Fox Mask in: Farewell to the Coastal Zone?

[infinitywpi]

After the success of my Welcome to the Coastal Zone dynasty, I've decied to go Bizarro-world for Wrestling Spirit... This dynasty will follow the current CZCW Champion, Fox Mask, as he attempts to break into the big leagues. The only active regions will be North America and Japan. No edits will be made to the databases. For those not familiar with Fox Mask, aka Johnathan "Fox" Sasune, he's the guy who wears a fox mask as he bounces around the ring. USA overness 35, Japan overness 5. Spirit-18, Power-12, Technique-17, Speed-62, Psychology-80, Stamina-78, Toughness-50, Chrisma-70, Microphone-49, Safety-88, Looks-66, Respect-52. He has no relationships nd is under conract to CZCW for $250 an appearance for the next 152 days, working as a Main Event babyface. Moves (after some editing): Strikes: Back Kick, Forearm Blow, Headbutt, Kick Rush, Kick to Thigh, Knee Lift, Legsweep Kick, Mafia Kick, Open Handed Slap, Punch, Repeated Knee Lifts, Rolling Wheel Kick, Roundhouse Kick, Side Spinning Kick, Spinning Back Kick Standing:Arm Drag (American, Japanese , and Spinning versions), Arr Wringer (incuding Takedown and Triple-Kick), Atomic Drop (stanard and inverted), Backslide, Bodyslam, DDT (stanard, diving, Lifing Reverse), Leg Trip (single and double), Double Underhook Facebuster, Drop Toe Hold, Front Facelock, Full Nelson, High Cross Body, Kneeling Jaw Breaker, Legsweep Snap Pinfall, Low Bow with Cradle, Monkey Flip, Neckbreaker (standard, twisting, and reverse DDT), Piledriver (standard and stump), Rana, Rear Amature Takedown, Ring Apron Ram, Russian Legsweep, Rollup (Schoolboy, Charging, Cheating), Seated Plant (Face and Neck), Shooter Takedown, Short-arm clothesline, Side headlock takedown, Sit-Out Underhook Facebuster, Suplex (standard, Snap, Back), Spinnign Headscissors, Sunset Flip Bomb, Twisting Facecrusher Ground: Chargin Basement dropkick, Corkscrew Legdrop, Glittering Magician Knee, Ground Roundhouse Kick, Knee Drive to Arm, Kneeling Kick Rush, Seated Kick (forward and back), Slingshot to corner, Snap Driving Elbow Rope: Corckscrew leg lariat, Flying double axe handle, flying double-footed stomp, flying elbow drop, flying splash, half-senton bomb, Kikkawa flying kick, second rope dropkick, super rana, top rope DDT Rebound: Backdrop, clothesline, high backdrop, hip toss, sidewalk slam Corner: Cartwheel Kick, Dropkick, Glittering Magician, Knife Edge Chop, Ten Punch Ropes: Baseball Slide, Plancha dive, Springboard Frankenrana, Springboard Rana, Springboard Side Spinning Kick The goal: Eventual main-eventing in a global promotion. This should take us a while.

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First week of January Johnathan was ready to follow through on his New Year's Resolution. Afte a long phone call with his agent, he had gotten CZCW to give him a feud with Jon "Insane Machine" Scott. He had also lined up meetings with several other promotions: DAVE, TCW, SWF, USPW, WLW, and 4C. USPW immeditely offered him an Upper-Midcard face position, at $240 an appearance for a year, which was accepted. The other five promotions all gave him tryout contracts. DAVE wanted him to show up that very night for a dark match before their PPV, and so the mask was washed an ready to go in a match against JD Morgan, a technical veteran from the UK. After getting pounded with little offense bsides a series of knees to the arm, Fox was able to toss JD at the seven-minute mark and began launching high-flying moves on the outside, only for JD to ounter with a drpkick and take him to school again... momentum shfting again as Fox hit a Russian Legsweep onto a chair (hey, it's DAVE), and then miss a legdrop that lost hm the advantage again. After more pounding, Fox was able to sneak in a punch followed by a takedown, and the flying began again, a variety of turnbukle moves that ore down his opponent ending with a missed flying stomp. After slipping ut of a DDT, Fox hit a reverse DDT Neckbreaker and then the Glittering Magician Knee and covered, only for a last-second kickout. JD took control again, hitting a variety of moves before locking in the Scorpion Deathlock, but Fox refused to tap. Both men, tired and hurt, battled back and forth, Fox going for another Ground Roundhouse Kick but missing, and finding himself in the Scorpion Deathlock again... and without enough fighting spirit to continue, Fox tapped at the twenty-minute mark. Match rating: C+. In a strange case of cross-dimensional congruence, Fox got some mic tips from Carl Batch that really helped him out, and rumor had it JD had praised him greatly to DAVE mangement... who offered him a $160 per appearance contract. Fox acepted, now workin for three companies and still having tryouts with the big boys. DAVE's next show was the very next day... he'd be facing Eddie Peak. And he'd get no offence for the first four minutes until he finaly landed a flying kick and went back to getting pounded on. Hope aroe at 7:00 as n eye gouge was countered by a spinning back kick, and deliered a few shots to the downed Peak until he got up... and then countered a charge ith a Rolling Wheel Kick... and promptly missed the low drop, and the beating resumed. At 12:00, Fox countered a low blow with a foreare, and hit his Triple Kick, followed by leg and elbow drops... bu tmissed the senton bomb. More hope at 17:00 as a Peak of Perfection was countered by a Reverse DDT Neckbreaker, and Fox missed a flying splash Eddie went for the cover and Fox kicked out at the last second. At 20:0, a Peak of Perfection drove Fox into the mat, and Eddie covered for the win. Math grade: B- Backstage, Fox had gotten some mic tips from Scout, and was planning on getting some practice in while he rested.. but there'd b no rest as WLW wanted him to be at their show the next day. On the next Farewell to the Coastal Zone: Will Fox tire out from all this running around?

