Grif
Real Name: Griffon McLane
Nickname: "The Mad Scientist"
Height/Weight: 6'1'' 230 lbs
Alignment: Heel
Key: Uncertainty
FFA Overall Rating: 89 (94 High 85 Low)
Short Bio: Grif has been a main stay in the FFA roster since it's inception, a member of the Original Six, but did not know real success until 2009 when he won the FFA match to become the FFA Champion for the first time. Being one of the only wrestlers to enter an leave an FFA match as the FFA Champion, his accomplishment is often seen as better than Mike Landry's accomplishment since Landry's FFA matches consisted of far fewer wrestlers than Grif's.
He was embroiled with The Monitor in a very emotional storyline which not only saw the Monitor unmasked for the first time but revealed him as Grif's own younger brother. Heterochromia runs in their family.
He is cold and calculating, rather no-nonsense compared to the rest of the FFA roster, having focused very hard on being seen as more than just Shane Tuu or Kelly King 2.0's sidekick. Because of this, he has a very egotistical personality and does not like to be treated as an underling, nor does he like to take orders for long. In the ring, he commonly uses moves that look like one move to start but transition into a different move, making his offense very hard to counter.
Entrance Theme: "Pts.OF.Athrty" - Linkin Park
Signatures: Gory Bomb
Canadian Shoulder Breaker
Canadian Back Breaker
Dropkick Counter to Springboard Attacks
Double Underhook into Angel's Wings or Double Underhook Suplex
Spinning Headlock Elbow-Drop
Finishers: The OOA (The Out Of Action). Sometimes mockingly referred to as the OON (The Out of Nowhere). (RKO)
Strengths: Technical wrestling, counters, ironman stamina.
Weaknesses: Aerial skills across the board, submissions, being a face.
Relationships: Karen - "Co-Op Partner"
The Monitor - Brother
Championships: 1 FFA World Championship
FFA VIII Winner
FFA IX Winner
Longest Reign as FFA Champion
Editor's Notes: Grif, along with one other character, are my longest running original characters in my world, as they pre-date even my own wrestling persona. Grif, specifically, was my very first original Create A Wrestler in the WWE SmackDown! video game series, and sporting his dirty orange armor has been something of a treat to me for years. I'm actually kind of ashamed it took so long for Grif to really hit his own stride in my own comic strips as a wrestler, but as long as he's existed, it wasn't until around the time that I just gave him the FFA title for the sake of giving it to him that his personality really formed up and came to life in my head. It was pretty magical and I adore the character a lot. He's also one of the few FFA characters I've used, briefly, on Gaia.
