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April, Week 4 Somehow, despite having a clear upper hand, Fox Mask had lost his CZCW title. And he knew that he'd be in a bad mood for the DAVE taping... but at least it wouldn't ruin his match. He knew ahead of time there'd be no match. And he was right. Four singles matches, one tag, nothing for him. Nemesis was just going to let him sit and rot. Luckily, Nemesis wasn't backstage, or another fight would have broken out. WLW came through, though. He was on the opening match, against none other than Morimasa Kato, an opponent form that big tables match. No tables this time, however. Kato started out in control, going for an early pinfall off a leg sweep at 2:00, failing (of course). Fox became battered early, but a Flying Knee evened things up. Another legsweep pin failed at 8:00 as Kato began slowly getting the upper hand. A cartwheel corner kick swung things back in Fox's favor. Kato tried another legsweep pin at 11:00, but Fox was obviously doing much better... but then, he was in his title match, too. And sure enough, within minutes Fox was doing just as poorl yas Kato was. Desperate, Fox locked in a full nelson and pushed Kato to the mat, bounced off the ropes, and hit a glittering magician knee, barely snatching victory from the jaws of certain victory in the C+ match. Feeling good, Fox flew back to the good ol' USA, to the other coast, to New York City, for his first match with NCW. ... Who, apparently, hadn't had enough time to find a match for him. This was going to be bad for his ego. Things got worse: Apparently upset that his feud was no longer with a champion, Insane Machine had left CZCW, leaving Fox with nothing to do there. Upset, he called his agent. His first request was a work of genius. He'd come to NYCW after being driven from CZCW... and immediately feud with The Stomper, NYCW's owner and head booker. Stomper, surprisingly, liked the idea. His second request was more of a guilty pleasure. his new feud in CZCW would be a name feud, against Flying Jimmy Foxx. Stats update: Overness: USA +1, Canada +2, Japan +3. Spirit -4, Power +3, Tech +3, Speed +1, Psych +5, Charisma +2, Mic +12. Friends: Acid, Calvin Dark, Cliff Anderson, Eiichi Umehara, Isei Deushi, Java, JD Morgan, Jeff Nova, Ninja Shunji, The Tic. Dislikes: Jerome Turner, Joe Sexy, Tommy Cornell Hatreds: Eric Tyler (who?), Nemesis, The Wolverine On the next Fox Mask: What does May have in store for our hero? How many DAVE shows will he be left off of? And will he get the respect he deserves?
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[QUOTE=infinitywpi]Hatreds: Eric Tyler (who?)[/QUOTE] Multi-time DAVE world champion, and one of the company's main figureheads. No wonder you're not getting bookings, you're on the wrong side of the booker and the main star :p Why not give Phil Vibert a wedgie next time you see him, just to complete the set...
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May, week 1. For a change, DAVE was having their big show at the end of the month, not the begining. There were some interesting conflicts coming up... the first was USPW and DAVE having shows at the same time this week, and week 3 had 4C and WLW on the same night. That would be a busy week... Tuesday through Friday, a show a night. Of course, he wouldn't have a match on Tuesday. Deciding he couldn't be in more trouble with DAVE than he already was, Fox decided to work the USPW show instead. There, he'd team with Spanish Superfly against Whipply the Clown and Jacob Jett in a tables match. Why does everyone seem to like tables matches? Fox started with Whippy, with the clown having control for much of the early match until Fox mounted his offense at 7:00, hammering the clown and knocking him down, allowing the high-flying to commence for a while until Whippy got to his feet, and it was all Clown from there, as Fox simply couldn't escape from anything. Desperate and dejected, he tagged out at 11:00. Superfly took Whippy outside the ring and smashed him into the ringpost, putting him on the table, and missed the splash. Another flying splash through the table ended it at 17:00, with Jacob Jett never getting tagged in during the C+ match. On the next Fox Mask: Fallout from giving DAVE a taste of their own medicine?