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First week of January, Continued. Fox flew out to Japan for a tryout with WLW against The Tic. Not that they needed another American in an animal mask, but they seemed to be colecting them... The Tc Silver Shark, Masked Cougar. Oddly enough, Jon 'Insane Machine" Scott was at teh show as well. Tic went for an early schoolboy, but Fox kicked out. A Monkey Flip and slinshot followed, and in the corner Tic was on the reciving end o a chop, ten punches, and a cartwheel kick. At four minutes in Ti was obviously in trouble, and Fox tossed him from the ring following with a plancha. Tic tried to take control back, but Fox put a stop to that and puts the kid on the announce table, following up with a flying elbow drop through the table. Thinking that was it, Fox rolled the kid back in fr the cover, only for him to kick out at two. Tic began to fight back, hs flurry of blows ending with a High Cross Body that Fox rolled through on for another near fall. Tic then returned the favor as Fox went for a schoolboy, only fo Tic to roll through for the near fall. An enziguri was countered by Fox's legsweep for another near fall. Another cross-body roll-through for two for Fox. More back-and-forth fighting until Tic hit a Twisting Face Crusher and went for the cover and Fox wasn't able to kick out. Match rating: C+. Ti had praised Fox highly to management, and they offered him a job as an Opener at $40 a show. That would pay fo about ten minutes of his fligh there and back... but Fox accepted. It meshed with his schedule well... the only downsi was that CZCW had scheduled their next show for the same night as the DAVE TV taping Fox had a choice to make... and decided that, title or not, he'd have to pass up the CZCW show. But first, he had to choose btween TCW and SWF. No choc really, SWF got him for their tryout match against Groucho Bling, current Tag Champ. Then came the kicker... it was a tables match. After a match featuring Fox taking early control and tossing Groucho outside the ring and sveral failed elbow drops through the table, the match went back inside and Fox failed several piledrivers through the table, until Groucho came out of nowhere wth a DDT through the table for the win. Match rating: D. SWF declined to make Fox an offer. Week summary: To new friendships, three new contracts, +1 psychology, +2 mic skills, -2 overness: Japan, -2 spirit. On the next Fox Mask: Fox has to no-show a CZCW. Will it cost him his title?

[Felon_cr-AZW]

good stuff, keep it going

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January, Week 2 Fox had chosen to work the DAVE TV taping instead of the CZCW show. Instead of defending his title in his requeted feud with Insane Machine, he... got to sit backstage as he wasn't used. Needless to say, Fox wasn't happy with DAVE right off the bat. He fumed all the way to Japan, where he found out he'd be teaming with The Tic against Ketsueki Karasu (aka Blood Raven) and Ninja Shunji. Three minutes into the match, Tic was severely beatn and Fox finally got tagged in, his work cut out for him. After getting banged around, Fox got the upper han and by the 13:00 mark, both men were near the end of their ropes. The problem was, Blood Raven had a fresh partner to tag in, and he did so. Fox was in trouble... and decided to tag in The Tic. Distraction from Ninja's manager kept that from happening for nearly a miute, and finally The tic came in, most likely to job out. Amazinly, Tic took the fight to Ninja and forced the man to tag out, leaving the vulnerable man in the ring. Both Tic and Fox tried to pin him, but evenually Ninja taged back in. A Fisherman's Suplex on Fox scored the Japanese team the win. Match rating: C. But Fox had picked up more mic tps, so he wasn't too upset. On the next Fox Mask: Will Fox's player get yelled at by the fiancee for spending too much time on the computer? Answer: Yes.

