New European Championship Wrestling
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| Acronym | NECW |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2009 |
| Style | Professional wrestling |
| Headquarters | Heßdorf |
| Founder(s) | Alex Wright |
| Owner(s) | Alex Wright |
The New European Championship Wrestling (NEW) is a wrestling-league which was founded in Germany in 2009. It resides in the frankonian village of Heßdorf near Erlangen. Founder is Alex Wright,[1][2] well known as an international successful wrestler himself and owner of the wrestling training centre "The Wright Stuff - Pro Wrestling School". NEW is the only league in Germany with its own sports and training hall, called N.E.W. HotSpot. It is specially equipped for all different kind of matches. NEW events take place on a monthly base, each with a different topic or match stipulations.
History
In 2009 NEW was founded by Alex Wright, former WCW World Cruiserweight Champion, WCW World TV Champion and WCW World Tag Team Champion. NEW is a professional platform for trainees of his training centre "The Wright Stuff", rookies as well as internationally experienced and established wrestlers. The first professional event was "Hoch Explosiv" on October 3, 2009 and it was sold out with around 500 spectators. The monthly events take place in the hall N.E.W. HotSpot. Most of them with recurring topics and names like Hoch Explosiv, EXTREME, Deadline etc. The NEW regularly records their events and broadcasts them on Vimeo on demand, YouTube as well as publishes them on DVD. Since 3 June 2016, the NEW shows are also broadcast on TV Fightbox HD.
The Wright Stuff - Pro Wrestling School
Alex Wright, second generation wrestler, founded the training centre "The Wrigt Stuff" - Pro Wrestling School in 2007. Many of his trainees had their in ring debut in the NEW and now compete on regular basis in other international leagues, like Adrian Severe who already had a WWE-tryout, participated in the Cruiserweight Classic tournament in 2016 as Fabian Aichner, and is currently signed to WWE under their developmental division NXT.[3][4] Others are Hakeem Wakuur, Juvenile X, T-K-O and V.I.P. The training centre "The Wright Stuff" is known for regular training, high-impact seminars at weekends and special training sessions in singles session and group-training. The wrestling school offers 2 wrestling rings.
The N.E.W. HotSpot
N.E.W. HotSpot is the name of the NEW training centre in Heßdorf/Germany. Since 2011 this is the only wrestling hall in Germany specially equipped for wrestling, following the ideas of wrestler Alex Wright. Everything is adapted for training and event purpose, like the light design, entrance ramp, video display panel, two wrestling rings and gastronomy. Also a steel cage (13 feet) can be built on top of the ring canvas for the events. Both, training and NEW-shows, take place in the N.E.W. HotSpot.[5]
Showdown
The N.E.W. has its own YouTube-channel and program "Showdown". In May 2016, the 72nd edition was uploaded; "Showdown" was suspended afterwards.
The NEW edited two or three episodes per month, each contained different parts:
Recap: summary and documentary from the last event
Promos: Promos and presentation of storylines
Announcement of matches: the matches pairings and stipulations of the next event
Free matches: sometimes complete free matches included in Showdown
Championships
NEW Hardcore Championship:
| Period | Champion |
|---|---|
| May 2012 - May 2013 | Adrian Severe |
| May 2013 - December 2013 | The Arabian Star - Hakem Wakuur (Hakeem Waqur) |
| December 2013 - February 2014 | Kratos (wrestler) |
| February 2014 (2 Tage) | Vicious Impact Power (V.I.P.). He throws his title in the can after two days. Since this day the title wasn't defended anymore. |
NEW World Heavyweight Championship:
| Period | Champion |
|---|---|
| May 2012 - February 2013 | Vicious Impact Power (V.I.P.) |
| February 2013 - November 2013 | Adrian Severe |
| November 2013 - July 2014 | Vicious Impact Power (V.I.P.) |
| July 2014 - October 2014 | Mexx |
| October 2014 - November 2014 | The Arabian Star - Hakem Wakuur (Hakeem Waqur) |
| November 2014 - February 2015 | Vacated |
| February 2015 - May 2015 | Demolition Davies (won in a best-of-16-match) |
| May 2015 - October 2015 | Adrian Severe |
| October 2015 - July 2016 | T-K-O |
| July, 2nd 2016 noon | Demolition Davies |
| July, 2nd 2016 evening - January 2017 | Mr. Exotic Erotic |
| January 2017 - April 2017 | Juvenile X |
| April 2017 - September 2017 | Mexx (gave up the title after an injury) |
| since September 2017 | Cyanide (won the "Snakepit" match, a battle royal for the vacant title) |
The most short-term champion up to date is Demolition Davies. In the event "Deadline" he won the title from T-K-O. Before that, Mr. Exotic Erotic won the ladder match with the briefcase and exchanged it for a match versus the new champion. Demolition Davies lost his title only a few minutes after he gained it.