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May, Week 1, continued now that work has died down a bit into Week 2. Fox had yet to feel any repercussions from skipping the DAVE taping, thus confirming his beliefs that the people in charge didn't even realize he was there most of the time. But when he arrived in Japan, he got some news that made him smile. That slimy bastard who ended their feud when Fox no longer had a title to fight over in the CZCW was going to be his tonight. The opening match would be Fox Mask vs Insane Machine. The battle was brutal, both men refusing to let up, Fox even getting confident enough to try a roll-up at 8:00, but only getting a two-count. The two exchanged power moves, piledrivers, DDTs, powerslams, at one point Fox forced to go low to prevent a painful hit but failing to get a cover in time. Finally, Fox went for the glittering magician knee, and missed, only to get up right into a Suplex Powerslam for one... two... three at 13:00. As Machine got up, he spat on Fox and stated, "Now the fued's over, chump." All in all, a D match. It had started out a great day... it's a pity it had to end like that. The next week was more of the same. DAVE social convention, talking with Carl Batch about mic work, and then off to the airport, where WLW had a handicap tag match for him on Wednesday, teaming with Konosuke Hama against Yosuke Oinuma, Magnum Kobe, and Deano Machino... the usual suspects, more or less. Fox and Yosuke started out, but after a few good hits on each side, Fox tagged out at 3:00. Hama proceeded to get beaten up for a couple minutes before landing a thrust kick. The fight spilled outside, Hama ramming Yosuke into the post several times, followed by a DDT onto a chair. Hama went for the kill with another thrust kick, but was swept off his feet and Yosuke made the tag to Kobe. Kobe had his way with Hama until Fox was tagged in again, and Fox began going to work, actually making some progress before falling to Kobe's array of dropkicks. In desperation, Fox hit a series of moves that would rattle any normal man... but he was too tired to prevent Kobe from tagging in the fresh Deano Machino. Without much choice, Fox took the match outside, where he couldn't be pinned, and hoped to wear the fresh man down, nailing the Snap Suplex Onto Chair. Amazingly, the plan was working; Deano was getting a lot worse than he was giving. Much worse. After a DDt onto the chair and pure punishment on Deano's prone form, Fox rolled him into the ring and tried to get him in position for a Top Rope DDT... but was unable to, settling for crotching him and tossing him instead. Deano applied a Bow and Arrow lock, and Fox was in pain long enough for Deano to tag out, and Kobe got back in. A high cross body almost got three for Fox, as did an Axe Kick. A dropkick got countered into a pinfall, again getting two for Fox. Finally, after having tried everything else, Fox pulled out his Double Underhook Facebuster, and that got the pinfall at 19:00. C+. The next day, Cliff Anderson called Fox up. He was willing to give the man a little more money if he'd stay with the Zone for another six months. Fox considered... and decided it wasn't time to say Farewell quite yet. Someday, maybe... but not anytime soon. It made the rest of the week much easier on the brain. On the next Fox Mask: Four shows in a week? Well, at least DAVE won't be usin him... but WLW, or 4C? who's got the better chance of using him?
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May, Week Three. Yeap, nothing from DAVE again. Fox considered telling them to go screw, but then they'd never realize what a good thing they have. Of course, it would also keep him from getting his butt kicked by Eric Tyler backstage. Well, he came for a fight... it looks like he got the wrong one. The next day, Fox once more decided to go for WLW over 4C. He was better known in Japan... that is, some people had heard of him... And more would, as he was given a match against Acid. It was obvious that Fox had him outclassed, easily gettin and keeping the upper hand. But in the space of a minute, Acid hit a flurry of offense that evened the odds and left Fox doubting himself. The match continued on for quite a while after that, Fox having taken seven minutes to be the clear winner, one minute to be the loser, and another eight to finally land a glittering magician knee that got him the win. It was a B- match, but Fox was starting to worry... he could wear people down easily, but actually ending the match... it wasn't working. The doubt followed him to the CZCW show, where Good Ol' Cliff Anderson had a special present for Fox... a rematch with Snap Dragon for the CZCW Title. And as Fox went down to the ring for his match, Flying Jimmy Foxx jumped him and sent him head-first into the ringpost, busting him open. Now, Fox had to win his match while badly injured and bleeding. Snap Dragon moved quickly to attack, but Fox was able to put him on the ground and land a double axe handle, followed by the Snap Suplex Onto Chair. After some advice form the ref, Fox rolled Snap back in, and the two brawled back an forth, mostly avoiding each other's attacks. The ref recovered to find Fox chopping Dragon in the corner, following up with a dropkick and a corkscrew ledrop before falling to the mat, dizzy. Dragon failed ot take advantage, but would get another chance after a piledriver gave Fox the advantage, but made him dizzy again. Dragon's punch was ducked, and Fox hit a diving DDT, and then hit a glittering magician knee out of nowhere (that really needed a name), busting Dragon open! At only 7:00 in, Fox went for the pin to retain his title... one... two... FLYING JIMMY FOX PULLED THE REF OUT OF THE RING!!! Dragon recovered while Fox was getting upset, and tried technical holds on Fox, who finally got loose and sent Dragon into the corner, raising him up, but was pushed off before he could try anything. Driven to the mat, Fox rolled away from an elbow and slingshot Dragon into the corner again, lifting him up... And nailed the top rope DDT! One! Two!... KICKOUT??? Fox lay stunned in a puddle of his own blood in the ring. A backslide at 12:00 also got two. Dragon forced Fox to the mat and dropped an elbow... then staggered away, dizzy from his own bleeding. Fox failed to get anything done, and Dragon hit dropkick after dropkick after legdrop, wearing Fox down to the point where doubt began setting in again. Fox tried to get Dragon in the corner for another DDT, but grew dizzy. Dragon went for a leaping piledriver, but grew dizzy as well, and Fox was able to absolutely murder Dragon with a double underhook facebuster! At 18:00, Fox went for the cover again... one... two... .... .... .... THREE!!!!!!!!!!! Your winner, despite interference, despite a pre-match attack, despite his own doubts, and NEW CZCW Champion... FOX MASK! (B- match) But Fox had one more show before he could take the weekend to celebrate. NYCW was placing him in the main event, teaming with Whistler against The Stomper and Joey Minnesota. Whistler started with Stomper, showing that he had no offense whatsoever, doing nothin for three minutes... and that consisted of a suplex and a minue-long nerve pinch. Stomper was avoiding anything else Whistler threw at him, and Whistler was taking more than his share of punishment. At 8:00 Whistler finally landed a headbutt hat put Stomper down and tagged in Fox. Fox went to work, fast kicks and and a half-senton bomb getting a reaction from the crowd, and Stomper had to tag out at 10:00. Joey then went nuts, giving Fox little time to react. Fox tagged out at 14:00, letting the bigger Whistler take the punishment. Whistler actually got in some offense... consisting of a two-minute-long nerve pinch. Yikes. Joey came back with high-flying kicks, and Whistper dropped him with a headbutt... and another two minute nerve pinch. Yeah, this match rating was goin to suck. Joey slipped out and was thrown outside, bu as Whistler went for a suplex onto a chair, Joey sliped out of it. The seond attempt worked, however, and a ring-apron ram and trio of splashes began putting Joey in bad shape. But Whistler was exhausted and beaten up, and Joey was able to pul him back into the rin and kep contol. He tried to tag out, but was pulled away from Fox. Slippin out of a hold, Whistler hit a low blow, tried a pin, failed, and taged in Fox. The two dueled back and forth until Fox landed a diving DDT, bu tmissed the magician knee, allowing Joey to tag out at 29:00. Stomper manhandled Fox, until Fox was able to hit a springboard spinning side kick, and landed a double-footed stomp! Stomper kicked out at the last second, but that had to hurt. An Implan DDT, and Fox motioned towards the turnbuckle... but gave Stomper enough time to tag out at 32:00. Fox tried to for the top rope DDT, but was reversed into the corner, and countere a dropkik with a low blow. After being warned by the ref, Fox shrugged, and landed the glittering magician knee for the three-count at 33:00, managing to turn a D into a C+. On the next Fox Mask: He's on a roll, but only one non-DAVE show next week. Will Fox take the time to rest?
