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Wrestler Name: "*IN NEED OF NEW NICKNAME*" Darkfyre

Nicknames: Previously: "Man on Fyre", "The Rising Flame". Now: "*IN NEED OF NEW NICKNAME*"

Real Name: Aaron Mazzola

Height: 6'5"

Weight: 268 lbs.

Age: 27

Birthdate: July 24th, 1980

Zodiac Sign: Leo.

Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri

Fan Base Name: The Fyrestarters.

Side: Neutral. Alignment doesn't concern him. He's just out to wrestle, not make friends.

All Round Personality: Cocky, arrogant, concieted. These are just a few words that sum up Darkfyre. He likes to think that he's the best in the world, no matter who faces him inside the ring. He'll stop at nothing to inflict pain and punishment on those deemed to be.

Physical Description: Darkfyre has somewhat long, but not too long, brown hair going just past his eyes. Blue eyes to be exact. But they aren't your normal shade of blue. They also have a hint of green and gray inside them too. Shockingly enough, they can change color. Out to the ring, he wears a black jacket with horozontial dark red stripes going across the chest which just barely cover his wrestling shorts. His shorts are also black, but with a vertical dark red stripe going down the side. He has black boots along with dark red kickpads to match the rest of his attire. He also has a black choker and a pair of sunglasses that he wears to the ring and backstage. But when his match starts, he loses the sunglasses, jacket and possibly title belt. Backstage, however, his attire consists of black side-zip rocker boots. A pair of mildly faded blue jeans that are held up with a black leather belt with a buckle. A black long sleeved shirt, with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows and a silver wristwatch. He also has a stud in his left ear.

Biography: On July 24th, 1980 in Kansas City Missouri, Aaron Mazzola was brought into the world. Aaron was never the most popular kid in school, but he did have his close group of friends. One day when Aaron had all of his friends over at his house, they were in the living room, watching television. Aaron came to a stop on a channel that was showing a program called Saturday Night Main Event. Aaron and his 4 friends were immediately hooked on this newly found show. The way these "wrestlers" could get some of these painful-looking moves done to them and still move around after that. Aaron and his friends talked about the WWF at school and found out that a lot of other kids liked it too. So all of Aaron's friends decided to start having a party every Saturday night just to watch wrestling and hang out. About a year before SNME was cancelled, Aaron started weightlifting daily. Then after he turned 18 he went out on a search, for a pro-wrestling school so he could maybe someday be on the big-stage with the wrestlers he admired.

Shortly after he started his search, he came across an NWA training center. He went into the office of the owner the day he found the place and enrolled in the basic classes. He passed the basics within 2 weeks with flying colors and was immediately put into the advanced class. He was put up against a man that stood 6'10" and weighed 295 pounds. Aaron was intimidated, but he still took on the challenge. Aaron gave the man quite a match-up and beat him within 10 minutes by submission. The owner was so pleased with Aaron's progress that he called the locally televised wrestling federation, known as the BTWF. The owner of the NWA training center came up to Aaron one day and told him to get ready for a trip. Aaron looked at the owner and asked him where he was going, but the owner didn't say. For a few days, Aaron wondered what was going on until he overheard the owner talking to someone one day about what was going on. Aaron was so amazed that he was finally getting a big time shot. So he got all of his wrestling gear ready and headed off to the BTWF in late September. Aaron was thinking, on his way to the Barton Arena where the BTWF was held, about what nickname he should have. Then he came up with the name 'Darkfyre'. He was sure this name would be just fine and when he got to the Arena, he suited up and had his first match against ArchAngel. He won, with help from some people that he didn't know to well, named The Children of Nightmare.

Darkfyre was adopted into TCoN as the newest member and quickly became a badguy. In January, at the annual PPV, there was an inter-fed Hardcore Brawl. Darkfyre made it into the final two after a long hard fought match-up. The other person that was left was none other than GWA's, GEWE at the time, own Tai 'Nitro' Tolium. After the match, and Darkfyre's loss, he felt like he had been let down by the BTWF and everyone else and became much more reclusive and sadistic. Then, after a few months, Darkfyre got tired of playing as the badguy that nobody liked and quit TCoN. He became a good-guy wrestler again and then got a shot at Austin Azure's Television Title, even though he lost, that didn't dampen his spirits and eventually he got into a little fued along with The Heat and Yuri Yurievich, which led up to a big six man tag match at BloodBath '05 versus Apolo, Ivan (better known as Iron) and Kid Chaos, also known as the Generation of Legends. Even though Darkfyre got pinned, that didn't bother him. Immediately after BloodBath, he was put into a match with Kid Chaos again. But this time it was for a shot at the Tournament of Gods II. Darkfyre lost this match too, but was suddenly and unexpectedly teamed up with Eclipse. They had a little bit of a difference, but they put it behind them and then at Tournament of Gods II, they had a 6 way tag team match for the Tag Team Championship. The teams were; H.A.L.O., Generation of Legends, Nature, Nozaki Twins, Divine Pain and then Legacy of Destruction (a.k.a. Darkfyre and Eclipse). Somehow, Darkfyre and Eclipse got the titles and now they're ready to take on any challenge that comes their way.

