Taylor Parker

1. Rise Against - Last Chance Blueprint
2. Rise Against - Worth Dying For
3. Rise Against - Obstructed View
4. Rise Against - Broken English
5. Finch - What It Is To Burn
6. Rise Against - Survive

Favorites:
Striking: Taylor's dropkicks are second to none, but she might as well have a patent on the flying knee.
♥ Flying Knee
Shining Wizard
Dropkick
Headbutt!

Grappling: Even when grappling, Taylor is geared for fast, high impact moves.
Backcracker
Single Knee Facebuster
Tokyo Calling (Float-over DDT)
German Suplex
Capture Suplex


Flying:
♥ Spark
♥ Sparksault (Springboard Moonsault Kneedrop)
Triple Jump Crossbody
Shooting Star Press
Springboard Dropkick (from apron)

Ground:
Curb Stomp
Standing Moonsault
Handstand Kneedrop

Submissions: Taylor's signature submission is her finely-tuned single leg Boston Crab, but her crossface has earned her more than one victory.
♥ Single Leg Crab (often high angle)
Stepover Armbreaker
Crossface

Finishers:
Halo DDT - (Shooting Star DDT) - With opponent standing and facing her, she jumps forward from the top rope, turning a back flip grabbing the opponent's neck for a DDT on the way down.

Black Flag - (Death Valley Bomb) - Taylor lifts the opponent across her shoulders in a fireman's carry, and then falls to the side to drive them head-first into the mat.

Taylor grew up near NYC. Her parents divorced when she was little and she grew up with her mom, who worked several jobs and left Taylor on a very long leash. Taylor got the impression that she was a burden to her, and that her mom never intended to be raising a kid at all, especially not one like her.

Once into her teenage years, Taylor started slacking off in school and getting into trouble... her mom was never around to catch her doing anything and only ever found out about things after they were done. A screaming fight would follow, ending when her mom was tired and Taylor slam the door on her way out to who knows where.

She loved her dad a lot, though she didn't ever see him much. She always jumped at the chance to spend time with him, but while he loved her his priorities were elsewhere. He jumped from job to job and town to town and his visits became increasing infrequent before finally they stopped altogether somewhere in Taylor's teenage years.

He died while Taylor was in Japan, and she wasn't even able to go to the funeral. She only found out he had died when she called her mom looking for a phone number to reach him, since he wasn't picking up anymore. She wanted to tell him about everything she'd done in Friction. Her mom told her that he had died two weeks earlier, and Taylor was crushed. Now, the picture she always kept tucked away somewhere in her things is in a photo album for safe keeping.

She always used to dream about leaving her mom and going with her dad, wherever he was at the time. She would daydream about him coming to visit, and him and her mom calling her down to the living room to tell her the news, that she would be living with him from then on. She imagined traveling around the country with him, keeping him company and helping him with the things he was always terrible at, like money and laundry. He always told her that her smile would sail ships someday, and though at the time she had no idea what it meant, she always remembered it.

High school didn't go very well for Taylor. She was constantly in trouble. Her teachers were frustrated and her classmates were mostly one of a few different kinds of hostile. She never felt accepted, as if she was the new girl year after year. She became brash and obnoxious, trying to prove to everyone and herself that she didn't need them anyway.

She quickly established a reputation. To the 'good girls' she was white trash, and to the 'bad girls' she was an easy target. Once her trouble-making powers were applied to some of her more mean-spirited class mates, she found herself on the receiving end of countless beatings. She always fought back, but even if she was only fighting one girl there were always friends nearby to help her. She felt like she couldn't win, she felt helpless, and so she tried to become tough enough that no matter how badly she got beat up they could never make her cry, never make her shut up.

She became fascinated by punk rock in high school. She adopted the style, went to shows, took up guitar somewhere in her sophomore year, and soon after started trying to join bands. The few bands she was in were all with kids from other schools, and none of them were particularly good, but she always put every drop of energy she could into it. She played guitar in one, covered bass in another, and sang in another. Music carried her through much of high school.

After high school, she realized that college was not in the cards. She didn't have the grades to get into a decent school and her mother made it clear that she wasn't giving her a dime for anything. She was left to figure out what she could do with herself. She played in a band called Sledgehammer Lobotomy, and after a fight with the guitar player and songwriter she left and formed another band called the Secondhand Sex Dolls. Neither were any good, but both had energy, and people came to watch Taylor perform even if the music was sub-par.

As much as she loved punk rock, that wasn't going to pay her bills... even the bigger bands in the area still didn't make much money. The only other thing that she did well and had experience with, and that was fighting.

