Johnny Raike

Wrestler's Name: Johnny Raike Wrestler's Nickname: The Most Liberated Man in Pro Wrestling Height: 6'1" Weight: 195 lbs Alignment: Heel Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah Pro Debut: February 2011 for Total Mayhem Wrestling Entrance Music: "Pure Morning" by Placebo Ring Attire: Black Vinyl Trenchcoat, discarded before match. Green Lycra shorts with a black trim. The words 'Want Me' are across the back in black letters. Black thigh high boots. Johnny Raike was born in 1984 in Salt Lake City, Utah to conservative Christian parents. The going theory is he was swapped at the hospital, because Johnny has never fit into that world. An early bloomer in all respects Johnny was first kicked out of the house at 13 before being forever banned at the age of 16 for sleeping with a preacher's daughter in his parents bed. His reaction? "Good thing they didn't know about the preacher's son." Johnny turned to street fighting to fill in the gaps from his days couch surfing and found a talent for it and a love of the attention it afforded him, good or bad. From the streets Johnny would find his way into the independent wrestling circuit before finding a permanent place in Total Mayhem Wrestling. Johnny would memorably fued with fellow newcomer Derk early in his tenure, a time when Raike's razor sharp wit often came to the forefront of his fights. Johnny also scored gold on his very first night in the company, holding the 24/7 Homicidal Championship after pinning the champion on the stage. Johnny's most notable accomplishment in TMW was winning the Platinum Crown Championship, a one night death match tournament taking place at random around the city, ending on the top of a parking garage. Johnny would pin 4 opponents that night to claim the crown, and with it a week as the general manager. Johnny would use his new found power to his own benefit, to the surprise of absolutely no one. As a result of their continued feuding, Johnny Raike found himself with the ability to fire Derk at will. To this end he booked his rival into a East Coast Championship match, a match which Derk would win. Johnny then booked himself into an East Coast Championship match and forced Derk to hand over the belt. Now the East Coast Champion, Johnny would book himself as the surprise final entrant in the Total Vendetta Championship match, at the time the highest honor in the company. Johnny would end the night by awarding himself the belt, and ceding the East Coast belt to his tag partner, Carey Relix Johnny's last championship run in TMW was as the tag team champions, both at once as a result of finding both belts in a title scramble situation. He would eventually choose Relix to be the holder of the second belt