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Height:

Weight:

245 lbs.

Hometown:

Jackson, Mississippi

Theme Song:

"If You Want Blood... You Got It" by AC/DC

Affiliations:

none yet

LEGACY Accomplishments:

none yet

Offensive Arsenal

Finishing Moves:

THE DIAMOND DEATH DROP
{(Half-Nelson Suplex) Del Carver stands behind his opponent and applies a half nelson with one arm, (right) and a waistlock with the other (left). Carver then lifts his opponent off the ground and quickly falls backwards, dropping his opponent directly on top of their head.}

Signature Moves:

THE DIAMOND DRIVER
(Modified non-sit-out piledriver / cradle tombstone with opponent facing outwards)
DIAMOND DISLOCATION
{(Crucifix or Fujiwara Armbar) As his opponent is on their back, Carver applies a scissor lock on their arm with his legs and falls backwards while holding his opponent's arm around the wrist. Carver applies pressure by pulling down on his opponent's arm so their elbow is hyperextended across Carver's body. This is Carver's only real submission hold…so if he's going to try and win a match by Tap Out, it will either be by this or the Cobra Clutch}
THE CARVER CRUNCH
(running powerbomb)
THE DIAMOND CUTTER
(layout 3/4 neckbreaker)
THE DIAMOND LINE
(clothesline / STO takedown)

Basic Moveset:

Diamond Del Carver's main type of offense is by simply striking his opponents (hard and fast) with his closed fists. Carver also uses stomps, kicks and boots almost as much as he uses punches. Carver often lifts up his leg and kicks his opponent in the face with the bottom of his motorcycle boot. Carver can do this from a standing position, or running. Despite his advanced age and various injuries, Carver has remarkable flexibility using his legs to fight.

Diamond Del Carver is known as a "hardcore" wrestler, but is more of an "old school" type...in that he uses the weapons at hand, such as chairs, tables, and the tools left under the ring by the crew. Del does have a history of outlandish "Death Matches" in Japan, but these are fairly rare and Del only takes part in them for extreme reasons. He is usually content to brawl and use the weapons at hand, and his arsenal of Trademark Moves...

1) Atomic Drop: Carver stands behind and slightly to the side of his opponent. He grabs his opponent's midsection with one arm and hooks one of his opponent's legs with the other. Carver lifts his opponent up over his shoulder so his opponent is parallel to the mat. Carver kneels down and drops his opponent's tailbone first on his knee.
2) Axe Handle Smash: Carver locks both his hands together and strikes his opponent with both his hands. Can be done from the top rope.

3) Back Drop: Carver bends down forward as his opponent charges towards them. As his opponent reaches him, he stands up, lifting his opponent up and over so they land back first on the mat. It's also a common counter to an attack where Carver is bent over, like for a piledriver or powerbomb.

4) Back Suplex: (aka: German Suplex) Carver stands behind his opponent and applies a waistlock. He lifts his opponent up and falls backwards, dropping his opponent on their shoulders or neck. If Carver releases his opponent at the height of their lift, this often becomes a 'Release German Suplex'. However, at times Carver keeps the waistlock applied and bridges for the pin.

5) Brainbuster: Carver applies a front face lock on his opponent and throws his opponent's near arm across his shoulders. Carver grabs his opponent's tights and lifts them straight up in the air so they are upside down. He then drops down, causing his opponent to fall straight down on their head.

6) Capture Suplex: Carver grabs one of his opponent's legs and hooks under it so Carver's arm is under his opponent's leg. Carver reaches over his opponent's head/neck with their free arm and locks their hand, so his opponent is bent down with their head and their leg is held up in the air. Carver lifts his opponent up and falls backwards, throwing his opponent over their head. This move is sometimes used as a counter to a victim's high kick.

7) Clothesline: Carver sticks out their arm and hits his opponent in the neck with it. Can also be done as a 'short arm' clothesline, where he grabs his opponent by their wrist and pulls the them towards him quickly, hitting them with his free arm.

