Fox Mask in: Farewell to the Coastal Zone?

[infinitywpi]

Sorry. Sick fiancee and sick 13-month-old son makes for very little time to play games. Work, however, seems to be a different matter...

[MattH3322]

I understand what that is like.

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September, Weeks 3 and 4. Wow, only 50 posts and alreayd over 1000 views. Welcome to the Coastal Zone never took off that fast... Somewhere along the line, Fox had managed a coup without even realizing it. Eric Eisen, the owner's son and head booker, had taken a liking to the high-flying California boy, and the two had become friends. Which could get Fox much better matches... if it didn't get the locker room angry at him. The next show was Fox team with Enforcer Roberts again, this time against High Concept. Fox had faced both Elmo and Groucho a few times before, so this shouldn't be too difficult. Roberts started with Elmo, hitting a series of chops while The Guru distracted him. Roberts wore Elmo down with a series of blows and chinlocks, and Elmo finally had to tag out at 10:00... and Roberts let him. A chop war broke out, both men chopping the other, Groucho begining to chip away at Roberts until the big man took him outside and suplexed him into a chair... then threw the chair and Groucho into the ring and did it again. A face-first suplex ot the chair was countered by a dropkick, and the chair was thrown out as Roberts applied a single-leg grapevine. The ref got bumped during an irish whip, and Roberts took things outside again, suplexing Groucho through a table. The ref recovered, and a tired Roberts decided to tag Fox in for the finish. Fox feigned weakness, allowing Groucho to hit a few moves, but when he went for a suplex, it was countered into FOX HUNTING! And a last-second kickout at 24:00! Fox argued with the ref before delivering an axe kick, wiht the same results! A facebuster attempt was countered, and Fox went down to a clothesline, and Elmo tagged back in. Fox went for a superkick, but got tripped up. An outraged Fox landed a piledriver and pushed Elmo into the corner, and landed the top rope DDT! That got the three-count at 28:00. C+. Fox had settled into a routine, picking up mic tips from the managers and valets, speaking with his friends and teammates, and working out the rest of the week when he didn't have matches. It was a bit boring, but it was a routine. And Fox wasn't letting up on his training... he just had more time to devote to it. The next match stemmed from a previous tag, as Fox was facing Lobster Warrior. Fox tried to work on Lobby's arm, but a series of hits left Fox a little worried. Full of confidence, he picked up Lobby for an atomic drop... and Lobby fell on top of him... and Fox found himself pinned at 4:00. That's right. Fox lost to Lobster Warrior in four minutes flat. In an E match, because not much had happened. What a way to end a winning streak. Who booked this crap? On the next Fox Mask: Can Fox recover from the most humiliating los of his career?

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October, Week 1 It seemed that Fox was finding his place as both a heel utility player and as a stalwart foe of the Lobby/Calamari/Shrimp stable. Tonight, he was teamed with Warlord Agony against Lobby and Squiddie. Fox considered changing his name to Warlord Torture, but decided it didn't fit him. Agony started with Lobby. Agony beganwith a headbutt, followed by a two-minute choke hold that got multiple wanring form the ref before Lobby broke free. After more sleepers and choking, Lobby tagged out only four minutes into the match. It didn't change Agony's gameplan of "Hit the other guy in the head. Often." at all. At ten minutes, Agony went for a chokeslam but Calamari slipped out, kicked Agony down, and tagged Lobby back in. Ref bump on a whip, bulldog, more punches ot the head, and Agony tags out, his work done. The ref recovers in time ot see Fox hoist Lobby up to the top turnbuckle and bring him driving down wiht a top-rope DDT, busting him wide open. At 13:00, Fox avenged his four-minute loss by pinning Lobby after a single move for the one, two, thrKICKOUT???? Superkick, miss. Facebuster, miss. GMK, miss. Ground roundhouse kick, miss, and Lobby tags out to Calamari. Fox played Slap The Squid, hoisted him to the top turnbuckle, and delivered another top-rope DDT! 1-2-3 at 17:00 for the win in a B- match. The next week was PPV week, and Fox was begining to get a feel for this 'Johnathan Sasune' character... strange thinking of his real name as a character... but he was ****y, good at what he does, but feels more in control when he sends larger men at his enemies before finishing them off. With that in mind, he went into SWF: Let The Games Begin with the determination to never let another 'Lobby Fall' happen again. It wouldn't happen that night, that's for sure. Fox was left off his first SWF card while two seperate tag teams were split up into singles matches against random men. Fox felt... well, like an opener, which he was, but for the first time he felt... small-time. The next night, however, he'd have a match against Groucho Bling, who had lost ot Squeeky McClean at Games. The match went back and forth, Fox on the losing end of things until he was able to get Groucho outside and hit a few russian legsweeps onto chairs. But Groucho was able to take control again and Fox was obviously on the losing end of things as the fight went back inside, and every big move was avoided or broken. One slingshot legdrop later, Fox was hearing the ref count, and at 20:00, Bling got the win. Match rating: C+ Meanwhile, Christian Faith won his 20th straight title defense. Next time, on Fox Mask: Can the winnign streak begin again? And have we had the last of the Underwater Squad?

