Alicia Gordon
Feb 15, 2007 2:50:35 GMT -5
Post by OrochiGeese on Feb 15, 2007 2:50:35 GMT -5
Handler Aliases: Shingeese, OrochiGeese, OG, Geese
Contact info: Click here: My email is on my website: OG-FPD
Edit Name: Alicia Gordon
Height: 163 cm
Weight: 52kg
Date Of Birth: 8/11/1983
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Fight Style: Junior
Return Style: All-Round
CRITICAL! Style:Finisher only
Special Skill: None
Finisher:
"AG-47" (Buzzsaw Kick)
Specials:
"Sunset Eclipse" (Moonsault Footstomp)
"California Screamin'" (Crucifix Knee Hold)
Standing Jujigatame
Northern Lights Suplex
Other Noteworthy Moves:
Tiger Suplex
Ankle lock
Alignment: Unclear...even to her.
Entrance Theme: Shadow of the Colossus remix - "Wanderer on the Offensive" by assorted remixers
LAWL Tag team theme song with Marie Reyes - "California Love" by Dr. Dre & Tupac Shakur
Bio:
Alicia Gordon was born in Los Angeles and has lived there her entire life. Her father moved to LA in the 60's to work in Hollywood and has been one of the top executives in one of the major US film studios. His career has had a rather large influence on Alicia's life. After pursuing gymnastics, acrobatics, and aerobics until her early teens, Alicia was asked by her father to be a stuntwoman in some early 90's action movies: primarily ones involving martial arts. Though it was somewhat uncommon to have a girl in her teens doing stunt work, it seemed perfectly natural in Alicia's case. She had been a considered a child prodigy in her athletic disciplines and had excellent coordination. Though she was not schooled in any formal martial arts, she learned how to "act" them out for the certain scenes that called for them.
Through all this stuntwork, she developed a very strong interest in learning the real martial arts themselves. Her father was both skeptical of their usefulness and worried about the danger of her getting hurt. The latter consideration led him to strongly suggest Tae Bo classes: as they were low impact and the trendy style of the time. But after attending a few classes, Alicia felt that they were too empty an actual martial art to pursue. And she disliked the "trendy" over "substance" approaches that a lot of her classmates held in regards to martial arts, and many other things in life.
Alicia searched for a real school and had to wander far due to her inability to find a dedicated martial arts school in the immediate vicinity of Hollywood. She did pass by a number of "McDojos" but was disgusted when she saw that tuition was intended mainly for belt upgrades, rather then receiving actual training. After much searching beyond Hollywood, she was finally able to find a Tae Kwon Do school that suited her needs.
She began attending classes and quickly discovered her love for Take Kwon Do growing. Her classmates and Sabonim (= teacher. Basically the Tae Kwon Do/Korean version of "Sensei") quickly discovered Alicia's high aptitude, passion, and dedication for the martial arts. Alicia spent each day of every week training, and she began mastering the discipline. As the years passed by, she began fighting in and winning many reputable Tae Kwon Do tournaments in the Los Angeles area.
Tae Kwon Do was a strong source of happiness and self-esteem for Alicia. And a few years later, Alicia became best friends with a girl in her class named Marie. One day, Marie asked Alicia if she wanted to come with her to a "Lucha" event. Alicia had heard Marie talk about Lucha before but didn't fully understand it. She knew it was a type of professional wrestling but she had never really cared much for pro wrestling. She remembered watching it on tv sparsely during the late 80's but eventually became quite angry at it. She didn't care for the over the top, while lacking in substance, cartoonish characters of the day. And she didnt understand why the more athletically-oriented wrestlers, whom she did respect, didn't get more time to show their craft. So when Marie brought up wrestling, Alicia was understandably tentative in response.
Alicia decided to attend the event based on Marie's enthusiasm and strong support of the athleticism of Lucha. Within 5 minutes of the opening match, which happened to involve one of Marie's sisters, Alicia was enthralled. This was wrestling unlike she had ever seen before. The promotion was called "LAWL" (Los Angeles Women's Lucha) and was run and funded by a number of Marie's family members. Alicia instantly became a fan of the quick in-ring action and strong "gimmick"-less personalities. For the next year, she began attending LAWL events and watching as much general joshi wrestling as possible.
Marie's older sister, Gloria, became one of the more popular wrestlers in LAWL. She had worked there for a while and felt it was finally time to get Marie into Lucha beginner classes. Alicia learned of this and begged and begged Gloria to get her into beginners classes too. Marie joined in the pro-Alicia lobbying and it resulted favorably, with Alicia's inclusion to the class.
