Post by HAMMERSTEIN on Apr 5, 2019 10:46:40 GMT
REAL NAME -
Jacob Hammerstein.
STAGE NAME -
Hammerstein.
NICKNAME(S) / ALIASES -
The American Monster
PLACE OF BIRTH -
Why, Arizona
BILLED FROM -
Los Olivos, CA
HEIGHT / WEIGHT -
6’2” 235 lbs.
YEAR OF DEBUT -
Mainstream Debut: 2014, though he has wrestled intermittently since 2003
ALIGNMENT -
100% Rudo
ATTIRE / EQUIPMENT -
In Ring: Black trunks, boots, kneepads, wrist tape.
Entrance: Same, but with black “American Monster” T-Shirt.
ENTRANCE MUSIC -
American Monster by Everclear.
STYLE / TENDENCIES -
While Hammerstein is technically sound, he prefers to brawl, using his power and meanstreak to its fullest potential. Likes to wrestle hold for hold against a technical wrestler, and has taken to the air on occasion, but prefers a punch to the mouth over a collar and elbow.
FINISHING MOVES -
Hammersteiner: Vertical Suplex into a Piledriver. See: Steiner Screwdriver.
Off With Their Head: Flying “Guillotine” Kneedrop (from the top rope) to the back of the head/neck. Has also used a Curbstomp on occasion, but prefers the knee.
Python Sleeper (Rear Naked Choke with legs figure foured around opponent's midsection.
SIGNATURE MOVES
The POUNCE
Hammerplexes: What Hammerstein calls suplexes. Utilizes a wide variety of them.
Cross-face Forearm Smashes
Sit-out Full Nelson Bomb (set up for the Python Sleeper)
BIOGRAPHY / BACKGROUND -
The product of a forbidden relationship between a high ranking member of the Tohono O'Odham Indian tribe and the daughter of a traveling Rabbi, the child named Łééchąą'í, or 'Dog' was accepted by neither side of his family, and was taken to the desert and abandoned to become food for the wildlife. Thankfully he was found by an old hippie couple and taken to an orphanage in Tucson, Arizona. At the age of seven, he ran away from the orphanage after being deemed “unplaceable.” The youngster somehow made his way to Phoenix, where he was “adopted” by a street gangs. Dog grew up quickly on the streets of Phoenix, running afoul of local law enforcement on a regular basis. A local magistrate was going to send him to juvenile detention, when a man asked to approach the judge. The man announced himself as the boy's only surviving relative on his mother's side, Jeremiah Hammerstein. He asked for, and was granted, custody of the wayward boy, who he adopted and renamed Jacob Hammerstein. The man took Jacob to his meager home in Whynot, Mississippi, and began homeschooling the boy. Watching wrestling became a point of reference between generations. Jacob told his Uncle he wanted to become a wrestler, so Jeremiah cashed in his life insurance and found someone to train him. RED, a retired local wrestler, who, as it turned out, was a con artist, took Hammerstein's money and taught him little to no actual actual skills. His first matches consisted of Jacob getting beaten unmercifully by some of RED's old wrestling buddies, who were also the promoters of the shows. Jacob's pay usually consisted of a cold hot dog and a flat soda, as the crooked promoters typically split the boys money with RED. In August 2005, Jacob didn't even earn enough money for a bus ticket from Gulfport to Meridian and had to hitch a ride with a family evacuating because of Hurricane Katrina. Jacob never forgot that.
Hammerstein’s final experience with RED came when he was sent to work a show he was not even contracted for. When the promoter saw the passion and disappointment the nineteen year old showed, he took pity on him, and hired him on as part of the ring crew. Hammerstein worked hard, his work ethic earning the respect of several wrestlers on the roster, who agreed to train him. The traveling show aspect of the Southern independent wrestling circuit hooked Hammerstein and planted the seeds for his vagabond style.
Jacob plied his trade diligently, while supplementing his income by working as a carpenter, building houses by day and wrestling by night.
A chance meeting led to Hammerstein leaving the Southern circuit and traveling to Texas to wrestle in one of the final incarnations of Strike Towers Wrestling. It was there that he He met the man that would become his best friend/worst enemy, Tiger Mask Red. It was also where he met the woman who would, years later, become his wife, Tiger Mask Red's sister, Holly Guacamole. After STW closed, Jacob went to Pollomania, then its offshoot, Lion's Road. It was there that Hammerstein really blossomed as a wrestler, earning several awards while there. He also signed a contract with Seattle Pro Wrestling, winning awards and titles, all while garnering the cheers and admiration of the fans.
That changed in July 2017, when Hammerstein turned on his friends and fans. He dropped his first name, opting to go by “HAMMERSTEIN,” while earning the nickname “The American Monster.”
Hammerstein saw unparalleled success after his change in attitude, winning four different World Championships on three continents, as well as World Tag Team Championships with three different partners and several regional titles.
During this time, Hammerstein began maturing as a wrestler, relying more on technical wrestling and less on brawling and underhanded tactics. It was at this time that the fans slowly, but surely, welcomed him back into their hearts. His record setting reign as Seattle Pro World Heavyweight Champion earned him the company's Wrestler of the Year award as voted by his peers.
Hammerstein lost the SPW World Title and retired in late 2018, but was goaded out of retirement after several direct and personal attacks by his former manager and his new client.
Since then, more and more of the”American Monster” has begun to show, both in Hammerstein's attitude and his tactics.
2019 has been a year of professional and personal turmoil for Hammerstein, having rekindled his rivalry with his now-boss Eli Buchanan, as well as nearly losing his marriage to Holly. Hammerstein's personal life appears to have been righted, as he has reconciled with his wife and has given up alcohol, joining Alcoholics Anonymous.
