Alexis Morningstar

Alexis Morningstar (born on April 18, 1983) is an Italian American wrestler taking bookings for independent promotions, preferably in the state of California, and Japan. He is well known for his various tours of Japan, along with various stints inside the US in Insane Entertainment Online and Ultimate Championship Wrestling.

Childhood
Born April 18th, 1983 to Christopher Alexander II and Ashleigh Marie Delrosario, Alexis is a single child on his mother side, and one of several on the side of his father; Professional Wrestler Christopher Alexander II. Born to a single mother, Alexis spent most of his life hating his father, even though it was him that initially brought him into the sport of Wrestling early on in life. He is the third youngest of his father's children.

Early Life and Hard Times
Early on in life Alexis was unaware of the fact that his father was none other than 'The Great Destroyer' Christopher Alexander, a man at that time in his life who was all over television for his professional behavior and his scandalous life outside of the ring. It was around the age of five, that Alexis found out when he walked in on a argument at home which revolved around him. His father, who was telling his mother that he wanted nothing to do instantly changed his mind the moment he saw the broken-hearted boy. From that moment on, the two had a love-hate relationship that would that would last nearly two decades. As a child, he excelled in reading and science, but never seemed to be a fan of Math. But his favorite subject was of course Gym.

At the age of seven he was enrolled in Kick Boxing, and Jujitsu classes, which helped him place a spot on the varsity wrestling team at the time he was only a freshman. His early teens, and high school career was mostly spent dropping in and out of school on a weekly basis. At this time in his life, Alexis was heavily addicted to cocaine, and was a severe alcoholic, both traits it seemed he had inherited from his father. Christopher, was always there to pull Alexis out of a rock and a hard place, when his mother could not.This, fueled a growing hatred inside of the youth that was let out one night when while attending his father's ten year anniversary with his wife at the time. During the course of the evening, Alexis had decided that it would be smart to assault his father.

This brought on a ride to the police station, where his father dropped the charges against his son, who he wouldn't speak to for several years after this event. After this even, Alexis focused more heavily in his school work, and his extra-curricular activities, which brought his wrestling team to state his junior and senior year, where he won titles in the middleweight weight class.

Stepping Through The Curtains
Before even graduating, Alexis had his sites set on Mixed Martial competition, and pulling some strings with his uncle, Christian Ruzzaro, who at that time had retired from professional wrestling to run his own promotion, brought Alexis into the world of Professional Mixed Martial arts. At the age of sixteen, Alexis competed in his first bout, which he won in under a minute in a half by means of submission. This stunned many, but did not last long, as by his third bout, state officials had found out the truth of the boys age, and he was released by Alexander Traveling Arts.

This brought an urge to wrestle inside him, and with this and some help from his uncle once more he started doing independent bookings under the name of 'Christopher Alexander III'. The name alone brought him into a fair amount of success, as those who did search into the boys family tree; which most did found out he was truly the star of the at that time twenty-two time Heavyweight Champion of the World.

Central Wrestling Alliance
Logan debuted as The Crimson Mask, jobbing to the likes of KENTA and more. Being a gaijin or foriegner in Japan was hard on the Boston native at first as he fought harder and trained harder to prove he belonged in the wrestling scene. After jobbing out for most of the top stars in AJPW. Logan was given his released when he asked for it as he had been offered a much bigger contract with Big Japan ProWrestling.

Big Japan ProWrestling
Debuting with BJW, Logan tore through the ranks of stars there, competing against several big names. It was during his stint there that Logan's reputation for making his opponents submit began to take shape as he routinely made all of his opponents tap out to his various finishers. Winning the BJW 8-Man Scramble Championship was the highlight of Logan's Japanese wrestling career. It was also during his stint with BJW that he was approached and jumped to Chaotic Extreme Wrestling when they offered him a much larger contract and BJW could not match their offer. A bonus was that Logan was soon to be making his professional wrestling debut on American soil once more and in his hometown of Boston, Massachusettes.

Chaotic Extreme Wrestling
On January 3rd, 2004, Logan debuted for Chaotic Extreme Wrestling. He quickly became one of their most promising young stars, defeating nearly all the challengers set before him. While there he amassed quite the collection of accolades, such as a pinfall victory over "Dangerous" Jack Tulley in :38 seconds. He would go on to win the CEW North American Championship from Tulley that night and held the belt twice. Losing in a street fight match to Jack "Flash" Stevens then defeating Stevens the very next week to reclaim his title. Eventually, he became the CEW Heavyweight Champion while holding the CEW North American Championship belt at the same time before losing the CEW Heavyweight Championship belt in a steel cage eight man scramble match when one of his opponents escaped the cage at the CEW Hellions Unleashed supershow. Logan then went on to team with Mad Maxwell for a short lived tag team called the Mad Factory. The team held some promise, though this was mainly due to Logan's talent and skill as Maxwell couldn't overcome his personal demons and let them get the best of him. This lead to Max being fired from the company the very night that Logan and Maxwell won the CEW Tag Team Championships. CEW folded shortly there after leaving Logan jobless in May of 2004. Moving back to the Boston area, Logan took odd jobs before making small appearances for local independant federations in the greater Boston area.

