Ciel

Ciel

First Appearance

Latest Appearance

HWF

GCW

Federations

Hardcore Wrestling Federation, Ultimate World Championship Federation, Eternal Wrestling, Primetime Championship Wrestling, Puroresu Ultimate Ring Entertainment, American Justice Wrestling Federation, Old School Entertainment, Rush Pro Wrestling, PRIME, Global Championship Wrestling

Age

27

Birthplace

Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan

Finisher

Various submissions

Wrestling Style

Fusion of lucha libre and European catch-wrestling

Championships

HWF (Hardcore, Tag Team); UWCF Omnichampion (World, Intercontinental, Cruiserweight, European, Hardcore, Tag Team); PCW (Extreme, Cruiserweight, Continental, World Heavyweight); PURE (Jr. Heavyweight)

Handler

Sky

Skylar Green is an American professional wrestler of mixed heritage. Though known more for his near-aloof personality, characterized by zenlike calmness and simple outlook on life, he remains one of the most technically-proficient wrestlers in the wrestling world. Pure wrestling fans enjoy his seamless mix of classical grappling styles and new school techniques. Wrestlers appreciate the competition he provides, and the fact that he is an individual who does not seek to start anything with others. Promoters love Green's relatively low salary requirements (compared to what he is actually worth), his ability to step in and play wise veteran to reign in workers inexperienced with the fame and money, and the proven track record of Green staying out of management affairs.

Stats

• Height: 6'5"
• Weight (competitive): Ranges 230 lb. to 245 lb.
• Weight (noncompetitive): Ranges 215 lb. to 233 lb.
• Occupation: Professional wrestler
• Work Status: Free Agent
• Secondary Occupation: Owner and Head Trainer of Cloud Nine Training Facility
• Tertiary Occupations: Community mediator in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Pro wrestling and mixed martial arts editorial contributor to Miami Herald, Sun-Sentinel, and

Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Life Before Wrestling

The Early Years

Green was born on April 29, 1981, on Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. His father was stationed there for 3 years before meeting his mother, a native inhabitant of the region. Having lived on a United States outpost in the former Ryukyu island, Green had an upbringing that was still much influenced by American culture. At the same time, being in the Far East (and having his mother present in the household) gave him a lifestyle heavily-influenced by the traditional Okinawan culture and general Japanese culture. Most of Ciel's early life had been spent living on this base; in fact his parents still live in Chatan, Okinawa, Japan to this day.

Skylar Green was socially awkward as a child, very quiet and shy. Though tall as an adult, he hit a late growth spurt at age 15, shooting up a full foot in height between his sophomore and junior years in high school. Somewhat of a bookworm, Green could always be seen with some sort of text (fiction or nonfiction) in his hands for leisure reading. Sky himself estimates that he's read nearly fifteen hundred books in his lifetime, at a rate of 4 per month... more if he's not actively wrestling competitively.

In all, Green's life before wrestling is quite boring. Nothing of the tragic or fantastic stories that usually go along with wrestlers. He doctored a false past to jump into the business, as a nice guy with good athleticism just didn't sell, but strip away the kayfabe and all that remains is a man who lived a normal, happy life with his parents.

Education & Athletics

Given his own mixed heritage, having an African-American father and an Okinawan mother, Green developed an early fascination with learning about various cultures and subcultural movements around the world. While it was little more than a hobby at first, this eventually grew into a full academic interest in pursuing the field full-time. Following high school, Green studied archeology and cultural anthropology at Okinawa International University.

Sky was active in various athletic sports in high school and college. Though he was an avid runner in the middle school years, that was more of hobby undertaking. There were two major sports that he took part in during his more formidable academic years: volleyball and basketball. Through both of these sports, he tasted his first truly competitive spirit, but at the same time, there was too much of a team-oriented aspect to relate it directly to wrestling. What that part of his background did do for him was to allow him to work on his running speed and vertical leaping ability.

