Corey Lazarus

Name: Corey Lazarus Real Name: Corey Robert Lexington Birthdate: 6/21/1978 Hometown: Hollywood, CA Date Of First Match: 3/12/2000 Height: 6'1" Weight: 230 lbs.  Entrance Music: Slayer's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" Physical Appearance: Corey has medium-length brown hair that varies from reaching his shoulders and being just a few inches long. His muscles are well-defined, and aside from his face, there is practically no hair on his body. On his right shoulder is a tattoo of the theatrical mask for tragedy, and on his left shoulder is a tattoo of the theatrical mask for comedy. Corey has a small scar on his forehead just below the hairline, barely noticeable, from an Ultraviolence Cage match against Metalhead in the PWA; a burn scar, that has been minimized thanks to plastic surgery, that runs diagonally from his right pectoral muscle to his lower left abdomen; and a small barbed wire scar on the inside of his left arm near the armpit. Many have often confused him with British actor Christian Bale, star of American Psycho, Newsies, Equilibrium, and Batman Begins, but Corey has a smaller nose and has better muscular definition. Attire 1 Lower: A pair of black basketball shorts that come down to the knees with silver trim at the bottom of each leg and "LAZ" written down the side of each leg (with the L on top of the A and the Z on bottom) in a white "extreme" font. Boots: A pair of shiny black wrestling boots with silver laces. Upper: None. Accessories: Both hands taped in white athletic tape, a single black elbowpad on the right arm that goes from mid-bicep to mid-forearm, a pair of shiny silver kneepads, and a pair of shiny silver shindpads with black straps. Attire 2 Lower: A pair of silver, baggy leather cargo pants. Boots: A pair of shiny black wrestling boots with silver laces. Upper: None. Accessories: Both hands wrapped in black athletic tape, a black leather belt with a platinum buckle holding up his pants, and a single black elbowpad on the right arm that goes from mid-bicep to mid-forearm. Attire 3 Lower: A black pair of Speedo-style tights with film strips on the sides over the hemlines and "WKMF" written on the back in white cursive. Boots: A pair of shiny black wrestling boots with silver laces. Upper: None. Accessories: Both hands wrapped in black athletic tape, a single black elbowpad on the right arm that goes from mid-bicep to mid-forearm, a pair of shiny silver kneepads, and a pair of shiny silver shinpads with black straps. Hardcore Attire Lower: A pair of torn beige Dockers with paint smears on the thighs. Boots: A pair of dirtied black Chucks with white laces, duct tape holding the left one together. Upper: A sleeveless shirt, either black or white, with "HOLLYWOOD KID" screenprinted onto the front in silver calligraphy. Accessories: Both hands wrapped in black athletic tape, a single black elbowpad on the right arm that goes from mid-bicep to mid-forearm, a pair of black kneepads over the Dockers, a black leather belt with a platinum buckle holding up his pants, and a bandana tied around his head in du-rag fashion. Entrance Attire: Lower: N/A Boots: N/A Upper: N/A Accessories: A pair of silver-rimmed Ray Ban sunglasses cover Corey's eyes, and a white towel hangs over his shoulder. Usually, Gregory Price will carry a bottle of Aquafina with him that Corey will take sips from, but sometimes Corey carries it himself. Wrestling Style: Lazarus is an all-'rounder, but prefers high-impact strikes (usually stiff kicks and knees), fast aerial attacks (ones that require little-to-no set-up), and stiff grapples (usually a plethora of suplex variations). He will go to the mat if he needs to, but he would rather rub his superiority into his opponent's face. Match Strategy: More often than not, Lazarus will choose to focus on using his superior striking abilities and speed to wear down his opponent. He has been known to focus on body parts, usually the head or neck, to set up for his big moves. Sometimes, however, Corey will go with whatever strategy he can use to win the match as long as he can win clean (so as to fuel his ego that he doesn't need to cheat to be the best). COMMON MANEUVERS Striking: Springboard dropkick, somersault lariat, tornado lariat, flying