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May 6, 2008 NECW Presents the 5th Annual IRON 8 Championship, Saturday Night, May 31 in Quincy, MA! All 8 Competitors Announced!
The IRON 8 is the most unique tournament in pro wrestling. Described as the ultimate test of skill, stamina and strategy, it presents eight great athletes with an unusual challenge. It begins with the 8 selected wrestlers competing in an opening round consisting of four singles matches. The winners then face each other in a 4 way, 45 minute iron man match. Whoever scores the most pinfalls or submissions in 45 minutes wins the match and is that year's IRON 8 Champion. It is an athletic test unlike any other, and the victor truly proves he is an iron man. "Die Hard" Eddie Edwards, who has won the last two tournaments, was automatically entered and declared the first seed. NECW officials have announced that Gran Akuma, representing Chikara Pro Wrestling has been entered in this year's tournament, as well as "The Japanese Nightmare" Kahagus from Florida. Last year's finalist, "The Real Deal" Brandon Locke and Team Cairo member, Scott Osbourne were named to the tournament. NECW Officials have announced the final 3 men who will be competing in this 5th annual IRON 8. They are: a participant from last year's tournament former NECW Tag Team Champion and current top contender for the NECW Triple Crown Championship, Antonio "The Promise" Thomas, a former NECW Television Champion and 3 time former NECW Tag Team Champion, "The Exotic" Kristian Frost, and finally, a former ECW star, a former TNA star and a man who has worked for just about every major American promotion at some point in his career, Julio Dinero. In the coming weeks, we will be posting updated profiles on all of the IRON 8 contestants. Tickets for the 5th Annual IRON 8 Championship are now on sale at all FYE locations and at K.C.'s Sportscards, 33 Temple Street in Quincy Center, and are available online by clicking here. This Week on NECW TV: New Champ Speaks Out, Makoto Debuts, Osboune vs. Venom & more!
We begin the broadcast with words from the new NECW Triple Crown Champion, "The Mowhawked Enforcer" Max Bauer. From there, it's the NECW TV debut of the masked man from the Orient, Makoto, as he battles the self-proclaimed "Future Superstar" Ryan Matthews. In our TV main event, it's a special challenge match between Team Cairo member, Scott Osbourne, who was named as one of the participants in the 5th annual IRON 8 Championship, taking on the winner of the first IRON 8, former NECW Heavyweight Champion, "Revolution" Chris Venom. Speaking of Team Cairo, we will have words from the now former NECW Triple Crown Champion, Big Rick Fuller and manager Brian Cairo just after losing the championship. Plus a rundown of World Women's Wrestling's BELLE OF THE BRAWL and words from former WWW Champion, Lexxus as she gets ready for Sunday's WWW event. This episode is now available for viewing or download. Visit NECW.TV to watch the original weekly wrestling TV program produced especially for the Internet - always available free, on demand and worldwide! Also on www.NECW.tv, a link to a free software program that lets you convert the NECW TV files for viewing on your iPod! NECW officials announced that NECW Television Champion, Handsome Johnny was stripped of the title due to an ankle injury that would prevent him from defending the championship for at least another 6 weeks. NECW rules state that the champion must be able and available to defend the title at least once every 30 days. Officials also announced that a one day tournament to crown a new champion will take place at Eddie Andelman's 19th Annual HOT DOG SAFARI to take place at Suffolk Downs in East Boston, MA on Sunday June 1st. More details will be announced in the coming weeks! Two great new releases are on sale now from NECW Home Video:
The event, which took place on August 18, 2007, features NECW Triple Crown Champion, D.C. Dillinger, facing "Straight Edge" Brian Fury for the championship inside a steel cage. This bout, the culminaion of a nearly 10 month long feud, the the first time the NECW Triple Crown has been defended inside of a cage. The DVD features lots of never-before seen footage and bonus features! The match list for BIRTHDAY BASH 7: CAGED FURY: Intro: "Die Hard" Eddie Edwards vs. "Straight Edge" Brian Fury - NECW TV, July 20, 2007 • Special Tag Team Grudge Match: The Arion Brothers vs. DNA • NECW Television Championship Match: "The Real Deal" Brandon Locke (Champion) vs. "Die Hard" Eddie Edwards • Special Monster Match - No DQ: "The Human Nightmare" Evan Siks vs. Big Rick Fuller • Ballroom Blitz Match - Tuxedo vs. Evening Gown: Sean Gorman vs. Nikki Roxx • Main Event for the NECW Traiple Crown Championship in a Steel Cage: D.C. Dillinger (Champion) vs. "Straight Edge" Brian Fury • plus never-before-seen footage & bonus features To watch the trailer for this DVD, click here. This DVD is $15, plus shipping & handling. To orders yours now, click here.
