Forrest Masters

== Early Life ==
Forrest Masters is the son of David Masters and Yoko Cindy Matsudaira. Forrest grew up around professional Wrestling, knowing Paul E. Dangerously, Curt Henning, Kerry Von Erich, and the Gagne's on a personal level from a young age. When his father decided to become a businessman and earned himself a billion dollar fortune, Forrest became a snobby, spoiled brat that always got his way because of who his father was. When Forrest was 12, David could see Forrest wasn't growing into the young man his father wanted him to become. David thought that his son needed to learn about discipline, or his son would become a spoiled brat all of his life and try to leech onto the Masters' family fortune. In order to do so, the elder Masters sent Forrest to Japan to train under his best friend, the mysterious karate master Gouken. At first, Forrest was very hesitant to learn from Gouken, wanting to go back to the United States, but later began to respect his master. He even enjoyed the company of Gouken's adopted son, Bo, since he had a foil to finally pull pranks on, although this got Forrest into a lot of trouble. Bo and Forrest would later become best friends and each other's principal rivals. When they were 15, Bo and Forrest sneak out for adventure at the G.I. Bar and have a night of hard drinking and fighting. Forrest's father makes a surprise visit to take Forrest home and Gouken decided that both of his pupils had grown up to be fine fighters and decided that their training was over and could now leave the dojo but not before Mr. Masters taught the boys a lesson in Boxing. thumb|left|200pxBo decided to travel across Japan in order to continue his training, whereas Forrest was finally happy to be going back home to the United States after his years of straining his back for master Gouken and finally learning the meaning of humility. After coming home, Forrest continued to study martial arts learning Shorin Ryu from Master Boyd Dux and competed in many different Martial Arts tournaments held in the United States, winning more than 100 competitions inside of a 2 year span. Forrest’s greatest accomplishment at this time came when he competed in and won the North American Full Contact Karate Championship Tournament. Forrest would remain Champion for the next 6 years from 1984-1990 and made it a point to defend his title at the tournament every year until he retired from Karate competition in 1990. 
== Street Fighter II V-17 ==
One day Bo received an unexpected letter from Forrest. The letter tells him to come to America for a visit. The two of them have not seen each other in a year, and so this is the reason Forrest sends the letter. Bo, after thinking about it, decides to go to America at Forrest’s request. When he arrives at the San Francisco airport, he finds Forrest. The two of them then drive home to Forrest's place, relax a bit, then go out for the night on Forrest's motorcycle.
They go into the pub called Mt. Fuji, where they beat up some military thugs who tried to fight them after Forrest wooed one of their dates. Afterward, the leader of the military thugs, Guile , enters the bar and sees what Bo and Forrest have done to his men. Guile and Bo fight each other, though it is obvious Guile has the upper hand. He has much more experience and military combat training, and even though Bo has mastered martial arts, he still cannot best Guile in the least. Guile easily overpowers Bo, and then leaves the bar with his men, telling Bo that he has guts. Forrest takes Bo home, then fights Guile at the Air Force Base in San Francisco.
Forrest loses badly as well, and then Forrest and Bo travel to Hong Kong in hopes of improving their fighting skills. Bo and Forrest stay at a fancy hotel in Hong Kong. 
There, their tour guide, Chun-Li , enters the helicopter Forrest ordered before her arrival. Chun-Li is meant to guide Bo and Forrest throughout Hong Kong. However, she doesn't know they want to go to the Devil's Battle Cage in Kowloon Palace to fight in the martial arts tournament there and get stronger. Forrest and Bo convince their pilot, Tyler, to land in Kowloon Palace, albeit after a tough time convincing him. Once in Kowloon Palace, Bo, Forrest, and Chun-Li enter into the martial arts tournament building. Bo defeats all the opponents there. Then, Lean, the leader of the Devil Battle's Cage martial arts tournament, tells everyone in Kowloon Palace to kill Bo, Forrest, and Chun-Li on sight for humiliating him Bo, Forrest, and Chun-Li fight their way through Kowloon Palace, defeating all the foes they encounter. Chun-Li leads Bo and Forrest to the exit of Kowloon Palace, only to be stopped by the evil Lean. Lean sends his two henchmen, Sodom and Gomorrah after Bo and Forrest to stop them from escaping. Bo and Forrest defeat them, only to find Lean has Chun-Li held hostage. Chun-Li's father Dorai, who is the police chief of Hong Kong, shoots Lean in the hand just as he is about to fire at Bo and Forrest. Dorai, Chun-Li, Bo, and Forrest then go back to the hotel they are staying in, where Chun-Li tells them she will take them to go see the martial arts master Yuē shū yà tomorrow. Bo, Forrest, and Chun-Li visit ,Yuē shū yà who is filming a movie. Yuē shū yà picks which actor he wants for the fight scene he is currently filming, stating that "fights have to be real", rather than just act via fake fighting like a normal actor would. Yuē shū yà picks Forrest as the fighter for the scene, and Forrest fights Yuē shū yà . While this is supposedly part of the film, Yuē shū yà and Forrest take the fight a little too far for a film. The match ends in a draw when the director of the film stops the fight because of the injuries Yuē shū yà and Forrest are inflicting upon each other. 
Bo, Forrest, and Chun-Li go shopping at a shopping mall. Once there, Bo meets a strange old man who it seems is about to die, as he is sweating and looks to be in bad condition. Bo says he will call an ambulance for him, but the old man insists on Bo taking him to a place of privacy. There, the old man practices a martial arts technique in front of Bo, where he uses his ki to create a blue fireball from his hands. He swallows this fireball, and, after it explodes in his stomach, he's fine and back in good health. Bo wants to learn how to do the technique the old man just did, and so he takes him to his shop where they can have privacy and practice the technique. Bo doesn't master it, although he gains a little more knowledge about his spiritual self after this encounter. The evil crime organization called Ashura sets up a plan to kill Chun-Li's father for foiling their plans before. Chun-Li is used as bait for Dorai's death, and when Chun-Li goes to a park and waits on Bo and Forrest to come themselves, she is ambushed by an Ashura member disguised as a clown. Bo and Forrest get there just in time to save Chun-Li, defeating all the Ashura foes. Chun-Li, Bo, and Forrest then go to Dorai's dojo to prevent the Ashura from attacking him and killing him. Chun-Li goes inside to protect Dorai, while Forrest, Bo, and Yuē shū yà battle the Ashura to stop them from getting inside. They eventually triumph, and the Ashura flee the scene. Bo and Forrest decide to go to Thailand in hopes of learning the fighting style of Muay Thai. Once at the airport in Bangkok, Bo and Forrest go to separate lines to get approval to get into Thailand legally. Because of this, Donu, the member of the Ashura who fled, sneaks up on Bo and plants heroine in his backpack as a way to get revenge. Bo doesn't notice this at first, and just as he and Forrest go down an escalator, Bo is caught with heroine in his backpack and is sent to prison. There, he endures brutal torture from Warden Nuchi, as well as taunting from other prisoners. Bo eventually attacks the two prisoners that are taunting him throughout the day. After that, Sagat, who is "the one to fear" according to the prisoners that taunted Bo, gets prepared to battle Bo. Sagat and Bo battle each other using Muay Thai. Bo eventually stops using Bo and just uses his regular fighting style, and begins to overpower Sagat slightly. The fight ends in a draw after Sagat realizes that he and Bo are kindred fighting spirits. Sagat vows to protect Bo as long as he is in prison, and he calls the fight off. Nuchi then insists Sagat and Bo continue to fight because he wants 50% of the money that was bet in the fight before it was called off by Sagat. Sagat refuses, and an angered Nuchi attempts to kill Sagat. Bo and Sagat fight off Nuchi, and then Forrest, after much work, manages to get Bo out of prison. Bo says farewell to Sagat, and then Bo and Forrest get in the car and Bo finds out who was behind his imprisonment. Bo and Forrest travel to the Ashura's secret hideout building, where they manage to defeat Donu and the other Ashura members in the building to get revenge for what happened to Bo. They bring them into custody, then after getting out of the building, they are fired at by a sniper in a building a few stories above. Bo and Forrest manage to escape the sniper relatively unharmed (the only thing that was harmed was Bo's shoulder, and only slightly). They get atop the vehicle of the guy that shot at them, unbeknownst to the sniper. They arrive at another secret hideout of the Ashura, where one of their main headquarters appears to be. There, they are severely beaten by an evil man named Zochi. Zochi carries a chainsaw on his left hand, although it is never explained how he lost his left hand. Zochi, after realizing torture will not make Bo and Forrest tell him who they are "supposedly" working for (in truth, they are working for no one, but Zochi doesn't believe them), he puts Bo in a chair, where he is tied up. Bo attempts to wiggle himself out, but Zochi plans to cut Bo's left arm off with his chainsaw to add to his "collection" of other left arms. Just as Zochi is about to do so, the alarm sounds as Dorai and the rest of the police who are with him enter the secret hideout, thanks to the tracker Dorai planted on Soong. Distracted by this, Bo and Forrest defeat Zochi and the other Ashura members in the room, much to the surprise of Dorai and the rest of the police with him when they enter the room. Sagat, in the end, is freed from prison in light of new evidence proving his innocence. Sagat asks Bo to show him the scroll he got from master Yo. He then tells Bo if he wishes to learn about Hadou, he should travel to India, where a monk named Dhalsim lives. Bo and Forrest visit India to learn about Hadou from a monk named Dhalsim who lives in northern India. Bo and Forrest fight some evil men who want to destroy Dr. Hanna's small hospital, that she says is a refuge for the poor of Calcutta. Forrest makes a phone call that buys the land the men want to use as their own, and thus Dr. Hanna never has to worry about them again. When Bo and Forrest arrive in the village where Dhalsim is, Dhalsim refuses to teach them the ways of Hadou, because they are "beasts with an aggressive spirit", and thus are unworthy to be taught Hadou. Bo and Forrest befriend the villagers to impress Dhalsim and motivate him to teach them Hadou. Dhalsim eventually shows Bo and Forrest the Cave of Ancients, telling them never to go in there for there is a terrible monster in there. Bo and Forrest enter the Cave of Ancients to get the treasure out of there. The reason for this is because an evil man and his crew want the treasure for their own gain. Two of his men have already died, and he only has one remaining aside from himself. He threatens to kill the villagers of India if Bo and Forrest don't get the treasure out of the cave for him. Bo and Forrest enter the cave to get the treasure. Inside, they face each other in combat, although they do not know that the "monster" in the cave is merely a reflection of their innermost being. Bo and Forrest, after suffering serious injuries from the fight, realize that they are fighting each other, and then the monster disappears after that realization. Bo and Forrest emerge from the cave and give the treasure to the man who wants it. He then tries to kill them for outliving their "usefulness", although Dhalsim paralyzes him. Dhalsim then heals Bo and Forrest's injuries, and then Dhalsim teaches Bo and Forrest the ways of Hadou. Dhalsim teaches Bo how to use Hadou. Bo learns how to do the Hadouken technique, but he cannot control it, and thus it could kill anyone without warning and Bo couldn't stop it. Bo goes to the Cave of Ancients to perfect his use of the Hadouken, since it's too risky otherwise. In the cave, he fights an imaginary Guile, and then after that, he fires the Hadouken at an imaginary Dhalsim, since imagining opponents helps him focus on where to shoot the Hadouken. After the Hadouken is fired, Bo and Forrest leave India to go to Spain, since Dorai was sent to Barcelona to receive an award for shutting down the Ashura crime syndicate. Chun-Li sends the letter for Bo and Forrest to come, and thus they do. The evil matador Vega enters a bullfighting arena to show off his skills at bullfighting. Vega notices the beauty of Chun-Li the second he enters the arena, and immediately develops affection for her. He gives her a rose before fighting the bull. Vega easily defeats the bull, and then presents to Chun-Li the bull's ear as proof of his victory. Chun-Li becomes uneasy when around Vega after this incident. Bo, Forrest, and Chun-Li meet up with Vega a couple more times after the bullfighting arena, and each time Vega shows more affection towards Chun Li. In the middle of the night when Chun-Li, Bo, and Forrest are sleeping, Vega sneaks into Chun-Li's hotel room and kisses her. Vega manages to cast a love potion over Chun-Li, where she will only focus on him via a daze each time she sees him. Vega manages to escape the room just as Forrest notices someone is there. Bo, Forrest, and Chun-Li wake up. Forrest is invited to a party by Vega, although Forrest doesn't know Vega sent the letter. Forrest and Chun-Li go to the party, while Bo stays behind at the hotel practicing his Hadouken. When they reach the party, Chun-Li drifts off into a daze, and Forrest, realizing that Vega is in the steel deathmatch cage in the middle of the room where the party is being held, accepts Vega's challenge to fight for the love of Chun-Li. Forrest enters the ring and decides to fight Vega. Vega attacks Forrest a few times, as battle between Forrest and Vega continues. Vega easily has the advantage, as he breaks both of Forrest's feet, and also causes Forrest to lose a lot of blood because of his claws. Despite this, Forrest manages to fare pretty well against the matador, and manages to score a few hard hits in on Vega before Vega wears him down. Vega jumps atop the chandelier to use his ultimate attack, while Forrest prepares to use his ultimate attack, the Shoryuken on Vega. Just as the two are about to use their ultimate attacks on each other Forrest and Vega's battle reaches its end, as Forrest uses the Shoryuken to finish Vega off. Forrest falls to the ground after that, badly hurt.
Chun-Li enters the cage after that since the love potion put on by Vega has wore off. Forrest and Chun-Li talk a bit, then Vega drops down from the chandelier when Forrest's Shoryuken knocked him to. Vega wakes up for a brief moment here as he tries to attack Forrest, but just as he falls from the chandelier, he presumably dies, as he is never seen awake again. Forrest catches Vega on his back, and M. Bison, impressed with his skills, wants Zoltar, his assistant, to get his doctors to work on his recovery and bring him to his villa. Bo continues to practice the Hadouken on the beach by the hotel he is staying in. Forrest and Vega are taken into different rooms for recovery. Chun-Li, finding this suspicious, questions Bison's doctors. The doctors give Forrest a shot which makes him sleep. Bison enters the room after that and tries to take Chun-Li to his villa. Chun-Li refuses to go, and begins to attack Bison. Bison hurts her badly, Bison and Chun-Li fight. Chun-Li hits Bison twice, but just as she is about to escape, he teleports in front of her and strangles her until she loses consciousness due to lack of oxygen. Bison, realizing he went berserk with his Psycho Power, tells his assistant, Zoltar, to bring Chun-Li and Forrest to his villa. Meanwhile, the assassin Cammy, who was hired by Balrog of Interpol (or so he claims, though in truth he is a Shadowlaw agent) to kill Dorai, enters her hotel room next to where Dorai is staying. The reason for killing Dorai was because he supposedly set up a new drug syndicate every time he smashed one, with himself as boss of those drug syndicates. Also, apparently the Chief of Interpol, Barrac, agreed to this hit, but said that it has to be a secret. Dorai was sent to lead the investigation of the Shadowlaw crime syndicate. Forrest's father, Mr. Masters, sends two special commandos from the United States military, Guile and Nash to rescue Forrest from Bison. The reason Mr. Masters found out about Forrest's abduction is because Bison called him and demanded a $1,000,000,000 ransom in exchange for Forrest. The money was needed because it would give Bison and Shadowlaw the money they lost when Dorai shut down Ashura. Guile and Nash enter a helicopter after being briefed by Mr. Masters's friend from college, in order to go quickly to Spain to rescue Forrest from Bison. Meanwhile, Dorai is attacked by Cammy and is presumably killed by the assassination attempt (Dorai manages to survive the attack). On the beach, Bo is attacked by the Shadowlaw wrestler Zangief, who was sent by Bison to take Bo to Bison's headquarters. Bo resists Zangief, Bo and Zangief fight for a brief time on the beach, but Zangief, with the help of the Shadowlaw driver, knocks out Bo and puts him in the truck in which he came in. Just as Zangief puts Bo into the truck, Guile and Nash land nearby, and Zangief and the Shadowlaw driver quickly escape with Bo before Guile and Nash can confront them. Guile and Nash search the castle that Vega and Forrest were in before being worked on by Bison's physicians to see if they can find Forrest. The place is thoroughly cleaned out, and thus their search is futile. Meanwhile, Bo and Bison fight each other as Bo awakes to find himself in Shadowlaw's headquarters. Bo fights Bison to no avail, as Bison easily overpowers him. Bo is taunted by Bison into using the Hadouken, and when he is about to fire it, Bison uses his Psycho Power to cause Bo to lose control of the Hadouken. The Hadouken explodes, and this, combined with the energy of Bison's Psycho Power, knocks Bo unconscious. Bo has the cyberchip planted on his forehead by Bison. Zoltar created the chip to create Shadowlaw warriors for Bison. These cyberchips control the subject's higher brain functions, and thus as long as the cyberchip is on their forehead, Bison can control the subject as he pleases, as Zoltar demonstrates by getting a test subject to bang his head against the wall and kill himself. With Bo under Bison's control, and Forrest unconscious and chained in a bed, Guile and Nash will have to hurry in order to rescue Forrest from Bison. Meanwhile, Yuē shū yà learns of Dorai's supposed death, and rushes to the hospital to see him (he was in Barcelona because he was to film a movie there). There, Interpol Chief Barrac explains the situation to Yuē shū yà , and Yuē shū yà wishes to help Barrac protect Dorai from future assassination attempts, since he is still alive. Forrest is continually having nightmares of Chun-Li being strangled by Bison, and this begins to awaken his ki and his ability to tap Hadou. After much nightmares, Forrest finally wakes up, although weaker than ever, and summons the Hadou Shoryuken and manages to free himself from the chains, as well as bust a hole in the ceiling in order to escape from the room. After escaping, Forrest eventually begins to make his way deeper into the fortress in hopes of finding Bo and Chun Li. Forrest slowly makes his way to the main room of the headquarters, where he is seaparated from Chun-Li and Bo via a wall. Balrog summons Cammy to the hospital, since Dorai survived her assassination attempt, and Balrog wants him dead. Cammy begins to have suspicions on Balrog, but still follows his orders for now. Bison orders Bo to focus his ki to do the Hadouken. Bo keeps doing the Hadouken for quite a while, and Guile and Nash infiltrate the fortress to get inside and rescue Bo from Bison. Forrest slowly but surely summons enough rage to use the Hadou Shoryu to break the wall between him and Bo.
Forrest, after breaking the wall, tries to convince Bo to come with him, but Bo doesn't answer, and stands there glaring evilly at Forrest. Forrest notices something is wrong with Bo, but doesn't know what. Bo and Forrest fight each other in a heated battle. Bo easily overpowers Forrest, as Forrest refuses to fight his best friend. However, Forrrest eventually hits Bo in order to defend himself, at which point Bison tells Forrest that he and Bo were born to fight this fight. The fight goes on between Bo and Forrest after this, as Forrest tries to convince Bo to snap out of it, but to no avail. Meanwhile, Cammy enters Dorai's hospital room and attempts to make a final assassination attempt on him, when Yuē shū yà emerges from under the cover and turns on the lights in the room. Yuē shū yà and Cammy talk, then they battle each other for Dorai's life. Finally, Guile and Nash, having successfully infiltrated Shadowlaw fortress, go their separate ways to find Forrest. Guile runs into Zangief along the way, and he initiates a fight with him. The fight between Guile and Zangief continues, as Guile continues to struggle in defeating Zangief. Guile manages to defeat Zangief after a while though. Yuē shū yà and Cammy continue their fight, with Yuē shū yà determined to protect Dorai from Cammy. Bo and Forrest continue their fight as well, with no signs of it coming to an end. Forrest continues to try to convince Bo to turn back to normal, though to no avail. Eventually, Nash fights his way into the control room of the fortress, where he finds Bison. He confronts Bison boldly, shooting a bullet into his heart. Bison uses his Psycho Power to render this bullet useless. Afterward, Bison attacks Nash relentlessly, and eventually chokes him. Nash doesn't survive the choke, and dies because of it. Bo and Forrest continue their fight. Nash is killed by a chokehold Bison puts on him. Guile eventually finds his way into the control room, where he finds his friend Charlie Nash dead from Bison. Guile, realizing Bison killed Nash, rushes in to attack him with an extreme rage. Bison uses his Psycho Power to blast Guile back to the entrance of the room, where Guile stays for quite a while. Meanwhile, Yuē shū yà and Cammy continue to fight for the life of Dorai, although Yuē shū yà reveals to Cammy that Shadowlaw had sent her to kill Dorai, because he kept foiling their plans. Cammy did not know she was hired by a Shadowlaw agent, and so she believes Yuē shū yà 's words. Cammy goes to the hotel room where Balrog is staying, and begins to question his motives. He eventually reveals to her that he set her up, pointing a gun at her. Just as he is about to kill her, Yuē shū yà and Barrac bust the door down, and Cammy kicks Balrog's gun out of his hand while he is distracted by the intrusion. Barrac says Balrog is under arrest, but before he is arrested, Cammy attacks Balrog for tricking her, nearly killing him. She decides to hand him over to Yuē shū yà , and also thanks him for telling the truth. Bo and Forrest finally finish their by using the Hadou Shoryu and the Hadouken against each other. The resulting blast of energy knocks the cyberchip off of Bo's forehead, and thus he returns to normal. Guile gets back up from Bison's Psycho Power that he was previously hit with, and stands again to face him. Bison is amused by this, but sends Chun-Li to fight Guile as he doesn't have time to fight Guile personally. Bo and Forrest eventually meet up with Guile and Chun-Li in the control room of the fortress. Their reunion is short-lived, however, as Bison's eagle head transports Guile and Chun-Li outside to continue their battle. It also teleports Bo, Forrest, and Bison into the focal point of the universe where all the power in the universe flows. Guile and Chun-Li battle outside, while Bo, Forrest, and Bison in the focal point of the universe, basically just another dimension that Bison's eagle head sends them to. There, Bo and Forrest seem destined to lose, because of Bison's overwhelming Psycho Power. Bo and Forrest's fighting abilities are no match for Bison, and Guile is losing tremendously to Chun-Li, since the cyberchip has made her a much more powerful opponent than she was without it. Bison uses his Psycho Crusher and Double Knee Press attacks to overpower Bo and Forrest, severely wounding both of them. They eventually find the strength needed to carry on thanks to their Hadou powers. Forrest uses the Hadou Shoryu to weaken Bison substantially (and this also knocked the cyberchip off Chun Li's head), allowing Bo to finish him off with a Whirlwind Hurricane Kick, followed by a Rising Dragon Punch, and then finally a Hadouken. The Hadouken connected because Bison was distracted at the time, as he was charging for another Psycho Crusher attack. After Bison is gone, Bo and Forrest go back to America, then Bo sails to his home in Japan.
