John Zandig

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John Corso


Statistics
Ring name(s)	The ICON John Zandig Zandig Sex Machine
Billed height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Billed weight	256 lb (116 kg)
Born	April 4, 1971 (1971-04-04) (age 37) Sewell, New Jersey
Billed from	The Combat Zone
Debut	1998

John Corso (born April 4, 1971 in Sewell, New Jersey) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name, John Zandig. He is the owner of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based promotion Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW).

1 Career
2 In Wrestling
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Career

Corso was an electrician before promoting wrestling; in the course of his wrestling career, he assisted with any explosions that had to be fitted during "explosion" matches. He began training as a wrestler in 1998 and adopted the ring name John Zandig (a reference to the musician Glenn Danzig) in 1999. Shortly after debuting, Zandig opened a professional wrestling school, in New Jersey in order to hone his skills. The school eventually evolved into a professional wrestling promotion, Combat Zone Wrestling, and relocated to Philadelphia in late 2001.

From an early juncture, CZW was orientated towards hardcore wrestling, and Zandig himself has been involved in many ultraviolent matches since the company's inception, involving such objects as thumbtacks, fluorescent light tubes, barbed wire and even a weed wacker. On one occasion, Zandig was hung from meat hooks.

At Cage of Death 8, Zandig lost to Nick Gage in a four-way Cage of Death match that included Lobo and LuFisto. Due to a prematch stipulation, Zandig was forced to retire as a result of losing. Since then he has wrestled one match. On March 10, 2007, Zandig teamed with Toby Klein to face and defeat DJ Hyde and Mitch Ryder in a no rope barbed wire match. Zandig was filling in for Necro Butcher, who couldn't make it to the show. After the match, Zandig stated that his return was for one night only. More recently Zandig came out of retirement at Tournament of Death 6 to face Necro Butcher in a No-rope Barbwire match when Mitch Ryder was a no show.