by Nox Arcana
@TMMxENIGMA
Luna est dominae,
Volkodlak malorum,
Artes et perditae,
Lycan incarnatus,
Luna est dominae,
Volkodlak malorum,
Artes et perditae,
Lycan incarnatus…
A dense fog rolls out along the entrance ramp, the haunting whispered chant growing in volume along with the pulsing tempo of the music. A hulking appears from the gloom, slowly and methodically stalking towards the ring. His leather doomsday cloak is open over his massive chest, each step bringing him further into the light until “The Monster Machine” is revealed in full.
The dark and Gothic chanting continues, music swelling in volume as each pulse in the tempo and each measured step of the monster are in sync.
Rota! Vita! Mara! Vena! Mare! Dracul! Morte! Vita! Rota! Vita! Mara! Vena! Mare! Dracul! Morte! Vita!
ENIGMA ascends the ring steps and subtly wipes his feet on the apron, turning towards the crowd as he removes the hood from his head, revealing his soot-streaked face and colorless eyes as well as the snake writhing around his neck. Throwing his head back, he sprays a bloody mist into the air before letting out a snarl. When his head lowers, blood drips from his chin and down his heaving chest.
- Really, Really Strong
- Faster than Men His Size
- Ludicrous Stamina
- Age
- Size
- Lack of Self-Control
Brutal and dominating, ominous and spooky. Usually doesn’t taunt but will gloat after bloodying an opponent, usually by wiping their blood across his massive chest. Not vocal. Very methodical. Mocks the crowd when they cheer for his opponent.
Long black leather hooded doomsday cloak with the sleeves cut off and fur trim around the armholes. Black knee pads (often with his signature steampunk squid logo on them). Black boots. Varies between black leather pants or black trunks, depending on the match type.
Paints his face with variations of red and black warpaint and wears colorless contact lenses that turn his eyes white. Sometimes wears a horned beast skull mask to the ring which he removes upon entering (PPV or big special matches only) and often has a snake draped around his neck. Black leather lace-up wrist gauntlets (or sometimes black flex tape), depending on match type as well. The cloak is always removed before wrestling.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CHOKEBOMB
He scoops his opponent up by the neck, hoists them up and then transitions to a powerbomb.
Face Eraser
wheelbarrow facebuster
DAMNATION
Gorilla Press Drop
Fade to Black
Crossface Choke
Hellbound
Pumphandle Slam
DO YOU SEE?
Running Spear
- Kicks (soccer, straight, SF2 sweep kick)
- Strikes (European uppercut, overhand clubbing; punches, forearm shivers)
- Springboard Knee
- Discus Elbow
- Shoulder Strike
- Lariats
- Backfist (spinning/regular)
- Foot Stomp
- Big Boot
- Samoan drop (used as a counter for running opponent)
- Choke Toss
- Suplexes (German, T-Bone, Exploder)
- Running Powerbomb
- arm wringer
- ground and pound
- Lariats (Takedown)
- forearm choke with body scissors
- Corner Slingshot Splash
- Running Body Block
- Lariats (Running; 2nd rope diving)
- 2nd rope diving spear
- diving shoulder block
If you had the pleasure of reading “Of Mice And Men” in high school, he’s a little like Lennie Small. He’s huge and has the strength of a bear, but his actions for the vast part of his career were often described like those of an obedient dog. Outside of the ring, he’s kind and gentle. Unfortunately, he was previously labelled as “simple” although he’s far from stupid. He rarely spoke in those early days, embarrassed by his Russian accent although it has faded quite a bit over two decades of working in North America.
He used to let his partner PYRO do all the talking for him (which was not the best move, given that the man was an absolute asshole). Sev worked as part of the veteran curtain-jerking tag team called The Ring Crew in such notable early 90’s promotions as the World Class Wrestling Federation and Pure Elite Wrestling to name a few.
When WCWF closed its doors for good in 2003, he went on to wrestle the occasional match in high school gymnasiums and rec-centres throughout the Midwest, helping to put the up-and-comers over. In 2018, he worked for six months in WWH’s Sanitarium brand where he served as muscle for Warden Jackson, actually managing to win a few matches, much to the annoyance of his less-successful partner. The pair went to New York in 2019 to wrestle for 5BW, not having much success.
The duo signed with UPRISING as enhancement talent and ENIGMA was noticed by Jack Moreau (then known as LEGION) and was recruited as an enforcer for the Church of the 7th Circle, a band of misfits that were freed from their shackles and set loose as minions. When the group crumbled, ENIGMA refused to return to that toxic former teaming and sought to return to 5BW to forge his own path on the singles scene. Surprising himself more than anyone else, he found that without these restraints and the constant belittling of his so-called partner, he COULD actually succeed in the business he had loved so much for so long. For the last year, he’s been working the independent circuit, making his way through companies like 5BW, PWE and the short-lived project called The Entity.
He captured gold in two of those three companies before ending up in Intense International Wrestling to answer a challenge for a vacant championship. He is currently enjoying a meteoric rise to the top as the inaugural holder of the LEGACY Championship as well as a member of the Mecca (alongside his new friend JMont).
Unfortunately, IIW announced its impending closure at the end of July, leaving THE MONSTER MACHINE without a permanent home once again.