== Street Fighter Assassin's Fist-(18-20) ==
3 months after these events Goken writes both Bo and Forrest letters telling them to come back to the dojo and finish their training. While weather Forrest went was optional, it was mandatory for Bo to come back; though Forrest was not about to lose any ground in staying equally strong or stronger than Bo. Bo and Forrest also wanted to ask their master about what they discovered deep within themselves while on their journey, they wanted to know all the secrets of Hado. Forrest and Chun Li also continued to see each other and began dating. It was a long distance relationship, from January- April they would be in China, and from May-August Forrest would be training with Bo and Master Goken, and from September-December Forrest and Chun-Li would be in America with his family. This relationship lasted 3 years until Forrest was 20, when they realized that the long distance relationship took too heavy a toll on both of them physically and mentally. They agreed to always be friends no matter what. Training with Gouken during those three years were as tough as ever. When the boys were 18, Bo and Forrest were nearing the end of their training and were impatient to master the power of 'Hadō'. Their Master, Gōken, worried about sharing this powerful technique. Gōken set Bo and Forrest on a quest to find Gōtetsu's Dojo where he trained. At Gōtetsu's Dojo, Gōken, Bo and Forrest payed homage at Gōtetsu's grave. Forrest and Bo soon discovered something secret in Gōken's past. Gōken recalled his own time spent training alongside his brother Gōki under their Master Gōtetsu. The next day, Bo and Forrest fought and Forrest won but only after Bo hesitated to finish him off. Bo and Forrest soon tried to create their first Hadōken under the tutelage of Master Goken. Though Bo was a little rusty from not summining his Hado in the past year and a half, Gōken was disturbed by Forrest's approach and they argued. Bo and Forrest then learned more about the history of Ansatsuken, their master Gōken and his dead brother Gōki. Over the next years, Forrest and Bo learned more about Hado, the secrets of Ansatsuken, and Forrest kept his promise to Goken to never tell anything to Bo about the dark Satsui No Hado. One day though, when Forrest and Bo were 20, Bo did something unexplainable and used the Satsui No Hado during a spar with Forrest; almost killing him before he was knocked out by Goken. Forrest then explained to Goken that after his master forbade him, he never practiced or told Bo anything about Satsui No Hado. Goken just looked at the unconscious Bo and he knew what to do. Goken told the boys that their training is officially complete and they are ready to take the Musha Shugyo. Bo and Forrest didn't feel ready and felt that Goken still had so much to teach, Goken however reassured them that they were ready. Before they leave, Goken has a serious conversation with Forrest telling him that it is now his job to look after Bo especially now that he has this incredible power within him; he lets Forrest know that he is now his "brothers" keeper. After heartfelt goodbyes from Goken, Forrest and Bo depart into the real world. Forrest and Bo then arrive at Forrest's mansion in America and reminisce about old times until they fall asleep. when Forrest wakes up he goes to Bo's room to find out he is not there, although Bo left a letter for him. in the letter Bo tells Forrest that he needs to go through whatever challenges he faces alone and reminds him that the Musha Shugyo needs to be completed alone. Bo wishes Forrest the best of luck and promises that they will see each other again soon.
==Young Champion-20==
Forrest did not participate in the first World Warrior tournament; instead, he fought in (and won) the premiere U.S. Martial Arts tournament that had been previously won by Charlie Nash, when he defeated Allen Snider in the finals. Forrest also met a very attractive girl named Eliza, who became his girlfriend. After winning the U.S. martial arts tournament, Forrest returned to his training ground to tell his master Gouken the good news. There, he witnessed his master's death at the hands of Akuma. Enraged and grief-stricken, he attacked Akuma, only to be knocked to the ground by a single blow. Forrest began wandering the world in search of Akuma, and his friend and fellow student Bo; he wanted to tell Bo what happened to their master, and also hoped to win a match against him. He eventually finds Bo in seclusion. Bo is dejected upon seeing his long-time friend, but Forrest makes him go try out a spar anyway. Forrest wins after Bo sucmbs to the Satsui No Hado after a stiff kick from Forrest to the back of Bo's head, at which point Forrest knocks Bo out after using the Shinryuken. After winning, Forrest realizes how deeply troubled his best friend is since his fight with Sagat and how stressed out he still is since their fight with Bison. Bo explains to Forrest that deep within him there is a burning rage - a power trying to overcome him. Giving Bo his red headband, Forrest tells him to stay focused, which greatly cheers Bo up. Forrest returns home and begins training harder, knowing even with his recent feelings, that Bo is always stronger than he looks.
== Street Fighter II-21 ==
Over the past year, Forrest and Eliza's relationship moved very fast; Forrest knew with every bone in his body that he had found the one. The only real hang up in their relationship was that once Eliza developed mutual feelings, she couldn't stand to see him risking his life fighting. This was obviously a problem as all Forrest has known his entire life is fighting. Just as things in the relationship started to heat up, Forrest put serious thought into giving up the life of a fighter forever. Forrest and Eliza soon planned a trip to Thailand; where Forrest secretly was contemplating asking Eliza to marry him. ironically, Forrest received an invitation to compete in the second World Warrior tournament hosted in Thailand. However, since his last U.S. Martial Arts tournament, he had let himself spend too much time with Eliza; rather than training. Forrest was ready to turn down the invitation, however he received a second one with a personal challenge from his best friend Bo to compete in the second World Warrior tournament. Only Bo's personal challenge rekindled Forrest's fighting spirit and persuaded him to enter the second World Warrior tournament. Forrest began training in secret for the tournament; trying not to make Eliza suspect that he was preparing for kombat. Whenever Eliza did catch him training however, Forrest told her that he was just trying to stay in shape. Once Forrest broke the news to Eliza about the tournament being apart of their Thailand trip, Eliza became enraged. The two started a huge and nasty verbal argument where in the end, Eliza challenged Forrest to strike her down. Forrest refused to comply with her wishes and Eliza Left him effectively ending their relationship. Forrest was so angry that he tricked himsefl into no longer having feelings for Eliza and went on the plane to Thailand the next day. In the first round of the tournament, Forrest faced off against World Heavyweight Champion Boxer Mike Balrog. Forrest defeated Balrog as Balrog's strictly hands combat fared poorly compared to Forrest's total fighting technique. on the eve of his second round match, Forrest began to desperately miss the woman that he loves as her absence by his side was felt. he was depressed for most of the night and into the next day; where his focus was supposed to be on his next opponent and not the woman he loves. In the Second round, Forrest faced off against former WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Victor Zangief. As a result of Forrest's lack of focus, the fight goes badly for him. However much to the shock of Forrest, he spots Eliza in the crowd as she changed her mind and came to root for him. This gave Forrest extra motivation and allowed him to turn the tables and defeat Zangief. After the match, Eliza says that she cannot try to change him, but Forrest promises her that if things get too dangerous for him, he will stop fighting. The two lovers then reconcile. In the third round, Forrest faced an old friend and the person to started him on his journey to discovering and mastering Hado, Dhalsim. Though Forrest clearly outclassed his former mentor in the martial arts aspect of the fight, Dhalsim was able to surprise Forrest with his newly mastered Yoga techniques; ultimately overwhelming and defeating the young American. After the events of the second World Warrior tournament, Forrest marries Eliza, something he had apparently vowed only to do after winning a decisive victory against Bo. However, the two did not fight during the tournament.
== Street Fighter III-22 ==
When a new tournament is announced, Forrest is unsure whether to compete, as Eliza is now heavily pregnant and he doesn't want to leave her. Sensing his inner conflict, Eliza assures him that she'll be fine and that the baby isn't due for a while yet, so he should go meet up with Bo and tell him she says hi. While on his way to the tournament Forrest's SUV runs out of gas, and in the absence of gas stations near the location for the tournament, he parks his SUV in a convenient spot, calls Eliza to check on her, and continues the rest of the way on foot. Forrest arrived too late to enter the tournament, but due to the unusual amount of late entries Forrest was able to sign up for the Late Entry Bracket.thumb|right|200px Forrest first match in the LEB was against his self-appointed rival, Rufus and Forrest handily defeats him. In the final round of the LEB, Forrest obtained a chance at redemption when he faced Dhalsim in a rematch of last years tournament. This time, Forrest would not be denied as he buzzsawed through Dhalsim, advancing to the next round of the tournament and avenging his last defeat. Forrest next fight in the tournament was the one he came for; a chance to go all out one on one with Bo. Bo had previously defeated both Dan and Dee Jay back to back, but he was renewed with vigor at the chance to finally fight Forrest again. Their classic battle was full of nonstop action, but unfortunately ended how most of their other fights have; in a draw. Both competitors were eliminated from the tournament. After the tournament, it is discovered that Gouken is still alive, and the two best friends pursue him as he leaves. Forrest is upset that Gouken has not said anything to them, but Gouken counters that they no longer need a master. Forrest and Bo head home on foot, and Rufus passes them by on his motorbike, calling them losers. Soon however, Rufus' bike runs out of gas, and Forrest and Bo reach the SUV; Forrest offers Rufus and his girlfriend Candy a lift, but Rufus refuses. Upon arriving home afterwards, he tells Eliza that although he did indeed get to fight Bo, they had been so busy with the rest of the unfolding events that they hadn't been able to give it their all. Soon afterwards, their son is born and they name him Mel.
=== The Style of No Style ===
Feeling like he still had so muchmore to learn as a fighter, Forrest attended the Long Beach International Karate Championships; where he was a spectator watching the fights as well as the seminars being given by other martial arts masters. One seminar that caught Forrest’s attention was the one being given on Jeet Kune Do by a man who was trained by its creator Bruce Lee himself, Ted Wong. Bruce Lee was one of Forrest childhood idols growing up and Forrest thought it would be pretty cool if he mastered the art form so famously used by Bruce Lee; so Forrest approached Ted about personally training him in the art of the style of no style. Ted was slightly hesitant as he politely told Forrest that he does not usually take on personal students and at the moment only as one VIP member under his tutelage. Ted instead pointed Forrest in the direction of JKD Master Dan Inosanto, who was known for training the masses in JKD and spreading Bruce Lee’s Knowledge worldwide. Forrest countered that since Ted only knows the art form of JKD and what was taught to him personally by Bruce Lee, that learning from him would be the closest Forrest would get to actually learning from Bruce Lee himself. Ted was very receptive of the complement but was still on his way to turning Forrest down, until Forrest gave Ted a money offer he simply couldn’t refuse. Ted then agreed to train Forrest in the art of Jeet Kune Do. To truly capture the essence of JKD, Forrest told himself that he would have to become Bruce Lee; like any great method actor would prepare for an important movie role. Forrest cut his hair in the style that Bruce Lee had his and dyed his hair black. Forrest also chose to use a vegan diet while in training thinking that it would serve him better in the mastery of Jeet Kune Do. Forrest proved to be an exceptionally quick learner, with Master Wong noting that he has the most discipline of any fighter he had ever trained and could certainly rival Bruce himself; though he wasn’t very fond of Forrest’s new image. Forrest also became quick friends with Mater Wong’s only other pupil, Bruce Lee’s 15 year old daughter Shannon. Shannon looked to Forrest as a role model; at first thinking of him as a funny as the sight of a white man trying to look like her father amused her. She then began to admire him because of his discipline and ability to learn Jeet Kune Do’s most difficult moves within a couple of days. It didn’t take long for Forrest to surpass Shannon in rank and when Master Wong wasn’t teaching, Forrest would give Shannon extra help on the mastery of the day’s techniques. He also would teach her a lot of the things he learned from Master Gouken and Master Boyd in the art of fighting. Forrest was very welcoming to Master Wong and Shannon; often letting them stay in the Masters mansion after training, whether it was just for dinner or to spend the night. Linda Lee Cadwell was also a fixture at the Masters home as she bonded with Eliza and often gave her pointers on raising Mel; physically helping her at times.
== Tekken-23 ==
Within a year, Forrest would reach a 3rd rank instructor level in Jeet Kune Do much to the surprise of Master Wong.  The JKD training taught Forrest the meaning of going out in the world and discovering his own unique path to walk on. Forrest was determined to step from under his father’s shadow and gave up the life of a billionaire; to live as a humble man until he could make himself a billionaire on his own, much to the hidden disgust of his wife Eliza. Forrest felt that he had found his calling in life and that calling would be to teach the masses his own style of fighting that he would dub, Masters Ryu. He obtained the love of teaching by training Shannon on the side and realized how much it helped her improve in other aspects of her training with Master Wong. Forrest realized he could make a difference and that his vast knowledge of the fight game at such a young age would help him relate to his students and teach them more efficiently. Forrest even promised Shannon that when he opens up his Dojo, she will be his first instructor next to him. The only problem was that Forrest no longer had the funds to go out and buy space to create his own Dojo. As fate would have it however, Forrest came across a flyer promoting the King of Iron Fist Tournament; where the winner would get a substantially large portion of the Mishima Zaibatsu fortune, one of the richest families in the world. Forrest decided he would enter the tournament, knowing full well he would win and earn the money; while also making a worldwide name for himself in the sport of Martial Arts as the flyer said that the tournament would be televised. Forrest made a promise to Master Wong that in this tournament he would show the world the greatness of JKD and use only his mastery of the Jeet Kune Do technique no matter how rough things get. In the first round of the King of Iron Fist Tournament, Forrest defeated female competitor Michelle Chang. In the second round, Forrest had a near fatal fight with the Mishima Zaibatsu’s cybernetic organism, named Jack. Forrest pulled through however and advanced to the next round. In the third round Forrest faced retired former WWF Champion and Mexican Wrestling Legend, King. The fight was long, physical, and brutal but Forrest Jeet Kune Do style was able to edge the tough as nails legendary pro wrestler. In the Final round, Forrest faced off against the Tournaments Host Heihachi Mishima for the chance to win the Mishima Zaibatsu fortune. Forrest put up a good fight but lost to Heihachi in a valiant effort; no longer in contention of winning the prize money. All hope was not lost however, as he was awarded a second opportunity at money when he faced off against Chinese Martial Arts Master Wang Jinrei. The two men fought to utter exhaustion with neither giving up for their cause and in the end earning each other’s respect. The Fight anticlimactically ended in a draw, but luckily they were both given 2nd place prize money for their performance. They both agreed that one day they would meet again to settle the score.
== Tekken 2-25 ==
In the 2 years since the King of Iron Fist tournament, Forrest redefined the standard martial art school prototype by opening the largest dedicated martial arts dojo in the United States. Forrest Master’s school of Masters Ryu, named the Masters Academy, unveiled its flagship location in Manhattan: a 20,000 square foot dojo, with three workout areas; one for Ansatsuken, one for Shorin Ryu, and one for Jeet Kune Do. The gym was open from 8-8 Monday- Thursday and 6-6 Friday-Saturday. The weekdays had each martial arts style taught separately to use the space and on the weekends, Forrest would use the three workout areas to teach his own martial art, Masters Ryu; a combination of the three martial arts taught at the school. Unfortunately, the King of Iron Fist tournament was not televised as advertised so Forrest had no credibility with the people in New York as a fighter; they thought of him only as a billionaire playboy. Only the most hardcore martial arts fans noticed Forrest as a former winner of the U.S. Martial Arts tournament. As a result, the school initially gained a following of students due to one of its instructors being the daughter of Bruce Lee; much to the disappointment of Forrest and the amusement of Shannon. Forrest soon led his organization to become the number 1 grappling school in North America. Forrest Masters was also on the cover of Fighter Magazine for Masters Ryu’s proven recipe of success on the street. This angered many of the top martial arts masters around North America as Forrest didn’t teach any particular style, he taught his own concocted style. No martial arts master was angered more than Master Baek Doo San; whose Tae Kwon Do school got demoted to number 2 in North America. As a result, Baek Doo San stormed into the Masters Academy alone during the 8:00am Jeet Kune Do class and proceeded to beat the student’s unconscious and left instructor Shannon Lee immobilized. Baek then began to trash the Dojo and vandalize the walls. Baek hung a picture of Forrest on the cover of Fighter Magazine, with drawn on makeup, by using a knife in the middle of Forrest’s head to keep it up. He wrote on the walls: “I spit on the grave of Bruce Lee! He was a fraud who invented a fraud martial art, that is taught by idiots to even bigger idiots!”, “Ansatsuken does not exist!”, "Shorin Ryu is a weak and flawed art!”, “Masters Ryu is a fraud!”, “YOU are a fraud!”, “Tae Kwon Do is #1”, “Baek Doo San was here!”, “If you want to talk about the events that occurred this morning, you can meet me in 2 weeks at the King of Iron Fist tournament! I’ll be waiting!!!”, “Time to put that proven recipe to the test!” When Forrest finally arrived at the dojo for his 9:00 Ansatsuken class, he was flabbergasted to see what had happened to his students and dojo. Forrest felt horrible, as he was not there to protect his students and Shannon from the bitter Tae Kwon Do master. His pride also took a personal hit as a man came into his establishment, beat his students and instructor, mocked his instructor’s father and his idol, and publically discredited everything that Forrest stands for and what he worked his whole life to achieve. As a result, more and more parents decided to take their children out of enrollment; due to them feeling that Forrest was no longer capable of protecting their children. Forrest assured all of his students and their parents that Baek Doo San’s transgression would not go unpunished as he had decided to enter the second King of Iron Fist tournament. For the first time in his life, Forrest entered a tournament not to win; but for revenge. Ahead of the tournament, Forrest made the conscious decision to again only use Jeet Kune Do; since Baek assaulted his Jeet Kune Do students, attacked Shannon, and disrespected the late great Bruce Lee. In the 1st round of the King of Iron Fist tournament, Forrest was to face Wang Jinrei in a rematch of their second place final bout. This match felt bitter sweet for Forrest as although he wanted to do battle with Wang again, he knew the fight would take a lot out of him and he wanted to be %100 for Baek Doo San. The fight was everything Forrest expected and more as the two masters hit each other with everything that they had, but in the end a victor was named; Forrest had defeated Wang Jinrei and was advancing to the 2nd round. As fate would have it, not only was Forrest to do battle with Baek Doo San in the 2nd round; but Baek came in equally bad condition due to his rough first match against Lee Chaolan. The two Martial Arts Masters gave it everything they had left in their grudge match. Each master had so much on the line with both Dojos’ students watching the battle in the audience. Forrest was fighting for validation, vindication, and revenge while Baek was fighting for his beliefs, his student’s beliefs, and Tae Kwon Do. Neither man would give to the other; as there wasn’t a back step in the entire fight. There were a few times when it seemed Forrest would fail his students, but in the end Forrest defeated Beak Doo San; fair and square, in the middle of the ring. Forrest gained respect for the martial arts master, while Baek gave Forrest due respect for his perseverance in the eye of defeat. After the match, the two fighters met in the middle of the ring and shook each other’s hands; having obtained mutual respect for each other despite still harboring feelings of resentment. Forrest then walked out of the ring, into the stands, and gave his entire student section a group hug. Forrest was scheduled to face Sumo champion Ganryu in the 3rd of the tournament, but Forrest forfeited his spot in the competition as he had already completed the goal he came to the tournament to achieve. Forrest restored faith in his student’s parents and within a week the school’s enrollment numbers were back on track to what they used to be; he even gained a famous student in Hong Kong Action Star Channie Jack, who was impressed with Forrest's performance in the King of Iron Fist tournament and wished to learn more of Jeet Kune Do from Sensei Masters. 2 weeks after the tournament, Forrest and his 3 year old son Mel stand inside his dojo. Forrest performs a somersault kick and when he finishes, Mel tries to perform a somersault kick; but he fails and lands on his stomach. Mel rests his head on one of his hands, while Forrest shrugs in amusement.
