CZW Hall of Fame

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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.

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Inductees

YearRing name
(Birth name)		CZW Recognized Accolades
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 8.jpg Nick Mondo
(Matthew T. Burns)		Three-times CZW Iron Man Champion, one-time CZW World Tag Team Champion, Tournament of Death II winner
2009Jon Dahmer
(Jonathan Dahmer)		Three-times CZW World Tag Team Champion.
2009 Nick Gage bleeds.jpg 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.jpg 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 DJ Hyde at Smash Wrestling.jpg 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.
2015Robbie Mireno
(Rob Ziccardi)		Two-time CZW World Tag Team Champion, long time manager, former ring announcer.
2016 Drake Younger.jpg 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
2017Kevin HoganPosthumous inductee. Wrestling fan who attended CZW since the 90's. [2]
2018Larry Legend
(Larry Mercer)		Long time Ring Announcer. [3]
2018Toby Klein
(Toby Cline)		One-time CZW Iron Man Champion & One-time CZW World Tag Team Champion [4]
2018Nate 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.jpg 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 at Smash Canusa 2018.jpg LuFisto
(Genevieve Goulet)		First woman to become the CZW Iron Man Champion [8]
2019 B-BoyCZW.jpg 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 RIP Trent Acid (Mike Verdi) -crop.jpg 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 2014A.jpg Necro Butcher
(Dylan Summers)		One-time CZW Tag Team Champion, Winner of Tournament of Death IV. [11]
2020Shawn KernaghanLong-time CZW staffer. [12]
2021DK Meadows
(Daykwon Meadows)		 3-year CZW wrestler [13]
2022 Jimmy Rave.jpg Jimmy Rave
(James Michael Guffey)		 Posthumous inductee. One-time CZW Iron Man Championship, International wrestler, & for his dedications and contributions towards CZW.

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References

  1. ↑ CZW HALL OF FAME Archived 2010-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Combat Zone Wrestling
  2. ↑ "Czw Pays Tribute To Kevin Hogan, Inducts Him Into Promotion'S Hall Of Fame". PWInsider.com. 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  3. ↑ Larry Legend – Combat Zone Wrestling at czwrestling.com
  4. ↑ Toby Klein – Combat Zone Wrestling at czwrestling.com
  5. ↑ Nate Hatred – Combat Zone Wrestling at czwrestling.com
  6. ↑ "CZW Hall Of Fame Class of 2019 welcomes Messiah". Combat Zone Wrestling. 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  7. ↑ "Flash joins B-Boy and Dutt in the 2019 Hall of Fame". Combat Zone Wrestling. 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  8. ↑ "LuFisto inducted to CZW Hall Of Fame". Combat Zone Wrestling. 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  9. ↑ Bryant, Steve (2019-01-09). "B-Boy to be inducted into the CZW Hall of Fame". SoCalUNCENSORED.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  10. ↑ "Welcome to the 2019 CZW Hall of Fame". Twitter. 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
  11. ↑ "Necro Butcher". Combat Zone Wrestling . Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Shawn Kernaghan". Combat Zone Wrestling . Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  13. ↑ DK Meadows, Rising Star on US Indies, Passes Away

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