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May, Week 4. Sure enough, DAVE had no use for him this Tuesday, either. And so, Operation: Suck-Up began, as Fox located Eric Tyler backstage and told him it was an honor to be in the same locker room as such a great veteran. He didn't mean it, of course... the guy was probably having an affair with Nemesis, that's why he hated Fox without Fox having said anything to him. It wasn't much, but it was a start. WLW had decided to take a big risk. Not only was Fox teaming with Takesi Umehara and Masakazu Kaima against Karasu, Java and Koyama... they were giving Fox an interview segment first. And who came out to interrupt him but... Acid. This was the interview equivilent of Sam Strong vs a freshman on his high school wrestling team. After taking an insult, Acid tried his best to sound intense, but Fox just asked him if his tone of voice meant he was suffering from Acid Reflux. He then made a pop-culture comment about a brand of Acid Reflux medicine common in Japan, and the crowd went nuts. But Fox was stymies by his lack of a big catchphrase, and Acid attempted to make a Fox pun, which was quickly interrupted and replaced by a cheap Acid Reflux joke. Puns and mixed metaphors about acid and foxes bounced around, until Acid began getting maniacal... and Fox matched him on it, then proceeded on to Intense, but then Acid rattled off some cheap puns and insults, and Fox failed to get as intense as he had, too busy cracking up at Acid's lines. Eventually, the segment had ot be ended, with Acid clearly more popular with the crowd. Takesi started with Karasu, and after fighting on the outside a still-fresh Takesi tagged in Fox at 3:00. KK tried ot tag out, but the ref didn't see it, and KK would have to take a few hits before finally tagging in Java at 4:00. Despite wearing Java down a bit, Fox was forced to tag out to Kaima at 10:00. Kaima did his job well, busting open Java with a basement dropkick butbeing unable to lock in an STF. At 14:00, Kaima realized that he didn't seem to have a finisher, and tagged Fox back in. Fox was unable to finish Java, who tagged in Koyama at 15:00. Fox would then tag in Umehara, who was still doing well. Umehara would drag Koyama outside the ring for a piledriver through a table. Unable to put him away, Koyama would tag in KK at 20:00. KK would get manhandled, but then Umehara woudl also realise he didn't seem to have a finisher, and Fox was tagged in at 22:00. In response, KK woudl tag in Koyama. Koyama would tag in Java a few minutes later. Java would alternate between illegal low blows and growing dizzy form loss of blood -- karma, perhaps -- And Java woudl tag KK back in at 26:00. KK would tag KOyama in at 28:00, as it seemed nobody could pin Fox... and he couldn't pin anybody, until landing a Glittering Magician Knee at 28:00 for the win. Match rating: B-. Finally, a few days off until the next DAVE PPV... erm, social event... only it wouldn't be just social. Fox was teaming with Doug Peak against T-Rex, Big Cat, and Bryan Holmes in a hardcore match. Fox started with T-Rex, taking the fight outside and getting murdered, finally tagging out at 6:00. T-Rex wsa exhausted by eight minutes in, giving Doug a huge advantage until T-Rex tagged in Holmes. Holmes began taking it to Peak... and then Dougie dropped Holmes with a clothesline and landed several flurries of punches and several legdrops. Holmes was forced to tag in Big Cat Brandon at 14:00. Big Cat tore Peak apart, until he was able to throw Cat outside and tag Fox back in at 19:00, under the assumption that a loss wouldn't hurt him at all. Big Cat, after taking his share of punishment, tagged a mostly-fresh T-Rex back in at 22:00. T-Rex tried to take Fox outside, but that only resulted in a DDT through a table. Fox fought with renewed vigor -- he wasn't just fighting to win, he was fighting ot prove to that egotist Nemesis that he deserved a spot on the roster, regardless of his personal feelings. A flying elbow drop through another table pumped Fox up even more, and an axe kick onto a chair got him to the point of trying a pinfall, and T-Rex barely kicked out at the last second. Back in the ring, Fox pushed T-Rex into the corner for a cartwheel kick... and nailed the glittering magician knee! One, two, three at 28:00! Match rating: C+. Naturally, word got back to Fox that Big Cat Brandon didn't like him after that match. Figures. DAVE wrestlers are apparently very threatened by anyone who can beat them. On the next Fox Mask: Fox is growing in popularity as a face... so what happens when 4C gives him a chance to flex his muscles as a heel? Johnathan Sasune gets some mic time and a match, that's what...
