1The finals between Thumbtack Jack and Nick Gage was ruled a no-contest due to Gage suffering an injury that required emergency surgery. Zandig won an Ultraviolent Battle Royal. After the match, Zandig awarded the win to Thumbtack Jack.
Zandig's Ultraviolent Tournament of Death
August 31, 2002 saw the first annual CZW Tournament of Death. The event was billed as Zandig's Ultraviolent Tournament of Death due to a storyline of John Zandig losing ownership of CZW to Lobo, thus promoting his own deathmatch tournament. It was held in Dover, Delaware. Non-tournament matches included Green Phantom & Arsenal defeating The Hardcore Ninjaz and a tag scramble match which saw The Backseat Boyz defeat Derek Frasier & Sonjay Dutt, Jon Dahmer & Towel Boy and The New School, as well as a Three Way Dance in which Ruckus defeated Justice Pain and Nick Berk. On winning the tournament, Wifebeater became the CZW Death Match Champion, however, the title was vacated on November 9, 2002, upon his retirement.
Wifebeater def. Nick Mondo - 200 Light Tubes and Barbed Wire Ropes Deathmatch
Note
† - Both men were attacked by Lobo, Rockin Rebel, Z-Barr, Adam Flash, & Danny Rose. Lobo then entered Flash into the tournament and challenged anyone in the locker room. The Messiah returned and defeated Flash with Carlito's Way
Ultraviolent Tournament of Death II
July 26, 2003 saw the second CZW Tournament of Death, again held in Dover, Delaware. Non-tournament matches included Trent Acid pinning Z-Barr, Johnny Kashmere pinning Nick Berk, and a tag match in which B-Boy & Messiah defeated Sonjay Dutt & Ruckus. Although Nick Mondo won the tournament, due to the injuries he sustained he had to vacate his CZW Iron Man Championship afterwards. This event would also be the last he wrestled in.
Nick Mondo def. JC Bailey - Light Tubes & Ladders Match
Necro Butcher def. Corporal Robinson - 4 Corners of Pain Match
Ian Rotten def. Nick Gage - Barbed Wire Boards & Light Tube Table Match
Semi finals
Ian Rotten def. Necro Butcher - Fans Bring The Weapons Match
Nick Mondo def. Zandig - 2/3 Light Tube Log Cabins Match
Final
"Sick" Nick Mondo def. Ian Rotten - Barbed Wire Ropes, 200 Light Tubes Match
Ultraviolent Tournament of Death III: Banned... My Ass
On July 24, 2004, the third CZW Tournament of Death (subtitled Banned... My Ass) was held in Smyrna, Delaware. This year there were no non-tournament matches held, however, the number of entrants rose from eight to twelve (including representatives of Canada's International Wrestling Syndicate).
Wifebeater def. JC Bailey - Fans Bring the Weapons Match
Necro Butcher def. Nick Gage - Panes of Glass Match
Final
Wifebeater def. Necro Butcher - Barbed Wire Ropes, 200 Light Tubes, Fans Bring The Weapons, Light Tube Cage Part, Barbed Wire Cage Part, and Falls Count Anywhere Double Hell Death Match (Tons of all weapons, barbed wire ropes, cage parts covered in light tubes, cage parts covered in barbed wire, and lots more)
‡ SeXXXy Eddy was taken to hospital following the match after suffering a wound to the arm, and so could not compete in the final
Tournament of Death IV: Explicit Content
On July 30, 2005, the fourth CZW Tournament of Death took place in New Castle, Delaware. This year's show included a non-tournament Ultraviolent Student Battle Royal, won by WHACKS. As well as featuring Gypsy Joe as special guest referee for the tournament final. After the final, as Necro Butcher had won the finals, he was awarded the CZW Ultraviolent Underground Championship.
Competitors in the Ultraviolent Student Battle Royal
↑ Robbie Mireno and Eddie Kingston entered as one, losing to Zandig in a first round handicap match Joker came out and help Zandig
Round one
JC Bailey def. SeXXXy Eddy - Barbed Wire Madness Match
Toby Klein def. Mad Man Pondo - Light Tube Ropes & Light Tube Corners Match
Brain Damage def. Beef Wellighton - 2/3 Ultraviolent Tables Match
Necro Butcher def. Ian Rotten - Home Run Derby Deathmatch
Nick Gage def. Nate Webb - Ladders And Light Tubes Match
Zandig def. Robbie Mireno and Eddie Kingston - Fans Bring The Weapons Match*
Semi finals
Necro Butcher def. Brain Damage - Fans Bring The Weapons Match
Zandig def. Toby Klein - 2 Out of 3 Light Tube Log Cabins Match
Nick Gage def. JC Bailey - Panes Of Glass Match
Final
Necro Butcher def. Zandig and Nick Gage - Ultraviolent Boxes, Barbed Wire Canvas, Light Tubes, Squared Circle Of Fear, & Whatever The Fuck Is Left Elimination Death Match
Tournament of Death V
The fifth CZW Tournament of Death was held in Smyrna, Delaware on July 29, 2006. The format changed slightly for this show, with the first round matches being three-way elimination matches, the second round matches being 4-way double elimination matches, and the final being a single elimination 4-way match. Non-tournament matches included The Blackout (Ruckus & Robbie Mireno) defeating Drew Gulak & Jimmy Dream, and Kylie defeating former ECW star Chad Austin.
