Johnny Pain

Biography:

Johnny Pembroke broke into wrestling at the age of  15. He ran away from home going to Tampa Bay and began training. He studied there until he was 20 and when he couldn't  learn anymore except by working in the ring he traveled back home to North  Carolina then joined up with a small indy promotion dubbed SGWF. There he became a Main Eventer winning the Cruiserweight Championship and United States Championship. Eventually he moved onto to another indy promotion called RWF and  won the Television championship from Buddy Drifter then lost it two weeks later.  RWF was renamed RWE under a new owner and it went under. Pembroke moved to a bigger promotion called HPWF but every match he had resulted in someone cheating  to win and he wasn't getting over any so he spoke with Buddy Drifter and joined  the IGA, in 2004.

Pembroke was born in High Point, North Carolina on  08/26/81. His childhood was normal and from the time he was born he was a  wrestling fan as his parents would watch wrestling every time it came on TV or PPV. Johnny decided he wanted to become a Pro Wrestler at the age of 5 and  always stuck with it. He got in trouble at school many times for using wrestling  moves on people but it was just a boy with a dream then.

As a teenager  Pembroke began to realize he had a real feel for wrestling and ran away from  home when he was 15 to join his favorite wrestler's training school. Pembroke  had family down in Florida so he skipped town and headed to visit family but  only stayed there basically at night as all his time was spent training.  Pembroke quickly became a star pupil as he was defined as a well rounded worker  able to go brawler, technical, and aerial style with ease. It wasn't long before  he was placed into the advanced classes and shot to the top of that as well with  his unmatched technical wrestling skills. Pembroke worked many odd jobs during  this time to pay for his training 

and would do almost anything to get money.  

At the age of 20 Pembroke could learn nothing more from the school and it was closing down anyway, but he had to keep on wrestling so he packed his bags and headed home to NC and quickly was sending out tapes of his 'school matches' and was quickly picked up by a small indy federation located in Georgia. Pembroke soared to the top becoming the companies first Cruiserweight Champion. After loosing the title in a hardcore style match he set his sights on the companies United States title and claimed it for his own. 

At 21 the company was shut down due to wrestlers quitting for bigger promotions, but Pembroke stayed true and continued getting his wrestling education from the Indy  feds by joining RWE. RWE brought Pembroke a Television Championship that he won  from Buddy Drifter in under 30 seconds. A highlight of Johnny's career he still  holds in his heart to this day. That company went under as well after new  management came in and Pembroke found himself an offer from a Sports  Entertainment promotion called WWA where he had an open contract. He joined another promotion at the same time as well called HPWF, but every match in HPWF  had him taking chair shots and losing matches because of inept referee's and  management favoritism. Pembroke had a small in WWA before he quit on  friendly terms and went his own way for awhile until receiving a call from friend Buddy Drifter. He mentioned a promotion called IGA and Pembroke went and  interviewed and was signed and the rest is n the annals of IGA history.

After the IGA shut down, Pain wasn't sure of what to do with himself anymore, so he went back to his roots and continued to improve his wrestling ability as best as he could by touring in Japan for the past two years.  In-between his touring time, Pain has been training wrestlers at the "House of  Pain" training school in Winston-Salem, NC. Johnny's time in Japan has made him a reknowned and respected wrestler, and something of a celebrity in the japanese territories.

Entrance: 

 [The lights go out in the arena, a voice begins speaking in a whisper.]

"I am the way, prepare for, salvation."

[Then in a normal voice]

"I am the way, prepare for, salvation."

[In a gutter scream with guitar rhythm's from smasher/devourer]

"I am the way, prepare for, Salvation!"

[The music cuts to an end there, and a blue spotlight hits the entrance ramp, all of a sudden fast paced music begins playing over the P/A as "Slave Labor" by Fear Factory begins playing.]

#My chains are paper thin, and they're welded with ink
Sealed inside a legal trap, so tight blood don't leak
A contract with the devil for a life of disdain
See me in the limelight, an indentured slave.#

#I blame myself#

[As the next lyrics are roaring over the P/A, Johnny steps out onto the entrance ramp met with a mixed reaction. Johnny lifts both arms up into the air and lowers them as he makes his way to the ring with a purpose.]

#God, help me pour this gas on me
I need to drown in flames to be free
Help me pour this gas on me
Help me pour this gas on me.#

[Johnny slips underneath the bottom rope and slides into the ring. He pushes himself up quickly and walks over to a corner and climbs up onto the second rope, his top foot on the top turnbuckle as he raises his arms up into the air. His face showing no emotions before he hops back down.]

#God help me pour this gas on me,

God help me pour this gas on me,

God help me pour this gas on me,

God help me pour this gas on me.#

[As the music dies after the last lyrics Pain heads to a random corner and uses the ropes to stretch his arms out and begins pacing in the corner waiting for the match to begin.]

Stone:  FROM WINSTON SALEM NORTH CAROLINA, WEIGHING IN AT 245 POUNDS,

     THIS IS JOHNNYYY PAAAAAIIIINN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MIXED REACTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]