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Personality
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Outside the ring/off the basketball court: Laura Seton is what one could call a "super face." She is as sweet as they come and almost always has a smile on her face and the reason is two-fold. First, she understands that children look up to her as a heroine and therefore never acts rudely. Secondly, she legitimately loves the fans and always shows them respect. Even if a fan were to come up to her on a 'bad' day, she'll at least wave to them and give them a "Hello." Her heart is just too big and she cares too much that it' s almost impossible for her to "blow off" a fan that may recognize her and approach her. Laura has a fansite as well that she frequents. Though she's no internet geek, she spends time with her fans that aren't lucky to attend SHOOT events or her games via regular chats and postings on their message boards.
Both outside the ring/off the court AND inside the ring/on the court: She'll never swear. Ever. Not even something as simple as "damn" and only on rare occasions will she even use then non-swear "crap." Her version of swearing is gibberish. It's hard to give an example, but if she's in a war of words and suddenly starts using nonsensical phrases--that's her "cursing."
Inside the ring/on the court: While Laura does her best to keep her cool during games and matches, it doesn't always work out. She has a rather short patience with referees, something that dates back to her high school days. If, in her mind, things aren't be called fairly or (more for basketball) she's being singled out for foul calls--she won't be afraid to throw a fit. She racked up numerous technical fouls while in high school and although she had great behavior most of her rookie season in the WNBA--her aggressive side came through at the end and showed up more her second season. Be it in a game or a wrestling match, if she feels things are unfair towards her, she will NOT be afraid to get up in a ref's face and begin screaming and hollering at him/her. She won't blow up EVERY match nor EVERY game--only when things become noticeably one-sided.
One thing that shines through--especially in wrestling--is her heart. As was described by LEGACY fans, Laura had the heart of a lioness. Just when you thought she was finished, she found a way to get back in a match. For better or worse, she won't ever give up. She's suffered more injuries than necessary because of never-wanting-to-give-in heart, but it's also given her more wins than she should have gotten. |
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History
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Laura Seton was born February 12, 1981 to a Catholic household in Oshkosh, WI. Having more older brothers than sisters, it's no surprise that sports were introduced into Laura's life rather quickly and that she grew up the way of a tomboy.
She gained the same gene for athletic ability that was gained by the majority of her family and she became a star athlete in high school in basketball and track. While achieving straight A's, she set school and state records in the aforementioned sports, as well as participated in volleyball. Her success gave her a college scholarship—which she used at Winona State University.
During the spring of 2000, a company called the NYSWF was touring the midwest and had a stop in Madison, WI. Laura caught a commercial for the show and saw a familiar face. She attended the show and got away with running interference in this person's match and she continued to be a thorn in his side for the next month. After the person retired, Laura was set to move on with her life but was approached by the owner of a rival fed that was about to restart—the EWA. She presented with a contract and though reluctant to sign, she would. She elected to train herself and go through, if you would, “on the job” training. Although she was winning, her first few matches were not very good quality-wise as she was improvising everything and relying on her raw athletic ability. Quality aside, by the end of May, she would find herself holding a title in the EWA; even if just the fed's tertiary title. Originally unaccepted because of being a woman in a man's sport, the fans would warm up to her. The improving quality of her matches and the fact she was routinely winning proved she had a high work ethic—plus the fact she never let their unending taunting get to her—she slowly but surely gained a fan base. It was also during this beginning stage of her career that she continued her track success—winning a pair of gold medals in the Sydney Olympics. Though she couldn't field endorsement offers at the time—doing so would disqualify her from college basketball—the offers would still be on the table for her once she graduated in 2003.
Like any other wrestler, Laura experienced the abrupt closings of federations and while it was hard to balance wrestling with college and college basketball, she continued to do so. Much to the chagrin of dirtsheet writers, who disliked her because she was not a wrestling fan growing up and never went to any kind of wrestling school, Laura did her thing in the ring, and did it well. She would routinely win second-tier titles in the feds she joined and it wasn't unusual for her to cross into the main event scene. While not as red-hot a commodity as more experienced and more accomplished wrestlers; her mainstream popularity from the endorsements and gold medal success mixed with her wrestling fan popularity made her a name promoters wished to have.
Unfortunately, she began experiencing a routine pattern. She would enter a fed and, needing to prove to her new owners she was as good as advertised, she started low but quickly reach mid-card status. She would soon win the company's second-tier belt. She would then attain upper mid-card status before losing the belt. She would then be given a couple tag matches with the main eventers and just as she proved she could contend for a World Title—the fed would close.
In August of 2006, Laura experienced a burnout and retired. She put her degree from WSU in journalism to use as she returned home to Oshkosh and became editor of her local newspaper. The money wasn't the best, but the millions she made and was still making from her endorsements was safely banked, so she didn't care about her pay. In 2008, the athlete in her couldn't take the inactivity and she returned to the world of sport. She joined LEGACY in April and began training for the Beijing Olympics at the same time. In August, she took home three more gold medals. As for wrestling—though she was originally a favorite of the female crowd and children and the male fans that remembered her from the past; Laura was basically starting from scratch.
