Steph Stefano

Ring Name: Steph Stefano

Birth Name: Stephanie Odette Stefano

Nickname(s): The Mistress Of The Backbreaker, The Witch of Wall Street, The Wicked Witch, THE Steph Stefano

Sex: Female

Age: 33

Place of Birth: Berkeley, California, USA

Currently Residing: Berkeley, California, USA

Height: 5’'4”

Weight: 170 lbs

Alignment: Face

Debut Year: 2013

Ring Attire: Effectively **this** but green/gold instead of orange/blue, with a longer top/no abdomen showing. Also of note are a pair of elbow pads, the left with a winged lion logo.

Twitter Handle: @stephcandeal

Your Preferred OOC Name: Cori

Gimmick: Mistress of the Backbreaker - Stephanie’s left parts of her former notoriety; i.e. Witch of Wall Street, money grubbing, evil, scheming, backstabbing, in the past for a more slightly honest approach to the wrestling. She is at this moment and time, the wily young veteran and the undisputed, unchecked master of the backbreaker. You’ve got your suplex machines, your aerialists in the ring... Steph’s here to wreck that spinal column and make fans shell out endless amounts of money to watch it. She’ll still fuck with you though if you try her.

Strengths:
01) Big Power, Small Package - Easily impressive strength for her size, owing to time spent as a collegiate level weightlifter. We are talking comfortably lifting opponents 280lb and below. It also helps that she never has to lift them too high to drop them on her knees or hit their back.
02) Desperate Times, Desperate Measures - Forever and a day, no matter how many championships, title reigns, achievements, the appeal and respect of her peers and so on... It will never be enough for Stephanie. She will fight to the bitter end for a win, it doesn’t matter how small or large. They all mean the same value to her. HIGH.
03) Grizzled Young Veteran - Stephanie’s wrestled 2-out-of-3 falls, countless title matches, hardcore matches that eeked into full on deathmatches, over-the-top battle royals, and even a buried alive match at one point. She has that unquantifiable veteran experience that allows for comfort in nearly any scenario... Not necessarily any opponent, however.

Weaknesses:
01) “You Wrestle Like You Have a Death Wish.” - Former rival Eileen Amaro’s words have stuck to Steph since their violent clashes. Stephanie absolutely, positively fights with absolutely no care for her wellbeing. She’s reckless enough to try and tank through big moves, or hit big moves with parts of her body that are already causing her pain. This can be a welcome sight for submission minded wrestlers who focus on a limb she’s effectively HELPING them break down. She’ll tap in seconds under the right circumstances.
02) Cutting Off The Nose To Spite The Face - Stephanie once famously had a hate on for an opponent so deep that she concussed herself trying to concuss them. Think about for a moment. The less she likes you, the more she’ll spare no effort to hurt you, which... Makes her very easily outsmarted in bloody feuds.
03) A Few Too Many - Steph’s right shoulder and neck have seen a few surgeries. Her lengthy time off was to heal up a bit. Consider these two parts of her body high value targets for breaking her down not only defensively but offensively. She’s actually been working on more of her mat wrestling because she realizes technically sound opponents will see these targets and focus on them.

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- Entertainer: Your character feeds off of the crowd, giving them what they want and using their cheers to drive them toward victory.

- Powerhouse: Your character relies on brute strength and size to simply throw their opponents around the ring, using high impact moves - often to make up for sub par technical capabilities.

- Technical: Your character is well versed in various holds, takedowns and suplexes - giving them a strong, mat based style.

1. Dial $ For Murder - (Argentine Double Knee Backbreaker)

2. Dead Precedence - (Last Chancery)

1. Walk of Shame - (Jumping Reverse Bulldog)

2. Black Friday - (Vertical Suplex Onto The Apron)

3. Debt Collector - (Forearm Strike counter to a flying opponent)

4. Stephatsu Massage - (Stretch Plum)

5. Disney Villain's Death - (Io Shirai’s Shotgun Double Knees, can occasionally finish matches)

01. Backbreakers (Including but not limited to:)
- Inverted Headlock Backbreaker
- Backstabber/Double Knee Backbreaker
- Cobra Clutch Backbreaker
- Tilt-a-Whirl Backbreaker
- Catapult Backbreaker
- Hair-pull/Head-pull Backbreaker
- Side Slam Backbreaker
- Half-Nelson Backbreaker
- Vertical Suplex Backbreaker
02. Forearm Strike
03. Shoulder Tackle
04. Hip Toss
05. Spinebuster
06. Samoan Drop
07. Abdominal Stretch
08. Reverse Boston Crab
09. Seated Cravate/A Knee To The Back
10. Inverted Cloverleaf
11. Gory Special
12. Seated Surfboard
13. Single Legged Boston Crab/Knee To The Back
14. Bow & Arrow Hold
15. Iron Cross/Reverse Crucifix