NEW World Internet Championship:
| Period | Champion |
|---|---|
| December 2016 - April 2017 | Georg "Schorschi" Gwärch (won against Cash Crash, Maveric Cross and Aziz Adamant to become the first champion) |
| April 2017 - June 2017 | Aziz Adamant |
| June 2017 - October 2017 | Tommy Blue Eyes (won a Title vs. Career match) |
| since October 2017 | T-K-O |
NEW World Tag Team Championship:
| Period | Champion |
|---|---|
| February 2017 - March 2017 | Adrian Severe & Mexx (won against Cyanide & Demolition Davies and Mr. Exotic Erotic & Fast Time Moodo) |
| March 2017 - November 2017 | Cyanide & Red Scorpion |
| November 2017 - December 2017 | Juvenile X & T-K-O (Demolition Davies fought instead of Red Scorpion) |
| December 2017 - February 2018 | Mexx & Future (Future cashed in his "Deadline" briefcase) |
| since February 2018 | Juvenile X & T-K-O |
NEW shows
In January no event is scheduled. For the rest of the year there is an event each month, generally on the first Saturday on the month. Of importance are the specific features in style and match rules.
In February there is a double event, taking place on Friday and Saturday.
In May there is "EXTREME",[6] one of the most popular events on the NEW year, where every match has a special stipulation like TLC, lumberjack, ladder match, dogcollar or street fight.
"Deadline" in July traditionally includes a ladder match. The wrestler who can reach the briefcase, that is hung up above the ring, and touch the floor with it, wins the match. He than has one year to use the briefcase in exchange for a match of his choice.
"Snakepit" in September includes a battle royal with 25 or more fighters. The winner will be the number one contender for the title in the next month.
In October there is "Hoch Explosiv". It is the anniversary event of the NEW including a title match for NEW World Heavyweight Championship as main event.
In December there is "Internet Wars". Fans can vote online for match pairings and stipulations.
Cooperation with TV channels
NEW is broadcast via Fightbox internationally in five continents and 23 countries. Fightbox is a TV specialist in martial arts. Since June 3, 2016 the NEW is part of the Sport&Action package. The English commentator is Don Roid.
Since the beginning of 2017, NEW announced a cooperation with the American video streaming service for ring sports live programming FITE TV and with the German live streaming channel Rocket Beans TV.
NEW events since 2016 can be watched for free on the FITE TV app.
The second to last show is shown monthly on Rocket Beans TV. The German commentators are currently "Sir" Andreas Wilsdorf and Tobias Kühnlein.
References
- ↑ "Alex Wright at facebook".
- ↑ "Alex Wright af 1Wrestling, 24/7 wrestling news by Bill Apter".
- ↑ "Fabian Aichner aka Adrian Severe at facebook".
- ↑ "NEW-star Adrian Severe at WWE as Fabian Aichner".
- ↑ "Wrestling-Show: Alex Wright eröffnet Halle in Heßdorf - Ehemaliger Star-Catcher will mit "N.E.W. HotSpot" neue Maßstäbe setzen". Announcement of the grand opening in local newspaper.
- ↑ "EXTREME at WWN live".