Acronym NECW Headquarters Heßdorf Owner(s) Alex Wright | Style Professional wrestling Founder(s) Alex Wright Founded by Alex Wright | |
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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, 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.
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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 Explosive, 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 Adrien Severe who already had a WWE-tryout in the cruiserweight classic in 2016 as Fabian Aichner. Others are Hakem 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.
Showdown
The N.E.W. has its own YouTube-channel and program "Showdown". Meanwhile, (May 2016) Showdown reached edition 72. The NEW edits two or three programmes per month, each contains different parts:
Recap: summary and documentary from last events
Promos: Promos and presentation of storylines
Announcement of matches: the matches and pairings of the next events
Free matches: sometimes complete free matches included in Showdown
Titles
NEW Hardcore Championship:
NEW World Heavyweight Championship:
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 exchange it for a match vs. the new champion. So demolition Davies lost his title only a few hours after he gained it.
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", 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 30 fighter. The winner will be the number one contender for the title in the next month.
In October there is "Hoch Explosiv". Its the anniversary event of the NEW including a title match for NEW world heavyweight title as main event. The champion must win a TLC match.
In December there is "Internet Wars". Fans can vote online for match pairings an stipulations.
Cooperation with Fightbox HD
The NEW is the first and only league to sign an international TV deal. NEW is broadcast via www.Fightbox.com 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.