Cage of Death
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The Cage Of Death is the Combat Zone Wrestling promotion's biggest annual professional wrestling show, which happens at the end of the year and always features the eponymous Cage Of Death match.
The Cage Of Death match has many different variations. The first two were simple pin to win cage matches with weapons littered in the cage (such as light tubes, glass panes, barbed wire).
[edit] Cage of Death
The first Cage Of Death was held on October 16, 1999 in Mantua, NJ where Lobo defeated Justice Pain in the first Cage of Death match for the Iron Man title.
[edit] CZW Cage of Death II...After Dark
The second Cage of Death took place on September 9, 2000 in Sewell, NJ and saw Lobo defeat John Zandig in the first Cage of Death match of the night. Right after this match, Justice Pain came out and wrestled Lobo in another Cage of Death Match. This match saw Lobo thrown from the top of the cage through a table covered in barbed wire on the ground. Justice Pain defeated Lobo for the CZW Title.
[edit] Cage of Death 3
Cage of Death 3 took place on December 15, 2001 in Philadelphia, PA, it was the companies first show in the ECW Arena and saw Justice Pain defeat Wifebeater.
The third Cage Of Death had the CZW World Heavyweight Title above the cage and the only way to win was to climb onto a small wooden scaffold laying across the top of the cage and grab the belt.
[edit] Cage of Death 4
This show took place on December 13, 2002 in Philadelphia, PA at the Viking Hall and saw John Zandig defeat Lobo in a Cage of Death match for the ownership of CZW.
The fourth one followed this pattern, except it was the contract of ownership for CZW instead. The fourth one included such high spots as a Death Valley Driver off the top of the cage through multiple tables and Lobo getting tossed through a pane of glass from the scaffold atop the cage, which broke the ring.
[edit] Cage of Death V: Suspended
Cage Of Death V took place on December 13, 2003 in Philadelphia, PA where Team Ultraviolence (John Zandig, Lobo, Wifebeater, Ian Knoxx, Nick Gage, and New Jack) defeated Hi-V (The Messiah, Nate Hatred, Trent Acid, Adam Flash, Johnny Kashmere, and B-Boy).
The fifth Cage Of Death was a 6 on 6 match where there were two rings. One was the actual cage and the other was a ring filled with a million thumbtacks. There was a suspended metal scaffold leading from the stage to the Cage of Death. This scaffold also hung over the other ring. To win the match, you either had to get your entire team from the stage, into the cage, and back across the scaffold to the stage, or eliminate the entire other team. A wrestler was eliminated once they hit the floor. This is considered a variation/tribute to the War Games match (and most likely, a basis of what the COD match would become over the next years using the team variation). Team Ultraviolence won when Messiah was eliminated after Nate Hatred turned on him and rejoined Nick Gage.
[edit] Cage of Death VI
Cage Of Death VI took place on December 11, 2004 in the ECW Arena (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) where there were two Cage Of Death matches. One saw Team Ca$h (Chri$ Ca$h, JC Bailey, Nate Webb, and Sexxy Eddy) defeat Team Blackout (Ruckus, Sabian, Eddie Kingston, and Jack Evans). The other match saw the battle of The H8 Club as Wifebeater & Justice Pain took on Nate Hatred & Nick Gage.
In the 4 on 4 elimination match wrestlers were eliminated when they hit the floor. The cage surrounded 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 match could be won by grabbing those before the other team. This match saw Chris Cash give Sabian the Cash Flow from the scaffold through many tables on the floor, and Jack Evans fall off the cage onto concrete. Team Cash won when JC Bailey took the title belts.
The other Cage Of Death match was a Fans Bring the Weapons match inside the cage, a match against four old school CZW wrestlers and was a throwback to the very violent past CZW. Wifebeater and Justice Pain won after Nick Gage turned on Nate Hatred by driving him through a table covered in salt and thumbtacks. After the match, Pain turned on Wifebeater and a new team was formed with Nick Gage and Justice Pain,who are brothers in real life.
[edit] Cage of Death 7: Living in Sin
Cage Of Death 7 took place on December 10, 2005 in Philadelphia, PA (ECW Arena) where The H8 Club & John Zandig defeated Necro Butcher, Toby Klein, and Joker.
That years Cage of Death was a big octagon constructed around the ring with barbed wire around the top. Lots of other hardcore elements like a spidernet of barbed wire, thumbtack turnbuckles, barbed wire bats and also a pair of scaffolds and four tables placed inside the Cage. John Zandig landed the Mother F'n Bomb on Joker off the scaffold through two flaming tables for the win.
[edit] ROH's Death Before Dishonor IV
The first Cage of Death that didn't take place at the Cage of Death show took place on July 15th, 2006 as Samoa Joe, BJ Whitmer, Adam Pearce, Ace Steel, and Homicide (taking over for Bryan Danielson, due to demands) (with ROH commissioner Jim Cornette) defeated Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli, Necro Butcher, Nate Webb, and Eddie Kingston from CZW after Homicide hit the Cop Killa on Webb on a barbed wire board.
[edit] Cage of Death 8
Cage of Death 8 will take place on December 9, 2006 in Philadelphia, PA. The Cage of Death match will be Zandig vs. Lobo vs. Nick Gage. This match is guaranteed to retire at least one of the three competitors.
