Ted Grant

"I used to be a vigilante. I used to be you."

- Ted Grant to Oliver Queen

Ted Grant is a boxer, former vigilante and the owner of the Wildcat Gym. He is known as Wildcat.

Being a Vigilante
Ted Grant is a well known boxer, and six years before the events of season three, he became a vigilante. He patrolled the Glades, trying to keep crime at bay and eventually took on Isaac as a partner hoping to change the boys life in a positive direction. His career came to a sudden end when he and Isaac were pursuing a criminal, their chase led them to a closed nightclub. Isaac reached their destination first and beat the man to death, this caused Ted to retire his heroic activities and cut all ties with Isaac.

Training Laurel
Werner Zytle rigged an explosive device in the arena Ted was fighting in, however the bomb was defused by Arsenal, with the help of Felicity.

Laurel Lance came to Ted concerning Tom Bronson, who was a member of his gym that had been seen at the scene of a crime. He vouched for the boy, though implying that he was indeed lying. He went on to explain how people like the boy seeked the gym to calm themselves, and suggested that Laurel was likely another person like that, giving her a pamphlet were she interested. Laurel later returned asking Ted to teach her.

He kept training Laurel, telling her that she moves without control and lashes out during sparring. Laurel later told him the source of her anger was her sister Sara had been killed.

Ted kept training Laurel and offered that they go out to eat together. While they were gone Isaac strung up bodies of criminals in the Wildcat gym causing the Arrow to confront Ted. Laurel pardoned Ted, insisting he was innocent. Ted was later questioned by the police while an unknown woman in the crowd surrounding the crime scene watched. While investigating Oliver found another body in a storage locker Ted used as a former base. Ted ambushed him but was subdued by Oliver knocking him down, Ted then revealed he had been working as a vigilante six years ago so the pair decided to work together and they found a clue that led to a hotel. Unknown to them the same woman from the crime scene was tracking them. Here they learned from Ted that his former partner Isaac had came back for vengeance. Ted and Laurel were later taken hostage by Isaac and held at gunpoint. Laurel was forced to drive them in her car, however she managed to call Team Arrow and they came to their aid. During the chase Laurel managed to toss Isaac out of the car but the car crashed and caught fire. Diggle and Oliver freed Ted and Laurel from the burning vehicle before it exploded. Laurel later asked Ted to train her as a vigilante and fight crime outside of the courtroom.

Later on, Ted was framed by Isaac for killing people, drawing the attention of law enforcement and The Arrow. Later when he was proven innocent with The Arrow's help, Ted was asked to stay away from Laurel which he agreed if Laurel wanted to stay away from him. He offered The Arrow advice that discarding his pupil and losing faith in him will be the worst thing he can do for Arsenal, possibly convincing Oliver to keep Roy on aboard instead of kicking him out like Diggle suggested.

Personality
Ted is intelligent, has good morals and a sense of justice and honor. Despite his dislike of criminals killing his enemies is a line he would never cross. Ted is short tempered and does not like being wrongfully accused.

Abilities

 * Master hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist: Ted is very skilled in boxing, having fought high level boxing bouts, he has also demonstrated skills in other martial arts such as throws, holds and grappling. This was revealed in "Guilty", where he was training Laurel and later on when he fought the Arrow.
 * Stealth: Ted can move around unnoticed as he was able to sneak up on Oliver.
 * Weapons proficiency: He is highly skilled with brass knuckles and knives as it was revealed he had several kinds of edged weapons, nunchakus and brass knuckles in his hideout.

Equipment

 * Brass Knuckles: Ted is proficient with brass knuckles.
 * Knives: Ted is proficient with knives.
 * Wildcat Mask: Ted wore a black leather mask as his heroic alter-ego, Wildcat, to hide his identity from his enemies.

Trivia

 * In the DC comics universe, Ted Grant was the Wildcat of the Justice Society of America, and All-Star Squadron, one of a relatively small number of unpowered heroes. He was also a trainer and mentor to some of the members such as Batman, Black Canary and even Superman. This version was a heavyweight world champion boxer in his day. He's also much, much older in the comics than he is in Arrow.
 * Ted's gym is located at 9th and Hasen. This is a reference to Irwin Hasen, co-creator of the Golden Age comics character Wildcat. In the DC comics, Wildcat first appeared in Sensation Comics #1 (1942).