The double disc set features a main event second to none in WWW history: WWW Champion Lexxus defending her coveted gold and red belt against "The Portuguese Princess" Ariel, who has vowed to retire if she does not win the match. This was a wild battle with a shocking ending! The complete match listing is as follows: DISC ONE: Triple Threat Match: SAMMI LANE vs. BARBIE vs. MISTRESS BELMONT • ELEKTRA ARION INTERVIEW • Special Challenge Match: DELLA MORTE vs. JANA • Special Challenge Match: AMBER vs. ROXIE COTTON • SEAN GORMAN HIJACKS THE SHOW • Special Tag Team Challenge Match - No Disqualification, Anything Goes: AMBER & ROXIE COTTON vs. SAMMI LANE & BARBIE DISC TWO: World Women's Wrestling Championship Match - Title vs. Career: LEXXUS (Champion) vs. "The Portuguese Princess" ARIEL • BONUS Q & A FOOTAGE FROM THE 2nd ANNIVERSARY LUNCHEON To watch the trailer for this DVD, click here. This 2 disc DVD is $20, plus shipping & handling. To orders yours now, click here. Max Bauer is the New NECW Triple Crown Champion! Complete Results from NECW's SPRING BREAKDOWN!
In
the opening contest, the
Asian
star,
Makoto, mad an
impressive debut in Quincy defeating
the self-proclaimed
"Future Superstar" Ryan
Matthews with a fisherman’s spine buster. DC
Dillinger, currently under suspension, walked in as a paying customer stating he
was there to watch Eddie Edwards defeat rival Alex Arion. In
a special Pat’s Pit segment, NECW President Sheldon Goldberg came to the ring
as Piper’s guest.
Addressing the confusion
over the current Triple Crown
Championship situation caused
new champion “The Mohawked Enforcer” Max Bauer, former champion “Big”
Rick Fuller with Brian Cairo, and Antonio “The Promise” Thomas to come to
the ring. Goldberg
stated that due to the circumstances around Bauer’s win the title would be
held up pending the result of the evening’s main event. In
tag team action, Team Nightmare (Evan Siks and Nick Steel) defeated Vain
Valentino and “The Talent” TJ Richter. After the match Richter blamed
Valentino for the loss and attempted to physically take his anger out on his
young partner. Vain fired back and threw Richter into a ring post. Steel and
Siks raised Valentino’s hands and left the ringside area with him. It
was announced that already invited into the 5th
annual Iron 8 Championship, taking
place on May 31st,
from the Florida independent
scene,
Japanese star Kahagas, representing Chikara,
Gran Akuma, and two-time defending Iron 8 Champion “Die Hard” Eddie Edwards. “Exotic”
Kristian Frost made a successful
return to NECW
by pinning Brandon Webb, managed by the
debuting Taeler. In
a hard fought contest, “Die Hard” Eddie Edwards accompanied by Sean Gorman
faced off with “The Golden Greek” Alex Arion with Elektra Arion. Late in the
match, ref Rob Teutel was inadvertently splashed in the corner by Arion. Gorman
attempted to bring a chair in the ring, only to be speared by Elektra. Edwards
attempted to slap Elektra, who ducked. Edwards was super kicked by “The Golden
Greek”. Edwards managed to kick out at the referee’s two count. DC Dillinger
attempted to climb over the guardrails and was stopped by security. Alex Arion
called him on, but in that distraction, Edwards was able to hit him with a cross
legged fisherman’s buster for the victory. Post-match, Arion left the ring and
Dillinger spat at him. Arion pulled Dillinger into the ring over the guardrails
and tore his clothes off while beating him up. Dillinger managed to escape out
the doors of the Armory in only his underwear. After
intermission, Scott Osbourne with Brian Cairo faced “The Real Deal” Brandon
Locke in what was billed as an “Iron 8 Showcase Match”. Osbourne scored what
has to be viewed as an upset by countering Locke’s “Locke Down” slam move
into a pinning cradle for the win. On
the tron, Joe Matterazzo from NECW TV attempted to catch up with the current
NECW Tag Team Champions Chase Del Monte and “Rocket” Fred Curry, Jr.
