Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
|||
| (16 intermediate revisions by 13 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{Short description|Annual professional wrestling event}}
The '''Tournament of Death''' is an annual professional wrestling tournament organized by [[Combat Zone Wrestling]] since 2002, during which a number of wrestlers compete in various deathmatches in what are mostly single-elimination tournaments similar to [[World Wrestling Entertainment]]'s [[King of the Ring]] tournament. These tournaments include the typical hardcore weapons used in [[hardcore wrestling|deathmatch wrestling]] such as [[barbed wire]], [[nail (fastener)|nails]], [[thumbtack]]s, [[fire]], [[table (furniture)|table]]s, [[ladders]], and [[Fluorescent lamp|light tubes]], and are known for all their large amounts of blood loss.
Notable entrants in the Tournament of Death have included [[
==Winners==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
!
!
!
!
!
|-
!scope="row"|[[Matt Prince|Wifebeater]]
|{{dts|2002|8|31}}
|[[Dover, Delaware]]
|[[
|[[Nick Mondo]]
|-
Line 20 ⟶ 21:
|{{dts|2003|7|26}}
|[[Dover, Delaware]]
|[[
|[[Ian Rotten]]
|-
!scope="row"|[[Matt Prince|Wifebeater]] (2)
|{{dts|2004|7|24}}
|[[Smyrna, Delaware]]
|[[
|[[Necro Butcher]]
|-
Line 32 ⟶ 33:
|{{dts|2005|7|30}}
|[[New Castle, Delaware]]
|[[
|[[John Zandig|Zandig]] and [[Nick Gage]]
|-
Line 38 ⟶ 39:
|{{dts|2006|7|29}}
|[[Smyrna, Delaware]]
|[[
|[[Brain Damage (wrestler)|Brain Damage]], [[Drake Younger]], and [[J.C. Bailey]]
|-
Line 44 ⟶ 45:
|{{dts|2007|6|9}}
|[[Smyrna, Delaware]]
|[[
|[[Brain Damage (wrestler)|Brain Damage]]
|-
Line 50 ⟶ 51:
|{{dts|2007|9|15}}
|[[Smyrna, Delaware]]
|[[
|Scotty Vortekz, [[Danny Havoc]], and [[J.C. Bailey]]
|-
Line 56 ⟶ 57:
|{{dts|2008|5|17}}
|[[Smyrna, Delaware]]
|[[
|[[Nick Gage]], Scotty Vortekz, and [[Drake Younger]]
|-
Line 62 ⟶ 63:
|{{dts|2009|6|6}}
|[[Townsend, Delaware]]
|[[
|Thumbtack Jack, [[Dean Ambrose|Jon Moxley]], [[Sami Callihan]], [[D. J. Hyde]], [[Brain Damage (wrestler)|Brain Damage]], Dysfunction, xOMGx, [[Drake Younger]], and Scotty Vortekz<sup>1</sup>
|-
!scope="row"|Thumbtack Jack (2)
|{{dts|2009|10|25}}
|[[Townsend, Delaware]]
|[[
|[[Masada (wrestler)|Masada]]
|-
Line 74 ⟶ 75:
|{{dts|2010|6|26}}
|[[Townsend, Delaware]]
|[[
|[[J.C. Bailey]]
|-
!scope="row"|[[Nick Gage]] (2)
|{{dts|2010|11|11}}
|[[Oberhausen, Germany]]
|[[
|[[Masada (wrestler)|Masada]]
|-
Line 86 ⟶ 87:
|{{dts|2011|6|25}}
|[[Townsend, Delaware]]
|[[
|[[Masashi Takeda (wrestler)|Masashi Takeda]]
|-
!scope="row"|[[Masada (wrestler)|Masada]] (2)
|{{dts|2012|6|23}}
|[[Townsend, Delaware]]
|[[
|[[Drake Younger]]
|-
!scope="row"|[[Masada (wrestler)|Masada]] (3)
|{{dts|2012|11|4}}
|Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
|[[
|[[D. J. Hyde]], [[Drake Younger]], and [[Matt Tremont]]
|-
!scope="row"|[[Danny Havoc]] (2)
|{{dts|2013|6|8}}
|[[Townsend, Delaware]]
|[[
|Scotty Vortekz
|-
Line 110 ⟶ 111:
|{{dts|2014|6|14}}
|[[Townsend, Delaware]]
|[[
|[[Masada (wrestler)|Masada]]
|-
Line 116 ⟶ 117:
|{{dts|2015|6|13}}
|[[Townsend, Delaware]]
|[[
|Conor Claxton
|-
Line 122 ⟶ 123:
|{{dts|2016|6|11}}
|[[Townsend, Delaware]]
|[[
|[[Matt Tremont]]
|-
Line 128 ⟶ 129:
|{{dts|2017|6|10}}
|[[Townsend, Delaware]]
|[[
|Conor Claxton
|-
Line 134 ⟶ 135:
|{{dts|2018|6|09}}
|[[Berlin, New Jersey]]
|[[
|Rickey Shane Page
|-
Line 140 ⟶ 141:
|{{dts|2019|6|22}}
|[[Voorhees, New Jersey]]
|[[
|Officer Dan O'Hare
|-
Line 147 ⟶ 148:
|{{dts|2022|10|29}}
|[[Townsend, Delaware]]
|[[
|Mickie Knuckles
|-
Line 154 ⟶ 155:
|{{dts|2023|10|07}}
|[[Townsend, Delaware]]
|[[
|Mickie Knuckles, SHLAK, and Bobby Beverly
|-
!scope="row"|[[Mickie Knuckles]]
|{{dts|2024|09|21}}
|[[Townsend, Delaware]]
|[[#Tournament of Death XXI|XXI]]
|Judge Joe Dred
|-
|}
=== Most victories ===
[[File:Masada_2CW_entrance.jpg|thumb|[[Masada (wrestler)|Masada]] holds the record for having the most Tournament of Death victories at 3.]]
