Lars Grier

Lars Jonathan Grier (born September 25, 1990), professionally known as Lars Grier, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Elite Answers Wrestling performing under the Voltage brand.

His professional wrestling career began in 2016 where he first signed a contract in October of 2016, and was assigned to perform on the Showdown brand of EAW, debuting on the 19th of November.

Early Life
Grier was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the first child born to a 35 year old meat butcherer, named Jonathan Ford, and the first and only child of 32 year old Carol Grier. Grier is of Filipino and Italian descent on his mother's side, with English on his father's side; Grier never went to university, only graduating after high-school and being left to work at a convenience store. He participated in many illegal activities as a child, such as drug trading and mugging people for money. He was also a frequent dumpster-diver, looking for food in order to survive. His father was an alchoholic, and almost every night he would come holm, sober and intoxicated, and would beat Lars' mother. His mother was truly the only one who cared about him, as she took care of her, until her untimely death at the age of 40, from a disease that no one had prior knowledge of, and died, unable to be treated.

Grier would eventually become intrigued with wrestling after searching for a job to finance himself, and eventually EAW offered him a contract, on October 30th, 2016, which Lars took.

Elite Answers Wrestling (November 2016 -present)
On November 10th, 2016, it was announced that Lars Grier had been signed with Elite Answers Wrestling and had been drafted to the Showdown Brand.

Lars Grier had his first professional wrestling match on the November 19 2016, episode of Showdown, where he faced off against Armani Colace in a singles match. He defeated Colace with the Demolition Drop.

Pursuit of EAW New Breed Championship and EAW National Elite Championship and feuds with Ryan Marx and Rex McAllister (December 2016 - January 2017 and February 2017 - March 2017)
At the 2016 EAW Awards Show, Lars Grier participated in a 15-man battle royal to determine the #1 contender to the EAW New Breed Championship. Lars would go on to win that match, eliminating runner-up Finnegan Wakefield via a Demolition Drop to the outside. On the next episode of Showdown, Grier would interrupt in a King of Elite First Round Match between Ryan Marx and Chris Elite. Lars jumped over the barricade and into the ring then proceeded to attack Chris Elite, hitting him with a Butcher's Knee and a Demolition Drop. Due to the interference by him, this gave a disqualification win for Chris Elite, therefore costing Marx his chance to become King of Elite. Lars then motioned for a microphone and speaked before the referee could announce the winner. Lars announced the winner was him, and claimed that he was "A Weapon" and the "literal manifestation of destruction". He then stated that he would become the New Breed Champion, and that Marx was nothing to him. He left the ring, the crowd shocked at what had just unfolded. The next week, Lars faced newcomer Kotaro Gin in a singles match with Ryan Marx watching at ringside. He soundly beat him, cementing his status as #1 Contender. After this, it was announced that Lars would be facing Ryan Marx in a EAW New Breed Championship match at King of Elite, with this being Marx's first defense. At King of Elite, Lars and Ryan finally battled face-to-face. After a gruelling and brutal match, Ryan Marx reversed a frog splash from Lars, he hit his New Heights DDT to retain the New Breed title.

On an episode Showdown HRDO would announce that there would be a battle royale for a shot at the EAW National Elite Championship, which would take place at Reasonable Doubt, in which Lars would compete in. He would win that match at Reasonable Doubt, eliminating newcomer Theron Nikolas to win. On the March 5th episode of Showdown, Rex McAllister would fight Nobi in the Gold Rush Tournament, and Lars would fight Nico Borg. Earlier on in the night, Lars cost McAllister's chance by interfering in the match, distracting him, which caused Nobi to pick up the win. However, Rex got payback after distracting Lars and costing him his match. The next week, Lars cashed in his number one contendership opportunity for Gold Mine, where him and Rex would trade words. At Gold Mine, Lars and Rex fought a closely fought contest, but after almost passing out to the Rex Lock, and a failed Demolition Drop from the top rope, McAllister retained.