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June, Week 1. Barely having had time to recover from last week, Fox was thrust into the cold, harsh world of Canadian wrestling, where not only was he not very over, but he'd have to work as a heel (as all good Americans are required to do in Canada). He had an interview and then a match against Cal Sanders. And who came out to interrupt his interview than skin-care expert Dermot O'Logical. Turning around the skin-care guru's intense delivery, Fox delivered a barage of skin-related toilet humor, pausing only for Dermot to insult him and then return to the toilet humor, winning the crowd over in record time. As for the match, Fox... I mean, Sasune, went on th eoffenseive but was immediately distracted by Cal's manager, Jenny Playmate. Sanders showed his love of the forearm, using a variety of forearms and forearms to the back of the head until Fox tossed him and hit home with a baseball slide. Cue the Snap Suplex Onto Chair (I should make that an actual move). Sanders recovered with more forearms, inclusing a clothesline (using the forearm, of course), including a variety of choke holds and other strnagely un-warned attacks. In no time, Sanders had lcoked in a crossface, beaten Sasune senseless, and landed his own glittering Magician Knee at 8:00. It took all Sasune had to kick out as he tried to recover from such a brutal, not ot mention quick, assault. but there would be no recovery as Sanders landed a Tiger Bomb... and Sasune kicked out of that as well! He tried to mount a comeback, but every move was broken or blocked. Barely avoiding another GMK, Sasune landed a springboard spinning side kick, and slingshot Sanders to the corner for a cartwheel kick. An attempt to set up a top rope DDT saw Sasune get pushed off, and an attempt at an overhead fallaway slam saw... FOX HUNTING! One! Two! Thr... Jenny pulls the ref off of her client! No! Who's the face and who's the heel here? Obviously upset, Sasune slapped Cal hard and pushed him to the corner, up to the top turnbuckle... and this time, planted Cal with a Top Rope DDT. At 16:00, that was all she wro... DAMMIT, JENNY!!!! Seconds later, Cal landed another Tiger Bomb on Sasune... kickout! Both men got up and faced each other, going to work again, targettng each other's head with their arsenal of migrane-inducing moves until Cal went for a vertical suplex, and Fox fell on top of him, one, two... nope, didn't think so. Back Suplex, same result. Anohter Vertical, same result. And again. Sasune avoided another GMK and dropped Sanders with a DDT, then calmly slipped behind him and out of nowhere came a not-used-as-a-counter-for-the-first-time FOX HUNTING, busting Sanders wide open! One! Two! DAMMIT! Where's the option for the heel to knock out the pretty face manager? The ref apparently felt likewise, and sent Jenny backstage. Sasune decided to go the easy route... a few more hits to the bleeding head should render Sanders unable to fight. But the piledriver that would have done the job was blocked, and before Fox knew it he was taking a mafia kick, and then lifted up for a tiger bomb. At 32:00, it was one, two, KICKOUT! As Fox struggled to his feet, he was knocked down by a clothesline... and then a GMK, busting him open. One. Two. Three at 32:00. It had been a brutal affair that nearly resulted in serious injury to both men... but it went down as Fox's first B+ match. Next time, on Fox Mask: After wrestling Sunday and having a brutal match on Monday, will Nemesis take advantage by having Fox wrestle on Tuesday's show?
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June, week 1, continued. I just noticed, this is all 2005, not 2004. Whoops, my bad. Anyway, Nemesis may hate Fox, but that doesn't apparently include wanting him dead, as Fox was left off the DAVE show for the week. WLW, however, gave him another 'throw the newbies in a match' elimination tables match, teaming with Booger Man and Masakazu Kaima against Deano, Oinuma, and Insane Machine. Backstage, Fox mentioned to Booger that they were teaming, and Booger started wondering who he ticked off. Cue brawl, seperated by Acid and the rest of the locker room. Kaima started with Deano and immediately took things outside... where Deano dissected him. Finally outraged at his treatment, Kaima delivered a brutal suplex onto a chair, and then a dropkick to the face, but Deano recoverd with a flurry of offense to hit a twisting face crusher through the table for Elimination #1. Booger came in to replace Kaima, and Deano tagged out at 6:00 to Insane Machine. Despite wanting ot kick the crud out of Machine, Fox decided he wouldn't tag in if Booger asked. Booger finally, after taking a lot of hits, took Machien outside, bodyslmmed him on a chair, and locked in his main offense: A choke hold. Machine escaped and went to town, his run ending only when Booger got righteously ticked off and began pummelling Machine with endless low blows, ending only with a back suplex throuh the table to tie the match up at 14:00. Oinuma came in, and tried to end the hurting Booger's reign in the ring, busting him open with a face plant, but would fail as Booger would land a DDT through the table at 20:00. Fox got upset, as Deano was the only opponent left and he was already hurting. Sure enough, Booger kept the whole match to himself as Deano went through the table at 21:00 for the win. As he left, Booger snorted at Fox, his point made: The booker obviously didn't need ot put Fox in the match except to annoy The Booger Man. C+. With that taken care of, Fox went home to rest. Next Tuesday, he was going to risk infuriating Nemesis even more... by not showing up. USPW was having a show that night, and one company would actually use him and pay him... On the next Fox Mask: USPW. WLW. And we cap the week off with a CZCW show. How much fun can one Fox have?
