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.

It was a big two event weekend for New England Championship Wrestling with AUTUMN UNLEASHED.

On Friday night, October 23, 2009, NECW made its debut at Teamworks Indoor Sports Complex in Somerset, MA with all NECW recognized championships up for grabs.

The evening began with a special showcase match that saw Vinnie Nero defeat Matt Magnum with a small package.

Ryan Bisbal with Ivy pinned “The Talent” TJ Richter with Mr. Munroe.

In Pat’s Pit with Pat ‘The Brat” Piper, “Rock God” Brett Adams and “The Real Deal” Brandon Locke came out claiming that they would win the NECW Triple Crown from “The Enforcer” Max Bauer. Bauer took exception and came to the ring. A heated exchange ensued leading up to the night’s main event.

Mr. Munroe was disqualified in his match with “The Devil’s Reject” Brandon Webb for refusing to release a chokehold. After the match concluded, the lights in the building went out. When they turned back on, Webb had disappeared.

World Women’s Wrestling Champion Alexxis Nevaeh retained her title, pinning Ivy following a top rope drop kick.

NECW Television Champion “The Heat” Kris Pyro pinned Brendan Michael Thomas with the Afterburn 2.0 to retain the championship.

DC Dillinger defeated “Sensational” Scott Levesque accompanied by Sammi Lane by pinfall.

Davey Loomis and Alex Payne appeared to have the NECW Tag Team Titles wrapped up following a tag team maneuver, but The Crown Jewels and “Mr. Fabulous” Tony Ulysses fled the ring choosing to lose the match by count out, but retaining the championships.

In the main event, NECW Triple Crown Champion “The Enforcer” Max Bauer defeated “The Real Deal” Brandon Locke with “Rock God” Brett Adams following a big boot.

The following night, Saturday, October 24, 2009, NECW returned to the National Guard Armory in Quincy, MA for night two of NECW’s AUTUMN UNLEASHED.

In a rematch of the previous night’s Showcase Match, Vinnie Nero faced off with Matt Magnum. This time, Mr. Munroe and T.J. Richter came to the ring and Munroe laid waste to both men for a No Contest.

NECW Television Champion “The Heat” Kris Pyro pinned Chris Camaro with the Afterburn 2.0

Davey Loomis accompanied by his tag partner Alex Payne pinned “Royalty” William King after a belly-to-belly suplex.

In a World Women’s Championship rematch, Alexxis Nevaeh retained the red and gold belt, pinning Mistress Belmont following the top rope dropkick.

Handsome Johnny and Pat “The Brat” Piper came to the ring for their pie eating contest. Both men and Sammi Lane were blindfolded. Handsome won the contest 5 pies to none, as Piper chose not to eat any. The two will have a rubber match to decide the feud. They will meet in Pat’s Pit on November 21st in Quincy to discuss terms of the match.

In a non-title contest, the team of Don Vega and Ryan Bisbal with Ivy defeated the reigning NECW Tag Team Champions The Crown Jewels with “Mr. Fabulous” Tony Ulysses after Bisbal hit Bad Boy Jason with a top rope flying body press. After the match, the champions began to beat down the challengers. From the crowd a hooded individual jumped the guardrails with a steel chair sending the Jewels scrambling. When he threw back his hood, the crowd was surprised by the NECW return of the “East Coast Intensity” Jose Perez.

NECW President, Sheldon Goldberg announced that “The Golden Greek” Alex Arion was suspended indefinitely for his vicious attack on DC Dillinger the previous month. Manager Sean Gorman came to the ring and protested, threatening legal intervention, to no avail.

D.C. Dillinger was scheduled to face “Sensational” Scott Levesque with Handsome Johnny and Sammi Lane in his corner. Handsome Johnny bowed out claiming gastro-intestinal distress. Dillinger went on to win the match with a huge Mafia Kick. After the match Lane hit Dillinger from behind, but D.C. instead grabbed her and planted a huge kiss on Lane.

“The Talent” TJ Richter and Mr. Munroe came to the ring for another Body Slam challenge, as Richter put $5000 of his money on the line that no one could slam Mr. Munroe. Once again, Richter went to pick someone from the crowd and picked someone who was less than 4 1/2 feet tall. In fact, this man barely came up to the waist of Munroe, yet the man attempted to slam Munroe two times to no avail. Richter began to berate and joke at the height of the young man, but then apparently changed his tune. Suddenly Richter offered the man a job. The crowd was yelling not to do it, but the young man hugged Richter. “The Devil’s Reject” Brandon Webb then came to the ring for his match with Richter. The two tore into each other, but Richter was able to win the encounter with a neck breaker.

