The Cage of Death is Combat Zone Wrestling's biggest show since 1999. It always features the Cage of Death match, a steel cage with various weapons littered in the cage. Electrified cage walls, cacti, tables, light tubes, glass, thumbtacks, baseball bats, barbed wire, fire and numerous other weapons and objects have been used in it. The first two matches were focused on either pinning and/or submitting to win cage matches with weapons littered in and around the cage. The Cage of Death also has different formats and stipulations: singles, tag team, or gauntlet. Each Cage of Death features two or more wrestlers in the cage. For Cage of Death 5, 6, and 7, WarGames stipulations were used.
Events #EventDateCityVenueMain EventMantua Township, New JerseyUnknownLobo vs. Justice Pain in a Cage of Death matchSewell, New JerseyUnknownLobo vs. John Zandig versus Justice PainPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaECW ArenaWifebeater vs. Justice Pain in a Cage of DeathPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaECW ArenaLobo vs. John ZandigPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaECW ArenaJohn Zandig, Nick Gage, Ian Knoxx, Wifebeater, New Jack and Lobo vs. Adam Flash, Nate Hatred, The Backseat Boyz, The Messiah and B-BoyPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaAlhambra ArenaNate Hatred and Nick Gage vs. Justice Pain and Wifebeater vs. Chri$ Ca$h, SeXXXy Eddy, J.C. Bailey and Nate Webb vs. BlackoutPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaAlhambra ArenaJoker, Necro Butcher & Toby Klein vs. John Zandig, Nick Gage and Justice Pain in a Cage of DeathPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaAlhambra ArenaJohn Zandig vs. Nick Gage vs. Lobo vs. LuFisto in a Cage of DeathPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaAlhambra ArenaTeam CZW (Necro Butcher, Danny Havoc, Toby Klein and Drake Younger) vs. Team MBA (Brain Damage, Scotty Vortekz, Diehard Dustin Lee and D. J. Hyde) in a Cage of DeathPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaAlhambra ArenaDevon Moore vs. Sami Callihan vs. Drake Younger vs. Danny Havoc vs. John Zandig vs. Brain Damage in a Cage of DeathPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaThe ArenaSami Callihan vs. Danny Havoc in a Cage of DeathPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaAsylum ArenaSuicide Kings (Scotty Vortekz, Danny Havoc, Devon Moore and Dysfunction) vs. Cult Fiction (Masada, Brain Damage, and Drake Younger) in a Cage of DeathPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaViking HallDevon Moore vs. Scotty Vortekz vs. Masada vs. Robert Anthony in a Cage of Death for the CZW World Heavyweight ChampionshipVoorhees Township, New JerseyThe Flyers Skate ZoneD. J. Hyde vs. Matt Tremont in a Cage of DeathVoorhees Township, New JerseyThe Flyers Skate ZoneNation of Intoxication vs. Forgotten Ones in a Cage of DeathVoorhees Township, New JerseyThe Flyers Skate ZoneSozio vs. Drew Gulak vs. Biff Busick vs. BLK Jeez in a Cage of Death for the CZW World Heavyweight ChampionshipVoorhees Township, New JerseyThe Flyers Skate ZoneMatt Tremont vs. Masada vs. Devon Moore vs. A. R. Fox in a Cage of Death for the CZW World Heavyweight ChampionshipVoorhees Township, New JerseyThe Flyers Skate ZoneDevon Moore, Drew Blood, Dale Patricks and Josh Crane vs. Matt Tremont, Joey Janela, Jeff Cannonball and Conor Claxton in a Cage Of DeathSewell, New JerseyRastelli ComplexRickey Shane Page vs. Joe Gacy vs. Shane Strickland in a Cage of Death for the CZW World Heavyweight ChampionshipPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania2300 ArenaMance Warner vs. Rickey Shane Page in a Cage of Death for the vacant CZW World Heavyweight ChampionshipVoorhees Township, New JerseyThe ColiseumBrandon Kirk vs. Jimmy Lloyd in a Cage of Death
History 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.
#ResultStipulation1Jon Dahmer defeated Big SlamSingles match2Trent Acid vs. White Lotus ended in a draw.Singles match11:403Trent Acid and White Lotus defeated Johnny Kashmere and Robbie MirenoTag team match4Ric Blade (c) vs. Nick Gage ended in a draw.Singles match for the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship5TCK defeated MiddknightSingles match6John Zandig vs. Wifebeater ended in a draw.First Blood match7Lobo defeated Justice Pain (c)Cage of Death match to win the CZW Iron Man Championship
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.
#ResultStipulation1Nick Gage defeated Mad Man Pondo and WifebeaterTriple Threat match2Ryuji Yamakawa defeated John ZandigSingles match3Nate Hatred defeated Nick BerkSingles match4Rockin' Rebel defeated Jon DahmerSingles match5Nick Mondo versus Trent AcidSingles match6Lobo (c) defeated John ZandigCage of Death match to retain the CZW World Heavyweight Championship7Justice Pain defeated Lobo (c)Cage of Death match to win the CZW World Heavyweight Championship
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.