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October, Weeks 3 and 4 Fox may have lost matches during his indy career, but for the most part, those weren't on national, even global, television. And they certainly weren't as embarasing. For his next match, Fox was worried. His confidence was slowly starting to ebb, and he was wondering if everyone hadn't just been going easy on him. And sure enough, he had a feeling things were not going to go his way. Fox v Lobster, Redux: This time, it was a tables match, which for some reason didn't make Fox feel happier. At four minutes, karma kicked in as Fox tried to bodyslam Lobby throuh the table, and Lobby fell on top of Fox, triggering a bad flashback. The two fought back and forth, both avoiding anything that would put them through a table, until Fox won his redemption at 19:00 with a back suplex. D. In world news, North of the Border had become a Gloal promotion, AAA had gone to Cult and was getting a TV show. CGC had fallen to Cult status, and Alex Decolt had stopped down as head booker, to be replaced by Corporal Doom. CGC then made a rash of signings, including Fox's friend Acid. The next week, Fox was teamed with Andre Jones against Jumbo Shrimp and Robbie Retro in a single-table match. Fox started with Retro, and figured this would be a piece of cake. A long arm wringer and some top-rope moves, and Fox was large and in charge. One sudden spinebuster later, Robbie was tagging out at... you guessed it... four minutes. Fox took Shrimp outside and, after landing a flying elbow drop, put Shrimp on the announce table for another one, but this time Shirmp rolled off. After receiving one hell of a beating, Fox rolled Shrimp back in and tagged in Andre. Andre was a young rookie who had almost no experience before coming to SWF, and it was showing. But experience doesn't factor into a series of low blows, and with Jumbo's Shrimp in great pain, Andre tagged Fox back in at 18:00. Fox put Jumbo on the table and went for the turnbuckle, but was distracted by Shane Sneer. Shrimp clubbed Fox's back, but he slipped out of the DDT attempt and put Jumbo back on the table. Back to the turnbuckle... ook at the hangtime on that moonsault... through the table for the win! 20:00 of a C match wiht a rookie? Good enough for me. On the next Fox Mask: The winning streak returns. Can Fox keep control of his enthusiasm?

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September, Week 1 into 2 It was a fair bet that the win streak would continue, as Fox teamed with Bart Biggz to fight... Robbie Retro. Two on one. How could he lose, especially with Bart starting? And Bart's manager, Farrah? Bart wore Robbie down quickly, but took a few hits on the way and tagged Fox in at 6:00. Fox did his job, but missed a moonsault that nearly resulted in a pinfall for Robbie! Angry, Fox delivered his trademark slap, shoved Robbie to the corner, and you know what comes next... top rope DDT! Robbie was busted open and pinned at 12:00. C+. Fox was considering asking to be moved up the card and fight for the North American title... and then realized who had beaten Remo for it. Sam Keith. Lets stay away from that for a while. The next week was SWF: Break Like The Wind, and it's a wonder Spinal Tap hadn't sued them over stealing one of their album titles (Personally, Fox was waiting for CZCW: Shark Sandwitch). It was going to be big... an eight-man elimination match. Fox was teaming with Andre Jones, William Hayes, and... Calamari Kid? Against Brett Biggz, Robbie Retro, Julian Watson, and Jumbo Shrimp? Who was booking this? In any case, Fox started with Brett, last week's partner's brother. The two fought back and forth until Fox got the clear advantage, hitting a series of high-flying moves. But some quick counters and a stiff kick busted Fox open, and things began looking bad. But a chargin basement dropkick busted Biggz open, and things could go either way... at least, until Biggz tagged out to Shrimp at 10:00. Spending a minute trying to escape, Fox finally tagged in... Calamari. The Oceans Explode! Kid was outmatched, taking the brunt of the offense, but he somehow took Shrimp outside... and got suplexed onto a chair. But the Kid turned things around with liberal use of chairs, drop toe holds, and russian legsweeps, even returning ot the ring for a plancha. But Jumbo bodyslammed him through a table, and things could, again, go either way. But the fight went back inside, and Shrimp tagged in Julian at 20:00. A minute later, Kid tagged in Andre. Of the two rookies, Andre had the speed but Julian had the power. Andre showed off his Mad Chinlock Skills, and was clearly the better of the two. Sure enough, Julian had to tag out at 30:00, and Robbie Retro came in. It would take Andre three minutes to escape Robbie's furious attack, but he would tag in Hayes, who was pretty much your generic heel. Robbie seemed to block everythign thrown at him until Hayes was able to land a suplex, followed by a single leg grapevine, followed by an STF. But Robbie refused to submit, and went back on the offensive, until a series of blows of barely-countered powerbombs forced him to tag out at... 40:00. Brett came back in, and fell on top of Hayes as he tried a bow and arrow lock... but Hayes was able to kick out. Biggz tried to push the advantage, but the blood los from Fox's dropkick early on in the match made him dizzy, and Hayes was able to land a Northern Lights Suplex for the three-count at 42:00 for the first elimination. Shrimp came in, and was busted open by a basement dropkick, but refused ot submit to an STF. Bleeding badly, Jumbo tagged in Julian at 46:00, and Hayes tagged in Fox a minute later. Julian tagged Shrimp back in a minute after that, and Fox went for the win, only to be distracted by Shane Sneer. Finally, Shrimp went for the powerbomb... and Fox fell on top! One! Two! ThrNO! Angry, Fox hit the low blow and went for the turnbuckle, landing a picture-perfect moonsault fo rone, two, thrNO! Superkick! But Fox collapsed ot the mat, bleeding. Shrimp took advantage for a powerbomb... Fox falls out! One! Two! ThrNO! Vertical suplex! Fox falls! ThrNO! Axe kick on Jumbo! ThrNO! And Jumbo tags out at 52:00 to Julian, who hits a backbreaker and tags Shirmp back in. GMK! But once more, Fox collapses and can't cover! Jumbo tried ot tag out, but Fox managed to drag him away from the corner. Twisting neckbreaker, followed by a ground roundhouse kick! ThrNO! Vertical Suplex, Fox falls out, thrNO! Irish whip, superkick missed, and Julian is back in at 54:00. Bleeding, Fox collapsed, and Julian hit a Twisting Face Crusher. One, two, thrNO! Fox avoids another one, reverse DDT Neckbreaker! Up the turnbuckles, moonsault! ThrNO! Julian tagged Shrmip back in at 58:00. Fox tries a roll-up with a handfull of tights, but the ref sees it and warns him against it. GMK! ThrNO! The ref has enough of Shane Sneer and sends him away! Fox goes for the moonsault, but gets dizzy and slips off the second rope! Shrimp tags Julian! Irish whip! REF BUMP! Julian goes for a Bow and Arrow, but Fox falls out! There's no ref to count it! Ref wakes up! Shrimp back in at 63:00, hits a legdrop, Julian back in. Slap! Turnbuckle! But the top drop DDT fails! Shrimp in, vertical suplex, Fox falls! ThrNO! POWERBOMB! One, two, thrNO! Fox is still alive! Irish whip, and there goes the ref again! Everyone is exhausted and battered! Ref up! Legsweep, moonsault missed! Shrimp is too dizzy to notice! Fox gets up... double underhook facebuster! One, two... THREE! Shrimp is Elimination #2 at 68:00! Retro comes in, DDT! PICTURE PERFECT MOONSAULT! ONE! TWO! THREE! Robbie is Elimination #3, still at 68:00! Julian is the last man in, and is busted wide open by a piledriver! He brings Julian to the corner for a top rope DDT, gets him to the top... and collapses on him from blood loss! Julian picks up Fox for a superplex! FOX FALLS ON TOP! ONE, TWO, THRNOOOOOO! Dueling legsweeps! for hits the Ground Roundhouse Kick! One, Two, THREE! The match ends at 72:00! Rating: B (should've involved a table). Now -that-, my friends, is a pay-per-view quality match. On the next Fox Mask: SWF has a show the very next day. Will Fox be able to make it after that hellacious match?

