Andi Kestrel

Andreya Kettner Clark, wrestling under the ring name Andi Kestrel, is a professional wrestler, currently competing in the Waifu Wrestling Alliance. She is known for sleeping in the dojo, where she also spends much of her time with her friends Lillith and Robyn McDaid. She is a very kind and upbeat woman, supportive of her friends, though her behavior is often erratic and she is somewhat of a "mooch".
== Early Life ==
Andreya Clark was born on May 22, 2001 as the first and only daughter of Dr. Alfred Clark and Beatrice Clark. Her mother passed away shortly after her birth, and Andi was raised mostly by her governess, Ms. Patricia (now deceased as well), and her stepmother, Shameem Clark (née Chipalunakar). She has two half-brothers, Sanat and Ganesh. She grew up in the York Mills area of Toronto. After graduating from a private high school (with difficulty and much assistance from her teachers) she studied pre-med at University of California Berkeley, but failed most of her classes.
As it became clear that her efforts at Berkeley were a failure and she would not be able to return for another semester, Andi Clark started training to become a wrestler. In a troubled state of mind due to the stress of her academic failures, she spent much of the next year acting out and engaging in risky behavior, of which outrageous and lurid tales are still told among her old social circles and independent wrestlers in the San Francisco Bay Area. This culminated in an arrest in which Andi was charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct, trespassing, vandalism, and indecent exposure, at the culmination of a wild evening that began when her final grades were posted, all of them failing. Thanks to her father's intervention, the charges were dropped, but it was also made clear that Andi could no longer rely on the support of her family.
== Professional Wrestling Career ==
=== California Independent Promotions (2022-2023) ===
Andreya Clark adopted the ring name Andi Kestrel when trying to break into the California independent promotion Gold Coast Wrestling due to similarities between her name and that of another wrestler, Abby Clark. Couch-surfing and relying on the (usually quite temporary) generosity of friends, fellow wrestlers, romantic partners, and other acquaintances, Andi wrestled in numerous independent promotions in San Francisco, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, and San Diego during this time, bouncing from one to the next as her place of employment was closed or bought-out by another company, or her lodging situation became unworkable and she was obliged to move on. After nearly a year on the California independent scene, Andi realized she would need a steady, long-term contract to maintain a P1 visa and remain in the United States of America, so she left California for Spaghetti Town and the Waifu Wrestling Alliance.
=== First Days in the Waifu Wrestling Alliance: Not Exactly a Dojo Girl ===
Andi Kestrel was signed to a WWA contract on July 12, 2023, by a skeptical talent relations officer. Although she did not formally enroll in the WWA Dojo, she began sleeping there after an intern at the WWA offices suggested it was a place she could stay without needing to pay any rent. She spent the next several weeks familiarizing herself with Spaghetti Town, and befriended Lillith, the cook in the Dojo kitchen.
=== WWA Debut, and the Widowmaker Society ===
Boredom and dissatisfaction led Andi Kestrel to visit Club Xtacy, the nightclub owned by Cassie Kade, for an evening's entertainment. She slipped in without paying the cover, and proceeded to have a delightful evening socializing with the other patrons and taking enthusiastic advantage of the dance floor. Her behavior disrupted sales of Cassie Kade's new designer drug, Obsidian Rush, and one of Cassie's bouncers, despite an obvious infatuation with Andi, brought her before Cassie. As punishment for making a nuisance of herself, Cassie Kade demanded that Andi Kestrel find a tag team partner and face the other members of the Widowmaker Society, Kelly DiVanna and Kasumi O'Brian, on the next WWA show. Andi chose Lillith, her friend from the WWA Dojo, but the two were unsuccessful when Lillith was pinned and Andi was too slow to break up the pin - an occurrence which triggered Andi's deep-seated sense that she was a disappointment who always failed the people who tried to help her.
Determined not to let the Widowmaker Society have the last word, Andi Kestrel recruited Robyn McDaid, Cassie Kade's sister-in-law who was at the time in hiding in the slums of Spaghetti Town due to crippling debt and mounting legal woes, to join her in her battles. In return, Andi promised to help Robyn as well. Robyn moved back into the WWA Dojo and the two had some successful ventures, including a modeling gig for athletic wear and streaming a practice match between them at the Dojo for tips and donations. However, the team of Andi, Robyn McDaid, and Lillith were unsuccessful at defeating the Widowmaker Society at Clash in the Kingdom when Andi again failed to aid Lillith while she was trapped in Kasumi O'Brian's Tequila Sunrise, sending Andi further into depression and self-doubt.
