by TOM WAITS
The lights and tron go blank as the call of a single raven rings forth soon joined by another, then another until soon an entire unkindness screams its song to the audience before the percussion of ‘Hell Broke Luce’ begins, a single strobe light begins flashing at the entrance as the house lights go to a dull blue.
As the Lights simmer to their blue, Matt Knox appears within the strobe seemingly from nowhere with his arms outstretched like a bird in flight and back to the ring , adorned in his ring gear and a sleeveless hoodie. He pivots around and stares down at the ring with a small, confident smirk before striding down to it. He slaps any outstretched hands, but mostly keeps focused as he slides in under the bottom rope. He charges the ropes across from him, leaping upon them to whip the audience into a frenzy before hopping off, taking a lap and kneeling in a ring corner, waiting for the bell to sound.
- SAVVY
- QUICK FOR HIS SIZE
- TOUGHNESS
- INJURY HISTORY
- HOT TEMPER
- LACK OF SELF PRESERVATION
Matthew is very cerebral and the first half of the match is usually him trying to test the waters. Grit it out, let them use their best shots. When an opening presents itself he will go in, primarily striking and breaking down a certain body part. Common taunts is laughing when it looks like he should be on the ropes. Example: On his knees getting blasted with rights. Laughs at every right to psyche the opponent out. tl;dr: Tactician who big dicks his opponents when possible.
To the ring: Sleveless hoodie adorned in patchwork band patches and random chains, faded and from a different era. Ring pants are full length with a navy blue wing running up his plant leg, ‘KNOX’ on the rear also in navy. Ring boots are old, but polished. hands are taped in black athletic tape up to mid-forearm. Face paint of a mime with a chelsea grin In ring: Same, minus the hoodie.
INTO THE VOID
INSIDE OUT FLATLINER
When an opponent is dazed Knox will fire a kick into their midsection to double them over. He’ll hook their arm over the back of his head, pausing to stare down the hard cam, smile, then nail them with the Inside Out Flatliner.
THE MERCY THE MURDER
KATA HA JIME LUNGBLOWER
Knox leaps and snatches an opponent into a katahajime while simultaneously using his weight to drag them back into a lungblower, the hold stays locked in after impact.
LITTLE DROP OF POISON
RUNNING BIG BOOT
NEVERMORE
SHOOTING STAR DDT
REDEMPTION
MUAY THAI PLUM KNEE STRIKES INTO DOUBLE ARM DDT
- Forearm Smash
- Elbow Strikes
- Discus Elbow
- Boxing Strikes
- Knife edge chop
- Muay Thai Knee Strikes
- Muay Thai Kicks
- Exploder Suplex
- T Bone Suplex
- DDT
- Running DDT
- Avalanche Exploder
- Flatliner
- Side Effect
- One Legged Codebreaker
- Ground and Pound
- Headlock/Knee Strike Combination
- Ankle Lock
- Kimura Lock
- Rear naked choke
- Katahajime
- Heel Hook
- Figure 4 Leg Lock
- Missile Dropkick
- Meteora
- Flying Elbow Drop
- 450 Splash (rare)
- Swanton Moonsault
- Suicide Dive (Tope Suicida)
- Leaping Tornado DDT
Born in 1981 and debuting in 2005 not much is known about the personal life of Matt Knox before his return to active competition in 2020. He’s had public battles with addiction, and is known for his large number of children. He is a devout, but flawed Catholic Formerly head of Corvid Combat Academy, now Corvid Combat Films. Hates Romaine Lettuce.