Such as Nature at Madness: Night of Champions IV, Nature beat the GoL the week before and got their shot at the Tag Champs, Darkfyre and Eclipse. Nature put on a great fight, almost putting Legacy of Destruction down a few times, but LoD got the best of Nature in the end as Darkfyre gave Pohatu a Finality inside the ring and then Eclipse gave The Tiger a huge Hell Fire on the outside. Then Darkfyre had a crazy idea, he locked Pohatu into a Tazzmission and made him tap out, which was the first time Pohatu had ever tapped out. Darkfyre congratulated Pohatu and The Tiger afterwards, but this just led to Nature breaking up as Pohatu left. Then, a week after this match, Eclipse had a match with Apolo, which he lost. Then Darkfyre got in contact with Brian Blade through his intern, Karlos Karribean Kool, and requested for a match with Iron the following week. Darkfyre won with the Fyre's Heavenly Redemption and tied the score between LoD and GoL at one a piece going into fadetoblack. Then, at the PPV, the GoL was putting on a great match, but it still wasn't enough for the LoD and Iron tapped out to Darkfyre's new modified Burning Clutch finisher, securing their victory and the Tag Team Championships.

Then, after the match, the BarTron lit up and showed none other than Maxwell Conners on the screen saying that next week on Madness he's coming back. Then, as expected, Maxwell showed up after the FS Title match and started in with his usual stuff, saying he was screwed and other Maxwell things. Then Darkfyre and Eclipse came down to the ring and got into somewhat of an arguement with Maxwell. Darkfyre controlled the microphone for LoD the entire time, not letting Eclipse getting a word in at all. Then Darkfyre made a challenge, if Maxwell beat Eclipse the next week, then Darkfyre and Maxwell would have a match the week after that. But thanks to things getting messed up badly with the BTWF and them going out of business slightly, this never happened and Ragnarok was cancelled. Instead, LoD would be defending their titles at Madness: Night of Champions V. Darkfyre and Eclipse lost and broke up after Darkfyre learned that Eclipse had thrown the match because Maxwell payed him off. Darkfyre decided it would be best if he took some time off from the BTWF and then his little time off became a quitting of the BTWF and Darkfyre was out of a job. Instead of flipping burgers at the local McDonald's, he went up to Gambino, Gaia and found Ms. Brianna Rach and talked to her about a job and she thought it over for a few days and got hold of Darkfyre again and told him that she accepted, making Darkfyre the newest addition to the GWA roster. Some may think he abandoned the BTWF, but Darkfyre sees it as a business opportunity that opened up and he took it. He came to the GWA to do one thing, but that one thing took a little while due to booking problems. His first match was against Rogue. Darkfyre gave Rogue one hell of a fight, and won his debut match on the show New Beginnings, in the GWA and was then unexpectedly put into a big time match at the next show, A Strange Twist of Fate, against Roy Chambers for the Prime Time Title.

Darkfyre lost that match, but not after Chambers played alot of headgames with Darkfyre to try and throw him off his game. It worked a little bit, but only enough so Chambers could figure out a way to beat Darkfyre. After losing the match, Darkfyre found out that he had another match at the next show, No Regrets, No Remorse. This time, he was teamed up with some guy named Craig Morgan and he was facing Rogue and the man that he came to the GWA to hunt down like an animal, Tai 'Nitro' Tolium. The match ended in a draw only because none of the men could work well with each other. Thus, setting up a Four Corner Survival at One Step Closer with Tolium, Rogue and Morgan. Tolium was the one who picked up the win, at Darkfyre's expense, thanks to Craig Morgan, who pulled Tolium over onto Darkfyre's unconcious body for the three count. But, personal problems started picking at Darkfyre and he decided it was time for a break, but that break only lasted a little over a week when Darkfyre came back at Mutual Reverence and had a match against Bryan Kutterman in The Gallow. Darkfyre was busted open beyond believe in the match, but he didn't let it phase his quest for Tolium. So, at A Memorable Return, Darkfyre finally got his wish and got Tolium in a one-on-one match without anyone to get in the way. After a long and grueling match, Darkfyre finally picked up the win against Tolium. Then, after the match, Darkfyre extended his hand in a sign of respect and friendship. Tolium grabbed Darkfyre's hand and got up to his feet and celebrated with Darkfyre as the fans thanked the two men for such a great match.

