CZW Hall of Fame
Appearance
The CZW Hall of Fame is an American professional wrestling hall of fame maintained by the Philadelphia-based hardcore-oriented promotion Combat Zone Wrestling. It was established in 2004[1] to honor wrestlers who have wrestled for the promotion.
Inductees
[edit]Year | Ring name (Birth name) |
CZW Recognized Accolades | |
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2004 | Lobo (Joe Eubanks) |
One-time CZW World Heavyweight Champion, one-time CZW World Tag Team Champion, three-time CZW Iron Man Champion, and One-time CZW Interpromotional Hardcore Champion. | |
2004 | Nick Mondo (Matthew T. Burns) |
Three-times CZW Iron Man Champion, one-time CZW World Tag Team Champion, Tournament of Death II winner | |
2009 | Jon Dahmer (Jonathan Dahmer) |
Three-times CZW World Tag Team Champion. | |
2009 | Nick Gage (Nicholas W. Wilson) |
First and four-time CZW World Heavyweight Champion, Two-time Iron Man Champion, Four-time CZW World Tag Team Championship, Two-time CZW Ultraviolent Underground Champion, One-time CZW Death Match Champion, One-time CZW Interpromotional Hardcore Champion, Tournament of Death V winner, one-time BJW Tag Team Champion | |
2009 | Wifebeater (Matthew Prince) |
Three-time CZW World Heavyweight Champion, four-time CZW Iron Man Champion, one-time CZW World Tag Team Championship, Tournament of Death I, One-time CZW Death Match Champion and III winner | |
2014 | D. J. Hyde (David John Markland) |
CZW Owner since 2009. Three-time CZW Iron Man Champion and Tournament of Death VIII winner | |
2015 | Ruckus (Claude Marrow) |
Three-time CZW World Heavyweight Champion, five-time CZW World Tag Team Champion, Two-time CZW World Junior Heavyweight Champion, Best of the Best VI winner. | |
2015 | Robbie Mireno (Rob Ziccardi) |
Two-time CZW World Tag Team Champion, long time manager, former ring announcer. | |
2016 | Drake Younger (Drake Wuertz) |
One-time and Longest CZW World Heavyweight Champion, two-time CZW Ultraviolent Underground Champion, one-time CZW World Junior Heavyweight Champion, one-time CZW World Tag Team Champion, Tournament of Death VI winner, Best of the Best XIII winner | |
2017 | Kevin Hogan | Posthumous inductee. Wrestling fan who attended CZW since the 90's.[2] | |
2018 | Larry Legend (Larry Mercer) |
Long time Ring Announcer.[3] | |
2018 | Toby Klein (Toby Cline) |
One-time CZW Iron Man Champion & One-time CZW World Tag Team Champion[4] | |
2018 | Nate Hatred (Nathan Kehner) |
Posthumous inductee. One-time CZW Iron Man Champion, Three-time CZW World Tag Team Champion, & Two-Time CZW Death Match Champion He had died in a car accident eight days earlier.[5] | |
2019 | Sonjay Dutt (Retesh Bhalla) |
Two-time CZW World Junior Heavyweight Champion. Best of the Best IV winner. | |
2019 | The Messiah (William C. Welch) |
Three-time CZW World Heavyweight Champion, One-time CZW Iron Man Champion[6] | |
2019 | Adam Flash (Douglas Becker) |
Two-time CZW Iron Man Champion[7] | |
2019 | LuFisto (Genevieve Goulet) |
First woman to become the CZW Iron Man Champion[8] | |
2019 | B-Boy (Benito Cuntapay) |
One-time CZW World Heavyweight Champion, One-time CZW Iron Man Champion, Best of the Best III winner, Xtreme Strong Style Tournament 2004 winner[9] | |
2019 | Trent Acid (Michael Verdi) |
Posthumous inductee. One-time CZW Iron Man Champion, Three-time CZW Junior Heavyweight Champion, Four-time CZW Tag Team Champion, Best of the Best II winner.[10] | |
2020 | Necro Butcher (Dylan Summers) |
One-time CZW Tag Team Champion, Winner of Tournament of Death IV.[11] | |
2020 | Shawn Kernaghan | Long-time CZW staffer.[12] | |
2021 | DK Meadows (Daykwon Meadows) |
3-year CZW wrestler[13] | |
2022 | Jimmy Rave (James Michael Guffey) |
Posthumous inductee. One-time CZW Iron Man Championship, International wrestler, & for his dedications and contributions towards CZW. |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ CZW HALL OF FAME Archived 2010-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Combat Zone Wrestling
- ^ "Czw Pays Tribute To Kevin Hogan, Inducts Him Into Promotion'S Hall Of Fame". PWInsider.com. 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ Larry Legend – Combat Zone Wrestling at czwrestling.com
- ^ Toby Klein – Combat Zone Wrestling at czwrestling.com
- ^ Nate Hatred – Combat Zone Wrestling at czwrestling.com
- ^ "CZW Hall Of Fame Class of 2019 welcomes Messiah". Combat Zone Wrestling. 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
- ^ "Flash joins B-Boy and Dutt in the 2019 Hall of Fame". Combat Zone Wrestling. 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-01-24.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "LuFisto inducted to CZW Hall Of Fame". Combat Zone Wrestling. 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
- ^ Bryant, Steve (2019-01-09). "B-Boy to be inducted into the CZW Hall of Fame". SoCalUNCENSORED.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
- ^ "Welcome to the 2019 CZW Hall of Fame". Twitter. 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
- ^ "Necro Butcher". Combat Zone Wrestling. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- ^ "Shawn Kernaghan". Combat Zone Wrestling. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- ^ DK Meadows, Rising Star on US Indies, Passes Away
Sources
[edit]- Inductees – Ring name / CZW debut / Year : CZW Hall of Fame
External links
[edit]- CZW Hall of Fame website