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September, Week 2 continued into week 4. The very next night after his stunning three-elimination performance, Fox was given a singles match against Steve Frehley. Frehley started strong, but Fox took things outside and applied a liberal helping of chairs, via suplexes, toe holds, piledrivers, and an axe kick, but was unable to put Frehley away. But a double-underhook facebuster ended things at 16:00, Fox winning a C match. But the big news that night was the title match, as Christian Faith lost his months-long reign to... Jack Bruce??? Now we know what he got in exchange for defecting from TCW over a year ago... a title reign. In any case, Fox had a week to relax before he had yet another elimination tag-team match, this time back with Warlord Pain against Skull DeBones and Calamari Kid, who apparently hadn't really turned on Jumbo Shrimp, just... well, been upset, or something. Fox started with Skull, and tagged out after barely a minute, simply bored. Pain, at Fox's direction, took Skull outside and began suplexing onto chairs. Finally, Pain grabbed a chair and got ready to swing it into Skull's back, but Skull jumped forward and picked up Pain, bodyslamming him into the announce table! A bear hug and flurry of seated punches later, Pain was back in the game, but Skull countered a snake eyes and tagged in Calamari. Pain tried to dominate early, but Squiddie was too fast for him, and he quickly became exhausted. A twisting face crusher almost ended things for Pain at 18:00, but he slipped out of the next one and pounced on Calamari with a righteous fury, his fighting spirit causing every punch in his flurry to feel like four! The damage delivered, Pain taged in Fox, who landed a diving DDT and a GMK, busting the Squid open, almost getting an elimination at 19:00. An Axe Kick right afterwards had the same results, and the two danced around until the Squid tagged out at 23:00. A string of missed high-flying moves took it's toll on Fox, as Skull took advantage, but a freak DDT busted Skull open, and Fox saw his chance. To the turnbuckle, Picture-Perfect Moonsault! But skull kicked out just as the clock hit 30:00. Elevated powerbomb, but Fox falls out! One! Two! No! Skull signals for the Skull Krusher, but Fox counters into a diving DDT! GMK! 1-2-NO! Sit-Out Underhook Facebuster! 1-2-3! Skull is eliminated at 32:00! Squid jumps in with a lightning kick, dropping Fox, but misses the basement dropkick! Fox picks Squiddie up, and... THE SLAP! Squid in the corner! Squid to the top! Fox to the top! Fox flips off the crowd to really get the heat going his way! TOP ROPE DDT! ONE! TWO! THR-NO! How in the world? Axe kick countered with a legsweep, flip legdrop, Fox avoids another dropkick and applies a full nelson, driving Squid to the mat. Fox up to the turnbuckles, picture perfect moonsault! Calamari kicks out at 35:00! More dueling kicks as an axe kick is countered with a spinning wheel kick, Squid goes for a lightning kick, countered by a Fox superkick! At 40:00, it's one, two, three for the win! B match. As the week went by, Fox decided to rnu a few ideas by management, knowing they'd fail... but showing he was looking out for himself. Feuds with Christian Faith and Sam Keith were turned down. But the point was, he asked for them. The final week of the month was almost like a vacation week, Fox and Remo against Robbie Retro, who seemed ot get put into a lot of bad handicap matches. Fox started, going airborne after a drop toe hold and landing several flying knees and double axe-handles. He dodged a punch, hit a corckscrew legdrop, followed by a half-senton bomb. Robbie woke up to get in several leg-bending submission holds, but Fox recovered with a piledriver and a charging basement dropkick. Up to the turnbuckles, double-footed stomp! And Robbie barely kicked out at 4:00 into the squash. Axe kick countered with a clothesline, Fox avoids the knee pull and whips Robbie to the ropes, but gets caught with a backdrop. Slips out of another knee pull, lands a seated neck plant, to the ropes, moonsault, another kickout at 5:00. Axe kick countered by clothesline again, more knee pulls, Robbie goes for a bodyslam, countered into FOX HUNTING! Another kickout at 7:00. Exhausted, Robbie began to slow down. THE SLAP! CORNER! UP! FLIP-OFF THE FANS! TOP ROPE DDT! Robbie Retro finally gives up the ghost at 13:00. Remo yawns. C+. Profile update: Overness: USA 63 (+28), Canada 40, Mexico 40, Japan 30, UK 20, Europe 20, Australia 20. Spirit 36 (+18), Power 21 (+9), Tech 28 (+11, peak), Speed 73 (+11), Psych 86 (+6, peak), Stamina 82 (+4), Toughness 59 (+9), Charisma 73 (+3), Mic 69 (+20), Safety 90 (+2, peak), looks 66, Respect 57 (+5). Contracts: Currently a heel Midcarder with SWF. Relationships: Friends with both Richard and Jerry Eisen. Not Eric, as previously thought. Also picked up a dislike of Lobster Warrior.

