 He soon began wrestling in the Oklahoma City-based Power Zone Wrestling Alliance where he would compete on and off for the next three years.In January 1996, Cox appeared on a supercard for the Dallas-based CWA at
the Dallas Sportatorium in which he teamed with Bo Vegas, Devon Michaels,
Marc Valiant, Scott Putski and Dom Minoldi to defeat Firebreaker Chip,
Rod Price, John Hawk, Shawn Summers, Alex Porteau and Guido Falcone
in a "Bodyguards vs. Bandits" match.The match, using an unorthodox "football rules"
scoring system as opposed to the standard pinfall, has been considered by some
wrestling fans to be one of the most confusing, and by some accounts, boring
matches held.