== Street Fighter 5-26 ==
Over the next year, business continued to boom for the Masters Academy and Forrest started having thoughts about expanding the Masters Ryu brand outside of New York. Forrest was also put on the cover of Karate/Kung-Fu Illustrated; giving him even more national recognition for his school’s proven recipe for success on the street. Forrest also decided that it was time for him to give up his Bruce Lee look and lifestyle. Forrest grew his hair out to the longest it’s ever been and dyed it back to being blonde. Forrest also gave up his vegan lifestyle and started eating a heavy meat protein diet, while also starting an intense weight training regimen in order to get his muscle mass back to where it was 4 years ago. Forrest also made a vow that he would no longer use only Ansatsuken, Shorin Ryu, or Jeet Kune Do while fighting. Forrest decided that he would only use his martial art Masters Ryu because he knows that the only way he can really prove Masters Ryu is the best, is if he actually uses it in Kombat. As for his marriage, Forrest and Eliza’s relationship slowly started to strain. Eliza began to feel neglected by Forrest; who would spend a lot of his time at the dojo. Whenever they were together though, they would act like the two love birds that fell in love 6 years ago. Forrest soon receives an invitation to a party in Japan; hosted by is World Warrior tournament acquaintance, Karin. Thinking that the much needed vacation for the family would be just what the doctor ordered, Forrest accepts the invitation and he, Eliza and Mel hop on the first plane to Japan. On the plane ride, Forrest confides to Eliza that he feels sad that he hasn’t seen his best friend Bo since Mel was born. When Eliza asks Forrest who was really the better fighter between the two of them, Forrest starts to reminisce on the fights between him and Bo. The family gets lost on the way to the party inside of the Kanzuki Estate and encounter Birdie who thinks they’re trespassing, resulting in a fight with Forrest. After Forrest defeats Birdie, Karin arrives and offers Forrest a pre-meal fight as an apology for Birdie attacking him to which Forrest accepts. After the friendly match ends in a draw, the Masters family and Karin head to the party. Bo is a noticeable absence at the party, so Forrest and Eliza talk about Bo not being at the party; which Eliza comments that she couldn’t believe Bo would miss the party and Forrest remarking that he just hopes his old friend is okay out in the world. After the party, The Masters Family hop on another plane, this one to Brazil. The family has a great 2 week stay in Brazil. Much to the shock and delight of Forrest, he encounters his best friend Bo while walking in the streets of Brazil. The two best friends catch up on what’s been going on in each other’s lives the past 4 years and just how all meetings between these two end up, they engage in a friendly sparring match to see where each other’s skill level is currently at. The spar ended in a draw, much to the delight of both men. Forrest and his family then fly back to New York; where Forrest resumes his duty as Sensei of the Masters Academy. One month later, Forrest is approached after instructing a class by a woman named Laura Matsuda; whose Grandfather was Kinjiro Matsuda, creator of Matsuda Jiu-Jitsu. She challenges Forrest to a duel to test her skills against the best of the best. Both put on a sheer fighting display in Forrest's ring before Bo unexpectedly shows up at the Academy with an important message following his latest journey in solitude with the Dark Hadou. Bo shares a warning he received from a mysterious woman he crossed paths with during his journey of solitude. From there, as Forrest takes a mysterious phone call from Interpol, an anomaly enters the gym who appears to be none other than the presumed-dead soldier, Charlie Nash; who himself comes with a lot more than an itchy fighting nerve, unleashing a sick double sonic boom as the first attack. With Matsuda temporarily incapacitated from the blast, an epic two-on-one battle ensues at Nash's behest to test the fighting caliber of both Forrest and Bo. The two double team against Nash with intense vigor and strength with Bo answering back with a Shinku-Hadoken blast of his own. Nash is powerful, but he observes the formidability of both Forrest and Bo very well before signaling an end of the match to inform them of why he came. Tension is still high as Forrest and Bo still don't know whether or not to trust him, although it is when Matsuda awakens that Nash let's her in on a possible tip that could lead her to the truth behind the death of her grandfather. Matsuda leaves hastily while Forrest and Bo are summoned to Interpol headquarters in London to observe a major sting operation that could be very well tied to Nash's emergence, Bo's omen, and the possible resurgence of the criminal organization known as Shadowloo. The two observe the operation with things going seemingly smooth as five undercover agents lead the ruse as weapons buyers eager to purchase something with a little more bang. The mission moves forward while underneath it all, all available signs for both Bo and Forrest suggest a likely resurgence of the criminal organization known as Shadowloo, although it is when well-known loyal Bison cohort, Russian femme fatale Decapre reveals herself that their worst-case scenario may very well be closer to reality than preferred. Subsequently, Interpol's cover is blown as Decapre gives an eye-full of the threat that looms: A fully weaponized and powerful Dark-Hadou bomb that can destroy anything within a one-mile radius. Bo and Forrest are eager to move in and stop her, but are briefly forced to wait until Bravo team moves in to acquire their agents and the weapon. Little do they know that Nash and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu heiress Laura Matsuda have moved in under the radar. Guns start blazing with Decapre's men trading rounds with what's left of Bravo team while Nash and Laura move in; all while Bo and Forrest simultaneously spring into action as well, although it's far from a team effort. Nash and Forrest end up in a round two bout while Bo quickly moves in on Decapre, but to no avail as she evades capture with the Dark Hadou bomb in her possession. She receives immediate orders via earpiece to set the bomb off and destroy everything in sight. With destruction looming, Laura intercepts Decapre and an intense battle ensues with Decapre wielding her deadly claws and going in for the kill against Laura's electrifying fighting prowess. Nash ends up intervening however, and kicks Decapre in the face; knocking her unconscious. Nash then defuses the bomb with 1 second to spare before it could detonate. Nash then physically interrogates Decapre for Bison’s whereabouts. When Decapre finally concedes and gives up Bison’s location, Nash attempts to kill her, however he is stopped by Bo who hits Nash with a Hadouken. Bo and Forrest then tell Nash that they have decided to help him take down Bison once and for all. Nash however, rejects any further help from Bo, Forrest, Laura, or Interpol; as he says he has to complete another mission before he could face Bison. Interpol then thanks Bo and Forrest for their help, but decide that their services were no longer needed; as they planned to uses their own resources to take down Bison in the Philippines. Forrest and Bo were angered by Interpol casting them to the side like they were nothing more than expendable trash. The two best friends then decided that they would lead an attack on Shadowloo themselves. Forrest came up with the Idea of using Karin Kanzuki and her resources to gather the best street fighters from around the world to help them take down the powerful criminal organization and their leader. Bo agreed with the idea and told Forrest that while they were recruiting, he would be training in the mountains to prepare himself for battle with Bison. With that, the two men briefly separated to begin their own missions. Forrest was easily able to convince Karin to join their cause against Shadowloo and she took it upon herself to recruit the street fighters; allowing Forrest to have the chance to train and prepare for the battle with Bison. 2 weeks later, Forrest came to visit Bo, who was in the middle of meditating. After beating Bo in a sparring match, Bo tells Forrest that he will join them when his training is complete. After Forrest departs from Bo, Forrest arrives with the rest of the fighters called by Karin to the Kanzuki Estate, where they plan their first infiltration of the Shadaloo base. Forrest, Chun-Li and Cammy soon travel to Brazil to search for the first missing chess piece, held by Laura Matsuda. While there, Forrest saves Fabio Matsuda from F.A.N.G, but is then attacked by his older sister Laura, who mistakes him for an enemy. After the fight, Fabio sorts out the misunderstanding by indicating the unconscious Shadaloo soldiers. Laura then decides to join them, but on the condition that Forrest adds Matsuda Jiu-Jitsu to his selection of online karate classes, which Forrest agrees to. Chun-Li then leaves to assist Karin in the group's first infiltration. Forrest remains with Laura, and the duo fend off more Shadaloo soldiers, with Forrest taking out three with a single Shoryuken. Forrest then reunites with Bo just before the group begins the final assault against Shadaloo. After Bison's final defeat at Bo's hands and Shadaloo's destruction, Forrest finds Bo alone and meditating. The two decide to have another friendly sparring match to see if Bo had found his 'true answer'. Bo manages to defeat Forrest, but drops his red headband; Forrest hands it back to him, figuring he might still need it. The two then share a friendly fist bump.
== Tekken 3-27 ==
While in Japan, Forrest and Bo attend a live Futbol game and make a friendly wager on a FIFA group play game between USA and Japan. If America won, Bo would have to travel back to New York with Forrest and be the head instructor of Ansatsuken at the Masters Academy for a year. If Japan won, Forrest would have to wear his hair in the same style of Kurtis Jackson Guile for a year; Forrest would always make fun of Guile’s hair to Bo in private. In the end Japan beat America 2-1 and Forrest lost the bet. Forrest was a man of his word and cut his hair in the image of Guile; the only difference is Forrest’s flat top was longer and narrower. Forrest then said his goodbyes to his best friend and boarded the plane back to New York feeling like a loser and embarrassed. Much to the surprise of Forrest, everyone back home in New York loved Forrest’s new hairstyle; calling him an innovator of style. This made Forrest feel good about himself and made him think about keeping the hairstyle long term. Over the next year, Forrest continued to be successful. His marriage was thriving and his martial arts school continued to get national recognition; Forrest was on the cover of Success Magazine. Forrest also became obsessed with fitness and body building as he was now the biggest, muscle wise, then he’s ever been. As a result, he was no longer lighting fast with his attacks as he once was; but what he lost in speed, he gained in power as every attack he threw had the potential to put somebody away for good. Forrest soon received an invitation for the King of Iron Fist tournament 3 held in Tekken City, Japan. Forrest initially declines the invite, especially since they once again claimed it would be televised and Forrest still held resentment after being bamboozled in the first tournament. His mind changed however, once Forrest found out that people across the Atlantic and into Asia thought of him as nothing more than a joke. They did not respect him as a Martial Artist and in Japan the people did not respect him as a Karate master. This was especially perplexing to Forrest as he lived for 3 years and 9 months in Japan training in Ansatsuken and had some of his most memorable tournaments take place in Asia. At the last possible minute, Forrest decided to hop on a plane to Japan; to curb the disrespect he was receiving and remind the continent of who Forrest Masters really is. Forrest lands in Tokyo and rents out a motorcycle so he can travel to the venue in Tekken City in style. Unbeknownst to Forrest, the traffic in Japan around that time of the year was borderline unbearable. Forrest barely made it to the King of Iron Fist tournament in time to register and he was scheduled to be in the 2nd match of the tournament; so he had no time to change into his red gi and decided he would just fight in the biker gear he had on. Forrest was also pleasantly surprised to see a camera crew at the event; signaling that the tournament would indeed be televised. The arena inside of Tekken City was packed as if the people had been waiting all year for the event to take place. There was even a JumboTron for the people outside the arena who couldn’t get in. Forrest knew that he would have to give it all that he’s got as he may never be able to compete on a stage that big again. Forrest faced off against the martial arts bear anomaly that was named Kuma in the first round. Kuma was no match for Forrest’s aggressive style and he easily defeated the bear. In the 2nd round of the tournament, Forrest faced off against sultry assassin Anna Williams. Anna proved to be a slick opponent for Forrest, but in the end Forrest was able to overcome her beauty and assassination tactics; defeating Anna and moving on to the next round. In the 3rd round, Forrest faced off against Baek Doo San prodigy disciple Hwoarang. Hwoarang proved to be a difficult match up for Forrest as he was younger, faster, stronger, and slicker then his master.  A few of his Kicks almost had Forrest out for the count, but the wily veteran was able to stop the neophyte in his tracks and advance in the tournament. After the bout Forrest gave Hwoarang his respect and said that experience was the deciding factor in the fight and had Hwoarang been a more experienced fighter, the outcome might have been different. In the semifinal round, Forrest faced off against a mysterious competitor named Bryan Fury; who destroyed his student Channie Jack in the previous round. The two men engaged in a nasty, ugly, physical dogfight. It was everything that people want to see in a fight; two guys fighting who don’t have the word quit in their vocabulary. The fight ended when Forrest hit Fury with his new Hado based technique, Burning Fist; knocking Bryan Fury out cold and avenging his student's loss. Forrest was beaten and Bloody but he could feel no pain as he was running on pure adrenaline and excitement to once again be in the finals of the King of Iron Fist tournament. Forrest is led to a large empty room with 8 cameras positioned on the walls without camera men. Forrest thought the set up was weird but his focus soon turned to his opponent who claimed himself to be an ancient being known simply as Ogre. Ogre claimed that Forrest has been fed to him as a sacrifice a Ogre was on a quest to permanently eliminate all of the world’s best fighters. Ogre claimed that one of them would not leave the room. At that moment, Forrest knew that this was no longer a competition; but a fight to the death. In a brief but intense fight where most of the damage was taken by Forrest, he knew that he wouldn’t be able to stay alive much longer; he was losing a lot of stamina from missing attacks and taking punishment. Forrest knew he had one more Hado based attack left in him, so when the time was perfect Forrest unleashed a technique he calls the God Hammer Punch. The God Hammer Punch lands perfectly on Ogre’s neck; breaking it and seemingly killing the ancient one. Forrest came out of the room to a ruckus standing ovation by the audience in attendance. He was given flowers, a trophy, prize money, and an interview in front of a camera. It all made for great television and Forrest immediately rode off into the sunset, winner of the 3rd King of Iron Fist tournament. Unfortunately, Forrest was unaware that Ogre had not died, but instead transformed into his true self and the tournament continued in his absence.
== Tekken 4-29 ==
Forrest returned to America swelling with pride, telling everyone he could that he went over to Japan and beat the world’s finest. Initially, everyone believed Forrest as he had the wounds and prize money to prove his claim and Forrest saw a rise in student attendance at his dojo; the new tagline for the dojo was “come and learn from The World’s Strongest Fighter.” Everyone around Forrest was begging him to open up another school on the west coast, specifically San Francisco. Forrest, who was once high on the idea of expansion, now felt that his martial art was too exclusive for the world at large and anyone wishing to learn his art form would have to come to New York to learn from “The World’s Strongest Fighter” or find another Sensei. Instead, Forrest opened up an authentic Chinese restaurant named Marshall China; directly under the Masters Dojo, much to the resentment of his inner circle. The restaurant wasn’t well received by the public and within a year a rival restaurant chain drives him bankrupt. This was Forrest’s first real failure and he didn’t know how to cope with this loss, so Forrest began to turn to alcohol to solve his problems. Unfortunately for Forrest, when it rains it pours and once Japan received the news that Forrest was in America claiming to have won the King of Iron Fist tournament, the media outlets made sure to get word back to America that Forrest was lying and that he didn’t actually win the King of Iron Fist; that distinction went to Bo Kazama. Forrest Masters was furious that the media in Japan would sully his credibility in that manner; Forrest didn’t even know Bo competed in the tournament. Forrest began feverishly defending himself to the American public, while also plugging his Dojo every chance he could. Initially the American public didn’t believe the Japanese media’s claim but eventually Forrest constant defense of his achievement and his constant plugging of Masters Ryu started to raise suspicion amongst the citizens in his home country. Those who once believed him now thought that he did actually fabricate his story to boost commission at his dojo and bring more students in; they also thought that he used his own family’s money as the “prize money” he won from the King of Iron Fist tournament. Even Forrest’s own students and instructors eventually grew tired of his attitude. Gradually people’s respect for “The World’s Strongest Fighter” declined. Friends and admirers slowly disappeared resulting in his dojo also going bankrupt and closing its doors. Forrest immediately falls into a depressed, alcoholic state. This in turn is disastrous to his marriage; as the once loving, caring, and tight knit couple soon became loveless, tense, and distant. It all came to ahead when Eliza told Forrest that he had been neglecting his duties as a husband and her needs as a wife just to mope around all the time and feel sorry for himself; also admitting that she has looked into some divorce lawyers and threatens that if things don’t change she will file for one. This sends Forrest into an alcoholic rage and a nasty argument broke out; which resulted in Eliza telling Forrest to strike her and Forrest punching a whole in the wall inches away from her face. Forrest then storms out of the house and makes his way to the nearest dive bar. Forrest drank until he blacked out; only leaving once the bouncers physically threw him out. A blacked out Forrest instinctively walked the streets of New York to a specific block and once there, Forrest threw up uncontrollably. When he was done, Forrest was still drunk but now conscious of where he was and looked up to see that he was standing outside of his closed Dojo. As Forrest looks at what was once his greatest achievement, he collapses to the ground and starts to cry; asking himself where his life took a turn for the worse.  At the break of dawn, Forrest is awoken by Shannon Lee and Channie Jack; two of the few true friends he has left. They give Forrest a “come to Jesus speech” and talk some truthful sense into him. Channie Jack then shows Forrest his invitation to the fourth King of Iron Fist tournament and says that even though Forrest wasn’t invited himself, he could still crash the tournament and win again like he knew he was capable of; although he asserted that if the two would have to fight, Forrest would come out as the runner up as Channie also had something to prove. Shannon also gave Forrest a flyer for the next US Martial Arts tournament. They gave Forrest an ultimatum: that he has to pick to compete in one and gain his respect and credibility back or lose everything and everyone that he holds dear to him. Forrest, feeling like he owes both of his friends so much from how he had acted over the past year, tells them that he would compete in both promising to win! First on the docket was the US Martial Arts tournament. Forrest competed in the tournament drew the largest crowd in USMAT history even though it was still not televised. Forrest won the tournament and became a 2 time USMAT Champion. After his victory, Forrest tries to reconcile things with Eliza; promising her that he would be more present in her and Mel’s life and that he would not drink another drop of alcohol for the remainder of their marriage, Eliza reluctantly forgives Forrest and takes him back. Forrest and Channie then hop on the first class jet together to Japan to compete in the King of Iron Fist tournament at the Tokyo Dome. For good luck, Forrest decides to wear his red Gi and biker gear together since he won the King of Iron Fist with his biker gear and 2 USMAT’S with his red Gi. In the first round of the tournament, Forrest faced off against Julia Chang. Julia surprised Forrest with a few powerful attacks but ultimately Forrest’s aggression and strength overwhelmed her. Forrest fought against Violet Systems Company martial arts robot, Combot. Forrest easily dispatched of the poor Jack rip off and advanced to the third round. In the third round, Forrest would once again look for revenge for Channie Jack when he fought the person who defeated Channie in the first round, Lee Chaolan. In a fun and competitive bout, Forrest defeats Lee and moves on to the next move. The Japanese crowd, who were booing Forrest out of the building at the beginning of the tournament, was slowly starting to cheer for Forrest as the tournament progressed. This got into Forrest head as he went from fighting with a determined focus to playing to the crowd. When he saw that his next opponent was the martial arts bear Kuma, Forrest immedietly looked past him as an easy victory and became excited at the prospects of facing Kazuya Mishima, believed by many to be Japan’s greatest fighter. His mind distracted, Forrest did not take Kuma seriously at first and decided to unleash all of his best moves in the beginning of the fight in order to put Kuma away early. When he saw that Kuma was taking his best shots and still coming forward, Forrest broke mentally and by the time he realized his mistake he was quickly overwhelmed by the bear; being eliminated from the tournament in front of all of the fans in the Tokyo Dome. That was by far the most embarrassing loss of Forrest’s life and even though the people at the Tokyo Dome saw Forrest as just another competitor that lost, Forrest became paranoid and thought that everyone looking at him while smiling was laughing at his pitiful loss to Kuma. Forrest left Japan and went back to America as the self-proclaimed “Laughing Stock of Martial Arts.”
== Tekken 5-31 ==
Forrest’s loss to Kuma shamed him greatly and after a couple of weeks of soul searching at home, Forrest realized he had strayed from the path of a true martial artist. Forrest then decided to start his training all over again. Forrest spent the better part of a year trying to rediscover himself as a martial artist. Eventually word came back to America from the Japanese media saying that Forrest competed in and performed well in their last tournament despite suffering a defeat. Once that happened, a slew of students started signing up for Masters Ryu classes again via their online website. With Forrest’s Dojo back in demand, he decides to open up his doors once again to the public. Feeling that since his dojo was once again booming, Forrest decided to reopen Marshall China to try the restaurant business once again. Surprisingly to Forrest, Marshall China started to boom as well and it became one of the most popular restaurants in the upper west side. However, Marshall China’s success was not to last as Forrest became offended when he heard a customer announcing “Man, the food here sucks!” Hearing this, Forrest walks over to the man and asks “what did you just say?” The man repeats what he said and Forrest performs an uppercut on the man. Getting a taste of his dish, Forrest says “what are you talking about? This is good.” One of the man’s friends hits Forrest in the back of his head with a champagne bottle and suddenly a brawl is instigated. The headline in the next week’s newspaper read “Marshall China Loses in Court”. After that, Forrest decided to close Marshall China down for good; as it was losing him more money than it was gaining him. Forrest instead put all of his attention back on teaching his students and Forrest figures out if he can’t to do good in the restaurant business he might as well stay with the dojo. When the 5th King of Iron Fist tournament was announced, Forrest entered once again to prove that he was literally “the toughest fighter in the universe”. Forrest decided that he would compete in his old Gi to commemorate him becoming reborn as a martial artist. In the first round of the tournament, Forrest faced off against undefeated British Light Heavyweight boxer Steve Fox. Forrest nearly dominated Steve, but Fox caught Forrest with a right hand that dropped him and left Forrest reeling. Forrest would end up composing himself and defeat Steve Fox, but that punch would come back to haunt Forrest in the long run. Forrest was diagnosed by the Tekken doctors as having a concussion and he was advised not to continue in the tournament, but Forrest paid them no mind and went on to face Mexican Wrestling Superstar King II in the 2nd round. Forrest had a great and exciting fight with King, but in the end Forrest was able to vanquish his opponent and move on to the third round. In the backstage area, Forrest is greeted by Eliza and Mel who can tell that something is wrong with him. Forrest ends up collapsing in the middle of his conversation with them and when he wakes up, he sees the distressed faces of his wife and son. Eliza pleads for Forrest to withdraw from the tournament and avoid taking anymore punishment; risking long term injury. Forrest was about to comply with his wife’s wishes but when word came out that his next opponent in the tournament would be a rubber match with Kuma, Forrest’s pride wouldn’t allow him to “run away” from his arch rival. Forrest tells Eliza that he cannot do what she wishes and makes his way toward the ring where Kuma awaited him. Forrest’s rematch with Kuma was fierce and Forrest literally gave it everything he had left in him to defeat the bear and avenge his humiliating loss in the last tournament. Though victorious, the concussed Forrest was utterly exhausted leaving him unable to continue the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. Forrest had to be wheel chaired to the airport, accompanied by his son and his wife; who held resentment over the fact that she thought Forrest cared more about his pride than he did his family.  