In the main event for the NECW Triple Crown Championship, “Enforcer” Max Bauer defended against “The Real Deal” Brandon Locke, accompanied by his partner “The Natural” Scott Osbourne and manager “The Rock God” Brett Adams. Locke and Bauer battled all over the ringside area, leaving it in shambles, before Bauer was able to lift Locke up attempting his coup de gras, the “Bauer-bomb”. Osbourne quickly slid into the ring and attacked the champion, getting Locke disqualified. The team of Real Natural beat down the Triple Crown Champion until the unlikely intervention of D.C. Dillinger caused them to flee. Dillinger stood in the ring with a rather surprised looking Max Bauer and handed him the Triple Crown Championship belt.

NECW returns to live action on Saturday night, November 21st at the National Guard Armory in Quincy, MA for the 2009 TOXIC WALTZ. NECW will also make its debut in Plymouth, MA the night after Thanksgiving for KNIGHT OF CHAMPIONS at the Plymouth Memorial Hall in Plymouth, MA as the first night of a two night Thanksgiving Weekend Spectacular. The second event of the weekend will take place at Teamworks Indoor Sports, 732 Lees River Avenue in Somerset, MA.

New England Championship Wrestling presented it’s 1st annual NECW TAG TEAM CLASSIC in front of another great crowd at the National Guard Armory in Quincy, MA on Saturday night, Sepetmber 19th.

In a pre-show, “Showcase Challenge Match,” where new talent get the chance to tryout for a spot on the NECW roster, The Great Malaki with def. The Sensational Masked Stretcher.

Antonio “The Promise” Thomas is announced and addresses the crowd. Thomas says he suffered a Grade 3 concussion last month at the hands of “The Natural” Scott Osbourne and “The Real Deal” Brandon Locke and would not be able to wrestle in the main event for the NECW Triple Crown Championship as scheduled. Thomas made a promise to return, though he could not say when.At that point, Thomas was interrupted by a video message from “The Rock God” Brett Adams from his hotel suite in Hollywood. Adams rubbed it in about Thomas being put out of action.

Before Thomas could respond, NECW Tag Team Champions, The Crown Jewels, (“Bad Boy” Jason and “Darling” Damon) came out. Jason said that he suffered a pulled groin (claiming he “slipped on a shell” while modeling underwear at a photo shoot in), and that The Crown Jewels would be unable to participate in a tournament setting. He then announced that his partner, Darling Damon, as one half of the NECW Tag Team Champions and therefore automatically considered a ranked contender for the Triple Crown, would be taking Thomas place in the Triple Crown Championship Match. NECW event producer, “Mad Dog” Matt Storm then came out to confirm that Damon would be taking Thomas’ place and that when Thomas was cleared to return to action, he would automatically be considered the number one contender. Storm added that while The Crown Jewels did produce a doctor’s note that said Bad Boy Jason could not participate in a tournament setting, the champions appearance in the tournament is a mandatory title defence and that The Crown Jewels would indeed defend their titles against the winner of the NECW Tag Team Classic at the end of the night – after Damon wrestles Max Bauer.

In the first opening round match of the TAG TEAM CLASSIC, “The Natural” Scott Osborne and “The Real Deal” Brandon Locke defeated the Canadian duo of Stupefied & Twiggy in an action-packed battle that could have gone either way.

In the second opening round match, “The Epic” Mike Bennett and Guy Alexander took the fall over “The Talent” T.J. Richter & Mr. Munroe.

In the third opening round bout, Mikhail Ivanov and Aleksander Chekov, “The Red Devil Fight Team” made their debut defeating Davey Loomis and Alex Payne.

Then, D.C. Dillinger came out to make an announcement, saying that after BIRTHDAY BASH, everyone wonders where he stands. Dillinger calls out “The Manager of Champions” Sean Gorman and tells him he’s fired. Gorman starts to argue with Dillinger. Finally, Dillinger grabs Gorman by the neck, and “The Golden Greek” Alex Arion rushes in through the crowd. Arion viciously attacks Dillinger with the help of Gorman, who produces a set of handcuffs and locks Dillinger’s wrist to the ring ropes. With only one hand to defend himself and little mobility, Arion resumes his attack with a folding chair. Arion and Gorman start to leave when Dillinger defiantly spits at Arion. Arion and Gorman return to the ring and beat down Dillinger some more. Again, they start to leave, but once again Dillinger spits at Arion. Arion then grabs the ring bell from the timekeeper and nails Dillinger with it in the head. Officials manage to free Dillinger, who gamely refuses assistance and limps to the back.