The two also continued their Tae Kwon Do training throughout their Lucha training. Their Sabonim even began teaching them some of the jiu-jitsu he had learned. He did so to supplement their actual martial art ability and to help them come up with ideas for unique submission holds in Lucha. The sabonim had always stressed the importance of athletic and martial art cross training so he was very glad to see both of his students branching out and adding to their overall skills. He also began dating one of Marie's older sisters, but that's neither here nor there...
After about two years of training, Marie and Alicia began wrestling fulltime for the LAWL promotion. They were both very excited to wrestle there and quickly bega gaining strong fan followings. Their skills and experience grew even more now that they were actually in the ring and they were both putting on great matches. Alicia began integrating her martial arts experience into her Lucha performances and the fans ate it up. They loved seeing her hybrid style. Marie stuck to more traditional lucha due to her family's request.
In mid 2005, during one of LAWL's events, an OG-FPD Joshi talent scout was in the audience after hearing about this small but great lucha promotion. The scout watched the entire card, which had both Alicia and Marie on it. The next day, OrochiGeese called both women and inquired about their interest in OG-FPD Joshi. Marie respectfully declined due to her desire to wrestle in and support her family's work with LAWL. Her sister was one of the top stars there and she saw a lot of promise of a good life for herself there as well. She wanted to stay put in LA with her family.
However, Alicia was ecstatic about OG's offer. Alicia had begun watching OG-FPD Joshi thanks to the Joshi Title Triple Threat match at the Murderers Row PPV. Though she was sad to leave LAWL and her friends, she was very excited to take on this new opportunity to wrestle for a major wrestling company on the rise: one that strongly emphasized quality in-ring work and supported hybrid styles. She was also looking for a new challenge because her rise through LAWL was becoming too easy. Furthermore, her matches were no longer varied enough due to all of her opponents having similar styles to each other. In OG-FPD Joshi, she thought, she would be facing wrestlers of many very different disciplines. Plus, she would be on her own in OG-FPD Joshi. And she wanted this opportunity to prove to herself, and to the world, that she was ready to take it all on by herself.
(Wow, this profile needs a lot of updating!!!!)
Titles Held:
Current World Class CageFighting (W.C.C.F.) Women's Division Champion (X2)
LAWL 1337 Champion
LAWL A/S/L Tag Titles with Marie Reyes
Various local and regional Tae Kwon Do tournaments.
Quote: N/A yet...
Contact info: Click here: My email is on my website: OG-FPD
Edit Name: Alicia Gordon
Height: 163 cm
Weight: 52kg
Date Of Birth: 8/11/1983
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Fight Style: Junior
Return Style: All-Round
CRITICAL! Style:Finisher only
Special Skill: None
Finisher:
"AG-47" (Buzzsaw Kick)
Specials:
"Sunset Eclipse" (Moonsault Footstomp)
"California Screamin'" (Crucifix Knee Hold)
Standing Jujigatame
Northern Lights Suplex
Other Noteworthy Moves:
Tiger Suplex
Ankle lock
Alignment: Unclear...even to her.
Entrance Theme: Shadow of the Colossus remix - "Wanderer on the Offensive" by assorted remixers
LAWL Tag team theme song with Marie Reyes - "California Love" by Dr. Dre & Tupac Shakur
Bio:
Alicia Gordon was born in Los Angeles and has lived there her entire life. Her father moved to LA in the 60's to work in Hollywood and has been one of the top executives in one of the major US film studios. His career has had a rather large influence on Alicia's life. After pursuing gymnastics, acrobatics, and aerobics until her early teens, Alicia was asked by her father to be a stuntwoman in some early 90's action movies: primarily ones involving martial arts. Though it was somewhat uncommon to have a girl in her teens doing stunt work, it seemed perfectly natural in Alicia's case. She had been a considered a child prodigy in her athletic disciplines and had excellent coordination. Though she was not schooled in any formal martial arts, she learned how to "act" them out for the certain scenes that called for them.
Through all this stuntwork, she developed a very strong interest in learning the real martial arts themselves. Her father was both skeptical of their usefulness and worried about the danger of her getting hurt. The latter consideration led him to strongly suggest Tae Bo classes: as they were low impact and the trendy style of the time. But after attending a few classes, Alicia felt that they were too empty an actual martial art to pursue. And she disliked the "trendy" over "substance" approaches that a lot of her classmates held in regards to martial arts, and many other things in life.