But now that Darkfyre has finally settled the score between Tolium and himself, he's setting his sights on some championship gold. And he's getting his chance to finally get the top title in the GWA, the Prime Time Title, currently held by Steve Twist. And since Darkfyre was able to beat Bryan Kutterman at Undercard Anarchy, he will recieve a shot at Steve Twist's Prime Time Title at the first show of the year in 2006, entitled Brave New World, against Steve Twist, The Unholy Meatpuppet and a wildcard. But, as luck would have it, Puppet got into an altercation with Bryan Kutterman at the beginning of Brave New World and ended up getting slightly injured, so the Four Corner Survival became a Triple Threat instead. Darkfyre was able to stay right with Twist and Chambers as the match progressed, but then Puppet cam out quite late in the match, causing the match to restart and become the Four Corner Survival it was meant to be. Since he suffered an injury to his back, Puppet had a big target on his back and Darkfyre, Twist, and Chamber all took turns concentrating on Puppet's back until Steve Twist nailed a Half-Nelson Backbreaker to end the match after Darkfyre gave Chambers a Roaring Elbow and Twist gave Darkfyre a Burning Lariat to put him out of commision. But then, after the show was over, Darkfyre noticed someone backstage that he recognized from his early-BTWF days. The man that he saw was none other than Big Daddy, who changed his stagename to Dante Cabrell and recently joined the GWA to start what he had yet to finish with Darson Grays, another recent signee. After the Prime Time Title match, Darson came out to the ring and started in with a speech, but he was cut short as Dante showed up and beat Darson down before making a speech of his own. Then, after he was done, Brianna Rach approached Darkfyre before he went back to take his shower and asked him if he would like a match at the next show, GWA On Ice. Not being one to turn any match down, Darkfyre said yes and then Brianna told him who his opponent was going to be, Dante Cabrell. Darkfyre was speechless for a while until Brianna began to walk away. Darkfyre stopped her and asked her if she was being serious and she told he that there is no way she would joke about that, so the match at the next show was set up.

Even though he lost his last match, Darkfyre still went into GWA: On Ice with a full head of steam, determined to win the next match, but he didn't. As he went for one of his retired finishers, the Euphoric Destination, Dante pushed Darkfyre off of him and got his arms back before hitting Darkfyre with a Rock Bottom Redux and pinning him for a three count. Now, Darkfyre has changed his additude and has gotten some very stylish clothing for wrestling in and is ready to take on any challenge he will be faced with. Such as a rematch with Dante Cabrell. At Beginning of the End, before the Cabrell/Morgan match, Darson Grays came out and said he wanted a match with Dante right then and there, but Dante tried to get out of having a match with Dar by saying that it wouldn't be very sportsmanlike of him to just deny Morgan to get his match cancelled, so Dar informed Dante that he had an idea to change the match into a Tag Team match. Dante would be teaming with Morgan and Dar said he would take anyone from the locker room as a partner, and Darkfyre, complete with a new attire, theme song, and entrance came down after confusing all of the GWA fans because they had no idea who he was, until he pulled the towel off of his head, throwing it off his head, out into the crowd before ascending the ring steps and playing to the crowd before starting the match. Darkfyre was the one gaining the pinfall over Craig Morgan with his finisher, the Flare Driver V2, earning the victory for himself and Dar. Now that he's got a new additude and a win over his head, he's ready to go against anything now. But something stopped him from getting anything done. That was a broken arm that he recieved at a friend's house as they were out riding four-wheelers, being somewhat reckless. Darkfyre went off of a small hill and landed wrong, falling off of the four-wheeler and facturing his arm in several different places, keeping him away from the sport he loved for a few months. But now that's he back without his broken arm, he's ready for something to come his way so that he'll be ready to achieve what he's failed to do in the past, and that's earn a real shot at some World Championship gold.

Fans Reaction: Indifferent because he shows both face and heel tendencies.

In Ring Style: Darkfyre knows how to grapple, lock on submissions, fly on certain occasions and swing around some weapons when needed. He's very versitile at alot of things, but the main thing he excels at is overpowering anyone.

Manager: N/A

Tag Team / Alliances: N/A

Entrance Music: Paralyzed by The Used Listen here!