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[QUOTE=Adam Ryland]How about renaming the GMK as the "Foxtrot" - he could do a few dance steps before hitting it :p Or you could give him a sleeper. That cuts off the opponent's air, so it'd be Foxygen Deprivation :D C'mon, those are some quality fox puns![/QUOTE] Wow, Adam, you're sly as a fox. Sorry...It was lame, but had to be added.
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June, Week 2 into Week 3 It may have been the wrong week to pick USPW over DAVE. Upon arriving to USPW's show, Fox learned that DAVE had done not one, but two throw-rookies-together matches, both four-on-four matches. He may have had a shot at being in one or the other. But the decision had already been made, and Fox had gone to the USPW show instead, where... he got nothing. Rassin' Frassin'.... WLW, at least, still showed the love. A singles match with Magnum Kobe? Nice. Kobe went with an offense of kicks, while Fox decided to concentrate on chops in the corner... and a few kicks. Fox built up to his big moves, but Kobe's legsweep seemed able to hit before Fox could do anything. There was some struggle back and forth, an almost-hit top rope DDT, legdrops and sentons and flying all over the place, but it was Fox who hit the GMK for the win at 16:00 to finish the C+ match. It was a paycheck and a win, nothing more. The real focus of the week would have ot be on Sunday's CZCW show: The Ego Has Landed. Fox quietly hoped that wasn't a dig on him. He arrived at the show wiht his belt all nice and clean and ready to go, and... ... and wasn't on the card? The champ wasn't on the only card the company put on all month? Seriously, Cliff, what were you thinking? NWYC held a show the next day, and Fox began feeling better. He was main eventing an Animals Match: Fox Mask vs American Buffalo. After doing some sucking up to The Stomper backstage (hey, he actually put him in matches, that deserves a little brown-nosing), the match was on. Fox began working on Buffalo's arm, figuring the big man wouldn't be able to do much without them. It was a classic battle of speed vs brawn, and speed was clearly winning. but a huge splash and a massive DDT evened things up, as either man began to look like they could lose. But as Buffalo became exhausted, he failed to get out of the way of a ground roundhouse kick, and Fox made the pin at 16:00... for a two-count. Buffalo tried ot physically dominate Fox, but he was sucking wind and Fox found it easy to irish whip him to the ropes and hit him on the rebound wiht an axe kick for the three-count... a move he'd never be able to do before he started amping up his training this year. Another C+ match. And of course, Fox had more time off, as DAVE left him off TV this week as well. But WLW gave him another singles match, this time against Oinuma. Fox dominated early and easily, but Oinuma came back, especially after Fox missed a couple of high-flying moves. A mean DDT gave Fox the advantage by busting Oinuma open, and a double-underhook facebuster ended things at 20:00, far longer than it should have taken for a C+ match. Next time, on Fox Mask: Two DAVE shows and a WLW show in the same week. Have'nt we been here before?
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June, Week 3, continued into Week 4 As if life wasn't hectic enough, Fox spoke to his agent. While TCW and that "I won't hire people who can beat my protege" Tommy Cornell weren't interested in him, SWF was willing ot give him another tryout match. And since his Fridays were free, Fox decided to take them up on it. After all, DAVE wouldn't put him in two shows a week just to make him suck for his tryout, would they? ... They just might, as Tuesday saw Fox working the opener with Sammy Bach against Big Cat Brandon and Cliff Wilson. Sammy and Cat started, Sammy showing off a somewhat-limited arsenal with a few nice moves before Cat tagged out at 9:00 and Sammy did the same, giving us Fox vs Cliff Wilson. Fox used chops and driving knees, throwing Cliff outside and hitting the Snap Suplex Onto Chair a couple of times before Cliff got him back in the ring. A cartwheel corner kick gave Fox the advantage again, losing it only when cliff tagged out at 23:00. Not wanting to give Cat the satisfaction of running him off... and wanting ot keep his injured partner out of the ring... Fox struggled to even up the odds, landing a series of legdrops and dropkicks. Cat went for a running bulldog, but Fox slipped out and DDT'd him to the mat, then landed a GMK. At 31:00, it was... a three-count! C+. The question was, would DAVE put him on the PPV as well? On the next Fox Mask: WLW. DAVE. And SWF. It's a busy week still...