spinning back-elbow, enziguri, slingshot leg lariat, spinning wheel kick, flipping dropkick, legsweep, roundhouse kick, shin kick, Muay Thai knee to the head, Muay Thai knee to the ribs, bicycle kick, spinning knee strike, tornado punch Submission: Rear chinlock, front facelock, Fujiwara Armbar, Half Crab, STF Grappling: Side belly-to-belly suplex, overhead belly-to-belly suplex, stalling vertical suplex, snap suplex, German suplex, Ocean Cyclone suplex, head-and-arm suplex, DDT, inverted DDT, diving inverted DDT, spinebuster, turnbuckle powerbomb, LygerBomb, running LygerBomb, running powerslam, Fire Thunder powerbomb, running Fire Thunder powerbomb, Brainbuster, running Brainbuster, stalling Brainbuster Flying: Moonsault, rope-walk corkscrew plancha (to outside), Tope Con Hilo (to outside), springboard Shooting Star Plancha (to outside), top rope somersault plancha (to outside), flying crossbody, springboard moonsault (out of corner), Lionsault, standing moonsault, split-legged moonsault, Arabian Press, Dragon Attack, flying elbow drop, Asai moonsault (to outside), corkscrew crossbody, flying lariat, flying roundhouse kick, flying spinning wheel kick, flying punch, flying back elbow TRADEMARK MANEUVERS COMING ATTRACTIONS: Lazarus kicks his opponent in the back of their leg, causing them to fall to one knee. Corey then delivers a stiff kick to his opponent's chest, and then another stiff kick to his opponent's upper back. Corey then hits the ropes, and charges at his opponent, kicking off of their thigh, turning around in mid-air, and delivering a stiff knee of his own to the back of their head. SUNSET STRIP: With the opponent standing, be they either in the ring or on the outside, Lazarus climbs to the top rope, facing them. He then leaps off with a corkscrew, twisting his body in a full 720-degree rotation, and then lands with a Senton Plancha onto his opponent. HOLLOW RESURRECTION: Corey goes behind his opponent, and quickly locks on a half nelson with one arm, pushing down on his opponent's neck. He then uses his free arm to reach around his opponent's face and grabs the nelson'ing arm, applying a half nelson/crossface hybrid. Corey then trips his opponent down to the mat, and lies with his body weight across their lower back, pulling back on their head while also pushing down on their neck. The following moves can end the match, but can also be used to wear down the opponent. They are listed from weakest to strongest in their respective category. PRIMARY SIGNATURE MANEUVERS END CREDITS: With the opponent standing, Lazarus leaps up into the air, diving to his opponent's side. He turns in mid-air so that he faces his opponent's side, and then quickly jerks his body so that he is facing the same direction his opponent is, sticking his leg out and delivering a stiff kick to the back of his opponent's head with his shin. BOX OFFICE BOMB: Corey applies a front facelock with the opponent's arm draped over his shoulder and the closest leg hooked, much like a Fisherman's Suplex. Laz lifts his opponent up vertically, and then releases their head as he drops to his knees. The result is the opponent landing on the back of their head, neck, and upper shoulders as Corey pushes down on their legs, adding velocity to the drop. SECONDARY SIGNATURE MANEUVERS COMBINATION NUMBER FIVE: In an instant, Corey grabs his opponent's head with his left hand, quickly delivering a vicious high kick to his opponent's head with his left leg. He then starts unleashing high kick after high kick to their head with his right leg, followed by grabbing his opponent's head and hunching them over slightly to deliver short knee strikes to the sides of their head. Lazarus then releases his opponent's head and begins delivering a series of kicks with both legs to their hips and ribs, causing them to begin to stumble over, which allows him to deliver a vicious knee to the face of his opponent. LAST RESORT MANEUVERS Maneuvers listed here more than likely mean a definite win, and are rarely, if ever, unsuccessful against an opponent. They are, however, used STRICTLY as a last resort if other maneuvers are not successful. MERCURY DRIVER: Corey knees his opponent in the midsection, and lifts them into an inverted fireman's carry, essentially applying