Entrance Description: The lights in the venue go out and a faint sound is heard, which sounds like a piano. Then all of a sudden, a loud scream is heard and the lights come flashing back on almost blinding everyone in attendence.

Before I could ever let you go, gonna beg until I drive you mad
And say something you could understand.
I'm a statue baby, knock me out.

Smoke then erupts from right in front of the curtain as the red lights strobe on and off. And the crowd just murmurs to themselves in curiosity of who's music this is.

Oh how these moments fade away, you say you never loved me,
We say things we don't mean to say.
I take it back, I take it all back now
I take it back, I take it all back.

Just as these words are finished, Darkfyre casually walks out from behind the curtain and through the smoke with his head lowered to the ground.

Paralyzed by the same old antics
Back and forth like some walking spastic.
How could a fistfight be romantic?
Thinking back now will you ever feel the same?

Just as the chorus is beginning, Darkfyre raises his head and blows out a mouthful of smoke and walks towards the ring, while giving random people in the crowd the finger. Darkfyre gets to the ring apron and looks around one more time before hopping up onto the apron and badmouthing some more before he climbs into the ring.

You mean more to me than you'll ever know,
You're my girl and I think it's a shame.
That we get along this way.
I'm just a statue, try to knock me out.

Darkfyre walks around the ring, taunting his opponent and/or the crowd, just earning himself more heat. He walks over to the south-east corner and climbs up to the middle turnbuckle and spreads his arms in a cocky manner while listening to the countless boos coming from the crowd. He lowers his arms and jumps down, stretching for his match coming up.

Common Moves:
Striking Moves: Lariat, Roaring Lariat/Forearm/Elbow, Discus Lariat/Forearm/Elbow/Punch, Yakuza Kick (Rarely), Chops, Enzugiri, Powerdrive Elbow, Knee Strike, Mule Kick, Knee Drop, European Uppercut, Double Axe Handle Smash

Grapple Moves: Brainbuster (all variations), Samoan Drop, Flapjack, German Suplex, Superkick (including variations), Neckbreaker (including variations), Piledriver (including variations), Regalplex, Macho Neck Snap, Powerbomb (including variations), Snapmare, Tiger Driver (mainly '98 and '91), Backbreaker (including variations), Flatliner, Back Drop Driver, Cutthroat Suplex, Shining Wizard, Cobra Clutch Suplex

Submission Moves: Headlock, STF, Armbar, Crossface, Dragon Sleeper, Tazzmission, Muta Lock, Sleeper Hold, Rear Naked Choke, High Angle Single-Leg Crab, Rings of Saturn, Cobra Clutch, Guillotine Choke, Body Scissors

Aerial Moves: Flying Clothesline, Flying Leg Drop, Moonsault, Tope Con Hilo, Swandive Headbutt, Tope Suicida, Elbow Tope Suicida, Frog Splash

Signature Strikes:
Eclipse Elbow: Darkfyre's first of few signature strikes. Darkfyre blocks a clothesline or lariat attempt from his opponent by using his foot to block their upper arm, then spins quickly around and hits a spinning Back Elbow to the side of the opponent's head.

Burning Knee: Darkfyre whips his opponent into a corner before backing up across the ring, in the opposite corner and running full force, jumping up and planting both of his knees right into his opponent's chest/back.

Rising Kick: Darkfyre backs his opponent up into the ropes by using a collar and elbow tie-up before breaking the hold and bringing his boot up to the side of their head. The opponent usually nevers sees any part of Darkfyre's boot due to it travelling through the air so fast. Most of the time, all they see is a flash of red from Darkfyre's kickpad. Then they also see some more red after being kicked.

Grounded Elbow Smash(es): Darkfyre gets his opponent down onto the ground and he straddles them before delivering some stiff MMA-esque elbow strikes to the opponent's head and face.

Signature Moves:
Flare Driver V1: Darkfyre gets his opponent up on his shoulders in a Fireman's Carry position and then reaches over to their legs and crosses them. Darkfyre then swings the opponent up and over his own head, like he was going to do an F-5 but drops them to the mat in between his legs, neck first with a Cross-Legged Samoan Driver.

Incineration: Darkfyre gets in front of his opponent and wraps his arms around their body, lifting them up into the air with a Bearhug. Darkfyre give them one hard squeeze before lowering their upper body down towards the mat while keeping the Bearhug locked in. Darkfyre places their head on the mat and then proceeds to walk forward while continuing to push the opponent down into the mat. As he gets the opponent down far enough to his own satisfaction, Darkfyre takes one of his legs and steps over the opponent's back and squats down, putting tremendous pressure on the opponent's back with a Bearhug/Boston Crab combination.

