Combat Zone Wrestling

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Combat Zone Wrestling
Details
Acronym CZW
Established 1999
Style Hardcore wrestling
American Wrestling
Location Philadelphia
Founder(s)
Owner(s) John Zandig

Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) is a professional wrestling company run by John Zandig.

In 1999, John Zandig and four of his students, Ric Blade, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain started to run wrestling shows in places like New Jersey and Delaware showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling called "ultraviolent". Ladders, tables, thumbtacks, barbed wire, fluorescent light tubes and fire, are common elements of "ultraviolent" wrestling matches in CZW. The company filled a niche for hardcore wrestling fans that had been left by Extreme Championship Wrestling, and found fame in the infamous ECW Arena with their Cage of Death 3 show in the year 2001, the year ECW folded.

Contents

[edit] Annual events

[edit] Cage of Death

Main article: Cage of Death

CZW's biggest show is the year-end Cage Of Death. It always features the infamous "Cage Of Death" match, a steel cage with various weapons, objects, and plenty of wrestling violence. Electrified cage walls, cacti, tables, light tubes, glass, thumbtacks, baseball bats, and barbed-wire have been used in it. Matches always include high risk wrestling bumps. The Cage of Death also has different formats and stipulations, it isn't always a one on one, sometimes it's a tag team but it's a gauntlet which means another wrestler will come in after a certain peroid of time.

[edit] Tournament of Death

Main article: Tournament of Death

CZW's yearly death-match tournament features the use of fire, weed whackers, light tubes, and other weapons. T.O.D has resulted in excessive blood loss for many of the wrestlers who have participated in it. One of the biggest moments was Nick Mondo and John Zandig going off of a 2 story roof into 6 tables covered in flourescent light bulbs.[citation needed]. Previous winners include Wifebeater (TOD 1 and 3), Nick Mondo, Necro Butcher and Nick Gage.

[edit] Best of the Best

Main article: CZW Best of the Best

CZW's yearly tournament that differs from other CZW events in how it emphasizes athleticism more than weapons use. The Best of the Best tournament is, by design, a Junior Heavyweight Tournament. In 2005, however, the tournament was formatted as an open weight tournament. The next year, it returned to its original format. Previous winners include Winger, Trent Acid, B-Boy, Sonjay Dutt, Mike Quakenbush and Ruckus in that order.

[edit] Roster

Main article: Combat Zone Wrestling roster

[edit] Championships

[edit] Current Champions

Championship: Champion(s): Defeated: Date Won: Location:
CZW World Heavyweight Championship Justice Pain Eddie Kingston & Chris Hero December 9, 2006 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
CZW Iron Man Championship DJ Hyde Chris Hero & Adam Flash February 10, 2007 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship Vortekz Jigsaw April 7, 2007 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
CZW World Tag Team Championship BLKOUT (Ruckus & Sabian)
 Blackout (Onyx & Rainman) January 13, 2007 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
CZW Ultraviolent Underground Championship Drake Younger Nick Gage October 15, 2006 Middletown, Delaware

[edit] Defunct Championships

[edit] References

    [edit] External links

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