a Torture Rack. Lazarus then twists his torso so that his opponent's head is in front of his body (that is, Corey's body), and then drops his opponent down head-first while Corey himself falls to his knees, the side of his opponent's body against his (Lazarus') chest. History: Growing up in the upper-class, Corey Robert Lexington dreamed of becoming a star in some way. His father, a big shot Hollywood producer, encouraged Corey's athletic abilities. His mother, an actress in Broadway plays, encouraged Corey's acting abilities. While Corey excelled at both athletics and acting, he never truly felt either were of any real importance to him. One night, while staying at his uncle's house in Boston, who was a rich architect, Corey discovered professional wrestling. At the age of 14, watching men prove their athleticism by playing human chess astonished the young boy. At the age of 19, Corey set off to Boston, Massachusetts. His goal? To work enough oddjobs and low-paying acting gigs in off-Broadway plays to enroll in the Front Line Academy, the wrestling school run by his two favorite professional wrestlers: "The Youngblood" Cliff Young and "The Outlaw" Jesse White. While acting at the age of 20, Corey had a decent break. His was offered a role on the television sitcom IN DUE TIME. On the show, Corey - then under the stage name "Corey LAZARUS" - played the cousin of the main character, who was a homosexual man named LARS. The show was cancelled, but a Hollywood agent by the name of GREGORY PRICE saw potential in the young actor. After starring in an independent horror movie entitled THE KEY, Corey saved enough money to enroll at the Front Line Academy. Within a year and a half, Laz (as he was now called by his peers), at the age of 23, was chosen by Cliff and Jesse to be their protegé and be sent to the Pioneer Wrestling Association. While in the PWA, Corey became one of the top wrestling stars of the world, winning the PWA Grizzly Beer and Hardcore titles within a matter of months. After leaving the PWA in early 2002, Corey filmed his first starring role in ON THE DOWNSIDE, a comedic drama about college youth. After winning an Academy Award (from the South Beach Acting Academy) for his role, Corey's phone was soon ringing off of the hook with offers for television and movie contracts. After guest starring on numerous hit TV shows, such as FRIENDS and THAT 70'S SHOW, and being the star in several movies, both mainstream and independent, Lazarus decided to give wrestling another shot. Corey signed a one month deal with Elite Wrestling to clear himself of ring rust, and was soon one of, if not, the largest draws in the company's history. After his contract to Elite Wrestling ended, Corey signed a deal with the Impact Champioship Wrestling Federation. Unfortunately, the ICWF did not recognize Corey's abilities properly, and he soon left from a lack of booking. Then, Corey decided to join the Liberty Wrestling Federation to work in the same promotion as his long-time friend Dustin "Thunderwolf" Kelser. Upon entering the LWF, Corey immediately became a top draw, star, and merchandise item. After winning high-profile matches against such opponents as Tommy Riley and Matt Attict, Lazarus was given a shot at Brandon Nova's LWF Intercontinental title in a Triple Threat match against the champion, Nova, and MoA Revelation member Aaron Faith. During the match, Lazarus (while on the outside) tripped up Faith, causing Aaron to be caught in Nova's Ambrosia Complex for the win. From there, Faith, the self-proclaimed "Main Event" of the LWF, vowed to rid the wrestling world of "The Premiere Attraction." After having only had two televised matches, one of which was a tag team encounter that ended in an all-out brawl, the two faced off in a Buried Alive match at the Misery Pay-Per-View. Corey walked out the winner after his own personal security service, Hollywood Security, prevented the members of MoA Revelation to interfere, thus enabling Lazarus to push Aaron into the makeshift grave, and then proceed to shovel pound after pound of dirt onto him. During this feud, Corey received a shot at the LWF World Heavyweight champion, Marcus Collins. Collins narrowly escaped the match with the victory, as Aaron Faith was the special