Preferred Weapon(s): Lead Pipe

Preferred Match Type(s): Iron Man Match, Ladder Match

Disliked Match Type(s): Battle Royals, Submissions Only Match

- Passion: Your character competes because they love wrestling, they love the crowd and the adrenaline of performing.

- Riches: Your character sees competing as nothing more than a way to make money.

- Shane Atwater 
- Aurora Jansen

Stephanie Stefano was born in California to a single father. Her mother died in childbirth and Steph’s father vowed to be the best dad his little girl could ask for. Her father worked long hours and she was in a lot of daycares of her youth. As she got older, she took care of her tired and often worn out father, learning to cook, clean, and so on. He supported her dreams, any of them as long as she kept to a steadfast education. It was hard on Miguel Stefano but his daughter made a vow of her own; to make sure the household they shared was always taken care of. He would pass away around the time she became a freshman in college.

Around the time she was a senior in high school she would become best friends with Raquel Fair and Mickey Scarborough. The trio would eventually create the band known as The Scarborough Fair. Steph tried to keep for a long while in college but left with nearly an associate’s degree (see: failed out) and bragging rights of a few college weightlifting trophies. Traveling the country as an indie band let Steph be something of a wild child, different partners every night, drinking, smoking. Eventually she met Lyn Dallins at a chance encounter introduced by a mutual friend in Gavin Krauser. This led to Steph becoming a bartender beside Gavin at the Hydeout.

From there, Lyn and Steph started a rocky relationship (see ‘fuck buddies’) that eventually mellowed out into something wonderful (for the most part). She trained to be a wrestler, met Sunny through the business and become one of FFW’s most successful tag teams, the Witches’ Brew. At one point she was effectively running the popular gastro-pub’s finances day-to-day. She picked up leftover college credits in her spare time and a Bachelor’s in Business Economics.

Something changed in Steph, or perhaps one might say that there was something bubbling underneath that was long thought to be dormant. After a very long ordeal with Sunny and her ex-boyfriend Pak, and some unseen stresses on her marriage to Lyn she has chosen to strike out from her former happy life. She reunited with Mickey and Raquel, now an accomplished tag team in their own right and reformed The Scarborough Fair as a proper wrestling faction. They proceeded to tear through competition on multiple avenues, with Steph capturing gold multiple times. The trio mellowed out eventually, perhaps quirky hijinks and chaotic nature winning over fans. As Stephanie changed her tune, she came to appreciate wrestling fans once more and feel she had proven herself as quite an accomplished wrestler.

She, Mickey, and Raquel have taken a lengthy break from professional wrestling ring, Steph herself doing commentary work on the booth. Stephanie now bounces back with that old hunger setting in and feeling she’s rested enough. She’s recently spent time in the company of Aurora Jansen and Shane Atwater in preparation for her return; that has seen her modify her style a little bit. Ironically, match losses to both Aurora and Shane, as well as interest in chasing a few opponents Stephanie has never gotten to face before is part of what has gotten her active again...And in North Pacific Pro no less.

She has seen her plateau in wrestling and wants to smash it.

1x SVW Defiance Champion
1x SVW Champion
SVW Superstar Of The Year 2017
SVW Superstar Of The Year 2018
SVW Match of The Year 2017 (v.s. Luther thunder, Buried Alive)
SVW 2017 Midas Touch Winner
SVW Most Shocking Moment 2014
SVW Rising Star 2015
SVW Finisher of The Year 2015
SVW Feud of The Year 2016 (With Harmony Burroughs)
2x FFW Evolution Champion (Longest current reign with title; 318 days)
1x FFW Unity Tag Champion With Sun Hi Kyoun
FFW Match of the Year 2017 (v.s. Eileen Amaro, 2 out of 3 Falls)
FFW Tag Team Of The Year 2014 With Sun Hi Kyoun
FFW Heel Of The Year 2015