Alex Kiseragi (2020)

[Alex Kiseragi]

Appearance: Byron Mann

Ring Gear: Alex's ring attire consists of white full length wrestling tights and a short sleeved rashguard. A red Japanese dragon motif begins on Alex's left knee and spirals up and around his body. It's head emerges over his right shoulder. He wears white, red trimmed boots with kick-pads, white knee pads and red MMA style gloves.

Name: Alex Kiseragi

Nickname: The Dragon

Height: 6ft 1in

Weight: 225lbs

Age: 37

Alignment: Face

Hometown: San Francisco, California

Currently Residing In: Los Angeles, California

Entrance Music: Teahouse - Juno Reactor

Entrance Moves: Alex walks out to the top of the ramp. He crouches down. He slowly gets up, raising his arm. On the screen behind him a dragon looms up and roars.

He walks down to the ring, slapping a few outstretched hands as he passes. As he approaches the ring he takes a few quick steps and jumps through the first and second ropes into a roll and up to his feet. He climbs a random turnbuckle and poses, then steps down and waits.

Fighting Style: Martial Arts (Kyokushin Karate, Kickboxing, Judo), Japanese Strong Style, Shoot Fighting.

Regular Moves: Strikes - Chops, Dropkicks (including hesitation), Roundhouse Dropkicks, Shuffle Side Kicks, Low Kicks, Axe kicks, Calf kicks, Spinning wheel kicks, knee strikes.

Judo style throws. Classical wrestling throws (Body slams, suplexs etc.), Enziguri, Shining Wizard.

Submissions – MMA style submissions (Armbars, triangle choke, rear naked choke, guillotine choke)

Alex was a high flyer in his younger days but has become more grounded as he has grown older. However he my still use some of his older move set when necessary including hurricanranas, missile dropkicks and moonsaults.

Signature Moves: Rolling Wheel Kick (Typically either on the end of a flurry of strikes or as a desperation counter)
Alarm Clock – Alex will catch a running opponent, throw them straight into the air and kick them across the chest as they come down.

Taunts:

Simple single arm raise.
Performing a short kata of karate moves.

Primary Finisher: Yari Kick - Alex waits for a grounded opponent in the corner (see HBK setting up Sweet Chin Music), then performs a flying side kick.

Secondary Finisher: Serpent's Coil – From a standing grappling position Alex will execute a Rice Bale throw <www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8K5FI6tEOo >. He holds the front facelock as he rolls into a mounted position and applies a deep guillotine choke from the top.

Personality: Alex is fairly stoic and calm most of the time. He often see's things in plain black and white, a viewpoint some would call nieve but that Alex believes keeps him on a rightous path.

In the ring he tends to fight clean. He enjoys the crowds attention and cheers but tries his best not to be overly distracted by them, tries being the operative word.

Out of the ring he is generally quiet. He does his share of interviews and promos but doesn't go over the top in either. He tries to show due respect to his opponents before and after matches but will easily lose his temper if not shown the same in return or if he feels his honour has been tarnished.

Past Accomplishments: 2x GIW Global Heavyweight Champion
GIW Tag Team Champion (w/ Brandon Brown)
GIW.com Champion
GIW Grand Slam Title Holder
UGWC Cross – Hemisphere Champion
UGWC Global Challenge Winner (2011)

Brief History: Alex is second generation Japanese. He was born and raised in San Francisco where his parents moved years before his birth. Growing up his father always tried to instill many traditional Japanese values in him, such as honour and respect. It is also from his father that he started to learn martial arts.

Alex would often spend his summers in Japan with relatives. It was on one of these trips that he first gained an interest in professional wrestling.

In his mid teens Alex started to learn to wrestle alongside his karate training. He started learning in gyms along the west coast and later learning in the wrestling dojo's of his homeland over more of his summers. From the age of 18 he started working the indy circuit up and down the California coast and after a couple more years, working further in land and even occasionally wrestling in Mexico.

This assorted career led to the development of his fairly unorthadox wrestling style. A style that has led to a fair share of success and if nothing else has helped him to get noticed despite his generally mild mannered nature.

Alex retired from UGWC following Wrestlestock 2012. He was inducted into the UGWC Hall of Fame in the class of 2015. He has returned to UGWC in 2020 as part of the company's 10th Anniversary celebrations.