guest referee. Lazarus went for the Box Office Bomb to Collins, who then rolled out of the move and into a small package, which was followed by a fast-count from Faith. To many, however, Corey was the just winner of the match, and it was just a matter of time before he wins the World title, be it from Marcus Collins or whoever else. Unfortunately, Corey's LWF contract ran out, and after many contract disputes, and a pending lawsuit from a friend aimed at the company - Corey decided to work for long time (friendly) rival, and step-father of Thunderwolf, Dalton Campbell. But was High Impact Competition ready for the Lazarush? No, they were not. Corey quickly claimed victories over some of HiC's top stars, including Sirus Moran and Nightmare. He defeated Showtime at the Pay-Per-View Rise Of Tyranny to become the HiC Tempest title, but then lost that belt within a month to veteran Brian Mitchell in a stunning upset. Corey took time off, roughly three weeks, and returned at the Rumble In The Bronx Pay-Per-View, where he and fellow TV-MA stablemates Gregory Price and Protean powerbombed Synskin through a flaming table, sending the message that Synskin (as well as his manager Mark Severed) were no longer welcomed in TV-MA. Corey then defeated Synskin in a Last Man Standing match by delivering a German Superplex through two stacked tables. Synskin then left HiC, and Protean's contract ran out, leaving Corey Lazarus and Gregory Price alone to carry the TV-MA name. Lazarus then aligned himself with Thunderwolf by assaulting HiC owner Dalton Campbell. Shortly thereafter, Corey Lazarus challenged Tommy Riley for the Tempest title. At the same time, so did Duncan "The Spade" Aries and "The Nemesis" Jason Ambrose, the latter of which was the cousin of "Showtime" Marcus Ambrose: the man Corey defeated at Rise Of Tyranny to win the Tempest title for the first time. After bringing his friend Malcolm West, the owner of the illustrious Club Xanax and former professional wrestler on the independent circuit, TV-MA was reformed, with West (a former student at the Front Line Academy) re-learning the craft with aid from Laz. At Genesis VI, the premier event of High Impact Competition, Lazarus won a Fatal Four-Way match for the Tempest title, defeating champion Tommy Riley with the Mercury Driver while Duncan Aries and Jason Ambrose fought on the outside, becoming the only two-time Tempest champion in HiC history. After the main event of Genesis, in which Thunderwolf claimed his birthright by defeating Lisa "LoCo" Lorenzo for the HiC World Heavyweight title, a new group was formed with the intent on not only taking over the wrestling industry, but also other industries. The group's name? The ACHERON WORLD NETWORK. With Thunderwolf at the helm, and Corey Lazarus his second-in-command, the stable seemed unbeatable. They destroyed four of the top stars in HiC - "Kumquat Kid" Ryan Lewis, Ledge, Nightmare, and Nightstryker - on the Twister after Genesis, and held the company's top two titles: the Tempest and World championships. After Wolf became co-champion by drawing Lisa Lorenzo in a Scaffold Match, the HiC chapter of the AWN was sent into disarray when nearly the entire roster left the company to join Wolf in the Projekt Re:Volution promotion. Corey Lazarus was the last man left in HiC, aside from the on-injury-leave Ray Stanford and Corey's girlfriend Natasha "Innocence" Estella, that was AWN. At the final HiC card, Resurrection, Corey found himself in the main event: a four-way match for the HiC World Heavyweight title. Corey took it right to the opposition - this time in the form of Nightmare, Showtime, and Alexis Sykes - but came up short after Nightmare nearly knocked him out cold with a steel chair, breaking the chair in the process, and then proceeded to level Corey with a series of martial arts kicks. Through his cheating, Nightmare became the final HiC World Heavyweight champion, and Corey Lazarus was sent out of the company with a loss. Corey then entered Premiere Championship Wrestling's Premiere Tournament, believing it would be incredibly easy for him due to the level of competition (which was, in Corey's own words, "fucking hilarious"). Lazarus, however, lost in the semi-finals to Ledge after being thrown into an Exploding