Necro Butcher

Dylan Keith Summers (Born July 13, 1974 in Morgantown, West Virginia) is best known as American professional wrestler Necro Butcher. He has gained a reputation for taking nasty bumps in extremely dangerous ways which used on most other people would have a high chance of cracked skulls, brain damage and possibly death.

Career

Early 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 Deathmatch wrestlers in Texas. On October 10, 1999, Butcher faced Mad Man Pondo for the first time.

King of the Deathmatch

Throughout 2001, Butcher had worked IWA-MS in an attempt to make a name for himself in the top independent leagues. Becoming a regular across the NWA promotions, Butcher gained widespread visiblity 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.

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 Wife Beater, being defeated by him At CZW's first Tournament of Death in 2002. Butcher returned the following year and was eliminated 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.

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", which many fans claim remind them of legendary brawlers such as Bruiser Brody and Dick Murdoch. 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 semifinals 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.

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.