== Tekken 6-33 ==
Shortly after the tournament, Bo Kazama took over the Mishima Zaibatsu and declared nuclear war on the rest of the world. Although Forrest had not spoken to Bo going on 7 years, he tried to walk into the Mishima Zaibatsu and talk some sense into Bo; who he thinks has been driven mad by the Satsui no Hado. Unfortunately for Forrest, he was not allowed entry to see Bo as Bo did not want to see or speak to him. Forrest was then escorted off the premises by armed guards, backed by Nina Williams. The nuclear war stopped many world events like concerts, the Olympics, and professional sporting events. Anyplace and anything that allowed large crowds to amass where shut down. In turn there was an influx of members joining the Masters Academy including Forrest’s former opponents: Steve Fox and Lee Chaolan. Both new students enrolled in the Shorin Ryu class; Steve Fox’s reason was to expand his fighting style outside of just boxing and begin a pursuit of becoming a true martial artist, while Lee was the impressed with the progression of Channie Jack at the last tournament and thought that his skills would improve greatly if he learned from Sensei Masters. When a new King of Iron Fist tournament is announced, all 4 former competitors received invitations to compete. Unable to collect any prize money from the last tournament, Forrest deeply thought about ways to increase his chances of winning; participating on his own was out of the question. Forrest thought if he could assemble a team with someone, his chances of winning the prize money would greatly increase. Forrest went over his plan with one of his best friends Channie Jack. Thinking a three-man team was better than two, Forrest and Channie were left with the decision of which two he could trust between Steve Fox and Lee Chaolan. While both men had become good friends with Lee and Steve, they knew they couldn’t trust either of them but the decision came down to which man they trusted more and the lesser of the two evils was renowned boxer Steve Fox. When approached about the idea, Steve seemed all for it. However, Steve told them that he would like to actually compete so he could know what his Boxing/Shorin Ryu mix was really made of. Steve did agree to help them cheat their way through the tournament by fixing up different traps in the ring for unsuspecting opponents; although Steve said if one of them fight him, the fight would be for real. Forrest and Channie then discussed in private what would happen if they fought each other in the finals. The two best friends knew they would never fight each other for real, but they had different views about which one of them should win; Forrest campaigned for his victory because he wants to spit in the face of the Mishima Zaibatsu and the King of Iron Fist tournament for robbing his of his prior tournament victory, while Channie argued he needed to win because he is a famous martial arts movie star and he felt the need to prove to critics that he wasn’t a fake, telling Forrest that he wouldn’t understand until he was put in the same worldwide spotlight as he was. The two men then decided to flip a coin to see which of them should win. Forrest went for Tails; giving Channie heads. When the coin landed on tails, Forrest was overjoyed as he was finally going to officially win the King of Iron Fist; Channie was disappointed but thought runner up wouldn’t be that bad. The two devised a plan that Channie would go for a flying high kick, while Forrest would duck and lightly hit Channie with a punch to the chest; knocking him out. With everything finally in place, the men set off for the King of Iron Fist tournament. While participating in the Tournament, Forrest and Jack stop at nothing to win the tournament prize money.  In the first round of the tournament, Forrest faced off against Russian Spetsnaz member Dragunov. They have a short but good fight, until Forrest finally leads Dragunov to the part of the ring that has a whole in it; which Steve Fox cut out before the match. Dragunov fell down the whole in the ring and knocked himself unconscious. Since Dragunov was unable to continue, Forrest advanced to the next round. Forrest next faced Sumo champion Ganryu. Forrest got outmatched by Ganryu for the duration of their fight, until Ganryu finally slipped on the artificial ice placed in the ring before the fight by Steve Fox. When Garyu slipped into a split, Forrest took the opportunity to KO the sumo by deliver a huge knee to Ganryu’s jaw; which the sumo never saw coming. In the third round, Forrest faced off against US martial arts prodigy and bounty hunter Robert Richards. Forrest wanted to test himself against the American prodigy and fought Bob to win a clean fight; actually forgetting that he had a rig in place. The two engaged in a hard fought and athletic battle and just when the action started to heat up to its fullest, Steve shined a glimmering light into Bob’s eyes from the rafters in the arena; blinding him. Forrest dropped his head in disappointment and whispered to himself “fucking shit” as he delivered the final blow, a knockout punch to the blinded Bob’s jaw that put him out cold. In the Semi Final round, Forrest fought tough Spanish Bullfighter Miguel Caballero Rojo; who defeated Steve in the prior round. Before the fight, Steve came to Miguel to show his respect to him and offered to buy him lunch. Miguel accepted Steve’s generous offer, but what he didn’t know was Steve drugged the food so that he wouldn’t be %100 for his fight with Forrest. As a result, Forrest easily defeated Miguel in their fight and advanced to the finals of the King of Iron Fist tournament against none other than his best friend Channie Jack. Once in the ring, both are competitors are ready to fight each other. Before the bell rings, Forrest says "Let's get started" and Jack replies "Leave it to me; just like we planned". The announcer rang the bell to give the signal to start fighting.  The two men run at each other but end up mistiming each other’s movements and both men accidentally hit each other's vital place. Jack accidentally kicks Forrest in his face and Forrest accidentally punches Jack in his crotch. Both fighters are knocked unconscious and the crowd boos the fighters, Steve shakes his head and quietly boos them as well. For drawing in the finals, both men split the prize money from the Mishima Zaibatsu. After the tournament, Steve along with Forrest and Channie, celebrate their victory in the tournament in a small hut. The Mishima Zaibatsu then brings the money inside the hut for them. Forrest reminds them that they'll split the money 3 ways saying "just like we promised." However, Steve lightly rejects the money and tells them that the experience alone was reward enough and leaves the hut. After he leaves, Forrest and Channie delight in the fact that they have so much money and begin to celebrate inside of the Hut; their celebration leads them to the outside of the hut, they start friendly sparring in excitement. Unknown to them however, the Zaibatsu has placed a bomb inside one of the cases of money. Forrest and Channie continue to celebrate unaware that they only have five seconds left before the bomb explodes. Steve is quite far away from the hut when the bomb goes off, apparently killing his two new friends. Steve turns around and a shocked look overtakes his face. He runs to the explosion, only to find Forrest and Channie alive with smoke and brimstone dust all over their body; looking on at the destroyed hut and the money that could have been but never was.  
== Lights, Camera, ACTION!-(34-35) ==
Shortly after that series of unfortunate events, Forrest’s life was about to get immensely worse as Eliza finally filed for divorce; citing irreconcilable differences. Forrest tried to have a last ditch conversation with his wife to save his marriage, but this time Eliza was hearing none of it; saying that Forrest cared more about fighting than his family and if she was going to play second fiddle to a fighter’s life then she at least wants to be with a winner. She admitted to Forrest that she fell out of love with him and the love she once had for him has turned into utter contempt and hate. Forrest had no choice but to accept the harsh reality that his marriage was over. Forrest signed the papers and the divorce proceedings were swift. Eliza was furious when she was awarded none of the Masters family fortune because of the prenuptial agreement Forrest put in place saying that both parties leave with what they came with; Eliza was sure she would get a large portion of the money since she still had to support Mel. By the time Forrest filed for joint custody of Mel, he was shocked to discover that Eliza and his son had dropped off the face of the Earth. He also discovered that $80,000,000 was stolen from his life saving by someone perpetrating to be him. Forrest knew this was Eliza and tried to hire private investigators and the American government to find his son and his money; as well as arrest his ex-wife.  Everyone found nothing however, as Eliza must have found some help from very important people as there was absolutely no record of anybody named Mel Masters and Eliza Simpson/Masters ever existing. With no way to find his family, Forrest once again ceased training, abandoned his dojo, and returned to the bottle. Forrest only pulled himself out of his alcoholic state once he realized that with every drop he drank he was proving Eliza right; that he was just a washed up drunkard who’s glory days are behind him, a man that only cared about the bottle and making sure his diminutive martial arts legacy survived. Forrest threw down the bottle and although he was still depressed, went back to doing something that he loved which was teach his students at the Masters Academy. Meanwhile, a movie director by the name of Newt Arnold began watching old footage of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3 and saw Forrest’s Tournament winning interview. The director was more impressed with Forrest’s charisma than his actual fighting ability and discussed potentially casting Forrest as the main character in his upcoming movie with the movie’s story writer Sheldon Lettich and the man who the story is based on, Forrest’s Shorin Ryu master Boyd Dux. Dux was shocked and excited to see that Arnold had Forrest in mind to play him in the movie and the two men went straight to New York to talk to Forrest to see if he was interested in starring in a Hollywood feature. They find Forrest in his dojo teaching his class and when Forrest spots Master Boyd, he runs to him and bows before giving him a big hug; Forrest also implores his student to do the same and bow to the master, giving him the same respect they give Forrest as without that man there would be no Masters Ryu. When they pitch the movie idea to Forrest, Forrest is humbled that his master would consider him, a person who has zero acting experience to portray him in a movie. Newt Arnold told Forrest that experience would not be needed to play that role as he would only need to be himself with the volume turned way up; just like he was in the King of Iron Fist 3. Master Boyd added that he had the same type of experience and passion as Forrest had in the King of Iron Fist 3 when he was competing in the Kumite’s. Forrest accepts their offer mostly to honor his master and in hopes that the movie would catapult him to Hollywood stardom so his new found fame would help increase his chance of finding his son; thinking even if he wouldn’t be able to find Mel, Mel could always see Forrest on the big screen one day and search out his father. Forrest left responsibility of the Academy to Sensei Shannon Lee, Sensei Thad Campbell, Sensei Bobby Colontino, Sensei William Bonet and Sensei William Hamilton. One thing that Forrest had to do however before he arrived on set was get a haircut as Newt Arnold told Forrest no one in Hollywood would want to work with an actor with a “ridiculous hairstyle like the one he had.” When Forrest arrived on set for the first day of filming, he was sporting his brand new Supercuts haircut with his hair dyed brown like Master Boyd back in the day. Forrest soon fell in love with the movie making experience and pined to film more movies; although he had to wait to see how his movie "Fight Dirty" would perform at the box office. With zero advertisement, "Fight Dirty" became a U.S. box-office hit and catapulted Forrest to Hollywood fastest rising action star. Forrest immediately went to filming Iron Claw, which had a solid showing; once again without advertisement.  His next role was Kurt Sloane in the successful Dragon Fist. In this film, his character fights to avenge his brother who has been paralyzed by a Thai kickboxing champion. In his last role of the year, Forrest starred in Cage Match; which debuted strongly at the box office. After this movie, Forrest decided to take advantage of his new found fame and finally expand the Master’s Academy outside of just New York; making it a martial arts chain, the 1st of its kind. Sensei Shannon Lee would expand to Florida, Sensei Thad Campbell would expand to New Jersey, Sensei Bobby Colontino would expand to Connecticut, Sensei William Bonet would expand to Pennsylvania and Sensei William Hamilton would stay at the dojo in New York.  In his first role of the next year, Forrest starred in the film Son of Dragon Fist. The film is about a French Legionnaire who deserts his post to return to Los Angeles, after his brother is murdered and enters the underground fighting circuit to raise money for his brother's family.  His next film Massive Strike featured Forrest in the dual role of Alex and Chad Wagner, estranged twin brothers fighting to avenge the deaths of their parents. This film reunited him with his former Dragon Fist co-star, Bolo Yeung and netted over 80 million dollars at the box office. Forrest followed that with the non-successful Exiting the Dragon of Death starring opposite his best friend Channie Jack and the successful Every Dog his its Day. Before shooting his next film, Forrest got Shannon Lee her first movie role in the film Dragon: A Bruce Lee Story, a biopic about her father. Shannon became hit with the acting bug as well and left Florida for Hollywood to pursue an acting career; leaving the Academy in charge of Sensei Jose Montes, who Shannon promoted herself.    
== Mortal Kombat-35 ==
In Forrest’s next film Ninja Mime, The plot revolves around an international martial arts tournament. Claims by Forrest’s Shorin-Ryu Master Boyd Dux that Ninja Mime was a rework of a script he wrote, entitled "Enter the New Dragon: The Kumite," were rejected by a jury when he tried to sue Forrest for making the movie. Although the trial was nasty, in which Boyd Dux actually denied ever training Forrest, telling the world that Forrest’s moves were fake, that he never did any of his own stunts, and anybody attending one of his schools is learning a system of self-defense that simply does not work. He also stated that though Forrest won 2 U.S. martial arts tournaments, the competition was light and once Forrest got on the world stage, he lost every single time; showing footage of the King of Iron Fist 4 to back his claim. Forrest was very civil throughout the whole ordeal and he still accepted Master Boyd in his good graces after the trial was finished. The press had a field day with Forrest throughout the trial; dragging his name through the mud. Forrest knew that he had some damage control to do for his image because for the most part the press and the public believed Boyd Dux’s scandalous lies. Forrest was determined to make his next movie as stunt filled and hard hitting as possible. During Filming however, things were not going according to plan. Forrest was so fed up with his stunt performers he was doing the action scenes with that he actually contemplated dropping out of the movie. Minutes later, He is invited to compete in the Mortal Kombat tournament by his sensei, Master Boyd, who in reality was a disguised Shang Tsung, posing as Boyd to lure Masters into the tournament. Forrest then drops out of the movie he was doing and decides to compete in the mysterious tournament. He is chosen along with Bo Kazama and U.S. Special Forces Operative Sonya Blade as representatives of Earthrealm in the tournament by Raiden. During the tournament, Forrest fought a former Shirai Ryu ninja named Hanzo Hasashi reborn as an undead Wraith named Scorpion. Forrest defeated Scorpion and later seemingly caused the demise of the previous Mortal Kombat Champion, the Shokan Goro; avenging the death of a fellow fighter named Art Lean, one of the few people who believed the authenticity of Masters's abilities. He accompanies Bo Kazama and Kitana to Shao Kahn's castle in the Wastelands of Outworld to rescue an imprisoned Sonya, and witnesses the climactic battle between Bo Kazama and Shang Tsung. After Shang Tsung’s defeat, Shao Kahn the emperor of Outworld, tried to invade Earthrealm by force but the Elder Gods were able to block Shao Kahn from entering Earthrealm; albeit temporarily. Once comfortably back in Earthrealm, Forrest and Sonya start dating.
=== Mortal Kombat II ===
Forrest then starred opposite Axel Lundgren in the action film Mortal Kombat. While it grossed $36,299,898 in the U.S., it was an even bigger success overseas, making over $65 million, well over its modest $23 million budget, making it Forrest's highest grossing film at the time. Before shooting his next film, Forrest decided to take some time to work out and train his Masters Ryu. Forrest had been feeling a very weird energy in his body since he returned from the tournament. The feeling was slightly familiar to Forrest as it felt the same as when he was first burning with Hado for the first time 18 years ago. When Forrest finally released the burning energy that was within him, he was shocked to discover this green fireball in the palm of his hand. Forrest then released the fireball from his hand; blasting away a tree. Forrest initially thought that the green fireball was just another form of Hado that was unlocked due to the extraterrestrial properties of Shang Tsung's Island and Outworld. Forrest then went to shooting his next film. Forrest’s next theatrical release was HWAAAAA!!. On its initial release, HWAAAAA!! was a financial success but received mixed reviews from film critics. Critics found HWAAAAA!! to have good action scenes but noted the weak script and poor quality acting from Forrest Masters. Not long after that, Forrest was attacked while shooting a commercial by a revitalized Shang Tsung, Kintaro, Baraka, Kitana, and Mileena. Sonya Blade's partner, Jax then appears out of nowhere and manages to help Forrest in the fight. They were later joined by other Earthrealm warriors to help fight the horde off. Forrest then traveled into Outworld with his friends for another tournament. In the first round of the tournament, Forrest fought the deadly Tarkatan, Baraka. In the near fatal encounter, Forrest won for Earthrealm by incapacitating Baraka with his Shadow Kick. In the second round, Forrest faced off against Lin Kuei ninja assassin, Smoke. Forrest and Smoke fought in a close fight were at any moment Forrest could be killed if he made a mistake. In the end, Forrest knocked Smoke out with a Shadow Uppercut. In the third round, Forrest faced the man formerly known as Sub-Zero, who was reborn as a Netherrealm Wraith named, Noob Saibot. In a match that saw Forrest dominated, Forrest knew he had to pull out all of the stops to defeat his opponent. Forrest then unleashed on Saibot his new Green Fireball technique. Saibot is instantly defeated when he is hit with the Green Fireball and Forrest advances to the next round; where he faces fellow Earthrealm kombatant, Kung Lao. In the close and competitive fight, Forrest is defeated by his Earthrealm comrade. Eventually, Bo Kazama challenged Shao Kahn, proving again that he was the true champion of Mortal Kombat; Kazama defeated the emperor within inches of his life. Defeated, Kahn ordered his forces to kill the earth warriors. Forrest’s comrades were fortunate to make their way back to Earthrealm. Forrest however, was not as lucky as he was killed by the leader of Shao Kahn’s forces, Motaro; in order to provide his friends with safe passage back home.
=== Mortal Kombat 3 ===
When Shao Kahn invaded Earthrealm by way of loophole by having his deceased Queen Sindel reincarnated on Earth, Forrest due to the merger of realms blocking his accent into Heaven, was one of the chosen warriors whose soul was protected by Raiden. After Shao Kahn’s defeat at the hands of Bo, Forrest’s soul was free to leave to a higher place.
=== Mortal Kombat 4 ===
Forrest watched from the Heavens as the events unfolded and the fallen Elder God Shinnok attacked Earthrealm. Forrest sought out Raiden so that he could restore his deceased soul and fight alongside Bo once more and help defeat Shinnok.
=== Return to Acting ===
After the defeat of Shinnok, it appeared as though Raiden’s revival of Forrest was permanent as he did not ascend back into the Heavens but instead remained on Earth. This meant that he returned to acting as the media did not know that he died and only thought that he was taking a break. His missing presence was felt at the locations of the Masters Dojo’s however, as Forrest usually made an appearance to teach at all five gyms twice a year; but due to his legitimate death, Forrest wasn’t able to be inside of one of his Dojo’s in 2 years. As a result Forrest Masters was sued for using Bait and Switch tactics to lure members by saying they would be taught by Forrest himself even though he was never there. The New York State Attorney General announced a settlement with Forrest Masters, owner of the Masters Academy & the entities he controls. The bait & switch sales tactics that Forrest was charged with using, violated state laws on deceptive practices. Forrest was also sued for not issuing refunds for medical reasons, violating health club regulations. The settlement required Forrest Masters to pay $195,000 in penalties and costs and register his schools as franchises with the State.  Despite his financial loss, things were starting to look up for Forrest as he was finally reunited with his son Mel who was happy to see that his father was not dead. They had a lengthy talk about what has happened to them through the years before Mel left Forrest to continue on his journey of becoming the greatest grappler. Forrest then started working again, starring in Aquatic Assault; which was written by him and Allen Snider. Forrest’s return movie killed at the box office netting over $99,000,000 worldwide, but was poorly received by critics. Forrest’s next film Sudden Violence was a box office disappointment in the United States; grossing less than $20.4 million at the box office on a $35 million budget. It also received mixed to negative reviews at the time of its release. However, the film was a huge success internationally; particularly in Australia, Germany, and the United Kingdom, making $64 million worldwide. In other countries, it made close to $50 million in profit with video sales.  After the release of Sudden Violence, Forrest finally went to go see his former girlfriend Sonya Blade in hopes to rekindle their relationship. Forrest was disappointed however, to find that she was now in a relationship with her partner Kurtis Jackson Guile and moved on from Forrest. In a depressed state, Forrest then buried himself in his work; first filming Who’s That which performed better overseas, enabling the film to earn back double its budget and Time Smashers in which Forrest played a time traveling cop, who tries to prevent the death of his wife. Time Smashers became the highest grossing film of Forrest’s career; racking in more than $103,000,000 at the box office. This moment of success wouldn’t last long before Forrest endured the most humiliating night of his life.