Dumpster, the stipulation which he, himself, chose. Corey, believing himself to have lost his way, looked for another promotion in which to star in, in which to increase his abilities in. And one day, Corey vowed to avenge his losses to Ledge and Nightmare. After losing in the PCW Premiere Tournament, Corey felt that needed to "regain his edge," and set out to do so by joining the Chaos Heat Zone promotion. CHZ was a more down-to-Earth company than any Corey had been in before, with lower production values and, at times, worse talents than Lazarus had ever faced. There, he became the Hardcore champion his second match in, dropping the title purposefully to the wrestler named Inferno, stating that he, Corey Lazarus, had moved beyond the simplicities of the Hardcore environment, and was after bigger and better things. His original contract was only for one month, and after the contract reached its expiration, Lazarus decided not to renew, and left the promotion to sign a deal with the Death Row Wrestling Federation. Once at Death Row, Corey began challenging the company's top stars and making a name for himself while he still had plenty of ringrust to shed. His second match in, Corey defeated the team of Sean "IcE" Moro and Sean Corbin, members of the First Class Felony stable, with partner and former Acheron teammate Brandon Nova to become the second-ever DRWF Sovereign champions under the TV-MA banner. After having defended the belts successfully against Sean "IcE" Moro and his newly chosen partner, then-DRWF Eternal champion Vern Michaels, and in a match known only as THREE FACES OF DEATH (with first fall being No DQ, Falls Count Anywhere; second fall being a Double Tables match; and the third fall, should it come to that, being a Stairway to Hell match), in Moro's hometown of Milbank, South Dakota, Brandon Nova seemed to have completely vanished from the face of the the planet. To make matters worse, Thunderwolf - who had been in Death Row for only a month, if that - decided to leave Corey to fend for himself with many enemies and no allies. This caused a rift to be torn between the two, leading to a falling out between them in the weeks leading up to the independent event SHATTERED DREAMS. Corey then went on to become one of the top challengers to the DRWF Eternal title, going so far as to challenge for the belt against then-champion Pete Ebdon at DRWF Stop The Presses in a BURNING ROAD TO HELL match, with the other four participants being Aaron Simon Kalis, Rayn, Sean "IcE" Moro, and former champion Vern Michaels. The final three men in the Burning Road to Hell match at DRWF Stop The Presses were Pete Ebdon, Sean Moro, and none other than Corey Lazarus. After nearly breaking Ebdon's neck with a Mercury Driver, Corey collapsed from exhaustion, enabling Moro to climb to the top of a ladder and deliver his corkscrew Shooting Star Press, or the Near Death Experience as Moro called it, onto both men for the deciding pinfall. Corey made it out of the match with a permanent scar across his chest from a C2 explosive charge, and enough bloodloss to require him to receive a transfusion (the reason Corey collapsed, as was later pointed out by doctors, was bloodloss). Corey, however, would not rest until the Eternal title was in his possession, going so far as to threaten a lawsuit towards DRWF Chairman Chase Madrid were he not to get a shot at the title. Lazarus eventually did receive a shot at the Eternal title, but not as he had originally planned to. The night was February 20th, 2005. The match was entitled "A Matter of Respect," meaning that the loser of the match was the man who shook his opponent's hand and after saying he respected his opponent. The competitors were Corey Lazarus and Ricky Jones. The match was bloody and violent, with both men knowing full-well that the winner was going to receive a shot at Sean Moro's Eternal title the next week on the DRWF's weekly Black Sunday program. After interference from Moro, Lazarus was handed a can of Febreeze and a blowtorch, the same weapon that Ricky Jones had used to burn Moro just two weeks earlier when the formation of his stable CELL BLOCK 69 occurred, to use on Jones. Lazarus shook the can up, and aimed it at Jones, only to then burn Moro with it at the