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January, Week 2, Continued. Frday. In a choice between 4C and TCW, it was no question. At least aMerican audiences knew him. Kind of. His tryout match would be another coss-dimensional mind-blower: Fox vs Wolf. Oddly enough, Fox kept control through most of the match, but at the end Wolf pulled out a fisherman's suplex that Fox wasn't able to kick out. Match rating: C. TCW also didn't give Fox a position... most likely, Tommy Cornell saw that Fox had nearly beaten his pet student Wolf. Fox went back to the indy circuit... next week, he'd have a tryout in 4C. On the next Fox Mask: The big two are closed to him. Will he stick with Number Three, in DAVE, or will he return to the Coastal Zone?

[Liamo]

Great read right there. If your CZCW TEW dynasty is anything to go by, you've got a reader.

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January, Week 2, Conclusion It was Sunday. While God may have rested on this day, Fox Mask had to get his butt to the USPW show, where he was ready and raring to go, to show those DAVE folks that it was wrong to leave him off a card. And USPW did the exact same ****ing thing. Fox was in a bad mood backstage, alternating between ignoring people and asking for promo tips -- he felt it was his weak spot. Still, his life was begining to settle into a routine after a burst of activity. DAVE taped on Tuesdays, then a jet to Japan for WLW on Wednesday (luckily, with the time zones, he was able to sleep on the plane, even if they pack you in like sardines in coach). It looked like the occasional Sunday show for USPW if they needed him, and once a month he'd have to decide if CZCW's tuesday show was more important that DAVE's TV taping. Now the question was... how could he convince DAVE to actually put him on TV? On the next Fox Mask: Can we get an entire week in a single post? I think we can now...

[Adam Ryland]

Good stuff, looking forward to seeing this continue

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January, Week 3 Fox was given a tag-team tables match at the DAVE show, teaming with Tank Bradley against JD Morgan and Hell's Bouncer. JD he knew, Bouncer and Bradley he didn't. And things didn't get much better as he almost got into a fight with The Wolverine backstage before the show... somehow, that wouldn't impress management, Fox felt. It was a one-table match, apparently, and Fox figured that he could at least handle that much. The fight quickly spilled outside, and Fox hit what was becomin his DAVE signature, a snap suplex onto a chair, but then lost the advantage and the fight eventually went back into the ring, complete with a ready-to-use table. After a few minutes Fox was able to get control again, dropping JD with a legsweep and then dropping himself onto JD wiht a few elbows. Sensing a chance, he picked up JD, slapped the taste out of his mouth, and put him on the table... but JD rolled away before the senton could hit. JD got control for a while, and Fox finally decided to tag out, letting Tank take over. Tank tried a few table attempts, failing on all of them, and then decided, hey, this was DAVE... let' sjust beat the crap out of him! Tank proceeded to do so for several minutes, ending with a back suplex through the table at 13 minutes in. Fox had his first win in DAVE... and it was a D-rated match. He had also gotten some good mic tips form Carl Bach and Easy Emma (and the dimensional fabric of reality tears slightl... okay, enough plugging the other dynasty). The next day, Fox awoke as the plane was landing in Japan, and found himself sheduld in an eight-man match... himself, Cougar, Booger, and Kato against Machine, Oinuma, Machino, and Hama. Ugly match there. Especially when he learned it was yet another tables match... an eight-man tables elimination match. .... Those wacky Japanese, huh? Cougar took the early offensive against Oinuma, but was beaten badly and forced to tag in Kato at 4:00. At 8:00, Oinuma tagged out to Machine. Kato had to tag out just two minutes later, and Booger got in. At 18:00, Booger was forced to tag out after a brutal pounding by Insane Machine... and tagged in Machine's Zone fed-mate, Fox. Fox and Machine jawed at each other, and then Fox slapped Machine hard, grabbed him, and DT'd him through the table fo the first elimination at 19:00. In came Deano Machino. After Fox stunned Deano and brought a table and chair into the ring, Deano found himself being suplexed onto the chair... and that was the end of Fox's offense, and Deano wore him down with a variety of holds. Desperate, Fox tagged in Kato at 24:00. Deano proved to be too much for Kato, and DDT'd him through a table at 27:00. Fox came back in. After a few minutes of abuse, Fox tagged in Booger at 29:00. Deano tagged out to Hama a minute later... and a half-hour into the match, the last fresh man entered the ring. Booger became the third person on the team to hit a suplex onto a chair (the only person who hadn't had ben eliminated). Hama, still well-rested, tagged Oinuma in at 33:00. Booger used a variety of low blows to work on Oinuma, but before he could get him on the table he tagged out, and Hama returned to face a more-tired Booger at 36:00. Booger, after taking a few hits, displayed an amazing second wind and Hama was aching and wheezing in almost no time. A big legdrop stunned the man, and with a tremendous show of fortitud, Booger was able to piledrive him through the table for that team's second elimination at 38:00, and Deano returned to the ring. Booger, exhausted, tagged out to Cougar. Cougar exploded, taking the fight to Deano until he missed a plancha to the outside and Deano took over. Faces with a nasty assault, Cougar tagged Fox in at 41:00 to face a tired Deano. A ground roundhouse kick busted Deano open, and a half-senton bomb put him through the table for Elimination #3 at 42:00. It was down to Fox and Cougar against a hurting Oniuma, and things looked quite good for our side. A glittering magician knee busted Oniuma open, and Fox went for the kill, throwing Oniuma over the ropes... and then misisng the same plancha everyone had missed tonight. But blood loss makes you dizzy, and Fox was able to drape Oniuma on the table and drop an elbow through it for the victory at 43:00. Match rating: B-. He was hurting, but he had the win... personally putting two guys out of action and picking up more promo tips. Japan was really paying off for him. End of week summary: Overness: USA +1, Spirit -2, Psychology +2, Microphone +6. New friends: Java, Isei Deushi. New Dislikes: Joe Sexy, The Wolvering, Tommy Cornell (I guess he didn't like the fact Fox almost beat Wolf after all). For the record: End-of-week summaries include past weeks. On the next Fox Mask: He just won a tag match and a huge tag tables match. Will DAVE capitalize on his apparent innate knack for tables? Or will WLW decide to leave him off another card?