=== Tag Team with Robyn McDaid ===
Andi Kestrel did not wrestle for a few weeks after Clash in the Kingdom, opting instead to lend moral support to Robyn McDaid as she confronted Kelly DiVanna in a Submission Cage Match, with a check from Priscilla Divine that would erase Robyn's legal and financial woes at stake. In what was considered a minor upset by most observers, Robyn was victorious. Andi, in her jubilation at this outcome, briefly flashed the crowd, including corrupt pornographic studio owner William Goldman, who had hoped to pressure Robyn into appearing in his films. Fortunately, this had no negative impact apart from some minor embarrassment for Robyn at the time of her victory.
With this victory secured, Andi helped Robyn to secure the promised check from Priscilla Divine (though not without some humiliation and condescending treatment towards both of them from Priscilla and Nikki Kade). When discussing the future, the two decided to form a tag team, and accordingly, they made an appearance to issue a challenge to Nico and Ratasha, the Rat 'n' Cat Connection, on an upcoming WWA event. This match ultimately ended in a time limit draw and both teams affording new respect to one another.
After the match against the Rat 'n' Cat Connection, Andi Kestrel and Robyn McDaid had a brief break in action. Andi attended Onigiri's house party at the Night Villa, along with LILLITH, and there met Warhorse, the WWA World Tag Team Champions at the time, as well as Bubblegum Crisis, Onigiri, Ciel du Grenouille, and Amy Flame. She spent much of the night drinking, seeking a dance partner, playing in the foam party made by a foam machine with the Bubblegum Express, and making an ultimately unsuccessful pass at Amy Flame. Upon returning home to the Dojo, she had an interaction with Robyn McDaid that is not of the public record, but the two admitted to romantic feelings for each other, and committed to enter the Tag Team Derby proposed by Warhorse to find challengers for their titles.
=== Tag Team Derby and Birds of Prey ===
Andi Kestrel and Robyn McDaid were the fourth and final team to declare for the Tag Team Derby, a four-way elimination rules tornado tag team match that also included their old rivals in the Widowmaker Society, Kasumi O'Brian and Kelly DiVanna, as well as the team of Jersey Devil and Visigoth Girl, and the Rat 'n' Cat Connection of Ratasha and Nico, with whom Andi and Robyn had wrestled to a draw weeks earlier. They succeeded beyond expectation in the Derby with a commanding performance, both surviving to the end, and in an elated promo after the match, they named formally accepted the WWA World Tag Team Championship Match against Warhorse at Judge, Yuri, and Executioner, and named their team Birds of Prey.
Following the Tag Team Derby, when an army of penguins armed with magic and mechs inexplicably attacked Spaghetti Town in the midst of a terrible blizzard, Andi and Robyn had occasion to meet up with their rivals in Warhorse before the WWA World Tag Team Title Match, as Warhorse were defending Spaghetti Town against the penguin hordes. Andi and Robyn were not able to be of too much use in this battle, but they met up with the champions later, back at the Dojo, sharing pizza (provided by Pizza Girl of Pizza Princess), fried eggs and toast from the Dojo kitchen, and some of LILLITH's special [redacted] soup. Though this did not escalate hostilities between the champions and their challengers before the PWE, it was an oddly touching moment of respect and camaraderie in some ways.
=== Judge, Yuri & Executioner, and WWA World Tag Team Championship ===
The Birds of Prey, Andi Kestrel and Robyn McDaid, were successful at Judge, Yuri & Executioner in their challenge against Warhorse, winning the WWA World Tag Team Titles with a hard-fought victory, with Robyn McDaid particularly rising to the occasion here. Post-match, they celebrated their victory, and Andi thanked Warhorse for the honor of the competitiion, pledging to carry the titles with distinction and honor.
==Professional Wrestling Style and Persona==
Andi Kestrel is an all-rounder most notable as a brawler and high-flying risk taker. She has occasionally demonstrated poor judgment with regards to appropriate timing when breaking up pins and submissions in tag team competition, mostly to the detriment of her friend Lillith when the two are paired together.
==In Wrestling==
STR	★ ★ ✰ ✰ ✰	2/5
TCH	★ ★ ★ ✰ ✰	3/5
STA	★ ★ ★ ✰ ✰	3/5
AGI	★ ★ ★ ★ ✰	4/5
CHA	★ ★ ★ ★ ✰	4/5
===Finishing Moves===
*Falcon Arrow
*Kestrel's Dive (swanton bomb)
===Signature Moves===
*Leaping Forearm Smash
*Reverse Hurricanrana
==Gallery==
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