Post by Empire Wrestling on Mar 11, 2021 0:37:11 GMT -5
Name: Tia Santos
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 160lbs
Hometown: Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Alignment: Heel, despite being a fan favorite
Entrance Music: “De Donde Salí” by Leymy
Fighting Style: Lucha Libre with a dancer's flexibility.
Basic Moves:
1. Headscissors takedown
2. Drop Toehold (Sometimes transitioned right into a Muta Lock or an STF)
3. Armdrag (Sometimes transitioned into an armbar)
4. Chick Kick
5. Handspring Pele Kick
6. Swinging Neckbreaker
7. Single/Double leg takedown (Sometimes transitioned into a leg submission)
8. Striking combos (Slaps, chops, forearms, elbows)
9. DDT variations
10. Hurricanrana
11. Cartwheel body splash into a corner, followed by a running bulldog. She comes down with a split on the bulldog.
12. Reverse Russian Leg Sweep onto her knee
13. Springboard moonsault into reverse DDT
14. Flying Spinning Leg Lariat
15. Tope Con Hilo
16. Corkscrew triangle hurricanrana
17. CCS Enziguri
18. Legscissor Camel Clutch
Signature Moves:
- Danze de la Araña (Dance of the Spider)
Tia performs the spider walk to throw off her opponent. She then thrust her body up and strikes them with a handstand pele like kick to the head. She immediately follows up with a mule kick and rolls forward. As the opponent falls back on their butt, Tia comes running in with a basement dropkick
- Vela en la Noche (Candle in the Night)
Tia either climbs or runs up the turnbuckle (depending on the pace of the match) and performs a Whisper In The Wind leap off the top. She comes down onto her opponent’s shoulders and nails a hurricanrana.
- Danze de los Muertos (Dance of the Dead)
Usually performed when an opponent goes for a kick to her head. Tia bends back, using her flexibility, evading the kick. She bends back up and goes for a spinning back kick which the opponent usually ducks. As they come up, however, Tia’s kicking leg comes down and she nails them in the face with a Chick Kick, finishing with a dancing spin with her arms out.
- Muerta Caída (Dead Drop)
Basically just a Torpedo Plancha that she performs anywhere from the turnbuckle to the outside to a high point down onto her opponent(s).
- Vuelo Del Espíritu (Flight of the Spirit)
When Tia is on the apron, she performs an aerial flip off of it to the floor. It can differ from a springboard backflip off the bottom rope or a more athletic cartwheel-flip right off the apron into the air. Regardless of how she does it, she lands on her feet behind the opponent and hits an enziguri.
Note: Depending on the height of the stage - if it is low enough - she will hit this maneuver off of the stage itself during high profile matches as a “super spot.” It’s something to get the commentary team something to lose their shit about in addition to wowing the audience.
Finishing Moves:
- Beso de Muerte (Kiss of Death)
Tia wraps an arm around the opponent’s neck and bends them back (think Bray Wyatt’s Sister Abigail). She places a kiss on the forehead of her opponent before transitioning her arm around the back of their neck and performs a Dream DDT.
Superstar History: Tia's family comes from a small village in Tulum, Quintana Roo. Her heritage is deeply rooted in Aztec bloodlines: something she remains proud of despite having ventured out into the city to pursue her passion for wrestling. She's a woman still shrouded in mystery to those who meet her. Tia grew up with strong beliefs in the occult and celebrating Dia de los Muertos and it is rumored that she can converse with the spirits of the dead, including her opponents/rivals. This can be something she will use to her advantage if possible. As for her wrestling history, it is still to be written as she has only had a sparse few matches across the United States.
Since coming to BWF in July of 2020, Tia Santos has only seen defeat once (as she lost to FM Young in a non-title Champion vs. Champion match). She's quickly become one of the best talents in Empire Wrestling history and captured the Extreme Championship in August 2020 at Hype #48. She has seen many battles since capturing the title but her biggest on-going rivalry has been Dishonor. Hirano, Evans, and Scott continued to throw everything they could at her and she found ways to win each time (sometimes with her girlfriend Kamila Rose watching her back and even Lacy Nelson once or twice). At Next Level: Revolution 2021, she defeated Kaito Hirano in a match that had a stipulation that if he lost, no member in Dishonor could challenge her again for the title.
Title History:
EW World Champion (1)
EW Extreme Champion (1)
