Undaunted, Paul continues to pursue victory in the King of Iron Fist Tournament and enters the newly announced seventh tournament. While they did well in the tournament, they were unable to claim the top prize. Short of money, Paul enters and, realizing he cannot succeed on his own, teams up with his old friend Marshall Law to see if they can win the prize money together. Soon after, the sixth King of Iron Fist tournament was announced. This time, Paul successfully defeats Kuma, but the fight took its toll on him and, exhausted, Paul was forced to forfeit once again. When the announcement of a fifth tournament reached Paul, he entered with renewed vigor. Humbled, Paul returned to his training with renewed determination. This time though, Paul was too cocky and underestimated his opponent, who was once again Kuma, and lost the fight. Feeling cheated of his win, Paul enters the fourth tournament, seeking his long-overdue victory. Returning home believing himself to be victorious, Paul was unaware that victory had once again eluded him Ogre had not been defeated, and had morphed into his true monstrous form, only to be defeated by Jin Kazama. This time, Paul defeated all who stood before him, including Kuma II, the son of his old rival, and Ogre, the god of fighting himself. Paul had to wait another twenty years for a third attempt to prove himself, but when he received an invitation to another King of Iron Fist tournament, he accepted immediately. Two years passed before news reached Paul of a second tournament while he was again successful in defeating Kuma, he still was not able to prove himself to be stronger than Kazuya this time, Paul had earned the right to face Kazuya, but traffic on the Japanese highways prevented him from reaching the venue in time, forcing him to forfeit. In the process, Paul acquires a new rival - a bear named Kuma. While Paul does indeed come face to face with Kazuya, he is unable to defeat him.
When Paul hears the announcement of a King of Iron Fist Tournament, he enters, seeing the opportunity to face his old rival and prove himself to be the best.
Paul trains with Marshall Law, who would go on to become his good friend, and Lee Chaolan, and remains undefeated in battle, with the exception of a young fighter named Kazuya, who held him to a draw. Something of a drifter, Paul has no real career, instead making money by streetfighting and taking occasional work as a bouncer while he pursues his real passion - to prove himself to be the toughest fighter in the universe. Paul Phoenix is a tough American fighter.
Nevertheless, he is among the most popular and well-loved Tekken characters.
This is quite obviously evidenced by the facts that he is rivals with joke characters ( Kuma I and II) and that his endings have become more comedic. Despite his initial setup in the first game as a possible rival to Kazuya, as well as his arguably more serious standing in the earlier games, Paul has increasingly become something of a joke character (story-wise). He is a hotheaded, aggressive character, determined more than ever to win the King of Iron Fist Tournament to prove he is the best fighter in the entire universe.Īlthough he gets close several times (especially in Tekken 3), Paul has never won a tournament.
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English Eric Kelso (TK4-TK5, TK6 (Battle voice), TK3D:PE (Battle voice)) Mike McFarland (SFxTK) Jamieson Price (TK6 (Cutscene voice), TTT2, TK3D:PE (Dialogue), TKR, TK7) Japanese Kanehira Yamamoto (SFxTK) Paul Phoenix ( ポール・フェニックス, Pōru Fenikkusu ?) is a character in the Tekken series who made his debut in the first Tekken game and since then has appeared in every game to date.