Alex Spencer

“*The audience is saying I'm good enough to straight to the main roster.*”
―Alex Spencer[src]
**Alex Spencer** (nicknamed **Buzz**) is a created superstar in *WWE 2K* series. He is an independent wrestler who worked for WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). He originally works for a former indie promotion, BCW and has first appeared in *WWE 2K19* as the main protagonist of MyPlayer mode. He is also the co-host of "The Buzz and Cole Show" in *WWE 2K20*, along with Cole Quinn.

This version of Buzz was made by pm58790.

## Appearance

Alex Spencer has brown eyes with messy dirty blond hair. He's equipped with white wrist tape on his wrists, wears a yellow/black trunks and kickpads, black knee pads and boots with white laces. In the front of his wrestling gear is yellow trunks with black claw mark with white outline. On the rear of his wrestling gear is his face being disintegrated.

In his entrance attire, he wears a sleeveless black jacket with the "BCW Forever" logo on his back.

In his original attire, he wears red/black trunks and black boots with red laces, just before he severed his ties with Barron Blade.

## History

### Background

Not much is known about Buzz's past, except that he was really close to his father. He was also a three-sport athlete in high school (with one likely being amateur wrestling), and states Bret Hart as an inspiration since he regularly watches Bret's old matches on the WWE Network. Sometime after high school, he joined a wrestling school run by former WWE superstar Barron Blade. While initially taking no real interest in him, Barron wounds up being impressed by Buzz's willingness to improve and starts training him personally. When his father died shortly after his wrestling debut, Buzz kept his old exterminator van and a voicemail he saved so he can stay motivated. Barron, feeling bad for him, begins supporting him as a father figure.

### BCW, Independent wrestling

At the BCW house show, Buzz defeats "Mr. CQ" Cole Quinn. Following his win, he was offered a tryout match by Matt Bloom. In the tryout match on Raw, he was defeated by Braun Strowman in a steel cage match. Triple H offers him an NXT contract but rescinds the offer the next day when he was attacked by a 'masked fan' and made to look like he was badmouthing NXT.

Sometime later, Buzz is approached by BCW promoter Barron Blade, who informs him that the footage of his attack is generating attention for him, and he intends to use it to build BCW around him. At BCW's first 'live stream PPV', Buzz again faces Cole, who blames him for taking WWE's attention away from him, in a Falls Count Anywhere match, earning Cole's respect and friendship in the process. He goes on to compete at a Mexico house show against El Mago, but the match ended in no contest where the masked fan gets involved. When Buzz confronts him for costing him his shot at WWE, the 'masked fan' turns out to be a Mexican fan doing it to get some attention, asking for an autograph whether he give it to him or not. At the next Live Stream PPV, Buzz faces Cole again in a 'Scrap Trap match' but finds out later that the feed was cut mid-match when WWE's lawyers claimed they had exclusive shooting rights to the venue they were at.

Figuring this was Triple H's way of getting back at him for his 'dig' on NXT, Buzz leads Cole and Barron in an invasion of NXT despite Barron's reservations. On their first attack, Buzz and Cole invade their show by either cutting a promo or attacking one of the superstars.

* If Buzz goes with Barron's suggestion, then Buzz and Cole will enter the ring and cut a promo with two alternative promos with either they're going to destroy NXT or tell them to stop interfering in BCW's business and they’ll leave them alone. After the promo, they are escorted out of the building by security and Buzz will mock Triple H with his signature "DX" chop.
* If Buzz goes with Cole's suggestion, then the first superstar to attack is Johnny Gargano. Once Gargano is defeated, Buzz and Cole quickly leave ringside before Triple H and the security comes in.

In their second attack, Buzz and Cole invade their show again, this time with a costume of Buzz's choice. Buzz and Cole fend off Triple H's security team and several NXT superstars, prompting Triple H to convince Buzz to compete in a match on next week's NXT. Buzz goes on to defeat the opponent, the masked attacker, who turns out to be Barron Blade, who admits to costing him his dream to become a WWE superstar out of fear of losing one of his only marketable stars. After Buzz and Cole cease all contact with Barron, Triple H reveals he bought Buzz's contract from Barron and intends to force him into technical retirement, but Raw and Smackdown Live GMs Kurt Angle and Daniel Bryan convince him to reluctantly allow him to compete on the main roster. Buzz decides that SmackDown Live is the better show to allow him to showcase his skills, while Cole heads to Japan to cash in on a standing offer to compete in an indie promotion there.

### WWE

#### *SmackDown Live*; United States Champion

Buzz makes his SmackDown debut, winning the 8-man battle royal for Bobby Roode's United States title. The following week, he cuts a promo stating his intentions:

* If you choose Option 1, then Buzz will mock the United States champion and vows to be someone who is just more than a catchphrase. He then challenges Roode to an Iron Man match, which he accepts.
* If you choose Option 2, Buzz vows to savor this moment as the new United States champion. Roode would come into the ring and challenge Buzz to a 2 out of 3 falls match, as the latter challenger accepted. After Buzz accepted the challenge, Roode would attack his #1 contender with his Glorious DDT.