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June, Week 4, concluded. WLW could be right bastards sometimes. For instance, having Fox fly out form the west coast, only to tell him that he had no match. They could have told him -before- he flew out. As it was, he only had one day instead of two to rest up for his new SWF tryout. They had him down to face Black Hat Bailey, a veteran grappler. Fox started in control, looking to wow the crowd with his kicks and some high-flying. A pull of the ropes and a baseball slide later, and Fox was delivering his soon-to-be-patented Snap Suplex Onto Chair. But this wasn't DAVE, and the ref warned Fox to cut it out. Fox shrugged, delivered a russian legsweep onto the chair, got warned again, and decided to take things back inside. Of course, Black Hat stopped him, and wasn't warned when he delivered his own suplex onto the chair. Back in the ring, the two went back and forth as Fox decided to try and show some of his technical skills that he'd been working on... and got the losing end of that, naturally. The ref got bumped at 9:00, as Fox whipped Bailey into a spinebuster, followed by a corkscrew legdrop and half-senton bomb. A piledriver would but the exclamation point on that bit of offense as the ref recovered. Bailey tried to regain the lead, but Fox was able to kick him down and deliver a basement dropkick that busted him open. Deciding to give the crowd their money's worth, Fox tossed Bailey outside and delivered a piledriver right through the announce table. But that wasn't enough for Fox... he needed to really wow the crowd tonight. But Bailey was able to escape the top-rope DDT long enough to get off the ropes and then get blinded by the blood in his eyes. Grunting, Fox pulled Bailey ot the corner again, this time fighting spirit coursing through him as he raised his opponent up... and nailed the top rope DDT!. One, two, three at 19:00 for the win in a B- match. As Fox went in for his meeting with Richard Eisen, some of the backstage staff refered to him as "Black Hat's New Apprentice". Fox figured that -had- to be a good sign. And as he left the meeting, Fox could only think of one thing. Once more, he was a former CZCW Champion... because in accepting the written contract, he had been forced to say Farewell to the Coastal Zone. End of Chapter One. On the next Fox Mask: Fox has to give his two weeks notice. He's making $6,400 a month. But will it be enough for him to give up his Fox Mask identity and work as a heel full-time? And is the SWF ready for Johnathan Sasune?
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As an update: New friends: Black Hat Bailey. New enemies: Big Cat Brandon, Booger Man. Stats progress: Overness: USA +10, Canada +3, Japan +9. Spirit +6, Power +5, Tech +8, Speed +3, Psych +6 (Peaked), Stamina +1, Toughness +6, Charisma +3, Mic +13, Safety +2 (Peaked), Looks +0, Respect +1. And yes, a variety of moves have been added... and fox-based puns have been taken into advisement, and some will appear at the apropriate times.
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Chapter Two July, Weeks 1, 2, and well into 3. Supreme Wretling Federation. Fifty-five people on the roster, all working for Richard Eisen and his head booker and son, Eric. Monthly PPVs and a weekly TV show. For an American wrestler, this was the promised land, the houshold name. As Fox came into the promotion as an Opener, he knew he'd be working his way up from the very bottom of the ladder. But there was hope. Sure, the World Heavyweight Title that was held by Runaway Train until he lost it to it's current holder, Christian Faith, was out of reach... for now... but the Tag Titles held by the Lords of Pain? With the right partner, it was possible. Or the North American Title that Bart Biggs took from Sam Keith, who in turn had taken it form Angry ilmore? That might be possible. DAVE declined their chance to use a future superstar as jobbing material... probably afraid he'd win his match. WLW did likewise, as did USPW. In the meantime, Fox continued his training routine, working on his power and technique, but also realizing he'd need to bring his speed up to the next level as well. As one last 'up yours' to DAVE, Fox skipped out on the last show on his contract, instead going to the 4C show. They didn't use him, either, but Fox felt it was best to let DAVE know how much he disliked them. And it let him hit on Cherry Bomb, which is never a waste of time. WLW once more didn't use him, and it looked like he wasn't going to be on contract long enough to get to CZCW's next show... propheticly titled "Ain't That A Shame?" From a financial standpoint, Fox had hit the big-time. He'd get paid, matches or no matches. Maybe he went a little overboard with the new apartment, wardrobe, and big-screen plasma TV. He even took his life savings (Hey, he didn't need them anymore, he was all set!) and bought the hole-in-the-wall resteraunt his parents worked at, putting them in charge as a thank-you for supporting him. On the next Fox Mask: Will Johnathan Sasune debut on Supreme Assault TV this week? Or will his first lesson in the big time be the same lesson DAVE tried to teach him?
