Brady Booker (& Brady A. Dezire/Brandi Lauren)

Wrestler's Name: Brady Booker
Nicknames: "Mr. Eye-Candy"/"The Candy Man" "Bodacious"
Birth Year: Approx. 2000
Hometown: LaSalle, Illinois
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 240
Alignment: (Face, Heel, Tweener) Heel

Wrestling Style: (Cruiser, Submission, Big Guy, All-Rounder, etc) Submission/Brawler
Manager/Valet: Haley & Hanna (Cavinder Twins) N/A  [EDIT - June 2024:  Bruce Prichard]  
Entrance Music: "Candy Man" by Roy Orbison  "Holly Holy" by Neil Diamond "Orion" by Metallica
Favorite Moves:
Shin Breaker
Waist Drop Takedown
Bridging Pin
Arm Drag
Spinning Toe Hold
European Uppercut
School Boy Pin
Elbow Smash
Sunset Flip
Somersault Senton
Short Arm Clothesline
Back Body Drop
Shoulder Thrust
Back Suplex
Hip Toss
Atomic Drop
Falling Splash
Scoop Slam
Clothesline
Flap Jack (onto Top Turnbuckle or Top Rope)
Flying Shoulder Block
Chop Block
Standing Frog Splash
Power Slam
Cross Armbar
Belly-To-Back Suplex
Diving Shoulder Block
Belly-To-Belly Superplex

Finisher(s):
Bitter Sweet The Bodacious Symphony - Kneeling step-over head-hold wrist-lock followed by hooking the opponent's far leg/Quackenbush Special

Bitter Sweet The Bodacious Symphony Remix - Inverted Kneeling step-over head-hold wrist-lock followed by hooking the opponent's far leg/Inverted Quackenbush Special

Sweet Shot - Leg Hook Reverse STO [EDIT: Sweet Shot retired from moveset in January 2024.]

Bodacious Face Driver/Brady's Face Driver/Booker's Face Driver/BFD - Face Breaker DDT

Biography:

How did you get started in Professional Wrestling?

I played football from about age 9 until I graduated high school. I then went to a lesser known Division I university and got my higher education while playing linebacker for the football team. My next step was the NFL. That is, until no team drafted me or asked me in for a rookie workout. From there, I decided to get a job doing something active that was similar to football. Pro wrestling happened to be the choice.

Where did you train for your pro wrestling career?

Well, without being specific, I was able to get into a couple of pro wrestling schools. I was good enough with the fundamentals to continue training, but I guess you could say my ego was in better shape than my body for the sport. I was kicked out of both schools for not getting along with the other participants. I then started watching You Tube for some pointers.

You trained by watching You Tube?

Pretty much. I'd look for extra things. Like alternate versions of basic moves to get a better grasp of things in the ring. Remember I had fundamentally been taught. But there was something about watching Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Hawk and Animal, Sting, Steve Austin, Buddy Landel, and others that made what I knew seem to need more. I mean, I couldn't really do that, but their matches and interviews motivated me. I have to say I really liked how Hawk could hold himself in an interview -- intense and entertaining.

When was your first wrestling match?

I'm not sure of the exact date. But I do know I got lucky to wrestle to a small around Indianapolis' suburbs. I happened to walk in and ask for a job. They gave me some crappy robe and told me to wrestle. Good thing I had wrestling gear broke in already! I was the target of Tom Prichard that night and he gave me quite the beating. I guess he realized I was green and he really worked me over. Ya know, for an older veteran in the sport, he can still run. It's like he's half his age in that ring. After the match, the company liked what they saw from me and actually asked Tom to make sure I got better in the ring. A couple of weeks later, Jimmy Valiant was around that company and took me under his wing in other ways.

