New England Championship Wrestling made a triumphant return to the National Guard Armory this past Saturday night, November 21st in front of an enthusiastic near sellout crowd for the 2009 TOXIC WALTZ.

The evening began with a short video tribute to a New England wrestling legend, the late “Boston Bad Boy” Tony Rumble, who passed away ten years ago last week.

In the opening match of the night, NECW Television Champion, “The Heat” Kris Pyro retained his title in a very competitive match against Brendan Michael Thomas.

“The Natural” Scott Osbourne with “The Rock God” Brett Adams defeated “The Devil’s Reject” Brandon Webb.

In a special World Women’s Wrestling Tam Team Challenge Match, the team of World Women’s Wrestling Chgampion, Alexxis Neveah and Ivy defeated Sammi Lane and newcomer Kimaya, when Sammi Lane tried to use the stuffed bear, Hugs, to hit Ivy, but hit Kimaya instead.

NECW Triple Crown Champion, Max Bauer defeated ‘The Talent” T.J. Richter wkith Mr. Munroe and Mr. Mini-ro.

In a 6 Man Tag Team Grudge Match, Rican Havoc (Ryan Bisbal, Don Vega and the returning, Jose Perez) with Ivy in their corner defeated NECW Tag Team Champions, The Crown Jewels & “Sensational” Scott Levesque with “Mr. Fabulous” Tony Ulysses in their corner.

In a live Pat’s Pit, Pat “The Brat” Piper and Handsome Johnny discussed the final challenge in their ongoing battle for control of the NECW interview segments.  The two agreed that next month in Quincy the feud would be settled in a wrestling match and that each man would select 5 wrestlers they would pick to represent the other.  A choice will be drawn from a hat for each man and those two picked would square off with the winner getting control of the interview segments.

In The Toxic Waltz main event, a 10 man gauntlet match to determine the number one contender for the NECW Triple Crown Championship, it was a night of surprising match ups.  The rules were that the loser of each fall picked the winner’s next opponent.  Each fall took place under no disqualification rules.

The first two men to start were picked at random by NECW officials prior to the first bell.  Surprisingly enough, tag team partners Alex Payne and Davey Loomis were selected to face each other.  Loomis took the victory relying on his quickness and amateur skills.  Payne was disappointed, but proud of his partner and chose “The Talent” T.J. Richter as the next opponent.

T.J. Richter defeated Davey Loomis, when Mr. Munroe hit a huge forearm to the back of Loomis as he was coming off the ropes.  Richter spun the stunned Loomis into a neckbreaker for the victory.  Loomis, upset at Munroe’s interference, picked him as Richter’s next opponent.

T.J. Richter defeated Mr. Munroe after he ordered Munroe to lay down for him so he could advance in the match.  At first, Munroe wasn’t buying in to Richter’s orders and even Mr. Mini-ro yelled at the massive bodyguard.  Munroe angrily picked Richter up looking like he was going to slam his employer, but instead fell backward and layed down for the three count, allowing Richter to advance.  Richter called out his next opponent, NECW Television Champion, “The Heat” Kris Pyro.

“The Heat” Kris Pyro defeated T.J. Richter after numerous attempts at interference from Mr. Munroe and Mini-ro, Pyro reversed Richter’s neckbreaker into a backslide for the victory.   Richter then called out “Sensational” Scott Levesque, who came to the ring with Handsome Johnny.

Levesque began the match with a cheap shot on Pyro and had the NECW Television Champion at a disadvantage most of the way, when Pyro hit his version of the Afterburn seemingly out of nowhere to advance.  Levesque was flipping out over the loss, when Handsome Johnny chose “The Natural” Scott Osbourne as Pyro’s next opponent.

“The Natural” Scott Osbourne defeated “The Heat” Kris Pyro in a closely fought match when Osbourne pinned Pyro with his feet on the ropes for the win.  Pyro then brought out former NECW Triple Crown Champion, D.C. Dillinger.