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July, Week 3 concluded in to week 4. John Sasune's first match would be against Steve Frehley, the man who had beaten Sam Keith in his debut match the year before. Fox was hoping it was a good sign -- after all, beating the man who beat Sam Keith was as good as beating Sam Keith himself, right? The two went at it right form the start, seeming evenly matched until Fox found himself on the receiving end of several clotheslines. Try as he might, Fox was out-powered and out-wrestled, unable to bring his speed to bear. Desperate and battered, Fox took the fight outside, receiving a warning that a chair is not legal to drop-toe-hold someone onto. Nor is it legal to Russian Legsweep someone into. Frehley shoved Fox away and slid a table into the ring, deciding he'd teach the DAVE reject a lesson with a back suplex through the wooden frame. The ref, not being biased, warned Frehley as Fox took advantage and tossed him over the ropes, following with a plancha and DDTing him onto a chair. But Frehley was able to recover and take things back inside, where Fox was able to avoid a Frehley's Comet and clothesline the man down, hitting a basement dropkick followed by a cartwheel corner kick. A seated punch flurry busted Fox open, and using the last reserves of his willpower he piledrove Frhley and dragged him to the corner... but lacked the energy for the top-rope DDT and fell to the mat. With Frehley exhausted, Fox only had the advantage for a short time, and he knew it. A spinning side kick later, Frehley was on the ground, and Fox headed for the turnbuckles, landing a double-footed stomp square on Frehley's stomach. But Frehley was able to kick out at 27:00. Another shot at a top-rope DDT failed, and Frehley went for the overhead flip slam, causing Fox to let out his howl for the Fox Hunting... but in the big leagues, they study their opponents, and Frehley kept him form reversing the hold, slamming him down to the mat and covering for the one, two, three at 29:00. B- In the old world of the CZCW, Flying Jimmy Foxx defeated E.M.M. Moe for the Coastal Zone Championship. Fox wondered if he'd had anythign to do with selection of the new champion... after all, there was supposed to be that feud... oh, well. The next week, Fox was given a match against Elmo Benson, who's partner Groucho Bling had been his first tryout match months ago. Fox took the early advantage, but Elmo got in a good, long string of attacks. But a series of chops and kicks got Fox back into the running, and legdrops and half-sentons gave him what he felt was a comfortable lead, which vanished when a missed elbow drop lead to another string of Elmo in control. The fight went outside, where Elmo landed a few more hites before Fox was able to twist him into position and deliver a piledriver onto a chair, followed by a back suplex through the table. Remembering that he's supposed to be the heel here, Fox got distracted and Elmo was able to hit splashes and kicks. One SSOC later, Fox decided to take the fight back into the ring. This may have been a mistake, as Elmo was able ot kick him down and drop an elbow, but Fox was able to piledrive him again... and then took him to the top rope! But no, Elmo forced his way out of the DDT and followed with a double axe-handle. One sit-out underhook facebuster later, Elmo had the win at 19:00. Match rating: C. Meanwhile, Lobster Warrior had won the North American Title, but Fox had a feeling he was in position to ask for a feud. Next time, on Fox Mask: How long will Fox go before he wins a match in the SWF? Has he managed ot bite off more than he could chew?
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August, Weeks 1 and 2 Brett Biggz had ticked somebody off. So had Groucho Bling. The pair of them would be in a handicap match against Fox, Black Hat Bailey, and Texas Pete. Fox was used to being on the other end of handicap matches; This should be fun. He started out with Groucho, and found himself severely outmatched. Apparently, he wasn't the only one training since they last met. Finally, Fox was able to hit a series of chops in the corner, evening the pace before tossing the Blinger and launching after him in a plancha. Fox proceeded to dish out the punishment until Groucho rolled inside and tagged out at 7:00. Fox took several hits and tried ot tag out, but the ref didn't see it. Fox desperate made several tries to tag out, being stopped each time. But finally, a pull of the rope sent Biggz over, and Fox was able to tag in Texas Pete. Pete beat on Biggz, working over the head and leg, and taggedin Bailey at 14:00. Bailey worked over Biggz and, rather anti-climacticly, got the ground roundhouse kick for three at 18:00. It was a C match, but Fox counted it as his first SWF win. SWF's Welcome to the Jungle took place the next Thursday, and Fox got a rematch against Elmo... in a First Blood match. Fox quietly thought about what moves he had that busted people open on a regular basis. Fox took the brunt of the early match, taking things outside to no avail. Chairs and tables were used on both sides, but no blood was coming. Back into the ring, finishers were traded back and forth, until 24:00.. when a GMK ended the match... and Elmo was busted open. It was a C+ match, but more importantly, Fox's first singles win in SWF. The next night, he teamed with Texas Pete against The Squid Squad. Fox started with Calamari, taking him outside quickly and being rolled back in just as quickly. Both men wore each other down, but Fox's attacks were, he felt, much smoother and better-looking. At 10:00, Kid was forced to tag in Jumbo Shrimp. Fox had his work cut out for him against the larger man, and decided he wasn't going to get very far, tagging out at 12:00. Pete went ot work on Shrimp's legs, mixing in piledrivers and the occasional eye gouge. A snake eyes on the guardrail and a stump piledriver on a chair put Pete squarely in charge, as he rolled Shrimp into the ring and... tagged Fox? Fox grinned and got Shrimp into the corner... but Jumbo pushed him away and tagged in Calamari at 26:00! Fox gritted his teeth and started with his trademark DDTs, with Calmari getting in a few good hits... but Fox was able to get the Ground Roundhouse Kick in for the win at 29:00. Rating: C, and another victory. On the next Fox Mask: That's three in a row. Can Fox keep his streak alive long enough to convince the Eisens he's worthy of a feud? And will his parents' resteraunt go under?
