• Enter the Cage

    Jeff Cannonball compared Combat Zone Wrestling’s annual spectacle to professional wrestling’s biggest stage. “Cage of Death is — and I’m sure this is going to be cliché — but Cage of Death is the WrestleMania of CZW,” Cannonball said as we spoke a few hours before the December staple...
  • Acid Reign: The Rise & Fall Of Trent Acid

    Six years ago this month, pro wrestling fans and performers assembled to pay homage to one of the sport’s fallen: Trent Acid. “You know, I’ve wrestled sick. I’ve wrestled a lot of different times where I was sick, and I’ve wrestled injured,” said Johnny Kashmere, Acid’s longtime tag team partner. “But...
  • Mapping The WWE Cruiserweight Classic

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  • Cut Into Pieces, “Sick” Nick Mondo Put Himself Back Together

    “Cut my life into pieces, this is my last resort.” Those are the opening lyrics to Papa Roach’s debut single Last Resort. For the Combat Zone Wrestling fanbase, it’s the anthem of the company’s ultraviolent icon, “Sick” Nick Mondo. But for the man behind the word “SICK” written on...