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January, week 4. Fox was jazzed and ready for more work. After all, he had bills to pay. He'd made four hundred bucks this month, and needed a cool grand to pay his bills... he wasn't going ot make it, but two more shows would go a long way to helping keep his life savings intact. Ready for another tables match, Fox showed up at the DAVE TV taping... and found himself off the card. -AGAIN-. And so Fox spent the night shooting the breeze with the other workers and watching JD lose a handicapped match... when he was on the team of two. Fox even left early so he could relax before the trip to Japan, where hopefully WLW would, you know, -pay him-. And they came through, giving him a tag-team tables match. His partner: Hachigoro Maeda. His opponents: Acid and Deano Machino. Fox's heart sank. Deano was painful to work against, and Fox really needed to brush up on his technical skills. It's a pity Japan wasn't a place you could just fly around and be a champion... he kinda missed the Coastal Zone. And its table-free atmosphere. Maeda got tossed around for the first six minutes until, battered and bruised, he managed to toss Acid out of the ring and made the desperate tag to Fox. Fox went to work quickly on Acid, forcing him to tag out only two minutes later with a table in the ring and Fox looking to prove himself quickly. Now Fox faced a fresh Deano, who more-or-less owned Fox for the next nine minutes, forcing him to tag in a beaten but somewhat-rested Maeda. This would prove to be a poor decision as Maeda went through the table shortly after being tagged in. Match rating: D. Weekly summary: Overness: USA +1, Overness: Japan +1, Spirit: -3, Psychology: +2, Microphone: +8. New relationship: Ninja Shunji (Friendship). Next time, on Fox Mask: No idea. Waiting for retail. But it looks like WLW isn't touring next month... will Fox have to dip into savings, or will DAVE give him some matches?

[Jeremy]

Good diary, really enjoyed it.

[infinitywpi]

February, Week 1. Indeed, it seemed WLW and CZCW wouldn't be holding shows this month, leaving DAVE as Fox's sole means of support. This, needless to say, worried him. But DAVE was good about holding two shows the first week of the month, a PPV and a TV taping, and Fox was hoping to make one or the other of them. Indeed, at DAVE: Counter Culture, he was teamed with Mick Muscles against Bryan Holmes and Puerto Rican Power in an elimination (non-tables) match. Mick started against Holmes, and after a short beating began controlling the match with chokes and nerve holds, making Fox wonder if he was really in the right company... it was rather brutal. Things were fine until Holmes tagged in Power, and Mick was forced to tag in Fox, who fell to a double-handed choke bomb at 18:00 for the first elimination. Mick went to work on Power, hitting a chokeslam onto a chair outside the ring and rolling him back in, but Power kicked out and tagged in Holmes at 26:00. Mick submitted to a Camel Clutch shortly afterwards to end the match. Rating: C. PPV was all well and good, but Fox was left off the TV taping the next day. But then, so was Power, while Holmes and Mick got matches. Fox was, needless to say, somewhat upset. Improvement Update: Overness: USA +1, Overness: Japan +1, Spirit -3, Power +1, Tech +1, Psych +4, Mic +9. No new relationships this week. On the next Fox Mask: Fox requests a feud from DAVE in the hopes of getting on more cards. But with his pick, is he insane?