=== Sucker Punch ===
Forrest was in a deep depression after Sonya refuted his attempt at rekindling their relationship and partook heavily in alcohol. Forrest was doing more drinking than he's ever done in his life and all of his reckless drinking would come to ahead one night inside of a strip club. That day started off as per usual for Forrest with breakfast and a beer to wash it down. He drank a couple of more brews before having his driver take him to a meeting with a producer who wanted Forrest to star in his new movie Predator. Forrest blew his chances at Predator when not only did he arrive at the meeting tipsy, he told the producers that he wanted 3 million dollars for every month that he was on set or he would not do the film. The producers turned him down but Forrest was too sauced up to care. After the meeting Forrest went to a bar where he had two glasses of Champaign, a glass of Hennessy, and a glass of Grand Marnier. After the bar his driver took Forrest to his good friend Mickey Rourke's house, where Rourke did cocaine and Forrest killed a full bottle of Champaign. At 12a.m. Masters, Rourke, and their entourage decide to go to the strip club S.C.O.R.E.S where once there Forrest runs into an old acquaintance of his, a man named Chuck Zito. Years ago, Chuck Zito was employed as Forrest's bodyguard but right before Forrest was to sail to Shang Tsung's Island for the Mortal Kombat tournament; he had an affair with Zito's wife Kathy. This lead to Zito quitting as Master's bodyguard and him divorcing his wife Kathy. On this day though, Zito was finally trying to move on from the past and decided to make amends with Forrest. Zito walked up to Forrest and said "hello". Forest now drunk beyond repair brushes Zito off and says "hello Chuck ZI-to" without making any eye contact. Zito starred at Forrest for a minute and called him a prick under his breath before going back to his business. Forrest didn't care what Zito said he was there to drink, have fun, and see naked women dance on his lap. Forrest went on to have a glass of Cognac, a glass of Ciroc, a glass of Patron, a glass of Bay Breeze, and a fish bowl of Stoooopid Fruity Blue Juice before going to the bathroom to relieve himself. Once in the bathroom Forrest is approached by a man who wishes to introduce himself to him. The man says his name is Frankie and that they have a mutual friend Mr. Chuck Zito. Forrest laughed and said "Chuck Zito takes steroids, he has no balls. I fucked his wife's brains out and he did nothing, Chuck Zito has no heart." With that Forrest left the bathroom and proceeded to get a lap dance. While in the midst of an epic lap dance Chuck Zito walks over to Forrest and says to the woman "Sweetheart, do me a favor. Take your shoes for a walk." Forrest now annoyed that Zito ruined his lap dance looks at Chuck in disgust. Zito asked "Forrest, were you just talking about me in the bathroom?" Forrest then, preparing for a fight, takes off his $500 sun glasses and tucks it into his shirt pocket. Forrest just looks a Zito, takes another sip of Stoooopid Fruity Blue Juice and says "yeah, so what?" Zito then asked "you told Frankie that I had no heart?" and Forrest replied "Uh-huh." Zito flabbergasted asked "why would you say that?" Forrest put his head down, sighed, and said "because you're full of Shit." Chuck then grabbed Forrest by his arm and said "Excuse me, Forrest. Did you just say I'm full of shit?!" Forrest then looks at his arm, looks at Chuck, looks back at his arm, finishes the last of the Stoooopid Fruity Blue Juice, looks back at chuck and says "No, I said you're fucking full of shit!" Then after that Chuck Zito throws a punch. Forrest sees the punch coming from a mile away and while his brain is telling him to use his left arm to block it, his body doesn't listen as all the alcohol he consumed throughout the day came back to haunt him and all he could do is look as Zito's Straight right connected with Forrest's face followed by a left hook. this combination flipped Forrest over his chair and into Zito's friend Kevin Lubic. Kevin was holding Forrest but Forrest was discombobulated and all he could hear was Zito saying "you fucking scumbag! I got no heart? you got no heart! this ain't the movies asshole; this is the street and I own the fucking street." Forrest could then see Zito coming straight for him so he covered up and Zito unloaded everything he had on Forrest with only about 5% of his punches actually landing. the clubs bouncers eventually broke up the fight and tossed Forrest out of the club. that was the last thing Forrest remembered before waking up in his bed at home hung over. Forrest looked at the morning newspaper and he read the headline FORREST MASTERS KO'D. The actual article had reported eye witnesses and Chuck Zito himself saying that he knocked out Forrest and when Forrest turned on the radio he heard Chuck Zito actually say that he "Kicked Forrest Masters Ass." Forrest didn't remember a thing and called Mickey to find out if it was true. Mickey said that he doesn't know what really happened. he said he was "with a broad" when he turned around and saw the bouncers kicking Forrest out of the club. Mickey then went on to say that Forrest was so hammered last night that its probably true. With that Forrest hung up the phone and knew deep down inside that he lost a fight last night. Forrest knew exactly why too: the liquor. From that moment on Forrest vowed to never drink another drop of alcohol for as long as he lives. Forrest's image was now totally tarnished and he felt that he could not escape the media scrutiny, so he decided to move to the realm of Edenia. While living in Edenia, Forrest began a relationship with Jade.
== Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance-36 ==
Forrest finished 4 other movies but each one was a box office bomb due to the effect of the Chuck Zito incident. Forrest's last movie before the Chuck Zito incident was Time Smashers which grossed over 103 million at the box office, while his first movie after the incident, 24 Karate Gold grossed a little over 11 Million; this film received negative reviews and was a box office bomb. The film was also nominated for and "won" three Golden Raspberry Awards: Worst Supporting Actor (Rodman), Worst New Star (also Rodman) and Worst Screen Couple (Rodman and Masters).Forrest tried to save face by admitting to the public that he was drunk out of his mind that night and that he could beat Chuck Zito anytime, anywhere in 15 seconds guaranteed; however the damage was done, people no longer wanted to see somebody who to them was PROVEN as a fake. Forrest next movie, Fight Dirty, opened in the United States to critical scorn and box office indifference. It took the 4th spot bringing in $5,516,2311 at 1800 theaters, with a $3,064 average for the weekend. From there it plummeted and topped out with just $10,300,000 in US ticket sales. His next movie had the highest box office gross out of the four movies and was titled The Gist of My Fist; which grossed a little over 23 million at the box office and the film as a whole received mixed reviews. Forrest then filmed Mortal Kombat 2 which was received with highly negative reviews and was a box office bomb; netting a little over $10,000,000 at the box office. Forrest then began filming Mortal Kombat: The Death of Johnny Cage, in which he was repeatedly killed and brought back to life. Upset at the way he was being portrayed, believing his own adventures were far more entertaining, Forrest wanted out of the movie but he couldn't due to his contract. As luck would have it, Forrest was approached by Raiden, who asked him to help fight the Deadly Alliance of Quan Chi and Shang Tsung. At first, Forrest thought it was the actor who played Raiden but when he saw the actor eating lunch, Forrest realized it was the real Raiden that told him to go to Shang Tsung's island for further instructions. Forrest found a loophole in his contract and left the movie. Forrest would then attempt to use this new adventure to make his own movie by using a GO-PRO; making history as the first ever “first person” movie. Arriving on the island by way of parachute, he learned of Bo Kazama's death and went to Outworld to help his friends. Masters was killed during the final assault on the Deadly Alliance (he, Sonya, and Jax were overwhelmed by the Deadly Alliance's Tarkatan warriors, while Kung Lao and Kitana were killed by Shang Tsung and Quan Chi).
=== Mortal Kombat: Deception ===
Soon afterward, he was resurrected by Onaga and made into his slave. Sometime later, he was freed from this state by Ermac and the spirit of Bo Kazama.
== Mortal Kombat: Armageddon-37 ==
Forrest fought in the battle of Armageddon and during the battle, fought Hsu Hao to a draw before Hao was killed in the shockwave of blaze’s violent death. After Bo was killed by the deadly alliance and Raiden seemingly gave his life to defeat blaze, Forrest became disheartened that both Raiden and Bo Kazama were unable to unite and lead the Earthrealm warriors. Forrest then began to receive visions of Shinnok creating several portals in different realms. He decided to visit these areas to confirm his visions, and sure enough, he found evidence that Shinnok had been there. Deciding to take action, Forrest Masters saw in his visions that Shinnok's next destination was Shang Tsung's island fortress. When he arrived at the island, he saw Shinnok scheming with Quan Chi to take Shao Kahn's fortress by force. When Quan Chi vanished back through the portal which he came through, Forrest Masters attacked. He caught Shinnok off guard and appeared to have the upper hand, until the former Elder God retreated in a cloud of smoke, leaving Forrest to decide what to do next. Forrest then gives up his pursuit of Shinnok and heads to Edenia. Understanding that she would be around for centuries and Forrest wouldn't live for half of that time, Jade decided to break up with Forrest. Jade also knew that his heart was with Sonya Blade. Forrest went back to live in Earthrealm. Forrest then went to see Sonya and confess his undying love for her. The also newly single Sonya confessed that she felt the same way and that it just wasn't the same without him in her life. The two then got Married and moved into Forrest’s house in New York along with her daughter Samantha.
== The Netherrealm War-(38-39) ==
However, Shinnok soon attacks Earthrealm with his army of Netherrealm forces, including a select few Earthrealm warriors who are possessed and now under Quan Chi's control, whom he affectionately calls his Revenants . Forrest and Kenshi join Sonya and the Special Forces in the fight against Shinnok. Along the way to the Sky Temple, their aircraft is attacked by a possessed Scorpion and Sub-Zero and the soldiers are killed. After the aircraft crashes, Forrest defeats both ninjas, lamenting that he liked it better when he and Sub-Zero fought on the same side. He then joins Sonya and Kenshi and they continue on. In the forest, the three of them and the forces are attacked by a possessed Smoke and Jax. After defeating Smoke, Forrest rescues Sonya from Jax and defeats him, promising to “fix him someday.” After reminding her that Jax is not himself, the two of them join Kenshi and head for the Sky Temple after the ninja finds the portal. They arrive at the Jinsei just in time to save the (still living) Raiden and Fujin from Shinnok, but no one is able to defeat the fallen Elder God. As Shinnok prepares to enslave Sonya, Forrest leaps in between, blocking the attack with his inner power. After defeating the god, he kicks the amulet back to Raiden, who uses it to capture and seal Shinnok inside. He then stays in the Jinsei with an unconscious Sonya, allowing the chamber’s power to heal her. After the battle, Forrest learns from Raiden that his power comes from his ancestry of a Mediterranean war cult. Since he could not awaken the power after the battle with Shinnok, the Elder God speculates that it triggers whenever Forrest sees a loved one in danger. Sometime later, Forrest and Sonya infiltrate Quan Chi’s fortress, where they are attacked by the sorcerer and his possessed fighters. Forrest defeats Sub-Zero and Jax, but is later stabbed in the back by the latter. As he lies dying, Raiden arrives and stalls the process long enough for Sonya to defeat Quan Chi. The thunder god then saves Forrest and reverses Quan Chi’s spell reverting Scorpion and Sub-Zero back to their normal state, along with Jax while also restoring his humanity. Months after this crisis is over, Sonya discovers that she is pregnant. She then gave birth to their daughter named Maria.
== Street Fighter: New Generations-40 ==
Over the next year, Forrest and his family have been living comfortably in New York.  Forrest also took in his first private student in a teenage boy named Sean Matsuda; brother of his former acquaintance Laura Matsuda, strictly teaching the boy the form of Ansatsuken. The boy’s resilience and determination to be taught by Forrest, after Forrest denied him again and again, made Forrest see a fire burning within Sean; thinking that he was very similar to Sean when he was his age. When the third World Warrior Tournament was announced, the first one in 18 years, Forrest jumped at the chance to compete once again; thinking for sure his old friend Bo would compete, not having seen him since his revival. To commemorate the first World Warrior Tournament in 18 years, Forrest grew his hair out; he also made sure to wear the authentic Ansatsuken gi Master Gouken gave him over 25 years ago. Sean also wished to compete so he could prove to Forrest that he was worthy of being his successor of Ansatsuken. In the first round of the tournament, Forrest fought veteran Boxer and former World Heavyweight Champion Dudley. Dudley proved formidable but Forrest’s experience fighting boxers was too much for Dudley to overcome and the all-time boxing great was defeated by the creator of Master’s Ryu. By coincidence, in the second round Forrest was matched up against his student Sean Matsuda. Forrest was able to easily defeat his student who was both intimidated and ill prepared to face his master at this point in his training. Sean impressed Forrest however, with how well he fought and some of the sneaky techniques he used to land attacks. Before Forrest could find out who he was to do battle with next, he drops out of the tournament; upon realizing Bo was defeated by a mysterious old fighter named Oro. After the tournament, life returned as per usual for Forrest; with him taking care of his family and continuing to train Sean every day. Forrest welcomed more people into the Masters household and another student, when his son Mel finally came to seek the private tutelage that his father promised him when he was a young boy. The Masters household went from 4 people to 7 people including a dog all in a short period of time. This started to take its toll on Forrest as he longed for some alone time with his wife. To free up his schedule a bit, Forrest sent Sean on a personal quest to go find Bo and challenge him to spar in order to see where he was at in the Ansatsuken training. This ingenious plan afforded Forrest some free time with Sonya. After some precious free time with his wife, Forrest began to feel bored; as Sean was still off on his fool’s quest to find Bo, while Mel was taking a break from training so he and his girlfriend could experience New York together. Forrest’s boredom wouldn’t last for long however, as he becomes more suspicious about the mysterious organization that hosted the third World Warrior Tournament because of their resemblance to Shadaloo and goes to investigate. While investigating the Illuminati, Forrest confronted the president of the organization, Urien. Urien does not take kindly to Forrest pressing him on his business affairs and a fight breaks out. The fight is interrupted however, by Gill the Emperor of the Illuminati; who allowed Forrest safe passage off the premises as long as he left immediately. After Forrest’s Illuminati adventure, he is surprised to find his best friend Bo waiting for him at home; along with his student Sean. Bo tells Forrest that he decided to accompany Sean back to New York from Oakland so they can have another one of their long-awaited legendary sparring sessions. Forrest gathers the whole family together in the backyard to witness the two childhood friends duke it out one last time. Although Bo wins the sparring match, both have a good fight. A few months later, Forrest decides to compete in the first ever nationally televised U.S. Martial Arts Tournament; attempting to make history by becoming the first ever 3x tournament champion. Forrest invites the whole entire Masters family to the tournament, located at Madison Square Garden, so they could be privy to his attempt at putting his name in the record books in front of thousands in attendance and millions watching at home. In the end, Forrest achieves his goal and wins his third straight U.S. Martial Arts tournament; setting a new record. During his tournament celebration with his family, Forrest offers the trophy to Sean. Sean denies Forrest’s kind gesture, telling Forrest that he wishes to earn it for himself; giving Forrest another level of respect for his young protégée. Since proving to millions of people and media members that he was the real deal when it came to martial arts, Forrest has continued to train Sean and Mel, handle his family and business, and keep up with his old friend Bo.
== Pro Wrestling-(41-50) ==
While watching his dad David Masters wrestle in the WWF, Forrest thought to himself that it looked like fun. Forrest thought if the people and media wanted to continue to see him compete, the WWF seemed like the perfect outlet to show the world what type of athlete he really was. Forrest asked his father to train him and a year later Forrest signed a deal with promoter Paul Heyman's Philadelphia-based promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) to prove to Vince McMahon and the WWE that he has what it takes to thrive in pro wrestling.   
=== ECW-Age 41 ===
Forrest defeated Axl Rotten in his debut match at House Party. Forrest soon became a face due to his laid-back attitude and unorthodox style which included incorporating his Martial Arts background in his wrestling. On March 30, he faced 2 Cold Scorpio in a match for the ECW Television Championship. The match ended in a draw with 2 Cold Scorpio retaining the title. Forrest gained attention following a series of matches with long-time rival Sabu, which began with a match at Hostile City Showdown, won by Sabu. After the match, Forrest declined to show proper respect for his opponent, leading to a rematch at A Matter of Respect, which was won by Forrest. Per the pre-match stipulation, Sabu then offered Forrest a handshake, but was again ignored. Instead, Forrest left the ring and turned heel under the management of Bill Alfonso. At Hardcore Heaven, Forrest faced his rival Sabu once again, in a match to prove who the better man was. Sabu won the match. The two faced each other yet again in a stretcher match at The Doctor is In. Forrest lost the match after missing a Plancha to the outside, hitting the railing and falling onto the stretcher. At Natural Born Killaz, Forrest defeated Doug Furnas in a match. Post-match, Forrest offered Furnas a handshake, but Furnas instead hit Forrest with a short-arm clothesline, starting a rivalry between the two. After his rivalry with Furnas expanded to also include Dan Kroffat, Forrest wanted a tag team partner of his own. After losing to long-time rival Sabu once again at Unluckily Lottery, the two united and formed what was to become one of the most successful tag teams in ECW history. They feuded with Furnas and Kroffat defeating them at When Worlds Collide II and High Incident. Forrest and Sabu next feuded with The Eliminators, John Kronus and Perry Saturn. On November 1, the two teams fought to a draw. Forrest then feuded with Taz, to whom he lost at Holiday Hell via knockout. Sabu and Forrest continued to feud with The Eliminators for the ECW Tag Team Championship into the next year. 
=== Age 42 ===
At Crossing the Line Again and Cyberslam, the teams faced off for the ECW Tag Team Championship in a pair of matches, both of which were won by The Eliminators. At CyberSlam, the two teams faced each other for the title in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, in which The Eliminators again retained their title. At ECW's first pay-per-view event Barely Legal, Forrest defeated Lance Storm as a last-minute replacement for the injured Chris Candido. Immediately following the match, Forrest expressed his distaste for being chosen as a back-up for "some guy who couldn't even lace his boots". Forrest delivered a speech directed towards Paul Heyman, and not being originally booked on the show was a point of contention between Forrest and Heyman for a time. Despite his arrogance, over time Forrest became applauded by fans recognizing his athleticism and unique maneuvers. Forrest continued to team up with Sabu upon his return to ECW on June 13. Tazz's manager Bill Alfonso betrayed Tazz and joined Sabu and Forrest. Forrest then started a new rivalry with Tommy Dreamer. On June 21, Forrest and Sabu earned a victory over Dreamer and The Sandman. Forrest and Sabu emerged victorious against Dreamer and Sandman again at Orgy of Violence. Forrest and Dreamer faced each other in a hardcore match at Born to Be Wired, won by Forrest after he performed a leg drop on Dreamer with a trashcan. At As Good as it Gets, the team of Forrest and Alfonso lost to Dreamer and Beulah McGillicutty in a mixed tag team match. Forrest and Sabu became partners while Dreamer teamed up with Tazz. At Fright Fight, Forrest lost to Dreamer in a flag match. At Ultimate Jeopardy, Forrest and Sabu faced Dreamer and Tazz, a match won by Tazz and Dreamer after Dreamer pinned Forrest. At November to Remember, Forrest faced Dreamer in another flag match, which went to a no contest. At Better Than Ever, Forrest and Sabu faced Dreamer and Tazz in a rematch. This time, Forrest pinned Dreamer to give the victory to his team and to settle their rivalry. Forrest's final encounter with Dreamer came on December 26, when Dreamer teamed up with Tazz, Al Snow, and Sandman to take on Forrest, Sabu, Doug Furnas, and Phil Lafon. Forrest's team lost the match. 
=== Age 43 ===
Forrest turned face and started a feud with Triple Threat (Shane Douglas, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Chris Candido). At House Party, Forrest defeated Bam Bam Bigelow. At Hostile City Showdown, Forrest and Sabu defeated Axl Rotten and Balls Mahoney by disqualification. The two went on to win a fatal four way elimination tag team match later that night. At CyberSlam, Forrest and Sabu fell to Shane Douglas and Bam Bam Bigelow. Forrest's popularity increased when he got his first taste of ECW gold, on April 4 when he defeated Bam Bam Bigelow to win the ECW World Television Championship. Forrest retained the belt in his first title defense on April 10 against Doug Furnas. Sabu also expressed interest in Forrest's championship, leading to a title match between the two at Wrestlepalooza. Forrest retained the title as the match ended in a time limit draw. At A Matter of Respect, Forrest and Sabu were forced to face each other in a tag team match as they both teamed up with ECW Tag Team Champions. Forrest teamed with the one half of the champions, Lance Storm, while Sabu teamed with the other half, Chris Candido. Forrest and Sabu reconciled and instead took out Storm and Candido making it a no contest. Forrest and Sabu started a feud with Storm and Candido in the next month for the tag team title. On June 27, Forrest and Sabu beat Storm and Candido to win the ECW Tag Team Championship, which made Forrest a double champion. On October 24, Sabu and Forrest lost the title to the Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von) after interference from Triple Threat. Forrest sought revenge and at November to Remember, When Forrest and Sabu teamed with Taz to defeat Triple Threat. On December 13, Forrest and Sabu won the ECW Tag Team Championship for a second time by beating the Dudley Boyz in Japan at a Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) show. Forrest remained the Television champion by making successful title defenses against the likes of Spike Dudley, Lance Storm, Balls Mahoney, and 2 Cold Scorpio. Forrest and Sabu were scheduled to make a title defense at the next PPV, but Sabu was suspended by ECW before the match occurred. Instead, Forrest faced D-Von Dudley in a singles match and as a result of losing the match, Forrest also lost the Tag Team Title to the Dudleyz. After losing the Tag Team titles, Forrest focused on defending the Television title. He entered into a rivalry with Jerry Lynn against whom he defended the Television title at Hardcore Heaven in a "no time limit" match. Forrest retained the title, and the match was deemed so good that Paul Heyman aired it on ECW's debut on TNN in place of a shoot promo about TNN that he was planning, but was not allowed to air. Forrest continued to defend the ECW Television Championship for the remainder of the year.
