CZW Cage of Death

Cage of Death I The first Cage Of Death was held on October 16, 1999, in Mantua Township, New Jersey, where Lobo defeated Justice Pain in the first Cage of Death match for the Iron Man title. The first Cage of Death that could be a separate built unit or put on a ring with the ropes taken down. Two parallel sides of the cage are made of steel chain link fencing and the two others are made of steel bars. Inside the cage, littered in a ring, and attached to cage walls are full of different weapons (barbed wire, glass panes, cacti, tables, ladders, light tubes, trash cans, etc.) There is a scaffold across the top of the cage and elevated barbed wire boards on the outside of the ring. Cage of Death II Cage of Death II took place in Sewell, New Jersey, on September 9, 2000. That night the Cage was host to two matches. In the first match, then CZW World champion Lobo defeated Zandig to retain his title. Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) wrestler Ryuji Yamakawa had hit the ring during the match and Zandig (who had spent much time that year wrestling for BJW) had lost due to Yamakawa's interference. The second Cage of Death was same cage as Cage of Death but its explosively electrified. Cage of Death III Cage of Death 3 was the third annual Cage of Death event produced by the Combat Zone Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. It took place on December 15, 2001. At the CZW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event was at the first time in the CZW Arena. Ty Street wrestled Mongoose to a no-contest. Jeff Rocker ran in and then Nate Hatred and Nick Gage came out and destroyed everyone. Nick Gage and Nate Hatred defeated a masked team suspiciously looking like Jay and Mark Briscoe (who wrestled under masks presumably to get around the selectively enforced Pennsylvania age restrictions). NWA Southwest workers Joey Corman defeated Samir and Brad Michaels in a 3-Way Dance. Corman pinned Michaels after hitting the spin doctor. In what had been billed as a match with Zandig and Glen Osbourne; Osbourne, Lobo, and Danny Rose all got involved in a big brawl with Zandig until Greg from Tough Enough made the save. Cage of Death V: Suspended Cage of Death V: Suspended was the fifth annual Cage of Death event produced by the Combat Zone Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. It took place on December 13, 2003. The main feud going into the Cage of Death match was between Team Zandig (John Zandig, Nick Gage, Ian Knoxx, Wifebeater, and Lobo) and the HI-V (The Messiah, Adam Flash, Nate Hatred, Trent Acid, Johnny Kashmere, and B-Boy). Although Team Zandig's sixth member was New Jack, he turned on Team Zandig and joined the HI-V. The Cage match also differed from the previous year, in that there were two rings; one of them was surrounded by the cage, and the other was filled with thumbtacks (which in kayfabe storyline was claimed to be "one million"). Above the two rings was scaffolding walkway on which the wrestlers could walk on. The match started with two members of each team, and every 90 seconds a wrestler, from either team, entered the match according to the number they drew before the match started. Elimination occurred when both a wrestlers' feet hit the floor. Cage of Death VI Cage of Death VI took place on December 11, 2004, in the ECW Arena where there were two Cage Of Death matches. One saw Team Ca$h (Chri$ Ca$h, J.C. Bailey, Nate Webb, and SeXXXy Eddy) defeat Team Blackout (Ruckus, Sabian, Eddie Kingston, and Jack Evans). The other match saw the battle of The H8 Club as Wifebeater and Justice Pain took on Nate Hatred and Nick Gage. For Cage of Death 6 there were eliminations that would happen when a wrestler would hit the arena floor much like Cage of Death 5 the year before, the difference being that the tag team titles were hanging on a scaffold stretched across the length of the top of the cage overlooking the two rings. In the 4 on 4 WarGames elimination match, wrestlers were eliminated when they hit the floor. The cage surrounded two rings, weapons littered around two rings, and there was also a scaffold on top of the cage where Maven Bentley and Robbie Mireno were holding the CZW Tag Team belts. The other Cage of Death match was a Fans Bring the Weapons match inside the cage. Wifebeater and Justice Pain won after Nick Gage turned on Nate Hatred by driving him through a pane of glass covered in salt and thumbtacks. Immediately after the match Pain and Gage turned on Wifebeater. Cage of Death VII: Living in Sin Cage Of Death VII took place on December 10, 2005, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the New Alhambra Arena, where H8 Club & John Zandig defeated The Tough Crazy Bastards (Necro Butcher and Toby Klein), and Joker. This Cage of Death was the large eight-sided cage that surrounds the entire ringside area with a barbed-wire spider net set up on one side and glass set up on another side with tables underneath