Drayden n'avait pas été réservé pour un match ce soir-là, et était en civil en coulisses. Il ne voulait pas avoir un jour de congé, mais si quelqu'un lui demandait personnellement il attribuait le manque de lui-même sur la carte à la crucifixion de Max Power. Mais personne ne lui a demandé, et Drayden était trop respectueux pour en parler. Il a attendu jusqu'à ce que Max Power quitte le bureau du patron avant de se laisser entrer. Il attendait à peine que la porte se ferme avant d'entrer, regardant Jack au bureau. Il connaissait déjà le plan de la bataille Royale, mais il avait une idée différente. Il a dit, donnant au patron un sourire respectueux alors qu'il laissait la porte fermée devant lui. Il marchait devant le bureau avant de commencer son spiel.
Je ne serai pas dans cette bataille Royale. J'ai un autre plan. Vous allez mettre l'I.N. Serrez-vous sur moi à la bataille de Seattle, d'accord? Donne-le-moi et je m'en occuperai. Laisse-moi me défendre contre Sexton lors d'un enregistrement régulier. Puis, au Clash des Titans, au Jardin... donnez-moi et ce lucha 15, peut-être 20 minutes. Je gagnerai, nous serrerons la main et je lèverai la main devant la foule. Voilà, une nouvelle étoile, construite devant un jardin vendu. Je sais qu'il est déjà énorme au Mexique, mais il n'a rien à foutre aux États-Unis. Et je peux l'aider à le faire. » Drayden s'est arrêté un moment pour évaluer la réaction de Jack, mais il n'a pas encore tout à fait fini d'établir son plan.
À partir de là, je vais lancer un défi ouvert à chaque pay-per-view, peut-être quelques enregistrements. Laisse moi et ce gamin de Blaze travailler sur un vrai match hardcore. Donnez-moi 15 minutes chaque pay-per-view, et je transformerai toutes ces personnes que vous avez eues en étoiles. Tu ne peux pas rester sur Max pour toujours, mec. Tu le sais, au fond de toi tu le sais. Laisse-moi changer les choses, je te supplie, mec. Je peux le faire. Peut-être qu'après quelques mois que j'ai mis des cliniques aux pay-per-views, tu as réservé Max et moi dans un match titre-pour-titre. Mets la ceinture sur moi et organise un tournoi pour le titre international. Après tout mon travail, les gens paieront juste pour le voir. » Drayden a couru une main à travers ses cheveux courts avant de finir.
Vous avez une liste de travailleurs étonnants qui attendent juste d'aller de l'avant. Qu'en pensez-vous, Jack?
Name: Bill Stevenson AKA Drayden
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Height: 6’5”
Weight: 285
Entrance Music: Dink
Alignment: Face
Gimmick: He almost has two gimmicks. In matches, he’s often intense and methodically destroys his opponents with careful technical wrestling. In backstage segments and promos, he’s a little more loose and silly. Think Kurt Angle in the 90s/early 2000s. Stuff like this. He can be a little rough on the crowd in certain promos, but for the most part he gets pretty decent pops because most people love to see someone get torn apart, and when Drayden’s coming down, they know that’ll likely be the case. He has an odd air of charisma around him that attracts people to him.
Personality: He’s the best worker backstage, and has been with the company for a long time. Newer wrestlers look to him for tips and encouragement, and the ones that have been around as long as he has know he takes no bullshit. He’ll stiff someone in the ring if they’re trying to politic him backstage. He’s very blatant with the boss, very simply declining to job to anyone he thinks is beneath him, or he thinks he could have a money match with if it’s promoted properly. His finishers are heavily protected; he’ll refuse to use them if they won’t get the pin. Drayden is respected by most everyone backstage, and is usually happy with whatever storylines he’s in, most always in the upper midcard nowadays. He avoids the main event because he feels like he’ll end jobbing to Max Power, someone he does not respect in the slightest, believing that Max is ‘holding the business back.’
He’s been here for a couple of years now, and is trusted by the bookers and agents to put on good, safe matches with everyone, to the point that newcomers are often booked in matches with him(if you can’t have a good match with Drayden, you’re in the wrong business). Sometimes this strategy fails, because Drayden is capable of carrying matches with sloppier workers.
He’s the judge of ‘wrestler’s court’ backstage, and much prefers to be called ‘Drayden’ as opposed to ‘Bill,’ even by his fellow workers backstage.
Biography: An absolute freak athlete, Bill Stevenson was able to make his body do things that other people didn’t think were possible from a young age. In college and highschool, he was a wrestler and an unbelievably skilled one. He was an Olympic medalist before joining the GPW, where his highly advanced technical wrestling skills allowed him to easily slip into the business. He started as a heel, considering himself better than other people in the company due to his background, but was quickly humbled by a couple of the old hands in the ring. Since then, his character has been a face, and he excites crowds with his wonderful wrestling. He had a few world title shots early on, but came short everytime. After that, he found a spot in the upper midcard, where he puts on five star matches almost every week. As he’s moved on, his wrestling style has evolved from one composed of takedowns and suplexes, to a varied one, with plenty of striking and more traditional moves: i.e., powerbombs, spinebusters, etc, and the occasional top rope maneuver.
He’s comfortable and happy in his spot, and enjoys giving promos, which he’s found himself to end up being very good at. He rarely loses matches unless they’re on pay-per-view and against up-and-coming heels, or faces that he respects backstage. Backstage, he’s currently gunning for the GPW International Championship, which he hopes to capture and bring to the light as the ‘workhorse’ title, having no interest in being fed to the unbeatable Max Power.
He’s been consistently bringing this up with Jack, saying that, as Drayden, he can bring prestige to the IN title and make it one worth watching the show for.
Wrestling Style: Technical brawler
Finishing Move: Pop-up powerbomb, Olympic Slam
Common Moves: Moonsault(his ultimate move, only used in dire situations. He’s well aware of how dangerous it is, but often does it anyway, calling it in the ring)
German suplex
Tiger suplex
Belly-to-belly suplex
Crossface chickenwing
Lou Thesz Press
Big boot
DDT
Triple non-release powerbombs
Spinebuster