Alexander Shaw

Alexander Shaw is a professional wrestler currently working for the NEXT Promotion, as well as the World Wrestling Alliance in the West Coast Wrestling Association promotion with Pete Whealdon as LIONS FC

BIOGRAPHY
Born in to a lower-middle class family living in the Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Alexander begun is his participation in athletics at an early age,   but he was always captivated by wrestling. In his middle school years he would begin freestyle wrestling at the middle school level, before moving on to compete on the junior and varsity at St. Ignatius Prep School.

He would receive a scholarship to continue wrestling at Michigan University. He would wrestle at Michigan for a few years before he was contacted by Anton Assault about possibly pursuing training to be a professional wrestler. After a long and fairly difficult training period at the foot of the LIONS FC master, Alexander's training in grappling and submission were strengthened in long jaunts and studies to Europe and Japan respectively.

LIONS FC
Alexander is part of the LIONS FIGHTING CLUB, and the tag team of the same name. other members include is tag team partner Pete Whealdon, Nathan Rageous, Silas Grey, and the founder and leader Anton Assault.

WCWA
After finishing his training, Anton Assault sent Alexander to the West Coast Wrestling Alliance to prepare for Pete Whealdon's arrival from Japan, with Pete's tour taking a few weeks longer than Anton or Alexander had suspected, Alexander was given some easy matches in which he displayed flashes of technical brilliance, but ultimately came up short in both encounters, falling to a flash pin, and purposely disqualifying himself to announce the arrival of LIONS FC the tag team.

The Following weeks would have LIONS FC in strong tag team showcases against the Sex Symbols and The number one contenders The Big Time Jerks, they would win both matches in impressive fashion, leading up to their first Pay Per View appearance LUCKY SEVENS(07/07/07).

At Lucky Sevens, Alexander and Pete would engage in a very hard hitting match with Rex and Rad Hazard, which would see them emerge victorious and allow them a title shot at any time they deemed appropriate. They would take advantage of that opportunity later that night after the first tag team title match of the night. Alexander would score the submission victory over Jim Beam of 80 Proof after a short, but still hard fought match.

WCWA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS
Titles Won: July 7th, 2007

Defenses:

The Sex Symbols in a 30 Minute Draw

The Heatseekers in a Double Knockout in Wrestle Coast: Cascadia in what was described as an exceptionally hard hitting sprint paced match

NEXT
Alexander Shaw debuted in NEXT quickly crushing several local talents with his Heel Hook finishing maneuver. He would gain notoriety for his use of innovative wrestling techniques such as his Stretch Muffler Spin, Leg Lock Full Nelson, and a variety of pretzel submission that were of "had-to-be-seen-to-be-believed" variety.

in the Ten man Elimination match that is highly regarded as a possible match of the year candidate from the RETURN OF THE MACK show, Alexander would score a crucial elimination by HEEL HOOK submission to  further his ascension to the main event in NEXT, he would however be defeated later in the match, ending his bid for the number one contender ship for the Wisconsin State Championship.

The following show FIGHT!FIGHT!FIGHT! would find Alexander lined up against Alexsei Tarasov in what was being hyped as a classic mat battle BEFORE the match had even taken place. The fans would not go home disappointed as both men went hold for hold and strike for strike for over 30 minutes, Shaw would gain the upper hand in the late stages of the match, and Tarasov would become the first man to ever break the heel hook, forcing Alexander to submit quickly there after.

Superstar PRO
LIONS FC has traveled to Japan as a Team once to compete in Jason Ramsey's Superstar PRO promotion, though they came up on the short end of the stick against Black Violence, a rematch has been scheduled for the biggest show in Japan since the folding of Pro Wrestling ZION, with Shaw hungry to avenge the earlier loss

Singles
Alexander uses stiff strikes to wear his opponent down before breaking down a body part for a possible submission victories as of late he has been very methodical in his approach taking the full time limit to his advantage

Tag
Shaw is the stretcher of the two, so he utilizes his chops, but more back breakers and high impact moves than he does when working solo.

Commonly Used Moves
Headlock Variations(With lots of wrenching, no rest holds here) Armbreaker Variations Hammerlock arm and back breaker Forearm Strikes(charging and standard) European Uppercuts Indian Death lock Variations Rolling Single Leg Crab(can be done in too a knee stomp looking move as well) Figure Four Leg Lock Surfboard variations Bow and Arrow variations Butterfly Suplex Karelin lift Surfboard Double Knee Stomp Leg-lock Full Nelson Spinning Toe Hold abdominal Stretch and variations(Hammerlock, Reverse Front Chancery, Cravate) Knee Breakers Cross Knee-lock Armdrag variations Hip Toss variations Running Knee Lift STF(and variations) Backbreaker Variations Hammerlock Legsweep hammerlock facebuster

Signature Moves
The Chop- Devastating right Hand Knife Edge Chop delivered with chest welting power

Spartanlock Alpha- Seated Stretch Muffler

Spartanlock Beta- seated side by side crooked figure four leglock with armbar

Spartanlock Gamma- Omoplata Armbar- The locking mechanism is similar to the kimura lock, but instead of using the arms, it is applied using a leg.

Stretch Muffler Swing- The hugely popular move, sees Shaw lift his opponent up while locked in a stretch muffler and swing them around ala a giant swing dropping them face and chest first down on to the mat, can be followed up the Spartan Lock Alpha

Headbutt Rampage- Occasionally, Alexander gets in a mood and in the heat of the moment, he will deliver stiff, hard head butts to his opponents head with very little regard for himself or his opponent

F-BOMB- Bluethunder Backbreaker

Death By Shaw- Firemans Carry in to a Double Knee Gutbuster

Standard
Heel Hook- Single Leg Lock with Twisting Ankle Lock, can be done like a crab or a leg grapevine depending on the situation

Desperation
Anaconda Roll - 3/4 front chancery rolled in to a bridged arm-triangle choke