8) Cobra Clutch: Carver stands behind his opponent. He reaches under one of his opponent's arms with one hand and places it behind his opponent's neck. He uses his free arm to reach across his opponent's body and grab his opponent's arm which is on the same side as the arm Carver is applying the half nelson. He pulls his opponent's arm across their face and locks his hands around his opponent's neck and applies pressure.

9) Death Valley Driver: Carver lifts his opponent up say they laying across their shoulders in a standing fireman's carry. Carver falls to the side and drops his opponent on their head.

10) Discus Punch: Carver performs a 360 degree turn similar to a discus motion, and hits his opponent in the head with their fist.

11) Elbow Smash: Carver falls on his opponent elbow first. He usually tries to jump up as high as he can in the air first, to maximize the impact, or will at times attempt this from the top rope.

12) Exploder: Carver is facing his opponent and is slightly to the left or right of their body. Carver puts their head under his opponent's near shoulder so his opponent's arm is across Carver's shoulders. Carver pulls his opponent's other arm through their own legs and grabs it with the arm which is away from his opponent's body. Carver reaches across his opponent's chest and hooks his opponent's head with their other arm. Carver then lifts his opponent up and falls backwards, dropping his opponent on their head.

13) Fist Drop: Carver drops onto a downed opponent with his fist. He usually tries to jump up as high as he can in the air first, to maximize the impact, or will at times attempt this from the top rope.

14) Forearm Smash: Carver performs a 360 degree turn similar to a discus throwing motion and hits his opponent in the head with their forearm or elbow. Carver strikes his opponent with their forearm. Del can also use his forearm in a clubbing overhand motion or straight forearm jab.

15) Forearm Uppercuts: Carver strikes his opponent with a rising blow with his forearm.

16) Head and Arm Suplex: Carver stands behind his opponent. He reaches under one of his opponent's arms with one hand and places it behind his opponent's neck and with his other arm, he reaches around under his opponent's chin and across their throat. He lifts his opponent up and falls backwards, dropping his opponent directly on top of their head.

17) Knee Drop: Carver drops down knee first on a prone opponent. He usually tries to jump up as high as he can in the air first, to maximize the impact, or will at times attempt this from the top rope.

18) Leg Drop: Carver drops onto a prone opponent with the back of their leg. Carver usually tries to jump up as high as he can in the air first, to maximize the impact, or will at times attempt this from the top rope.

19) Powerslam: Carver lifts his opponent up in the air and slams them to the mat. As his opponent falls, he comes down with all his weight on top of his opponent as well, can be done standing, or running.

20) Roaring Elbow: Carver performs a 360 degree turn similar to a discus throwing motion and hits his foe in the head with a forearm or elbow.

21) Samoan Drop: Carver lifts his opponent up so they are laying stomach first across Carver's shoulders (a standing fireman's carry). Carver falls backwards so that they land with their upper body on top of his opponent who lands back first to the mat.

22) Spear: Carver runs at his opponent and hits them with his shoulder, in the midsection, at full speed. Carver usually executes this move on the defense, when he is Irish Whipped into the ropes and comes off with force on the rebound.

24) Spine Buster: Carver grabs his opponent in a belly to belly waistlock, lifts his opponent up and pivots 180 degrees, driving his opponent into the mat back first.

25) Suplex: (Snap) - Carver applies a front face lock on his opponent and puts his opponent's near arm over Carver's neck/shoulders. He usually grabs his opponent by the tights and executes a quick fall backwards, he lifts his opponent up slightly as they are falling, snapping his opponent over on their back. (Vertical) - Carver applies a front face lock on his opponent and throws his opponent's near arm across his shoulders. Carver grabs his opponent's tights and lifts them straight up in the air so they are upside down. Carver then falls backwards, dropping his opponent on their back.

25) Turnbuckle Smash: Carver rams his opponent's head into the turnbuckle. Sometimes done ten times so the fans can prove they can count that high.

