Frankie Castle

Franklin Patterson (Born May 29, 1973) is a retired American professional wrestler and trainer who previously worked for multiple American Indy wrestling promotions under the stage name of Frankie Castle. Patterson also worked for multiple promotions in Japan under the persona of Black TORA III, a villainous counterpart to the King TORA character. Since retiring Castle currently works at Castle of Wrestling, his own wrestling school based in his hometown of Los Angeles.

Personal Life:
In 1995, Patterson married his college sweetheart Laura Collingwood. Together they have two children. Outside of the ring, Patterson is close friends with a lot of wrestlers from his past and a couple of his students.

Patterson is an avid comic book fan and even stated that his Frankie Castle ring name is a reference to The Punisher's real name Frank Castle. He once previously said that one of the big goals in life that he wants to accomplish is owning a copy of the original Action Comics #1 which is known as the debut issue of Superman.

In Wrestling:

 * Finishing Moves
 * Hammerlock Lariat
 * Tiger Suplex
 * Moonsault
 * Sir Franklin's Gift to the World (Spinning sitout lifting double underhook facebuster, sometimes from the second rope)
 * Signature Moves
 * Arabian press, sometimes to the outside of the ring
 * Crossface
 * Death Valley driver
 * Enzuigiri
 * Fall From Grace (Modified cross-armed iconoclasm)
 * Reverse STO, sometimes into the turnbuckles or from the second rope
 * Running neckbreaker
 * Sidewalk slam, sometimes from the top rope
 * Spin-out powerbomb
 * Springboard moonsault
 * Springboard plancha
 * Standing side slam
 * STO
 * Nicknames:
 * King of California
 * Entrances Themes:
 * "Kickstart my Heart" by Motley Crue (1993 - 2003)
 * "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes (2003 - 2018)


 * Wrestlers Trained:
 * Lieta Collins
 * Trevor Marsden