Morpheus

Morpheus is a professional e-wrestler that currently performs for Lords of Pain Wrestling (LPW) on its Insanity brand. He first competed as part of the Psychotic Wrestling Alliance (PWA) on the Pyromania brand during its third season. He is a former PWA Hardcore Champion, was ranked #1 in the inaugural Apex 25, and also won the 2006 Escape Artist Tournament, the finals of which were contested in an Elimination Chamber.
After a four-year hiatus, he returned at Homecoming (2010). He's been on a monstrous tear since that return, including a (so-far) three-year-long reign with the LPW World Heavyweight Championship, a brief LPW Undisputed World Tag Team Championship reign with his estranged son Azreal and the formation of perhaps the most dominant stable in LPW history, The Awakened.
==Biography==
Born in the Times Before The Light, Morpheus has stood at the table of the Endless, charged with the defense and operation of the Dream Realm, and the void between the Dream and Waking Worlds where the two intersect. After eons and epochs of standing outside, he attempted to become part of the mortal menagerie, joining the Psychotic Wrestling Alliance and forming the Paragon with Jaro and Takeover. After a while, his duties superseded his desires, and he returned to the Dream Realm, leaving his wrestling careeer behind. Years passed, and Morpheus found himself drawn to return to his old stomping grounds, newly rechristened Lords of Pain Wrestling, in an attempt to save reality from imminent destruction. He has joined with like-minded individuals who contain the potential for wielding the power of Dreams to prevent the end of all things. Destiny calls...
==Career==
Morpheus made the journey from our nightmares to the Psychotic Wrestling Alliance in July 2005. Signed to the Pyromania brand of the PWA, it was hoped he would be one to help rebuild the struggling brand, after it was utterly dominated at the cross brand extravaganza, Altered Reality 2. In his debut match, he joined an elite club of LPW Veterans who have drawn a match in their career. Morpheus to this day remains the only person in PWA/LPW history to achieve this on debut. UPDATE: No longer true, as Haemoglobin also drew his first match! Or, perhaps still true, because as was revealed later, Haemoglobin was actually Tromboner Man.
His unique style of wrestling saw him rise quickly through the ranks of the PWA, having matches with established stars such as Rainman and cYnical, before earning himself a Hardcore Championship match as part of the 5 man "Escape from New York" title match at Rumble in the Bronx. In a stunning upset, Morpheus won the belt, outlasting the favorites, Robb and the Champion Styxx, to take home his first title.
Thus began perhaps the most dominating Hardcore title reign in history. Morpheus quickly aligned himself with the International Heavyweight Champion, Jaro, and dominant ass hole, Takeover, to form the super power, known as the Paragon. Using his connections through the Paragon, Morpheus was able to spread his dominance through all levels of the federation. After defeating Styxx in a House of Pain match at Prevalance, Morpheus took up the challenge of the Escape Artist Tournament. After four gruelling rounds, where Morpheus was pitted against some of the very best in the PWA, including long time rival Styxx, cYnical, Sheepster, Blackwell and Biggie, Morpheus qualified for the Elimination Chamber final at Capital Punishment. In the main event of the Pay-Per-View, Morpheus outlasted Bat-Robb, Zuma, Son of Repoman, N'itomniskittel and Bloodrose to win.
His reward would be the General Manager's position for Pyromania 8.1, where in the main event, he turned his back on co-Paragon Member, Jaro, and forced him into a non-title “House of Pain” bout. In a remarkable turn of events, the Hardcore Champion upset the International Heavyweight Champion in the brutal match up. For this, he was awarded the number 1 spot on the inaugural Apex 25, a feat no Hardcore Champion has achieved since.
Unbeknowst at the time, this would end up being the highlight of Morpheus' short PWA career. At Pyromania 8.2, he would drop the Hardcore Championship to dominating rookie Retribution. Amidst the tragedy known as Pyrogate, he would go on to lose to long-time associate and rival Zuma at One Way Ticket, and then would unsuccessfully captain an elimination team at Altered Reality Three, as team SoL managed to defeat the best team Pyromania could make. Morpheus would not wrestle again for the PWA, and was quietly released from his contract shortly after the supershow.