and two scaffold platforms across the ring from each other. Hardcore and extreme wrestling weapons such as thumbtack turnbuckles, barbed wire bats, staple guns, light tubes, barbed wire, and others littered around for wrestlers to use. This show is also notable for an incident where a fan was heard heckling during a ten bell salute for Eddie Guerrero who died less than a month prior to the event. Cage of Death VIII: Coming Undone Cage of Death VIII took place on December 9, 2006, where in a Loser Must Retire Fans Bring the Weapons Cage of Death match, Nick Gage pinned John Zandig in a four way that also involved Lobo and LuFisto (in a last minute addition). The cage was an all new design made of wood and barbed wire featuring platforms, barbed wire spider nets, glass, barbed wire-wrapped baseball bats, and all other different assorted weapons. This was the first ever four way Fans Bring The Weapons Cage of Death deathmatch, and the first one with a female participant. Cage of Death IX Cage of Death IX was the ninth annual Cage of Death event produced by the Combat Zone Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. It took place on December 8, 2007, at the CZW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event was the seventh consecutive Cage of Death at the CZW Arena. Cage of Death X Cage of Death X was the tenth annual Cage of Death event produced by the Combat Zone Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. It took place on December 13, 2008, at the CZW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event was the eighth consecutive Cage of Death at the CZW Arena. Ryan McBride defeated Pinkie Sanchez, IWS regular Dan Paysan, Insanity Pro Wrestling's Carter Gray, and All-American Wrestling/IWA Mid-South Wrestling's Egotistico Fantastico in what may well have been the hottest match of the night to become the new CZW Junior Heavyweight Champion. The finish saw Pinkie Sanchez and Ryan McBride fighting on the ladder – both went to grab the belt and fell down, but McBride was holding the belt when they hit the mat. Cage of Death XII Cage of Death XII was the twelfth annual Cage of Death event produced by the Combat Zone Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. It took place on December 11, 2010, at the CZW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event was the tenth consecutive Cage of Death at the CZW Arena. Cage of Death XIII Cage of Death XIV Cage of Death XIV was the fourteenth annual Cage of Death event produced by the Combat Zone Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. It took place on December 8, 2012, at the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees Township, New Jersey. The main event was Matt Tremont vs CZW Owner D. J. Hyde in the Cage of Death. Special appearances by New Jack and Colt Cabana happened starting with New Jack putting over CZW and hyping his match against BLKOUT at Extreme Rising on December 29, and Colt Cabanas' first CZW appearance to challenge Greg Excellent. Cage of Death XV Cage of Death XV was the fifteenth annual Cage of Death event produced by the Combat Zone Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. It took place on December 14, 2013, at the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees Township, New Jersey. Cage of Death XVI Cage of Death XVI was the sixteenth annual Cage of Death event produced by the Combat Zone Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. It took place on December 13, 2014, at the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees Township, New Jersey. Cage of Death XVII Cage of Death XVII was the seventeenth annual Cage of Death event produced by the Combat Zone Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. It took place on December 12, 2015, at the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees Township, New Jersey. Cage of Death 18 Cage of Death 18 was the eighteenth annual Cage of Death event produced by the Combat Zone Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. It took place on December 10, 2016, at the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees Township, New Jersey. CZW founder, John Zandig, made an appearance at this event. Cage of Death 19 Cage of Death 19 was the nineteenth annual Cage of Death event produced by the Combat Zone Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. It took place on December 9, 2017, at the Rastelli Complex in Sewell, New Jersey. Cage of Death XX Cage of Death XX was the twentieth annual Cage of Death event produced by the Combat Zone Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. It took place on December 9, 2018, at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia. Cage of Death XXI Cage of Death XXI was the twenty-first and last annual Cage of Death event produced by the Combat Zone Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. It took place on December 14, 2019, at the Coliseum in Voorhees Township, New Jersey. ==See also==