Haley and Hanna Cavinder seem to be quite the managerial duo for you, how did you three meet?[/i][/u]

Well! They may do some of that, or they just may be some added eyes and ears for me so I don't get some sneak attack on me. As for our meeting, I'd say it was when I had made a special trip to Miami for a once a year interpromotional tour in that part of Florida between the Indianapolis and Miami companies. It was good exposure for me and the rest of the guys. As for Haley and Hanna, those two ladies were in their own careers. They were playing college basketball there and really popular because of their talent on the court. Both were at the interpromotional show and we met on a whim. They got my autograph, said they were interested in trying out after they were finished with basketball. I told them I'd keep an eye out for them and help if I could.

[EDIT: The Cavinder twins no longer accompany Brady Booker, having separated between October and December 2023. In December 2023, the trio formally ended the romantic relationship in December 2023. The three decided to remain friends, keeping open conversation about a return to their romantic relationship in the future.]

I have no formal managerial services assisting me.  However, I have made contact and began a business relationship with a couple of individuals with security experience during my travels.  We are awaiting EWA approval for their ability to actually work inside the arenas during shows in either a security and/or possibly a tag team capacity.

How did you come up with the names to your finisher(s)?

In music, a symphony is a musical composition for an orchestra--sometimes arranged in numberous movements--so it has some steps to it. It's "bittersweet" because you don't need much effort to be caught off guard by it. That's the Bitter Sweet Bodacious Symphony.   Sometimes you also make adjustments and change music or a symphony, remix things a little. That's the Bitter Sweet Bodacious Symphony Remix.

Well, being as I'm "Mr. Eye-Candy" and/or "The Candy Man," I thought to just call this move "The Sweet Shot." Of course, because it's just that good.

[EDIT: Bitter Sweet Symphony and its Remix changed to The Bodacious Symphony and The Bodacious Symphony Remix, respectively in January 2024.]

I changed my knock out finisher to something more reliable.  The previous knock out finisher was proven a bit of a weakness, having somewhat backfired by allowing me to inadvertantly hit head on the Television Championship during a match I adamantly requested, whereupon the resulting loss of that match was later reversed by Christian Cage.  This incident also involved DDP.  

How did you come up with the monikers of "Mr. Eye-Candy"/"The Candy Man?" "Bodacious?"

Well, the names were indirectly brought about by Jimmy Valiant. It was just the right timing for that to happen. If it weren't for him and Tom, I think I'd still be on a bit of a bottom dwelling mentality.

[EDIT: "Candy Man" and "Mr. Eye Candy" nicknames were retired in January 2024.]

Honestly? I was trying to spell a word one day and it came up too. It got my attention and I looked up its meaning out of curiosity. That kind of took me down a search rabbit hole about the definition: "bold and audacious;" sometimes "excellent," "admirable," or "attractive;" and also possibly "sexy" or "unmistakable." After all that reading, I figured it would be a nice substitute and would bode well for my wrestling career going forward.


Is there any thing else you wanted to add about your time so far in professional wrestling?

Only that I have to say "how sweet it is" to be in this business! I got that line from my great-grandfather. He told me that he heard some supposed comedy legend named Jackie Gleason say it all the time. Yeah! He said he worked for Gleason for about 2 or 3 years while he was trying to go to college. It didn't workout, his last year of schooling. So he had to run a 2-year enlistment in the military. It was mandatory back then. Anyway, I hope that my career can continue in E-Wrestling Alliance.  I've decided that I want to be the biggest name in the World.  That means holding only World Titles in the singles division.  The National Title, while important, is not the same glory as the World or World Television Championship.  My heart is always biased to the World Television Title and I'd go after it without question. I mean, you don't even have to ask, I'm in!  However, I've recently had the willingness to consider possible runs at the EWA World Title. How Bodacious It Is! That way I can show fans all over the country everything that makes up "The Candy Man."