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February, Week 2 through March, Week 1, Tuesday. Fox approached DAVE management with a proposal. The classic wrestling conflict: The big, strong predator vs the small, quick one. He proposed T-Rex vs Fox. And was laughed out of the meeting. DAVE wasn't going to give him a feud at all. And Peers found he was seriously consiering a new direction in his career. He had a choice... go to DAVE's TV taping, which he'd probably be left off, or attend 4C's Subhuman Race PPV for a try-out match. As much as he wanted to strike out on his own again, deep down he knew being left of half of the DAVE tapings each month was still better than only having one 4C show each month... and went ot the taping. He didn't receive a match. Friday rolled around, and Fox had another decision to make. CZCW and USPW had scheduled shows for the same night. Fox sighed an let the Zone know their champion wasn't available for their second show in a row. And was left off the USPW card as well. Fox was very, very, not happy. The next week, the same story. DAVE show, no Fox Mask. Fox was about ready to pick a fight with DAVE's head booker Nemesis, but couldn't find him backstage. The next week, SAME DAMN THING! Fox was furious. Luckily (for him), Nemesis was to busy to hang out backstage, and so Fox couldn't do something he'd regret. March began with a DAVE PPV, and Fox was fairly certain he'd get a minor match on that card. And he certainly did... against T-Rex. Of course, management was saying it was all their idea... Fox -had- to have words with Nemesis after that. After telling Nemesis that it was going to be a great match, Nemesis just shrugged him off... and when Fox stated rumors were true, Nemesis -couldn't- take a joke, Nemesis turned around and floored him. And then told Fox it would be a cage match. Fox started in control, but lost that when he went to the ropes and T-Rex took over. Contorl went back and forth, and Fox tried an early escape at 6:00, but got pulled back down. After another flurry of blows, Fox tried again at 12:00, and was caught right near the top. After Fox missed some high-flying moves, T-Rex tried his own escape at 15:00, but Fox was able to grab him near the top. But a glittering Magician Knee later, Fox was up and over at 16:00, winning the match. Ranking: C+. The next day, Fox was once again left off the TV taping. But there was some good news. This month, CZCW, USPW, and 4C had all schduled their shows for non-DAVE days... No more wrong decisions, because there were no more decisions! On the next Fox Mask: USPW. CZCW. An maybe DAVE if Fox is lucky.

[Adam Ryland]

Are we going to see some Fox Mask custom moves appearing?

[infinitywpi]

March, Week 1, Continued into Week 2 Wednesday, and Fox was at an actual paying gig for USPW. Fox, Al the Hillbilly, and El Leon were going to fight Eric the Bull, Tribal Warrior, and Duberry Excess. No tables, on eliminations, just a nice, simple, six-man tag. Al took the fight to Duberry, forcing him to tag out a minute into the match to Tribal Warrior. Al would hold his own against the newcomer but tagged out at 5:00 to El Leon. Leon worked Tribal over and tagged Fox in at 8:00. Warrior proceeded to manhandle Fox, but Fox finally recovered and forced Warrior to tag out at 14:00 to Eric. Facing a fresh opponent, Fox tagged in Al. Al quickly became exhausted and tried to tag El LEon in, but the ref didn't see it, and Al was struck struggling against Eric's choking holds. Finally, he was able to leave the ring, return with a table, and get back in and place Eric on it (why he didn't tag, Fox'l never know), but once Eric was on the table, Fox was tagged in. Shrugging, Fox climbed the turnbuckle... and missed the half-senton bomb. Some back-and-forth left both men near the brink of losing, but Fox was able to tag in El Leon... and then Eric tagged in Duberry, who was the freshest man in the fight, at 21:00. After a DDT onto a chair and a moonsault outside later, Leon rolled Duberry ino the ring... and Duberry rolled on top of Leon, who was barely able to kick out at 26:00. After a failed super-kick left him tripped up, Leon taged in Fox at 27:00. After several attempts at pins and failed tags, Duberry tagged in Tribal, who left the ring and returned with a table, delivering a spinebuster that took Fox right through it. Fox ducked a Headhunter Special, but was busted open by a second one at 31:00 and pinned. Match rating: C. Monday came, and besides starting to feelthe burn from his workouts, Fox was ready for his first CZCW show of the year, where he would be defending his title against Insane Machine in the feud that he had reuested months ago. Oddly enough, not as the main event, but hey... can't blame them. Machine began in control, and Fox didn't get an offensive move in until four minutes into the match. Fox got control shortly after, and delivered a series of takedowns that left Machine reeling until he got ****y and tried to toss the man from the ring. A later attempt succeeded, although the plancha following missed, Fox was able to reverse a back supled into a diving DDT onto a chair. Hurt, Machine began 'Going Insane' and kicking the tar out of Fox. A Tiger Bomb later and Fox was being pinned, barely kicking out at 2.999985. Machine's next move, a vertical suplex, was reversed into Fox's lifting reverse DDT (that needed a name) for the finish at 18:00 as Fox retained. Match rating: D. Fox chalked it up to Machine's poor offensive selection. Someone at DAVE must have noticed... or decided it'd be fun to give Fox three matches in one week, because he was facing Flex on the very next night. Even better, it was a cage match. Fox sighed and decided to buy more tylenol tomorrow morning if he could get out of bed. Fox took quick control with fast kicks and takedowns with some high-flying for flavor and tried a cage escape at 4:00 that didn't get him anywhere. That left Fox on the wrong end of a few sharp blows, but he got the upper hand quickly and began vivisecting Flex with quick moves and hard hits. Another escape attempt at 11:00 almost got him over the top, as did one three minutes later. Fox then received a huge beating as Flex pounded away, Fox's agility pushed ot the limit trying to get one last shot that would keep Flex down long enough. A piledriver at 21:00 almost did it, but again Flex caught Fox's foot as he was about to swing over. At 24:00, Flex cranked up a Scorpion Deathlock and, as Fox was writhing in agony, escaled the cage. C+. Fox wasn't sure what had happened. He had the advantage for so long, and it slipped through his fingers. How in the world... He'd have enough time to think about it. The rest of the week was for training. Next week, he had his tryout match with 4C. Relationships update: Friends: Acid, Cliff Anderson, Isei Deushi, Java, JD Morgan, Ninja Shunji, the Tic. Dislikes: Eric Tyler, Jerome Turner, Joe Sexy, Nemesis, The Wolverine, Tommy Cornell. On th next Fox Mask: Fox goes north, eh?