Jacob Hammerstein.
STAGE NAME -
Hammerstein.
NICKNAME(S) / ALIASES -
The American Monster
PLACE OF BIRTH -
Why, Arizona
BILLED FROM -
Los Olivos, CA
HEIGHT / WEIGHT -
6’2” 235 lbs.
YEAR OF DEBUT -
Mainstream Debut: 2014, though he has wrestled intermittently since 2003
ALIGNMENT -
100% Rudo
ATTIRE / EQUIPMENT -
In Ring: Black trunks, boots, kneepads, wrist tape.
Entrance: Same, but with black “American Monster” T-Shirt.
ENTRANCE MUSIC -
American Monster by Everclear.
STYLE / TENDENCIES -
While Hammerstein is technically sound, he prefers to brawl, using his power and meanstreak to its fullest potential. Likes to wrestle hold for hold against a technical wrestler, and has taken to the air on occasion, but prefers a punch to the mouth over a collar and elbow.
FINISHING MOVES -
Hammersteiner: Vertical Suplex into a Piledriver. See: Steiner Screwdriver.
Off With Their Head: Flying “Guillotine” Kneedrop (from the top rope) to the back of the head/neck. Has also used a Curbstomp on occasion, but prefers the knee.
Python Sleeper (Rear Naked Choke with legs figure foured around opponent's midsection.
SIGNATURE MOVES
The POUNCE
Hammerplexes: What Hammerstein calls suplexes. Utilizes a wide variety of them.
Cross-face Forearm Smashes
Sit-out Full Nelson Bomb (set up for the Python Sleeper)
BIOGRAPHY / BACKGROUND -
The product of a forbidden relationship between a high ranking member of the Tohono O'Odham Indian tribe and the daughter of a traveling Rabbi, the child named Łééchąą'í, or 'Dog' was accepted by neither side of his family, and was taken to the desert and abandoned to become food for the wildlife. Thankfully he was found by an old hippie couple and taken to an orphanage in Tucson, Arizona. At the age of seven, he ran away from the orphanage after being deemed “unplaceable.” The youngster somehow made his way to Phoenix, where he was “adopted” by a street gangs. Dog grew up quickly on the streets of Phoenix, running afoul of local law enforcement on a regular basis. A local magistrate was going to send him to juvenile detention, when a man asked to approach the judge. The man announced himself as the boy's only surviving relative on his mother's side, Jeremiah Hammerstein. He asked for, and was granted, custody of the wayward boy, who he adopted and renamed Jacob Hammerstein. The man took Jacob to his meager home in Whynot, Mississippi, and began homeschooling the boy. Watching wrestling became a point of reference between generations. Jacob told his Uncle he wanted to become a wrestler, so Jeremiah cashed in his life insurance and found someone to train him. RED, a retired local wrestler, who, as it turned out, was a con artist, took Hammerstein's money and taught him little to no actual actual skills. His first matches consisted of Jacob getting beaten unmercifully by some of RED's old wrestling buddies, who were also the promoters of the shows. Jacob's pay usually consisted of a cold hot dog and a flat soda, as the crooked promoters typically split the boys money with RED. In August 2005, Jacob didn't even earn enough money for a bus ticket from Gulfport to Meridian and had to hitch a ride with a family evacuating because of Hurricane Katrina. Jacob never forgot that.
Hammerstein’s final experience with RED came when he was sent to work a show he was not even contracted for. When the promoter saw the passion and disappointment the nineteen year old showed, he took pity on him, and hired him on as part of the ring crew. Hammerstein worked hard, his work ethic earning the respect of several wrestlers on the roster, who agreed to train him. The traveling show aspect of the Southern independent wrestling circuit hooked Hammerstein and planted the seeds for his vagabond style.
Jacob plied his trade diligently, while supplementing his income by working as a carpenter, building houses by day and wrestling by night.
A chance meeting led to Hammerstein leaving the Southern circuit and traveling to Texas to wrestle in one of the final incarnations of Strike Towers Wrestling. It was there that he He met the man that would become his best friend/worst enemy, Tiger Mask Red. It was also where he met the woman who would, years later, become his wife, Tiger Mask Red's sister, Holly Guacamole. After STW closed, Jacob went to Pollomania, then its offshoot, Lion's Road. It was there that Hammerstein really blossomed as a wrestler, earning several awards while there. He also signed a contract with Seattle Pro Wrestling, winning awards and titles, all while garnering the cheers and admiration of the fans.
That changed in July 2017, when Hammerstein turned on his friends and fans. He dropped his first name, opting to go by “HAMMERSTEIN,” while earning the nickname “The American Monster.”
Hammerstein saw unparalleled success after his change in attitude, winning four different World Championships on three continents, as well as World Tag Team Championships with three different partners and several regional titles.
During this time, Hammerstein began maturing as a wrestler, relying more on technical wrestling and less on brawling and underhanded tactics. It was at this time that the fans slowly, but surely, welcomed him back into their hearts. His record setting reign as Seattle Pro World Heavyweight Champion earned him the company's Wrestler of the Year award as voted by his peers.
Hammerstein lost the SPW World Title and retired in late 2018, but was goaded out of retirement after several direct and personal attacks by his former manager and his new client.
Since then, more and more of the”American Monster” has begun to show, both in Hammerstein's attitude and his tactics.
2019 has been a year of professional and personal turmoil for Hammerstein, having rekindled his rivalry with his now-boss Eli Buchanan, as well as nearly losing his marriage to Holly. Hammerstein's personal life appears to have been righted, as he has reconciled with his wife and has given up alcohol, joining Alcoholics Anonymous.