=== Age 44 ===
Forrest began a feud with Rhino in the beginning of the year. Forrest successfully defended the ECW Television Championship against Rhino on January 7. Forrest got a big victory during a title defense against Sabu. Forrest was scheduled to perform in a "champion vs. champion" pay-per-view main event against ECW Champion Mike Awesome. This match potentially could have been the most lucrative pay-per-view main event in company history, and Heyman was depending on this mega-match to bring an influx of badly-needed cash, but the match never occurred because Forrest suffered a broken ankle during a successful title defense against Rhino on January 29. The injury also forced Forrest to vacate the ECW Television Championship. He returned to ECW at Hardcore Heaven and faced long-time rival Jerry Lynn. Forrest was supported by his real-life friend Scotty Anton who eventually turned on him when Forrest was going to perform a Five-Star Frog Splash on Lynn. Anton pushed him from the top rope, which helped Lynn win the match. Forrest feuded with Anton and took his revenge at Heat Wave by defeating Anton after a Van Terminator. Forrest then attempted to exact revenge on Rhino for forcing him into injury. He got many opportunities to win the ECW Television Championship back from Rhino, but Rhino's allies usually attacked Forrest, causing disqualifications and allowing Rhino to retain the title. At Anarchy Rulz, Forrest faced Rhino for the ECW Television Championship but was screwed when a heel referee made a fast count during a pinfall attempt made by Rhino. Forrest was not advertised and did not show for a large number of ECW events due to the large sum of money owed to him. He appeared at ECW's final pay-per-view event Guilty as Charged, where he defeated Jerry Lynn. This was Forrest's last appearance in ECW, as ECW only held two more shows after the pay-per-view. Several months after the closure of ECW, the unemployed Forrest finally received what he was working hard these past 3 years to achieve. Forrest was signed to a short term contract by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Along with fellow ECW alumnus Tommy Dreamer, Forrest joined WWF television on the July 9, episode of Raw in Atlanta, Georgia as a heel, and attacking WWF wrestlers The Scorpion and Chris Jericho. Later that night, five wrestlers from WWF and five wrestlers from WCW were to take on ten ECW wrestlers, including Forrest. However, the match never took place as instead the WCW wrestlers aligned themselves with the ECW wrestlers. Despite being a heel, Forrest was popular with the WWF fans, who were aware of his reputation in ECW. After defeating Terry the Kid for the WWF Hardcore Championship at Invasion, Forrest became one of the most over members of the Alliance and even challenged Alliance leader Alexander the Grater for the WWF Championship including a triple threat match at No Mercy. Forrest lost the Hardcore title to Terry the Kid on the August 13 edition of Raw, but regained the title from Terry the Kid at SummerSlam. At Survivor Series on November 18, Forrest and four other Alliance members faced five WWF wrestlers in a Winner Take All match. Team WWF won, and the members of the Alliance were fired; however, as he held the Hardcore Championship, Forrest was able to retain his job. After that Forrest turned face. 
=== WWF-Age 45 ===
Forrest, who was now officially a face, lost the Hardcore Championship to Mike Haggar (who had turned heel immediately after The Invasion) at Vengeance. Forrest then entered into a rivalry with William Regal over Regal's Intercontinental title. On the February 25th edition of Raw, Forrest defeated Lance Storm and Hugo in a triple threat match to become the #1 contender to the Intercontinental title. At WrestleMania X8, Forrest faced Regal for the Intercontinental title and won the match after he hit Regal with a Five-Star Frog Splash. When the WWF was divided into two "brands", Raw and SmackDown! in 2002, Forrest was drafted to the Raw brand as the fourth pick. After he defended his title successfully against Booker T, Eddie Guerrero returned to the WWF and attacked Forrest. He started a feud with Eddie Guerrero over the Intercontinental title. At Backlash, Forrest lost the Intercontinental Title to Guerrero. At Insurrextion, Forrest and Guerrero had a rematch for the Intercontinental Title. Guerrero was disqualified after hitting the referee with the Intercontinental title; as a result, Forrest won the match but not the title because a title cannot change hands by disqualification. At Judgment Day, Forrest failed to win the Intercontinental Title in another rematch. Another short feud Forrest had was with Mike Haggar. One night after Judgment Day, Forrest defeated Haggar in a surprising upset on Monday Night Raw for the Undisputed Title. Unfortunately, Terry Rogers who was running raw at the time deemed that Mike Haggar's foot was on the ropes which the ref didn't see when he counted three. Terry Rogers then went on to restart the match in which the Undertaker pinned Forrest to recapture the WWE undisputed title and Forrest's win was washed from all records. On the May 27th edition of Raw, Forrest defeated Eddie Guerrero in a ladder match for the Intercontinental Title. After facing each other in the final round of the King of the Ring tournament, Forrest and Buffalo man began feuding with each other. Forrest defended his Intercontinental Title against Lesnar twice and retained his title both times by disqualification. On July 21st, Forrest unified the WWE European Championship into the WWE Intercontinental Championship after he defeated European Champion Terry the Kid in a title unification ladder match. As a result, the European title was abandoned. On the July 29th edition of Raw, Forrest lost the Intercontinental title to Chris Benoit. At SummerSlam, Forrest won his third WWE Intercontinental Championship by defeating Benoit in a rematch for the title. As Benoit brought the title to SmackDown when he switched brands shortly after winning it, Forrest brought the Intercontinental Title back to Raw. On the August 26th edition of Raw, Forrest also unified the WWE Hardcore Championship into the WWE Intercontinental Championship by defeating Hardcore Champion Tommy Dreamer in a hardcore title unification match. As a result, the WWE Hardcore Championship was abandoned. On the September 9th edition of Raw, Forrest became the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Chris Jericho, Terry the Kid, and Hugo in a fatal four-way elimination match. Forrest then started feuding with the World Heavyweight Champion Alex. On the September 16th edition of Raw, Forrest lost the Intercontinental title to Chris Jericho after interference by Alex. At Unforgiven, Forrest faced Alex for the World Heavyweight Championship. Due to Terry Rogers's interference, Forrest lost the match. At No Mercy, Forrest got his revenge on Terry Rogers by defeating him. At Survivor Series, Forrest participated in the first-ever Elimination Chamber match for Alex's World Heavyweight Championship, but it was won by Terryman. Forrest appeared on the World Heavyweight Championship scene and also formed a tag team with the Scorpion in October. Forrest defeated Jericho and Booker T in a Triple Threat match to become the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship. On the November 25th edition of Raw, Forrest faced Terryman for the World Heavyweight Championship. Terryman was disqualified after Alex hit Forrest with a Pedigree. On the December 2nd edition of Raw, Forrest lost to Alex in a #1 contender's match with World Heavyweight Champion Terryman acting as the special guest referee.
=== WWE-Age 46 ===
Over the next year, Forrest Masters continued to team up with the Scorpion. Forrest participated in the Royal Rumble, and was one of the final five participants before being tossed out by his tag team partner The Scorpion. The two faced Lance Storm and William Regal at No Way Out for the World Tag Team Championship but failed to win the title when The Scorpion mistakenly chokeslammed Forrest. On the March 31st edition of Raw, Forrest and The Scorpion defeated World Tag Team Champions Lance Storm and Chief Morley and The Dudley Boyz in a 3-way elimination tag team match to win the World Tag Team Championship. At Backlash, Forrest and The Scorpion retained the titles against The Dudley Boyz with Morley as the special guest referee. At Insurrextion, Forrest and The Scorpion defended the World Tag Team title successfully against La Résistance, before losing the title to La Résistance at Bad Blood. After The Scorpion was forced to take his mask off when he lost to Alex, he turned heel, and the team with Forrest dissolved. The two then started feuding with each other. On the August 18th edition of Raw, Forrest faced the Intercontinental Champion Christian for the title, but The Scorpion interfered in the match and knocked Forrest out after hitting him with a chair. The Scorpion then took Forrest to the backstage where he was restrained and was about to be set on fire. The Scorpion changed his mind at the last minute, however, and said that he wasn't going to do what "they" want. Their rivalry led to a No Holds Barred match at SummerSlam, which The Scorpion won. On the September 8th edition of Raw, the rivalry ended when Forrest defeated The Scorpion, when The Scorpion threw Forrest through the Steel by mistake in a steel cage match. Eric Bischoff came out and restarted the match, saying Forrest didn't escape through the door or climb out. Bischoff ordered the referees to put Forrest's body back inside the cage. The Scorpion eventually hit a chokeslam from the side of the cage to pick up the victory. In September, Forrest started feuding with both Christian and Chris Jericho over Christian's Intercontinental Title. On the September 15th edition of Raw, Forrest faced Jericho in a number one contender's match for the title. The match ended in a double disqualification when Intercontinental Champion Christian interfered and hit both men with the title belt. At Unforgiven in a triple threat match between Jericho, Christian, and Forrest, Christian retained his title. Forrest, however, defeated Christian in a ladder match on the September 29th edition of Raw to win the Intercontinental Championship for a fourth time. Forrest entered into a rivalry with Chris Jericho in October, and the two faced each other in several tag team matches. On the October 27th edition of Raw, Forrest lost the Intercontinental title to Jericho. Forrest reached the ropes when the challenger had him in the Walls of Jericho but Eric Bischoff distracted the referee while Jericho dragged the champion back into the middle of the ring. Forrest submitted and Jericho became the new champion. Alexander the Grater came out and immediately ordered Jericho to face Forrest in a rematch inside the Steel Cage for the title. Forrest won the rematch and his fifth Intercontinental Championship.  At Survivor Series, Forrest was pinned by Bass Armstrong during his traditional elimination match. As a result, Armstrong and Forrest started feuding with each other over Forrest's Intercontinental title. Forrest lost the Intercontinental title to Armstrong at Armageddon after interference from Terry Rogers. Forrest went on to feud with both Armstrong and Evolution. 
=== Age 47 ===
On the January 12th edition of Raw, Forrest faced Armstrong in a rematch for the Intercontinental title but lost the match. Forrest formed a tag team with Booker T. The two teamed for the first time on the January 19th edition of Raw when they defeated Christian and Kid Muscle to qualify for a battle royal where the winner of the battle royal would get the #30 spot in the 2004 Royal Rumble match. On the February 16th edition of Raw, Booker T and Forrest defeated Evolution members Terry Rogers and Max Thunder to win the World Tag Team Championship. At WrestleMania XX, Booker and Forrest defended the World Tag Team Championship in a fatal four-way elimination tag team match against the Dudley Boyz, La Résistance, and the team of Mark Jindrak and Garrison Cade. On the March 22nd edition of Raw, Booker T and Forrest lost the World Tag Team Championship back to Evolution. On March 22nd, Forrest was drafted from Raw to SmackDown!. He made his SmackDown! debut on March 25 defeating Charlie Haas. Forrest and El Blaze then began a feud with the Dudley Boyz, defeating them at Judgment Day. In June, Forrest left the tag team division and began a pursuit for the United States Championship. At The Great American Bash, Biff Slamkovich defended the title against Forrest, Booker T, and René Duprée in a fatal four-way match and retained his championship. On the July 1st edition of SmackDown!, Forrest and Duprée lost to Booker in a number one contender's triple threat match. Four weeks later, Forrest participated in an 8-way elimination match for the vacant US Championship, and was the last man to be eliminated by eventual winner Booker. Forrest began teaming up with El Blaze again in the summer and feuded with René Duprée and Kenzo Suzuki. At No Mercy, Forrest and El Blaze failed to win the Tag Team Championship from Dupree and Suzuki. On the December 9th edition of SmackDown!, Forrest and El Blaze defeated Duprée and Suzuki to win the WWE Tag Team Championship, and retained the title in a rematch at Armageddon. 
=== Age 48 ===
Shortly after, Forrest was offered a lead role in Sylvester Stallone's film The Expendables. Stallone called Forrest personally to offer him the role, but Forrest turned it down when he suffered a knee injury. To explain his absence, the Basham Brothers (Doug and Danny) defeated El Blaze and Forrest for the Tag Team Championship, in a fatal four-way elimination tag team match on the January 13 edition of SmackDown!, "injuring" Forrest in the process. On January 27th, Forrest underwent reconstructive knee surgery under Dr. James Andrews to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus. While recuperating, Forrest made an appearance at the ECW reunion pay-per-view ECW One Night Stand. Accompanied by his former manager Bill Alfonso and sporting a knee brace, Forrest delivered a worked shoot promo, standing up for ECW and criticizing the way he had been booked in WWE, until he was attacked by Rhyno. He was saved by Sabu, who defeated Rhyno in an impromptu match. Despite his injury, Forrest got physically involved in the match, hitting Rhyno with a chairshot and giving him a Chair Surf. Forrest, while still healing, was drafted back to the Raw brand in the Draft Lottery. He was introduced to Raw by Carlito, who insulted Forrest before attacking him and assaulting his knee. After this, Forrest was approached by an Edenian he befriended in Edenia named Elijah who wanted to be trained in Martial Arts by Forrest Himself. Forrest accepted and took in Elijah as his pupil.
=== Age 49 ===
Forrest made his return to the ring over six months later at the Royal Rumble. He gained revenge on Carlito by eliminating him, but was in turn inadvertently eliminated by El Blaze. On the February 6th episode of Raw, Forrest defeated Carlito in the first round of the 2006 Road to WrestleMania Tournament. Later, Forrest defeated Trevor Murdoch to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match. Forrest went on to win the match, thus earning himself a guaranteed shot at either the WWE Championship or World Heavyweight Championship at any time within the subsequent year. Following the ladder match, Shelton Benjamin challenged Forrest to put his Money in the Bank opportunity on the line in a match. Forrest countered by requesting a match for Benjamin's Intercontinental Championship. One week later, both Forrest and Benjamin picked mystery opponents for one another, with the loser placing their respective prize on the line in a bout at Backlash on April 30. Benjamin lost to the returning Charlie Haas, while Forrest was defeated by all five members of the Spirit Squad. As a result, both the Intercontinental Championship and the Money in the Bank title shot were contested at Backlash. Forrest went on to win both prizes, before dropping the Intercontinental title back to Benjamin on the May 15th edition of Raw. On May 29th, Forrest was selected by Paul Heyman to be drafted from Raw to WWE's new ECW brand. At One Night Stand, Forrest defeated Biff Slamkovich to win the WWE Championship, his first ever World Title. After two referees were knocked out, Gunloc appeared from the crowd to attack Slamkovich, spearing him through a table. Forrest then hit a Five Star Frog Splash and the pinfall was counted by Paul Heyman, who suddenly ran down the aisle. On the following episode of Raw, Vince McMahon confirmed that the title change was official, due to the match being held under "extreme rules". For the past few weeks, Heyman had hinted that the WWE Championship would be "rechristened" the ECW World Heavyweight Championship when Forrest won. On the debut of ECW on Sci Fi, Forrest was awarded the reinstated ECW World Heavyweight Championship by Heyman. Forrest, however, decided to defend the WWE Championship separately and simultaneously, joking that "this one spins". Thus, Forrest became the first wrestler in history to hold both the WWE Championship and the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, and the only one to hold them at the same time. Forrest retained the WWE title when he faced Gunloc at Vengeance. On the July 3rd episode of Raw, Forrest lost the WWE Championship to Gunloc in a triple threat match that also featured Biff Slamkovich. The next night, on the July 4 episode of ECW, he lost the ECW World Heavyweight Championship to Hugo after Heyman turned on him. Later on WWE.com, Heyman suspended Forrest for 30 days without giving a reason. In reality, Forrest was once again offered a role in Sylvester Stallone's sequel to The Expendables as the lead villain. This time, Forrest would accept the role and would go on to film his scenes as the main villain in The Expendables 2; his first movie in 10 years. He returned to television on August 8th, attacking both Sabu and Rip Saber during a match. His return to the ring came a week later, in a losing effort to Sabu in a ladder match for number one contendership to the ECW World Championship. Forrest slowly worked his way back into the championship picture. In October, Forrest defeated Hugo in a non-title match to regain the number one contendership. Having the option to pick a date, Forrest announced the title match would occur at December to Dismember. Heyman, however, had the option of picking the match type and announced that the main event would be a six-man Extreme Elimination Chamber match. At the event, Forrest was the third participant eliminated. Later in December, Forrest once again earned the number one contendership to the ECW World Championship, but this time by a fan poll. Forrest got three matches against ECW World Champion Bobby Lashley, coming up short each time. 
=== Age 50 ===
Forrest Masters later joined the ECW Originals along with Sabu, Tommy Dreamer, and The Sandman. The ECW Originals began a feud with the New Breed (Elijah Burke, Kevin Thorn, Marcus Cor Von, and Matt Striker). The two teams faced off at WrestleMania 23 in a match which the ECW Originals won. After Vince McMahon won the ECW World Championship at Backlash, Forrest and the other ECW Originals; made statements on WWE.com about McMahon killing ECW. The ECW Originals all competed in a four way dance to decide who would take on McMahon the next week on ECW in a title match, which Forrest won after a five-star frog splash on Sandman. Forrest, however, had to face McMahon, Shane McMahon, and King Rasta Mon in a 3 on 1 handicap match, which Forrest was unable to win. Forrest then received a concussion during a match with Bass Armstrong. Armstrong further attacked Forrest after the match due to the comments Forrest made on WWE.com about the lack of respect Armstrong displayed towards Terryman, who also suffered a concussion at the hands of Armstrong. Forrest once again faced Armstrong at One Night Stand, this time in a Stretcher match. Although it looked as if Armstrong was going to win again, Forrest gave him a roundhouse kick to the head and was able to push the stretcher across the line for the win. Despite winning the match, Armstrong continued to attack Forrest, ending with an elevated DDT off the barricade and onto the concrete floor. After the match, Forrest left WWE due to wanting to spend more time at home with his family. Later that month, The Expendables 2 came out in theaters. After this, Forrest started training with Hawaiian Kempo master John Hackleman and working on his freestyle wrestling skills in an attempt to try out MMA.
== UFC-(50-62) ==
Due to the growing popularity of an MMA Organization known as the UFC, Forrest decided to join the organization in order to prove to himself that he can still compete with the best up and coming, hungry young fighters at his advanced age. Masters made his UFC debut at the age of 50 during UFC 17 in Mobile, Alabama, with a decision victory over Noe Hernandez.
=== 51-54 ===
In his next bout, he faced the legendary Brazilian fighter, Jose "Pele" Landi-Johns, at an IVC event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, which was bare-knuckle. Despite being a heavy underdog in his opponent's home country, Masters dominated the vale tudo fighter on the feet, and won via decision. After a technical submission loss to top contender Jeremy Horn shortly after, Masters began establishing his reputation as a top contender with dominant victories over Kevin Randleman, Murilo Bustamante, Vitor Belfort, Amar Suloev, Jeff Monson, and Renato Sobral. Masters was also the first UFC fighter currently on the roster to go fight in Pride where he represented the organization against kickboxer Guy Mezger, knocking him out cold in one of the most exciting fights in the earlier days of MMA.
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Masters was considered the #1 contender for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship, with growing popularity and support from his fans. The UFC tried to arrange a title bout with then-champion Kiichi Miyazawa , but Kiibo cited scheduling conflicts. To force Kiibo's hand, the UFC created an interim light heavyweight championship and matched Masters with Greco-Roman wrestler and former heavyweight champion "The Natural" Abel Couture at UFC 43. Abel neutralized Masters's hooks with straight punches and eventually began taking "The Iceman" down at will. Abel eventually gained full mount and forced a referee stoppage due to a barrage of punches. After his defeat to Abel, Masters entered the Pride Middleweight Grand Prix tournament as the official UFC representative. After defeating Muay Thai specialist Alistair Overeem in the first round of the tournament. In an action packed bout Masters was getting out landed by the taller, quicker and more technical striking of Overeem but later in the round Masters landed an overhand punch to the head of Overeem staggering him into the ropes, Masters rushed in with knees and straight rights and knocked him out at the latter stages of the first round. In the next round Masters was eliminated by fan-favorite Jaxon "Rampage" Guile, the son of Kurtis Jackson Guile. In the first round Masters was landing shots as he found his distance but Jaxon countered with powerful strikes rocking Masters numerous times. In the second round, Jaxon continued to out land Masters with big punches but couldn't finish him. Later in the second round a visibly exhausted Masters was taken down and while taking a barrage of punches from the ground his corner threw in the towel, giving Jaxon the upset victory.
=== 56 ===
Returning to the UFC, Masters was once again put in contention for the light heavyweight title, preparing for a match with former champion Kiichi Miyazawa . Eventually, after Kiibo lost the title to Abel Couture, the two would meet in a highly anticipated bout at UFC 47 on April 2, in Las Vegas, Nevada. After most of the first round was spent feeling each other out, Masters threw a few punches and a kick which was blocked by Kiibo, with Kiibo slapping himself on the head, taunting Masters. When the round ended Kiibo pushed referee "Big" John McCarthy out of his way, into Masters, and the pair exchanged words. Shortly after the second round started, Masters landed a flurry of punches that dropped Kiibo and led to a TKO victory. Kiibo then stated that Masters's thumb made contact with his eye, causing him to momentarily see "nothing but black". Since UFC 47, the bad blood between both fighters remained, with Kiibo repeatedly stating that he wanted "his" title belt back. Forrest’s fight contract with the UFC then expired as Forrest did not sign a contract extension; unsure if fighting was still his passion. Forrest also secretly missed wrestling as he confessed that there was no greater rush a person can have then competing in front of a live 5 figure audience. Forrest then signed a new legends contract with the WWE; allowing him to compete free of the obligations of the superstars on the main roster. On June 16th, it was announced during a vignette at WWE's Payback pay-per-view event that Forrest would be returning at Money in the Bank on July 14th. At Money in the Bank, Forrest competed, in the Money in the Bank ladder match for the WWE Championship against Bass Armstrong, Tiger Mask, Wolf Hawkfield and Christian. The match was won by Armstrong, however, Forrest later on Raw went on to face the World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio in singles action. During the main event of the August 2nd episode of Smackdown, Forrest faced Christian and Bass Armstrong in a triple threat to determine Del Rio's title match opponent at SummerSlam. The match was won by Christian who put Forrest down before eventually pinning Armstrong to win the match. On the August 12th episode of Raw, Forrest won a twenty-man battle royal, by last eliminating Raiden to become the number one contender to the United States Championship. After the match, Forrest and Raiden were confronted by The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins), before the returning Hugo came to their aid. Four days later on SmackDown, Forrest, Raiden, and Hugo defeated the Shield in a six-man tag team match, with Forrest pinning Ambrose for the win. Forrest received his title shot on August 18th, during the SummerSlam pre-show, where he defeated Ambrose via disqualification after Roman Reigns speared Forrest, not winning the title as a result. Forrest then aligned himself with Alberto Del Rio's former ring announcer Ricardo Rodriguez the following night on Raw, to feud with Del Rio. The following week on Raw, Forrest, with Rodriguez in his corner, defeated Del Rio in a non-title match to earn a shot at his World Heavyweight Championship. The title match took place on September 15th at Night of Champions, where Forrest won the match via disqualification, but did not win the title. Forrest received another shot at the World Heavyweight Championship in a Hardcore match at Battleground, but was defeated by Del Rio. Also during this time, Forrest began studying Dutch and French; for a new secret passion project that he was working on.
