Necro explains to Luke Hadley his travel difficulties getting to the 2007 CZW Ultra-violent Tournament of Death. Dylan Keith Summers (born July 13, 1973) is an American professional wrestler best known by his stage name The Necro Butcher. Primarily wrestling for Combat Zone Wrestling in Philadelphia and more recently Ring of Honor as part of The Age of The Fall, Summers has competed for numerous promotions including IWA-Mid South, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, CHIKARA, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, XCW Wrestling, Juggalo Championship Wrestling. He is well-known for his willingness to participate in a creative and dangerous mix of hardcore matches and deathmatches. He competes alongside Toby Klein regularly in CZW their team name is the Tough Crazy Bastards. Wrestling career In 1998, 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 10, 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 squared off against "Hollywood" Chuck Hogan ("Death Dealer" Tommy Starr in a Hogan-like zombie mask). 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.[6][7] 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 Nick Gage, John Zandig, and Justice Pain and fought them in a losing effort in the Cage of Death match.[7] He briefly held the Ultraviolent Underground Championship when the current champion Zandig presented him with the belt at Tournament of Death IV: Butcher had eliminated Zandig from the tournament. Butcher and "Mr Insanity" Toby Klein teamed as "The Tough Crazy Bastards" to win the CZW tag belts from The H8 Club, Nick Gage and Justice Pain. They subsequently dropped them to The Kings of Wrestling, Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli