Williams stands at a well-built 6'3", with a muscular build. His brown hair frames his face, wavy coming down to his chin, matching his brown eyes and a shade darker than his olive skin. He has a short beard growing on his face, and does have generic tribal tattoos on his arms and back, like many of his generation. He's wearing a large, heavily decorated ring coat, duster length, colored a glossy gold with silver designs all over, mainly the "Axis" logo and "Future" down the back, gold and silver epaulettes with gold cords sit on the shoulders, and the outside of the coat itself is lined with silver colored fur. His gear consists of shiny gold tights going to his mid thigh, trimmed in silver, with the Axis logos and "Future" script adorning the tights in the same pattern as his coat. His knee pads are matching gold, with the Axis logos in purple. Gold boots with silver trim match his ensemble, with the laces being the same purple as the logo on the kneepads. He also wears gold wrist tape, and has his usual black compression sleeve over his right arm, covering mid bicep to mid forearm. He allows the ref to check him as he awaits his opponent
Biography & Background
Williams grew up watching the EMWC when it was rolling, and went back and watched as much old EMWC, WAR!, MLWO, IIWF, basically everything he could get his hands on. Then he was an ad online for Boston Wrestling School, which was run by Kevin Slater and Curt Hansen. He moved up to Boston to attend the school, doing very well, entering the Student League, and even winning the Heavyweight Title for a few months. He's become a big fan of AWA, watching the TV show online. After working the Northeast, he got himself a contract with the AWA.
Future Shock — A ¾ Nelson Bulldog, Diamond Cutter, Gun Stun, RKO, it’s had many names, but Williams lifted this move directly from his previous “mentor” Hannibal Carver, mostly because of it’s quick hit ability and how it balances with Williams’ usual bomb throwing style.
Neuralizer - A rolling elbow, mostly done to the back of the opponent’s head, he will do it to the front , mostly after a close whip catching the opponent right off the ropes, or to set up the second elbow to the back of the head.
In-Ring Style & Influences
Roman Reigns/Randy Orton
Entrance & Presentation
RO: Introducing first/And his opponent…
[The crowd begins to boo as “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons starts up]
RO: Representing THE AXIS, Now residing in Miami Florida, weighing in at 265 pounds, here is “THE FUTURE” DERRICK WILLIAMS!
[At the announcement of his name, Derrick Williams enters the arena to the cheers of the crowd. His brown hair frames his face, wavy coming down to his chin, matching his brown eyes and a shade darker than his olive skin. He has a short beard growing on his face, and does have generic tribal tattoos on his arms and back, like many of his generation. He’s wearing a large, heavily decorated ring coat, duster length, colored a glossy gold with silver designs all over, mainly the “Axis” logo and “Future” down the back, gold and silver epaulettes with gold cords sit on the shoulders, and the outside of the coat itself is lined with silver colored fur. Williams enters the ring, mounting the second rope in the corner and outstretching his arms again in time with the second round of the chorus. He descends and removes his jacket, revealing his ring gear for this evening, shiny gold tights going to his mid thigh, trimmed in silver, with the Axis logos and “Future” script adorning the tights in the same pattern as his coat. His knee pads are matching gold, with the Axis logos in purple. Gold boots with silver trim match his ensemble, with the laces being the same purple as the logo on the kneepads. He also wears gold wrist tape, and has his usual black compression sleeve over his right arm, covering mid bicep to mid forearm. He allows the ref to check him as he awaits his opponent]
Character & Presentation
Heel
In-Ring Repertoire
MDK Finisher
Right Cross
In the tradition of Williams lifting things from his previous Mentors, he was gifted this by Juan Vasquez. It’s the same, just a straight right cross punch, no fanfare.
Signature Moves
Sliding Elbow
Williams sits the opponent down on the mat, then runs off the ropes, sliding down and driving a forearm smash into his opponents head.
Catch Powerslam
A scoop powerslam that’s more of counter to an opponent leapfrogging. As he’s running, he catches the leapfrogging opponent and scoop powerslams them.
Spinebuster
Spinning Anderson-Style Spinebuster, with the speed and snap that Arn had. Reasons are that his idol and trainer Kevin Slater used it as a signature regularly and Williams mimicked it, with his natural talent and repetition gave him extra oomph. His original finisher, he downgraded it to signature although he can still put people away with it on occasion.
Peek-a-boo Clothesline
Williams whips the opponent into the ropes, following right behind hitting the same ropes as the opponent a second behind. The opponent usually stops midway across the ring and turns around, normally into a clothesline. Occasionally, he tosses a Rolling elbow in depending on the timing of the match.
Backdrop Suplex
Pretty much a Saito Suplex, that quick, head under the victim’s arm, waistlock suplex that lots of people do, with some speed. Williams doesn’t much take care on the angle of the victim, so it ends up varying depending on the person taking it on whether they land on their neck, shoulders, or back.
Side note
He has a tendency to NOT hook the leg on most of his covers. Most of his covers are to check opponents stamina, but he picked up a tendency not to hook the leg on covers period. The only real exception is he will 95% of the time hook a leg after hitting one of his finishers, although in the more modern “sit on the shoulders and pull a leg up while leaning back” method that has seen a rise in the past few years..