Pohatu

Pohatu

Nickname: "The Lightning"

Real Name: Craig Harvey

Height: 6'

Weight: 215 lbs.

Hometown: Boone, Iowa

Entrance Theme: "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC

Entrance: The infamous guitar solo opening of Thunderstruck is faintly heard over the speaker system, everybody’s head in the arena turning to the entrance stage. The lights slowly fade out as the rest of ACDC is heard with their moans, some people in the audience really getting into the music by moaning right along. As the lead singer is heard saying ‘Thunder’ for the first time, two bolts of lightning streak down from the ceiling, striking at random points on the stage. As 'Thunder' is repeated, more lightning bolts streak from the ceiling, striking anywhere and everywhere on the entrance stage, the ramp, and around the ring itself. As the lead singer starts in with the lyrics of the song itself, there is a huge blast of yellow pyros right at the entrance, a figure seen jumping out right in front of the main entrance and spinning around in the air a couple of times before landing, his legs spread out beneath him. While the burst of yellow pyros has gone off, the lights have come back on, revealing it to be none other then ‘The Lightning’ Pohatu standing at the entrance, his silver trench coat, just settling around him.

You’ve been...THUNDERSTRUCK!

More lightning bolts streak down, nailing each of the available pyro tubes, which shot out a burst of red sparks before shooting off a burst of yellow, Pohatu beginning to dance his way down the ramp, getting the audience riled up as he cockily dances his way to the ring. At about midway down the ramp, he stops, seeming to be thinking about something as a sly grin creeps onto his face. He glances to either side of him, before dropping down to his knees, lightning bolts raining down from the ceiling and striking all along the entrance stage, sparks flying up from each lightning bolt. After a few seconds of this, Pohatu claps his hands together and pops up to his feet, walking down the ramp now.

Yeaah.... Pohatu hops up onto the apron, walking along it slowly as another guitar solo rips across the speaker system, shaking his head from side to side, that grin of his still very prominent on his face. As he reaches the south western turnbuckle, he hops up so that he has his right foot on the second rope and left foot on the top rope, throwing his arms out to the crucifix positioning, a few flashes from cameras seen as he does so. Pohatu nods and brings his right foot over so that it is resting on the other side of the turnbuckle, sliding his foot around so that he is facing out torwards the south western part of the audience. He winks out torwards them then backflips off the corner, tucking his legs in so that he flips twice before landing in a squatting position in the middle of the ring, his head tilted downwards. Just as the song starts to fade out, Pohatu shoots up to his feet, throwing his arms out to the crucifix positioning, huge bursts of yellow pyros exploding out of the corner posts, the fans letting out one last loud roar of approval.

Wrestling Style: Brawler, high flyer

Common Moves:

1. Drop Kick (Any variation)
2. Clothesline (any variation)
3. Snapmare
4. Rolling Knee Kick
5. Springboard Tornado DDT
6. Forearm Smash
7. Enzuigiri
8. Cross Body Press (to somebody on the mat, or to somebody on the outside. Turnbuckle or running start.)
9. Shooting Star Press (running start to somebody on the outside, top rope for somebody in the ring.)
10. Hat trick of Round House Kicks (Multiple roundhouse kicks)
11. Hurricanrana (Most any variation)
12. Spinning Leg Drop (Refer to RVD matches to see that)
13. Drop Toe Hold
14. Spinning Heel Kick
15. Neck Breaker into a Face Buster
16. Brainbuster Suplex
17. Sunset Flip (Most any variation)
18. Suicide Dive
19. Diving Headbutt
20. Dragoncarana Pin

Trademark Move:

Radio Tower: Basically a Death Valley Driver, except he just falls to the side instead of jumping. And instead of slamming them on their neck, he throws their face out at the last second so that they slam into that in place of their neck.

Signature Moves:

1. MDKO (Bear hug positioning, fall back to slam their face into the mat, usually done with a spin.)
2. Kudoh Driver(only to be done to people close to his weight class)
3. The Lightning Kick(Amazing Red's Cyclone Kick)
4. Shining Wizard
5. DropSault
6. 450 Headbutt(or splash)
7. Moonsault Kick
8. Thunder Clap (He springboards off the second rope and twists himself around so he's horizontal in the air, nailing a kick to his opponent's face. After the kick, he twists himself around again so he's vertical and lands on his feet, facing his opponent.)
9. Yakuza Kick
10. Back Flip Kick(similar to his Moonsault kick, only he does the backflip facing torwards his opponent, making his boots slam into the front of their head, rather then the back)

Finishers:

Lightning Strike: Pohatu gets his opponent into the position for a STO, but then he ducks underneath their arm and hooks their head, swinging forward to nail a vicious neck breaker.

Lightning Never Strikes Twice (LNST): Pohatu gets the victim into position for a Russian Leg Sweep, but instead he kicks the victim's legs out from under him so that the victim's belly is facing the ground, Pohatu then hooking the victim's head and hitting a vicious Stunner or Diamond Cutter, depending on how big the opponent is and how tired he is when he goes to hit it.

Roaring Thunder: With the opponent laying face first on the mat, Pohatu moves so that he's sitting on their back with their legs tucked in underneath his armpits, wrenching the legs forward. He then reaches forward with his legs and wraps them around the victim's neck in a standard figure four fashion, wrenching back on the head to cut off air circulation.

Lightning Storm: Corkscrew Imploder Star Leg Drop

Face/Heel: Face

Titles Held: JWA Extreme 24/7 Champion
CWA World Champion
JWA World Tag Team Champion(With The Tiger)
ExWA Universal Tag Team Champion(With The White Tiger)
ExWA Golden Champion

Alliances: Nature (The Tiger, Tsunami, Shadow Starr)

Note from Webmaster: Indeed, it's a little-known fact that Pohatu is actually the biggest money drain for the BTWF, as the fed has to buy $7 million worth of pyrotechnics for each of his entrances.