MWF SOUL SURVIVOR VII

results & photos from Saturday, March 19th at the Memorial Hall, in Melrose MA

--Chris Sullivan

Doors open just after 5:30 for a special meet and greet with many of the superstars on hand.  John Cena Sr, The Original Evil Clown Doink (Matt Bourne), Paul Bearer, Shelton Benjamin, Xpac and Low-Ki aka Kaval all took time to be part of this signing.  The signing seem to be run smooth and the wrestlers where all great with the fans.

Match 1:

MWF Television Championship:

MWF TV Champion Brian Fury defeated Sonny Yee 2000 of JBL's Uprising.  Fury got the pin after a Power-bomb rollover into a pin.

Match 2:

Royal Rumble style battle royal with the final two becoming the new MWF Tag Team Champions

"Big" Rick Fuller and "The Executioner" Brian Milonas were the last 2 men in the ring and become the new MWF Tag Team Champions.  The battle royal also featured Matt Taven, Julian Starr, Elia Markopoulos, Tony DelFonzo, Benny Jux, The Candyman, Beau Douglas, and others.  After the rumble Paul Bearer came out and proclaimed that he is the new manager of the "Trifecta of Terror".

Match 3:

Low-Ki (aka Kaval) defeated J. Freddie after a double stomp from the top rope.  Great back and forth pure wrestling.  The fans were very much behind Low-Ki.  After the match Low-Ki shook hands with J. Freddie.

Match 4:

X-Pac pinned Scott Reed in a top contenders match.  X-Pac had the fans behind him 100%.  X-pac and DX chants broke out a number of times during the match.  Reed used his power on Pac but was overcame by his speed.  X-pac got the pin after a Bronco Buster followed by the X-Factor.  After the match Pac went on the microphone and thanked the fans of Melrose and MWF and looked forward to return in the future.  He then walked through the crowd as the DX Theme played. over the sound system.

Intermission.

During intermission many of the wrestlers came out to meet the fans.  Matt Taven, The Candyman, Tony Delfonso, and "Playboy" Jimmy James were among the wrestlers meeting the fans.  Ring Announcer Rich Palladino did a 50/50 raffle and a auction of signed t-shirts with the money going to the red cross to help with Japan.

Match 5:

Todd Hanson defeated "Bourne Again" Matt Bourne (Original Evil Doink the Clown) with Paul Bearer in a hardcore match.  Matt Bourne returned with old manager from World Class Championship Wrestling, Percy Pringle.  Todd Hanson started off by throwing chairs at Bourne.  The two brawled in and out of the ring.  After a chair shot the evil Doink started to bleed from his forehead.  Percy handed a weapon to to his protege and Bourne hit his "Whoopee Cushion" but could not over coming Todd Hanson onslaught.

Match 6:

Dylan Kage with Paul Bearer defeated "Demon" Luis Ortiz.  Power and speed was shown by both men.  Ortiz hit a Death Valley Driver on Kage but Kage kicked out of the pin.  Demon went for a second DVD but Dylan rolled through and landed a spin-kick to get the 3 count.

Match 7:

MWF Heavyweight Championship

MWF Champion Slyck Wagner Brown of JBL's Uprising faced off against Shelton Benjamin.

Before the match MWF President John Cena Sr. took a seat at ring side to make use the match was handled fairly.  Wagner had fellow Uprising members Gino Ginovanni and Sonny Yee 2000 with him at ringside.  Shelton took a chair and chased Gino and Sonny to the locker room.  Benjamin had the upper hand early which caused Wagner to head back and have his Uprising members return from the locker room.  MWF head ref Tony S. was hit with a Stinger Splash by Shelton.  Gino and Sonny attacked Shelton.  Brown covered Shelton with his on the middle rope.  Ref Tony counted the 3 and called for the bell.  However John Cena Sr. order the match to be restarted with the other member of Uprising banned from ringside.  Shelton came back hard and took control fast.  The other members of Uprising return but Shelton took them out.  Shelton Benjamin then hit Slyck Wagner Brown with a Spin Kick to get the win.

Winner and NEW MWF Heavyweight Champion - Shelton Benjamin. 

MWF announced they would be returning to Melrose in the Summer and would be debuting with in a few months.  MWF asked fans to stay tune to their website www.BostonWrestling.com for future events.