2000
March 18th, 2000 - X-Spelled
June 25, 2000 - They Said It Couldn't Be Done
July 25th, 2000 - No Rules, No Limits
December 15, 2001 - Cage of Death 3
January 12, 2002 - Answering the Challenge
May 10, 2003 - Then and Now
June 14, 2003 - Truth or Consequences
March 6, 2004 - Overdrive
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March 18th, 2000 - X-Spelled
- Ric Blade and TCK vs. Mercury and Low Ki should have been an excellent tag team match, but instead was a botch-fest. First TCK trips over Blade when trying to use him as a springboard over the top rope. Then, Low Ki attempts a moonsault off a ladder to the outside, however as he jumped the ladder moved from under him and he almost lands on his head on the ring apron. Ric Blade later attempts a leg drop off the top of a basketball hoop on to Mercury, who is laid out on a table below. Blade falls backwards off Mercury and the table, knocking himself out. As a result of this, referee Brian Logan attempts to finish the match by having TCK pin Low Ki. Logan counts three, even though Low Ki obviously kicked out at two. Assuming the changed finish to be some kind of screwjob against him, Low Ki loses the plot and starts having an in-ring tantrum. Nobody does anything about this initially, until finally a security guard goes in to the ring and picks Low Ki up in his arms like a child and carries him to the back. The Hit Squad attempt to get involved as well, arguing with security. Neither The Hit Squad or Low Ki are ever invited back to CZW.
- Scheduled to be CZW's first pay-per-view, it was to feature Big Japan Pro Wrestling wrestlers (whom CZW had a working relationship with at the time). The PPV was set to be headlined by Atsushi Onita &and Nobutaka Araya and Ichirou Yaguchi vs. Terry Funk and John Zandig and a mystery partner chosen by Terry Funk, in an exploding barbed wire match. The show was also to feature Lobo vs. a wrestler of Onita's choice in a "Freaks of Nature" match, it was to include four aquariums containing piranhas, alligators and snakes in each corner of the ring. rohnews' own Atticus was collecting the freaks of nature prior to the event. Like Onita's advertised match in ECW... It did not happen, like Onita's advertised match in XPW... It did not happen. CZW cancelled the PPV the week of the show. The event did take place featuring Lobo vs. Zandig in an exploding barbed wire match. Headlined by The Wifebeater and Nick Gage in the first ever 200 lightubes match. Ric Blade attempted a swanton off of a truck onto Trent Acid, who was lying flat on a single table. He completely over shot the table and landed straight on his tailbone. Within seconds he was on his feet and decided to throw some trash cans around. A video of the iconic botch can be found on youtube An advertised " Fans supply the weapons battle royale " was set to take place, with the participants including such grappling greats as NATASHA, Jessie Drive, and The Rockin' Rebel. The fans in attendance went above and beyond and supplied some very creative, and SICK, weapons for this match up. No weapons were used in this contest.
July 25th, 2000 - No Rules, No Limits
- After a brutal Fans Bring the Weapons match with The Wifebeater and Nick Gage, Zandig hit The Wifebeater in the back with a Barbed Wire Bat, causing a cloud of smoke to set off the building's smoke alarm.
- Much like every other CZW show of its time, this show started late. Since CZW carefully planned this, the show was outdoors in the afternoon. By the time the main event COD match started, the sun had gone down. Fans were asked, with all the politeness we have come to expect from CZW, to pull their cars up to the ring area and use their headlights to illuminate the show. Proving that even a blind squirrel will eventually find a nut, CZW's explosives actually worked! While running around the ring and carrying a bundle of light tubes Ed O'Mac tripped over a pile of brown chairs he couldn't see in the dark. The end result was a missed spot and a severely cut hand. Ed recieved medical attention consisting of a band-aid and a cold hot dog "for the swelling". Someone forgot the disk containing all the entrance themes so most themes that day were made up of what ever CD's Chad Shaft had in his '87 Lincoln Towncar, which would later help light the show. Pastor Jim and Johnny Kashmere got into a pre-show fight over Jon Dahmer being forced to job.
December 15, 2001 - Cage of Death 3
- Doors are still closed HOURS after bell time, leaving a thousand plus fans outside in the freezing cold. People are angry and the gate is nearly broken down. No one comes outside to try to calm down the crowd. Upon doors finally opening, tickets are a mess. Everything is GA whether you paid 40 dollars or just walked in. Veteran message board posters such as dave and Sweet Nicky are in possession of pre-purchased tickets, but turned away since building is over-capacity (resourcefully bribing Atlas Security with $50 and able attend the show nonetheless). CZW is short on chairs and hours late. The Dub proceeds to put on 11 matches with 34 workers, refusing to cut the unnecessary parts of the show and causing all the fans to be there until 2 a.m. The show ends with a suicide attempt by the Sandman. Much to the chagrin of CZW Chairman John Zandig, he was unsuccessful in his attempts to fall 35 feet off the cage to his death. After the show John Zandig, angered at a highly intoxicated Sandman, gets into a verbal argument with Tod Gordon who, in the weeks leading up to the show, assured Zandig that Sandman would be straight. He was not. Justice Pain, upset by the Sandman ruining his big moment, nearly destroys the CZW Heavyweight Title after throwing it across the locker room. Sandman's wife falls into the hole in the ring that Sandman "cut" into the ring and climbed out of.