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March, Week 3. To get ready for his tryout match, Fox finished a little something special. The Lifting Reverse DDT that had won him the occasional match deserved a little something something. And he had just the thing, adding a fox-howl into his opponent's ears as he performed the move. The variation was dubbed Fox Hunting. (Move edits: Start with a Lifting Reverse DDT. Cannot be done onto a chair or outside. Increase frequency to 30%. Wish there was a modifier "Can only be used as a counter.") Fox Hunting replaced the Lifting Reverse DDT in Fox's move set. 4C's tryout match pitted Fox against Jeff Nova, former UK's World Strongest Man, in a classic speed vs strength match. Well, maybe not-so-classic. "Styles Clash" was the phrase that came to mind. But at least it was just a one-on-one, stand-up fight. Fox had control for the early part of the fight, with Fox slipping out of any suplex that Nova tried. Nova's first hit came with a running clothesline at 5:00. The next two minutes were a brutal cavalcade of crushing blows that left Fox reeling. Fox only escaped by tossing Nova from the ring and then, for some reason, followed wiht a baseball slide. Unable to pick up the larger man for his should-be-trademarked snap Suplex onto chair, Fox was at a disadvantage until he improvides a diving DDT onto the chair instead. But a leaping piledriver outside would bust Fox open, leaing him woozy and dizzy, taking more shots to the face and brutal throws until he was able to counter a powerbomb into a Reverse DDT Neckbreaker. Another powerbomb wasn't countered, however, and Nova followed that up with another leaping piledriver, onto a chair. Nova got greedy, and went for a third powerbomb, this time being reversed into a diving DDT to the chair. Both men tired and bruised, Fox's blood loss would cause him to lose the advantage on more than one occasion. Nova went for the powerbomb, and Fox went for the Fox Hunter to counter... but failed. Stuck on the mat, it took every last ounce of effort Fox had to kick out of the pin. Another powerbomb, another failed counter, and somehow Fox was able to kick out again. A third powerbomb... FOX HUNT! Nova is busted open from the angle his face hit the mat. Groggy, Fox goes for the cover... and the victory at 20:00. Match rating: B-. Fox was estatic. That was perhaps the biggest name he'd beaten yet... and it was one-on-one, nobody could claim someone else helped him. Nova, for his part, had apparently praised him highly to management. Troy Winner offered Fox $40 a show as an opener. It was pocket change... but Fox accepted, hoping ot work it in between his other obligations. Every little bit helped. However, they wanted him to work as a heel... and so, to keep Fox Mask's good name, he'd need to create a new identity. Next time, on Fox Mask: Will DAVE put Fox on TV this week? And how in the world does the noble Fox Mask plan on handlin being a heel once a month?

[Unregistered]

Great diary man, it certainly sets the pace for future diarys here and is definitly something that could become the pace setter for all that follow.

