Thanks to Mike Informer for these links on Jimmy Snuka, Nick Hogan and The Mountie.
New England Championship Wrestling returned to the National Guard Armory in Quincy, MA this past Saturday night, February 16, in front of a standing room only crowd for GENESIS 7: BATTLE OF THE GIANTS.
The opening contest was the finals of the tournament to crown new NECW Tag Team Champions, the team of “Rocket” Fred Curry, Jr. and Chase Del Monte defeated Bryce Andrews and Vain Valentino to win the titles following a tandem Samoan drop – top rope neck breaker combo.
The second match was a grudge match between DC Dillinger accompanied by Sean Gorman and “The Golden Greek” Alex Arion. Arion picked up the win with a schoolboy roll up on Dillinger. After the match, DC attacked “The Golden Greek”, crashing his head through a metal chair. As Dillinger prepared to wind up and hit Arion with another chair to the head, Arion’s younger sister ran to the ring from the crowd and covered her brother begging DC not to hurt Alex. Dillinger was telling her to beg for her brother. Finally DC committed the disgusting act of grabbing the young lady by her hair and slapping her across the face before being reprimanded and sent to the back by NECW President, Sheldon Goldberg.
The next match was for the NECW Television Title with the added stipulation that the title could change hands on a disqualification. Handsome Johnny defeated the champion “The Real Deal” Brandon Locke by disqualification to win the title. In what would be the closing moments of the match, Handsome Johnny tried to make it look like Locke hit him with the TV Championship Belt. Referee Rob Teutel was not fooled and took the belt to give it back to the ringside table. As his back was turned, Handsome pulled out a black spray can and went to spray it in the eyes of Locke. “The Real Deal” stopped Johnny and grabbed the can nailing him with it just as Teutel turned back around. The match was stopped and awarded to Handsome Johnny, who becomes the new NECW Television Champion.
“The Future Superstar” Ryan Matthews then came to the ring bragging that this year would be the first of many successful “Future Superstar Genesis Challenges”. Last year he lost “on a fluke” to Ebony Blade, but this year would be different. The challenge was answered by “Nightmare” Nick Steel. Steel submitted Matthews in less than 10 seconds for the win. Matthews rebutted saying he wasn’t ready and “hadn’t even gotten his shirt off”. The two locked up and Steel countered directly into another submission hold, leading to a second tap out in less than 20 seconds this time. Matthews stated that Steel had done something he wasn’t ready for, but he was ready now and would make no excuses. Matthew attacked Steel and began to forearm him to the back. Steel soon countered into a third submission hold for his third submission win in under 2 minutes total.
The last match of the first half of action was another heated rivalry as “The Infamous” Bobby Fish took on “Die Hard” Eddie Edwards with Sean Gorman in an “Unsanctioned Match”. The rules were simple. The referee was only involved in the match to count the pin fall or submission in the bout. It was another phenomenal back and forth battle between these two. In the end, Edwards managed to steal a pin on Fish, with some assistance of Sean Gorman and a handful of Fish’s trunks to gain the victory.
First up after the break was another of the grudge matches on the show. Antonio “The Promise” Thomas faced off with former NECW Triple Crown Champion “Straight Edge” Brian Fury. Great match on both sides of this one. The finish saw Fury climb to the top turnbuckle to deliver a superplex on Thomas. As the two crashed to the ground, Thomas was able to cradle the legs of Fury so that both men were pinned. Thomas threw up his shoulder before the final three count to score the pin fall and the victory.
In a violent Dog Collar match, former NECW Triple Crown Champion “The Human Nightmare” Evan Siks took on former NECW Heavyweight Champion Michael Sain in the culmination of their 6-month feud. Sain battered and bloodied Siks early in the match. Siks would eventually come back splitting the head of Sain wide open. Sain delivered two of his Straight Jacket Drivers to Siks, who somehow managed to barely kick out. “Nightmare” Nick Steel came to the ring and began to act as a corner man for Evan. Evan countered a third attempt at a Straight Jacket Driver into a kata-hajime. Sain refused to tap out. Siks adjusted the submission a few times with no luck and looked to Steel for advice. “The Human Nightmare” cinched the hold tighter with the assistance of the chain to finally get the win when Sain could no longer answer the referee and had passed out. It took Sain nearly 5 minutes to recover and make it from the ring after the match.
