From theNCWonline.com:

Justice & Evil
By Bud “The Man” Shurwalter; 4/7/2009

When you look into the eyes of a monster, what do you expect to see on the other side?

On Saturday April 4th, it finally appeared that Cenobite may be more human than we ever thought possible. Could the soulless beast that has decimated the NCW roster over the last four years actually be capable of more than violence? Since his debut at the 2005 Big City Rumble, Cenobite seemed hell bent on destruction even at the expense of his own body. Pain was irrelevant to him if he could make his opponent suffer just that little bit more. The desire to hurt others took an unfortunate turn for the worse when Cenobite was fired in 2007 for going after fans, forcing then President Mike Paiva to fire Cenobite on the spot following his Match with Doug Summers at Silence the Violence VI.

But it seemed NCW and Cenobite were destined for each other as Cenobite was brought back at NCW’s 10 Year REUNION by Michael Tootsie Esquire, to take on his brothers bitter rival Rob Impact in an Unsanctioned Match. Impact and Cenobite engaged in a hardcore war, and when it was all said and done Impact actually went to NCW Officials and requested Cenobite be reinstated on the roster so he could teach the monster a further lesson in pain. Sparking this powder keg may have been the biggest mistake of Rob Impact’s career as Cenobite ignited a brutal run on the promotion, unmasking the popular Kreeper while upsetting and dominating Evan “Hawkeye” Hunter to win the New England Championship at the 2008 Big City Rumble. It wasn’t until he came face to face with Richard Pacifico that Cenobite found himself a rival worthy of his previous battles with Rob Impact. The escalating feud between Pacifico and Cenobite came to ahead last November when they collided in The Boston Massacre over the coveted New England Championship and the belt Cenobite had stolen. In a moment of poetic irony a referee was needed to try and maintain peace, and with no one willing to step up to the plate the returning Rob Impact offered his services to mind his former enemy. After Cenobite attacked Pacifico’s girlfriend, Impact took matters into his own hands and helped Pacifico gain the victory and retain his New England Title. Following the Match, Cenobite snapped however taking all his frustrations out on Impact, leaving him a bludgeoned mess. With internal bleeding and a crushed larynx Impact disappeared from the public eye, refusing to answer calls from the front office or even his closest friends. It seemed that in the end, Cenobite did what he always set out to do, to be that unstoppable force of nature bent on destruction.

During the off-season videos began to show up on TheNCWOnline.com, forewarning a Knightfall which would fall upon NCW during the 2009 year. At the first event of the NCW Season COLLISION COURSE, after Cenobite’s successful win over The Phoenix, weird and ominous music began playing singling out the former New England Champion. It was now clear that Knightfall was being directed towards Cenobite, but who was behind it? Who was playing these mindgames? Many had speculated, but nothing was concrete. Not until the mysterious Knight Angel appeared at Silence the Violence, causing Cenobite to chase the figure out of the building and into the streets of Dedham during the REUNION Rumble Qualifier. Things then became crystal clear at Uprising, as Cenobite finally came face to face with the man known as The BerZerker, a phoenix rising from the ashes being born to face off against the darkness. In a classic tale of good versus evil, there is always a hero to stand tall and defend the world against the villain. And while Cenobite has faced many challenges during his time in NCW, facing off with the Rob Impacts, the Kreepers, or the Pacificos, there has never been someone quite like The BerZerker.

When I look into the eyes of the monster? I see FEAR for the first time in a very long time.