Suicide

Suicide posing above Daniels, who once played the character
Series	TNA Impact!
First game	TNA Impact! (2008)
Created by	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Voiced by	Brandon Silvestry

Suicide is a fictional character and the protagonist of TNA Impact!, a video game based on the professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). In December 2008, TNA introduced the Suicide character on television as a real-life wrestler.

Suicide is a former TNA X Division Champion. Though the character has been primarily portrayed by Frankie Kazarian, Christopher Daniels, Joshua Lugo(still suicide) took up the mantle for a time as well in early 2009.^[1]

[edit] Video Game

Suicide was originally created by Midway Games as an original character for the TNA Impact! video game. As an original character, Midway had full license with how to use him, unlike with the other characters, who were either trademarked by TNA or by the respective wrestler. The character is voiced by Senshi, who also did motion capture for the game and appears as himself.

In the game, Suicide is a former TNA Champion who is beaten up beyond recognition by The Latin American Xchange and left for dead in Mexico. Doctors find him and aid in his recovery, offering free plastic surgery as well. This allows the player to create their own look for Suicide, establishing his new identity in the process.

From there, Suicide (under his new identity) finds that he has a knack for professional wrestling. After success in Mexico and a US Army Base, Kevin Nash recruits Suicide for the TNA roster. While there, Suicide has brief runs in the X Division and Tag Team division, the latter of which with Eric Young as his partner. Eventually, Suicide remembers his past and finds out that Jeff Jarrett called the hit on him. With the help of Nash, Samoa Joe, and Young, Suicide gains revenge on Jeff Jarrett and becomes TNA World Heavyweight Champion once more.

[edit] Television

During every episode of TNA's primary television program, Impact!, after August 14, 2008, the words "whoissuicide.com" flashed on the screen for less than a second. On the website, it showed that Suicide was being taken from the game to real life television.^[2] At Final Resolution, Suicide made his debut by attacking Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley, the Motor City Machineguns.^[3] At Destination X, the character, with Christopher Daniels replacing the injured Frankie Kazarian under the mask^[1], won the X Division Championship in an Ultimate X match.^[4] On the May 14, 2009, episode of TNA, after weeks of accusing Daniels of being Suicide, the Motor City Machineguns and Lethal Consequences (Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed) looked to remove the mask of Suicide. This prompted Daniels to come out and save Suicide from being exposed.^[5] Suicide wrestled Daniels at the Sacrifice pay-per-view event, in which Suicide retained via time limit draw after Daniels refused a victory assisted by the Motor City Machineguns.^[6] According to the storyline, this all officially cleared Daniels of having donned the mask. At Slammiversary, Suicide retained the X Division Championship against Shelley, Sabin, Lethal, and Creed in a King of the Mountain match.^[7] On July 16, Suicide lost his championship to Homicide after he cashed in his "Feast or Fired" briefcase.^[8] After not being seen for a few weeks, Suicide made his return at Hard Justice to compete in the Steel Asylum match, which he lost because of D'Angelo Dinero.^[9] On the August 20 edition of Impact! Suicide attacked Dinero after his match with Consequences Creed.^[10] On the September 17 edition of Impact! Dinero defeated Suicide in a grudge match.^[11] At No Surrender Dinero defeated Suicide again, this time in a Falls Count Anywhere match.^[12] The following week on Impact! Suicide finally defeated Dinero, by pinning him in a street fight.^[13] On the October 15 edition of Impact! Homicide stole Suicide's costume and claims to now know his true identity.^[14]

[edit] In wrestling

Suicide performing a simultaneous neckbreaker/DDT combination on The Motor City Machineguns.

Suicide performing a leg drop on Chris Sabin.

• Finishing moves
  • DOA – Dead On Arrival (Leg trap sunset flip powerbomb)^[15] – 2008
  • Rolling moonsault side slam^[16]
  • Running double knee strike to a cornered opponent transitioned into a double knee facebreaker^[17] (2009-present)
  • Suicide Solution^[18] (Twisting flipping leg hook belly to back suplex) – 2009–present

• Signature moves
  • Belly to back suplex lifted and dropped into a full nelson atomic drop
  • Headbutt^[18]
  • Legsweep, sometimes as a kick counter
  • Rolling fireman's carry slam^[19]
  • Running elbow smash to a cornered opponent
  • Running front dropkick^[20]
  • Running snapmare driver into the second turnbuckle^[17]
  • Slingshot Oklahoma roll^[21]
  • Springboard back elbow^[22]
  • Swinging russian legsweep^[23]

• Nicknames
  • "The Dark Savior"^[24]

• Entrance themes
  • "Coming Alive" by Dale Oliver^[25]

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  • TNA X Division Championship (1 time)
  • X Division King of the Mountain (2009)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• WhoIsSuicide.com
• TNA Profile
• TNAGame.com (Official Website of TNA iMPACT!: The Video Game)