Having seen pro wrestling on TV at some point, she decided to give that a shot. She was tough, obnoxious, and good looking. She figured that she had the personality and the body for it and started going to local shows. She would strike up conversations with the wrestlers and promoters, and especially went after every opportunity to talk to a female wrestler. To her they had such a glow, like they were special and tough and no one would mess with them. Soon thereafter she signed on with a pro wrestling gym and started training under local talent. She paid her gym dues by working as a waitress and often held more than one job at once, which worked out well because she had a way of losing them.

After working a few months in the local circuit, Taylor set her sights on bigger things. She applied to Friction and moved to Japan shortly thereafter, without speaking the language, or knowing anyone or anything about the place. [Continued in Timeline]

Loss vs Kei Maxwell via Submission, sharpshooter. First match!
Loss vs Sarah Gatt via Knockout.
Win vs Karina via DQ due to Interference.
Win vs Kagami via Pinfall.
Win vs Satomi Kojima via Submission, modified single leg crab.
Loss vs Adrian Kytes via I Quit!
Win vs Natalia The Dream, 2 falls to 1, via Submissions, flying armbar and crossface.
No Contest vs Adrian Kytes & Lia Cross (Adrian DQ)
Win vs Tessa Price via Pinfall.
Loss vs Brittany Luvve via Submission, octopus hold.
Loss vs Chigusa Yuuki via DQ, due to Interference.
No Contest vs Akashi Tanikaze (Boxing Match) due to Interference.
Win vs Karisma via Submission, crossface.
Loss vs Akashi Tanikaze via I Quit!
Win vs Iron Maiden via Pinfall.
Win vs Silver Ace via Pinfall.
Win vs Fallon Terrazas via pinfall.
Win vs Adrian Kytes, 2 falls to 1, via Submission, single leg crab and Pinfall.
Loss vs Kelly Conway via Pinfall, crucifix pin.
Loss vs Angel Pinfall, powerbomb (Friction Title).
Win vs Brittany Luvve via Pinfall, springboard moonsault.
Win vs Dixie Clemets via submission, camel clutch.
Win vs Sandalwood Cooper via pinfall, Shining Wizard (in 34 seconds).
Win vs Angel via pinfall, flying knee (Friction Title).
Win vs Valerie Von Vulpes via pinfall, Halo Drop DDT. Retained Friction Title.
No Contest vs Brittany Luvve & Death Bunny
Loss vs Kelly Conway via Pinfall, Phoenix Facebuster. Lost Friction Title.
No Contest vs Nikolette Tessla due to interference.
Win vs Kelly Conway via Pinfall, shining wizard. Regained Friction Title.
Loss vs Brittany Luvve via Pinfall. Lost Friction Title.

Win Kamikaze vs Shiro Shinde via Pinfall
Loss Kamikaze vs Hard Velocity via Pinfall
Loss vs Angel & Mayu via Pinfall, powerbomb
Win Kamikaze vs Uncharted Love! via pinfall (double team death valley bomb)
Win Kamikaze vs Kelly Conway & Death Bunny via Pinfall (Banzai Bomb!)
Win (w/Julia Rodgers) vs Jessica Wright & River Stix (sunset flip)

Win w/Akashi vs Tai Kamiya and Brad Chad via submission, Ankle Lock
Win w/Cassie vs Johnny and Mamouru Higurashi via sexual tension, and a pin.

0-1 Kei Maxwell- Taylor debuted against Kei , and lost by submission due to a figure four leglock.



0-2 Sarah Gatt - She talked her way into a match against Sarah Gatt (in a cell). After putting up a good fight, Sarah took over with some help from Nha and Sha from outside the ring. Taylor ended up brutally beaten and humiliated.

1-2 Karina Rine - Unbeknownst to Taylor, Karina was hell-bent on taking revenge for Taylor having previously beaten up her sister Leiko during a scuffle in the AFW gym. Taylor, however, was in control for much of the match, and was beating Karina until Leiko came out to make sure her sister got the job done. After an argument, Karina knocked out her sister with her guitar, and then began to beat Taylor with it as well. Before she could finish the job, Akashi Tanikaze, who Taylor had only just met, ran in, knocked out Karina, and carried Taylor away.

2-2 Kagami - An easy match for Taylor. She put her away with little trouble, and pinned her after a shooting star press.

3-2 Satomi Kojima - This was a hard fought match. Both girls gave it everything they had, and neither wanted to back down. Taylor earned the win with a modified single leg crab that left Satomi limping for weeks, but at the end both girls were in bad shape.

