Wroe (RLS CAS)

Aidan Wroe (born 5th May 1994 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English professional wrestler currently in his second spell with UNION Wrestling, performing under the mononym Wroe, where he is a former one-time Inter Champion.
== Career ==
=== Training, Getting Noticed (2010-2013) ===
Wroe began his career in the BWF Wrestling School, a special gym owned by BWF where prospects could learn the ropes while not doing too much too soon1. He came through at a similar time to Ravi Khan (later known as Ravi Rafik) and current BOW wrestler Chris Andrews. Despite only being sixteen, Wroe was often chosen for WS Showcase matches at BWF shows2, usually shown before taping. It was during this time that Wroe was known for training himself, separate from WS staff, and then helping staff train others.
Criticism, however, would come from several wrestling higher ups regarding his slight frame3. Wroe was, at the time, around 170lbs and not particularly defined, but the WS came to defence, claiming that "the bodies of our performers are theirs, and we won't tolerate any body shaming or attempts at peer-pressure on any of our talent"4. This move was praised by body awareness charities.
Wroe reportedly received counselling for issues related to this criticism in 2011, at just seventeen, something that he felt was a stigma in the wrestling business. It didn't hurt his reputation, however, as WS staff still introduced him to Ace in 2012. The two would train together for a little over a year before Ace decided that there wasn't anything else he could teach the teenage sensation5.
Wroe was a surprise entry in the BWF Young Blood Tournament in late 2012, shockingly tapping out Azteka in the final to take the trophy. This marked the youngsters big push in BWF, as an entitled heel who believed himself superior due to his self-taught nature.
By 2013, Wroe had big wins over Skorch, Harry Daniels and Hugh Deeney and was working his way towards an Inter Championship reign before injuring his back in a Battle Royal in May 2013. This kept him out until November's Rite of Passage PPV, where he returned to help Harry Daniels defeat his brother Rafe in a Loser Leaves Town match.
In January 2014, Wroe finally won the BWF Inter Championship, from Davey Mac, and held for much of the year before dropping it back to the Scot in December. His reign ended up being the longest Inter reign in BWF history, and stood until the collapse of the promotion. The financial problems, which had already begun, prevented Wroe from appearing for the promotion again until it's closure, so instead he worked on bulking up, a transformation that saw him add over 40lbs to his frame prior to his signing for PWU/UNION Wrestling.
=== PWU/UNION Wrestling, Inter Championship pursuits (2015-2018) ===
Wroe was a regular fixture on the tours PWU/UNION Wrestling ran before setting up regular programming, eventually winning the Inter Championship from Bangura in Dublin, Ireland. He mainly feuded with his trainer, Mikey Ace, for the remainder of the tours, with Ace winning the title from him shortly before Live From The UNION began.
His feud with Ace was rebooted after UNION Wrestling began doing regular programming, with the two scrapping for the championship at Hardcore Brawl 2016 and Capitol Punishment 2017 (in a Three-Man Dance also featuring Ravi Rafik), with Ace retaining both times. He'd then move on to feud with Ravik, himself, only for a "mystery attacker" to begin assaulting both men. The mystery man would continue to assault both men in the weeks following this, including getting to Rafik after Wroe defeated him in a steel cage match on LFTU in April 2017.
This eventually led to a storyline suspension for Wroe, though he was quickly reinstated as there was no evidence linking him to the attacker. This saw the angle seemingly be abandoned, confusing many fans6, as the mystery man stopped appearing and Wroe, himself, began feuding with British Samurai, who defeated him at European Invasion 2017. 
His attempt at getting a rematch was scuppered by the returning Ravik, who returned and setup a mini-feud with both men. This was followed in June by the announcement that the mystery attacker would soon be debuting- more than two months after the attacks began, and more than a month since they ceased- on UNION programming. He was revealed on LFTU as being Bull Fraser, formerly of Fife Wrestling Kingdom, and he once again beat down both Wroe and Rafik.
The assaults from Fraser would lead to the forming of an alliance between Wroe and Rafik, who'd lose to the Bull at Open Challenge 2017 in a handicap match. Wroe's last match in the first season would be a loss to British Samurai. He'd return in the second season, on the second episode of UNION Charged, taking part unsuccessfully in an Eliminator Match to determine the Inter Championship #1 Contender. He'd spend the rest of 2017 mainly appearing on UNION LIVE!, and also worked the dark match of the Uneasy Alliance 2017 live event, losing to trialist Chris Andrews.
