Bootleg

Biography

 * Occupation: Shaolin Chinese Ninja Master (Wrestler)
 * Likes: Practicing his ninjutsu kung fu (Getting a paycheck)
 * Dislikes: Rival ninja clans (Jobbing to the new guys)
 * Favorite Foods: Noodles (Cheeseburgers)

A jobber for an indie wrestling company, Bootleg is a Texas native wrestling with a vague and ill-defined ninja gimmick. Somewhat famous as ‘That White Ninja’, rumours of the White Kid strikes fear into Bootleg that someone may be even whiter than he is and seeks to eliminate this threat (and perhaps work his way up the card in the process).

Special Moves

 * Wellness Violation: A botched piledriver. Bootleg rotates the opponent upside down into a piledriver position. He then botches it, falling over and dumping the opponent on their head resulting in a loud crack. Partially a reference to Owen Hart breaking Steve Austin’s neck.
 * No-Sell: Bootleg blocks/absorbs an enemy projectile with minimal effort, perhaps similar to Q’s parry animation in Third Strike. Name refers to wrestlers not reacting to moves.
 * Spinning Heel Kick: Standard, unbotched wrestling move where the legs are swung overhead to strike the opponent. Bootleg gives a Bruce Lee-esque WHAAAA when doing it. This was the preferred pseudo-marital arts attack of X-Pac and OSW Review noticed he was making the Bruce Lee sound when doing it.
 * Shooting Star Botch: Super attack. Bootleg summons a ring/turnbuckle, the background darkens and camera flashes go off as he performs a Shooting Star Press. His head lands on the opponent while the rest of Bootleg’s body slams clumsily to the ground. May or may not cause self-damage (but will never self-KO) depending on game balancing. An overt reference to Brock Lesnar giving himself a concussion at Wrestlemania.
 * Pyro Spot: Bootleg quickly fumbles with a lighter and some paper in full view and then throws a short range flame at the opponent, apparently burning his hands slightly in the process. Reference to this Hulk Hogan botch in which he struggled to get some paper to ignite subtlety.

Misc Notes

 * MK:WK avatar of MysteriousBob, who also wrote the biography segments and moveset blueprint.