1-0 Tag w/Akashi vs Tai & Brad - Taylor was picked by Akashi to be her tag partner in a Friction vs Tension tag team match. They beat the guys without too much trouble, and Akashi accidently came close to relieving Tai of what manhood he had left. Akashi made Tai tap with an ankle lock.

3-3 Adrian (I Quit) - Bad blood between Adrian Kytes and Taylor eventually culminated in a vicious I Quit match. Taylor beat Adrian until she passed out, and with the girl helpless and unconscious Taylor couldn't bear to continue. Rather than unnecessarily brutalize someone to take the official win, she quit, earning a moral victory and a loss for her record.

1-0 Kamikaze vs Shiro Shinde - Another tag match with Akashi, this time as an official Friction tag team. Their official debut was against a pair of Yakuza wannabe's. Akashi smothered Stephanie out while Taylor worked over Naoko to stop her from interfering. Boundless trash talk from Taylor further bruise the egos of the two gangsters.

4-3 Natalia (Entropy PPV) - The highlight of Taylor's career so far, a best 2 out of 3 falls submissions only match at Avalanche 2011 to determine the first Friction Entropy champ. Taylor overwhelmed Natalia early with her speed and aggressiveness and took the first fall with her third armbar attempt. In the second fall, Taylor's overconfidence led to a quick and easy knockout for Natalia, by scissoring her neck until she passed out. She refused to tap on principle. Taylor took the third fall, the match, and the belt, by savagely brawling with Natalia and finishing her with a crossface hold.

2-0 Valentines vs Higurashis - As a more lighthearted and fun Valentines day match, Taylor and Cassie Elliot were booked in a match against Johnny and Mamouru Higurashi. Taylor and Johnny had been dating for a while before that, and their overwhelming physical attraction eventually took over the match. An academic pin and Taylor was leading Johnny off to somewhere more private.

4-3, 1NC Lia & Adrian (Entropy Title) - For Taylor's first defense of her new belt, she called out both Adrian Kytes and Lia Cross, the two people in the world she hated most. It was nearly a handicap match, with both Adrian and Lia prefering to go after Taylor, and in the end Adrian lost her nerve and hit Taylor with a chair, ending the match. It was ruled a no contest, and the belt did not change hands.

5-3, 1NC Tessa Price (Entropy Title) - Taylor's second Entropy title defense was against relative newcomer Tessa Price. She quickly got rid of her, pinning her after hitting her Shooting Star DDT for the first time.

1-1 Kamikaze vs Hard Velocity - Taylor and Akashi fought the team of Heather Sunderland and Cecelia Northman. Cecelia was barely interested in participating, and the match quickly became a singles match between Taylor and Heather. Heather was beaten badly, but rolled out of the way of Kamikaze's very high risk finisher. Taylor injured her ribs on the landing, and after a vicious DDT, Heather pinned her and took the win.

5-4, 1NC Brittany Luvve (Entropy Title) - With Taylor's ribs still injured, taking a match to defend her title was a bad idea. She couldn't back down, though, and while she was obviously the better fighter, Brittany was eventually able to badly hurt her by taking advantage of her injury. She horribly beat Taylor, cracking ribs in the process and putting her in the hospital.

5-5, 1NC Chigusa Yuuki  - Taylor's triumphant return after her injury didn't go very well. She beat up Chigusa early in their cage match, but before she could climb out she was knocked down by Talia Wilson, who she had made enemies of weeks before. Chigusa took the advantage and beat Taylor up. She started to climb out, but Taylor goaded her to come back down and fight some more, despite being unable to get up. After some more weirdness, Talia returned and knocked out Chigusa with a chair, ending the match by DQ in favor of Chigusa. She beat Taylor with it until Cassie Elliot made the save by hitting a flying armbar on Talia and nearly breaking her arm.

1-2 Tag w/Tsumi vs Angel & Mayu - The match was part of the temple games leading up to Avalanche 2012, and Taylor considered it a fun little match for the newbies. She lost by pinfall after being powerbombed by Angel.

5-5, 2NC Akashi Tanikaze - A boxing match, also for the temple games match. Taylor and her former best friend square off, and Taylor uses her speed and aggressiveness to land flurries of punches on the bigger, stronger, but slower sumo. The match ends prematurely when Brittany Luvve and Morrigan come to the ring and taser both Taylor and Akashi unconscious.

6-5, 2NC Karisma - Taylor took out all the frustration and rage she had pent up from the ordeals of the last year on the very conceited and very annoying Karisma. She mercilessly beat her, and made her tap with another crossface hold.

