American Wrestling Alliance
Start date unknown · Current
Jay Alana
Professional Wrestler
Career roles
Current
Championships & Accomplishments
No linked championship reigns or achievement wins have been recorded.
Promotion history
| Promotion | Status | Role | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Wrestling Alliance | Active | Men’s Singles | Start date unknown · Ended Date unknown |
Physical Description
The young Hawaiian kid has now matured into what can only be described as a Polynesian god. He has a manly mane of flowing black curls that grow just past his shoulders. He has movie star good looks, the kind that makes women swoon and draws the ire of their men. He has a commanding physical presence about him, that can draw all eyes on him when he steps into any room. He has traditional Hawaiian kakau tribal tattoos running up up right arm and onto his chest. He is not overly-muscular, but shredded enough to make you wonder if he was carved from stone. He is well-tanned from his beach days.
Biography & Background
Jay (birth name: Jai) Alana is the youngest son of Kai Alana, the Hawaiian megastar who was a big draw in the Northeast in the late 70s.
By the time Jay was born, the Alanas had moved back to Hawaii and his father was enjoying retirement, promoting the occasional wrestling show on the islands. Jay loved the business from Day One... but he loved being a beach bum even more. Not a day would go by that you didn't find Jay on the beach - in the morning before school, in the afternoon after school... and sometimes he'd just flat out skip school and stay at the beach all day. His grades were terrible - not because he wasn't smart but because he wasn't focused. His relationship with his father was strained over the situation as Kai Alana was the epitome of a hard worker who was always willing to sacrifice leisure time to get one more hour of work under his belt.
Jay barely made it through high school but there was no chance of college for him. To make him earn his keep, Kai put him to work at the wrestling shows - setting up the ring, selling programs, cleaning the bathrooms - as crappy of tasks as he could find to teach the kid the value of hard work.
One day after the matches, Jay was helping break down the ring when one of the young wrestlers gave him some lip about being the son of a legend and scrubbing toilets. Jay insisted that the young wrestler was no better than he was and that all he needed was the same breaks. The young wrestler challenged Jay to prove it, telling him he'd finish scrubbing the bathrooms that night if Jay could jump off the top rope onto him without killing himself. Jay accepted and hit a sloppy but somewhat natural splash off the top - a move that his father saw from afar.
After that night, Jay never cleaned another bathroom at the shows but while his father was training him for the ring, he kept him humble by keeping up the ring crew duties. In 2012, Jay and his father had a falling out and Jay moved to Southern California. He quickly made contacts there and picked up where he left off, wrestling up and down the coast of California. He made a name for himself as one of the top young wrestlers in the United States and in mid-2014, he got the call from Japan and Tiger Paw Pro wrestling.
And the rest as we shall say… is history(aka… Terry will make it up as we move along)
By the time Jay was born, the Alanas had moved back to Hawaii and his father was enjoying retirement, promoting the occasional wrestling show on the islands. Jay loved the business from Day One... but he loved being a beach bum even more. Not a day would go by that you didn't find Jay on the beach - in the morning before school, in the afternoon after school... and sometimes he'd just flat out skip school and stay at the beach all day. His grades were terrible - not because he wasn't smart but because he wasn't focused. His relationship with his father was strained over the situation as Kai Alana was the epitome of a hard worker who was always willing to sacrifice leisure time to get one more hour of work under his belt.
Jay barely made it through high school but there was no chance of college for him. To make him earn his keep, Kai put him to work at the wrestling shows - setting up the ring, selling programs, cleaning the bathrooms - as crappy of tasks as he could find to teach the kid the value of hard work.
One day after the matches, Jay was helping break down the ring when one of the young wrestlers gave him some lip about being the son of a legend and scrubbing toilets. Jay insisted that the young wrestler was no better than he was and that all he needed was the same breaks. The young wrestler challenged Jay to prove it, telling him he'd finish scrubbing the bathrooms that night if Jay could jump off the top rope onto him without killing himself. Jay accepted and hit a sloppy but somewhat natural splash off the top - a move that his father saw from afar.