[Adam Ryland]

That's a pretty impressive amount of overness gained in the US in such a short amount of time. Good stuff as always.

[Greg McNeish]

I sat down today to see if these diaries were worth the read. I think the question has been answered quite convincingly, as I read this entire thread in a single sitting. Great stuff, man. Once I get the program working (hopefully soon), I'm going to try my hand at this myself. You've inspired me. Cheers, mate!

[Greg McNeish]

Oh, and I wanted to add that flipping off the fans before the top rope DDT is a great touch. I think you're adapting quite well to this heel thing.

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December, Weeks 1 and 2 For the record, when I say "Flips off the fans to draw heat", that's my way of saying "Uses fighting spirit" without breaking the mood of the match. Thanks for the kind words... and yes, I had a feeling that was a lot of overness, but look at the win streak he had when he first got on TV... It was the Christmas season, and Fox's present came early. No, he wasn't in the main event... but he was in the pre-main event. Sure, it was a cage match, but it was against one of the most popular ment in SWF recent history: the masked man known as Enygma. It would be a high-flying cage match, to be sure. At leas,t that's what Fox thought, until Enygma tried to out-wrestle him. Trying hard to get away, Fox managed to trip him up. Flying knee! Leg lariat! Corkscrew legdrop! Half-sen... ow, hit the mat, that must've hurt. Enygma relied on brawling and a few technical throws to try and take the advantage, while Fox pushed his speed to the limit, hoping to hit more than he missed. Out of nowhere, irish whip into an axe kick,and Fox was headed for the cage wall! But Enygma pulled him down as he reached the top! Enygma goes for a hammerlock... FOX HUNTING out of nowhere! Enygma is bleeding from under his mask! Fox is goin for the turnbuckles... he's stopping? Turning? Misses the moonsault! Enygma is up and climbing! Fox kips up and pulls him down! Enygma goes nuts, Fox can't escape those blows! But the blood loss makes him dizzy... THE SLAP! CORNER... no, Enygma manages to reverse! Clothesline in the corner, and Fox slips out of the Enygma Variation! But gets caught with a double-arm DDT! Enygma climbs! Fox gets up and goes after him, but he's too later! Enymga is out of the cage at 22:00! C+. Well... even being in the ring with Enygma was fun, even if Fox didn't win. Cage matches weren't his thing, anyway. Christmas Clash was the next week, despite it being at least a week and a half from Christmas. Fox began to realize something... he had stopped following WLW, 4C, NYCW, USPW, even TCW. He checked up on the Coastal Zone every month, and took a smug satisfaction in knowing that those two egomaniacs, Nemesis and Eric Tyler, were always in the main event at DAVE... but he didn't follow the 'indy scene' anymore... was he getting a swelled head about his success? At Christmas Clash, Fox had a match against Freddie Datsun, while Engyma went on to face Joe Sexy. What would had happened, Fox wondered, if he had won? If he hadn't gone for that moonsault? Both men settled into their strategies early, Freddie working over Fox's leg and Fox relying on his kicks and turnbuckle moves. Fox was easily showing he was superior, but Freddie was relentless, and Fox had to make the most of every opening he got... which Freddie made harder as the match went on. Once more, Fox's confidence began to ebb, as Freddie now was a better technical wrestler than Fox at his peak... and knee pulls didn't hurt you if the other guy rolled out of the way. Seeking any advantage he could get, Fox tossed Freddie over the rope and followed with a plancha before the man could even hit the floor, but suffered for his strategy as Freddie suplexed him onto a chair. The fight went back inside, THE SLAP! CORNER! FLIP OFF! TOP ROPE DDT! Okay, that thing desperately needed a name now. ONE! TWO! AND FROM NOWHERE COMES FREDDIE'S MANAGER, ANA GARCIA, TO PULL THE REF OFF! AXE KICK! ONE! TWO! KICKOUT! More back and forth, throws, fighting... ankle lock on Fox! Fox taps at 28:00! B-. The winning streak was over... now was a streak that needed to be broken. The next night, Fox teamed with Bart Biggz against Frehley and Lobster Warrior in the hopes of snapping that losing streak. Fox and Frehley started, with Fox using his speed and kicks to get ahead, and psyching out Frehley by getting multiple one-counts by falling out of moves. But Frehley was able to work in a series of hard shots while Fox was on the mat, and Fox found himself considering making the first tag. But Fox refused to give up, and hit a string of high-flying moves, legdrops, and finished with a charging basement dropkick that busted Frehley open. But he tried a bit too much as he missed a double-footed stomp and Frehley pulled him down, almost getting a three-count. Frehley went ot tag in Lobby, but Fox pulled him away from the corner and then tagged Bart at 13:00. Bart hit an arm-wringer triple-kick and followed witha slingshot moonsault, but only got two, and the Biggz Up attempt failed. Frehley would then tag in Lobby at 14:00. Bart took Lobby to ringside, using chairs to his advantage, but a Lobster Pinch put a stop to that. Bart's manager Farrah intervened, and got sent ot the back for it. Being outside hurting more than helping, Bart took things back in, where things went much better for him after a series of dropkicks and rolling splashes, followed by a legwhip and another slingshot moonsault for two. A lightning kick put Lobby down... and Fox wanted in? Bart shrugged and tagged at 23:00, and Fox immediately lept to the top of the turnbuckles for the moonsault... and Lobby moved! One! Two! TheNO, Fox barely kicks out. Seated neck plant, but Lobby recovers and Fox slips out of a single-arm DDT, THE SLAP! CORNER! UP! No flipping off the fans this time, as Lobby breaks out of the hold and pushes Fox down. Fox avoids a figure four, Lobby avoids the GMK, LOBSTER TRAP! ONE! TWO! THREE at 26:00, and Fox falls to Loster Warrior, and his own overcompensating overconfidence, yet again. C+. On the next Fox Mask: Two shows left before the new year. Will Fox start 2006 as a winner, or a loser? And will we decide to start a new thread for 2006, or keep this one going? And will we finally see a name for that top-rope DDT? And will I ever shut up?