Andrews' debut on programming was intended to lead to a stable of former BWF talent forming, however several factors scuppered these plans, and though his last few appearances with Andrews and Enzo Gurri saw them referred to as "partners", Wroe would leave the promotion in February 2018 in solidarity with his trainer Mikey Ace, who departed with a list of grievances against the promotion. Wroe would, in a 2021 interview, claim that leaving UNION Wrestling was "the dumbest thing (he) ever did".
=== Exhibition Wrestling: Canada (2018-2020) ===
Wroe would sign with Exhibition Wrestling in mid-2018, debuting in their Canada territory and feuding, under his full name, with Andre Nadal. He'd break his jaw in a match with Nevermore at EW:C's Vexxed live event in November 2018, keeping him out until March 2019 due to complications. He'd return shockingly to win the EW Collision Battle Royal, allowing him to challenge for the Canadian Championship. He'd lose his championship match to Brian Chance at EW Stay Down 2019 in July.
He return to the mid-card after this, having notable feuds with the likes of former UNION Wrestling roster-mate Damien Raven, Crazy Pain, Lance Powers and Sokritis Lakis before he was released in May 2020 and returned to the UK.
=== British alt. wrestling scene return (2020-2021) ===
Wroe made appearances in early 2020 for the likes of Fife Wrestling Kingdom and on the Indy Wrestling Lives super-cards, before COVID-19 halted much of the alt. wrestling scene. He confirmed in June 2020 that he'd be returning to shows once restrictions in the UK eased. Despite his return being confirmed for the IWL show in London in November 2021, Wroe confirmed that he'd be unable to fulfill his matches with Ravi Rafik due to re-signing with UNION Wrestling.
Despite being criticised for going back, due to the circumstances of his exit, Wroe was defended by his trainer Mikey Ace, who agreed that there was very little else desparate superstars could do but take UNION Wrestling's money.
=== UNION Wrestling return (2021-present) ===
Wroe returned at the Manchester show in December 2021, attacking the also-returning Matsuda for "stealing his moment", and confirming his status as a heel. He'd defeat Matsuda in the main event of the Liverpool Show later that month, before defeating Bobby the Fan in a Submission Match at Touchdown '22 in January 2022.
He'd be announced as one of the two participants in a Ladder Match to determine the first ever UNION British Championship at the UNION Bring Down The House event in March 2022, against a mystery opponent. At the event, the opponent was revealed to be British Samurai, who'd defeat him for the title. On the debut episode of UNION Charged, Wroe would attempt to get revenge on BritSam by attacking him after his win over Bobby The Fan, though he'd come up short against the still relatively fresh Samurai. He'd take out his frustrations on pot-washer Ricky Cheng on the first episode of UNION Unleashed later that week, defeating him by submission before WROEplexing him onto the steel steps outside the ring.
== In-Wrestling ==
=== Signature Moves ===
Tiger Bomb
Saito Suplex
Standing Sleeper (2011-2015, used as regular submission after)
=== Finishing Moves ===
WROEplex (Capture Suplex)
WROEverseplex (Backdrop Suplex)
=== Nicknames ===
The Prodigy
The God of the Suplex
== Accomplishments ==
BWF Young Blood Tournament 2012
1x UNION Wrestling Inter Championship
== Trivia ==
* Wroe is one of the "High Aces", a small group of superstars trained by fellow wrestler Ace and tipped for big things. The others being Birdy, Ryan Burton and Ravi Rafik. He is the only one of the four to be solely trained by Ace.
* Despite being from Blackpool, Wroe is a huge Manchester United fan, something that occasionally influences his ring attire.7
*Wroe is in a relationship with fellow professional wrestler Meera Sharma, better known as Indira.8
== Behind-The-Scenes ==
# In reality, he was in the Wrestling School section of my save on one of the MDickie wrestling games.
# Due to having quite a small roster in BWF- my version of MDickie's UKW- I'd usually throw a Wrestling School pair into an early match on my cards.
# He was very slim, as I didn't edit the base character he was edited from, much.
# This is just my own philosophy on people and their bodies.
# He was one of three CAWs- along with Ravi Rafik and Birdy- who I set to one side to build up for greater things due to liking them, so it narratively made sense to have them be trained by my avatar in the universe.
# This was actually due to the Fraser character having so many issues, which I later pinpointed as being due to his beard and other parts of his attire clashing, that caused a lot of crashes. Thankfully, one of the patches seemed to clear up the issue.
# This comes from the fact I used a Man Utd strip as a base when designing his early entrance attires.
# Narrative fluff to flesh out the characters.
Wroe was one of the first of my superstars to have a face texture applied. The face in question was one of a random stock photo, which has since been replaced.
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