After high school, Sky attempted to get into running and diving. He never made it onto the active teams, since he was neither fast enough, nor able to do what was necessary off of a diving board to get high scores. He did work on his cardiovascular conditioning, though, as well as improved his agility by leaps and bounds. That has stuck with him throughout his wrestling career.

Professional Wrestling Training

Skylar Green was trained to wrestle in Japan in Animal Horiguchi's gym, but he hasn't done much wrestling of any significance in that country. As a professional he has wrestled primarily in the U.S., Italy, and Germany, though he has spent a few learning excursions in Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Canada. He's taken something of a two-month sabbatical to Brazil a couple of years ago, during which he chose to engage in some Vale Tudo training. Though not an expert in the combat form, he absorbed that training into his wrestling so that he has some chance at defending himself against more skilled fighters.

Green's become a better hand-to-hand combatant by facing greater hand-to-hand combatants than himself. He learned how to fly by dedicating a good chunk of his wrestling career specifically to competing with cruiserweights and trying to beat them at their own game. The mat-wrestling game is only up to that level because of the opponents whom he has faced and had to force himself to match. His reversal skills are only as good as they are due to the countless times that his own moves have been reversed. Green is a perennial student of wrestling, very much a professional when it comes to making himself better at his craft.

Professional Career

As "Seppuku"

Hardcore Wrestling Federation

Green started his career in this "garbage federation" having no experience under his belt. Making the choice to wrestle outside of Japan so as to make his own name away from his family, Skylar started small, taking whatever bookings he could. In only his second match, he won the Hardcore title in this indy fed of 9 wrestlers in a first blood match. It was his fastest victory ever, defeating an opponent with a headbutt that caused a nose break and a gusher of a bleeding wound. He also won the tag team titles with partner Kid Clash, but the federation closed as quickly as it opened. Green does not consider his first place of employment to have given him much in the way of useful work experience.

Theme Songs

• (Most Recent to Least Recent)
  • "Moonbeat" by LTJ Bukem (2005)
  • "The Blood, Sweat, Tears" by Machine Head (2006; PRIME tag)
  • "Back Up" by 12 Stones (2005; PRIME singles)
  • "Extreme Ways" by Moby (2003-2004)
  • "Chop Suey" by System of a Down (2001-2002)
  • "Party Up" by DMX (2001)

Trivia

• Skylar Green's best friend in wrestling Tessa Windsor; maintains friendships with Inphino Blitz, La Sombra, Rush Mason, and Dawn McFarlane.
• Considers his greatest opponents to be Violence Jack and Inphino Blitz.
• Skylar Green famously took a "no pay" contract in PCW, earning money only from residuals off of image licensing and merchandising. He ended that when he took custody of his three adopted daughters.
• As many times as Green has been in a stable, he's often the least proactive about fighting stable battles. This hasn't garnered him "secret weapon" status so much as exhibits an operative understanding that stables would rather have him sitting around doing nothing in their locker room than have to face him as an opponent.
• Green has had two experiences serving as management for a federation. First in the UWCF, and then again with Old School Fighting.
• Notable former students include:
  • Silvio Fiore
    • Death Row Wrestling Federation Cutting Edge champion (Longest-reigning and final)
    • PTC Cruiserweight tourney standout, besting Sebastian Moraco and Josh Moody before having to withdraw
    • Pride and Honor Hardcore Champion (Longest-reigning)
    • PRIME roster member
  • Saadra Mehta aka "Tanya Isama"
    • The Squared Circle Tag Team champion with Wulong Zha (Longest-reigning)
    • Pinnacle Pro Wrestling Tag Team Champions with Tohya Miho (First and final)
  • Vangellus Oxios
    • Rush Pro Wrestling Eclipse Champion (Final)
    • PRIME Tag Team Champion with Scott "Rampage" Matthews (Two-time)
  • Tohya Miho
    • Pinnacle Pro Wrestling Tag Team Champions with Saadra Mehta (First and final)
  • Wulong Zha aka "Xiao Suarez"
    • The Squared Circle Tag Team champion with Saadra Mehta (Longest-reigning)