Ace Tanke
 6'8"  / 342 lbs.
Chicago, Illinois
Top Notch Brawler
In his early to mid fifties
Although his age of over fifty is showing, he is still very fit, all things considered.  He's got a strong resemblance to his nephew, Wilde Tanke, although obviously older and larger.  Greys tug at his dark brown, almost black hair, and around the goatee he now sports.

  Stiff body slam
  Piledriver
  Bear Hug
  Rig Right Hand
  Sleeper
  Flying Shoulder Tackle
   Standing backbreaker
   Big Boot to the face
   Clothesline city (IE, used several at a time)
   Standing neckbreaker
  suplex
  big leg drop
  ddt
  big boot to the face
  full nelson
  bulldog
  running power bomb
  powerbomb
  lariat
  figure four leg lock
  sharpshooter
 right cross
 left jab
  bear hug
  anklelock
  tombstone piledriver
 forearm shot
  European Uppercut
  kick to the knee
  double axe handle
half nelson
standing toe hold
Boston Crab
 

 Ace Tanke has wrestled approximately twenty-five years in independents, including a few run by former BSW/SCCW star Stan Grubb.  In fact, it was under Grubb that he made his first break from regional promotion Golden Wrestling, onto a more active roster.  He quickly became one of the top stars while simultaneously establishing what would be an extremely long running feud with a monster known as Security, a member of a nWo inspired gang, with the same name.

Ace Tanke, his nephew Wilde, niece Rebecca, and their friends, Jeff Duane and Shelly Hollins, formed Aceside in IWCW, and allied with another group dubbed "the Dungeon" by fans, along with an extreme tag team known as Menace 2 Society, a wrestler known as Sting, Scorpion, and later Dark Scorpion, and a wrestler known only as a "giant."

The three cliques established themselves in the upper echelon, as they suffered through a painful split that divided IWCW into two separate federations, NAWA, and IWCW (which soon after merged with an older dying federation, NWW, and became known as NWICW).

The first NAWA card with the crossover federations feuding turned out to be one of the last NAWA cards before the federation shut down.  On it, Ace and the giant (known as Walking Doomsday) won the NAWA US tag team titles from Stan Grubb allies Power Express.

After they had, though, Wilde Tanke, his sister Rebecca, Menace II Society, and Wilde allies Maximus_Ordicus and Gangsta destroyed Ace and the big man.  Walking Doomsday had won the title only to have their friends and family turn on them.  Wilde and his sister had chosen loyalties to Ordicus and the AFW over their own relative.

The bad blood lasted for months and years to come.  NWICW, dead at the time, revived itself magically, to take NAWA's place in the feud with AFW.  For a while, AFW was clearly carrying the feud, until a French manager took over the NWICW, saving it from total boredom.  AFW merged with a federation known as SIW, resulting in SAFW.  Not long after, it shut down and was absorbed into NWICW, although the feud continued until the French president was replaced by Bill Neno, resulting in a return to suckiness.

Wilde moved on, but Ace retired, and for the most part, stayed out of the limelight, aside from a handful of SCCW appearances and a run as SCCW vice president.

Now, despite being in his fifties, he's finally decided to really make one last go at being in the NWC, despite previous fall through with a proposed MWA revival and other regions.


 
 (Custom military style rock theme song)
signing status - unknown
$12,000 per card active
 Consummate, old style eighties megaface.  Although his run as SCCW vice president was marred in controversy, Ace is looking to regain the favor of the fans here in HCW.

He's also got a bit of a militant edge to him, influence by his brother, Wilde and Rebecca Tanke's dad.  He started to lose his marbles a little as SCCW vp, but is a *little* better now.


 
Former SCCW Vice president
Set up move

Superplex off the second rope

Finisher
 

Crushed by a Tanke
 (football stance into a spear)  Note:  Occasionally replaced by alternative finishers, as would be outlined in a strat

5 strengths

 
  1. Powerful as hell
  2. Almost impossible even for the biggest opponent to get off his feet
  3. Multiple decades of experience
  4. Military like intelligence
  5. Never say die attitude


 

5 weaknesses

 
  • Old
  • Lacks stamina
  • Often fails to plan ahead in matches
  • Refuses to back down and always uses a head on brawling style
  • Will on rare occasion try to go to the top: doesn't usually work well


 

Former NWICW World champion, allied with Jeff Duane.
No Manager

W2K
SAFW

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