| New England Championship Wrestling - May 31, 2008 - Quincy, MA |
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| Friday, May 30, 2008 | |||
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A sell out crowd was on hand as New England Championship Wrestling presented the 5th Annual IRON 8 Championship Tournament, Saturday night, May 31 at the National Guard Armory in Quincy, MA. The evening began when all 8 competitors were announced to the ring and posed together as a group with the 2008 IRON 8 Championship trophy. The competitors were Gran Akuma, "The Golden Greek" Alex Arion, "The Real Deal" Brandon Locke, "Japanese Nightmare" Kahagas, "Exotic" Kristian Frost, Julio Dinero, "The Natural" Scott Osbourne, and defending champion "Die Hard" Eddie Edwards. In the opening semi-final tournament contest, Gran Akuma defeated "The Exotic" Kristian Frost with a cross-arm pinning combo to advance to the IRON 8 Final. In the second semi-final match, "The Golden Greek" Alex Arion hit a flying body-press to defeat the "Japanese Nightmare" Kahagas in a hard-hitting battle to advance to the IRON 8 Final. In the third semi-final match of the tournament, "The Natural" Scott Osbourne with Brian Cairo scored an upset victory by pinning Julio Dinero with a back slide and his feet on the ropes. The last semi-final tournament match was contested between two IRON 8 finalists from last year. "Die Hard" Eddie Edwards with Sean Gorman pinned "The Real Deal" Brandon Locke following a deep schoolboy. After intermission, a special "Champions Challenge" mixed tag team match took place. The team of NECW Triple Crown Champion "The Mohawked Enforcer" Max Bauer and his partner "The Gorgeous Greek" Elektra Arion faced off with Big Rick Fuller with Brian Cairo and WWW Champion "Portuguese Princess" Ariel with Brendan Michael Thomas. As the match reached its final moments, Fuller cornered Elektra Arion. Cairo tried to get Fuller to chop "The Gorgeous Greek". Fuller shoved his manager only to be clotheslined from the ring by Bauer. The WWW Champion charged her rival, Arion, only to be pinned following a schoolgirl roll up. Bauer and Arion were awarded the contest. In the 5th Annual IRON 8 Championship final, "The Golden Greek" Alex Arion defeated "Die Hard" Eddie Edwards, "The Natural" Scott Osbourne, and Gran Akuma by pinning Edwards with the go ahead fall with 15 seconds left in the 45 minute regulation to win the match and the IRON 8 Championship. After the match, Edwards uncharacteristically took the IRON 8 Trophy and gave it to Alex Arion shaking his hand. Special note: Scott Osbourne had a rib cracked by a kick only about 15 minutes into the match and completed the match regardless, despite being in tremendous pain.
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