At Backlash, he defeated Roode in an Iron Man or 2 out of 3 falls match (depending on the player) to win the United States title. The following night on SmackDown after Backlash, he declared he would issue an open challenge each week on SmackDown with his United States Championship on the line. He successfully defended his title against Baron Corbin and Johnny Gargano, but winds up getting in the middle of a squabble between Roode, who feels the open challenge is an excuse made by Buzz to avoid giving him his rematch, and the combo of Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens, who begin attacking both Buzz and Roode in an attempt to get the United States title. Buzz and Daniel Bryan try to get a definitive #1 contender sorted out, but Triple H, still resentful of Buzz, overrules them and forces Buzz into a fatal 4-way against all three of them.

At Money in the Bank, he successfully retained his title against Roode, Owens and Zayn. The following night on SmackDown after Money in the Bank, he would lose the United States title to Owens and Zayn in a 2-on-1 handicap match, following interference from Randy Orton. Later, Buzz joins a WWE tour of Japan free of Triple H's influence. After a reunion match with Cole, Buzz defeated Shinsuke Nakamura one-on-one, then him and Money in the Bank contract holder A.J. Styles in a Triple Threat match at the Tokyo Dome on a WWE Network special. After the match, Styles throws up the "Too Sweet" sign to Buzz as a symbol of solidarity.

Buzz then begins a feud with John Cena upon his return stateside, who is drawn in by the hype surrounding Buzz, which leads to two promo options.

* If the first choice is selected, Buzz takes offense to Cena's claims that he doesn't match the hype and states that Cena is an overhyped loser that has outlasted his relevance and should stop getting involved in WWE events. The argument goes back and forth until Cena challenges Buzz to a match at SummerSlam to see who really the hotter star is.
* If the second choice is selected, Buzz claims Cena's opinion of him is based on ignorance due to never having seen him compete and challenges him to a SummerSlam match to show him that the hype is justified.

On the next SmackDown Live, he defeated Orton, who claimed Buzz didn't deserve the right to face Cena at SummerSlam, to reaffirm his status as Cena's opponent, but was goaded by Cena into a Submission match after he openly criticized him for using "Never Give Up" as a catchphrase. At SummerSlam, he defeated John Cena with Styles' "Calf Crusher" submission move. After the match, he finds out he'd been traded to Raw by Kurt Angle.

#### *Raw*; Intercontinental championship pursuit

During his Raw debut, Buzz interrupted the 100th episode of Miz TV, then was attacked by Miz and the Miztourage after either attacking them first or verbally berating the Miz for being boring, depending on what choice you make. On his second week on Raw, he interrupted Elias during his concert.

* If he calls out The Miz, the match will be a 3-on-1 handicap match with Buzz going against Elias and the Miztourage.
* If he challenges Elias to a match, then Elias will accept his challenge and the match will become a singles match, with the latter being accompanied by The Miz.

During the match, he accidentally knocks the referee out in the corner with a running elbow. As Miz tries to give Elias a guitar, Buzz quickly runs in and uses his guitar to his advantage, winning the match in the process. On the next Raw, he was defeated by Bo Dallas by disqualification after Miz interfered, costing him an Intercontinental title shot against Miz. With Triple H unwilling to give him a shot at the title, he creates his own singles title using Cole's experience from creating BCW's titles, puts his choice of stipulation onto the title defenses, and teams with Sasha Banks just to humiliate the Miz and Maryse. He successfully defended his custom title belt against Elias, and his ploy enraged Miz to the point where he unintentionally demanded a Title-for-Title match against Buzz. At Hell in a Cell, Buzz defeated Miz to win the Intercontinental title, thus holding both his singles title and Intercontinental title simultaneously, though Angle informs him that WWE's bylaws decree that wrestlers are only allowed to hold one singles title at a time.

Buzz then begins a feud with Bray Wyatt after he retains the title against Jason Jordan when Wyatt starts playing mind games on Buzz, taunting him over his supposed parasitic effect on everyone he comes into contact with and burning his late father's van. Before his title defense against Bray Wyatt at TLC, he was knocked unconscious by gas and brought to the Wyatt compound. Upon arrival, he sees two zombies, Barron Blade and Triple H. Whoever he faces has the same outcome. He returned the favor by burning Wyatt's home using gasoline. Triple H then stripped him of the title due to injuries he sustained when he was at the compound. Weeks later, he made his return, teaming with either Goldust or Jason Jordan to defeat The Bar (Sheamus and Cesaro).