A short time later, Morpheus resurfaced as a commentator in rival federation FMW, but refrained from stepping into a wrestling ring while with the company. The general public of LPW have voted the Master of the Dream Realm to number 25 on the All Time Greatest Apex 25; a fitting tribute that this count down began with the man who topped the first Apex ever produced.
And now, people should be careful what they wish for, because he's back, and he's on a mission. His motives seem clear, but the underlying cause may be anyone's guess...
==In wrestling==
*Finishing moves
**The Dream Vortex (F-5 Spin into a Spike DDT finish)
**The Nightmare (Rock Bottom with leg hooked [arm hooked under leg instead of arm for additional height and easy pin combination])
**The Deep Sleep (Million Dollar Dream with body scissors)
*Signature moves
**R.E.M. (Impaler/Spike DDT)
**The Sacrifice (Sit Down Crucifix Power Slam)
**Shock and Awe (Alabama Slam followed by Elbow Drop to lower abdomen)
**All varieties of Neckbreakers
**Swinging Neckbreakers
**Any style of DDT
**Headlock & Sleeper Holds
**Variety of Suplexes
**Variety of Slams
**Powerbombs
**Fujiwara Armbar
**Crippler Crossface
**Texas Cloverleaf
**Haas of Pain
*Moveset overview: Standard submission moveset, combined with heavy power moves and some stiff brawling. Commonly employs the Fujiwara Armbar, the Crippler Crossface, Texas Cloverleaf, and Haas of Pain as setup submission holds. Uses a series of moves designed to weaken the head and neck region for The Deep Sleep, including neckbreakers, swinging neckbreakers, standard headlocks and sleeper holds, and 7 different varieties of DDT. Also very proficient in the use of suplexes and slams, using several different types of each, with an affinity for powerbomb-style slams. Most of Morpheus' offense focuses on the head and neck region with the idea that he attacks the head both physically and psychologically to gain the advantage and defeat his opponents. Rarely takes to the air, but when he does can be quite devastating if only due to his mass and power (think Lesnar).
*Will
**Play Mind Games
**Come to the aid of his allies
**Go hardcore if necessary
**Focus on an injury
**Enjoy pain; causing and receiving
**Only submit under extreme circumstances
**Adjust his mindset and moveset to counter his opponent
**Risk himself to save his allies
**Only go airborne when the stakes are high
**Enjoy himself
*Won't
**Attack allies during a match
**Allow his allies to be hurt under his watch
**Back down or step aside for anyone but his allies
**Overtly cheat unless his opponent does first
**Show mercy until the bell
**Be taken lightly
*Stables
**The Awakened
**The Paragon
*Nicknames
**Morph
**M
**Dream
**The Master of the Dream Realm
**The Dream Master
**The Dream King
**The Nightmare King
**The Prince of Stories
*Entrance
**The lights go out for a moment during the intro of the song, and when the music kicks in, a swirling portal to the Dream Realm opens, and Morpheus steps out onto the rampway, looking around and taking in the crowd. He throws a single fist (or title belt if applicable) into the air as he walks down the ramp toward the ring. He slides under the top rope, crosses to the far croner and ascends to the second turnbuckle. He looks around, serveying the crowd again, then throws both fists in the air (or one fist and one title belt) as he screams (think Triple H here).
