Necro Butcher

Not to be confused with Necrobutcher

Dylan Summers
Born	(1974-07-13) July 13, 1974 Morgantown, West Virginia
Website	Official Website
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	CP Munk (The) Necro Butcher "Hollywood" Dylan Summers Pvt. Dylan Summers Pvt. Dylan Sanders
Billed height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Billed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Billed from	Morgantown, West Virginia Goddamn, West Virginia
Trained by	Black Bart Jay Diego
Debut	January 2, 1998

Dylan Keith Summers (born July 13, 1974 in Morgantown, West Virginia) is an American professional wrestler best known by his stage name (The) Necro Butcher. Primarily wrestling for Ring of Honor, he also competes in Full Impact Pro, IWA-Mid South, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Big Japan Pro Wrestling, and Combat Zone Wrestling, among others.

Summers is well-known for his willingness to participate in a creative and dangerous mix of hardcore wrestling, deathmatches, and brawls, as well as his appearance in the 2008 film The Wrestler.

Wrestling career

In 1998, Summers made his professional wrestling debut after teaming with Aaron White to take on Victor Pain and Canyon. Summers, enlisted in the United States Army, continued to work small independent shows across Texas as "Private Dylan Summers", later changed to Sanders. On March 16, 1999, as Necro Butcher, he won his first professional wrestling championship, after defeating Damon Richards to become IHW Hardcore champion. Butcher's popularity continued to dominate Texas wrestling, and at his debut in TCW, he defeated rival Jay Diego to become the company's Hardcore champion. His success in TCW came to a halt after a dispute with its promoter. He lost the Hardcore title to Hellhammer before leaving the company. Butcher continued to build up his reputation as the most violent Death Match wrestler in Texas. On October 10, 1999, Butcher faced "Mad" Man Pondo for the first time.

IWA Mid-South

Throughout 2001, Butcher had worked IWA Mid-South in an attempt to make a name for himself in the top independent leagues. Becoming a regular across the NWA promotions, Butcher gained widespread visibility in 2002. In July 2002, competing in IWA Mid-South, he defeated Mark Wolf, Mitch Page, 2 Tuff Tony, and finally Spyder Nate Webb to become the 2002 King of the Deathmatch. Necro would go to the finals in the 2005 Strong Style Tournament, defeating Eddie Kingston and B.J. Whitmer, but losing to Chris Hero.

In 2005 and 2006, Necro had two high profile matches against both Samoa Joe and Low-Ki. He lost to Joe in their first match, the main event of IWA's debut in the ECW Arena. He then went on to lose in January 2006 again to Joe. Three months later, in Low-Ki's second match in the promotion, he took out Necro. The two met in a rematch in December, where the stipulation was a tap out/knock out finish. Although Necro lost all four matches, his star remained high after taking a lot of abuse from both Joe and Ki.

In the summer of 2007, at IWA MS Point Proven in Philadelphia, Necro and his frequent tag team partner "Mister Insanity" Toby Klein (aka The Tough Crazy Bastards) battled and were defeated by Low-Ki and Homicide. The TCB were accompanied to the ring by Halfbreed Billy Gram.

Necro eventually won his first IWA gold, the Death Match title, on September 9, 2007, in Sellersburg, Indiana in a three way dance against Corporal Robinson and Tank. He would lose the title on March 1, 2008, to Danny Havoc.

Combat Zone Wrestling

His success in IWA-MS lead him to become a name attraction for hardcore oriented indy promotions in North America. For Combat Zone Wrestling, Butcher worked a program with Wifebeater, losing to him in the first Tournament of Death in 2002. Butcher returned the following year and was eliminated in round two by Ian Rotten. He reached the final at the 3rd annual Tournament of Death before finally winning Tournament of Death 4 by defeating John Zandig and Nick Gage. This victory made him the only person ever to win both the King of the Deathmatch and Tournament of Death. Necro returned to CZW at Cage of Death XI on December 12, 2009.

Juggalo Championship Wrestling

Summers debuted in Juggalo Championship Wrestling at the 2003 Gathering of the Juggalos where he faced "Hollywood" Chuck Hogan in a Light tube Deathmatch. The match was set to be released on video, but footage from the entire event was scrapped due to the amount of injuries sustained by the wrestlers and the rowdiness of the fans. Later that year, Summers fought Mad Man Pondo in a deathmatch which was released on JCW, Vol. 3. Soon after, the two men began teaming together. Summers also began appearing every year at the annual Gathering of the Juggalos, and quickly became a staple in the company.