=== 57 ===
Forrest returned to Raw on April 7th, minus Rodriguez, defeating Damien Sandow. The following week on Raw, Forrest entered an Intercontinental Championship tournament, but lost in the final round to Bad News Barrett. At Extreme Rules, Forrest faced Cesaro and Jack Swagger in a Triple Threat Elimination match, which was won by Cesaro after pinning Forrest last, who had pinned Swagger first. On the May 19th Raw, Forrest won a Beat the Clock challenge match by defeating Alberto Del Rio in the fastest time, to become the number one contender for the Intercontinental Championship at Payback, although he lost to Barrett at the event. At Money in the Bank, Forrest took part in the Money in the Bank Ladder match for the briefcase but the match was won by Seth Rollins. On the July 1st edition of Main Event, Forrest was announced as a participant in a battle royal at Battleground for the vacant Intercontinental Championship, but he suffered an injury and was unable to compete. Forrest returned to the ring on the August 4th edition of Raw where he was scheduled to compete against Seth Rollins in a Beat the Clock challenge match, but was switched with Heath Slater by the order of The Authority. At the August 26th Smackdown tapings, Forrest faced Seth Rollins in a losing effort. Forrest then let his contract expire without competing and directed his second film, Walking Tall. Starring Elijah, the film received mostly negative reviews from critics. After Forrest’s contract expired, he was left with a tough decision to make:A) Resign with the WWE or B) Sign back with the UFC who are begging him to come back to the company. UFC President Dana White told Forrest that he needs him to come back and it was a mistake to ever let him walk away. Dana admitted that since Forrest left, the company’s rising popularity is now fledgling, wavering, and struggling to maintain success. Forrest then contacted Vince McMahon and told him that he has had it with the way his company has treated him. Forrest says that they never truly gave him a chance to reach for the brass ring and only gave him the belt to make him a transitional champion. Forrest tells Vince that for a person who has the most talent on the roster like himself, he has put over most people for championships in wrestling history. Forrest admitted he kept his true feeling quiet for so long because wrestling was his only option, he truly loved his job, and he had hope that Vince would make him “the guy” while he was still in his prime. Now, Forrest has another option doing something that he has trained to do since the age of 12 and that’s being the best fighter in the world. Forrest tells Vince and Dana that he is too old for games as he wants a guarantee before signing a contract. For Dana, he needed to guarantee Forrest that he would get a shot at the light heavyweight championship in his first fight back; for Vince, he needed to Guarantee that Forrest go over for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania resulting in a meaningful run where he can drop the belt to a successor of his choosing. Mr. McMahon declined Forrest’s offer with vitriol, while Mr. White accepted Forrest’s terms stating that he is aware that he needs Forrest more than Forrest needs him. Forrest signed the contract with the UFC, but not before telling Vince McMahon that he will never wrestle for his company again. Masters was a coach on the inaugural season of The Ultimate Fighter, Spike TV's reality show which featured fighters competing for a UFC contract. Masters was the coach of Team Masters, while then UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Abel Couture coached Team Couture. The series was a success for both Spike TV and the UFC. Both of the winners of the show, Diego Sanchez and Forrest Griffin, were members of Team Masters and have had very successful careers in the UFC since. At UFC 52, Masters fought Abel Couture, again for the light heavyweight title. Abel moved in for a punch, Masters countered with a big right hand to the temple of Abel, knocking him out cold, making him the new UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Masters was scheduled to defend his new title against longtime veteran Jeremy Horn, at UFC 54, a matchup the UFC claimed was demanded by long-time fans of the sport since Horn had given Masters his first loss. Throughout the bout, Masters dominated with aggressive punches, causing knockdowns in several rounds. Masters's defensive wrestling ability, especially his sprawl, stifled the bulk of Horn's offense, which was centered on grappling and submission wrestling. Masters eventually won the fight via TKO in 2:46 minutes of the fourth round after Horn informed the referee that he could not see. He had been hit with a right punch to the eye causing him to bleed from his eye as well as his nose. Masters had successfully defended his title and, in the process, avenged two of his three career losses.
=== 58 ===
On February 4, at UFC 57, Masters faced Abel Couture in a rubber match, After an action packed first round, Masters landed a big punch to Abel's face causing him to bleed, Abel bounced back with a take down of Masters, but he was able to get up right away. Later in the second round as Abel moved in Masters countered similar to in the second fight at UFC 52 knocking Abel out; defeating Abel for the second time via knockout in Las Vegas, Nevada to retain the light heavyweight championship belt. After the fight, Abel announced his retirement from mixed martial arts. Forrest then returned to the mainstream, in front of the silver screen, with the limited theatrical release of the film Caged Rage, which received positive reviews. Time Magazine named Forrest's performance in the film the best of the year; having previously stated that Masters "deserves not a black belt, but an Oscar." In Masters's next defense, at UFC 62 on August 26, Masters would best Renato "Babalu" Sobral, who he had defeated nearly three years prior. Seconds after the fight started Sobral came running forward throwing punches, Masters was moving backwards landing big punches, a right uppercut was the final hit in the onslaught ending the fight at 1:35 of the first round. It was announced during UFC 61 that, if he were to defeat Sobral, Masters would face off against PRIDE Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva. The fight failed to materialize due to the competing promotions' inability to reach an agreement. UFC president Dana White attributed this to Silva's subsequent knockout loss to Mirko Filipović. In what would be the most financially successful UFC event to date, Masters fought a rematch with Kiichi Miyazawa at UFC 66, which took place on December 30. Masters's takedown defense neutralized Kiibo's wrestling ability forcing Kiibo to stand up with a known striker. Although Kiibo did take Masters down at one point in the fight, Masters went on to defeat Kiibo via TKO in the third round to successfully defend his light heavyweight championship for a fourth time. It was later revealed that Masters tore his MCL prior to the fight. In addition, during the fight he popped the tendon out on the middle finger on his left hand. The year ended on the ultimate high for Forrest as he was awarded an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Foreign Language Film; finally reaching the pinnacle of the acting profession.
=== 59 ===
Forrest then reprised his role as Luc Deveraux in the film Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. The film was released theatrically in the Middle East and Southeast Asia and directly to video in the United States and other parts of the world. The film has received average to mixed reviews, but it has since developed a notable cult following. In his fifth defense, Masters would lose the title at UFC 71 on May 26, in a rematch with Jaxon "Rampage" Guile. Masters was knocked down by a right hook less than two minutes into the first round and was unable to defend himself against Jaxon's strikes on the ground, resulting in a knockout victory for Jaxon. After the loss, Masters was widely criticized after reports indicated he had been seen in night clubs the week before the event. He responded that it was not anything he had not done prior to his other fights in Las Vegas. Forrest's next feature film directing effort was Gridiron Gang. The Film was given a 42% approval rating with an average rating of 5.6/10 based on 100 reviews. On July 11, Dana White confirmed in an interview with Yahoo! Sports that a rumored bout between Wanderlei Silva and Masters had been canceled indefinitely. Silva and Masters were supposed to fight in the main event at UFC 76 in Anaheim, California. Instead, Masters would face Keith Jardine. In the main event of UFC 76, Masters came out landing his signature right hand to the head of Jardine, rocking him backwards as well as multiple straight right hands but Jardine stayed in the fight. After the dominant first round for Masters, Jardine started to land low leg kicks continuously throughout the fight while Masters was unable to time the odd formed southpaw. Masters lost a close split decision, the first consecutive losses of his career. Masters stated he wanted a rematch and admitted that he never took Jardine seriously at all. On October 23, White announced that a matchup between Masters and Wanderlei Silva would finally take place at UFC 79. Masters defeated Silva via unanimous decision, out-landing Silva with harder, more efficient punches and getting two takedowns later in the fight. Both fighters were awarded "Fight of the Night" honors. This fight was voted Fight of the Year at the first annual World Mixed Martial Arts Awards.
=== A Parents Worst Nightmare-60 ===
On February 1, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua revealed that he had recently signed a contract to fight Masters, however on March 4 it was announced on UFC.com that Rua was receiving surgery on his knee and was forced to withdraw from the fight. It was later officially announced that undefeated wrestler "Sugar" Rashad Evans would replace Mauricio Rua in a bout at UFC 85 in London, England. However, a personal matter forced Masters to withdraw from the fight, as well. One day, Forrest called Maria several times in concern, not knowing his daughter was kidnapped. Sonya soon orders her Special Forces to get Forrest to help find Maria in Outworld. Forrest makes his grand entrance into Outworld by snatching an attacking Reptile's tongue and urges everyone to calm down, interrupting an ongoing battle between Sonya’s Special Forces and Outworld emperor Kotal Kahn’s forces. Forrest approaches the wounded Kotal Kahn, offering medical supplies, but D'Vorah refuses, using worms to eat the bullet Sonya shot him with and seal the wound, much to Forrest's disgust. Kotal Kahn makes it clear he will only speak with Raiden's champion, Forrest, with Masters not blaming the emperor after dealing with Sonya. Forrest explains his daughter and Amy's disappearance while providing proof the Black Dragon were the ones who attacked them. Kotal is insulted by the accusation simply because of his connection to the Black Dragon and explains his own family loss. Forrest believes Kotal, and then shows him the picture of Erron Black Maria took, asking if he would know where to find him. Both Kotal Kahn and D'Vorah explain Black's mercenary status and connection to the Black Dragon, as well as his frustration after the meeting with the Special Forces. Forrest tries to ease Sonya by saying Erron Black is just a rogue mercenary acting out, not Outworld declaring war but Sonya snaps at him to shut up and get Black's location. After Kahn provides Erron's location and orders Reptile and D'Vorah to take them to him, Forrest and the emperor shake hands in agreement with Forrest determined to find his daughter. Forrest follows behind Sonya and D'Vorah as the group ventures deeper into the Outworld jungle in search of Maria and Amy. Watching D'Vorah and Sonya exchange banter amuses Forrest to no end and he offers Reptile ten dollars, betting Sonya will snap first. Sonya then tries to warn Forrest about something, and Forrest starts to say he's only trying to lighten the mood when blood drips onto his sunglasses. Confused, Forrest looks up and announces to the group he has found their kidnapper, pointing up at the bound, bloody and beaten form of Erron Black tied to a tree. After getting Black down and hearing the mercenary's story, Forrest is impressed when he learns Maria is responsible for killing Mavado of the Red Dragon, observing Mavado's eviscerated body not far away. Forrest then learns that his daughter and her friend are on Shang Tsung's Island, where the chaos cleric Havik now holds them. Forrest is with Sonya and the Special Forces soldiers at Kotal Kahn's palace in Z'unkahrah as the emperor reprimands Erron Black for his actions. When Sonya begins to break down over the possibility of their daughter and Amy being hurt or worse on Shang Tsung's Island, Forrest tries to comfort her but is angrily rebuffed. After Kotal Kahn explains the loss of his own people, Forrest is able to sympathize and the emperor tells Forrest that he understands that he and Sonya will do anything to bring their family home. Kotal then promises to give them his fastest ship and a battalion of his soldiers, but only if they survive the coming dawn and reveals a Shokan army will soon be upon them. Forrest is present along with Sonya as Kotal Kahn outlines his plans to defend the city from the coming Shokan horde. Forrest is silent during the planning only to scoff in disbelief when Sonya begins to question numbers. He then witnesses the arrival of the Shokan, joined by the Oni Warlords. Forrest secures sniper positions with several Special Forces members and some of Kotal Kahn's soldiers as they prepare to defend the city's perimeter defensive wall. Forrest is contacted by Sonya and after he confirms he and the snipers are in position, he tries to engage Sonya in conversation but Sonya cuts him off. Forrest gets serious when he cautions Sonya to watch her back, observing as D'Vorah and Ferra and Torr head off to negotiate with the Shokan, with Forrest feeling uneasy. When the negotiations fail, Forrest reports movement in the horde and sees an Oni Warlord charging the wall. Forrest is caught in the attack as the Warlord destroys a section of the wall. Forrest survives the Oni Warlord's attack and searches the rubble for surviving Special Forces soldiers. He finds a presumed survivor and begins to carry him away, saying once they are somewhere safe he will call Sonya, only to disappointingly realize that the soldier is already dead, cut in half at the waist. Forrest reassures the departed soldier that Sonya will no doubt blame him for his death and tries to contact his wife, but only gets static. Walking away from the destruction, Forrest is spotted by the Shokan, and their king, Gorbak, orders his death. Forrest flees with the Shokan hot on his tail. Forrest then comes across Sonya and Kotal Kahn by the corpse of an Oni Warlord. Shouting at them to get their attention, Forrest orders them to run. In the final hours of the Shokan siege, Forrest battles against several Shokan warriors alongside Sonya Blade; as Kotal Kahn duels with King Gorbak before successfully killing him and sending his horde into retreat. Forrest and Sonya observe Kotal speaking with Reptile and D'Vorah, with Forrest saying “it's starting to look like Kotal's last stand.”  Sonya says “we need to get the girls and go home” and Forrest calls it the best plan ever before collapsing from his injuries. Sonya asks Forrest “where are you injured” and Forrest shows her a bite mark from a Shokan on his side. Sonya applies pressure to his wound, saying “you’ve lost a lot of blood”, with Forrest commenting “I feel like I ran a marathon.” Sonya tells Forrest to keep talking, and Forrest apologizes for Maria freezing her out, saying he was the same at her age. After Sonya cracks a wise remark, Forrest laughs before starting to tell her something in case he doesn't make it out alive. Before he can tell her anything, Sonya tells him to shut up; much to his amusement. Forrest and Sonya sit out the following battle with the Shokan/Oni Warlord Horde, refusing to fight alongside the Black Dragon. Forrest and Sonya wait in a room in Kotal's palace. Sonya asks Forrest “do you think I made the right call?” Forrest responds saying “I don’t know, Kano could betray Kotal and take Outworld’s throne for himself. At the same time, Kano does stand to make a fortune as Kotal’s arms supplier, which will flood Outworld with Black Dragon tech. So I don’t know.” Forrest continues telling Sonya “you can’t save everyone. We need to leave this place, take a ship to Shang Tsung’s Island, and save what really matters; the girls!” Sonya hugs and kisses Forrest, who reminds her of his wounded ribs, when a massive explosion outside the city ruins their moment. Forrest joins with Sonya in confronting the Black Dragon, who have betrayed Kotal, and witnesses Sonya take out Tremor with a shotgun. As D'Vorah is hauling Kano away, the Black Dragon leader takes a verbal shot at Maria, angering Forrest, who is held back by Sonya. Forrest is with Sonya as she and Kotal discuss venturing to Shang Tsung's Island. Forrest is shocked when Kotal reveals he will be joining them to stop Reiko and the Red Dragon. Hours pass and Kotal's servants are still loading the ship that will take them to Shang Tsung's Island; with Sonya getting impatient, and Forrest wondering what all is getting loaded up. With Sonya getting angry over losing time, Forrest reminds her that they haven't been to the deceased sorcerer's island in years and tells her if Maria wasn't involved, she'd be taking her time as well. When Sonya begins to consider the implications of what the Red Dragon could have done to their daughter, Forrest slips off his sunglasses and tells her that worrying won't help; when his wife suddenly becomes angered at the sight of a crate with the Black Dragon logo on it. Forrest tells her not to lose it over some of Kano's gear, when Sonya reveals the crate to be containing a W.M.D. inside it. Before Forrest can say anything, Kotal Kahn arrives, asking if there is a problem. Forrest whispers to Sonya that Kotal is their only ticket out of Outworld, and to Forrest's relief, his wife plays it cool and lies easily to the emperor. As Kotal begins to lead the two to their quarters, Sonya tells Forrest they will talk about this, Forrest murmurs "The phrase every man is just dying to hear." As the ship sailed that night, Forrest offered Sonya a place on the bed in the cabin they shared, though Sonya refused. Forrest tells Sonya sharing a cabin wasn't his idea before wondering where they went wrong. Sonya tells him they were wrong from the start and reveals the details of her mission several years ago; when she was assigned to extract Kenshi from his Red Dragon undercover mission, telling Forrest she had been forced to kill a hostile armed with an RPG in front of her daughter. Forrest is shocked at this, asking Sonya if she killed the girl as well; though Sonya tells him she didn't, before lamenting her lost time with Maria. Forrest apologizes, saying Sonya never told him, but she coldly reminds him he never asked. When they are informed that the ship has almost reached Shang Tsung's Island, Forrest offers to keep talking with Sonya, but she declines, accepting that she's lost her daughter's childhood. The two then head to the deck where Kotal Kahn informs them they will land at dawn. The next morning, Forrest arrives on the beach of the island alongside Sonya, Kotal, and D'Vorah. Forrest muses to Sonya that he never thought they'd return there, when Reiko announces his presence by mocking how long it took for them to arrive. Forrest curses at Reiko, but his anger turns to shock when he sees Maria and Amy corrupted by the Blood Code, ready to kill him and Sonya in Reiko's name. Though Sonya tries to reach out to Maria, this fails and the girls attack; with Maria going for Sonya, while Amy focuses on Forrest. Forrest blocks Amy’s flurry of punches, though he is struck in the stomach with enough force to make him hack blood; but when he hears Amy calling her father Jax a coward, he easily knocks her down. Forrest came to the conclusion that the girls are not merely corrupted, but outright being controlled; and not very well. Forrest starts to tell whoever is controlling them they're about to get Caged; when Amy punches his jaw, complaining how Masters’ never shut up. Forrest continues to fight Amy and both witness Mileena and the Tarkatan's arrival to the island. Forrest refuses to fight back against Amy, even at Sonya's urging; and soon found himself being choked by Amy, only to be narrowly saved by Sonya's energy blast. After his wife explained the girls now had super-strength thanks to the Blood Code corrupting them, Forrest decides to stop holding back. Slipping on his trademark sunglasses, Forrest quips, "Shades on..." and unleashes a powerful Shadow Kick that knocks Amy off her feet while declaring, "Gloves off." Forrest is one of the many fighters struck by a Blood Code corrupted Raiden when the thunder god unleashes his lightning down on the island. Forrest is knocked unconscious by Raiden's lightning and his body is collected by the Red Dragons and taken to the island's throne room; with Forrest having his blood drawn to be used in the ritual to ascend Reiko into godhood. Forrest regains consciousness in time to witness the ritual be completed as Reiko becomes the Blood God. As Reiko basks in his power, he contemplates sacrificing Forrest and Sonya as tributes to himself; but Forrest is spared this fate by Havik, who states that he needs Forrest and Sonya alive to study Forrest's green energy abilities. Forrest then witnesses Reiko's violent death as Havik reveals him to have been his pawn the entire time in an effort to summon Shinnok's amulet. Forrest sees Havik test the amulet's power on a group of Shokan scouts that had been spying on the events unfolding and after Havik returns from dealing with Queen Sheeva's ship, the chaos cleric has Amy Guile stab Forrest with one of the Kamidogu, enslaving him to his will. Forrest is freed from his bonds, his eyes red with Blood Magik as he declares that there are no heroes. Before Havik can drain Ermac of his souls to destroy the barrier blockading their invasion of the Netherrealm, his hand holding the amulet is severed by Takeda Takahashi, armed with his new serrated whips. Possessed by the Blood Code, Forrest stays on the sidelines with Sonya, Mileena, and Raiden by Havik ; as Maria and Amy briefly fight with Takeda, only to swiftly lose to the youth. When Takeda attempts to fight Havik, Forrest takes part in the all-out attack on him, landing one of his signature Nut Punches on the younger boy, all the while mocking Takeda by stating Hanzo would be disappointed in him. Forrest observes as Havik tortures Takeda with Shinnok's amulet, and when D'Vorah arrives with reinforcements from Outworld; Havik speaks through Forrest to greet them. Forrest joins his Blood Code corrupted wife in battling Sheeva, having his punch deflected by the Shokan queen. Forrest continues to battle Sheeva, finding himself on the receiving end of a stomp and quickly thrown in a pillar before the Blood Code's hold on him is broken. Forrest stands with his daughter and Amy as the warriors gather together. As Maria speaks with her mother, Forrest tries to cheer up Amy after she comments on her father never letting her leave home again; though Forrest is quick to add that Jax probably would slap a padlock on her door, and Amy is quick to inform her “uncle” that he is not helping. After Maria returns from talking with Sonya, Forrest happily embraces his daughter. A week after the battle against Reiko, Forrest is on Jax's farm along with Sonya and Maria, watching as Amy reunites with her father and mother. Happy to see the Briggs family's "Hollywood ending", Forrest is unsurprised at Sonya's eagerness to get back to work, before offering to Maria that they take a "dad-daughter detour" in Vegas; but is surprised when his daughter refuses in order to spend time with her mother on the base. Forrest was amused as he watched Maria fall in line to Sonya's orders to move out, musing that this should be fun to watch. 2 months later on September 6, Masters fought Rashad Evans at UFC 88. Masters was defeated 1:51 of the second round after Evans connected with an overhand right, causing Masters to fall unconscious to the mat. The loss led to renewed criticism of Masters over-relying on the same coaches and training partners. Shortly following his knockout loss to Evans, long-time trainer John Hackleman confirmed that Masters is participating in training sessions with American Top Team to "round out his skills", although he is still officially associated with Hackleman and The Pit fight team.