Armageddeon: Darkfyre gets behind his opponent and puts them into an Inverted Facelock and raises his arm up and brings his thumb across his throat, signifying that this next move could end the match. Darkfyre then takes his free arm and hooks the opponent's leg closest to Darkfyre's body and crosses it over their other leg before he scoops them up into the air, walking forward while also pulling his opponent into an upside-down vertical position before he dumps them on their head with a Cross-Legged Inverted Brainbuster.

Slumber Party: Darkfyre grabs his opponent (depending on how heavy they are) and lifts them up into a Gorilla Press position. He then shows off for the crowd a little before dropping the opponent down and bringing his boot up to connect stiffly with their face.

Sunspot Stretch: To begin with, Darkfyre gets his opponent laying face down on the mat. He then scissors their left leg and reaches up, grabbing their head to lock in an STF. But Darkfyre doesn't stop there, he then rolls over onto his back, still holding onto the STF. He'll keep the hold on until the opponent taps, reaches the ropes, or passes out.

Brutal Business: Darkfyre gets his opponent backed into the corner and then grabs them and puts them into the Tree of Woe before giving them a stiff kick to the chest to get them to stop moving. Darkfyre then places his boot on the opponent's face and scrapes it across 3 times before backing up and running all the way across the ring, only to come back and hit his opponent with a Low Running Yakuza Kick.

Finishers:
Primary - Flare Driver V2: An Inverted Cross-Legged Samoan Driver. Darkfyre stands behind his opponent and bends down, placing his arm between their legs and hooks their near leg. Darkfyre reaches up and hooks the opponent's head and pulls them up onto his shoulders, facing up in an Inverted Fireman's Carry position. Then, Darkfyre takes the opponent's legs and crosses them with his arm. After crossing their legs, Darkfyre swings his opponent over his head, sits down and drops them down to the mat, in between his legs, head and neck first.

Secondary - Dancing Flames: A Dragon Sleeper with Body Scissors. Darkfyre gets behind his opponent and grabs their head, tucking it underneath his arm in an Inverted Facelock. He then proceeds to jump up, wrapping his legs around his victim, locking his submission finisher in place. Darkfyre grinds the opponent's head into his side as he also pulls back farther, cutting off circulation to their head. He continues to apply pressure to this move until the opponent either taps out, passes out or reaches the ropes in some way.

Last Resort - Fatality: A Kneeling Tiger Driver '91 onto knee. Darkfyre gets his groggy opponent into a Standing Headscissors before hooking their arms with a Double Underhook. Darkfyre then lifts them into the air and taunts a little before dropping down to one knee, driving the opponent's head and neck into his outstretched knee with all the force he can. Darkfyre will only use this in a desperate situation, or if he feels like crippling someone that night.

Past Titles Held: EGW Undisputed Champion (under the name "Money" Mike Michaels)
BTWF Tag Team Champion w/ Eclipse (won on June 14th, 2005. Vacated on December 27th, 2005. Held for 197 days)

Federations: BTWF, EGW, GWA, CTC

Debut: BTWF NeoFighters, October 9th, 2004 against Archangel. (Won with help from The Children of Nightmare)

Accomplishments: Winner: BTWF Most Improved Writer
Nominee: BTWF Best Tag Team (Legacy of Destruction, 4th place)

Favorite Weapon: Kendo Stick.

Greatest Match: vs. Steve Twist vs. Roy Chambers vs. Unholy Meatpuppet (Four Corner Survivial for the GWA Grand Championship)

Other Notable Matches: with Eclipse vs. Apolo and Iron at fadetoblack 2005 for the BTWF Tag Team Championship.
with Darson Grays vs. Dante Cabrell and Craig Morgan at GWA: Beginning of the End.
vs. Tai 'Nitro' Tolium at GWA: A Memorable Return.

Previous Allies: with Dark Lord, Kid Chaos, and Anthony Voorhees as The Children of Nightmare. w/ Eclipse as Legacy of Destruction.

Known Allies: Nobody at all. Darkfyre prefers to work alone, but he will team whenever needed.

Previous Enemies: Archangel, The Faction (Makuta, Jaice Wilds, Yoshi, Eclipse), Kid Chaos, Generation of Legends (Apolo, Iron, and Kid Chaos), Steve Twist, Roy Chambers, Tai "Nitro" Tolium, Rogue, Bryan Kutterman.

Current Enemies: None at the moment.