American Freebear

''The American Freebear is a big man wrestler currently under the employ of Hardkore South and has signed contract to work in the greater Hardkore America region. His claim to fame is as one of the most, if not THE most, aerially-gifted big men in the sport of wrestling; as displayed by his Flying Freebear (top rope moonsault) finishing maneuver. He is, as he likes to say, "the only bear that flies".

Origin
Stuck in a dead-end job behind a desk at the local insurance company, a big man called Madison Rockburry was looking for a way out. Truth be told, Madison always dreamed of touring the country and fly all across the world, fed on aspirations from rock music such as his favored Lynard Skynard. Thus at the age of thirty-three, Madison made the decision to quit his job to persue a career in pro-wrestling, after watching the exotic locals from which the various programs aired from while thinking his great size would ensure him a position in any wrestling federation.

Madison quickly learned the harsh reality of wrestling schools. There, trainers tried repeatedly and with great pains to mold the big man into a competent grappler; however Madison had trouble learning even the simplest moves. Trainers were at their wit's end and about to throw out the 300+ pounder when, out of the blue, without anyone expecting it, Madison managed to execute a friggin' top rope MOONSAULT while in self-practice!!!

Everyone was astonished!! Madison was simply attempting to imitate a previous wrestler's maneuver and amazed everyone with an unbelievable MOONSAULT! Naturally, this changed everything. Although the moonsault was sloppy, Madison impressed the class and earned the admiration of his peers. Fed by their praise, Madison practiced his moonsault over and over again until it was a thing of beauty! He started liking those high-flying maneuvers more then anything, and trainers soon realized they had quite the aerially-disposed big man at their disposal, executing dropkicks and cartwheels on command. Madie similarly rejoiced: never would he have imagined his place in the wrestling world would be as a high-flyer, and he enjoyed the exhiliration that comes with each and every high-risk maneuver. Now his passion is to fly, fly free, not like a tiny bird, but as the huge bear-like creature that he is. Two years later, he adopted the name from the song of his youth and became... the American Freebear!

Hardkore South
The American Freebear has made his debut in this Southern territory, defeating in decisive fashion both Vida and Big Daddy Kool; no small men themselves. In each fight, Freebear managed to pull off his Flying Freebear for the victory to the shock and awe of the crowd. However, his third fight against Levi Watts ended in a controversial fashion as the fans were unsure whether Freebear kicked out after the three count or not. A rematch has been signed between the big bull of Boon County and the American Freebear.

Hardkore America
The American Freebear was given a position in the Hardkore America region by Johnny Valentine himself following the Hardkore Helloween event in Cleveland. It seems that the Freebear caught a few eyes as he was one of the more dominating wrestlers of the show, eliminating "The Coolest Muthafuckah on the Planet" Jeremiah Young, Suikerbossie and Lupus Nebula; not to mention performing his Flying Freebear on both Ralph Pierce and Rage David Sadler. At the time of this writing, Freebear has not yet made good on his contract

Physical description
American Freebear is a wild-eyed, heavy set individual with wide shoulders and huge massive arms for smashing. His arms are hairy, his chest is hairy, his eyebrows are bushy and his head looks like a goddamn follicle explosion; imagine Claudio Sanchez from Coheed and Cambria and you have an idea, add a mid-length beard running all along the jaw (no mustache) and you start having a picture of him. Thighs are huge and unweildy for kicks, but effective for all other purposes. Has purple flame tatoos running along both biceps.

Costume
While wrestling, Freebear wears a single black singlet with white trim. Across the waist is a large bear head in white, with two wings pointing up on each side. Wears a single blue and star-spangled elbow pad, and big red-white-and-blue striped sweatbands over the wrists. Uses thick but flexible boots that are well suited to Freebear's aerial nature. Around his head are the oversized airplane goggles that he puts on when attempting his moonsault.

Freebear enters the ring wearing a tan leather jacket with long tassles flowing down the arm seams, an airplane pin on his lapel and with "FREEBEAR" written across the back in jeweled studs.

Entrance
[*LOUD* bear roar rings throughout the arena as the opening chords of Lynard Skynard's classic "Freebird" plays through the loudspeakers. A big tall man makes himself known to the crowd, crouching low near the entrance ramp with both fists touching the ground; before rising up to his full height shouting a thunderous bellow!]

RA: From Jacksonville, Florida! Standing in at 6' 2" and weighing THREE HUNDRED and TEN pounds.... He is known as the Flyin' Ursine, he is the one of a kind... AMERICAN FREEBEAR!

[The American Freebear marches towards the ring, bringing up his huge hand as he walks or slapping a few fan's hands as he passes them by. STOMPS up the ring steps before removing his jeweled jacket and promises to the crowd that tonight... they shall see the Freebear fly!]

Wrestling Background
The American Freebear's wrestling style uses a mixture of power moves, aerial moves and whatever amateur background that the wrestling trainers could impress upon him. His style remains surprisingly orthodox, with most of his wrestling knowledge passed down from good old Southern grapplers with no love for the current Rock N' Roll era, although Freebear loves using his high flying moves whenever possible. This enthusiasm also works against him, with Freebear so eager to fly that he performs high risk maneuvers at unsound moments.

Finisher

 * Flying Freebear (Top rope moonsault)

Signature Moves

 * Bear-niece Bomb (From behind, Freebear tucks his head underneath their arm as if for a belly-to-back suplex, but also cradles the inside leg. At top height, the opponent twists so they face away from Freebear, but they are held aloft by the arm previously cradling the leg. In that position, Freebear takes three steps forward before crashing them to the mat)
 * Dropkick (as performed by a 310 pound man!)
 * Cartwheel (no practical application. Something he busts out every so often)

Regular Moves

 * Bear Claw Swipe (open hand slap)
 * Double Claw (Bell clap to the head or stomach)
 * Stungun headbutt
 * Short arm clothesline, but holds unto the arm so he can lift them again and give 'em an even BIGGER clothesline!
 * Running Shoulderblock
 * Flying back elbow (a la Devon Duddley)
 * Corner running leg lariat
 * Lou Thez press (often followed by some maulings)
 * Bear Raid Crash (Opponent sitting or on knees, Freebear comes off the ropes with a face first baseball slide crashing into them! Also done to the outside, with Freebear sliding underneath the bottom rope)
 * Tumbling Bear (Opponent prone, Freebear does a forward roll over their body)
 * Elevated bearhug
 * Inside toe hold
 * Rolling bear clutch (Jalapeno roll; approach opponent from behind, hook your left leg around theirs, and grabs their right leg with your arm, falling backwards and rolling yourself into position repeatedly with the free arm until you get a pinning position. This bear likes to roll, and anyone who must support the 300+ pounder has to lose their stamina in a hurry!)
 * Sidebreaker into bodyslam
 * Samoan drop
 * Headclutch reverse Russian legsweep (against larger opponents)
 * Overhead toss
 * Atomic drop followed by leaping facebuster

Rare Spots
These moves are rare crowd pleasers that the American Freebear occasionaly brings out to amaze the fans. These are NOT part of his regular moveset, but incredible maneuvers meant to leave the audience breathless in a state of disbelief.
 * Grizzly Hammer (a top rope frankensteiner!)
 * Top rope flying crossbody block to the outside (preferably on as many targets as possible)
 * Running apron dive though an opponent on a table

Quotes

 * "...and this bear you cannot change!"
 * "...the American Freebear is the only bear that flies!"