heres 2 matchs previews for COD 7 ( warning this is a very long read but worth it )
preview 1: zanding and the h8 club( pain & gage) v.s joker and tcb( necro & klein)
Shortly before CZW star Joker left to serve overseas, he had one request. To test himself against Zandig, man-to-man. He was given that opportunity, and left a confident man, fully aware of his abilities. The fans, upon viewing the bout at the CZW Arena, applauded the efforts of both men, and cheered for Joker's safe return.
Little did Joker know that, like it or not, he'd find himself apart of a heartless and selfish plan, and find himself at CZW's Cage of Death 7.
It all began one year ago, at CZW Cage of Death 6. Justice Pain & Nick Gage fooled the company, the fans, and their respective tag team partners - The Wifebeater and Nate Hatred. By injuring their foes, Pain & Gage were finally able to unite together in Combat Zone Wrestling, brother & brother by each other's side. Wifebeater & Hatred were brutally injured and thought to never be seen again. And more importantly to the new H8 Club, now flanked by the devious "Dew", Dewey Donovan, there wasn't a team in the world that could stop them.
At Gen Z, the team debuted, running over El Generico & Beef Wellington. They begged for competition. CZW Officials listened, and at Only the Strong, the Hate Club faced off against "Spyder" Nate Webb & the late Chri$ Ca$h, defeating the World Tag Team Champions to win the titles. Still, the H8 Club begged for competition. Pain even called out CZW Legend "Sick" Nick Mondo. They wanted ANYONE, besides the "comedy show" in the locker room to face them.
In came a sadistic Hardcore team in the form of Madman Pondo & 2 Tuff Tony. And again, another team fell. But at least they could walk. Others would not be so lucky, including Jon Dahmer & Adam Flash. The champions threatened that the injuries would continue until a team worthy of being in the ring with them came to CZW.
With Dahmer injured, his usual partner, DJ Hyde, brought in the "Insanity". On CZW XPosed, "Mr. Insanity" Toby Klein was enraged at the H8 Club's attempt to set the equally insane Necro Butcher on fire earlier in the year. While his team with Hyde was unable to defeat the champions, the fans began to eagerly anticipate the potential matchup between Necro/Klein and The H8 Club. At CZW's "Violent By Design", no one could have expected the bloodbath that ensued. Neco & Klein took the champions to the limit. Bodies were rammed head-first into steel gates. Justice Pain was launched off the balcony in the CZW Arena onto the floor. Necro overwhelmed "The Future of Hardcore" in a memorable barroom, seated fist fight. Necro called for a "rain of chairs", prompting the fans to bury Gage in a sea of metallic, brown weapons. Hell, the Butcher continued to execute top-rope maneuevers INTO the chairs! But still, the H8 Club persevered. Pain was able to secure a victory, and the champions were barely able to escape with the titles. But I think the "Tough Crazy Bastards", as they'd be named, got the champions attention.
A month later, at High Stakes 3, an insane "Fans Bring the Weapons" match would see the "Tough Crazy Bastards", with an assist from the returning Nate Hatred, finally unseat Pain & Gage as the NEW CZW World Tag Team Champions! Pain's victory the month before came with a price, as the "Ultraviolent All-Star" was pummeled into a piece of guardrail wedged horizontally between the ring and the fans. Hatred, returning to CZW to the fans surprise, launched Pain clear over the top rope and into a table at ringside! "Tough Crazy Bastards" celebrated, as CZW's traditional "Tournament of Death" lingered closer at the end of the month.
At TOD, three finalists emerged, in the form of The Necro Butcher, "The Future of Hardcore" Nick Gage, and the "Boss" himself, Zandig. However, Zandig's road there was difficult, as he faced The Blackout in the first round in a handicap match. With Ruckus coming to the ring to asisst Eddie Kingston & Robby Mireno, 3-on-1 odds were seemingly too great to overcome. Zandig revealed his trump card, the returning JOKER! In one of CZW's best matches of the year, Zandig advanced after Joker & he were able to defeat Blackout. Just as Zandig had been there at Joker's request, to wrestle a deathmatch before Joker's service in Iraq began, Joker backed his ally up, helping him even the odds.