"BODACIOUS" BRADY BOOKER:
BRUCE PRICHARD:

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EWA TITLE HISTORY
Two-time EWA World Television Champion

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Wrestler's Name: Brady A. Dezire

Nicknames: The B. A. D. / The BAD

Birth Year: 1973

Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa

Height: 6'2"

Weight: 190

Alignment: (Face, Heel, Tweener) Tweener



Wrestling Style: (Cruiser, Submission, Big Guy, All-Rounder, etc) Brawler/Submission

Manager/Valet: Bruce Prichard

Individual Entrance Music: "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked" by Cage The Elephant

Team/Stable Entrance Music: "Orion" by Metallica

Favorite Moves:

Spinning Inverted Facelock Lariat Back Breaker

High knee strike

Discus Elbow

Armbar Takedown

Inverted Headlock Back Breaker

Facebreaker Knee Smash

Super Kick/Low Super Kick

Leg DDT



Finisher(s):

Bad Day - Knee Drop Bulldog

Last Dezire - Leglock Cloverleaf



Biography:

Brady A. Dezire started his career in 2003. Dezire started out his career in singles competition in Minnesota and California for his first four years. After honing his craft down the highways and schools of hard knocks in the north midwest and the sunny sands of the Golden State, Brady returned to his home state of Iowa. The next five years showed Dezire becoming arguably "Iowa's greatest asset to the world that is professional wrestling." Brady was in all the talk for championships throughout Des Moin and other areas. But he never was champion.



Enter Brady's brother, Randy. The Dezire brothers started in the tag team scene and were very successful. It was rumored that the brothers held the record at one time for longest reigning Iowa State Tag Team Champions, and holding the titles on 4 different total occasions. The Dezire brothers ended their decade of dominance in the Hawkeye State due to Randy's leg injury. While they would team from time to time after Randy recovered, the success wasn't the same. Brady had to return to the singles life in the sport he loved. At that point, is where he started his own personal dominance, and mulitiple Hawkeye State Championships. He hasn't looked back since.



Why EWA now? Brady A. Dezire has done all he could to be the ultimate competitor in his home state. He finally felt a need to prove he was more than just a regional super hero or legend. It just so happened that Bruce Prichard was traveling throughout the U. S. as an agent for several wrestling promotions through the years and would stop into Iowa as the Dezire's were hard and work. Who would guess all those small stays in Des Moines would lead to an elder statesman like Brady A. Dezire finally getting his chance in the big time like EWA. But, EWA isn't Iowa. Brady knew he would have to show a lot more to the fans and other talent than he ever did before. At this point in Brady's career, any chance was better than no chance at all. Dezire was willing to do what needed to be done for the opportunity. That opportunity would be courtesy of Bruce Prichard and Antithesis. Now it looks like the E-Wrestling Alliance is in for quite the B. A. D. day (at least for anyone that wants to be National Champion).


BRADY A. DEZIRE:
BRUCE PRICHARD:


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Wrestler's Name: Brandi Lauren

Nicknames: N/A

Birth Year: 1996

Hometown: Buffalo, New York

Height: 5' 6"

Weight: 155

Alignment: (Face, Heel, Tweener) Does it matter?



Wrestling Style: (Cruiser, Submission, Big Guy, All-Rounder, etc) Part-Time, All-Arounder

Manager/Valet: Brady Booker

Entrance Music: "Orion" by Metallica

Favorite Moves:

Russian Leg Sweep

Arm Trap Neckbreaker

Multiple Knee Strikes

Suicide Dive Dropkick

Corkscrew Elbow

Backflip kick



Finisher(s):

Shot of Brandi- Evenflow DDT

Brandi Bomb - Small Package Driver

Rings of Lauren - Rings of Saturn



Biography:



Brandi Lauren has been signed by EWA as a part-time wrestler. Brandi is Brady Booker's girlfriend. She has a history of titles to her credit in the sport, all within her home state of New York and its independent scene, Lauren knows how to handle herself in the squared circle. Something that should worry any man facing her love OR her fellow Antithesis teammates. Her status as part-time wrestler is time sensitive, as EWA reserved the right to open the contract to more full time status at a later date. For now, Lauren is only allowed to wrestle as a "intergender tag team partner."


BRANDI LAUREN:
BRUCE PRICHARD:



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