D.C. Dillinger defeated “The Natural” Scott Osbourne in spite of attempted interference by “The Rock God” Brett Adams.  Osbourne and Adams trash talk Dillinger on the outside and is them jumped from behind by Osbourne’s pick, his tag team partner, “The Real Deal” Brandon Locke.

“The Real Deal” Brandon Locke defeated D.C. Dillinger when Brett Adams hooked Dillinger’s leg coming off the ropes.  Dillinger went to grab Adams, but Scott Osbourne ran back out while the referee was distracted and snapped Dillinger’s neck over the top rope.  Dillinger, reeling from the attack, walked right into the waiting Locke who hit him with the Locke Down for the pinfall.   With the 10th man being a wild card and anyone in or out of NEWCW, after Dillinger started to come around, he said that there was a time when Sabotage ruled NECW, and while Eddie Edwards is in Japan, there was a third member of Sabotage at one time, and he brought out Jason Blade as the final man in THE TOXIC WALTZ.

In the final fall, Jason Blade came out strong and looked to have the match won after hitting Locke with a superkick.  Locke had his feet on the ropes and when Blade tried to set him up for it again, Locke caught him and spun him into the Locke Down to win the 2009 TOXIC WALTZ.

After the match, Locke, Osbourne and Brett Adams all took turns working over Blade when NECW Triple Crown Champion, Max Bauer came in to make the save.  Bauer and Locke stared each other down to end the night.

Photos from the event are available here.

New England Championship Wrestling presented it’s 6th Annual IRON 8 Championship Tournament, Saturday night, May 30th at the National Guard Armory in Quincy, MA. A large and enthusiastic crowd witnessed what will go down as one of the greatest events in NECW history.

To begin the night, all eight tournament competitors came to the ring for opening introductions and pictures with the Championship Trophy.

In the opening first round contest, “The Real Deal” Brandon Locke countered “The Heat” Kris Pyro’s Code Red attempt with The Locke Down in 11:47 to win the match and advance to the IRON 8 Final.

In the second opening round match, Antonio “The Promise” Thomas defeated “The Natural” Scott Osbourne in 10:37. Osbourne had Thomas locked in a full nelson, but Thomas was able to use the leverage of the ring ropes to push Osbourne over and score a bridging pin fall.

The third IRON 8 contest saw rookie Davey Loomis facing off with veteran and former 2 time NECW Heavyweight Champion, Maverick Wild. Maverick was able to scramble out of Loomis’ belly-to-belly suplex and hit the rolling prawn hold to pin Loomis at 7:52.

In a special Pat’s Pit Segment, Handsome Johnny and Sammi Lane came out to confront Pat “The Brat” Piper. Handsome Johnny tried to goad Piper into letting him take over the Pat’s Pit segment July 11 at RED WHITE & BRUISED, but Piper would have nothing to do with that and kicked them out of “his ring”.

The final first round IRON 8 match up saw former WWE World Tag Team Champion, Kenny Doane face off with former NECW Heavyweight Champion, Slyck Wagner Brown. The two tore into each other, but Kenny was able to hit his top rope leg drop on Slyck for the pinfall victory at the 14:45 mark to advance to the finals.

After intermission, the legendary Harley Race was welcomed to ringside to a well-deserved standing ovation to do commentary for the second half of the event.

The mixed tag team grudge match initially looked to not be happening. “The Golden Greek” Alex Arion, Mistress Belmont and Sean Gorman showed footage on the video screen from NECW TV where Arion had hit NECW Triple Crown Champion “Enforcer” Max Bauer with a car stating Bauer was done. Bauer’s scheduled partner for the night, Alexxis Nevaeh, came to the ring intending to wrestle both Arion and Belmont alone. A few minutes into the match, Bauer did come to the ring, obviously suffering the effects of being hit by Arion’s car. Bauer and Alexxis seemed to have the match well in hand, when ref Rob Teutel turned his attention away from Arion and Gorman. As Belmont and Alexxis battled, Gorman slid Arion a chair. Arion bashed the injured leg of Bauer and placed him in a half crab submission. Bauer fought until he eventually passed out due to the pain. Alex Arion and Mistress Belmont won the mixed tag by implied submission.