The finals saw The Necro Butcher emerge as TOD Champion, but not before Nick Gage was engulfed in flames, a sight the CZW fans will never forget. Following the bout, Zandig seemed to respect the Necro Butcher. So much, that he promised to team with the TOD Champion in August to battle The H8 Club in a Barbed Wire Ropes match.
Come August, at Deja Vu, Justice Pain announced that Gage's burns left him unable to compete. Pain would then be attacked by Nate Hatred, including a "receipt" for Hatred's broken neck where Pain was piledrove off the ring apron through a table! With the H8 Club out of comission, The Necro Butcher was challenged to a match by J.C. Bailey, as Zandig looked on. It's on! Odd...no H8 Club in the barbed wire, and now no Zandig. It seemed Zandig wouldn't be getting the Butcher's back, after all. And J.C. Bailey, who later seemed to serve Zandig's needs as an "ultraviolent guinea pig", would be torn to shreds inside the ring with the Butcher. Bailey's substitution came with a reward, as he won the Ultraviolent Underground title following interference from...Nick Gage?!? Gage was joined by Justice Pain in pummeling Necro, until ZANDIG himself made the save! Zandig stayed true to his word, coming to Necro's aid. Or did he? Was Zandig out there to necessarily save Necro, or to quench his thirst for the ultraviolent style that he founded, and get into a bloody, barbed-wire-styled brawl with Gage & Pain, who also started in the company with him. In the end, The H8 Club stood victorious, as Zandig and Necro were left a bloody mess.
A match was signed for a "Big Mother F'N Deal", where fans would bring the weapons in a hostile battle between Nate Hatred & Zandig against The H8 Club. But Zandig was suddenly unable to compete alongside Hatred. The H8 Club took on Hatred & a substitute partner, former CZW Champion The Messiah, who as fans know is one of Zandig's most hated of CZW foes from the past. The H8 Club were victorious, and their reign of terror was now back on track. Odd, wasn't it? That Zandig would set up such a main event, even hinting as past associatings with Hatred with the show title, and then just...not wrestle the H8 Club. Even more convenient, was that one of Zandig's greatest foes, The Messiah, was left to be punished and beaten down in the main event.
A confusing situation became even worse for "Tough Crazy Bastards", as they lost the CZW World Tag Team Championship in an unlikely bout against Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli. Things were definately rolling in the H8 Club's favor.
How would Zandig stick it to The H8 Club? Surely, the next month they'd be put into compromising situations to even the score, right? Well, Nick Gage received a CZW World Title match. He gave Ruckus a brutal beating, and came very close to defeating the champion. Justice Pain was put into a "Tables & Thumbtacks" match with Hatred & Toby Klein. Pain used his ringsmarts to allow Klein & Hatred to fight each other, and when the oppurtunity was there, he once again took out Hatred with a "Pain Thriller" into the tacks for the win.
With Hatred out, it became a two-on-two battle, one more time. Tough Crazy Bastards. The H8 Club. The rubber match. Finally, at "Night of Infamy", the two teams would decide who was the sickest and most devastating team in the company. Or would they? After Pain jumped on the microphone a month before following the "T & T" match, and voiced his claim to be after the CZW World Title, it seemed a bit odd that he'd see his body torn to shreds inside a mysterious "Shattered Dreams" match.
When the match came to, Pain, with taped fists covered in glass, assaulted a ringside fan. Security surrounded the former CZW Champion, and CZW Comissioner/Promoter Maven T. Bently immediately kicked Pain out of the building and indefinately suspended him. Gage was left partnerless. Who would help him? Why...who else but the man Zandig seemingly USED as his own pin cushion, J.C. Bailey? Bailey came to the ring and eventually got himself taped up for the match. And what a bout it was. An uneasy feeling surrounded the arena, with fans confused and afraid of what might happen next. Finally, Tough Crazy Bastards, in a bout that saw four pains of glass shattered, a ring surrounded by glass, and the mat covered in it...stood victorious. It was a great moment. So great, that Zandig himself finally returned to the CZW Arena, with beers in hand, to celebrate with the winners. And then clothesline both of them.
