CZW Death Match Championship
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Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling is a independent wrestling promotion. In 1999, John Zandig and four of his students, Ric Blade, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain began to run backyard wrestling shows in New Jersey and Delaware, showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling dubbed as "ultraviolence"...
(CZW). The title belt was known as the Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) Death Match Championship until John Zandig defeated Mitsuhiro Matsunaga on December 2, 2001 and took the title into CZW when he left BJW in 2002. Its current equivalent is the CZW Ultraviolent Underground Championship
CZW Ultraviolent Underground Championship
The CZW Ultraviolent Underground Championship is a professional wrestling hardcore wrestling championship owned by the Combat Zone Wrestling promotion. The title was introduced on February 5, 2005 at CZW's Only the Strong event....
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Title History
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wifebeater Matt Prince Matt Prince, better known as ring name Wifebeater, is a former Marine and a semi-retired professional wrestler best known for his tenure in Combat Zone Wrestling from 1999 to 2004... |
1 | August 28, 2002 | Dover, Delaware Dover, Delaware The city of Dover is the capital and second largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, and the principal city of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware... |
Defeated Nick Mondo in the Tournament of Death 1 Finals to become the first CZW Death Match Champion. Later, he retired on November 9 of the same year and vacated the title. |
| Nate Hatred Nate Hatred Nate Hatred is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his current tenure in the Philadelphia-based hardcore wrestling promotion Combat Zone Wrestling where he is a member of the H8 Club... |
1 | January 18, 2003 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,... |
Defeated Nick Mondo and John Zandig it in a Fans Bring the Weapons match to win vacant title. Since then, the CZW Death Match Title was officially known as a separate championship belt from the BJW Death Match Title BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship The BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship is the top title contested for in the Japanese promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling. As its name suggests, it is exclusively defended in deathmatches. It was first created in 1998 when The Great Pogo defeated Mitsuhiro Matsunaga in a tournament final... in terms of title lineages. |
| Nick Gage Nick Gage Nicholas W. "Nick" Wilson is a hardcore professional wrestler best known from Combat Zone Wrestling. Along with being the first-ever CZW World Heavyweight Champion, he has wrestled at nearly every CZW show and has competed in more CZW matches than anyone... |
1 | June 14, 2003 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Defeated Nate Hatred in a three-way match involving The Messiah William Welch William C. Welch is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Messiah.-Professional wrestling career:... . |
| Nate Hatred Nate Hatred Nate Hatred is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his current tenure in the Philadelphia-based hardcore wrestling promotion Combat Zone Wrestling where he is a member of the H8 Club... |
2 | August 9, 2003 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |