Andre Hunter

Murphy Fisher (born November 16th, 1994) is an Irish-American professional wrestler, known professionally under the ring name **Andre Hunter**. He currently performs on PCW and CWL, originally debuting on the Genesis developmental brand but now currently performing on the Vindication main roster.

## Andre Hunter

Hunter waiting for his opponent in the ring on the Genesis brand.

## **Background**

### Early Life

Hunter was born in Pensacola, Florida to parents Braylen Fisher and Erin Gardner-was-Fisher on November 16th, 1994 when his father was 31 years old and his mother was 29 years old. His parents moved down to Bray County, Wicklow, Ireland in December 8th, 2000, when Hunter was only 6 years old. His father is a computer analyst, but had previous wrestling experience in his teens with a small independent company called Professional Championship Wrestling (PCW), based in Pensacola. His mother is a Social Worker in Bray County but used to be an English Teacher back in Pensacola. Hunter’s parents divorced on January 24th, 2014, soon after Hunter moved out of their home. Hunter is currently 25 years old, turning 26 in the year 2020.

#### Love For Wrestling

Ever since the age of 9, Hunter loved to watch wrestling, particularly having an interest in the likes of Chris Jericho, Shawn Michaels, John Morrison, Kurt Angle, The Undertaker, Rob Van Dam and The Rock. His father noticed this, and loved to watch wrestling with him at his young age. This love for wrestling turned into a fascination, which Hunter peaked after deciding to move to England to specifically train under the UK’s best trainers, so he turned to Knucklelocks School of Wrestling in London. After training under their organisation for a few years, keeping keen eyes on certain talent that came to guest the training grounds - Tyler Bate, Kassius Ohno and Pete Dunne, Hunter left the school and their parent company to carve out a career in the US with his talent.

#### Present Day

As mentioned above, after his years of training under this wrestling school, Hunter decided to move back to America to pursue work as a wrestler. He built his resume up by being a regular of PCW, following in the footsteps of his father and slowly carving his way into the wrestling world.

## **CWL Genesis (2020 - 2021)**

Hunter made his first appearance on the 8th November episode of Genesis (Genesis 4.14), in a losing effort to main roster star Brandon Quevas. Hunter tried throughout the match to get some offence in, but Quevas' size ultimately proved to be too much for the cruiserweight to handle.

After the match, Hunter cut a scathing promo backstage towards Quevas, claiming he only won because Hunter let him win. After Hunter's embarrassing debut loss to Cuevas, he bounced back and stuck to his word by defeating Prince Burei and Brandon Collier in a triple threat match in pretty dominating fashion, controlling most of the match and pinning Collier with the Diced Bread combination on Genesis 4.15. This would be Hunter's only recorded win on Genesis.

### Feud with Damien Morrigan

After a string of losses following his second match with Genesis, Hunter's blood began to boil with each and every loss. This culminated into a breaking point for the messiah, who used his anger on a reporter who unfortunately crossed Hunter at the wrong time. This attack caught wind of Damien Morrigan, who scolded Hunter for this cowardly assault on twitter.

> "*I love tae fight, everyone knows that. But Hunter, c'mon, lad. Beatin' up on a reporter because you lost? Yer s'posed to be a wrestler, not a child throwing a tantrum. Throw some punches against a lad who can fight back.*" - **Damien Morrigan, Dec 6th 2020**.
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After this call out, Hunter responded sharply in a promo, attacking Morrigan's character and calling his name into question when comparing Morrigan's record on CWL with the Irish God his name is based off of (the Morrigan) and her known dominance.

> "*Now, Morrigan. She was this monster, this sinister, cruel, vicious deity that nobody could touch. She was a monster, hence the name given to her. Do you know who else is claiming her name in blasphemy towards her legacy? Damien Morrigan.*" - **Andre Hunter, Dec 7th 2020**.
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Once the call out was responded to, Morrigan commended Hunter on knowing his history before upping the stakes of their encounter by challenging Hunter to a steel cage match at Genesis' first PPV, One More Fight.

