Evan Bourne

Stats

Height: 5’9”
Weight: 183 pounds
Weight Class: Cruiserweight
From: St. Louis, MO
Career Highlights: WWE Tag Team Champion

Attributes

Strike Power: 80
Grapple Power: 55
Submission: 55
Strike Defense: 90
Grapple Defense: 75
Speed: 100
Agility: 100
Adrenaline: 100
Recovery: 80
Durability: 55
Charisma: 70
Tag Team: 70
Overall: 80

Abilities

Outside Dives Leverage Pin
Springboard Dives

Signature Moves

Standing Moonsault 2

Situation: Grounded opponent near upper body

Finishers

Shooting Star Press 4

Situation: Dive vs. grounded opponent

Bio

Evan Bourne is a high-flying ring technician whose fast-paced intensity is quickly making him a force to be reckoned with throughout WWE.

While growing up in St. Louis, it was Superstars such as Bret Hart, Dean Malenko, Rey Mysterio, and Eddie Guerrero that first instilled in young Bourne a desire to make audiences feel the way he did while watching them.

Later, he became a hardcore fan of the original ECW, admiring such greats as Tazz, Sabu, and RVD. And it was while traveling to ECW events that he captured his first taste of the live, unbridled sports-entertainment intensity that he would never let go of.

Bourne started his in-ring training at 17 years old. Before long, he had become the first person under the age of 18 to be licensed to grapple in the state of Missouri.

It was during his very first match, while connecting with a difficult moonsault, that a familiar feeling washed over him and left no doubt in his mind that he was doing what he was meant to do.

While continuing to learn all he could about the business, Bourne attended college, earning a degree in marketing from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

He went on to become the vice president of sales and marketing for a small mailbox company in St. Louis. But, during this time, his company allowed all the time he wanted to travel and train. They knew, as did he, that his destiny lay in the ring.

Bourne’s quest to join WWE eventually took him all over the United States, Europe, and Japan. During this time, he became very accomplished, winning several honors, including St. Louis’s Wrestler of the Year in 2006 and Move of the Year in 2007 for his Shooting Star Press.

In 2008, Bourne blasted off into the WWE Universe, utilizing an exciting combination of Mexican, Japanese, and American training styles that has made him both a dangerous high-flyer and a sound ground technician.

Breakdown

Evan Bourne is the fastest and most agile Superstar in the game. He should do most of his work from the top rope. With 100 ratings in Speed, Agility, and Adrenaline, and the Outside Dives and Springboard Dives abilites, he should be a high-flyer who never gets caught.

If he does, his 55 Durability and Grapple Power won’t help much, but his 90 Strike Defense is good and his 75 Grapple Defense is okay. Evan Bourne’s Finisher is a Shooting Star Press, and he’s the fastest turnbuckle climber in the game, so let it rip.