In the final first round tournament match, Ryan Bisbal and Don Vega (with Ivy, waving a Puerto Rican flag) defeat Canada’s 2.0 (Shane Matthews and Jagged) in another exciting bout.

After intermission, the semi final round took place leading off with, “The Natural” Scott Osborne and “The Real Deal” Brandon Locke going to a double count out against “The Epic” Mike Bennett and Guy Alexander. With both teams eliminated from the tournament, the winner of the second semi-final wins the tournament and faces The Crown Jewels for the titles later that night.

Ryan Bisbal and Don Vega (with Ivy) defeat The Red Devil Fight Team to win the 1^st annual NECW Tag Team Classic. Bisbal took a bad fall to the outside during the match, but still managed to pin Ivanov, even while his leg was injured and repeatedly worked on by the Russians.

“The “Enforcer” Max Bauer retained the NECW Triple Crown Championship over “Darling” Damon (with “Bad Boy” Jason).

Pat “The Brat” Piper defeated “Handsome” Johnny (with Sammi Lane) in a Karaoke Battle. Johnny makes the lame excuse that he lost only because he had a cold, so Piper tells Johnny to pick a challenge. Johnny says, “Let’s have a pie-eating contest.” Piper accepts and that will take place next month in Quincy.

The Crown Jewels retained the NECW Tag Team Championship over Ryan Bisbal and Don Vega with Ivy. Vega comes out alone at the start of the match, due to Bisbal’s injury. With Vega getting worn down, Bisbal comes limping out to the ring with Ivy behind. The challengers come back and appear close to taking the victory. At that point, Damon picks up Ivy and starts carrying her offstage, distracting Bisbal. During the resulting commotion, Jason nails Vega from behind and pins him for the victory.

NECW returns to live action Friday, October 23, 2025 in Somerset, MA, and Saturday, October 24, 2009, in Quincy. The Quincy event will be a TV taping.

Photos from the event can be viewed here.

A sold out crowd witnessed a historic event as New England Championship Wrestling celebrated its 9th anniversary with BIRTHDAY BASH 9: RAGE IN A CAGE at the National Guard Armory in Quincy, MA, this past Saturday night, August 8th.

Ring announcer, Chris Norman introduced the entire NECW locker room who surrounded the ring. Then, NECW ownership came out to announce the appointment of the first general manager in company history in former WWE/ECW referee and former New England promoter for the original ECW, Paul Richard. Richard hyped up the fans and then announced NECW President Sheldon Goldberg, who dedicated the night’s event to all of the company’s fans. Goldberg introduced a video announcement which was shown on the tron. The fans erupted as they saw NECW’s historic announcement – the signing of a television deal with Comcast SportsNet New England, with a weekly one hour broadcast to air Fridays at 4pm EST starting January 8, 2010.

In the opening contest, “The Heat” Kris Pyro countered NECW Television Champion “Superstar” Ryan Matthews’ Codebreaker attempt to a roll-up to score the pin fall and win the NECW Television Championship. Matthews’ grandfather “The Sports Illustrated Legend” Robbie Ellis was barred from the building for this rematch.

“The Talent” TJ Richter and “The Man No One Can Slam” Mr. Munroe came to the ring for Richter’s match. Richter again challenged the crowd about his body slam challenge. A surprising contender in NECW Ring Announcer, Chris Norman, attempted the slam to the huge cheers of the Quincy faithful. Unfortunately, “Stormin’” Norman was added to the list of those who tried and failed. Norman then brought out Richter’s opponent, “The Upset Kid” Nick Westgate. Westgate lived up to his moniker by pinning Richter with a flying schoolboy pin. Post match, Mr. Munroe grabbed Westgate in a brutal front face lock, swinging him around by the neck and then tossing him like a rag doll over his head. Westgate had to leave the ring with assistance of NECW officials.

In a mixed tag team challenge, Handsome Johnny’s tandem of “Sensational” Scott Levesque and Sammi Lane faced off with Puerto Rican stars Ryan Bisbal and Ivy. All four looked great in this match, with Ivy making a huge impression in her NECW in-ring debut. As the referee was distracted, watching Bisbal and Levesque, Handsome threw Sammi Lane her new Teddy Bear “Hugs”, which she blasted Ivy with. Ivy dropped to the canvas out cold. Sammi easily scored the pin fall after this. It took Ivy a few minutes to really come back to her senses after the match.