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December weeks 3 and 4 A return to a higher spot saw Fox teaming with Enforcer Roberts to face Skull DeBones and Enygma in the pre-main event on Supreme Asault TV. Even better, it was one of Fox's specialties... a table match. Fox and Skull started, and just like the last time they met, Skull was the early dominator, causing Fox to tag in Roberts less than a minute into the match. Of the next four minutes, two had to be made up of chinlocks as Roberts went to work. Battered, Skull took tihngs outside, where Roberts ran him into the ring post multiple times. Back in the ring, Roberts locked in an STF, but Skull managed to get out and tag Enygma. Enygma began to out-manuver Roberts, forcing the big man to take him out of the ring, but ot no avail as Enygma continued to be too fast, even sliding a table into the ring while runnign circles around Roberts. Even the Enforcer's mastery of the chinlock failed to help. Three minutes went by where every move attempted was either blocked or broken, on either side. Back in the ring, Roberts took a variety of shots but finally landed a hammerlock back bomb, and made the 'hot tag' to Fox at 26:00. The two men went back and forth, exchanging rapid-fire moves but neither one able to get the other near the table. Legwhip! Legdrop! Basemnt dropkick! Axe kick! DDT THROUGH THE TABLE, and it's now Enygma 1, Fox 1. Pity Enygma doesn't want a feud... but Fox gets the win at 35:00. C. It was time for the last show of the year. Before the show, Fox took time to reflect on the past. He was glad to be in SWF. The Coastal Zone had changed... gone were Snap Dragon and E.M.M. Moe... hell, except for the Gilberts, Miss Mexico, and Flying Jimmy Foxx, he didn't know most of these people. His family's resteraunt, after losing money, was almost breaking even. And evne with the purchase of that resteraunt, his bank account was barely a grand lower than it was at the begining of the year. 2005 had been good... now to top it off right, with a win. ... Fox was left off the last TV taping of the year. Taste the irony. Not even the fact that he was named #114 on the Top 500 Wrestlers of the World list could help him feel better... he knew the list just included North America and Japan. If the Lucha Loonies and Eurotrash had been counted, he'd pobably be down in the 200s. Oh, well. There's always 2006... he'd come so far, but the last few rungs of the ladder looked so far out of reach...

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Fox Mask, Year Two Johnathan Sasune is known to the Sports Entertainment fan as the brash youngster who showed up in the Supreme Wrestling Federation in late July of 2005. After losing a few matches, he went on a winning streak that was only stopped by Lobster Warrior, leading to several clashes between himself and the stable of Lobster, Calamari Kid, and Jumbo Shrimp. Towards the end of 2005, Sasune seemed to have moved up the ladder a bit, having matches with Skull DeBones and Enygma. He seemed to have come out of nowhere, and had nothing but good things going for him, with his arsenal of kicks and flashy flying stunts, complemented with a handful of vicious power moves and his ability to put on aboe-average matches on a fairly consistent basis. But to those who follow wrestling, there is another side of Johnathan Sasune. Studying tapes of Japanese Puro and fashioning his own ring attire, the young man got his start on the California independent scene as Fox Mask, building a small following and winning the Coastal Zone Championship. In early 2005, he set his sights on expanding, and after working for several promotions in the US, Japan, and Canada, he received a contract with SWF... where, not wanting to taint the reputation of Fox Mask with the heelish role SWF wanted him to play, he began working under his real name. But a part of him has always felt that, if he were to obtain true fame, there was only one name he could use... Now approaching his 26th birthday, Johnathan Sasune is living his dream, but begining to realize his limitations. Unable to always deliver what the ans want, and sometimes able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, he has learned all he can about match psychology and technical wrestling. Focusing on his speed and what power he has, he's looking to capture a singles belt... and if the booker is willing, find himself in the main event of an SWF Pay-Per-View. But will it be Fox Mask that rises to stardom, or will the star of the independent circuit be forgotten in a world of fast cars, large apartments, and the crowds that only a global federation can provide? New Moves: Snap Suplex Onto Chair. Take Snap Suplex. Remove 'can be done on a chair' and add 'requires a chair'. Wow to 10, Ouch to 30, Stiffness to 20, Body Impact to 40. Raise cheating level and move level to Medium. Fox Flipoff DDT. Take Top Rope DDT. Remove 'can be done onto chair'. Up Frequency to 30. Lower Wow to 80 (as the crowd knows what's coming, and the expectation offen doesn't match reality). One more, but that's a surprise... Yes, I was considering doing this as a new threat... but why break the momentum?