Matterazzo met up with Del Monte and joined him to meet up with Curry who was
discovered to have been attacked by Pride. Del Monte ran off towards the ring
area to confront Pride. In
a handicap match for the NECW Tag Team Championships, one
half of the reigning champions Chase
Del Monte defeated Pride (Brian Nunes & Dan Freitas) by count out. The three
were brawling outside the ring and Del Monte managed to barely beat the ten to
win the match. After the Chase’s win, Pride entered the ring and began to
brutally beat the champion down. Finally, Team Nightmare hit the ring to save
Del Monte, sending Pride running for safety. The
next match was a World Women’s Wrestling feature match. Lexxus began her climb
back up the ladder of Before
the main event, it was announced that Scott Osbourne’s earlier win over a
former Iron 8 finalist earned him an invite into the Iron 8 Championship. In
a hard-hitting main event, “The Mohawked Enforcer” Max Bauer defeated
“Big” Rick Fuller and Antonio “The Promise” Thomas in a one-fall
three-way match to become the undisputed NECW Triple Crown Champion.
NECW returns to Quincy on Saturday night, May 31 for the 5th Annual IRON 8 Championship. Tickets will be on sale later this week at all FYE locations, K.C. Sportscards, 33 Temple Street, Quincy Center. They are available now online by clicking here. Thank You South Middle School, Brockton! This past Friday, April 18, NECW returned to Brockton at the South Middle School for a private event to raise money for their Parent Advisory Council. The fundraiser was the most successful event in the school's history and a packed house of enthusiastic students, parents, teachers, staff and their families witnessed a great night of NECW action, including a controversial main event, which saw Max Bauer defeat Big Rick Fuller in a Triple Crown Championship Match. You will be seeing matches from this great event in the coming weeks on NECW TV. We would like to thank South Middle School, especially Principal Kevin Karo and Vice-Principal Dennis Ginich for their hard work on this event and their hospitality to the NECW staff. NECW Featured in the Quincy Patriot Ledger New England Championship Wrestling is the subject of a major feature story in the sports section of July 7th's Quincy Patriot Ledger. To view the article, click here. Sheldon Goldberg Writes on Wrestling NECW President, Sheldon Goldberg just opened a new blog site where he writes about all the doings in NECW and World Women's Wrestling, as well as general pro wrestling topics. Check it out by clicking here. Major Story on World Women's Wrestling in The Boston Globe! On Saturday, June 10, the Boston Globe ran a major feature article with photos on World Women's Wrestling. To read the article, and see the online slideshow, click here. NECW In The New York Daily News! New England Championship Wrestling was featured in the March 11th edition of the New York Daily News in a story about NECW's weekly Internet television show. NECW TV has become a worldwide phenomenon and is seen by over 200,000 viewers in more than 40 countries. To read the article, click here.
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New
England Championship Wrestling proudly presents the 5th Annual IRON 8
Championship Tournament, Saturday night, May 31 at the National Guard Armory,
1000 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA. Bell time is 7:00 PM.
As
we head into this weekend's World Women's Wrestling event, we have a brand new
edition of NECW TV online. 
NECW
Home Video presents BIRTHDAY BASH 7: CAGED FURY, the 7th anniversary of New
England Championship Wrestling and one of the most unforgettable events in the
history of the promotion!
NECW
Home Video presents World Women's Wrestling's 2nd Anniversary Spectacular, a
special 2 disc DVD set from the event which took place on March 9, 2008 at Good
Time Emporium in Somerville, MA.
Another
sell out crowd packed the National Guard Armory in Quincy, MA this past Saturday
night as