In a special World Women’s Wrestling feature bout, the Portuguese Princess Ariel faced off with one half of the Soul Sistas, Luscious Latasha. Ariel made fairly short work of Latasha with the Dariel (Ace Crusher). Note: post match a fan jumped in to the ring to hug and congratulate Ariel and had to be removed by event management.
In the main event of the evening, “The Battle of the Giants”, NECW Triple Crown Champion “Big” Rick Fuller defended against top contender and winner of the TOXIC WALTZ, Max Bauer. Before the match, Fuller’s manager Brian Cairo promised the fans he would not lay a hand on Max Bauer. In the closing moments of the match, Bauer hoisted Fuller up into his finishing fall-away face slam. Senior Official Rich Bass was knocked to the ground in the process. Cairo entered the ring and pulled Fuller from the hold. Second later, Bauer was able to try the move again, but Antonio Thomas returned to the ring and blasted Bauer with a chair. As the ref recovered and crawled to count Fuller’s pin on Bauer, Thomas jumped back in the ring and blasted Fuller with the chair. Bass saw this and disqualified Bauer for outside interference. “The Promise” stood over both men gloating that he was the true champion of NECW.
As Fuller rolled out of the ring and Thomas left the ringside area, Bauer recovered. He grabbed Brian Cairo and delivered his finished to the manager, much to the delight of the crowd.
NECW returns to live action on Saturday night, March 29 at the National Guard Armory in Quincy, MA for MARCH BADNESS. Tickets are available at all FYE locations, K.C.'s Sports Cards, 33 Temple Street in Quincy Center and online at
www.NECWwrestling.com.
KID KASH SHOOTS ON CHRIS HARRIS JOINING WWE AND PREDICTS THE FIRST WRESTLER WHO WILL KNOCK HIM INTO LINE
By WorldWrestlingInsanity.com
Many people say that Controversy Creates Cash. However, for anyone who's ever heard him shoot, the real statement is "Kash Creates Controversy." That's exactly what happened when former TNA X Division, WWE Cruiserweight, and ECW TV Champion Kid Kash joined ClubWWI.com for a one hour shoot interview that takes no prisoners and is definitely not safe for work.
Kash is famous for speaking his mind and that's no exception here. Among the controversial topics that he discusses with James Guttman are: Why he was miserable in TNA, why he has no respect for Jeff Jarrett professionally, what Jarrett said when he asked for a raise, heat with A.J. Styles, what TNA told him about Abyss, problems setting a match up with America's Most Wanted, the night that Chris Benoit threw Matt Striker out of the locker room, the original ECW, WWE Wrestler Court, the trick TNA stars pulled to get more money, Dixie Carter's issues, original names for the Pitbulls, the greatest tag team partner he ever had, his return to MMA on March 21st at the Frankfort Civic Center, and much more.
This is one ClubWWI.com interview that you'll never forget. A good ol' boy that isn't afraid to speak his mind, Kash has caused waves for years. In one of his most famous moments, Kid, still under contract to TNA, conducted a series of interviews where he ripped into the company for some of their behind-the-scenes problems. It was called by many "career suicide" at the time, but turned out to be a masterful move. Kash explains why he did this and why it ended up working out in his favor.
One of the stars he was critical of during those interviews - and still is to this day - was Chris Harris of America's Most Wanted. Kash has spoken out about AMW, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, and others due to, what he says, is a lack of paying dues and obsession with "getting their sh*t in" during matches. Kid tells James Guttman a story about setting up a match with Harris and his partner, James Storm, when he was teaming with Lance Hoyt. Terms like "b*tches" and "crybabies" were used to describe the situation. Needless to say, it's something you have to hear for yourself.
After talking about these issues on ClubWWI.com, Kash mentioned the future of Harris.
"I just heard Chris got signed to a developmental deal and I'm actually happy for him…I'm happy he's up there and I hope he does good."
Kid talks about leaving TNA and how, before he went, he walked up to guys he had problems with and apologized. He explains what he said to AMW, AJ Styles, and others. Harris was one of them. Guttman then asked Kash about Chris going to World Wrestling Entertainment and how he thought he'd fair there given his attitude and the way WWE does things. Will they mesh?