After the match, Alex returned to the ring and again battered the leg of the Triple Crown Champion. He brought Bauer to the corner outside the ring and placed him in a figure four around the ring post. Arion refused to break the hold despite the intervention of officials. Suddenly, the crowd roared as Harley Race got up from the announcer’s table and grabbed a metal chair threatening to bash Arion if he didn’t break the hold. Arion realizing Race was dead serious, scrambled away allowing attendants to eventually get Max to the dressing room for medical attention.

As ring announcer Chris Norman prepared to announce the main event, the opening sounds of the new reigning NECW Television Champion, “Superstar” Ryan Matthews’ ring music hit. Matthews made his way to the ring, and after whispering in the ear of Norman, the NECW ring announcer informed the fans that Matthews was “STILL NECW Television Champion”. Matthews paraded around the ring and then out of the arena.

In the IRON 8 Championship Final, the 45-minute Iron man match took place between “The Real Deal” Brandon Locke, Antonio “The Promise” Thomas, Maverick Wild, and Kenny Doane. The four men kept a breakneck pace throughout the match proving they all truly had amazing skill and stamina. As the match progressed, the high impact style took a physical toll on all of the men. Maverick Wild received a huge laceration on his forehead, yet continued to compete despite losing a fair amount of blood. With one minute left in the match, Thomas ducked a clothesline by Locke, sending “The Real Deal” face first into the ropes and staggering back into a backslide to score the first and only fall of the match. With just seconds left, Locke hit Thomas with his Locke Down maneuver and fell on top of him. Referee, Rich Bass began to count the pin fall, but the buzzer sounded signaling that the 45 minute time limit had expired. Antonio Thomas finally lived up to his original promise and became the 6th IRON 8 Champion.

After the match, Harley Race awarded the championship trophy to Thomas, who was then congratulated by Doane. (Wild was receiving medical attention at this point) Brandon Locke looked disappointed, but finally shook the hand of Thomas and hugged him eliciting a huge cheer from the crowd, only to silence them by dropping “The Promise” on his face. Locke began an assault on the new IRON 8 Champion and then smashed and stomped the championship trophy into pieces before hitting another Locke Down on Thomas.

As Thomas later recovered and saw what had happened to the trophy, he exited the armory screaming for Locke.

Pictures from the event are available here.

NECW returns to live action on Saturday night, July 11 at the Armory in Quincy for RED, WHITE & BRUISED. Tickets for this event are on sale now at NECWwrestling.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006.

NECW returned to the National Guard Armory in Quincy, MA, Saturday night, April 18, 2009 in front of another great crowd for SPRING BREAKDOWN.

In the opening contest, Slyck Wagner Brown and Antonio “The Promise” Thomas wrestled to a 10-minute time limit draw. After the match, both were announced as gaining invitation to the 6th Annual IRON 8 Championship on Saturday, May 30th in Quincy.

Davey Loomis pinned newcomer Isys Ephex following a Belly-to-belly Suplex.

In a World Women’s Wrestling Feature Match, Alexxis Nevaeh continued her quest to get another shot at the World Women’s Wrestling Championship, defeating Mistress Belmont with Sean Gorman in her corner after a top rope dropkick.

Former 2-Time NECW Heavyweight Champion, and the longest reigning champion in company history, Maverick Wild was announced as the 5th man to gain invitation to the 6th Annual IRON 8 Championship.

