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The Wraith (ザ・レイス Za Reisu^?) is a character from Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters II, the third and final installment in the Slam Masters series of wrestling/fighting games.

Biography

Appearance

The Wraith is a hulking and demonic wrestling contender who is described as one of the undead. This is a visual irony, as his attire leaves him more often described as resembling a priest rather than a wrestler. His hood, his tattered cape and his loose fitting baggy pants would all provide quick and convenient handholds for his opponents. In truth, this might actually be a deliberate handicap on Wraith's part in order to help aid his search for a worthy and difficult opponent to do battle against (even siding against Victor Ortega’s CWA wrestling alliance and becoming a loyal member of the rival BWA could also be seen as another sign of this concept as well).

Another irony to his appearance is the green skin, long serpentine tongue, scaly face, and employ of snakes that accent his appearance. As mentioned above already, he is described as one of the undead, but he also appears to possibly be a massive snake-esque man as well. His alternative palette color is grey, making him more like a risen corpse.

Concept

It's quite possible that The Wraith may have been based on and inspired by past supernatural wrestlers such as The Undertaker and Papa Shango.

Gameplay

With the exception of formulaic reaching attacks, Wraith will attack the player from up close, sometimes drawing gore (blood splatters) as he does so. He appears to be a glacier trope fighter, with a high emphasis on attack and stamina and little application of speed. Under no circumstances does he ever utilize any movement or technique that separates from his body (although a laughing skull made of flames is left cackling in midair after his Burning Dead technique).

As a whole, his motions and moveset are almost a complete opposite of Dhalsim, the other fighter from India in the Street Fighter universe.

Trivia

Wraith evokes the name of Kali, a blood-drinking Hindu goddess in his win quote.

Wraith’s inclusion to this franchise makes it the second franchise of three that Capcom has produced to incorporate the Makai (Demon Realm) from Japanese mythology; the first franchise is Ghosts 'n Goblins and the third is Darkstalkers.

Wraith incorporates horror movie nods into his moves, win poses, and other nuances. Among these is him turning away from the screen and rotating his head around 180 degrees a la Pazuzu in the body of Regan MacNeil, as seen in the 1973 film adaptation of The Exorcist.

Like the other members of the BWA, Wraith has steel chains on his stage which serves as the "ropes" for the wrestling ring itself. They seem to be purely aesthetic however, as they still operate the same as normal elastic ropes, though.

Gallery

Sprites

Slam Masters Characters
Saturday Night Slam Masters	Biff · Grater · Gunloc · Haggar · Jumbo Oni · Rasta · Scorpion · Stingray · Titan
Ring of Destruction	B. Widow · Ortega · Saber · Wraith