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Wrestler
!TOD wins
!Year
|-
|{{nowrap|[[Masada (wrestler)|Masada]] ||3|| 2011, 2012, 2012
|-
|[[Danny Havoc]] || rowspan="9" |2|| 2008, 2013
|-
|[[Nick Gage]] || 2006, 2010
|-
|Thumbtack Jack ||2009, 2009
|-
|[[Wifebeater (wrestler)|Wifebeater]] || 2002, 2004
|-
|}
Line 162 ⟶ 189:
==Zandig's Ultraviolent Tournament of Death==
August 31, 2002 saw the first annual CZW Tournament of Death. The event was billed as Zandig's Ultraviolent Tournament of Death due to a storyline of John Zandig losing ownership of CZW to Lobo, thus promoting his own deathmatch tournament. It was held in [[Dover, Delaware]]. Non-tournament matches included Green Phantom & Arsenal defeating The Hardcore Ninjaz and a tag scramble match which saw The Backseat Boyz defeat Derek Frasier & [[Sonjay Dutt]], Jon Dahmer & [[Towel Boy]] and The New School, as well as a Three Way Dance in which [[Ruckus (wrestler)|Ruckus]] defeated Justice Pain and
''Competitors''
Line 178 ⟶ 205:
*Toby Klein
*Adam Flash
*Homeless Jimmy
|}
Line 580 ⟶ 608:
*Jon Ryan
*[[Nick Gage]]
*[[Jimmy Havoc]]
===Round one===
Line 772 ⟶ 800:
==Tournament of Death XV==
The 15th annual Tournament of Death took place on June 11, 2016, at the Ultraviolent Underground. Eat The Turnbuckle, the band of Dojo War's wrestler
This Tournament of Death was featured in the [[Vice (magazine)|''Vice'']] documentary "Bloodlust: Tournament of Death".
Line 860 ⟶ 888:
*Stockade
*Josh Crane
*[[Jimmy Lloyd (wrestler)|Jimmy Lloyd]]
*Kit Osbourne
|valign=top|
Line 870 ⟶ 898:
===First round===
#Blocks, Bats and Bundles Elimination Death Match: [[Jimmy Lloyd (wrestler)|Jimmy Lloyd]] def. Casanova Valentine, SHLAK, Stockade and G-Raver.
#4 Corners of Pain Elimination Death Match: [[Mance Warner]] def. Dale Patricks and Josh Crane
#Lotsa Lotsa Light Tubes Death Match: [[Rickey Shane Page]] Page def. [[Drew Parker]]
Line 876 ⟶ 904:
===Round two===
#Saw Death Match: [[Jimmy Lloyd (wrestler)|Jimmy Lloyd]] def. [[Mance Warner]]
#Death Match: [[Rickey Shane Page]] Page def. Brandon Kirk
===Finals===
#Barbed Wire No Ropes Lightube Death Match: [[Jimmy Lloyd (wrestler)|Jimmy Lloyd]] def. [[Rickey Shane Page]]
==Tournament of Death 18==
Line 965 ⟶ 993:
===Finals===
#4-Way Death Match: Big F'n Joe def. Bobby Beverly, SHLAK, and [[Mickie Knuckles]]
==Tournament of Death 21==
The 21st annual Tournament of Death took place September 21, 2024 in Townsend, Delaware, USA. There were no non-tournament matches.
{|
|valign=top|
*[[Madman Pondo]]
*Joel Bateman
*Big F'n Joe
*Tarzan Duran
|valign=top|
*Danny Darko
*Judge Joe Dred
*[[Mickie Knuckles]]
*JJ Allin
|}
===First round===
#Death Match: Madman Pondo def. Tarzan Duran
#Raining Blood Death Match: Judge Joe Dred def. Joel Bateman
#Death By Skinny Tubes Match: Big F'n Joe def. Danny Darko
#Road Rage Death Match: Mickie Knuckles def. JJ Allin
===Semifinals===
#Death Match: Judge Joe Dred def. Madman Pondo
#Death Match: Mickie Knuckles def. Big F'n Joe
===Finals===
#Death Match: Mickie Knuckles def. Judge Joe Dred
==See also==
| |||