Big Bill Shakespeare

Big Bill began his career in the ESW where he never got beyond mid-carder status. He did, however, attract some attention for his ability to speak in Iambic Pentameter; sure, it wasn't necessarily very good Shakespearian Verse, but it did follow the basic rules.

The high point of his career in the ESW was probably his parody of Romeo and Juliet, featuring the KO Corral as the Montagues and Shane's World as the Capulets(see their feud elsewhere on this site). The parody covered all the action of the play and was well received.

Shortly thereafter, BBS retired from the ESW, and some time after that he cropped up in the EWF. Again, he never progressed beyond mid-carder status. Eventually, he left the EWF as well.

Moments later, he again appeared, this time, like so many other ex-wrestlers, as the Commissioner of a new e-Federation, Virtual Championship Wrestling(VCW). There he shows up, spouts off in Iambic Pentameter now and again, and in other ways acts like a Commish.

HEIGHT/WEIGHT:6'6", 270lbs
HAILING: London, England
THEME MUSIC/ENTRANCE: None really.
RING ATTIRE: Tights, Elizabethan doublet over a bare chest
FAVORITE MOVES: Any old brawling type of move - slams into floors or ring barriers, head-butts, that sort of thing
BBS like to try to throw people outside the ring and beat them up there. As mentioned before, though, he never quite got the hang of it.

INTERVIEW/RECENT COMMENTS AS COMMISSIONER:

An early interview

The 6'6", 270lb figure of Big Bill Shakespeare, attired as is his wont, in black tights and a green and grey Elizabethan doublet over his bare, hairy and muscular chest, stands in pool of light upon a bare stage: 
"All the world's a ring,
 and men and women merely wrestlers,
 and in his time one man may wrestle in
 many federations.

 To wrestle, to fight....
 To fight, perchance to win...
 Aye, there's the rub."

A later interview after jumping to the EWF

The screen is dark, then a single spotlight picks out the man who was the Immortal Bard of the ESW, now the Immortal Bard of the EWF, nay! The Immortal Bard of Wrestling-upon-Net, Big Bill Shakespeare. His doublet, embroidered with metallic thread sparkles in the light. He holds a skull in his hand, and appears lost in thought: 
Alas poor Kenobi, I knew him, o fans!
a fellow of infinite speed, of excellent mobility:
I shall bear him on my back a thousand times, only
to smash him abhorrently to the ground.

Where shall be his gibes then?  His quick strikes,
his dodges and evasions? They shall avail him naught!
The Bard bows, and retires.

Later still commenting on the IEWS one year anniversary

(You might notice that somewhere along the line I stopped doing simple Shakespeare parodies and actually decided to write blank verse.) 
[BBS]   The stars progress in stately march above,
        Their yearly dance is done to start anew.
        The stars that now shine down upon our heads
        Did grant their light before to this fine fed.
        A year? A year is not so long to some.  

        A redwood counts it but a single day,
        A planet sees it but a second's span.
        To others though it is eternity,
        A fly shall never see a full year pass,
        A dog shall see but precious few of them.
        A federation's life is often short -
        Some flies have seen some of them come and go.
        To last a year is not a simple task.
        To last a year is not an easy thing.
        With age alone they have become world-class.
        An elder statesman of the wrestling world,
        And one whose wisdom others should respect,
        Is what this fed has grown up to become.
        I add to those of others my good thoughts,
Big Bill Shakespeare - Jeff Berry - 1/1/97