After that night, Jay never cleaned another bathroom at the shows but while his father was training him for the ring, he kept him humble by keeping up the ring crew duties. In 2012, Jay and his father had a falling out and Jay moved to Southern California. He quickly made contacts there and picked up where he left off, wrestling up and down the coast of California. He made a name for himself as one of the top young wrestlers in the United States and in mid-2014, he got the call from Japan and Tiger Paw Pro wrestling.
And the rest as we shall say… is history(aka… Terry will make it up as we move along)
In-Ring Style & Influences
Jimmy Snuka meets The Usos meets Hollywood Rock meets Tribal Chief Roman Reigns
Character & Presentation
Heel
In-Ring Repertoire
Finisher
The Tidal Crush
Big flying splash off the top - lots of height, even more impact.
Island Driver
Emerald Frosion, sometimes done from the second-rope.
Diving headbutt
Rarely used
MDK Finisher
top-rope 450 elbowdrop
It’s as insane as it sounds and has only ever been used once. Ask Hannibal Carver about it some time… I dare ya.
Signature Moves
The Wave Breaker- A leaping double stomp to the chest of a standing/seated/running opponent
The Deadman’s Hand
A devastating shotei palm strike that levels anyone in its path. When he catches it just right, an opponent will wind up with a bloodied nose or a bloody mouth.
The Wipeout
A swinging neckbreaker where Alana over-rotates his own body on the landing, floating over into a cocky pin
standing one-armed Uranage slam
More of a show of physical dominance than anything else… Alana lifts the opponent into the air and violently throws them back down to the canvas. Visually similar to a choke slam.
Superkick
Often done without set-up, blind and with his back turned to his opponent. The casualness that he does this, leaves you wondering if he’s got eyes in the back of his head.
Other Moves
Front backbreaker held on into an overhead lift into a Samoan drop
double choke lift
He’s not thought of as a power guy, but he’ll do this to smaller opponents to bully them
double leapfrog into a double knife edge chop followed by dropping to a knee and giving a two-finger blown kiss to the sky
jumping sidekick to an opponent coming off the ropes
repeated clotheslines to an opponent in the corner
Running suplex
lifts for the vertical suplex, gets a few steps of momentum, and drops them down.
Jab -> jab -> jab -> pause to give a double finger blown kiss to the sky -> big overhand right that either knocks down the opponent or is countered
Headbutt
Alana's got some Samoan in him so you better believe that's gonna stun most opponents
No-sell shots to the head
turnbuckle smashes, headbutts... he'll smile and smack himself in the head before laying them out
Punch/ chop/ headbutt barrage in the corner
When he’s really angry
blocked strike —> open hand uppercut throat thrust
Makes a great sound, almost always staggers the opponent
No hands dive over the top rope to the outside
Big matches only
standing/springboard/run up the top rope enzuigiri
Inverted atomic drop ---> Mongolian chop —-> BIG knife edge chop that takes the opponent off their feet
Overhead armdrag —-> floatover armdrag —-> smirking wink at the opponent
Solely done to get an opponent riled up and out of their game
Casually walk away from a diving opponent
An opponent is left to helplessly eat dirt on the canvas as they leap to nothing.
Armwringer followed by a hook kick
top-rope rana where he lands on his feet
A set of two rolling fisherman suplexes
The Rainbow Bridge
Roll-through into a half crab. Taught to him by Miyuki Ozaki from his days in The Deadman’s Party.
Running bootscrape to an opponent seated in the corner followed by leaning over the top rope and blowing a kiss to a female fan
delayed falling, rolling kneedrop to a prone opponent
Dragon sleeper
Extremely tight side headlock where an opponent drops him with a back suplex and he holds on, shaking his head and taunting them
“Gotta do that better than that, little man!”
Takes an atomic drop and sells by grimacing and walking on his tippy toes
Archive record
Indexed show matches
28
Name-based matches across archived shows.
First Indexed Appearance
Memorial Day Mayhem
May 25, 2015 · American Wrestling Alliance
Latest Indexed Appearance
Showtime
July 7, 2018 · American Wrestling Alliance
These are exact indexed-name matches, not editorially verified appearances. Mentions, common names, or aliases can create false positives.