I've been watching from the shadows I suppose you could say for some time now and agree with both names mentioned: Lux Lyden as SotM with Fontanna deserving honorable mention, and I won't be surprised when he takes SotM within the next few months. I thoroughly believe improvement needs recognition and the rate in which Fontanna has improved if you look back at his older work is alarming in the most fantastic way possible. He's like the Jeffersons; movin' on up!

Lyden on the other hand has in a very short time solidified his spot on the XWF's totem pole and it's already a considerably high spot with no signs of slipping anytime soon. His stories are intriguing and refreshing as his character develops at just the right speed from week to week, and his trash talk is consistently on point as he's a little more likely to catch someone slipping and expose it without the need for too many extraneous insults -- differently a far cry from my own style because I love getting stupid with the trigger happy, sometimes juvenile badgering but his character's outlook is perfect for maintaining a more professional or almost legal sounding method of retort.

Another name in need of recognition is Robbie Bourbon who has been proving he has that never say die attitude and has been staying fresh despite a couple setbacks that a lot of people would have had a big problem with.