Profile Information

Delroy Lee Carver was born on January 10th 1960, in Chicago, the second born son to Thomas and Caroline Carver. Caroline Carver lost a great deal of blood during Delroy's delivery, and subsequently died.

Delroy lived with his father and older brother Tyrell Jackson (T.J.) during his formative years; however it quickly became evident that Thomas Carver blamed Delroy for causing his mother's death. The Carver family lived in poverty, and Thomas Carver had a serious drinking problem. Thomas Carver brutally beat the young and defenseless Delroy on almost a daily basis. It is a documented fact that young Delroy Carver suffered greatly at the hands of his father. Eventually Delroy's aunt intervened, but there can be no doubt that the physical abuse that Carver suffered as a child had a huge influence on the adult he became, especially in his ability to tolerate, absorb, and many cases ignore pain.

When Delroy was approximately 8 years of age, his father's estranged sister Diane took him, to live on the family plantation in Jackson Mississippi. The Carver family is one of the oldest and proudest names in the American South, and young Delroy was taught to be very proud of his heritage.

As a young man, Delroy Carver happened upon a Pro-Wrestling match on television on Saturday afternoon by chance, which literally changed his life. From that moment on, Carver became a lifetime wrestling fan.

Delroy Lee Carver dropped out of High School, and began to work a series of menial part time jobs, as a stock clerk in drug stores, or doing manual labor in warehouses. Carver began to get depressed, fearing that his life was going to end up becoming a repeat of his father's...a series of dead end jobs, and unhappiness.

In the mid 1970's, Del was reading a Pro-Wrestling magazine on his lunch break, when he found an article about the world famous "Dungeon" Wrestling School, run by the Hart family. In a life changing decision, Carver quit his job, and left the south, hitchhiking to Calgary.

After a long and tough trip, Del made it. Carver worked at another long string of menial jobs to make the money he needed to enroll in the Hart Family Wrestling School. Once he did, things were tough on Del. The training was tortuous, and did not come easily to Del Carver. Del was not a natural athlete, having avoided athletic competition for the majority of his school life. The basic drills and routines that the other wrestlers picked up with ease were difficult for Carver. In the end, the only real skills Carver learned were how to take bumps, and the most basic of Pro-Wrestling moves, such as basic punches and kicks.

Surprisingly, Del got along well the other wrestlers in Calgary, especially the veterans. Del was very respectful, asked questions, and was more than happy to act as a human punching bag for the older stars, putting them over. Carver developed a reputation as being able to bump and sell well, so he ended up having his debut match on July 18, 1979 at the Calgary Stampede Fairgrounds. "Delroy Lee" was squashed by "Big Mike McGuire" in less than five minutes.

From that point on, Delroy Lee was relegated to the status of a "jobber" for the Stampede Promotion. Carver learned all of the basics from his time in Calgary; however in all the years he worked there, he never won a single match, or even appeared on television. The various people who trained him felt that he did not possess the skill, or the "look" to be a star, so he was destined to working in dark matches at television tapings, and opening matches at bars and county fairs.

After five years of toiling in total obscurity in Calgary, and never winning one match, Del Carver was seriously considering quitting, and going home to Jackson. He had no desire to spend the rest of his life working as a jobber in a cold Canadian town. However, during the big Calgary Stampede festivities the next summer, Del Carver's luck took a turn for the better when Stampede Wrestling brought in a Japanese Star by the name of Wing Nakamura. Nakamura was a legend in Japan, having worked for the successful True Japan Pro-Wrestling Promotion for years. However, few of the Stampede workers wanted to get into the ring with Nakamura, since his style was known as exceptionally stiff and brutal, and the North American rookies were unfamiliar with "Strong Style." The only young wrestler willing to work with Nakamura was Carver. He was well used to taking a beating from older people, and he needed the money.

