NECW Sat 2/12/05 in Framingham, MA - Les Thatcher

[EricExtreme]

It will be a historic night this coming Saturday at the Framingham Civic League, 214 Concord Street in Framingham, MA as New England Championship Wrestling returns to live action this Saturday night, February 12, 2005 for MELTDOWN. Bell time for this event is 7:00 PM.

In the main event, "Revolution" Chris Venom will put his NECW Heavyweight Championship on the line against Alex Crowley's latest acquisition, the legendary New England powerhouse, Kevin Landry. After last month's SNOWBRAWL in Framingham, Landry attacked the champion after the fans had left the building. Landry continued to taunt the champion in recent weeks on NECW TV and issued a challenge for a title match. Venom, not one to refuse a challenge, demanded that NECW officials sign the match and it is on for Saturday night, February 12th.

NECW history will be made as MELTDOWN will feature the semi-final and final matches in the tournament to crown the first ever NECW Television Champion. Opening and quarterfinal round matches, which were seen exclusively on NECW TV, have produced two outstanding semi-final battles. In a rematch from UNWRAPPED, "The Golden Greek" Alex Arion will face his brother, "Big Guns" Frankie Arion in the first semi-final. In a rematch from SNOWBRAWL, "The Professional" Ru Starr will try and even the score with "Miracle" Mike Bennett in the second semi-final. The winners will face off for the title the same night. Legendary wrestler, Les Thatcher, will be on hand in person to present the championship belt to the winner.

The NECW Tag Team Championship will be on the line as PRIDE (Dan Freitas & Brian Nunes) face former champions, Sabotage ("Die Hard" Eddie Edwards & D.C. Dillinger). These two teams, which were once allies, have been headed on a collision course for some time. This is somewhat of a dream match in NECW, as both teams are two time champions and are looking to establish themselves as the top team in NECW history.

Also signed is a special "Bling On a Pole Match" between "The Egomaniac" Johnny Idol and "El Boricua" Danny Diaz. Two months ago, Idol stole El Boricua's ring gear and jewelry after they collided in a match. Last month, NECW officials called for a rematch, but nothing was settled and Idol still has possesion of Boricua's bling. On Saturday night, February 12th, the "bling" will be suspended on a pole in one corner of the ring, and the first man to retrieve it will win the match.

In other bouts, there will be a special six man tag team elimination match with D-Unit (Rocco Abruzzi and Doug Summers) teaming up with "The Pinnacle" Paul Lombardi to take on RAVE (Kristian Frost & Zack Statick) and their partner, Pat Masters. Violet Flame, the self-proclaimed "uncrowned women's champion" will see action. In a special Slamtech Rookie Challenge, two future stars currently training at Slamtech Wrestling University will square off as Andy Burke goes up against Drew Donaldson. Plus, Tiger Fang, "Rocket" Fred Curry, Jr. and more will be seeing action.

Tickets are now on sale at all Strawberries locations and at the Civic League office. Tickets are also on sale now online at www.NECWwrestling.com .

[EricExtreme]

A near sellout crowd witnessed a night of intense battles and historic events this past Saturday night at the Framingham Civic League as New England Championship Wrestling presented MELTDOWN.

The opener was a six man tag team elimiation match as Pat Masters and RAVE (Kristian Frost & Zack Statik) took on "The Pinnacle" Paul Lombardi and D-Unit (Doug Summers & Rocco Abruzzi).   The climax of the match came with Pat Masters, Paul Lombardi and Rocco Abruzzi remaining in the bout.  Masters beat Paul Lombardi with a roll-up, but Abruzzi followed up, pinning the exhausted Masters after a side slam.

In a special "Bling On a Pole Match", "El Boricua" Danny Diaz took on "The Egomaniac" Johnny Idol who had stolen Borcua's ring gear two months earlier.  Prior to the start of the match, "The Egomaniac" Johnny Idol noticed "Sweet" Scott Ashworth, who is set to be joining NECW shortly, in the crowd.  Idol berated Ashworth saying he wasn't good enough to be in NECW, then proceeded to attack Boricua.  Idol was relentless and had the match won, when he began to taunt Ashworth again.  This time, Ashworth went after Idol and knocked him off the ropes, giving Boricua time to recover and retrieve his gear from the top of the pole.

In women's action, Mercedes Martinez scored a controversial victory over the self-proclaimed "Uncrowned NECW Women's Champion" Violet Flame.  The turning point in the match was Violet attempting to pin Mercedes with her feet on the ropes.  The referee caught it and the match continued, but Martinez began to use aggressive tactics she had never shown in NECW before.  Martinez scored the victory over Violet Flame, but used her feet on the ropes to do so.  The referee did not see Martinez's feet on the ropes, so the decision stands.

