"The Red Queen" Erin Mercer

Full Real Name: Alektra Erin Mercer

Ring Name: Erin Mercer

Nickname(s): The Red Queen of Rock and Roll

Twitter Handle: @mercer_Out

Age/D.O.B: 24/November 15, 1995

Height: 5'7

Weight: 130lbs

Hometown: Los Angeles, California

Current Residence: Los Angeles, California

Alignment: Heel

Gimmick: Once a fun loving party girl, Erin now portrays herself as a cold hearted, vengeful woman who has grown more in tune with her Celtic bloodline and their warrior heart. She has become cold and ruthless, looking to bring a world of hurt to whoever gets in her way. Her career alliance and romantic relationship with "Salem's Forgotten Daughter" Bronwyn Good, has served to wash away her former self doubt and lack of confidence in herself.

Entrance Music: "Swamped" by Lacuna Coil

Entrance Description: The lights to the arena slowly fade out as the opening notes of Lacuna Coil's "Swamped" sounds throughout. As the guitar and vocals kick in, red lights flash in sync with the rhythm, then once the first verse kicks in, the stage lights up with more red lights. The words RED QUEEN fill the video wall. As the swell in music continues to play, the cameras capture a silhouette stepping out onto the stage in front of the crimson background. A figure in a long, flowing coat that reaches the floor. The music reaches the chorus and the light on the stage changes to reveal, in full visibility, Erin Mercer, standing with her head down. She slowly lifts her attention, though, to the booing audience. Her eyes are filled with sheer coldness as they sweep across the masses around her. Finally, she lifts her hands up and gives a single turn of her body, before beginning her approach to the ring.

ARDEN: "Making her way to the ring, from Los Angeles, California...the Red Queen...ERIN...MERCER!"

Erin reaches ringside, making her way around to one side of the apron. She reaches up, climbing onto it, pausing on one knee and casts her eyes over the audience again before standing and turning to lean back against the ropes. She steps over the middle rope, entering the ring and walks across to the other side, dipping under the top rope, spreading her arms out to soak in the jeers from the crowd. Erin straightens up back in the ring then, moving to her corner as she opens her coat and removes it, handing it off to the ringside attendant - actually dropping it and making them pick it up - before leaning back in her corner, awaiting the start of the match.

Favorite type of match: Erin prefers matches that allow her to show how tough and determined she can be, without going too insane. Good examples would be Last Person Standing matches or Iron Person matches.

Least favorite type of match: Battle royales or multi-person elimination matches.

Favorite Weapon: Ladders. While Erin doesn't so much enjoy using them to hit her opponents with, she enjoys the thrill of leaping off a spot higher than the top turnbuckle to perform jaw dropping aerial dives.

Professional Wrestling Debut
Independent Circuit: 2015
Professionally: February 22nd, 2018

- Spinning Elbow Smash

- Booty Poppin' Moonsault

- Red Death

(Gory Special Flatliner)

- Angel Slayer

(Dragon Slayer)

- Chemical Wedding

(Inverted Sharpshooter/Edgecator)

1. Suplex varieties (German, Snap, Vertical, Olympic etc)

2. Arm drag

3. Dragon screw leg whip

4. Transitions (switches from one hold to another)

5. Hurricanrana varieties

6. Muta Lock

7. Anaconda Vice

8. Stiff kicks

9. Wrestling takedowns

10. Diving maneuvers

11. Indian Deathlock

12. Rolling Kneebar

13. Scissorhold Headlock

14. Fujiwara Armbar

15. Octopus Hold

In-Ring Strengths: Quick and agile. She can adapt to situations and use them to her advantage (i.e: if there isn't a ring around for her to climb the turnbuckle, she'll find something to hit one of her high spots off of). Erin has been described by others as one of the most stubborn people they have wrestled. She absolutely refuses to stay down, even if she is taking a beating. She will continue to fight back until she absolutely cannot do so. An example of this was when Shelley Silver defeated her in a squash match only after knocking her out with one of her moves.

In-Ring Flaws: Erin's resilience and stubbornness has a flip side to it, in that she doesn't know when to quit, or even when she should quit. If she's wrestling an opponent that doesn't care about injuring someone, this can be detrimental for her. Erin also tends to get cold feet if her opponent has a dangerous reputation (she was considering forfeiting her title shot against Adrianna Salvatore because she doubted she could even stand up to her).

Wrestling Style: Technical, Submission

Wrestling Attire: A halter neck, partially backless one piece that varies in color but usually consists of dark colors and even then is usually a shade of red with black accents. This attire is paired with matching kickpads over her boots. She wears a long, black, flowing coat to the ring, buttoned in the middle.

Celeb Base: Candice Alice

Your OOC Name/Handle: V

Her obsession with the sport drove her to start her training during the summer after her high school graduation. In between part time jobs and college courses, Erin dedicated the rest of her free time to learning the trade of her childhood icons such as Lita and Trish Stratus. She made her debut in NFW's non-televised developmental circuit at age 19, three years ago but is now being called up for their big stage. "Kicking ass and winning titles" is the term she likes to use when it comes to her career goals; and that's just what she aims to do.

NOTE: Erin's two older brothers, Aiden and Cade, wrestle as a tag team on the independent circuit. She stays in frequent contact with them, however Ashton and Cade prefer to remain freelance. They are very supportive of their sister signing a contract with the promotion they all grew up watching, however.