January 12, 2002 - Answering the Challenge
- Bruno Sammartino was advertised to appear as a special guest at ringside and periodic in ring updates were made, unfortunately the final update announced that he had gotten lost on his way to the arena. To this day Bruno never managed to find his way to the arena.
- Fat Ruckus faced Jay Briscoe in a dragged out two-out-of-three falls match which would have been okay if it was ten minutes long (with entrances). The Midnight Outlawz then ran in after the second fall resulting a no-contest, prompting no "bullshyt" or "boring" chants. *Intermission* Dennis Shock: "Fans, would you like to see the third fall of Ruckus and Jay Briscoe?" Fans: "NO!" Shock: "Do you wanna see them finish it?" Fans: "NOO!" Shock: (Again) Do you wanna see them finish it?! Fans: "NOOO!..." *...ceezeedubayou AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRREEEEEEE YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUU READYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!?!?!?!?!?!!?* Accompanied by the CZW theme Ruckus and Jay return to the ring after intermission, they are then met with loud "we said no!" chants. In total the match was around thirty-seven lackluster minutes (without entrances).
- CM Punk lost a dreadful match that failed to meet all expectations to the CZW Heavyweight Champion, Justice Pain. Unfortunately, this would be the top of the mountain for CM Punk as the rest of his career would pale in comparison to this lone CZW appearance.
Today his whereabouts are unknown.
Punk & Pain shoot interview on the incident
25:44 minute mark
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December 13, 2002 - Cage of Death 425:44 minute mark
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- Doors open on time. Just kidding. Doors open at least two hours late due to CZW constructing (and subsequently screwing up) the Cage of Death. The cage's explosives go off upon Lobo entering through the cage door. Blame would be placed on ginger announcer Dennis Shock, who would go on to deny that he had flipped the switch. Lobo would be thrown off the top of the cage to the mat below, the middle section of the ring was meant to collapse as a CZW staffer was under the ring pulling supports out during the match. Because nobody though to cut the ring apron Lobo did not fall through the ring and instead was left lying in a small indent. Due to many of the weapons not being allowed by the PSAC, CZW filmed the pre-match beat down on Zandig backstage, with intentions of showing it to the crowd on the big screen. A viable option until, as expected, the video was in poor quality to begin with, and then started to skip. After playing for twenty seconds the video stopped entirely. To remedy this, CZW Staff attempted to replay the video which still did not work. This resulted a bloodied Zandig coming out carrying a manila envelope, and the entire crowd having no idea why he was in such bad shape. Pre-match story line included Z-Barr double crossing Lobo. Forty seconds later Z-Barr double crossed John Zandig. Sixty seconds later John Zandig, who suspected Z-Barr would double cross him, revealed that Adam Flash was the one who double crossed Lobo into signing a contract. After the crowd let out the second collective "WTF?" of the night, the match started. Messiah defeats Justice Pain for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship in a great match. Unfortunately it was around one a.m. by the time the main event began and most of the crowd could care less.
May 10, 2003 - Then and Now
- The event was promoted as the 10th year anniversary of wrestling in the CZW Arena. The event opened with a music video chronicling the last 10 years of wrestling in the building, featuring ECW and CZW the 10-minute-long video titled "Then & Now: A Decade of Defiance" was was available online in low quality for many years, a higher quality version recently leaked and is now available Here on Megavideo. Zandig stated that he had invited Tod Gordon and Paul Heyman to appear, noting that Gordon didn't want to show so "he didn't care" and that Heyman didn't return his calls so "he doesn't give a fukk about this place anymore." Zandig also said that he called Tommy Dreamer to make an appearance, Dreamer was unable to due to WWE commitments, but was honored he was asked. CZW did not invite anyone to attend the show until the last week prior. For the Fans Bring The Weapons main event between Messiah and Nate Hatred, three diehard CZW fans made weapons for a show for the first time. Only one gets brought out to the ring - a wooden cross with nails in it and "Messiah" written on it. Early in the match, with the cross propped in a corner, Messiah looks at the cross in disbelief as the three fans who made it stand on their chairs, popping that their weapon may actually be used. Messiah picks it up and promptly throws it out of the ring, never to be seen again.
June 14, 2003 - Truth or Consequences
- A near riot occurred when IWA-MS wrestlers, Ian Rotten, Corporal Robinson and JC Bailey entered the ring. This resulted initially in trash bring thrown, which quickly progressed into steel chairs being used as projectiles. Luckily, one managed to hit Frank Talent in the head. Unluckily, he was not injured in the accident. After the riot, one of the police officers that took part in the riot angle got on the mic to announce that the police were looking for a fan who had a warrant for failing to make child support payments. A video of the incident can be found Here
March 6, 2004 - Overdrive
- Zandig suffers concussion at the hands of Messiah after smashing his head on the ground when Messiah missed the table during a Sunset Flip-bomb from the apron to the outside. Teddy Hart (who had wrestled a spot fest with Petey Williams and Jack Evans earlier in the night) confronted Zandig post-match and proceeded to get the shyt kicked out of him by a very loopy Zandig - the worst being giant gashes in the back of his head from a very awkward power bomb through a board of nail strips. Messiah sunset flip-bombs Zandig to the floor. Zandig was later yelled at by Teddy Hart's mother for slamming him onto a board of carpet strips.
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After that, CZW boss John Zandig gets on the mic and has the fan thrown out of the building. Video of the incident. 
was Bruno Sammartino going to do in a CZW show.
