Riona Langly

Riona Langly

Nickname: The Prodigy

Height: 5'9"

Weight: 144 lbs.

Hometown: Buffalo, New York

Bio:

Riona Langly was born on July 23rd, 1977 in Buffalo, NY as the middle child of 3. She grew up in cold, snowy Buffalo as an average student, but a great athelete, and there was a reason behind that. See, her 2 years older brother Jon was a big fan of pro wrestling, and managed to coerce his sister into watching it as a child (usually through threat or application of submission holds). As she watched, she found herself completely immersed in the spirit of competition she would watch. She found herself soon wishing she could be a wrestler, and kept herself in shape to eventually get to that goal.

She played volleyball in high-school, and was offered a scholarship to Maryland and Georgia Tech for her skills on the court... She turned those offers down for a smaller scholarship to Temple in Philidelphia, because there was a renowned wrestling school she had heard of. This school brought Riona her first gender-based hardships in the business.

See, this school was known for treating the students roughly, and Riona came in, and was treated as a joke for a long time. She recieved "special" training, and basically was only taught the basics of the business... Until she threatened with a lawsuit. That got her the training she wanted, but it was rough... very rough. So rough, that she nearly quit 3 times in the course of a month. But, she finally started to earn some respect from her classmates, and the training was very benificial to her.

It was also in this academy that she met the enormous Anthony Dalton, otherwise known as Jack Frost, a recent arrival who was discovered in Japan by a beneficiary of the school, and the two were paired together many times on the independent circuit because of thier wrestling chemistry and comedic value.

Riona wrestles a very mat-based style, being schooled on the 45-minute draws of yesteryear. She always tries to outwrestle an opponent before relying on her speed advantage, feeling that if she can outwrestle someone, the psychological advantage she'll gain will be the factor in victory. However, should the need arise, she will use weaponry to achieve her victory in the ring.

Riona has been in many different federations, and has always laid claim to this fact: She's not out there for T&A. She despises divas, and feels that if divas weren't in wrestling, then maybe should would have been given a shot at her greatness from the start, instead of being treated as a "little girl in a man's world." She feels her DESTINY in wrestling is to be the person that destroys the gender barriers and makes the sport truely equal.

Riona's first experience with national federations came with Extremely Suicidal Wrestling in May of 2003. She first debuted the concept of DESTINY in this federation, as she was that the Women's Division, in her mind, needed a champion that could wrestle. Her opprotunity to obtain the Women's Championship was denied as she was thrown out of the ring in a Battle Royal for the title be... Lisa Lorenzo.

ESW soon closed down due to infighting in the back and she moved to Classic Championship Wrestling in June of that same year. Without a Women's Division, and with a giant like Jack Frost by her side, Riona felt like she could win the Tag Team Championship and prove that women could be just as good as men in the ring. That was proven, but not by Riona as Lisa Lorenzo and Jamie Havoc swept in as AN-AR-KY and won the titles on CCW's first PPV. However, once again, due to infighting, the federation came and went quickly.

Riona took several months off from the industry to refocus her abilities and to train. Eventually, she returned to wrestling in High Impact Competition in late January, 2004. At this point, Riona's DESTINY had been ursurped by Lisa Lorenzo once again, as she was the World Champion upon Riona's debut. Riona didn't last very long as an active competitor in HiC, as she was beaten to a pulp by Jimmy Ultros and Bruno Krong, after she attacked Jimmy for some misogynst comments. She returned to touring with HiC shortly before it's close, but never stepped foot into a HiC ring again.

Riona did join one other federation for a short time... the BTWF, as a favor to her mentor, trainer, and idol Brian Blade. She quickly won the lowest card title in her second match, and brought the level of the title up before leaving.

Finally, in June of 2004, she was in a federation without Lisa Lorenzo or Jimmy Ultros to stand in her way Premiere Championship Wrestling. Riona went full force with the DESTINY concept once more. It's her destiny to prove her father and every single promoter whp ever refused to book her wrong and win the PCW World Championship, something she did on October, 14th, 2004, when she defeated Ledge to win the PCW World Heavyweight Championship... only to have her moment of glory stolen from her by Lisa once more.

While in ACW, the result of a PCW/aWe merger, Riona's DESTINY moment on 10/14/2004 fueled her... and then died out when she found that she had reached the top of the mountain, or rather what she thought was the top. That is EXACTLY why she came back to BTWF... To find the top of the mountain once more, to see a goal to be reached... to be BTWF World Heavyweight Champion.

Entrance Theme: "Possession" by OTEP

Entrance:

The crowd in the arena looks around as a soft pinging noise fills the speakers, the lights flickering along with it. A tension seems to flow throughout the fans, all of them knowing who is about to come out next. As the pinging comes to a stop, the lights in the arena shut off completely, a single guitar riff coming through the speakers, punctuated by a bass drum beat behind it.

A woman's voice begins to sing in a low, melancholy tone.

Sing to me, my muses...
Lost in the hot cyclops anarchy...
Possession, invention,
Blood, blood...

Spirits, spirits...

Spirits, spirits, come, come...

The beat starts to pick up as the woman's voice gets faster, the pinging coming back again in the backround. Strobe lights flash to the quickened drum beat as the woman's voice bedcomes more frantic.

Where will these visions lead?
How far dare I go?
Where will this song take me?
INTO THE DEEP UNKNOWN!!!