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+{{Nihongo|'''The Wraith'''|ザ・レイス|Za Reisu}} is a character from ''[[Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters II]]'', the third and final installment in the ''[[Slam Masters series|Slam Masters]]'' series of wrestling/fighting games.
+==Biography==
-{{Nihongo|'''The Wraith'''|ザ・レイス|Za Reisu}} is a character and a boss from ''[[Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters II]]'', the second game in the ''[[Slam Masters series|Slam Masters]]'' series of wrestling fighting games.
+===Appearance===
+The Wraith is a hulking and demonic wrestling contender who is described as one of the undead. This is a visual irony, as his attire leaves him more often described as resembling a priest rather than a wrestler. His hood, his tattered cape and his loose fitting baggy pants would all provide quick and convenient handholds for his opponents. In truth, this might actually be a deliberate handicap on Wraith's part in order to help aid his search for a worthy and difficult opponent to do battle against (even siding against [[Victor Ortega]]’s [[Capcom Wrestling Association|CWA]] wrestling alliance and becoming a loyal member of the rival [[Blood Wrestling Association|BWA]] could also be seen as another sign of this concept as well).
+Another irony to his appearance is the green skin, long serpentine tongue, scaly face, and employ of snakes that accent his appearance. As mentioned above already, he is described as one of the undead, but he also appears to possibly be a massive snake-esque man as well. His alternative palette color is grey, making him more like a risen corpse.
-== Profile ==
-=== Appearance ===
-The Wraith is a hulking and demonic contender who is described as one of the undead. This is a visual irony, as his attire leaves him more often described as resembling a priest than a wrestler. His hood, his tattered cape and his loose fitting baggy pants would all provide quick and convenient handholds for his opponents. This might be a deliberate handicap to aid a search for a difficult opponent (siding against [[Victor Ortega]]’s wrestling alliance at a time when its ranks are increasing could be another sign of this).
+===Concept===
-Another irony to his appearance is the green skin long serpentine tongue, scaly face, and employ of snakes that accent his appearance. He is described as the undead, but he appears to be a massive snake man. His alternative pallete is grey, more like a risen corpse.
+It's quite possible that The Wraith may have been based on and inspired by past supernatural wrestlers such as [[wikipedia:The Undertaker|The Undertaker]] and [[wikipedia:The Godfather (wrestler)|Papa Shango]].
-== Gameplay ==
+==Gameplay==
 With the exception of formulaic reaching attacks, Wraith will attack the player from up close, sometimes drawing gore (blood splatters) as he does so. He appears to be a glacier trope fighter, with a high emphasis on attack and stamina and little application of speed. Under no circumstances does he ever utilize any movement or technique that separates from his body (although a laughing skull made of flames is left cackling in midair after his Burning Dead technique).
-As a whole, his motions and moveset are almost a complete opposite of [[Dhalsim]], the other fighter from India in the ''[[Street Fighter series|Street Fighter]]'' universe.
+As a whole, his motions and moveset are almost a complete opposite of [[Dhalsim]], the other fighter from [[India]] in the ''[[Street Fighter series|Street Fighter]]'' [[Street Fighter shared universe|universe]].
-== Trivia ==
+==Trivia==
+*Wraith evokes the name of [[wikipedia:Kali|Kali]], a blood-drinking [[wikipedia:Hindus|Hindu]] goddess in his win quote.
-*Wraith’s name was not changed in translation, while this is no different than the other characters introduced in the ''Slam Masters'' sequel, it is still a rarity amongst the game's wrestling roster as a whole.
+*Wraith’s inclusion to this franchise makes it the second franchise of three that [[Capcom]] has produced to incorporate the [[w:c:darkstalkers:Makai|Makai]] (Demon Realm) from Japanese mythology; the first franchise is ''[[w:c:ghostsngoblins:Ghosts 'n Goblins|Ghosts 'n Goblins]]'' and the third is ''[[w:c:darkstalkers:Darkstalkers (series)|Darkstalkers]]''.
-*Wraith evokes the name of Kali, a blood-drinking Hindu goddess in his win quote.
+*Wraith incorporates horror movie nods into his moves, win poses, and other nuances. Among these is him turning away from the screen and rotating his head around 180 degrees a la [[w:c:exorcist:Pazuzu|Pazuzu]] in the body of [[w:c:exorcist:Regan MacNeil|Regan MacNeil]], as seen in the 1973 film adaptation of ''[[w:c:exorcist:The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]''.
-*Wraith’s inclusion to this franchise makes it the second franchise of three that [[Capcom]] has produced to incorporate the Makai (land of spirits) from Japanese mythology, the first franchise is ''Ghosts 'n Goblins'' and the third is ''Darkstalkers''.
+*Like the other members of the [[Blood Wrestling Association|BWA]], Wraith has steel chains on his stage which serves as the "ropes" for the wrestling ring itself. They seem to be purely aesthetic however, as they still operate the same as normal elastic ropes, though.
-*Wraith incorporates horror movie nods into his moves, win poses and other nuances. Among these is him turning way from the screen and rotating his head 180 degrees a la Pazuzu in the body of Regan MacNeil, as seen in ''The Exorcist''.
+==Gallery==
-*Like other members of the BWA, he has chains on his stage where other characters have elastic ropes. They seem to operate the same as the ropes, though.
+<gallery>
+SM2Flyer.png|''[[Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters II]]'' arcade flyer.
+</gallery>
 ==Sprites==
+[[File:Slammasters2 wraith stand-anim.gif]]
 [[File:WraithAnimation.gif]]
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