last second! Ricky laughed and asked for a microphone, and then shook Corey's hand, admitting his respect for the L-A-Z to end the match with Corey as the declared winner. The next week, on February 27th, 2005, Corey Lazarus and Sean "IcE" Moro came face-to-face in their most heated match to date. No weapons were used, but blood was shed, as Corey smashed Moro face-first into the steel ringpost on the outside, nearly breaking his nose and most certainly giving him a concussion. After 20 minutes or so of back-and-forth action, the match came to a finish, with Moro delivering the Franchise Kick to Corey, but Corey kicked out at 2. Lazarus then connected with the End Credits for 2, and then rolling out of the way of IcE's Near Death Experience, allowing Lazarus to finish the match with the Mercury Driver for the 3-count and the Eternal title. His reign was seemingly not to be, however, due to an ever-increasing addiction to cocaine and prescription painkillers. The painkiller addiction had been growing ever since Corey's return to the ring in late 2002 from his personal necessity to put on the best match of the night and win at any and all costs, abusing his body to nearly career ending lengths in the process. The cocaine, however, came following his fallout with Dustin "Thunderwolf" Kelser, as Corey would turn to anything to relieve him of his stress: women, booze, coke, and other vices. On the upside, after a four-month absence (and retiring of the DRWF Eternal title), Corey returned to the ring, clean and sober for the first time in nearly three years, and was out to make fans remember him forever after signing with a new company named Pride and Honor Wrestling (PHW). Unfortunately - yet also somewhat fortunately - for Corey, another man signed with PHW around the same time as he did. A man named DUSTIN KELSER. In PHW, the two were on the verge of a bitter, blood-soaked battle. After beating Dustin's new fiancée, ENIKA ENGEL, into submission and luring her into a busy street where she was hit by a car, Corey had many contractual arguments with PHW owner Andrew Kendrick. Corey's contract was a 6-month exclusive deal, and with only half of his paychecks clearing from Kendrick, Corey wanted out. He chose to sit out the remaining 5 weeks of his contract, getting it annulled via the lawyer brother of Price, and then signed a deal with SHOOT Project. Titles Held:  Rising Phoenix Pro Wrestling Television championship Pioneer Wrestling Alliance Grizzly Beer championship (2x) Pioneer Wrestling Alliance Hardcore championship (2x) <li>High Impact Competition Tempest championship (2x) <li>Chaos Heat Zone Hardcore championship <li>Death Row Wrestling Federation Sovereign championship (w/ Brandon Nova) <li>Death Row Wrestling Federation Eternal championship </ul> Strengths: Corey is a world-class athlete, and was trained by one of the world's greatest wrestlers in Cliff Young. His size allows him to both fly with the best flyers in the world, but also go fist-to-fist with opponents of greater size and strength. Lazarus is also an incredibly resilient in-ring wrestler that can work any style of wrestling that there is: hardcore, technical, aerial, etc. Weaknesses: Corey is often too cocky to capitalize on his opportunities in the ring, and would rather humiliate his opponent than simply defeat them, which can affect the outcome of the match should he underestimate his opponent too much. Unfortunately, due to his reliance on Muay Thai, aerial wrestling, and hardcore brawling over the last few years, Corey lacks refinement in technical, mat wrestling, and is easily outdone by those that specialize in that area. Lazarus also loses track of what he's talking about often. An exclusive interview with "The Premiere Attraction" himself, Corey Lazarus, can be found at the #1 Lazarus fansite, LAZARUSH.COM. The interview was conducted in December 2003, a month after he signed his deal with High Impact Competition. <a href=http://www.angelfire.com/rebellion2/frontlinewrestling/laz/interview.html>The L-A-Z Cometh</a> A library of each of Corey's post-UW promo's can be viewed at the official Corey Lazarus website, FeelTheLazarush.com. <a href=http://www.freewebs.com/frontlinefamily/tvma/interviews.html>http://www.feelthelazarush.com</a>