Up Next, the NECW Television Championship Match was marred with controversy. Reigning champion “The Real Deal” Brandon Locke seemed en route to a routine title defense win over “Superstar” Ryan Matthews. As Locke prepared to administer his finishing move “The Locke Down”, Matthews’ grandfather, sitting as a special guest at ringside, jumped up yelling for Ryan and appeared to begin having heart trouble, falling to the floor clutching his chest. As everyone looked to check on his condition, Matthews rolled up Locke, holding the tights, to pin the champion and win the Television Championship. As Ryan Matthews was announced as the new TV Champion, his grandfather jumped to his feet and ripped off his shirt, glasses and wig. Ryan Matthews’ grandfather on his mother’s side is none other than the 70-year-old “Sports Illustrated Legend” Robbie Ellis!

As a stunned crowd looked on, NECW TV’s Joe Matterazzo returned to the ring to let Locke know that he also had earned an invitation to the 6th Annual IRON 8 Championship. Considering how he was the victim of such a stunning title loss, Locke seemed more perturbed than appreciative at the announcement.

During a special Pat’s Pit segment, Pat “The Brat” Piper expected his guests to be the new NECW Tag Team Champions, The Crown Jewels. However, only one member of the team, Darling Damon, made his way to the ring. He stated that “Mr. Fabulous” Tony Ulysses and Bad Boy Jason were already relaxing in the tropical weather in Trinidad, and as soon as his passport was cleared up, he was heading there too. In the meantime he’d take on one of the “lesser” NECW talents, mentioning Nick Westgate, Davey Loomis, and “The Heat” Kris Pyro by name. This brought out Pyro who stated he was getting ready for the biggest night of his life May 30th at the 6th Annual IRON 8 Championship and defeating a talented guy, 1/2 of the tag champions, Darling Damon, would boost his confidence in a huge way. Pat Piper confirmed both men were interested in fighting and scheduled the match to take place right in Pat’s Pit.

“The Heat” Kris Pyro pinned 1/2 of the NECW Tag Team Champions Darling Damon of the Crown Jewels after hitting a “Code Red” sunset flip.

The team of “The Epic” Mike Bennett and Guy Alexander made a successful NECW debut in Quincy by defeating the team of “The Talent” TJ Richter and “The Man No One Can Slam” Mr. Munroe. The win happened after a “Hart Attack” type clothesline.

Despite having his mouth completely busted open and bloodied, “Sensational” Scott Levesque accompanied by Handsome Johnny and Sammi Lane beat Nick Westgate by pinfall to remain undefeated in NECW competition.

The final two competitors for the 6th Annual IRON 8 Championship were announced as “The Natural” Scott Osbourne and Tomasso Ciampa. Those two round out the field of eight alongside “The Heat” Kris Pyro, former WWE World Tag Team Champion Kenny Doane (of Spirit Squad fame), Slyck Wagner Brown, Antonio “The Promise” Thomas, Maverick Wild, and “The Real Deal” Brandon Locke.

The main event for the NECW Triple Crown Championship was every bit as brutal of a rematch as the first GENESIS 8 contest between champion “The Enforcer” Max Bauer and “The Golden Greek” Alex Arion was. This time, Arion had his new manager, “The Manager of Champions” Sean Gorman in his corner. This appeared to potentially be the edge that Arion needed to unseat the champion. As Gorman attempted to give Arion a chair to use, Max stopped him and instead waffled the challenger leading to a disqualification. Referees tried to stop Bauer from attacking Arion and were thrown out of the way. A number of the members of the undercard also attempted to help with the same result. Finally, a number of NECW officials and agents were able to pull the near lifeless “Golden Greek from the ring to safety.

After having Arion attempt to end his career, leave him laying in the ring after a number of chair shots, and plots to permanently injured the Triple Crown Champion, it appeared that April 18th in Quincy was the night that Max Bauer finally snapped on his top challenger.

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NECW returns to live action at the National Guard Armory in Quincy, MA on Saturday night, May 30th for the 6th Annual IRON 8 Championship. Tickets are on sale now at NECWwrestling.com, at K.C. Sports Cards, 33 Temple Street, Quincy Center or by calling 1-800-838-3006.