Rory Smythe

Rory Smythe has a muscular, chiselled physique, with (spray-on?) golden tanned skin and hazel eyes. He wears his wavy, dark brown hair short, and closely-cropped around the sides and back. In the ring, Smythe wears plain black trunks, with matching knee pads and boots.

Rory Smythe has always been interested in sports, participating in football, tennis and basketball at various points in school. He received his initial wrestling training at the age of twenty and made his debut for United Kingdom Grappling in December 2010. Over the next three years, Smythe would wrestle all over the United Kingdom, where he would meet the fellow young English up-and-comer that he would form a tag team with.

The British Bashers competed in the AWA from late-2016 to early-2017, and Smythe managed to stick around after his partner and trainer got the boot by Javier Castillo. He would reappear in June, quickly aligning himself with Callum Mahoney’s group, The Summit. With The Summit rumored to be making an exit following SuperClash, however, Smythe has decided to drop out of the tag team scene and focus on his singles career.

Xenia Sonova

Davey Boy Smith meets Cesaro's explosiveness

[The arena is plunged in darkness. A single spotlight shines down upon the stage, casting a sharp circle of light on the backdrop, as the horns introducing Garbage’s “The World is Not Enough” starts to play. A figure walks in, casting a silhouette on the circle, which splits – another circle follows the silhouette to the center of the stage. The spotlight beam splits again, a third circle moves across to the left side of the stage, falling upon a feminine silhouette.]

RO: Hailing from Chelsea, London, England, he is accompanied to the ring by Xenia Sonova, and weighs in at 265 pounds…

RORY SMYTHE!

[The lights around the stage returns to reveal Rory Smythe, who has golden tanned skin, hazel eyes and wavy, dark brown hair, closely-cropped around the sides and back. His muscular physique fills a black suit, over a white shirt and black tie. The feminine silhouette is revealed to belong to Xenia Sonova, her dark brown hair falling in waves behind her, past her shoulders. She is dressed tonight in a sleeveless black dress. The hem of Sonova’s dress reaches her ankles, but a slit on the outside of her left leg goes up nearly all the way to her hips. She steps forward and leads the way towards the ring, mouthing the words sung by Shirley Manson.]

# I KNOW HOW TO HURT #
# I KNOW HOW TO HEAL #
# I KNOW WHAT TO SHOW AND WHAT TO CONCEAL #

[As they make their way down the aisle, Smythe appears to ignore the crowd, focused instead on the woman in front of him.]

# I KNOW WHEN TO TALK #
# AND I KNOW WHEN TO TOUCH #
# NO ONE EVER DIED FROM WANTING TOO MUCH #

[Reaching the ring, Sonova climbs the steps, onto the ring apron and steps through he ropes, into the ring. Smythe stays on the outside. He unbuttons his suit jacket and the cuffs of his shirt. Grabbing hold of the suit lapels, he tears the suit and the shirt apart, to reveal his bare torso. He then grabs the waist of his pants and tears them off, leaving him in his ring attire of a plain pair of black trunks and matching knee pads and boots. Smythe steps onto the ring apron, wiping the soles of his boots on the canvas before stepping through the ropes. He joins Sonova in the center of the ring, places an arm around her and, as she looks up at him, the pair kiss.]

# THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH #
# BUT IT IS SUCH A PERFECT PLACE TO START, MY LOVE #
# AND IF YOU'RE STRONG ENOUGH #
# TOGETHER WE CAN TAKE THE WORLD APART, MY LOVE #

[As the music fades, Smythe accompanies Sonova to his corner, holding the top and middle ropes apart for her to exit the ring. Exchanging a nod, and a “You’ve got this” from Sonova, Smythe turns around and awaits the start of the match.]

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