During Buzz's brief absence from Raw, Wyatt locates and apparently brainwashes Cole into his service. At Survivor Series, Buzz was defeated by Bray Wyatt in a steel cage match, despite Finn Bálor attempting to stop Cole's interference. This prompts Buzz to enlist Bálor and "Woken" Matt Hardy's assistance in locating the "Inner Demon" in him, necessary to help him combat Wyatt's evil. At Royal Rumble, he teamed up with Demon Finn Bálor to defeat Bray Wyatt and Cole Quinn in a tornado tag Extreme Rules match, freeing Cole from Wyatt's control and earning a Too Sweet symbol from Bálor as well.

#### Universal Champion

Buzz, after taking part in a podcast where the host claimed his actions against Wyatt have made him the 'New Monster Among Men', begins his pursuit of the Universal Championship and renews his rivalry with current champion, Braun Strowman. However, Triple H is adamant that Buzz doesn't deserve to become champion and does everything he can to prevent that from happening. He forces him into a 3-on-1 handicap match against Samoa Joe and the Bar, which Buzz successfully wins, only for Triple H to put the match for the title inside the Elimination Chamber. After several weeks of Buzz and Strowman attacking each other, including Buzz taking a page out of Bret Hart's playbook when he uses a concealed steel plate to knock Strowman unconscious, Triple H declares that both of them will start the match. At Elimination Chamber, he outlasted Strowman, Wyatt, Miz, Elias, and Samoa Joe to win the title. This prompts Triple H to reunite Evolution in order to beat Buzz so badly that he'll be forced to leave WWE. After several attacks by Evolution, he teams up with Styles and Bálor for a six-man elimination match at Fastlane, where they are victorious, only to be attacked by Styles and Bálor after the match, allowing Styles to cash-in his MitB contract and take the Universal title from him.

The next night on Raw, Styles and Bálor claimed their betrayal of Buzz was based on them becoming sick of Buzz using them to further his own career. They invite Barron Blade to the ring to share his own negative experiences with Buzz, but he reveals he only agreed to show up in order to publicly vilify them for their less than honorable betrayal of his former protégé, causing both men to attack him and Buzz to begrudgingly come to his rescue. After Angle decrees that Styles has to defend the Universal title against Buzz at WrestleMania, he and Bálor convince Triple H to become the special guest referee so all three of them can stick it to him.

At WrestleMania 34, regardless of whether he accepts Barron's apology or not, Buzz regains the Universal championship, becoming a 2-time champion and forcing Triple H to admit he's here to stay. At Backlash, he defeated AJ Styles in a rematch and retained his Universal title with his choice of stipulation.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *Buzzkiller* (Crossface chickenwing)
	+ *Van-Go!* (Spear)
	+ Guillotine choke
* **Signature moves**
	+ *Calf Crusher* (Calf slicer); parodied from AJ Styles
	+ Suplex transitioned into backbreaker
	+ Step-up enzuigiri
	+ Running clothesline
	+ Neckbreaker
	+ DDT
	+ Powerbomb
	+ Multiple suplex variations
		- Super
	+ Diving crossbody
	+ Elbow drop, sometimes while diving
	+ Dragon sleeper
	+ Cross armbar
	+ Running knee strike
	+ Dragon sleeper
* **Managers**
	+ AJ Styles
	+ Sasha Banks
	+ Barron Blade

## Championships and accomplishments

* WWE United States Championship (1 time)
* WWE Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
* 'Buzz' Championship (1 time)
* WWE Universal Championship (2 time)

## Trivia

* The disintegration on the back of his wrestling trunks resembles the main menu of *WWE 2K19*.
	+ The design of this image is the original image of his face with spiky hair, before he updates with a different hairstyle as part of the starter's selection.
* Buzz has several attires in MyPlayer mode, along with his two ring attires.
	+ When invading the *NXT* arena, he and Cole Quinn mimics three teams: D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels), nWo (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) and the 80s ("Macho Man" Randy Savage and The Ultimate Warrior).
	+ The player has four choices for Buzz's inner demon before *Royal Rumble*: Arctic Behemoth (polar bear), Megalodon (shark), King Cobra (cobra), and The Deceiver (a copy of Finn Bálor's demon persona).
* The music "Battlescars" (a former theme of The B-Team) is the perfect theme for him, due to his trouble times in WWE.
* His hometown is San Francisco, CA, the birthplace of professional wrestler and voice actor of this character, A.J. Kirsch.
* His favorite wrestlers in WWE are Bret Hart, "Macho Man" Randy Savage and The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff).
* Buzz is apparently the favorite wrestler of longtime WWE superfan and eventual NXT superstar Meilee "Fanny" Fan. According to Fanny, she has seen him compete over 2000 times and was even the one who handed him her chair to use against Cole Quinn in the Falls Count Anywhere match.

## Errors

* When selecting "The Deceiver" persona, there was a conflict between his hair and his head accessory.