CZW December 8, 2007 “Cage Of Death 9″ - Philadelphia, PA
CZW December 8, 2007 “Cage Of Death 9″ - Philadelphia, PA
1. Nicky Benz, Joe Gacy & Alex Colon vs. Greg Excellent, LJ Cruz & Beef Wellington 1/2*
2. Cheech, Cloudy & Brodie Lee vs. Nate Hatred & Team AnDrew *1/2
3. LuFisto vs. Sabian *
4. Jon Dahmer vs. Danny Demanto vs. Niles Young & Derek Frazier *3/4
5. Lumberjack Strap Match - Maven vs. LOBO 1/2*
6. Ruckus vs. Messiah vs. Nick Gage *3/4
7. Ultraviolent Tables Match - WHACKS vs. Viking vs. SeXXXy Eddy *1/2
8. Fans Bring The Weapons - Chuey Martinez vs. Mitch Ryder *
9. Cage Of Death Team CZW (Necro Butcher, Danny Havoc, Toby Klein & Drake Younger) vs. Team MBA (Brain Damage, Scotty Vortekz, Diehard Dustin Lee & DJ Hyde) **1/2
I have watched about 3-4 CZW events for the past4-5 years now, and progressively over that time the promotion has gone down the drain. All to my chagrin because I am a proud member of the CZW fanclub. I had almost zero hopes for almost every one of these guys in the Cage of Death when I first saw each one of them make their debut. I hated DJ Hyde from day one, but to the promotions credit I grew to really HATE DJ Hyde. Danny havok got destroyed for two years by everyone in CZW , and even with his runs in other indies and his popularity I didn’t buy him as a main eventer. CZW can’t produce the same level of show with the same level of talent they were able to a few years ago.
The opening match was embarasingly equal amounts of bad wrestling and bad comedy. Cheech, Cloudy & Brodie Lee vs. Nate Hatred & Team AnDrew was a decent match with some good, innovative stuff. For the first time I almost enjoyed Team AnDrew. I enjoyed Sabian and LuFisto’s match even though it was pretty bad overall. It still told a cool story and a surprise run-in in the end builds some new storylines for the future. How come Niles and Derek can’t buy a shred of charisma or personality between them? Even their valet needs to be put over by the opponents taunts. Jon Dahmer vs. Danny Demanto vs. Niles Young & Derek Frazier (c) for the tag titles was better then I would have expected. Please keep Lobo and Maven bentley off my tv screen. The Ruckus vs. Messiah vs. Gauge match was dissapointing. Messiah looked very small and skinny and out of shape, Nunzio-sizesque would be one way to describe Messiah that night. Gauge looked pretty pumped and Ruckus is Ruckus. I don’t think he has improved much in the past 4 years that I have watched him, but I hope his ROH run is going well. WHACKS vs. Viking vs. SeXXXy Eddy was better then you would expect but that is because I am a huge SeXXXy Eddy fan. And why is WHACKS the photographer in a match? Viking was awful. Chuey Martinez vs. Mitch Ryder seemed just thrown in there for no apparent reason.
The Cage of Death: Team CZW vs. Team MBAhad an opportunity in some small way to pave the way for some of the new, young, loyal, hard-working guys to get over. But personally I don’t think any of them are going to go anywhere anytime soon. Brain Damage is the biggest with the best look but he’s a terrible wrestler from what I have seen. I only see him do hardcore and brawling style but from what you see he doesn’t have good athletic abilities. Necro and Toby Klein are my favorite guys out of this whole group. And on one of the biggest shows of the year for CZW, when theyare lucky they can still book guys like Necro and Toby Klein, both guys get eliminated early, and poorly. On the bright side there are some cool spots in the match and lots of blood but that’s about it and it ends with a crappy finish as well. Cage of Death 9 and CZW were a big dissapointment. maybe the biggest dissapointment, for me this Christmas season.
