The Rival (Arrowverse)

"The city's just fine. It's the people in it who need to be educated that I have NO RIVAL! Especially not you!"

- The Rival to Kid Flash The Rival is a mysterious speedster and an enemy to the Flashpoint-Flash, Wally West. He is a villain in the third season of the TV series The Flash.

He has a considerably-different costume from his comic-book counterpart, having an all-black costume with an exposed mouth and an orange lightning bolt on his chest, also leaving orange streaks of lightning as he runs, in contrast to the Flash's yellow lightning.

History
After traveling through time and saving his mother's life, Barry now lives in the timeline he created by doing so. While approaching Iris West to ask her out, Barry sees a news station reporting that the Flash is right now battling his speedster enemy only known as the Rival. While Barry heads to the scene to see the new Flash in action, Flash mistakes him for a civilian in help of need and attempt to save him, giving the Rival the time to escape. At his job at the CCPD, Barry is one of the policemen tasked with investigating the Rival.

A few days later, the Flash and the Rival are fighting again, in an abandoned office building. The Rival is able to defeat the Flash and throw him out of a window but Barry is able to save him by moving his arms fast enough to create wind which catches Wally.

Together with Kid Flash and a newly founded team, Barry locates the Rival at a sawmill in Central City. When Flash and Kid Flash arrive, the rival removes his mask and even gives them his name, claiming that rivals should know each others name. Neither Barry nor Wally, however, give them their name in return. Wally then starts attacking the Rival and throws him to the ground but the Rival grabs a metal pipe from the ground and impales Wally with it. Barry then engages the Rival. During the battle, Barry experiences memory loss which allows the Rival to create tornados with his speed. Byrry is able to dismantle the tornados and smashes the Rival to the ground. Dazzled, the Rival acknowledges that Barry indeed is the fastest man alive but, once Barry has turned his back, attempts to kill him by vibing through his body. Before he can do so, he is shot by detective Joe West.