In 2007, Summers went on tour with JCW to film the internet wrestling show SlamTV!. On the first episode, Insane Clown Posse announced that the JCW Tag Team Championship had been vacated, which caused several tag teams to emerge. Summers alligned himself with Mad Man Pondo, and the team dominated competition for several weeks. However, animosity grew between the two as miscommunication cost both members multiple matches. The following weeks saw the duo break out into fist fights, which lead to a series of matches between the two. The team reunited at "East Side Wars", though, and eventually established themselves as top contenders for the vacant tag team titles. At Bloodymania, the duo won an 8 Team Tag-Team Elimination match to become the new JCW Tag Team Champions. The reign was short lived, however, as Summers signed a contract with Ring of Honor, forcing Pondo to team with several partners before losing the title at Evansville Invasion 2008.

Summers returned to Juggalo Championship Wrestling at Big Ballas X-Mas Party 2009 where he teamed with Pondo to face The Thomaselli Brothers.

Ring of Honor

Necro first wrestled in the Ring of Honor promotion in 2006. He came in as part of Chris Hero's invasion of the company, representing CZW. He had several big matches, including being part of Team CZW in the Cage of Death match at Death before Dishonor IV. His final appearance in ROH as a representative of CZW was in a No Ropes Barbed Wire Match against B.J. Whitmer.

He returned to ROH a year later in August 2007 at ROH's third pay-per-view Man Up, as part of debuting stable The Age of the Fall with Jimmy Jacobs, Tyler Black and Lacey. With barbed wire around his arm and fist, the three attacked Briscoe Brothers. Later that night he was responsible for the end of two matches. First, he threw a chair into the ring, hitting Jack Evans as he was wrestling Tyler Black, and then he broke up an ensuing Six Man Tag Team match after punching the referee.

In early October 2007, as a result of the incident at Man Up, Butcher won two back-to-back Anything Goes Matches against Jay Briscoe. Since then Butcher has been featured in a number of high-profile 'brawling' and hardcore-style matches, including a loss to Bryan Danielson in a 'Relaxed Rules' match, losing to Jack Evans in a No Disqualification Match, losing to Kevin Steen in a Street Fight, and a loss in a 3-Way No Disqualification Match to Roderick Strong for the FIP World Heavyweight Championship. On October 25, 2008, Necro fought Go Shiozaki for the FIP World Heavyweight Championship, but lost when he and Shiozaki fought to a double count-out. Afterwards, The Age of the Fall came out and assaulted Butcher.

He is currently feuding with Prince Nana's heel stable The Embassy.

Non-deathmatch accomplishments

Outside of the lighttubes and barbed wire which gave him his fame, Butcher has also gained critical acclaim for his wild brawls and very physical "slugfests". Perhaps the most famous of these was his first match against TNA and ROH veteran Samoa Joe at the IWA Mid-South "Something To Prove" in 2005. Despite no weapons beyond a chair and a guardrail coming into play, the match was exceptionally brutal and well-received by deathmatch fans and purists alike, proving that Butcher could put on compelling matches without necessarily needing the weapons with which he was normally associated.

He also competed in the Chikara Tag World Grand Prix 2005 along with Mad Man Pondo (making it to the quarter-finals before being eliminated via disqualification for illegal tactics) and has wrestled (and won) a European catch wrestling match with Chris Hero. On April 9, 2006, he challenged for the PWG World Championship , but lost to the champion Joey Ryan. Most recently, many promoters have taken note of Butcher's brawling skills and have increasingly begun to put him in non-deathmatch competitions with wrestlers he would not normally be paired up against. IWA-MS in particular has attempted matches between Butcher and Samoa Joe (twice), Homicide, Roderick Strong, Chris Hero, Super Dragon, Low Ki and Eddie Kingston.

Butcher once wrestled in Chikara as part of 'Team WWF' on their February 24, 2006, Tag World Grand Prix as CP Munk - the 'Straight Edge' Chipmunk (Acorn Free and Better Than You), a parody of CM Punk as it was a large chipmunk costume with 'CM Punk-style' markings (including a large Pepsi logo on his arm and tape over his fists with a 'X' drawn on each). He was partnered by 'Colt Ca-Bunny' (a parody of Colt Cabana, Punk's tag-team partner, in the form of a rabbit costume) who was actually Joker. They would defeat ROH students Matt Turner & Anthony Franco in the first round, but lose to Eddie Kingston & Sabian in the second.