For the entire week of the Stampede festivities, Nakamura wrestled Delroy Lee in the opening match, beating him ever time. However, Nakamura was greatly impressed with the toughness and refusal to stay down by Del Carver. He was also amused by the young southerner's ability to take punishment. Nakamura ended up taking Carver under his wing, and spending hours with the lonely young man, giving him invaluable career advice.

It was from Wing Nakamura that Del Carver first learned of "Puroresu" or Japanese Wrestling. Nakamura advised Carver that although Japan was a relatively small country, there were countless wrestling organizations which were paying top dollar for North American Talent. Carver was even more amazed at the revelation that there were leagues in Japan which focused solely on brawling, and "hardcore" wrestling.

The young Delroy Lee Carver knew that there was little chance he could ever make it as a technical wrestler, or a high flyer, but his ability to absorb punishment might end up being the one talent that he had which would make a valuable commodity. His mind made up, Carver handed in his notice, and called Japan, trying to get employment with the company which owned True Japan Pro, and its smaller subsidiary, the hardcore league and training dojo, "P.A.I.N."

1n 1987 Carver traveled to Japan and was able to gain employment with P.A.I.N. and True Japan Pro Wrestling. Carver spent the next 15 years as a mainstay in the organization, where he became extremely popular with the fans, and he also developed a cult following in North America with tape traders. It was in P.A.I.N. that Carver was given the moniker "Diamond" Del Carver by the owner of the organization.

In 2002, P.A.I.N. closed its doors and Diamond Del Carver found himself out of work. Upon hearing of the underground sensation SHOOT Project, which was running gambling fight clubs in Japan, Carver approached the ownership and was quickly hired. Carver struggled initially in the new and unfamiliar environment, but he eventually settled in and went on to win every championship possible in the organization, with the exception of one.

During his lengthy employment with SHOOT Project, Diamond Del Carver experienced several highs and lows. Highlights included his two World Championship reigns, three reigns as a Tag Team Champion with three different partners, heading up the "Carver's Army" stable, winning the Fan Favorite of the Year award, and having not one but two Match of the Year awards, for his two World Title Matches with OutKast. Carver also had notable feuds and matches with Raymond Entertainment, Roland Caldwell, "Mr. PPV" Eddie E., and Ascension.

Unfortunately, it was also during his time with SHOOT Project that Carver developed a bad reputation due to his chronic abuse of prescription painkillers, and alcohol. The man known as "The Hardcore Outlaw" also became known for his behind the scenes battles with management and his fellow wrestlers. There are some who directly blame Del Carver for the closure of SHOOT Project and the defection by a large number of SHOOT Project wrestlers to the upstart Outlaw Pro Wrestling promotion.

In between his various tenures in SHOOT Project, Diamond Del Carver found some success in Outlaw Pro Wrestling and the North American Foundation of Wrestling, where he won the organization's Foundation Heavyweight Championship. Carver has also made several return trips to Japan where he has toured with True Japan Pro Wrestling. In recent years Del Carver's nephew Jake (also known as "Crash" Carver) has attempted to carry on the family name in the wrestling business. Del Carver was initially very reluctant to encourage his nephew in following in the family business, however in recent years he has softened his stance somewhat and has even teamed with the younger star in Japan.

Over the past two years, Diamond Del Carver's career has undergone several unfortunate stops and starts, and he has even taken part in several false retirements which have hurt his credibility with both the fans and prospective employers. It is widely assumed that Carver (now 48 years old) is well past his prime and far too injured to ever be able to take a serious run in a national organization. There have been several reports of Carver breaching contractual agreements or failing to show up for events as advertised.

Diamond Del Carver's last appearance in a North American Pro Wrestling organization was in SHOOT Project during his less than memorable run as Ron Barker's Tag Team Partner in the summer of 2008. Industry insiders now speculate that Carver is simply living off his name and has lost the ability to perform at a respectable level. It has also been suggested that Del Carver may be in financial trouble due to his history of drug and alcohol abuse and that he may still attempt a comeback in some form or another simply to support himself.