Early storylines and Grand Rampage (Early 2017 - Present)
On the Showdown after King of Elite, Grier faced off against Terry Chambers in a singles match. Lars won it, regaining momentum after losing to Ryan Marx. On the same night, HRDO announced the participants for the 2017 Gold Rush Tournament, including Grier, where the winner would go on to face Lannister for the EAW Answers World Championship at Grand Rampage. On the February 11th episode of Showdown, HRDO would announce that there would be a special event that would hold the finals for the Gold Rush tournament, named "Showdown: Gold Mine". The next Showdown, Lars, Chris, and Terry fought in a six man tag match against Rex McAllister, Matt Ryder, and Nico Borg. The match was sabotaged, however, when Darkane attacked Terry Chambers before the match. Lars and Elite still agreed to fight, but lost. After Reasonable Doubt, Lars fought Nico Borg in the main event of the March 5, 2017 episode of Showdown. It was a well-fought and brutal battle, but Lars failed to advance after Rex McAllister came and distracted Grier, allowing Borg to hit the Leap of Faith to win.

After Showdown: Gold Mine, Lars faced newcomer Danny Stone in a singles match. Danny Stone won the match, but after Grier snapped and blindsided him, hitting him with an Eye of Grier and a Disasterpiece on the announce table. The next Showdown, Lars attacked Luke Roberts and MJX after the match, and demanded to be put in as number 30 in the Grand Rampage match. HRDO responded by creating a battle royal between all Showdown participants in the Grand Rampage match next week, which Lars lost once more, as Ryan Marx won the battle royal, becoming number 30. At Grand Rampage, Grier entered the Grand Rampage match at #23, and was the 18th elimination, being eliminated by the 13th entrant and eventual winner of the Grand Rampage match, The Pizza Boy.

The King's Guard (May 2017 - July 2017)
After Grier's disappointing performance at the Grand Rampage match, he decided it was time to debut and create a new persona, one he dubbed as "The Raven". Grier debuted his new and improved version of himself on the Showdown after Grand Rampage, defeating Chris Elite. The next week, then King of Elite Tiberius IV came out to announce the newest member of his King's Guard, to which he then shocked the world by introducing Lars Grier as the newest member, replacing Drake Jaeger. He was knighted by Tiberius, and in the next coming months Grier would be successful in winning most of his matches, fighting battles in the name of his King. On the May 20th edition of Showdown, Lars would defeat Darkane to qualify for the annual Pain for Pride Cash in the Vault Match, becoming the first man to qualify. Over the next coming weeks, the next few competitors were qualified; those being Nico Borg, Keelan Cetinich, Maero, TLA, and Scott Oasis. On the Jun 3rd edition of Showdown, Lars Grier fought against Nico Borg, winning by disqualification after Scott Oasis came out and attacked both men. The next week, Lars would team with Nico Borg to fight Oasis and TLA, in a winning effort after Nico Borg got the final pin. At Pain for Pride X, Lars would fight in his first Cash in the Vault ladder match, which also was his first Pain for Pride. All six men would battle a great and brutal ladder match, with Lars taking out Scott Oasis with two Ravenbeaks, and spearing nearly everyone else in the match. However, despite his best efforts, Lars would be on the losing side once more as the ladder he stood on came falling down, and with Nico grabbing the breifcase, winning the ladder match.

Lars would then disband from the King's Guard at the 2017 EAW Draft, being drafted to the Voltage brand.

Voltage (2017 - present)
At the 2017 EAW Draft, Lars would be drafted to EAW's Voltage brand, making it the first time he had ever gone to that brand. After his loss at Pain for Pride, Grier took on a much darker path, and began to change his appearance drastically; gaining long hair, and painting red and purple face paint to signify the moment when he became the "True" Raven. He also became more violent and erratic, and would burst out in anger even if the slightest thing aggravated him. On his Voltage debut, he fought against Keelan Cetinich, losing, but rebounding the next week by beating Anthony Leonhart, dominantly.

Feud with Apocalypse Diemos (July 2017 - present)

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In wrestling

 * Finishing Moves
 * Ravenbeak (Spear)
 * Pick the Bones (Chickenwing Over the Shoulder Crossface)


 * Signature Moves
 * Bad Omens (Pumphandle Neckbreaker
 * Down the Rabbit Hole (Jumping Double Underhook DDT/Veleno)
 * Gory Special (Can transition to Gory Bomb)


 * Nicknames
 * The Raven


 * Entrance themes
 * "Right Between the Eyes" by Crobot (November 2016 - May 2017)
 * "Survival" by Eminem (May 2017 - July 2017)
 * "Nice to Meet Me" by Zack Hemsey (July 2017 - present)

Championships and accomplishments

 * Championships
 * N/A
 * Accomplishments/Accolades
 * 2x Rising Star of the Week
 * Former member of the King's Guard (May 2017 - July 2017)