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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).
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.
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 a Cage of Death match for the CZW Title right after Lobo had just faced Justice Pain in the same match.
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.
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.
Cage of Death V
Cage Of Death V took place on December 13, 2003 in Philadelphia, PA where Team Ultraviolence (John Zandig, Lobo, Wifebeater, Ian Knoxx, Nick Gage, New Jack) defeated Hi-V (The Messiah, Nate Hatred, Trent Acid, Adam Flash, Johnny Kashmere, 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 also a series of suspended metal scaffolds leading from the stage to the cage. To win the match, you either had to get your entire team from the stage, into the cage, and back across the stage, or a wrestler was eliminated once they hit the floor. This is considered a variation/tribute to the War Games match.
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$h (Cash|Chri$ Ca$h" target="_blank" >*, JC Bailey, Nate Webb, and Sexxy Eddy) defeat Team Blackout (Ruckus, Sabian, Eddie Kingston, and Jack Evans). The other match saw The H8 Club (Wifebeater & Justice Pain) defeat other H8 Club members (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 the CZW Tag Team belts were. The match could be won by grabbing those before the other team. This match saw Chris Cash throw Sabian through many tables off the top of the cage, and Jack Evans fall off the cage onto concrete.
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. After the match Gage and Pain, who are brothers in real life, turned on their respective partners and joined together.
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.
ROH's Cage of Death
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
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