The woman's voice screams out the last line as a huge eruption of silver sparks bursts out from the bottom of the tron with a pop, flowing down over the top of the entrance ramp as a figure slowly makes its way out through them, head tilted down, seeming to be annoying any pain the sparks themselves are causing. The figure stops at the top of the ramp, just in front of the sparks, head tilted down. Her long, black hair flows over her shoulders, the red bangs at the front hiding her face.

Spirits, spirits, come, COME

The woman slowly lifts her head up, hair hanging down over her face and obscuring most of it. Finally, as the first verse of the song begins, she throws her arms out to the side in a crucifix pose and flicks her head back, her hair flying back over her shoulders and revealing her face. As she does this, three silver fireworks shoot off from the top of the tron to fly off and hit sets above the ring, causing minor explosions.

All the prophets and the gods came prepared for theirs
So we dined on the vine of the mind impaired
Preaching werewolf prayers on a nightly flight
Gestating all we ate in the pale moonlight

"Introducing first/next, from Buffalo, New York, she is The Prodigy...RIIIONAAAA LAAAANGLYYYYYY!!!"

Riona lowers her arms and begins to make her way down the ramp as silver sparks suddenly fly up from either side of the entrance ramp to shower down over her, creating a tunnel of sorts due to the arching shape. This means, of course, that Riona can't hand out any high fives, but it's not like she'd want to anyway.

Feel the urge of the power surge connect the soul
Bringing kingdoms under siege with the words that I control
Got an arsenal, ganja blunts and such
Only love can set me free from this patriarchal clutch

Riona stops at the bottom of the ramp as the sparks finally dissipate, looking up into the ring for a few moments before taking a quick step forward and sliding in. Getting up to her feet quickly, throwing her arms out to her sides once again as an explosion of silver pyro flies up from all four of the turnbuckles with another loud pop. Riona stares straight ahead, either at the crowd or her opponent.

Speaking testaments in our secret dialogue
While the drones begin to feed on the feces of the hog
Take a walk in the wilderness - of your mind
Before your sould decides to die and leave infinity behind

POSSESSION, INVENTION, INVITE DISCOVERY
Surrender to pleasure, LOST IN ECSTACY
Survive - alive, YOU ARE MY ENEMY
You DIED, for LIES - SLAVE TO MISERY

Finally, Riona lowers her arms and heads over to her corner, doing some last minute stretches and getting ready for the match as the lights come back to normal.

Wrestling Style: Primarily a mat-based technician, Riona wrestles almost with a machine-like quality in the ring. Efficiently, Riona tends to always target a body part from the get go, usually the neck or leg, and attack it constantly. If she has to, Riona can fly and hit people with blunt objects, but perfers to play it her way in the ring.

Common Moves: Spike DDT, Running Enziguri, Reverse Facelock Backbreaker, Tiger Suplex, Dragon Suplex, Reverse DDT, Low Leg Kicks, Knee Clip, Running Knee To The Head, European Uppercut, Corner Elbows to the Back, Back-to-Back Neckbreaker, Facebuster, Roundhouse Kick, Vertical Suplex Facebuster, Sunset Flip Powerbomb, SHINING WIZARD~!

Submission Moves: Boston Crab, Camel Clutch, Figure 4 Leg Lock, Leg Sissors Chicken Wing, Leg Sissors Full Nelson, Fujiwawa Armbar, Indian Deathlock, Elevated Surfboard, Chinlock Surfboard, RANDY ORTON CHINLOCK OF DEATH~!

Aerial: Diving Elbow Drop, Guillotine Leg Drop, 2nd Rope Elbow Drop, Moonsault Frog Splash

Signature Moves:

1. Bomb Dropper - Places the opponent into a front facelock and twists her body around to end up in the Ace Crusher position, where she pulls down on the head to send the opponent in a face first dive into the mat.

2. The Death Bed - Bow and Arrow Lock with the opponent's legs crossed.

3. Whiplash - Springboard Tornado DDT.

4. 5th Round Sleeper - Swinging Sleeper Drop.

5. Reality Check - Surprise Superkick right to the jaw. Usually used as a counter or a desperation move instead of something done for offensive purposes.

6. Angelic Euphoria - 180 Springboard Corkscrew Moonsault

Finishers:

1. Bomb Dropper ReMix - Riona grabs her opponent in a reverse front facelock. She then hooks her free arm under the opponent and lifts them at a 45 degree angle. To finish, she then drops the arm holding her opponent and swings it outward as she falls forward, taking the opponent with her as she falls onto her back with his opponent?s head cradled against her shoulder, much like the position for an Ace Crusher/Diamond Cutter, but at a sick angle. (Primary)

2. Painkiller - To begin, Riona gets her opponent prone on the mat, then takes their left arm and tucks it behind her own head. From there, he hooks her right arm over their back and around the front of their face, reaching out and linking her hands over the victim's face and cranking back. (Secondary)

3. Devolution - Riona doubles her opponent over, and then lifts them up for a piledriver. Langley steps over her opponent's arms, locking them behind the opponent with her legs. She then drops to a kneeling position, leaning back slightly, and drives her opponent's head, neck, and upper shoulders to the mat. (Last Resort)

Gimmick: Anti-Diva

Face/Heel: Neutral

Titles Held:

PCW World Heavyweight Champion
UWA International Champion
ACW Tempest Champion
BTWF NeoFighters Champion

Alliances: Steve Twist

Debut: ESW Supremacy

Previous Federations: ESW, CCW, HiC, PCW, ACW

Greatest Match: vs. Ledge, PCW/aWe Collision Course (PCW World Heavyweight Championship)

Honorable Mention: vs. Austin Azure, BTWF BloodBath '05