[infinitywpi]

March, Week 3, continued into April, Week 1. JD got a match. T-Rex, Flex, Bradley, all got matches. All in the same match, actually. Fox? No match this week. That's okay... his tryout match with 4C had been one of his best, so he was glad to have the night off. It was more time to train, he felt that working on his strength and technical skills was really starting to pay off. Granted, it would be nice to, y'know, get -paid-. He was left off TV the next week, too. Nemesis must pay... But April brought good news. WLW was touring again, so once more it was DAVE Tuesdays and WLW Wednesdays, with a long plane flight in between. But it was worth it for the experience. The first week would be rough... DAVE PPV Monday, DAVE TV Tuesdat, WLW Wednesday... that reminded Fox, he'd better get to the PPV... He shouldn't've bothered. April Fools, you're not on the card! That night, Fox got more news. USPW was havin a show on a Friday this month, CZCW's was Sunday so he could make both of those. But 4C had picked a Wednesday, so Fox would have to decide who he wanted to show up for... 4C or WLW. He knew that he wasn't going to pick DAVE over another company ever again. He was left off this week's TV taping, too. Upset, he got into a brawl with his 'sparring partner', The Wolverine. This time, there wasn't an obvious winner. Relationships Update: The Wolverine and Nemesis now have a Hatred of Fox Mask. Could explain why he's not getting on any shows. On the next Fox Mask: The head booker hates you. So how do you try to make enough money to pay your bills? Prove that he's an idiot by putting on good shows? Maaaaaaybe....

[infinitywpi]

April, Week 1, Continued, into Week 3 Japan, and Fox was sure he'd have a match this time. And he did... on the wrong end of a three-on-two match. He and Magnum Kobe would have to face Yukiko Matsumara, Otsune Tsumura, and Konosuke Hama. Kobe and Yukiko would start the match. Kobe and Fox were actually a good match, both mixing flying and martial-arts moves. But then, Fox had always been inspired by Japanese wrestling styles. After working over the rookie lady for a little while, Kobe tagged in Fox at 3:00 to keep himself fresh. After realizing she was outclassed, a beaten Yukiko tagged in Otsune at 4:00. The two fresh workers began going at a fairly even clip, trading the advantage and wearing each other down. But Fox pulled out the high-flying with a big elbow drop and a half-senton bomb, and Hama had to tag out at 8:00 to Hama. Fox, sensing a problem, went for the tag but was pulled away from the corner. Getting battered and beaten, Fox tried for the tag again, only to get pulled back and kicked in the face. Again and again, Fox tried to put Hama down and make the tag, but Hama kept bouncing back full of energy, until a Face Crusher put Fox down for the three-count at 10:00, his fastest loss yet. Rating: C. Fox didn't think it was a performance that would get him many more shots back east. Sure enough, nothing for Fox at DAVE, even though that egotistical jerk Nemesis got an interview -and- a match. How anyone could like him, Fox had no idea. Annoyingly, WLW had nothing for him on their next show, either. It was a bad week so far... but USPW was coming up. And they wouldn't have anything for him, either. Next time, on Fox Mask: Fox picks up and goes home?

[Unregistered]

No Foxxy! Fight the powwa that is DAVE! Go over Nemisis and start being friends with Paul V. and Tommy Dream.... Chris Caufield, that'll show that punker-cito what politics is all about! Oh yeah, and stop picking people over CZ, they maaaaade you maaan!

[Adam Ryland]

Really liking this diary, not least because you're not everything is going your way, so it's more of a challenge.

[infinitywpi]