6-6, 2NC Akashi Tanikaze, II - Taylor's final match. A special rules I Quit match in a cage at Avalanche 2012 against her ex-best friend. To win, Taylor had to make Akashi admit that they aren't friends, while Akashi had to make Taylor appologize. Several days later, Taylor retires.

7-6, 2NC Iron Maiden - Taylor returns to the ring after a year of retirement to face the nearly unstoppable Iron Maiden. Her new manager and mother-in-law kept Iron Maiden's manager occupied while Taylor, despite a few near death experiences, managed to use her speed to gradually wreck Maiden's face. She finished her off with a herculian death valley driver.

8-6, 2NC Silver Ace - The up-and-coming rookie gives Taylor a run for her money, keeping her at bay with submission holds and knocking her unconscious with a superkick, though Taylor kicked out of the pin just before a three count. Taylor endured Ace's best and got the better of her, decisively finishing the match with a capture suplex, two piledrivers, and a shooting star press, in the process drawing some criticism from Ace supporters for being unnecessarily rough. She probably was a little rougher than she had to be, but she had seen what happened when she took the rookie lightly and let her back up.

9-6, 2NC Fallon Terrazas - The bikini-clad belly-puncher talked her way into a match with Taylor, winner pounds the loser's abs, and lived to regret it. Fallon was very tough and Taylor made her show it with what was mostly a one-sided beating from the more experienced wrestler. Fallon was simply outclassed. Taylor declined her post-match reward, and the Triple Threat showed up to take it instead. Taylor tried to save Fallon and took a beating of her own from Black Dragon, a Tension male twice her size.

10-6, 2NC Adrian Kytes, II - Taylor and Adrian's career-long rivalry finally came to a head at Summer Splash '14 in a best 2 out of 3 falls match in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Adrian used her wrestling savvy to turn around Taylor's early lead in the first fall, and put her down with a neckbreaker-DDT combination followed by a top rope elbow drop. Taylor was rattled, but relied on her mother-in-law/manager to keep her focused, and came back to earn a submission over Adrian, marking the first time Adrian had ever tapped. The back-and-forth third fall saw both girls bloody and beat up, and in a nail-biting finish Taylor managed to gut out a pinfall to win the match. Adrian came up short, but finally earned Taylor's respect.

-Taylor's front teeth are slightly longer than the rest.

-She has faint freckles across her cheeks that are hardly noticeable in the winter, and they're covered up most of the time anyway.

-She has volunteered at an after school youth program since Aurelia Fortuna arranged for her to make an appearance there just after Avalanche '12. She mostly plays soccer and acts like a little kid, and found that she actually enjoys spending time with them. Before that, she'd always hated kids.

-She hasn't spoken with her mom since she left home over three years ago. The only contact she's had was in the form of a note she wrote on a copy of a magazine that contained a feature on her after winning the Entropy title at Avalanche '11, which she mailed to her after her dad died.

-She's never been comfortable with people's dogs. She doesn't know what to do with them, and doesn't like them jumping on her and sticking their noses places.

-Her tastes in food are very simple. She was a picky eater, but when she made training her life her diet followed suit. She very, very rarely eats junk food, and her favorite foods are salmon, nectarines, and, currently, shishito peppers. The only kind of candy she will eat of her own free will is Pocky.

-She has always had trouble eating in front of people she's not comfortable with. She's much better about it now, but in the past she's lost her appetite around people she doesn't like, not matter how hungry she is.

-She's always hungry. She works very hard, and has a very high metabolism.

-She and Johnny have had an intense, physical, adventurous, aggressive, strictly monogamous and at times very rough sex life. They have always been able to pass off their bumps and bruises on their training.

-Her favorite bedroom accessory would have to be handcuffs. :3

-She has kissed Lia Cross to shut her up, Akashi Tanikaze out of spite (during their Avalanche '12 match), and Talia Wilson because she was super, super drunk and looking to score, but Johnny wasn't in sight.

-After showering following a workout with Chigusa Yuuki, when Taylor's relationship with Johnny was brand new, she dropped her towel and yanked off Chigusa's and pulled her close for a picture, which she sent to Johnny.

-She also took a picture cozied up to Natasha Loclear in their club gear, during her return to AFW party, and sent it to Johnny.

-She nicknames people, often not using the same one more than once, partly because she likes to, partly to talk trash, and partly because she's pretty bad with names.

-She has fairly recently taken up reading, starting with biographies of and books by former wrestlers, and she especially liked Mighty Yukiko's autobiography. She's always been at least a little self conscious about how intelligent she is or is not, and reading has helped her to feel smarter.