Butcher also wrestled regularly for Full Impact Pro, where he first gained notoriety as both a brawler and as half of a hardcore tag-team with the "Mad Man" Pondo especially in their feud for the FIP Tag-Team Championship against The Briscoe Brothers. Since then he had memorable matches against Roderick Strong in an unsuccessful challenge for the FIP World Heavyweight Championship, and an Anything Goes match against Delirious.

Butcher participated in the first Dragon Gate show in the United States on September 5, 2008 in Bell Gardens, California. He faced "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa as part of the latter's Reckless Run Series in a "Dangerous Comedy Match." Butcher initially won in eighteen seconds after knocking Ichikawa out with a punch in retaliation for getting slapped in the face. Ichikawa asked for an immediate restart and they a match that lasted longer until Butcher won with a Necro Bomb onto a pile of chairs.

In a recent RF video shoot interview Summers confirmed through hours of rigorous concentration and zen like training he has mastered the art of the chokeslam. He claims that no two Necro Butcher chokeslams are the same and that even though most fans won't notice the subtle differences, other experts on the move should appreciate his dedication and finesse.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Backbreaker on top of two open steel chairs placed back to back
  • Knockout punch
  • Sitout double underhook powerbomb (USA) / Necro Bomb (Japan)
  • Skull vice
  • Thumb chokehold

• Signature moves
  • Chokebomb
  • Death Valley driver
  • Diving crossbody
  • Multiple stiff headbutts
  • Multiple stiff punches
  • Necro–canrana (Super headscissors takedown)
  • Pumphandle slam
  • Release powerbomb
  • Swinging neckbreaker
  • West Virginia Violence Parade (Multiple punches to an opponent in the turnbuckle followed by multiple foot stomps to opponent seated in corner)

• Theme music
  • "Hurt" by Johnny Cash (JCW)
  • "When the Man Comes Around" by Johnny Cash (IWA Mid-South)
  • "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd (CZW)
  • "I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty (ROH)

Championships and accomplishments

• Capital of Texas Power Wrestling

• CTPW Tag Team Championship (1 time)

• Championship Wrestling Association

• CWA Hardcore Championship (1 time)

• Combat Zone Wrestling

• CZW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Toby Klein
• CZW Ultraviolent Underground Championship (1 time)
• CZW Tournament of Death 4 winner

• Frontier Wrestling Alliance

• FWA Brass Knuckles Championship (1 time)

• Independent Wrestling Association Deep-South

• Carnage Cup (2006)

• Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South

• IWA Mid-South Deathmatch Championship (1 time)
• King of the Deathmatch 2002

• Insane Hardcore Wrestling

• IHW Championship (1 Time)
• IHW Hardcore Championship (1 time)

• Insane Wrestling Federation

• IWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Jersey All Pro Wrestling

• JAPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Brodie Lee

• Juggalo Championship Wrestling

• JCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mad Man Pondo

• NWA Southwest

• NWA Texas Hardcore Championship (4 times)

• Texas All Star Wrestling

• TASW Brass Knuckles Championship (2 times)
• TASW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Texas Championship Wrestling

• TCW Hardcore Championship (2 times)

• Westside Xtreme Wrestling

• wXw Hardcore Championship (1 time)

• Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling

• XICW Xtreme Championship (2 time)

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
  • Best Brawler (2008, 2009)

Personal life

On June 11, 2008, Summers became the father of a baby daughter, named Amy Virginia Summers. His wife gave birth to a second daughter, Mary Jane Summers, in June 2009.

According to Lacey's MySpace, Summers, along with Lacey, is a supporter of former Democratic Cleveland mayor, Dennis Kucinich. Summers appeared in the 2008 film, The Wrestler.

Media

• "Choose Death": The Necro Butcher Story, Vol. 1
• "Choose Death": The Necro Butcher Story, Vol. 2
• The Best of The Necro Butcher
• The Wrestler (2008 Movie)

External links

• Interview
• Online World of Wrestling profile
• Full Impact Pro profile