By the end of 2008, she was showing she belonged in the more difficult LEGACY environment. In 2009, her popularity skyrocketed as she proved she belonged—doing what most 'smart' fans and dirtsheet writers thought would be impossible: win not just a title, but the well-respected Tao of Valor title. Winning the title began having some of the other wrestlers show her respect, especially after coming out the victor in a feud with one of LEGACY's more popular stars; Justin Moreno. In the process she was noticed by Loco Martinez. What began as minor smart remarks towards her grew into a more personal hatred and the two would quickly enter a feud. At the same time, at the urging of her fans, Laura elected to resume the basketball career she loved. After a tryout and training camp, Laura earned a spot with the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. Although she was no star, she was a helpful player off the bench as she would again juggle wrestling with basketball—a juggling act that still continues. During this time, Loco not only bullied Laura's internet fans—including heated exchanges with Laura herself as well as one of Laura's biggest fans via Laura's fansite forums—he cost her the Tao of Valor Title.
While Laura and Loco continued their harsh words with each other—there was another Seton that came into the picture for Loco; Laura's younger sister Madison. During a recruiting trip to Philadelphia to visit Loco's alma mater of St. Joseph's University, Madison crossed paths with Loco. Much to Madison's surprise, though he wasn't the world's nicest guy, Loco wasn't as big a jerk as he appeared at LEGACY events. The two would become friends—a friendship they were able to hide until the middle of 2010, one that may or may not have played into Madison's choice to attend St. Joseph's on a basketball scholarship. At one of the final STRIFEs of LEGACY's run that it was revealed Madison's relations with Loco wasn't just friendship, but had entered a sexual nature. Laura took none-to-kindly to this and, not that she needed it, used it as even further motivation towards Loco. At the final Destined for Greatness, Laura picked up arguably her biggest career win in defeating Loco Martinez.
Not long after the event, it was announced LEGACY was about to close—once again the familiar pattern of Laura's career showed up. After a couple months away from the ring and watching Madison transfer to Kansas State University, Laura decided it was time to lace up the boots again. She felt the most comfortable thing to do would be to join SHOOT. Once again, she joins a federation with a tough fan base, but a number of these fans are already familiar with her—shown by the warm reception she was given at her SHOOT debut at Revolution 72.
More information can be found in the post “FAQ's” in the Storyline/Character Development section. And, you know, any other RP's :P |
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Moveset
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Trademarks:
Modified Jawbreaker: Instead of falling to her knees like one traditionally does when executing the move; Laura's version sees her extends her legs straight out to her sides as she falls to the mat. Can be done from a standing position or on an opponent rebounding off the ropes.
The Splits: Laura drops to "the splits" before executing a right-handed punch to the jaw.
First Class: Hurricanrana sending her opponent over the top rope.
High Hurdle: Enzigiri kick
Full Court Press: Lou Thesz Press
Dropkick; can be done from anywhere
Matrix Dodge: Matrix-like back bend to avoid being hit; can be used against any non-grapple, non-submission attack
Basics:
Gold Medal: Reverse DDT
Irish Whip
European Uppercut
Leaping Clothesline
Sitout Facebuster
Superkick
Camel Clutch
STF
Single-Leg Crab
Hurricanrana
Headscissors takedown
Top Rope Legdrop
Top Rope Bodysplash
Buzzer Beater: Dive between the ropes to an opponent on the outside
General:
Laura is not a technical wrestler under even the most liberal defintion. She knows basic holds but that's it. If an opponent shifts a match to a technical showing, she's in big trouble.
Though she has more strength than people think, her size doesn't lend for her to have much of a power arsenal. Her "power game" only appears if she's against an opponent no bigger than 225 lbs. She'll use moves of a side slam, various suplexes and a brainbuster. If she's on an adrenalin rush or the opponent is light enough, she may also utilize a military press. One other move she'll go to is her Purity powerbomb. She doesn't have the chance to use it much, so when she does it usually looks rather sloppy, but the lighter the opponent, the better it looks.
She's also not much of a submissionist--again a few basic moves like grapevines and what's listed above but she hasn't mastered anything more difficult than the STF. She may improvise a few holds but she doesn't "know" them too well.
When Laura is in control of a match, things are very fast-paced as she utilizes her world class speed and doesn't tire very easily. Cowardly-heel opponents are best advised not to try running away from; again, she has world class speed. She won't be afraid to take to the air and try a few high-risk moves, but she's by no means one that lives via that style.
As mentioned above in the last part of the "Personality" portion, Laura has a huge heart. Sometimes it works and she's praised (The heart of a lioness!) after coming back from surely being beaten. Other times it doesn't work (She's so stubborn!) and she gets herself hurt more than necessary. |