Insane Entertainment Online
Logan signed with a small independant wrestling company called Insane Entertainment. While the owners were from American and they toured the United States almost exclusively, IEO was packaged towards an Australian market featuring many top named stars from the U.S. Logan quickly made a name for himself in IEO, winning the IEO Fusion (formerly known as Insane) Championship after only his fifth match. Logan was one of the biggest stars in IEO and had what Dave Metzer reported as a five star match when he faced Batista at Anarchy 2 in a Three Stages of Hell Match. The first match, a hardcore match, followed by a steel cage match followed with an I Quit match if needed. Batista defeated Logan in the first match, before losing two straight falls to Logan as Logan was the first to escape from the cage and then nearly choked his opponent out to force him to say 'I Quit.' During this match, Logan suffered a broken forearm and wrestled with a cast for six weeks. After several months and a decent title run, he was fired for several months before making a surprising comeback. During his time with IEO, Logan also took dates with another small traveling promotion called All Star Wrestling. He performed for several of their shows, eventually though, that company folded due to financial strains as well.

All Star Wrestling
While working with IEO, Logan took several bookings with ASW, competing as a superstar and also helping with the booking. ASW was a small touring promotion and Logan fought for and won the ASW Heavyweight Championship before the promotion closed it's doors.

Reckless Hardcore Wrestling
Logan reappeared after IEO and ASW folded for the very short lived Reckless Hardcore Wrestling. Logan dominated and went undefeated in his tenure with the company becoming RHW's headlining star and Hardcore champion in his debut match.

Ultimate Championship Wrestling
After RHW folded, Logan was approached by several friends and backers and with some help founded UCW. UCW is a wonderful independant promotion currently owned and operated by Logan McManus. He routinely tries to bring the most exciting shows to the people of San Diego by importing many top stars from several promotions around the country.

Hybrid Nirvana
Alexis Morningstar has always had a unique in the ring style, as he has a many of many arts; Jujitsu, Jeet Kune Do, Western Kick Boxing, Amatuer Wrestling, and Classically trained Grecco-Roman Wrestling and a bit of street fighting. Not to mention he uses quite a large amount of aerial moves, which comes from his extensive background as a youth performer in Circus Juventas. He calls his form of combat "Hybrid Nirvana"

Celtic Knot

 * Exclusive to Logan McManus thanks to fellow superstar and some time Japanese travel companion Alexis Morningstar, this is a brutal submission with seemingly no escape. Starting with his opponent in a prone position, Logan will lock on the Figure Four Neck lock, with the opponent laying on their stomach, he will face their legs and cross one leg at the knee, with his legs locked around their neck and then wrenching back as hard as he can, twisting the opponent into a U-shape with a modified Cloverleaf submission. The move attacks the back, neck and thighs. This move is usually preceded by the Fallen Emerald.

Fallen Emerald

 * Exclusive to Logan McManus, who perfected this move after working with Alexis Morningstar in Japan. Starting with a powerbomb set up, doubling his opponent over into a bent position, Logan will then hoist them atop his shoulders and begin to bring them down into a powerbomb. However, that is where the powerbomb aspect ends as once the opponent is in the air and falling, Logan will jump up, placing his legs around his opponent's head to keep them from landing on their back and instead driving them down more headfirst. This move is almost always followed by immediately applying the Celtic Knot for the win.

Cloverleaf Suplex & Submission

 * Exclusive to Logan McManus, who invented the move. Starts as a Texas Cloverleaf Leg-grapevine, where in, instead of turning the opponent onto his belly to complete the submission. Logan will power the opponent over his body in a German Suplex style manuever, causing them to land on their face and chest. A variation sees Logan holding lighter opponents and after the suplex. Logan will roll through, keeping his hands locked in the grapevined position of his opponents legs to apply the Texas Cloverleaf submission.

Finishing Moves

 * Celtic Knot [Reverse Figure Four Necklock w/ Modified Cloverleaf Submission]

Set Up Finishers

 * Fallen Emerald [Powerbomb Falling Piledriver]
 * Cloverleaf Suplex [Modified Cloverleaf Leg-Grapevine into Modified German Suplex]

Signature Moves

 * Breakdown [Full Nelson Facebuster]
 * Celtic Spike [Stalling Reverse Suplex into DDT]
 * Dragon Bomb [Triple Powerbomb into Pin]
 * Dragonsault [Top-Rope Moonsault]
 * Dragontamer [Scorpion Deathlock]
 * Lucky Charm [Running Springboard Falcon Arrow]

Trademark Moves

 * Belly To Belly Suplex
 * Bulldog
 * Chops
 * Clothesline
 * DDT
 * Fisherman's Buster
 * German Suplex
 * High Kick Flurry
 * Power-bomb
 * Scoop Slam
 * Shoulder Block
 * Snap Suplex
 * Stalling Suplex
 * Super Kick
 * Super Inverted Fisherman Buster
 * Tornado DDT Ring Rope Drop
 * Turnbuckle Powerbomb

Managers

 * Leyla Milani

Nicknames

 * The Celtic Beast
 * The Irish Assassin

Entrance Music

 * Headstrong by Trapt

Career Championship Highlights

 * All Star Wrestling
 * ASW Heavyweight Champion (1 Time)
 * Big Japan ProWrestling
 * BJW 8-Man Scramble Champion (1 Time)
 * Chaotic Extreme Wrestling
 * CEW Heavyweight Champion (1 Time)
 * CEW North American Champion (2 Times)
 * CEW Tag Team Champion (1 Time)
 * Insane Entertainment Online
 * IEO Fusion Champion (Formerly Insane Championship) (1 Time)
 * Reckless Hardcore Wrestling
 * RHW Hardcore Champion (1 Time)

Personal Life
Logan is active in several Boston based charities and on Christmas he is usually visiting several children's organizations, handing out toys for underpriviledged children. Logan has two sisters, Caitlin who has two children as well and his youngest sister, Rori. Logan's sister Rori is a professional wrestler as well. Logan has been involved in training several wrestlers, one most notably being Torrie Wilson.