April, Week 3, continued. Just to get it out of my system, those of you wanting more Fox Mask-y goodness and don't happen to check out the TEW boards, you can read [URL=http://www.400softwarestudios.com/invboard/upload/index.php?showtopic=60707]Welcome to the Coastal Zone[/URL] for more of your favorite CZCW Champion. Of course, in that alternate-reality, it's late 2006 and Fox is a former champion, a heel, a member of the Yakuza, maskless, and has slid down the card a bit... but we're starting what I think is a fairly cool stable-war for control of the Coastal Zone, so check if out if you're bored. Be warned, there's a lot to read. Back to this world, where Fox has shown up at the DAVE taping to find another eight-man tag match... with no Fox on the card. DAVE tapings were starting to be strictly social events, chatting with the other workers (or should that be, the actual workers?) and watching from backstage. That night, Fox had to make a choice... 4C or WLW? WLW usually gave him a match now and then... 4C was smaller, an were offering less money... he'd regret this later, but he got the plane tickets to Japan instead of Canada. Another eight-man tag match... but this time, Fox was one of the participants. Fox, York, Shark, and Booger taking on Sanda, Acid, Kato, and Machino. It'd be an ugly fight, but it was a paying gig. Even better, table elimination match... Fox had won the last one of these, eliminating the last two men on his own. York started for Fox's team, Sanda for the opponents. York, a former shoot fighter, was great with the brawling but had trouble getting control once he'd lost it. At three minutes, York decided to stay fresh and tagged out to Silver Shark. Outside, Shark hit a DDT onto a chair and draped Sanda over a table, but missed the moonsault. After several minutes, Shark whipped Sanda into the ropes and hit with a thrust kick on the rebound, then tagged in Fox so a fresh man could make the kill. Sanda hit a quick slap and left the ring, but Fox followed, draping a tired Sanda over the tabl and nailing a flying elbow drop for the first elimination at 9:00. Morimasa Kato came in, a rookie all-arounder. Kato trapped Fox outside and began battering him, forcing Fox to make a desperation Atomic Drop and roll inside to make a tag to Booger, who slapped on a choke hold at 11:00 and kept it on for most of a minute. Kato escaped and hit Booger with a few forearms, but Booger was able to fit in a DDT and went back to the choke hold. No-DQ is a wonderful thing as Booger hit a low blow, followed by a big legdrop and more choking. Kato escaped and went ot work with amrtial arts, a variety of kicks and sweeps keeing Booger on the defensive. Another low blow, and Booger tried to toss Kato out, but Kato jumped back in and was able to make the tag to Deano Machino at 16:00. Booger, somewhat worried, tagged Willie York back in. Deano took an early advantage but York was able to begin punching away for a short time before Deano laid in with technical holds. The two men began to wear each other down in a very shoot-style contest, but York got the better of it and was soon draping Deano over the table in the ring... before realizing he didn't have a move that would put him -through- the table. Cue the tag to Fox at 23:00. Fox tried to get Deano onto the table again, but he wouldn't coopperate, and tagged out at 24:00 to Acid. Hurting, Fox tagged Shark in after just a few blows. Shark tossed Acid into the corner and just unloaded with chops, leaving welts on Acid's chest... and then a seated corner dropkick got the crowd's interest. With Acid on the mat, Shark landed another dropkick, this one right to the face. Followed by another! Shark took a moment to showboat, allowing Acid to get to his feet. Dueing drpokicks saw Acid come out on top, and he began giving Shark a beating. Badly hurt, Shark made the tag to the closest person: Booger Man, at 29:00. After a couple of legdrops by Booger, Acid rolled away and went for a DDT, but Booger went low and DDT'd Acid through the table for the elimination at 30:00 exactly. Kato came in, and after a kick got thrown from the ring. Booger draped him over the table and then got back in the ring to tag Fox, still at 30:00. Fow climbed the turnbuckle, but Kato rolled off the table, leaving Fox a shot for a flying knee. A Piledriver onto a steel chair let Fox put Kato on the table again, and as Fox came off the turnbuckle Kato moved, forcing Fox to trip himself up lest he go through the table himself. The fight continued, moving inside along with another table, as both men tried ot tag out and prevented the other from doing so. Throws and chops abounded, but Kato was able to tag out at 35:00 to Deano Machino. The two struggled, but Fox was on the losing end, being eliminted via DDT at 38:00 and preventing a 'perfect match'. York came in to replace Fox, but of course, he had no table moves, so he was a bit of a liability at this point. York tagged in the hurting Silver Shark, who tosses Deano, DDT'd him onto a chair, put him on the table, and nailed the moonsault at 39:00, leaving just Kato on the other team. Kato and Shark fought inside and out, both hurting, until Shark was finally able to DDT Kato through a table at 42:00 for the win. C+ match. If not for that match, Fox was considering just giving up and working solely for the Coastal Zone. But maybe he had a shot at making it outside after all... On the next Fox Mask: CZCW: Lightning Strikes.

[infinitywpi]

April, Week 3, conclusion. CZCW: Lightning Strikes. Apparently, Insane Machine wasn't available for the feud, as Fox was set to defend against Snap Dragon. Dragon proved a wiley foe, taking control and rarely letting up, avoiding what offense Fox was able to send his way. Fox was finally able to avoid a legdrop and then slingshot Dragon into the corner, where he unloaded with a ten-punch routine and multiple chops, until he got ****y and tried a cartwheel kick that Dragon was able to counter-kick. But Dragon was starting to hurt, and fox was feeling just fine. Dragon got a little more offense, but a neckbreaker and basement dropkick put Fox firmly back in control. Another slingshot and a corner glittering magician gave us a 'wow' factor, but Dragon was able to duck the kick that surely would have finished the match. Dragon refused ot die, slowly wearing Fox down while desperately avoiding blows. Fox was whipped to the ropes and took a running dropkick to the face, and found himself on the wrong end of a tigerbomb... and lost his CZCW Championship at 16:00 in an average match. ... If Fox wasn't upset about his career, he certainly was now. He had never seen himself as a 'former' champion... and now he would have to deal with having no title belt and an employer who refused to put him on cards. Somewhat depressed, he cheered himself up by finding work with NYCW, who offered him two hundred a show as a main eventer. That made next week hectic... the DAVE social club Tuesday, WLW Wednesday, and NYCW's next show was Thursday. There was always the weekend... On the next Fox Mask: Three shows, three nights. Can Fox survive the punishment?

[Condors]

good stuff so far