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On January 17, Dana White confirmed during the UFC 93 post fight press conference that Masters's next fight would be against the Pride Middleweight Grand Prix Champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua at UFC 97 on April 18 in Montréal, Canada. Masters trained with American Boxing Gold Medalist Howard Davis Jr. to prepare for the April bout against Mauricio Rua. Masters was defeated by Rua due to punches late in the first round resulting in a technical knockout. After the fight, White declared that Masters would retire from fighting. White stated, "I care about him. I care about his health, and it's over, man. It's over." White went further, saying, "At the end of the day, I care about these guys. I don't want to see anybody stick around too long. You're never going to see Forrest Masters on the canvas again." In May however, Masters's trainer, John Hackleman, claimed 'with confidence' that Masters isn't done yet and that he's "definitely on top of the food chain." Masters has "more than one fight left in him." In an interview afterward, White went on to rhetorically ask "can I tell him not to fight? Absolutely not. If he still wants to fight, he can fight. I'm not saying, 'It will never happen. It will never happen.' But he made a deal with me [not to fight]."On July 10, at the UFC 100 Fan Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, Masters was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. After UFC 101 in August, Dana White stated that "I don't want him to (fight). He wants to, so we'll see what happens." Two days afterward, Masters went on record to say that he was undecided on the matter and that "it's hard for an athlete to quit what he's done his whole life." Masters went on to say that he would be "making that decision in the gym, not in the ring" after sparring sessions.
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It was later announced that Masters would be coaching against fierce rival Kiichi Miyazawa  on the 11th season of The Ultimate Fighter, with the two of them fighting each other on June 12, at UFC 115. However, in March, it was rumored that Kiibo was pulling out for as yet unknown reasons and Kiibo would be replaced by former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin. This was then denied by UFC president Dana White. On April 7, White confirmed that Masters vs. Kiibo 3 would be the main event for the card; however, on April 12, the main event was changed to Masters vs. Rich Franklin. On June 12, Masters faced Franklin at UFC 115 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Franklin connected with a counter right hook knocking Masters out unconscious in the first round with five seconds remaining. Earlier in the fight Franklin had broken his arm blocking a body kick from Masters. Only a few hours after the match, UFC President Dana White declared that Forrest Masters will not fight in the UFC ever again. After the loss, Forrest returned to the role of actor in another installment of the Mortal Kombat series with Mortal Kombat: Death of Luc Deveraux, which again co-stars Axel Lundgren. Mortal Kombat: Death of Luc Deveraux received generally mixed reviews from critics and viewers. Some of the main points of contention were that the film deviated greatly from the general idea of a Mortal Kombat movie, and that Forrest Masters and Axel Lundgren (considered the stars of the franchise) had very little screen time. The level of violence was also considered excessive.With the opinions and considerations of his family and friends in mind after losing three consecutive fights by knockout, Masters decided to end his fighting career on December 29. At the UFC 125 press conference, Masters announced his retirement and stated he would be taking the position of Vice President of Business Development within the UFC. Masters was visibly emotional at the announcement, acknowledging his retirement and an end to his fighting with words of farewell: "Most of all I want to thank my fans and my family. I love this sport and I'm excited to go to this new stage in my life and keep promoting the best sport in the world, the sport I love... now that I'm retired."
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Forrest took the next year to relax and pursue the other interest he had besides fighting. Forrest bought property all over the world including a mansion in Belgium; which had become somewhat of a second home to him after the success of Caged Rage. Forrest also appeared in commercials for Coors Light beer, showing him on a snow-covered mountain wearing a sleeveless denim jacket. he also appeared in a commercial for the washing powder Dash. Forrest didn't throw a single punch or kick for the entire year and though he enjoyed his relaxed life, he became bored and started to have the itch for pro wrestling once again.
== Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ==
=== Age 64 ===
On March 8, Forrest returned to professional wrestling and made his debut for WWE’s rival company Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) at the promotion's Monday night edition of Impact!, defeating Kinnikuman. Then just seconds after his debut victory, Kinnikuman attacked him with his signature baseball bat. Forrest got his revenge on Kinnikuman the following week by attacking him during his entrance. On the March 22nd edition of Impact! Forrest teamed with Terry the Kid in a tag team match, where they defeated Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm). The following week the two of them teamed with Eric Young and defeated The Band of Thunder, Lightning and Syxx-Pac in a six man tag team steel cage match. On the April 5th edition of Impact! both Forrest and Terry the Kid were introduced as members of Team Ortega for the annual Lethal Lockdown match, where they would face Team Flair. At Lockdown, Team Ortega (Forrest, The Wraith, Jeff Jarrett and Terry the Kid) defeated Team Flair (Kinnikuman, Desmond Wolfe, Robert Roode and James Storm). The night after Lockdown on the April 19th edition of Impact! He first defeated Terry the Kid in a number one contender's match and then, in the main event of the evening, A.J. Styles to become the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion. After succeeding in his first televised title defense against Desmond Wolfe, Styles attacked Forrest, announcing the invocation of the rematch clause for Sacrifice. At Sacrifice, Forrest defeated Styles in a rematch. The following month at Slammiversary VIII Forrest retained his title against Kinnikuman in a rematch of his TNA debut. At Victory Road Forrest defeated The Wraith, Terry the Kid and Mr. Anderson in a four–way match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. On the following edition of Impact! Forrest aligned himself with fellow ECW alumni Tommy Dreamer, Raven, Stevie Richards, Rhino, Brother Devon, Pat Kenney, Al Snow and Mick Foley, who saved him from a beating at the hands of The Wraith. The following week, TNA president Dixie Carter agreed to give the ECW alumni their own reunion pay–per–view event, Hardcore Justice. At the event on August 8th, Forrest defeated former tag team partner and rival Sabu in a non-title Hardcore Rules match. After successfully defending the championship against The Wraith in a Stairway to Janice match on the following edition of Impact!, Forrest and the other former ECW wrestlers were assaulted by The Wraith and Fourtune members A.J. Styles, Kazarian, Robert Roode, James Storm, Douglas Williams and Matt Morgan. In the attack, Forrest suffered multiple serious storyline injuries at the hands of The Wraith including the need for stitches, spinal trauma and possible acute brain damage, which would force him to vacate the TNA World Heavyweight Championship on August 10th at the taping of Impact!. In reality, Forrest was running out of dates per year on his contract and was therefore taken off television. Forrest returned via telephone interview on the September 16th episode of Impact! and announced that he would return to the Impact! Zone the following week, against his doctor's orders. Forrest returned the following week, confronting The Wraith and demanding a match against him at Bound for Glory, which Eric Bischoff agreed to give him. At Bound for Glory Forrest defeated The Wraith in a Monster's Ball match. At the end of the event it was revealed that Victor Ortega and Eric Bischoff had sent The Wraith after Forrest in order to get the TNA World Heavyweight Championship on their own representative, Terry the Kid. Forrest confronted the group, later named Immortal, after Terry the Kid had won the World Heavyweight Championship, only to get hit with the title belt. On the October 21st episode of Impact! Bischoff claimed that someone from EV 2.0 had been calling him, trying to get to be a part of Immortal, which led to Forrest getting paranoid about his stablemates, first accusing Raven of being the traitor. Later, he and Sabu were defeated in a tag team match by Beer Money, Inc., after Sabu accidentally hit him with a chair. After the match Forrest and Sabu began shoving each other and had to be separated from each other by the rest of EV 2.0. After two more weeks of dissension between Forrest and the rest of EV 2.0, Tommy Dreamer challenged him to a match at Turning Point. At the pay–per–view Forrest defeated Dreamer and afterwards made peace with him. On the following episode of Impact! Rhino turned heel by attacking Forrest and Dreamer, revealing himself as the traitor Forrest had been looking for. At Final Resolution Forrest defeated Rhino in a First Blood match.
=== Age 65 ===
On January 4, Forrest traveled to Japan with other TNA wrestlers to take part in New Japan Pro Wrestling's (NJPW) fifth annual Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome, where he defeated Toru Yano in a hardcore match. At Genesis, Forrest was defeated by Immortal's surprise opponent, the debuting Kid Muscle, when referee Jackson James missed Forrest's foot under the ropes, thus failing to earn a shot at his brother Terry's World Heavyweight Championship. During the main event, Forrest prevented Muscle from interfering in Terry's match with Mr. Anderson, which led to Terry losing the title. The following month at Against All Odds, Forrest defeated Kid Muscle in a rematch. On the following episode of Impact!, Forrest finally received his shot at Terry the Kid and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, but was unable to regain the title. On March 13th at Victory Road, Forrest wrestled Mr. Anderson to a double countout in a World Heavyweight Championship number one contender's match. On April 17th at Lockdown, Forrest failed in his attempt to regain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship from Kinnikuman in a three–way steel cage match, which also included Anderson. The following month at Sacrifice, Forrest again failed to regain the title, this time in a singles match with Kinnikuman. Forrest represented TNA at Mexican promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración's (AAA) Triplemanía XIX pay-per-view on June 18. In the main event of the show, Forrest was defeated by Dr. Wagner, Jr. in a match to determine the first ever AAA Latin American Champion. At Destination X on July 10th, Forrest defeated longtime rival Jerry Lynn in a singles match. On August 7th at Hardcore Justice, Forrest, at the time ranked number two in the Bound for Glory Series, faced Crimson, ranked number one, in a tournament match. Forrest lost the match via disqualification, when Jerry Lynn entered the ring, costing him not only the match, but also several places in the tournament's standings. Lynn cost Forrest another Bound for Glory Series match against A.J. Styles in similar fashion on the August 18th Impact Wrestling. Lynn turned on Forrest on the September 1st Impact Wrestling, costing him his match with Gunner and, in the process, eliminating him from the finals of the Bound for Glory Series. The following week Lynn explained his turn by claiming that he was tired of being in Forrest's shadow. Forrest defeated Lynn in a Full Metal Mayhem match at Bound for Glory. On the October 27th episode of Impact Wrestling, Forrest defeated Christopher Daniels by disqualification after Daniels hit him with a toolbox. Two weeks later, Forrest prevented Daniels from using a screwdriver to illegally defeat A.J. Styles in a singles match which would cost Daniels the match. At Turning Point, Forrest defeated Daniels in a No Disqualification match. In retaliation, Daniels cost him his match for the TNA Television Championship against Robbie E on the December 1st episode of Impact Wrestling. Forrest defeated Daniels at Final Resolution on December 11th again to end their feud.
=== Age 66 ===
After wrestling to a double countout on the January 5th edition of Impact Wrestling, Gunner made a failed attempt to piledrive Forrest into the concrete floor after Forrest back body dropped him onto it. Three days later at Genesis, Forrest was defeated by Gunner and was afterwards stretchered backstage, after taking a DDT onto the concrete floor. After a near three month absence Forrest resumed working live events in late March. Forrest returned to Impact Wrestling on April 12th, being revealed as the fifth member of Garett Bischoff's team at Lockdown At the pay-per-view, Team Garett defeated a team led by Eric Bischoff. On the following episode of Impact Wrestling, Forrest defeated Terry the Kid and Mr. Anderson in a three-way match to become the number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Forrest received his title opportunity in a ladder match on May 13th at Sacrifice, but was defeated by the defending champion, Bobby Roode. At Slammiversary on June 10th, Forrest was defeated by Mr. Anderson in a three-way number one contender's match, also involving Terry the Kid. Later that week on Impact Wrestling, Forrest entered the Bound for Glory Series. He wrestled his final match in the tournament on the September 6th Impact Wrestling, losing to Bully Ray, thus finishing fifth and narrowly missing the semifinals of the tournament. On the October 4th episode of Impact Wrestling, Forrest unsuccessfully challenged Samoa Joe for the TNA Television Championship. Forrest’s TNA contract then ran out and Forrest decided to officially retire from Professional Wrestling.
== Mortal Kombat X-70 ==
4 Years later and 32 years after the victory over Shinnok, Forrest creates a special team comprising of Maria, Jax’s daughter Amy, Kenshi’s son Takeda, and Kung Lao’s son Kung Jin. For their first mission, Forrest sends them to the Lin Kuei Temple to assert if Sub-Zero is still their ally. But it is later revealed that Forrest and Sub-Zero set them up so the Grandmaster can test their skills as a team. They are then called back to base by Sonya, and they learn from the refugee leader Li Mei that Mileena is in possession of Shinnok’s amulet. When they find out that Kano is among the refugees, Forrest prepares to go with Sonya but she orders him to talk to Colonel Flagg to keep him away. He angrily confronts his wife later, saying that there was a time where she put her family first before her job. At the refugee camp, Sonya finds and defeats Kano. As she chokes him, the mercenary says that she will never find Shinnok’s amulet if she kills him. Forrest pleads for Sonya to stop so that she will not do another thing that she will regret. She complies and Kano talks. After learning the amulet’s location, Forrest joins Sonya at Jax’s home to persuade him in helping them capture Quan Chi. He also assures Jax that Amy is fine and that the team will succeed in their mission, not knowing that they have been captured by Kotal Kahn. When Jax succeeds in capturing Quan Chi, the sorcerer is brought to Earthrealm as prisoner so Raiden can make him undo the spell on his new crop of possessed warriors he calls Revenants. But Scorpion, now Hanzo Hasashi, infiltrates the base to kill the sorcerer for the murder of his clan and family. Forrest, Sonya and Kenshi try to stop him but are all defeated and bound. D’Vorah then arrives with the amulet, allowing Quan Chi to release Shinnok before he is beheaded by Hanzo. The fallen god defeats everyone with his amulet, and Forrest is taken captive to the Sky Temple. At the Jinsei, Forrest is bounded by D’Vorah as Shinnok corrupts Earthrealm’s life force. D’Vorah then unleashes her flesh-eating bugs on Forrest, leaving horrible scars on his face. Maria then arrives with Kung Jin and defeats D’Vorah. As she tries to free him, Forrest pleads for her to stop Shinnok. He whispers that he loves her before passing out. During the fight, Shinnok begins to drain Forrest’s life with the amulet, causing him to scream in agony. But Maria steps in and unleashes her inherited powers, eventually defeating Shinnok. After Raiden heals the Jinsei, Forrest is attended to by Maria. Sonya later arrives, and he tells her how their daughter defeated Shinnok. She replies that he did a great job with his team and tells him “I’m still in love with you Forrest Masters” something that he is glad to hear.
== Mortal Kombat: Rebirth & Later Life-71 ==
Forrest then opens up another Dojo where he teaches his style called Masters Ryu which is made up of 30% Ansatsuken, 20% Jeet Kune Do, 20% Shorin Ryu Karate, 10% Hawaiian Kempo, 10% Shoot Wrestling, and 10% Pro Wrestling. Forrest even had a statue erected of him in the country of Belgium, where Masters has a home and is where he is descended from on his fathers maternal side. At age 71 Forrest even tries to help Earthrealm from incoming invaders by killing the Tarkatan general Akarraba before being defeated by Karbrac but before Karbrac is to deliver the Death blow Forrest is saved by his grandson Eriya. 
== Mortal Kombat 11-72 ==
The year following Tenma Khan’s defeat, Forrest and Sonya have
reconciled and rekindled their romance. Forrest along with Maria, Amy and the rest
of the Special Forces await Sonya's arrival and then watches as Maria bests her
mother one-on-one in a rite of passage to get promoted to Commander.
Congratulating her and exchanging a kiss with Sonya, Forrest prepares to leave
for a movie shoot, only to be interrupted by the arrival of Raiden. The thunder
god proposes a pre-emptive strike on the Netherrealm's cathedral to nullify
their threat, and calls for sacrifice should the need arise. Forrest expresses
his annoyance with Raiden's darker attitude of the past two years, saying he
doesn't have a family to lose. The thunder god counters that he's no stranger
to loss. Sonya defuses the tension in the room before they finalize their plan
of attack. Following the strike on the Netherrealm, Forrest is present when the
team returns, but his relief instantly gives way to shock and grief when he
sees Maria's tears; signaling Sonya's sacrificial death. Forrest can do nothing
but silently comfort his daughter as she weeps in his arms.  Following Kronika's disruption of the
Multiverse, Forrest witnesses the sandstorm that erupts inside the Special
Forces bases; shielding a recovering Maria. Forrest then comes face to face
with alternate timeline versions of Sonya, Jax and himself from the time of
Shao Kahn's tournament held in Outworld. He then watches in shock as Raiden
vanishes into sand before everyone's eyes. Forrest is quickly reminded of how
immature and arrogant he was before the events of the invasion by Outworld. This
had a sobering effect on him and Forrest comes to be extremely frustrated by
his younger counterpart, who takes nothing seriously. He then discusses the
temporal anomalies with the past Raiden who was also pulled into the present
along with Bo Kazama, Kung Lao, Kitana and Jade; at the same time as his
present counterpart's disappearance. Raiden has arrived at Special Forces to
take stock of the situation and to help. Forrest comments with paternal pride
to Sonya about Maria; only to be gently reminded that she is not "(his)
Sonya". Forrest apologizes and gives her room. Forrest starts to find
common ground with his past self, as they jointly admire Sonya, before the
younger Masters ruins it by being crass and boastful. Forrest hauls him out to
teach his younger self a lesson. As Forrest defeats his younger counterpart, the
base is simultaneously attacked by the Black Dragon and the Cyber Lin Kuei. The
two Forrests put differences aside and fight back against the Black Dragon
before the younger Forrest gets grazed on the cheek by a bullet; causing a
faded scar to appear on the same spot for the present Masters. Driven into a
rage, the younger Masters charges headlong into the melee, firing wildly and
pushing back the Black Dragon henchmen; leaving his older counterpart to deal
with an Erron Black still affiliated with the criminal group. Forrest questions
the gunslinger's allegiance since his present counterpart remains in a tenuous
alliance with Earthrealm by virtue of staying in Kotal Kahn's service. Black
responds that he always picks winners, to which Forrest defeats him and
counters that he chose poorly. The elder Masters finds Maria, alive but
injured, who informs him that Sonya from the past was captured. Forrest heads
out to rescue her, commandeering a tank on his way to deal with the Cyber Lin
Kuei. Forrest's tank is taken out of commission when Sektor calls in a missile
strike from an aircraft; Forrest in turn lures the plane in and destroys it,
evening the odds. Confronting the leader of the Cyber Lin Kuei, Forrest beats
the cyborg. Forrest is then immediately challenged by the past Kano, who eats a
punch to the groin for his troubles. Angered by the thug's threat to his “wife”
and daughter, the Masters patriarch beats him down; before pressing a boot to
his neck. Unfortunately, he's interrupted by a bullet to his knee; fired by the
present Kano. Kano has taken the younger Forrest hostage. The Special Forces
have no choice but to watch as the Black Dragon leave with the past Sonya and Forrest
in their clutches. Fortunately, Maria places a tracker on their aircraft as it
flies away. However, their troubles are not over, as Kano had fitted Sektor
with a nuclear bomb; which he had activated during his exit. They are saved by
the timely arrival of Raiden who teleports them to the Shirai Ryu's fire garden
seconds before the explosion. The present Forrest Masters is out of commission
for the rest of the battle to stop Kronika, recuperating from his injuries. The
younger Forrest Masters is later seen being dragged into a Russian underground
arena; forced to fight Sonya for the Black Dragon's amusement. Sonya refuses to
fight the man she has learned is her future husband, even if he's far from the
devoted and mature family man he will mellow into. Bruised and battered, Forrest
responds that this is their only option to buy time for a rescue and urges her
to hit him; saying that she has been waiting for a chance to do so. Sonya very
reluctantly complies, but the fight is interrupted by the rescue team, led by Maria.
Forrest and Sonya try to break out of the cage they were forced to fight in,
before the lock is shot out by Erron Black. Forrest defiantly stands between
Black and Sonya; clearly in no condition to take on the gunslinger. He's
quickly taken out of the fight by a bullet to his shoulder before Sonya stops
Black from killing him. Once the hired gun from the Old West is subdued, they
meet Maria; who leads them out as she and the Special Forces fight their way
out for evacuation. Unfortunately however, they were intercepted on the outside
by Kano. Sonya beats the younger Kano into submission; but the younger Forrest has
been taken hostage by the present Kano. Kano holds him at knife point and
reminds Sonya that killing him would erase the present Forrest and Maria from
existence as well. Sonya proves quicker on the draw and shoots the past Kano in
the head before Forrest can be stabbed; causing an identical gaping wound to
appear on the present Kano as he fades out of existence. As Forrest and Maria
get their wounds attended to, he commends Sonya on her quick thinking, making a
simple offer: dinner with him, no strings attached; to let him thank her as
well as apologize for his earlier attitude. Proving to be far more tolerable
without his ego in the way, Forrest makes headway as Sonya accepts. They are
interrupted by the arrival of Geras; who in turn gets subdued by Sonya and Maria
while Forrest gets evacuated for medical care. After the alternate Timeline Bo
defeats Kronika, he resets the timelines to the way they were before the threat
of Kronica; changing little details that he feels would be beneficial to his
friends and the world as we know it. This works out in Forrest and Maria’s
favor, as Sonya is brought back to life; Bo giving his old friend Forrest the
happy ending he deserves. It is unclear what happened to the alternate timeline
Forrest Masters once he is set back in his timeline’ although it is assumed he
finally scored the date with Sonya Blade.
== Later Years ==
Forrest and Sonya promptly decide to leave the special forces for good and lived the rest of their lives together. When Sonya died, Forrest decided to live out the rest of his years in Edenia alongside his best friend Bo.