The next match was for the World Women’s Wrestling Championship. Reigning champion “The Portuguese Princess” Ariel, with Brendan Michael Thomas defended the coveted red and gold belt against the woman she defeated for the title well over a year ago, Alexxis Nevaeh. Alexxis was able to counter the Dariel into a small package which rolled around the ring as the two tried to score the fall. In the end, Nevaeh was able to hold the pin and regain the World Women’s Wrestling Championship, becoming the first two-time champion in the title’s history. After the match, BMT attempted to super kick Alexxis in anger, but she was able to duck and instead gave her own kick to the lower region of the “Prince of Pink”.

In a triple threat match, the 2009 IRON 8 Champion, Antonio “The Promise” Thomas, faced off with “The Real Deal” Brandon Locke and “The Natural” Scott Osbourne, with his manager “Rock God” Brett Adams. Thomas was able to overcome the onslaught of this duo to pin Osbourne and win the match. After the bell, Adams stated that while Thomas might have won the battle, the war had just begun and pointed to the entranceway announcing his newest client. As “The Promise” called out whomever this new client was, Brandon Locke snuck in from behind delivering a Lockedown. Then joined by Osbourne, Locke began to assault Thomas urged on by the “Rock God”. Adams then announced henceforth that the two would be known as “Real Natural”.

Next was a special Pat’s Pit segment. Pat “The Brat” Piper called out his rival Handsome Johnny, who came out with Sammi Lane. The segment quickly broke down to a contest of “Yo Momma” jokes. (yes, Yo Momma jokes). Piper schooled Handsome Johnny, who claimed he was only bested because he wasn’t prepared. The two agreed to have a rematch, this time in a karaoke-off on September 19th, much to the dismay of Lane.

In a rematch for the NECW Tag Team Championship, the reigning champions The Crown Jewels with “Mr. Fabulous” Tony Ulysses, defended against the team of Davey Loomis and Alex Payne. This time around, Payne and Loomis showed more continuity and gelled as a team. It appeared they had the title won, when Ulysses pulled referee Vinnie Lax from the ring to break up a pin attempt. Lax berated “Mr. Fabulous” and was met by a monumental lip lock! Disgusted, Lax disqualified the Jewels, awarding the match to the challengers, but leaving The Crown Jewels as the NECW Tag Team Champions.

While the steel cage was being set up, NECW Co-Owners Matt & Kyle Storm came to talk to the fans about a new signature NECW event debuting September 19 in Quincy – the 1st Annual NECW Tag Team Classic. This 8-team, single-elimination tournament would feature the NECW Tag Team Champions The Crown Jewels, with the titles on the line throughout the tournament. Also in the event would be Canada’s 2.0, the team of Battletoad (Stupefied & Bash Bison) also from Canada, “The Epic” Mike Bennett & Guy Alexander, and TJ Richter & Mr. Munroe. 3 more teams will be announced.

In the main event for the NECW Triple Crown Championship, a Steel Cage match where pin falls, submissions, or escaping the cage could be used to win, reigning and defending champion “The Enforcer” Max Bauer faced off with top contender “The Golden Greek” Alex Arion with manager Sean Gorman. Special guest referee for the match was former NECW Triple Crown Champion and 4-time NECW Tag Team Champion, DC DIllinger. The brutal cage match featured Arion getting brutalized by Bauer, until Arion was able to find a break and hit the champion with a low blow. The match raged on with both men seemingly refusing to win the match and instead trying to end the career of their opponent. Arion delivered three top tope splashes to Bauer, but was still unable to score the pin. Bauer countered with a number of “Enforcer Bomb” Fireman’s Carry face busters, again to no avail. Sean Gorman then tried to scale the cage to hand a chain to Alex Arion to use as a weapon, but was met at the top by DC Dillinger, a man he had managed to so many titles. Dillinger seemed on the same page with Gorman, until he instead blasted him with a big right hand dropping Gorman some 12 feet to the floor on to officials and referees. Arion was then able to use the chain, knocking out Bauer. “The Golden Greek” then began to make the slow climb over the top of the cage, but as he got to the top, “The Enforcer” sprung to life and met him. The two exchanged punches 15 feet above the fans, when Bauer stopped Arion and threw him on his shoulders delivering his Enforcer Bomb from the top of the cage for the pin fall and the win, retaining his championship and ending the 12-moth feud.

NECW returns to the National Guard Armory in Quincy, MA for the 1st annual NECW Tag Team Classic on Saturday night, September 19th with a 7 PM bell time. Tickets will be on sale Thursday, August 13th online at NECWwrestling.com, KC’s Sports Cards, 33 Temple Street, Quincy Center, MA or by calling 1-800-838-3006.