Zandig launched a beer at one of the CZW fans, showing that his respect and gratitude for them how now turned into a bitter hatred. Gage & Bailey entered the ring, aiding the "Boss" in both a physical and verbal tirade on Tough Crazy Bastards. Zandig had snapped, as he was disgusted by the fans approval of two wrestlers who were "in and out" of the company. The boss cared not for personal approval, disputes, or match results. All he cared about was bringing back the ultraviolent style that made CZW what it is today. He ran down the locker room. He berated the fans for being ungrateful. And then he found J.C. Bailey's usefulness up, throwing him out of the ring, as well. With no allies left, Zandig had seemingly done the unthinkable, alligning out of respect with the three men who had been there with him since the beginning - manager "Discount" Dewey Donovan, "The Future of Hardcore" Nick Gage, and...
Justice Pain? Pain entered the ring, celebrating with the group. But hadn't he just been suspended? Zandig addressed this, thanking his own personal "plant" who gave the "Ultraviolent All-Star" a break. After all, Zandig questioned, "Do you think I'd really let him come out here and tear his body up in THIS?" The fans stood in disbelief. In Zandig's attempt to "bring back Ultraviolence", he seemingly turned on CZW's most popular duo - Tough Crazy Bastards, and publicly **** on the fans who loved him.
One man had enough. Joker returned to CZW, and was able to rid the ring of Zandig's new superpower team. He promised to gain revenge on Zandig at Cage of Death 7, as Joker & Tough Crazy Bastards would battle Zandig & The H8 Club in the cage. How dare Zandig betray the trust of all the fans, of the TOD Champion. It's as if Zandig was saying that unless he, Pain, & Gage were involved, the Ultraviolent Style just wasn't there. Joker had gained tremendous fan support. His courage overseas was seen as an inspiration, both by the CZW fans and the locker room. When Zandig needed HIM, he was there for the boss. Now that Zandig was in a position to be back on top, the owner spit on every fan, every locker room star, and anyone except the H8 Club, in a selfish act to inflate their own egos. Zandig's thirst for blood and ultraviolence obviously means more to him than personal friendships and respect. At Cage of Death, we'll see just how much it means to him, when he has to answer for his actions.
This story all began with Joker battling Zandig for respect.
It continued with the two craziest tag teams in CZW, Tough Crazy Bastards and The H8 Club, tearing the house down and bringing the ultraviolence back.
The story took a twist with no clear winner between TCB and The H8 Club, and a selfish decision made by Zandig to spit on Joker, the fans, and CZW.
At Cage of Death 7...the story, and perhaps the career of one of CZW's best...will END.
Oh, and one more thing. Just WHAT is the blueprint for this year's cage?
Previous cages have seen CZW on the cover of the Philadelphia Daily News, explosions, chainsaws, career-changing matches, World and Tag Team Titles Changes, a battle for company-control, One Million Thumbtacks, turning on partners, high-flying spectacles of "can you top THIS?", the end of a career, and more shocking developments that one could list.
With The Necro Butcher, Joker, "Mr. Insanity" Toby Klein, Zandig, Justice Pain, and Nick Gage all inside the Cage of Death...you'd be a "crazy bastard" yourself to expect anything less than your wildest imagination could dream.
preview 2 :tag title matchthe blk out( kingston and sabian) v.s T.K.O.P.W(c) ( hero and castagnoli)
After gaining the respect of CZW Owner John Zandig at Tournament of Death 4, Eddie Kingston thought the next 6 months would see success, championships, and notoriety.
Instead, he has had his life made a living hell by the one man capable of ruining his year: Chris Hero.
The war between The Blackout and the CZW World Tag Team Champions has been raging in CZW since the summer...but for Eddie Kingston, it must feel like a lifetime. After all, it was Hero who was responsible for Eddie's childhood friend Blackjack Marciano being ran out of the company. The dream of two young friends to be the best team in the business was ruined by the coniving Hero, who now wants Kingston out of wrestling, as well.
The arrogant and hated championship duo of Claudio Castagnoli & Chris Hero and their now popular foes - The Blackout, all kickstarted at a special Chikara event held at the CZW Arena in August 2005. Eddie Kingston fought Chris Hero in the main event, in a match the fans were absolutely ecstatic for. The two traded blows and near-falls in a classic bout, until Hero deemed it necessary to use illegal tactics to taint an otherwise stellar bout, stealing a win in the process. Hours later, at CZW's portion of the double-header, Kingston demanded Hero come out and face him, but was denied, or ignored, by both Hero & Castagnoli. Kingston & Sabian took their frustrations out on Jon Dahmer & DJ Hyde, securing a hard-fought victory.