[infinitywpi]

2006, January, Week 1. A new year, and Fox had been sunk down to the 'eternal midcard' area of the company, where theam you with other people in hopes of someone getting over in ugly matches. Fox was teaming with Texas Pete and Blakc Hat Bailey against High Concept (Elmo and Groucho) and Sam Keith, who was apparently slumming it. Fox saw his chance... if he could pin Keith... Pete and Keith started the match, your typical brawling / opening style of fight, amazingly with Pete getting the better of it by far, and Keith slowly losing hope, tagging out to Groucho at 7:00. Grouch quickly went to work, wearing down Pete, but was taken outside and bodyslammed onto a chair. But after that, Grouch went to town, and Pete was in trouble, and after a running face smash onto a chair he tried to roll back in... but being exhausted, it was easy for Groucho to catch him and continue the punishment until Pete was able to make a desperate tag to Bailey at 13:00. A few quick moves later, and Groucho tagged in his tag-team partner Elmo. The two fought back and forth until Bailey got in a minute-long Bow and Arrow Lock on Elmo, and that caused a severe shift in the match. Satisfied, Bailey tagged in Fox at 19:00 to finish the match. Fox wanted to pin Keith, but he'd take a win in any case, and after a hard slap landed an Axe Kick on Elmo, but only got two. Elmo tagged Groucho back in, and Fox sighed, proceeding to get his arse kicked as he simply couldn't counter anything. Finally, a desperation wheel-kick counter allowed him to tag Bailey back in at 25:00. Despite wearing Groucho down, Bailey began hurting too, and after a massive piledriver he tagged Fox back in. Fox went for an irish whip, but it got reversed... and Groucho tagged Keith in! Now was Fox's chance to shine... and nearly lost the match, barely kicking out after missing a moonsault. Somehow avoiding a proton lock, Fox landed a reverse DDT neckbreaker and picked up the living legend, shoving him to the corner! Up! Up! and... Keith blocked the Fox Flipoff! Back on the mat, Proton Lock! But Fox refused to tap out, making it ot the ropes. SLAP! CORNER! UP! No, Keith breaks out. Irish Whip, Axe Kick, and a kickout at the last second. And the window closed as Keith tagged out at 37:00 to Elmo. Busted open by an Elmo DDT, Fox knew the smart thing to do would be to tag out... but dammit, he was starting the new year off with a win! SLAP! COR... nope, reversed. Outside the ring, Fox tried looking under the ring apron for something, but Elmo caught up to him... and Fox responded by DDTing him through a table! Back in the ring, DDT, Moonault, only two! Double Underhook Facebuster! And Fox gets the win at 42:00 in a C+ match... but what was he looking for under the ring? On the next Fox Mask: PPV week, and Fox is looking to go undefeated in 2006 as long as posible. Can he do it?

[infinitywpi]

January, week 2. SWF: When Hell Freezes Over. Not the main event... not the pre-main... but the pre-pre-main. Which wasn't bad. Fox was facing Steve Frehley again, and this time, felt he'd be much more impressive. It was a nice, simple, one-on-one match. After five minutes, the fight moved outside the ring, and liberal useage of chairs were applied. Frehley, for some reason, kept putting a table in the ring, and the ref kept taking it out, all while fox battered the man (and took a few hits, too). A twisting neckbreaker, and Fox rolled Frehley back into the ring. Irish whipe, axe ki... no, clothesline counter! And a Seated Face Plant busts Fox open! Irishi whip, ref bump, and a piledriver busts Frehley open! Fox takes Frehley outside, missed a plancha, but Frehley can't seize the moment and gets piledriver through the table! Fox gets dizzy, and takes a suplex powerslam! Overhead flip slam, and Fox counters into a divin DDT onto a chair! Back in the ring, just in time for the ref to wake up. Frehley avoids the GMK, but remains lying in a pool of his own blood. Hammerlock kick... CORNER! UP! FOX FLIPOFF DDT! And that's all she wrote at 23:00. B-. The next night on TV, Fox was back into 'shuffle everyone around' mode, teaming with Rich Money and Remo (w/Jessie) against Frehley, Skull DeBones, and Datsun (w/ Ana Garcia)... in an elimination tables match. Fox and Frehley started, and about four minutes in Fox accidently tagged in Rich Money (Note to self: Post on suggestions board for a 'cancel tag' button when it asks you who you want to tag in). Money worked over Frehley's legs, and tagged Fox back in at 10:00... after all, Fox was the ringleader, directing everyone he teamed with. Fox took Frehley outside, hit a DDT onto a chair, and dropped an Elbowo n Frehley through the table. Skull was the next one in, and Fox tagged out to Remo after taking a few punches. Remo and Skull beat the ever-lovin' crap out of each other until Remo tagged in Fox after a long series of fists while Skull was down. Fox left the ring, slid in a table, hit Skull with a flying leg lariat, set up the table, and DDT'd DeBones through it at 25:00. He then quickly tagged out to Rich Money so he could face the fresh Datsun. Getting the worst of it, Money tagged in Remo at 34:00. Datsun was on fire -- anything he couldn't avoid or slip out of resulted in Ana Garcia distracting the opponent until he could recover. But another long series of Remo punches resulted in Fox getting tagged in for the kill. This time, fox hit the plancha after tossing Datsun out, SLAP! TABLE! CORNER! MOONSAULT! And Fox wins it at 37:00. C+. Next time, on Fox Mask: 3-0 in 2006. But records mean little when you're still a midcarder. Can the Fox break out of the pack?