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August, Weeks 3 and 4. Once more, Fox was given a match with Steve Frehley. Presumably, to see if his win was a fluke or not. In this case, it seemed it was -- Frehley barely stopped to let Fox get in any hits. Desperate, Fox took the fight outside for a legsweep into a chair, drawin a warning from the ref. Frehley put a table in the ring, and then rolled Fox in as the ref dumped the table. Lucking out, Fox hit a cartwheel corner kick into a corkscrew legdrop. Frehley fought back, but Fox forced himself to irnoge the hurt and landed a charging basement dropkick, followed by an axe kick that got 2 at 17:00. A double underhook facebuster, however, busted Frehley wide open and got a three-count just seconds later. C+. Lobster Warrior lost the North American title to Remo, ending Fox's hopes of that feud. Faith, meanwhile, was at 15 defenses and counting and the Lords of War had yet to defend since Fox joined the company. The next week, Fox was given Freddie Datsun, someone new. Well, new to him. Freddie tried to start things off on a technical foot, and Fox was happy to oblige him, working over the arm with arm drags, wringers, and knees. Freddie got upset and began striking out, so Fox brought things a little more common, like piledrivers and neckbreakers. But Freddie's manager, Ana Garcia, distracted Fox long enough for Freddie to mount a comeback. An attempt at a top-rope DDT failed, and Fox wasn't able to get another shot. Freddie landed a vertical suplex, and another, and ano--FOX HUNTING! Freddie's busted open! One! Two! No! Fox tried ot put Freddie in the corner for another top-rope DDT try, but Freddit reversed and put Fox in there, going for a forearm corner charge... SUPERKICK! One! Two! Three! Only a C match, but 23:00 of C match. Next time, on Fox Mask: More of the same, as Fox tries to keep the streak alive. Current USA Overness: 54, or +19. How much longer until Fox gets a promotion?
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September, Week 1, and then maybe I'll take a day off. The next week, Fox was given a tables match against Groucho Bling. Fox figured his DAVE training would be perfect. A series of double axe-handles on the outside gave Fox some confidence, and in no time he was missing elbow drops off the top to the table. The majority of the fight stayed at ringside, despite a table being placed in the ring. Fox made liberal use of chairs as stationary objects, piledriving Bling into one to bust him wide open. Both ment went back and forth, slipping out of holds, until Fox summoned up his fighting spirit and hoisted Bling in a back suplex, turned, and put him through the announce table for the win at 19:00. It was Fox's first D-rated match in SWF. On the next Fox Mask: PPV week. Will Fox get a good match? And will his exhuberance at having a paycheck cost him financial security?
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September, Week 2 Fox was begining to realize the downside of a big fat contract: Boredom. One match a week, two possibly on PPV weeks? Bo-ring. He missed the possibility of a DAVE hardcore match, a CZCW one-on-one test of skill, a WLW wacky Japanese four-on-four tables match, and a NYCW tag-team contest all in the same week. And to think some people prefered one night of work a week... On the plus side, more time to train meant some good/bad news from his trainer. Apparently, there wasn't much need ot focus on technical skills -- at 28 points, Fox was probably as far as he'd get in that department. It meant more time to focus on his agility. Thursday was SWF: Under Control. He was teaming with Enforcer Roberts and Remo against Robbie Retro, Frehley, and Calamari. Fox started with Robbie, who got in a few hits and tagged out just a minute into the match, bringing in Frehley. Frehley delivered a beating, and eight minutes in Fox was looking like he'd need to tag out soon. After delivering a flying knee and a pair of corkscrew legdrops, Fox decided he wasn't going to last as long as he wanted to and tagged in Remo, on the theory that Remo losing would weaken him standings and make whoever beat him easier prey. It didn't quite work that way as Remo made short work of Frehley and forced him to tag out at 13:00 to Calamari. Remo tagged in Roberts at 17:00 after working over Kid, and Roberts began to finish the Kid off, working over his legs. Calmarai got a burst of energy, going for a running clothesline, but Roberts reversed it into a crossface at 20:00! Somehow, the Kid got to the ropes, but a back cradle piledriver immediately after put the Kid away, scoring another one for the bad guys. B-. The next day, Fox was teamed with Warlord Pain against the Underwater Union. Fox started with Calamari, and the two had started to get a good feel for each other. Fox slipped out of a facelock, dropped the Kid with a kick, slinshot him to the corner, but the Kid got away after a single chop and landed a clothesline and an elbow. The match was going to be pretty even, so Fox tagged in Pain to eliver the high-powered damage while he waited for a quick pinfall. Pain delivered a minute-long rear seated chinlock, and then tossed the Kid around like a large heavyweight should toss around a lightweight, until Kid got in a desperation clothesline and tag to Lobster Warrior at 8:00. As Pain and Warrior clashed bak and forth, Fox wondered why Lobby's claws weren't considered foreign objects and therefor illegal. Getting back to the match, Pain went for an Execution At Dawn on Lobby, but the crusty one countered with a dropkick. An exhausted Warlord looked for a chance to tag Fox back in, but Lobby wouldn't let up. Finally, Pain rolled through a high cross body for a two-count, and then quickly tagged Fox in at 17:00. A hard slap, and Fox was pushing Lobby into the corner, only for him to kick Fox away. Fox had to move quickly to prevent Calamari from being tagged in, hitting him with kicks, but with Lobby somehow knowin when the big ones were coming and ducking them. Finally, a seated neck plant lead to Fox landing his GMK, getting the pinfall over the former North American Champion at 22:00 in the C+ match. But there was some trouble brewing... Fox's resteraunt was losing money, and Fox himself tended to spend more than he should... friends told him he should scale back on the spending, but Fox just used his free time to crank up the surround sound on his home arcade theater and chilled. On the next Fox Mask: He's pinned a former champion. So what's next on the agenda?
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