*Theme music
**"Black Water" by Symphorce (NEW)
**"Nightmare" by Angel Dust (OLD, Hardcore)
==Championships and accomplishments==
*Psychotic Wrestling Alliance
**PWA Hardcore Championship
**Escape Artist Tournament (2006)
**The First Apex 25 ranked him #1 (June 2006)
**Set Record for Longest Winning Streak at 12 Matches (Since broken by Jude Maxwell at 13)
**Apex of the Decade (2010) ranked him #25 of all-time
*Lords of Pain Wrestling
**LPW World Heavyweight Championship (current)
**LPW Undisputed World Tag Team Championship with Azreal
**DeathCube match winner at LPW Ragnarök 2012
**Final Reckoning Match winner at LPW Body Count (2014)
**LPW Match of the Year (2012) vs. Tromboner Man
**LPW Promo Writer of the Year (2012)
**LPW Promo Writer of the Year (2013)
**LPW Wrestler of the Year (2013)
*Full Metal Wrestling
**FMW Hall of Fame (2012) - Commentator
*Apex 25 History
Cycle	Date 	Position	Change 	Match
8.1 	June, 2006 	#1 	First Apex	Morpheus def. Jaro in House of Pain Match
8.2 	July, 2006 	#6 	Fall 	Retribution def. Morpheus for PWA Hardcore Championship
8.3 	August, 2006 	#8 	Fall 	8-Man Tag Loss
17.1 	December, 2010	#8 	Return 	Morpheus def. Justus
17.2 	February, 2011	#7 	Rise 	Morpheus def. Sheepster
17.3 	March, 2011 	#8 	Fall 	No Match
17.4 	April, 2011 	#2 	Rise 	Morpheus def. Sheepster for the World Title
EPIC 	March 17, 2012	#3 	Robbed 	Morpheus def. Andy Savana to retain the World Title
==Match history==
Result 	Record	Winner(s) 	Loser(s) 	Event 	Date 	Notes 	Score†
 	38-7-1	Morpheus vs. Pending 	Morpheus vs. Pending 	Pending 	Pending 	Pending 	Pending
 	38-7-1	Morpheus 	CraZe, Zenith, Damien Blaze, White Falcon, & Lacey Valentine 	LPW Body Count 2014 	February, 2014 	Retained LPW World Heavyweight Championship in Main Event Final Reckoning Match 	4.58
 	37-7-1	Morpheus 	Nigel Vanderbilt 	Insanity Truth or Dare 	December 12, 2013 	Retained LPW World Heavyweight Championship in Main Event Singles Match 	4.60
 	36-7-1	Morpheus 	Phantom Lord 	Insanity GOLD III 	October 29, 2013 	Retained LPW World Heavyweight Championship in Main Event Singles Match 	4.28
 	35-7-1	Morpheus 	THE Mr. David Maverick and Jeff Watson 	Insanity Triple Threat 	August 27, 2013 	Retained LPW World Heavyweight Championship in Triple Threat Match 	4.35
 	34-7-1	Morpheus & Damien Blaze 	Krimson Mask & White Falcon 	Insanity Tag Team Turmoil 	July 19, 2013 	Tag Team Match 	4.40
 	33-7-1	Morpheus 	Azreal 	LPW Resurrection 2013 	May 30, 2013 	Retained LPW World Heavyweight Championship in Main Event Singles Match 	4.38
 	32-7-1	Morpheus 	Krimson Mask 	Insanity LIVE! from Indianapolis	April 26, 2013 	Main Event Singles Match 	4.34
 	31-7-1	Mr. Golden & Sixx King 	Azreal & Morpheus (c) 	LPW Honor Roll 2013 	February 21, 2013 	Lost the LPW Undisputed World Tag Team Championship 	4.15
 	31-6-1	Morpheus (c) 	Nigel Vanderbilt 	Insanity LIVE! from Chicago 	January 16, 2013 	Retained LPW World Heavyweight Championship in a Main Event Lumberjack Match w/ Special Referee Phantom Lord 	4.42
