Necro Butcher

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Dylan Summers
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Necro Butcher, CP Munk
Billed height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Billed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Born	July 13, 1974 Morgantown, West Virginia
Trained by	Black Bart Jay Diego
Debut	January 2, 1998

Dylan Keith Summers (Born July 13, 1974) is a professional wrestler best known by his stage name Necro Butcher. Primarily wrestling for Combat Zone Wrestling in Philadelphia, Summers has competed for numerous promotions including IWA-Mid South, Ring of Honor, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, CHIKARA, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Juggalo Championshit Wrestling, and Full Impact Pro. He is well-known for his willingness to participate in a creative and dangerous mix of hardcore matches.

1 Wrestling career
2 Finishing and signature moves
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 External links

[edit] Wrestling career

In 1999, Summers made his professional wrestling debut after teaming with Aaron White to take on Victor Pain and Canyon. Summers continued to work small independent shows across Texas. 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 Joey 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 10th, 1999, Butcher faced Mad Man Pondo for the first time. He would face Pondo again in JCW (Juggalo Championshit Wrestling in a Death Match in 2003. The match can be found on JCW Vol. 3 (November 11, 2003). Another match in JCW included a "Light Tube" match from the 2003 Gathering of the Juggalos where he sqaured off against "Hollywood" Chuck Hogan ("Death Dealer" Tommy Starr in a Hogan-like zombie mask).

[edit] 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, competing in IWA Mid-South, he defeated Mark Wolf, Mitch Page, 2 Tuff Tony, and finally Spyder Nate Webb (via his finisher, the Asiatic Spike submission) to become the 2002 King of the Deathmatch.

[edit] 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 at CZW's 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. It should be noted that this victory made him the only person ever to win both the King of the Deathmatch and Tournament of Death. After this, he feuded with Gage, Zandig, and Justice Pain and fought them in the Cage of Death match.

[edit] 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-MS show "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 the 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, who is normally noted for his superior skill in such matches. In 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 notable hard-hitters such as Samoa Joe (twice), Homicide, Roderick Strong, Chris Hero, Super Dragon, Low Ki, and Eddie Kingston.