Edith Surreal (formerly Still Life with Apricots and Pears until 2021) is an American professional wrestler known for her work in CHIKARA. She debuted in a tag match with Ursa Minor in the Night Sky as The Nouveau Aesthetic, led by BLANK (formerly Race Jaxon) in a victory over Xyberhawx 2000 (Nytehawk and Razerhawk) at Hour of Power 13 on February 24, 2018. At Young Lions Cup XV 2nd Stage, March 16, 2019, she defeated Boomer Hatfield in the final to become the 27th Champion, and would go on to break the record of most successful defenses formerly held by Frightmare. She has also competed for Atomic Championship Wrestling, Susquehanna Wrestling Organization, Beyond Wrestling, Hoodslam and others.
Edith currently identifies as a trans woman though, as the CHIKARA Young Lions Cup Champion, she was previously the first openly non-binary champion in wrestling history.
Surreal Tropes
- Finishing Move: Art School, Venus de Milo.
- Purple Is Powerful: Outside CHIKARA, she often wears purple gear.
Still Life with Tropes and Idioms
- Abusive Parents: For a given value of parents, given that she was, well, an artistic creation rather than a kid. That being said, BLANK was not at all kind to his creations, especially early on. He began to treat Still Life more kindly after she won the Young Lions cup and he kicked Ursa Minor to the curb.
- Breakup Breakout: In-Universe, BLANK would destroy Ursa Minor, leaving Still Life in singles. She would go on to win the Young Lions Cup and even earn BLANK's respect as the Breakout.
- Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: The Nuveau Aesthetic wore white full-body suits with random blotches of colors on them. Still Life had red blotches, Ursa Minor had blue.
- I Was Beaten by a Girl: Penelope Ford defeated her at National Pro Wrestling Day 2019, February 10, 2019 (Still Life still identified as male at the time).
- Overly Long Name: Before she changed her ring name from Still Life with Apricots and Pears, she was sometimes referred to simply as "Still Life." Ursa Minor in the Night Sky, Ursa Minor for short, was also an example. Still Life's match with The Proletariat Boar of Moldova at Hour of Power 14 was described as "the most multisyllabic match in CHIKARA history."
- Queer Colors: Added some rainbow colors to her gear, as seen in the image, after coming out as non-binary.
- Squash Match: Defeated Jawbreaker Josue at Hour Of Power 18, October 7, 2018, in a brisk 1:43.