Due to their upcoming annual COD show at the end of 2001, the company needed a bigger venue and made their debut in the ECW Arena, formerly Viking Hall and currently The Arena. The venue was the first sellout in the building since the era of ECW, and hundreds were turned away from the biggest show in the promotion's history.
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.
In an elimination match, The S.A.T. defeated Chris Divine, Quiet Storm and Brian XL (with Pastor Jim). The stipulation for the match was if Divine, Storm, and XL lose the match, Pastor Jim was out of CZW for good. The order of elimination: Joel Maximo (by Divine), Divine (by Jose Maximo), Jose Maximo (by XL), Brian XL (by Red), Quiet Storm (by Amazing Red, after the Spanish Fly by the Maximos and the Infrared Splash).
Jon Dahmer and Fast Eddie Valentine defeated Chri$ Ca$h & GQ. Trent Acid defeated Ruckus to win the CZW/BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship. Initially, both men were counted out, but the match was restarted by John Zandig with a ladder involved. Acid won the match with the Yakuza Kick, but was put through a table by Big Japan's Winger, who then walked off with both belts. Johnny Kashmere defeated Menace with the Cradlebreaker. Mad Man Pondo defeated Z-Barr – The returning Pondo got the pin after hitting Barr with a splash on top of a chair and his patented Stop Sign. Adam Flash defeated Nick Berk and Nick Mondo in a Falls Count Anywhere match to win the CZW Iron Man Championship.
Inside the Cage of Death, were a jackhammer, a cactus, garbage cans, a truck hood, and tables; and was topped by a scaffold. Justice Pain defeated Wifebeater to retain the CZW World Heavyweight Title as both men crashed through tables in the ring off of the scaffold that topped of the cage of death.
As the match finished, the Arena lights went out. In a kayfabe angle, former ECW owner Tod Gordon, along with The Blue Meanie, Pitbull #1, Rockin' Rebel and Rocco Rock were in the ring, trashed CZW, with Gordon calling the fans "ingrates" for chanting CZW. After they abused Justice Pain and Wifebeater, the CZW locker room crashed the cage, and the lights went out again. When they came back on, The Sandman was standing in the middle of the ring.
Sandman then turned on his former ECW compatriots. At the end Sandman stripped off his ECW T-shirt for a CZW shirt and had a beer with John Zandig.
#ResultStipulationDarkTy Street vs Fake Ty Street went to contestSingles match2The H8 Club (Nate Hatred and Nick Gage) defeated Jay Briscoe and Mark BriscoeTag team match3Joey Corman defeated Samir and Brad MichaelsTriple Threat match4John Zandig and Danny Rose went to a no contestSingles match5The S.A.T. (Joel Maximo, Jose Maximo and Will Maximo) defeated Chris Divine, Quiet Storm and Brian XL (with Pastor Jim)Six man tag team match – Pastor Jim's Career in CZW on the line6Jon Dahmer and Fast Eddie Valentine defeated Chri$ Ca$h and GQ and Chris Stylz and Ian KnoxxThree-way tag team match7Trent Acid defeated Ruckus (c)Title unification match for the CZW/BJW Junior Heavyweight Championships8Johnny Kashmere defeated MenaceSingles match9Mad Man Pondo defeated Z-BarrHardcore match10Adam Flash defeated Nick Berk (c) and Nick MondoTriple Threat Falls Count Anywhere match to win the CZW Iron Man Championship11Justice Pain (c) defeated WifebeaterCage of Death match to retain the CZW World Heavyweight Championship
Cage of Death IV
Cage of Death IV took place on December 13, 2002, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Viking Hall and saw John Zandig defeat Lobo in a Cage of Death match for the ownership of CZW. This was the last Cage Of Death to use electricity as a hazard (Lobo was electrocuted early in the match).
#ResultStipulationJohn Zandig defeated LoboCage of DeathChri$ Ca$h, Danny Rose, GQ, Greg Matthews and Rockin' Rebel defeated Adam Flash, Chris Stylz, Derek Frazier, Ian Knoxx and Jon DahmerTen-man tag team matchZ-Barr defeated Rick Feinburg and Hurricane KidHandicap matchNick Berk defeated Josh ProhibitionSubmission matchSonjay Dutt defeated Ruckus and M-Dogg 20Triple threat number one contenders match for the CZW World Junior Heavyweight ChampionshipThe H8 Club (Nick Gage and Nate Hatred) (c) defeated B-Boy and Chris HeroTag team match for the CZW World Tag Team ChampionshipThe Backseat Boyz (Johnny Kashmere and Trent Acid) defeated Nick Mondo and Ric BladeTag team Tables, Ladders and Chairs matchThe Messiah defeated Justice Pain (c)Singles match for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship
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.