 	30-6-1	Azreal & Morpheus (c) 	Lacey Valentine & April Montenegro 	Insanity LIVE! from St. Cloud 	November 19, 2012 	Retained the LPW Undisputed World Tag Team Championship: Morpheus named Azreal's new partner after Steve Storme was fired from Insanity. Azreal retained, Morpheus became.	4.63
 	29-7-1	Tromboner Man 	Morpheus 	Altered Reality 6 	August 27, 2012 	Lost Martinez Cup Match 	4.81
 	29-6-1	Morpheus (c) 	Bobino 	Ragnarok 	July 4, 2012 	Retained the LPW World Heavyweight Championship after Bobino cashed in his Owner's Cup 	4.68
 	28-6-1	Morpheus (c) 	Azreal, Big B. Brown, Krimson Mask, Nigel Vanderbilt, Ultramarcus 	Ragnarok 	July 4, 2012 	Retained LPW World Heavyweight Championship in the DeathCube Match 	4.68
 	27-6-1	Morpheus (c) 	Jeff Watson 	Insanity LIVE! from Berlin 	May 24, 2012 	Retained LPW World Heavyweight Championship in Main Event Singles Match 	4.66
 	26-6-1	Tromboner Man, Ken Ryans, Jeff Watson, Eddie B. & Morpheus 	cYnical, White Falcon, Styxx, Seth Omega & Big B. Brown 	Pyromania 20.3 	May 22, 2012 	10 Man Captain's Fall Elimination Tag Match 	4.46
 	25-6-1	Morpheus (c) 	Big B. Brown 	Insanity: GOLD II 	April 26, 2012 	Retained LPW World Heavyweight Championship in Main Event Singles Match 	4.36
 	24-6-1	Morpheus (c) 	Phantom Lord 	Vertigo 4.1 	March 19, 2012 	Retained LPW World Heavyweight Championship in Main Event Singles Match 	4.33
 	23-6-1	Morpheus (c) 	Andy Savana 	LPW Epic (2012) 	February 28, 2012 	Retained LPW World Heavyweight Championship in Main Event Singles Match 	4.40
Forfeit	22-6-1	cYnical 	30 LPW Stars (including Morpheus) 	LPW Redemption (2012) 	February 16, 2012 	31-Man Redemption Rumble Match; **Morpheus forfeited the match 	0.00**
 	22-6-1	Morpheus (c) 	Big B. Brown 	LPW All-Stars (2012) 	January 13, 2012 	Retained LPW World Heavyweight Championship in Main Event Singles Match 	4.45
 	21-6-1	Morpheus 	Sean Jensen, Damien Blaze, Dick Dynamo, Ozzy Crerar, Kaiser Teiwaz, and Paul Brooks 	Vertigo All Stars 	January 11, 2012 	Damion Kross' Redemption Match - No Pinfalls, Submissions, Countouts, or Disqualifications 	4.38
 	20-6-1	Andy Savana and cYnical 	Morpheus and Big B. Brown 	Insanity LIVE from Transylvania 	December 12, 2011 	Tag Team Main Event Match 	4.20
 	20-5-1	Ultramarcus and Morpheus 	Chris Project and Magic 	Vertigo 3.2 	November 7, 2011 	Tag Team Match 	4.30
 	19-5-1	Morpheus, cYnical, Ultramarcus, and Azreal 	Tromboner Man, Styxx, Ryan James, and Sean Jensen 	Insanity LIVE from Miami 	October 15, 2011 	Team Insanity vs. Team PyromaniaEight-Man Altered Reality Teaser Main Event Match 	4.22
 	18-5-1	Morpheus (c) 	Seth Omega and The Rabbi 	At All Costs 	September 12, 2011	Retained LPW World Heavyweight Championship in Main Event Triple Threat Match 	4.66
 	17-5-1	Morpheus (c) 	cYnical 	Insanity: GOLD 	June 16, 2011 	Retained LPW World Heavyweight Championship in Main Event Singles Match 	4.50
 	16-5-1	Morpheus 	Sheepster (c) 	Insanity LIVE from Springfield 	March 7, 2011 	Won LPW World Heavyweight Championship in Main Event Singles Match 	4.47