Sabotage won the NECW Tag Team Championship for an unprecedented third time in another controversial bout.  After the vicious fireball attack by D.C. Dillinger on Dan Freitas, PRIDE's ability to defend the titles was a question mark going into the night.   After Sabotage was introduced, NECW President, Sheldon Goldberg came to the ring with the tag team title belts.  Goldberg then berated Sabotage and told them that he was cancelling the match, but D.C. Dillinger argued, saying that Sabotage had a valid contract for a title match and PRIDE had to make a mandatory title defense against them or be awarded the titles by forfeit.  Before Goldberg could respond, PRIDE's music started and Brian Nunes came out alone to battle both Dillinger and Edwards.  Nunes held his own for a while, but was eventually cut down by Eddie Edwards and both he and Dillinger began grinding down Nunes.  At that point, Dan Freitas came out with a bandaged eye, followed by his girlfriend, Haley Skye, who begged Frietas to stay out of the match.  Freitas would hear nothing of it and Nunes was able to muster up enough to tag his partner into the match.  Freitas put up a game fight, but referee Rich Bass finally stopped the match, after Dillinger began tearing at Freitas' bandage and the eye area began bleeding.

Next up was the World Premiere of D-Unit's new entrance video.  Doug Summers began to brag to the audience about how great their video was.  He and Rocco bruzzi brought folding chairs and popcorn into the ring and then invited the entire NECW locker room out to ringside to watch the video.   The tape played but someone switched the tape and what the audience saw was a hilarious spoof of D-Unit.  (We hope to have the video on line later this week.)

The first semi-final match of the NECW Television Title Tournament was up next with "The Golden Greek" Alex Arion scheduled to face his brother "Big Guns" Frankie Arion.  Last week, NECW officials were informed that Frankie had suffered a fractured ankle, but were giving Frankie the chance to be medically cleared for his match in the tournament.  Frankie came out on crutches and confronted Alex, but NECW President, Sheldon Goldberg came out and said that especially after the earlier incident with Dan Freitas, he was not allowing Frankie to wrestle. NECW officials and "Brutal" Bob Evans came out to try and break things up, but Alex Arion ended up attacking Frankie from behind.  Evans and Arion began to mix it up and a battle ensuded between the two.  Evans said he wanted Arion in a match.   Sheldon Goldberg sanction the bout and the referee rang the bell.  Evans and Arion, who have a long and bitter history as rivals in the past, seemed to rekindle their feud as they brawled all over the Civic League.  Both men were disqualified, and Alex Arion was eliminated from the TV Title Tournament.

The next bout, which was originally scheduled as a semi-final bout in the tournament, would then become the final.  NECW President, Sheldon Goldberg introduced special guest Les Thatcher, who would present the new championship belt to the winner.

In what was now the final match of the tournament, Ru Starr took on "Miracle" Mike Bennett in a rematch from last month.  Before the match began, Michael Sain came out and brutally attacked Bennett as revenge for Sain getting himself counted out in a quarterfinal bout with Bennett seen on NECW TV.  Officials finally got Sain to the back and restored order, while the already beaten down Bennett got into the ring and the match with Ru Starr began.   Bennett managed to recover and took the battle to "The Professional," but in the end Ru Starr was too much for "The Miracle" and Starr became the first ever NECW Television Champion.

Scheduled next was the Slamtech Rookie Challenge, with Slamtech Stewdents Andy Burke and Drew Donaldson set to face each other.  Before the match began, two masked men came out and intrduced themselves as Execution (Bonebreaker and Skullkrusher), an internationally famous tag team, who were demanding a spot on the card.  They made fun of Burke and Donaldson and challenged them to a tag team match.  The rookies accepted and took the battle to Execution.   The masked men dominted the bout, but got too confident and Burke rolled up Bonebreaker to score the upset win.

In the main event, NECW Heavyweight Champion, "Revolution" Chris Venom collided with the powerhouse, Kevin Landry accomapnied by Alex Crowley.  Venom took the fight to the muscular Landry and a see-saw battle ensued.  Landry knocked Venom out of the ring using the NECW Championship Belt and managed to score a win over Venom via countout.  Alex Crowley put the belt around Landry's waist and declared himself the NECW Heavyweight Champion.  Crowley and Landry then left with the belt.  The title cannot change hands on a countout and the belt was later returned to Venom who appealed to NECW officials and demanded a rematch.

NECW officials have approved that match when the promotion returns to Framingham on Saturday night, March 19th.

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