On June 11, 2005, one of the crucial celebrated matches in independent wrestling history went down at IWA Mid-South’s “Something To Prove” event, where Necro Butcher went one-on-one with Samoa Joe on the old ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Despite the small stage it took place on, the match continues to be talked about over twenty years on, to the purpose where it was the topic of a recent episode of “Dark Side of the Ring,” where each Joe and Necro opened up about all the pieces surrounding the bout.
In the course of the episode, the animosity between the 2 men was built as much as make it seem to be the final word clash of styles, making it the final word grudge match in the method. Nonetheless, Joe had another reason for wanting the match with Necro. “My wife, then girlfriend on the time, she lived near Philly. So I had literally took the booking…because I used to be attempting to get some a**. We were definitely in several mindsets walking into this match.”
Later within the episode, Joe revealed that his wife, then girlfriend, was actually in attendance for the match. Nonetheless, she ended up walking out before it ended attributable to how graphic it turned out to be, with Joe revealing that she walked out for the time being he began slapping Necro so hard, blood was literally flying into the audience.
Despite the choice motive for taking the match, each men would recall being on good terms once it was all said and done, and each are proud about what they achieved on that night. The episode would round out with people being pleased for Joe with the ability to have such a successful profession, while the victory for Necro was rather a lot more personal because the episode closed out with Necro detailing his battle with cancer in 2020 that he would eventually win.