> "*One More Fight. Steel cage. I'll reintroduce you to Her glory and monstrosity. Enjoy your last week before your lessons.*" - **Damien Morrigan, Dec 8th 2020**.
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So the match was set for Genesis' first ever PPV, One More Fight (OMF). Damien Morrigan took on Andre Hunter in a steel cage match. But before the match was performed, Hunter decided on the go home show of Genesis to scout out Morrigan in his match on that week, analyzing his strengths, weaknesses and talking points as Morrigan picked up the victory.
After taking the go home show to watch Morrigan and analyze his wrestling style, Hunter felt he was ready for Genesis' OMF, and so were the fans. The match was fast paced and hard hitting from both men, with Hunter getting in most of the offence early on and dominating the match with his knowledge of Morrigan and his wrestling style, but ultimately Morrigan bounced back, pulled some more tricks out of his sleeves that Hunter did not account for and put away the messiah for the victory. In the closing moments of the feud, Morrigan cemented his victory with a tombstone with Hunter's name on it placed next to him and proclaiming to the CWL that "darkness has come for the Messiah".

> "*Hunter. I warned you. I warned you when you attacked the crew. And you took another step further. I warned you again. And you stepped further still, blaspheming Mother and her Scion. So I did what I had to, what was demanded of me. For the Messiah, darkness has come.*" - **Damien Morrigan, 20th Dec 2020**
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This was the last feud that both men were a part of, as Hunter would move to Vindication on Vindication 4.21, and Damien Morrigan would go the other way by debuting on Nemesis 4.21.

## **CWL Vindication (2021–)**

### Main Roster Debut, Feud with Burei and Retirement

On Vindication 4.21, it was announced that the Dour Ranger would be in action tonight for the show, with his opponent not being revealed to the audience. After Dour Ranger made his entrance, a long sequence of camera work showed off flashes of blue and gold as the audience awaited to see who was on the other side and as the unfamiliar music built up to its climax. Once the climax hit, Andre Hunter was revealed to be Ranger's opponent, with a chorus of boos coming from the crowd as he made his entrance.

Hunter put up a good display against the Ranger, showing off his striking prowess and dominance he displayed against Morrigan in Genesis' OMF PPV. However, much like the PPV match, the Dour Ranger ultimately bounced back from Hunter's offence and pinned the call up on his debut match. After the match, Prince Burei would make his main roster appearance to CWL, dropping his trusty baseball bat down on the ground at Hunter's feet after the messiah got back up to his feet from his loss. Burei then leaves the scene after Hunter taunts to him, leaving Hunter and the audience alike very confused.

All of this taunting from Burei built to a crescendo when Hunter tried to attack Prince Burei after his first Vindication match. Things quickly soured for Hunter, as Burei turned the tables against Hunter, putting his head in a con-chair-to, which caused Hunter to suffer a severe neck injury, forcing him out of action for good and announcing his retirement on twitter.

## **Notable Wrestling Moves**

### Signature Moves

These are Hunter's current signature moves he uses in his arsenal. This list could potentially change over time due to the various factors listed in the **Retired Signature Moves** section.

* The Messiah Driver (Urinage Sideslam)

* Devil Greeter (Reverse Swing Neckbreaker)

#### Retired Signature Moves

These were the moves that Hunter used to use in the independent scene as a signature move. These moves have either been removed entirely from his arsenal, switched from a Finisher to a Signature, or have been renamed to fit gimmick changes.

* Hammerlock Armbreaker 1
* Panama Sunrise
* British Strong Style (German Suplex/Ripcord Lariat)
* Revolution Knee 2

### Finishing Moves

These are Hunter's current finishing moves he uses in his arsenal. This list could potentially change over time due to the various factors listed in the **Retired Finishing Moves** section.

* Diced Bread
* Fallen Angel (Butterfly Piledriver)

#### Retired Finishing Moves

These were the moves that Hunter used to use in the independent scene as a Finishing move. These moves have either been removed entirely from his arsenal or have been renamed to fit gimmick changes.

* Package Piledriver
* Pumphandle Half Nelson Driver
* Discus Clothesline 1
* Bicycle Knee Strike 1