 	15-5-1	Morpheus 	Sheepster 	Honor Roll (2011) 	January 14, 2011 	Non-Title Singles Match 	4.17
 	14-5-1	Morpheus 	Justus 	Pyromania 17.1 	December 9, 2010 	Singles Return Match 	4.36
 	13-5-1	Team SoL (Solomon Idol, X, and The Witnesses) 	Team Morpheus (Morpheus, Bloodrose, Spectre, and Soul Reaper) 	Altered Reality III 	November 1, 2006 	4-on-4 Tag Team Elimination Match(Morpheus had left PWA with Pyrogate) 	0.00
 	13-4-1	Zuma 	Morpheus 	One Way Ticket (2006) 	September 22, 2006	Thunderdome Match(Morpheus had left PWA with Pyrogate) 	0.00
 	13-3-1	Jaro, Bloodrose, Zuma, and Son of Repoman 	Robb Larsen, cYnical, Morpheus, and BiggiE 	Pyromania 8.3 	August 24, 2006 	Tag Team Elimination Match 	4.22
 	13-2-1	Retribution 	Morpheus (c) 	Pyromania 8.2 	July, 2006 	Lost PWA Hardcore Championship 	4.08
 	13-1-1	Morpheus 	Jaro 	Pyromania 8.1 	June, 2006 	Non-Title House Of Pain Match 	4.85
 	12-1-1	Morpheus 	Zuma, Bloodrose, Son of Repoman, Bat-Robb, and N'itomniskittel 	Capital Punishment (2006) 	May, 2006 	Won Escape Artist Tournament in Elimination Chamber. Morpheus won GM responsibility for Pyromania 8.1. 	4.79
 	11-1-1	Morpheus (Zuma, Bloodrose, Son of Repoman, Bat-Robb, and N'itomniskittel also advanced)	Blackwell, Paper Bag Man, Animal, S.S.D.D., Super Stallion, The Chosen One, and BiggiE	Pyromania 7.4 	April, 2006 	Escape Artist Tournament:Semifinal Handcuff Battle Royal 	4.56
 	10-1-1	Morpheus, Blackwell, Super Stallion, and S.S.D.D. 	Sheepster, Styxx, Chad Matthews, and Rainman 	Pyromania 7.3 	March, 2006 	Escape Artist Tournament:First Round 8-Man Tag Team Match 	4.40
 	9-1-1 	The Paragon (Jaro and Morpheus) 	cYnical and Styxx 	Pyromania 7.2 	March, 2006 	Tag Team Match 	4.35
 	8-1-1 	Morpheus 	cYnical 	Pyromania 7.1 	March, 2006 	Singles Match 	4.45
 	7-1-1 	Morpheus (c) 	Styxx 	Prevalence (2006) 	February, 2006 	Retained PWA Hardcore Championship 	---
 	6-1-1 	Morpheus 	Austin 	Pyromania 6.4 	January, 2006 	Singles Match 	---
 	5-1-1 	Morpheus 	Son of Repoman 	Pyromania 6.3 	January, 2006 	Main Event Singles Match 	---
 	4-1-1 	Morpheus (c) 	Snowman 	Pyromania 6.1 	November, 2005 	Retained PWA Hardcore Championship 	---
 	3-1-1 	Morpheus 	Styxx (c), Robb, WLK, and Dubzilla 	Rumble In The Bronx 	October, 2005 	Won PWA Hardcore Championship in 5-Man "Escape From New York" Hardcore Match 	4.33
 	2-1-1 	Morpheus, Robb, WLK, and Dubzilla 	S.S.D.D., Projekt, Rainman, and BC 	Pyromania 5.4 	September, 2005 	8-Way "Escape From New York" Qualifying Steel Cage Match 	---
 	1-1-1 	cYnical 	Morpheus 	Pyromania 5.3 	August, 2005 	Singles Match 	0.00
 	1-0-1 	Morpheus 	Rainman 	Pyromania 5.2 	July, 2005 	Singles Match 	---
 	0-0-1 	Morpheus fought Spark to a Draw 	Morpheus fought Spark to a Draw 	Pyromania 5.1 	July, 2005 	Debut Match - Singles 	---
:†Promo score is a rating which ranges from 0.0 to 5.0, the latter being the highest. Promos are judged to determine the better promo between e-wrestling competitors.
==External links==
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