New England Championship Wrestling returns to the National Guard Armory, 1000 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA on Saturday night, May 30 with a 7 PM bell time for the 6th Annual IRON 8 Championship.

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The IRON 8 has become an NECW tradition and one of the area’s premiere wrestling events of the year. Billed as “the ultimate test of skill, stamina and strategy,” the IRON 8 is an event like no other. 8 men are selected by the NECW Championship Committee. They are then paired into 4 one on one match-ups. The four winners of the opening round bouts then go on to face each other the same night in a four way, 45 minute iron man match. The man who scores the most pins or submissions in the 45 minute period is the winner and the 2009 IRON 8 Champion.

In order to win the event, a wrestler must be capable of wrestling for an hour – first against a top flight competitor on a one on one basis, then against 3 other opponents in an all out battle for athletic supremacy.

The eight men announced for this year’s IRON 8 are: former WWE Tag Team Champion and Spirit Squad member, Kenny Doane, “The Heat” Kris Pyro, former 2 time NECW Heavyweight Champion and the longest reigning champion in NECW history, Maverick Wild, former NECW Heavyweight Champion, Slyck Wagner Brown, former WWE star and a former NECW Tag Team Champion, Antonio “The Promise” Thomas, former 2 time NECW Television Champion, “The Real Deal” Brandone Locke, “The Natural” Scott Osbourne and former WWE star, Tomasso Ciampa.

In addition, former 8 time World Champion, WWE and WCW Hall of Famer, Harley Race will be on hand to present the tournament winner with the IRON 8 Trophy.  Harley Race will be signing autographs in the Armory at a special 5 PM autograph session.  The autograph session is a separate ticket available below or in combination with a VIP Front Row ticket.  The autograph ticket includes one personally autographed 8 by 10 photo.  You may bring one additional item for Mr. Race to sign, any items over that will be charged at $5 each.  Mr. Race will be available for Polaroid photos during intermission of the IRON 8 event.

One additonal match will be announced in the weeks to come.

This Week on NECW TV: The Crown Jewels Defend the Tag Team Titles & More

This week’s NECW TV kicks off with the closing moments of the recent match between Slyck Wagner Brown and Antonio “The Promise” Thomas, the result of which would determine which of these two men would be invited to participate in the 6th annual IRON 8 Championship.

The NECW Tag Team Championship will be on the line this week as the new champions, The Crown Jewels (Darling Damon and Bad Boy Jason) square off against two men returning to NECW after a three and a half year absence in Guy Alexander and “The Epic” Mike Benett.

In addition, we will have words from Syck Wagner Brown, as well as “The Golden Greek” Alex Arion and his manager, Sean Gorman.

This episode is now available for viewing or download.  Visit NECW.TV to watch the original weekly wrestling TV program produced especially for the Internet – always available free, on demand and worldwide!

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Direct link to the episode: http://www.necwwrestling.com/episodes/NECW_TV_EPISODE_165.wmv

“The Mouthpiece Wrestling Show” with Sheldon Goldberg returns this Wednesday, April 29th at 5 PM EST on WWZN, Boston’s Sport’s Station, 1510 The Zone.

NECW TV’s Joe Matterazzo will be in the studio. PWInsider.com’s Mike Johnson will be on hand with all the latest news in the world of pro wrestling.

This week we are joined by the legendary manager of the Midnight Express and TNA’s Director of Authority, Jim Cornette. We will be talking about Jim’s new book, The Midnight Express & Jim Cornette 25th Anniversary Scrapbook, available now at www.jimcornette.com.  We will be taking your phone calls as well. This will be a “can’t miss” hour, so make sure you join us this Wednesday at 5 PM EST for The Mouthpiece Wrestling Show.

“The Mouthpiece Wrestling Show” is available on iTunes, Podcast Alley and other podcast sites as a free download.

WWZN is a 50,000 watt AM station and is streamed live on the Internet at www.1510thezone.com.