[infinitywpi]

January, Weeks 3 and 4 Fox found it oddly interesting that several of the people he disliked... Insane Machine, Booger Man, The Wolverine... had recently been fired. Lets hope SWF didn't pick up their contracts. But then, why would they? These people were nobodies... not like him... Friday came around, and Fox was given a one-on-one with a former North American Champion. Not Lobby or Sam Keith... but Angry Gilmore. A win here could really make him look good. Angry took control early with jumping moves, but Fox was able to hit a few kicks and launch off the turnbuckles to keep things even before Angry got in a string of diving moves of his own. Showing a hint of strategy, Fox hit a couple dropkicks to Angry's knee, then went for a single leg grapevine. Suplexes from nowhere and a bow-and-arrow lock put the pain on Fox, and a simple fisherman's suplex finished the job, giving Fox his first loss of the year at 20:00 in a C match. That wasn't going to inspire anyone to push him up the card... Meanwhile, someon backstage told him that Richard Eisen had been refering to one Johnathan 'Fox Mask' Sasune as his best friend. Fox was fairly sure he had a job for life, even if he never became a big star. The next week was back to familiar territory: Sasune vs Frehley, part... eh, I stopped counting. This time, set inside the confines of a steel cage. Frehley showed uncommon speed, avoiding everything and grabbing Fox off the turnbuckles whenever he went there, until Fox finally got Frehely to the corner and delivered a series of chops and punches, ending with a cartwheel kick. More punishment by Frehley, and Fox sneaks in a DDT and a leg grapevine. Frehley responded with suplexes, until Fox finally put a stop to that with a seated neck plant, and a charging basement dropkick left Frehley dazed. Fox sprinted for the top of the cage, but Frehley recovered just in time to pull him back in. More suplexes, and Fox gets royally ticked off, pushing Frehley into the corner hard enough to bounce his head on the cage. Fox goes up, but Frehley pushes him away. SLAP! CORNER! UP! NO! Fox fell out of a face-first suplex and tried to escape the cage, again being caught at the top. Fox slipped out of a suplex powerslam and landed a springboard spinning kick, and as Frehley began to get up, nailed the GMK! Up, over, down, and Fox escapes the cage at 22:00. C+. But that night, Fox's hopes of facing Sam Keith for the North American Title faded, as Joe Sexy defeated Keith. On the next Fox Mask: Undefeated February? And Fox's resteraunt has had a very good two months -- can it last?

[The Future]

Oo Now Read My Diary

[infinitywpi]

February, Weeks 1 and 2. Fox would start the first week of February undefeated... and would stay that way easily, as he was given the night off. Well, that's the cheap way to avoid a loss, I guess. But the big news was that Jack Bruce had lost the SWF Heavyweight Title... to Christian Faith. Seeking something to do, Fox went to management and, after his request for a title shot (look, like I'mgonna beat him?) was denied, he worked his way into a feud with Skull DeBones. With luck, it'd be a one-week feud, start on PPV and end the next night. At SWF: Nothing To Lose, he teamed with Black Hat Bailey against Skull and Sam Keith. It would be a good test of how much chance Fox had at this slightly ill-conceived plan. The answer was 'not very well', as Fox foun it near-impossible to avoid or break through any of Skull's moves, barely landing any of his own. Pride prevented Fox from tagging out, but after a stiff flying knee to Skull, the masked man tagged out at 9:0 to the legend, Sam Keith. In response, Fox tagged in Bailey, and the fight began anew. Amazingly, Beiley got the better of the better-known Keith. Fight spilled outside, cue chairs, yadda yadda, cue table, yadda yadda, Keith tags out at 25:00, battered and beaten. Minute-long surfboard, Bailey tags out at 29:00. Out of the ring, plancha, implant DDT through table, picture-perfect Moonsault, and Skull kicks out at the last second. Axe Kick, same result. Fallout of a vertical suplex, same result. SLAP! CORNER! UP! But Skull is too big for the Fox Flipoff! Skull gets crotched on the ropes and thrown off instead. GMK! Blood! And he -still- kicks out at the last second! Axe kick is countered, and there's the tag to Keith. Avoid the proton lock, back outside the ring, plancha again, Fox tries to put him on the table but the table legs buckle. PROTON LOCK! But Fox manages to slip out after a bit! Irish whip, SLAP! CORNER! TOP! But the DDT is blocked. Fox is kicked away, PROTON LOCK! Fox taps at 38:00, C+. The next night, Fox had no match again. The feud, perhaps, had been forgotten. On the next Fox Mask: Will Fox actually get on TV this month?

[rtyman]

Wow, I had no clue about this one. Just read it all, good stuff man.

[infinitywpi]