Kid Kash laughs and lays it all on the line:
"Well I can tell you this right now, if he's still the same way he was in TNA, he won't last very long at all because I can tell you straight up, they won't have it. Know what I'm saying? One thing about WWE, buddy, they are the most professional, put-together, well-organized company that I have ever worked for in my entire life. You know? They're the real deal, man. And if Chris goes up there with the attitude he had whenever I had to deal with him, then I'm gonna be straight with you. The first person that's gonna get on him is JBL and you don’t want that. You know? 'Cause I've seen it. I don’t know how many nights I sat in Wrestler's Court."
Kash laughs and goes on to talk about WWE's locker room environment, self-policing, the night that Benoit kicked Matt Striker out of the dressing room, and more.
It's one of the most explosive, hard-hitting, and straight up shoot interviews you'll ever hear. Kid Kash gives ClubWWI.com the full story on all the backstage insanity and the true nature of many of your favorite stars. This is one shoot interview you won't want to miss. You'll have a hard time watching wrestling the same afterwards.
Remember, The Notorious K.I.D. is just one of over 100 stars you can hear from the second you sign up at ClubWWI.com. Others include…Jerry Lawler, Vince Russo, Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan, Kevin Nash, The Iron Sheik, Sid Vicious, Paul Bearer, Bruno Sammartino, Tito Santana, Tod Gordon, Charlie Haas, Tom Prichard, Jacques Rougeau, Tammy Sytch, Too Cold Scorpio, Ole Anderson, John Heidenreich, Jimmy Hart, Jimmy Valiant, Bad News Brown, Nick Bockwinkel, Dory Funk Jr, Diamond Dallas Page, Rob Conway, Sylvain Grenier, Buff Bagwell, Christian Cage, Jazz, Demolition Ax and Smash, Koko B. Ware, Ricky Morton, Dustin Rhodes, Damian Demento, Fred "Shockmaster" Ottman, Cpl. Kirchner, One Man Gang, Scott Steiner, Shawn Stasiak, Ted DiBiase, Ivory, Chris Masters, Elix Skipper, Kamala, Samoa Joe, Giant Bernard, Bill DeMott, Juvi "Juice" Guerrera, Nora "Molly Holly" Greenwald, Nick Dinsmore, Harley Race, Bull Buchanan, D-Lo Brown, Road Warrior Animal, Missing Link, Slick, Nidia, George Steele, Christy Hemme, Disco Inferno, Vito, Steve Blackman, AJ Styles, Chris Daniels, Dennis Stamp, Shawn Daivari, Kevin Sullivan, B.G. James, Ron Killings, Earl and Dave Hebner, Spike Dudley, Rodney Mack, Zach Gowen, Tracey Smothers, Bobby Eaton, David Young Larry Zybszko, Rick Steiner, Mae Young, and many more!
FunkdaFied Wrestling Federation
Presents
"Funk and Fury"
Sunday, March 2nd. 3:30pm
Everett Meredith Middle School
502 South Broad Street, Middletown Delaware
Scheduled To Appear
New FwF tag champs the Hate Breed
Nws Cruiseweight Champ Nikki Oceans
Former tag champs Self Employed
NWS J-Cup winners The Gemini Trojans
Former tag champs Dark Karnival
Crazed
Fro Bro
B-ferhm
Lumberjack Monroe
Mad Dog
Ruff Rider
More names to be announced shortly
Tickets: Ringside $15, Bleachers $10 (all tickets $15 at the door)
To reserve your tickets call 302-420-7287
Visit our websites: www.funkdafiedwrestling.com or www.myspace.com/funkdafiedwrestling
Ohio Championship Wrestling proudly presents "Ladies Night Out 2" on Saturday Night, March 8th at Ridgewood Middle School in West Lafayette, OH with a 7:30 pm bell time (doors open 6:30 pm). Tickets are $15 VIP Front Row, $12 Ringside, $8 General Admission. All seats $12 at the door.
This year's event features some of the best & brightest Women's Wrestlers in the world. If last year's event is any indication of this year's event, it will blow the roof off the Middle School Gymnasium.
OCW Women's Championship Title Match Signed
Champion- Navaeh -vs- Hellena Heavenly
The first 10 participants are in this year's tournament:
Josie
Shantelle Taylor
Lexi Lane
Sara Del Rey
Alere Little Feather
Sassy Stephy
Lady Victoria
ODB
Allison Danger
Lorelie Lee
Check Out
http://www.ocwrestling.net for more info and be sure to keep checking back to the website for all the women is this years tournament.
***Card Subject to Change***