Alicia searched for a real school and had to wander far due to her inability to find a dedicated martial arts school in the immediate vicinity of Hollywood. She did pass by a number of "McDojos" but was disgusted when she saw that tuition was intended mainly for belt upgrades, rather then receiving actual training. After much searching beyond Hollywood, she was finally able to find a Tae Kwon Do school that suited her needs.
She began attending classes and quickly discovered her love for Take Kwon Do growing. Her classmates and Sabonim (= teacher. Basically the Tae Kwon Do/Korean version of "Sensei") quickly discovered Alicia's high aptitude, passion, and dedication for the martial arts. Alicia spent each day of every week training, and she began mastering the discipline. As the years passed by, she began fighting in and winning many reputable Tae Kwon Do tournaments in the Los Angeles area.
Tae Kwon Do was a strong source of happiness and self-esteem for Alicia. And a few years later, Alicia became best friends with a girl in her class named Marie. One day, Marie asked Alicia if she wanted to come with her to a "Lucha" event. Alicia had heard Marie talk about Lucha before but didn't fully understand it. She knew it was a type of professional wrestling but she had never really cared much for pro wrestling. She remembered watching it on tv sparsely during the late 80's but eventually became quite angry at it. She didn't care for the over the top, while lacking in substance, cartoonish characters of the day. And she didnt understand why the more athletically-oriented wrestlers, whom she did respect, didn't get more time to show their craft. So when Marie brought up wrestling, Alicia was understandably tentative in response.
Alicia decided to attend the event based on Marie's enthusiasm and strong support of the athleticism of Lucha. Within 5 minutes of the opening match, which happened to involve one of Marie's sisters, Alicia was enthralled. This was wrestling unlike she had ever seen before. The promotion was called "LAWL" (Los Angeles Women's Lucha) and was run and funded by a number of Marie's family members. Alicia instantly became a fan of the quick in-ring action and strong "gimmick"-less personalities. For the next year, she began attending LAWL events and watching as much general joshi wrestling as possible.
Marie's older sister, Gloria, became one of the more popular wrestlers in LAWL. She had worked there for a while and felt it was finally time to get Marie into Lucha beginner classes. Alicia learned of this and begged and begged Gloria to get her into beginners classes too. Marie joined in the pro-Alicia lobbying and it resulted favorably, with Alicia's inclusion to the class.
The two also continued their Tae Kwon Do training throughout their Lucha training. Their Sabonim even began teaching them some of the jiu-jitsu he had learned. He did so to supplement their actual martial art ability and to help them come up with ideas for unique submission holds in Lucha. The sabonim had always stressed the importance of athletic and martial art cross training so he was very glad to see both of his students branching out and adding to their overall skills. He also began dating one of Marie's older sisters, but that's neither here nor there...
After about two years of training, Marie and Alicia began wrestling fulltime for the LAWL promotion. They were both very excited to wrestle there and quickly bega gaining strong fan followings. Their skills and experience grew even more now that they were actually in the ring and they were both putting on great matches. Alicia began integrating her martial arts experience into her Lucha performances and the fans ate it up. They loved seeing her hybrid style. Marie stuck to more traditional lucha due to her family's request.
In mid 2005, during one of LAWL's events, an OG-FPD Joshi talent scout was in the audience after hearing about this small but great lucha promotion. The scout watched the entire card, which had both Alicia and Marie on it. The next day, OrochiGeese called both women and inquired about their interest in OG-FPD Joshi. Marie respectfully declined due to her desire to wrestle in and support her family's work with LAWL. Her sister was one of the top stars there and she saw a lot of promise of a good life for herself there as well. She wanted to stay put in LA with her family.
However, Alicia was ecstatic about OG's offer. Alicia had begun watching OG-FPD Joshi thanks to the Joshi Title Triple Threat match at the Murderers Row PPV. Though she was sad to leave LAWL and her friends, she was very excited to take on this new opportunity to wrestle for a major wrestling company on the rise: one that strongly emphasized quality in-ring work and supported hybrid styles. She was also looking for a new challenge because her rise through LAWL was becoming too easy. Furthermore, her matches were no longer varied enough due to all of her opponents having similar styles to each other. In OG-FPD Joshi, she thought, she would be facing wrestlers of many very different disciplines. Plus, she would be on her own in OG-FPD Joshi. And she wanted this opportunity to prove to herself, and to the world, that she was ready to take it all on by herself.
(Wow, this profile needs a lot of updating!!!!)
Titles Held:
Current World Class CageFighting (W.C.C.F.) Women's Division Champion (X2)
LAWL 1337 Champion
LAWL A/S/L Tag Titles with Marie Reyes
Various local and regional Tae Kwon Do tournaments.
Quote: N/A yet...