King of the Deathmatch

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The King of the Deathmatch is a professional wrestling tournament where 8 or more professional wrestlers compete to be crowned 'King of the Deathmatch'. King Of The Deathmatch tournaments are single-elimination tournaments which are similar to World Wrestling Entertainment's King Of The Ring tournaments. Deathmatch tournaments include the typical weapons used in hardcore wrestling such as barbed wire, nails, thumbtacks, fire, staplers, light tubes etc. and require little wrestling ability. They are known for their large amount of blood loss. Usually the match is declared by pinfall, but it can have other rules. The promotions that usually host this Tournament annually is CZW, IWA:MS, and XPW. The most famous King Of The Deathmatch Tournament is the 1995 IWA event, highlighted by the brutal final between Cactus Jack (Mick Foley) and Terry Funk.


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