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Combat Zone Wrestling

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SHLAK vs. NICK GAGE full match GCW

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The History of COMBAT ZONE WRESTLING

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Deathmatch Wrestling's Most Horrific Moments

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CZW Combat Zone Wrestling EXTREME!!!

Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) is an American independent wrestling promotion. In 1998, John Zandig and five of his students, Ric Blade, T.C.K, Lobo, Nick Gage, and Justice Pain began to run professional wrestling shows in New Jersey and Delaware, showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling dubbed as "ultraviolence". Ladders, tables, steel folding chairs, thumbtacks, barbed wire, weed whackers, light tubes, panes of glass, and fire are all common elements of "ultraviolent wrestling" in CZW. The company filled a niche for hardcore wrestling fans that had been left open by the folding of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). CZW established themselves as the leading American hardcore wrestling promotion at the ECW Arena with their Cage of Death 3 show in 2001, the year ECW folded.
  • Pro Wrestling Academy 

  • Japan connection 

  • Champs Arena, PPV, and ''Fake You TV'' 

  • Viking Hall debut and Indy Wars 

  • ECW tribute and Italy 

  • IWA-MS Invasion 

  • Zandig hanging incident 

  • Last years of Zandig's ownership 

  • Expansion and international partnerships 

  • GCW incident 

  • CZW Studios 

  • Cage of Death 

  • Tournament of Death 

  • Best of the Best 

  • Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show 

  • Maven Bentley Association