February, Weeks 3 and 4 Time seemed to fly by faster now that Fox was on one show a week. He used to rely on a show a week, being left off a show a week, and occasionally another show or two depending on how the smaller feds were doing. Now... just one. It was... stable, predictable, boring almost. But who leaves a job with the #1 promotion in the world because they don't get to work enough? Maybe because they hate being in the midcard shuffle. Fox, Remo, and Rich Money against High Concept and Datsun. Yawn. Same ol' same ol'. Remo and Bling started. Bling pinned Remo on the first move when Remo went for a bodyslam and Bling fell out of it. ... well, pinned, but only got a one-count. I had you for a moment there, didn't I? Bling tags in Datsun at 8:00. Elmo tags in at 17:00. Remo tags in Rich at 18:00, having decimated two men. Money, having destroyed Elmo's leg, tags in Fox at 25:00. Elmo tags to Bling. Fox Flipoff at 30:00, and it's 1, 2... Skull DeBones pulls ref out! Axe kick, gets two. Superkick is ducked and Bling tags in Datsun. Datsun blocks a second Fox Flipoff, but takes a GMK at 33:00 for the three-count. C match. Well, that was... generic. But the addition of Skull's run-in made it interesting, at least. Meanwhile, the CZCW title had been won by some guy named Jack Geiderocinialanasomething... pity. Even small feds should have a sense of tradition. The next week was more wacky tag action as Fox and Rich teamed against Elmo and Shrimp. Fox and Elmo started. Fight, dodge, fight, dodge, hold, hold, fly, dodge, over the ropes, baseball slide, chair, chair, DDT through table, piledriver chair, DDT chair, SLAP! DRAG IN! CORNER! UP! But Fox is pushed off the corner. Spinning side kick and a GMK at 12:00, and Elmo kicks out at the last second, tagging in Shrimp right afterwards. Fox takes punishment and tags in Rich at 15:00. Minute-long knee bar. Knee Breaker, followed by three-minute-long knee bar. Jumbo is limping. Knee Lift ountered into a screw legwhip. More knee bar. Finally, Shrimp's manager distracts Rich, but Shrimp is too hobbled to do much. Shrimp's legs are pretty much gone. Money tags in Fox at 31:00, and Fox begins going after the head. Shrimp avoids a DDT, goes for a vertical suplex, but his leg gives out on him and Fox falls on top, almost getting three. And again. Chained driving DDTs, as Fox realizes something: If the midcard is all injured, then he -has- to get to play with the big boys. Elmo looks on, concerned and upset that he can't get tagged in as Shrimp is on the wrong side of the ring. Shrimp avoids another DDT! Full Nelson! Legdrop! And Shrimp is crawling to his partner... Fox can't stop him! Elmo back in! Fox makes the tag to Rich! Elmo dances, dodges, lands dropkicks... Rich with an Irish whip... brass knuckles in his tights! Elmo goes doen, busted open! The ref warns Rich, but doesn't DQ him! ONE! TWO! NO! Fox tagged back in. CORNER! UP! Fox gets pushed down! Double axe handle... no, Elmo saw Fox telegraph a superkick and decided not to jump into his foot. Fox sighs... and gets hit with the axe handle! Elmo... tags in Shrimp???? Stupidest move in the history of SWF right there. Another DDT, and Fox is pickng up an obviously hurting Shrimp... and there's the kill with a decapitating Axe Kick. Shrimp isn't moving. The ref is checking on him and calling for the bell, raisinghis arms over his head in an 'x'. Fox and Rich win at 42:00. C+. It was a nasty way to in a match... but he and Rich made a good team. Rich worked legs better than the Rockettes, and Fox's arsenal of moves tended to go after the head and neck... and torsos can't fight. Fox conisdered, once this Skull business was over with, to request a tag team with Rich. And in the meantime, PGHW had risen to the global level, and were debuting their own TV show: Action. The resteraunt? Had it's third money-making month in a row, after a string of losing. As for Fox? He was wondering just how long feuds were supposed to go on for in this company... Next time, on Fox Mask: Just how badly hurt is Jumbo Shrimp? And will there be repercussions for Fox's actions?

[Greg McNeish]

Shame on you, Fox. Taking out your frustration at being a midcard on Jumbo Shrimp like that. You're the new Amhed Johnson. Keep up the great diary, man. As you can tell, I'm hooked.

[Briskout]

[QUOTE=The Future]Oo Now Read My Diary[/QUOTE] Over at EWB this isn't allowed and I don't know if it is over here but this is no way you're going to get someone to read. To infinity: I'm loving this. I'm going to be checking out your TEW diary soon but I'm loving Sasune. Maybe one day you can turn face and bring in the Fox Mask but either way, it's all good.

[infinitywpi]

March 2006, Weeks 1 and 2 Don't know when or if Fox'll turn face here... just did it over in Welcome to the Coastal Zone, so it'd just seem redundant... altho I did steal the slap-corner-up-Flipoff for over there... anyway, one last cheap plug, Welcome to the Coastal Zone has been joined by Welcome to the Real World: A WWE diary where Vince has gone nuts, fired a lot of people, and everyone else is trying to figure out why... and why did Gene Snitsky go all shoot-fight on Lita and Kane during a hardcore match? Back to -this- diary... Fox had expected something to happen for his treatment of Jumbo Shrimp. After all, Shrimp may not be a bigger star, but he had seniority. Shrimp didn't make the next TV taping. But as punishment, Fox was bumped down the card, given a match against the Calamari Kid early in the show. Unfortunately, he may be working the matchinjured as well, as an offhand comment ot Christian Faith about being able to pull a great match out of the Kid resulted in a brawl. Typical match between these two, high-flying and kicks from Fox, some jumping and headlocks from Squiddie. Fame Dropped by Fox for two at 18:00. GMK got 2 at 20:00. Slap-corner-up-Flipoff at 27:00 got... two. Double underhook facebuster immediately afterwards gets blood and... two. Springboard body press by Squiddie gets two. Axe Kick at 30:00 gets two. Springboard FrankenRana immediately afterwards gets... two, as Skull DeBones shows up and distracts the ref. Spinning Inverted Piledriver is countered, Squid goes for another springboard body press, but Fox falls out on top. Two again. Squid starts feeling the loss of blood, and Fox capitalizes with a Tiger Bomb... for three, at 32:00. B match. SWF: Awesome Impact. Fox and Rich were teaming again, against Skull and Groucho Bling. Fox and Skull started. Fox went for the turnbuckle early, but Skull stopped him with nerve holds, until Fox managed to escape and the flying began. From there on, it was all kicks and turnbuckle until a missed rana let Skull take control. But Fox managed to slip out of a choke hold and land three charging basement dropkicks in a row, putting things firmly in his favor, but Skull tagged out at 12:00. Fox took Groucho outside, making use of chairs to keep the advantage on his side, but Groucho slapped on a few submission holds to wear Fox down, and eventually took things inside. Refusing to tag in Rich, Fox was sure he could handle things, but a slingshot legdrop ended in a three-count at 19:00, with Fox having never tagged his partner in. C+ match. The next night, it was tag-team madness again, as Fox teamed with Money, Pete, and Bailey against High Concept, Calamari, and a returning Jumbo Shrimp. Since the player is somewhat bored right now, we're hitting the emergency button, let's see who wins... and it's Fox's team! Yippie skippy! On the next Fox Mask: Will Fox and Skull ever get a singles match? And based on their last meeting, will Skull be able to survive it without looking bad?

[Guest Weden]

[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] The foxtrot'd Rock your Fox off <_<

[jksander]

I wish my reports were as good as these ;) At this point I'm amazed I keep managing to win, let alone do as well at writing it up as you :) Great read!