke Lift Slam Swinging chokeslam Ronnie doesn't submission wrestle. If he needs a submission hold, Jeffy Andrews learnt him the Charm City Crossface, and he'll use that. Trademark Moves: - Tilt-a-whirl Gutbuster : As the opponent is running, Long lifts him, lets him over rotate and then drops him stomach first on his knee. - "The Insomniac Drop" : Blue Thunder powerbomb pin. - "The Long Shot" : German suplex setup. At the apex of the move, Long switches his grip from the opponents waist to under his chin, and delivers a reverse head slam. Finisher: "The Columbine Jam" (A guillotine legdrop. For the record, the name of this move dates back to his original gimmick and is terribly outdated. But Long could never figure out a new name for it. If you have a good idea, email him at psicofreak667@yahoo.com with it. Until then quit making fun of him.) Three Strengths: - Intimidating. He's not the biggest wrestler in the game, but he just has a brooding, menacing air that unnerves people. - Strength. He's not a true monster, but he's pretty strong even for his size. He's been seen suplexing 300+ pounders before. - Impervious. Ronnie gets up from everything. He's only submitted once in his career. That was to Heidi's "Beautiful Dreamer" and he held out for 34 seconds whereas most people don't last 12. He also shook off 4 consecutive shots to the head from a razor wire wrapped chair. He doesn't stay down. He just doesn't. Three Weaknesses: - Injury prone. He's had a lot of injuries, and is basically falling apart, which accounts for his state of near retirement. At various times he's had problems with his elbow, right knee (twice) and most notably his ribs. - Ronnie's not cruiserweight enough he can out-speed the super heavyweights, and cruiserweights can run circles around him. - Although he's added some wrestling moves to his repertoire, Ronnie really is a brawler and runs into trouble if his opponent goes technical. |
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