It seemed that Hero & Castagnoli saw The Blackout as a joke, as evident in their mockery of the "stable, not a label"'s choice of clothing, when the duo dressed up to imitate the group back in June before Hero's first encounter with Kingston. Instead of answering the challengers of the furious Blackout, Castagnoli & Hero focused their goals on the CZW World Tag Team Titles.
It didn't get any easier for Kingston. He was noticeably becoming more paranoid of Hero's involvement in his personal life. A questionable call by referee Bryce Remsberg at a Chikara event led to Kingston stalking down the official in the parking lot and almost ripping his head off. Is Remsberg in cahoots with Hero? He claimed he wasn't...but any associate of Hero isn't exactly going to be truthful.
With Kingston's mind not as ease, the duo next went after King's associates. Sabian, on an edition of CZW XPosed, was brutally attacked in the parking lot by Hero & Castagnoli, who injured his knee and caused him to miss a month of action. Not even Robby Mireno was safe, as Super Dragon, apparently brought in as a hired charge, delivered two Curb Stomps to the outspoken manager and left him with a serious neck injury that may leave Mireno never the same.
And still...Kingston pleaded...and pleaded. On CZW Commentary. On CZW XPosed. But Hero refused a match. After all, his tag team was busy in the tag ranks, upsetting the CZW World Tag Team Champions Necro Butcher & Toby Klein to win the tag team titles. Take a look at that match. Bryce Remsberg not only threatened to disqualify The Necro Butcher, but missed the assist that Hero & Castagnoli used to steal the titles. A Disqualification!?!? With The Necro Butcher?!?
Still, Kingston persevered. Sabian, himself, distraught after losing the CZW Jr. Heavyweight title without being involved in the match's decision, finally returned to action. He was a part of a huge 6-way elimination match for the title he believed was always his. Sabian tied the current champion, Derek Frazier, into a pretzel, and delivered an awesome double-stomp to his back off the top rope! The fans went wild and Sabian was on a roll! And what happened next? Hero. Castagnoli. The champions ran to the ring, distracting Sabian and allowing Heretic to enter the bout and roll-up Sabian from behind. Sabian's claim as the top Jr. Heavyweight had ended...all because of a personal vendetta against The Blackout.
Kingston's journey led him to unfamiliar grounds - going to church. There he was given the card of St. Jude, the patron saint of hopelessness. On this XPosed, Kingston pleaded, on his knees, no less, for a fight with Hero. Hero responded, flanked by Castagnoli and a new hired gun - the explosive Gran Akuma. Hero knew the bad blood between Akuma and Kingston. Akuma had knocked Kingston out of action by dropping him on his head with a second-rope Yoshi Tonic. Who better to send after The King of Diamonds? The two did battle at CZW Point of No Return, with Kingston winning and looking forward to a bout with Hero yet again.
And on commentary, Kingston PROMISED...he GUARANTEED...a bout against Hero in November.
And he got it.
A "Last Man Standing Match" that saw the two men use hard strikes and submission wrestling to wear each other down. Neither could keep the other down for the 10-count, however. With the fans behind Kingston, Hero once again took the low road, shocking the crowd by blatantly kicking Kingston in the groin 3 times to gain the victory. To say Kingston was furious after the bout would be a huge understatement. If you were in the arena, you saw how much emotion can overtake a man.
Cage of Death 7, Eddie Kingston can permanently shut Hero's mouth. Sabian's at 100%, and coming off an impressive win over Heretic. The Blackout are on a roll, with Claudio himself losing to CZW World Champion Ruckus at Night of Infamy. There will be no "dressing up like the Blackout" for the champs. There will be no XPosed hype segments. No hired guns. No hitmen. No excuses. If Kingston wants to come a step closer to regaining his sanity, he must stand tall, bring back the fire within his team, and take what Hero values most - his championship.
Hero & Castagnoli. Kingston & Sabian. The CZW World Tag Team Championship.
Cage of Death 7. The score will finally be settled
credit to czw.com
i will do my own previews in a few days
COUNTDOWN: 9 DAYS
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