Brandon Prophet and Nick Gage elim. Andy Sumner - Barbed Wire Ropes & Light Tubes Match
JC Bailey and Drake Younger elim. Lobo - Light Tubes & Barbed Wire Spider Webs Match
Brain Damage and Necro Butcher elim. Toby Klein - Barbed Wire Ropes, Fans Bring The Weapons Match
Danny Havoc and D. J. Hyde elim. John Zandig - Barbed Wire Ropes, Barbed Wire Boards & Panes Of Glass Match
Semi finals
Nick Gage and Brain Damage elim. Brandon Prophet and Necro Butcher - Fans Bring The Weapons Match
Drake Younger and JC Bailey elim. D. J. Hyde and Danny Havoc - Light Tubes, Ladders & Lemons Match
Final
Nick Gage def. Brain Damage, Drake Younger and JC Bailey - Light Tubes, Panes of Glass & Fans Bring The Weapons Match
Tournament of Death VI
Tournament of Death VI returned to Smyrna, Delaware on June 9, 2007. This was a 12-man tournament, with non-tournament matches including Team AnDrew (Andy Sumner & Drew Gulak) defeating the then CZW World Tag Team Champions The Blackout (Ruckus & Sabian) in a non-title match.
Competitors
Danny Havoc
Scotty Vortekz
Insane Lane
Freakshow
D. J. Hyde
Mad Man Pondo
Brain Damage
Toby Klein
Drake Younger
Diehard Dustin Lee
Necro Butcher
Zandig
Round one
Danny Havoc def. Scotty Vortekz - Light Tubes, Ladders, & Light Tube Log Cabin Match
Insane Lane def. Freakshow - Home Run Derby Match
D. J. Hyde (with Maven Bentley) def. Mad Man Pondo - Shattered Dreams Match
Brain Damage (with Maven Bentley) def. Toby Klein (with Billy Graham) - Barbed Wire Boards, Fans Bring the Weapons Match
Drake Younger def. Diehard Dustin Lee - Light Tubes & Light Tube Table Match
Necro Butcher def. John Zandig† - No Rope Barbed Wire, Barbed Wire Boards, Panes of Glass & Barbed Wire Spider Web Match
† Necro Butcher was originally scheduled to face Mitch Ryder but he could not make it due to travel issues
Semi finals
Drake Younger def. Danny Havoc and D. J. Hyde - 3-Way Weedwhackers Elimination Match
Brain Damage def. Insane Lane and Necro Butcher - Fans Bring the Weapons Match
Brain Damage def. Hellaware Assassin in a Weapons Match
Scotty Vortekz def. Danny Demanto in a 4 Corners of Pain Match
Danny Havoc def. Diehard Dustin Lee in a Barbed Wire Tables, Lightubes, and Staple Gun Match
JC Bailey def. Drake Younger in a Pane of Glass and Lightubes Match
Final round
Brain Damage def. Scotty Vortez, Danny Havoc, and JC Bailey in an Ultraviolent Underground Title Match 4 Way Elimination - Fans Brings The Weapons, Thumbtacks Fire and Ultraviolent Staple Gun Death Match
Tournament of Death VII
Tournament of Death VII took place for the third year in a row in Smyrna, Delaware, on May 17, 2008, and marked the first time a female competitor had entered the tournament. It included a non-tournament match between The Blackout (Ruckus & Sabian) and Joe Gacy & Alex Colon. Attendance was reported as 527.
Scotty Vortekz and Drake Younger def. D. J. Hyde and WHACKS - Fish Hook Death Match
Nick Gage and Danny Havoc def. Greg Excellent and Pinkie Sanchez - Fans Bring The Weapons Match
Final
Danny Havoc def. Nick Gage, Scotty Vortekz and Drake Younger - No Rope Barbed Wire, Barbed Wire Board, Barbed Wire Table, Panes of Glass, 200 Light Tubes Match
Tournament of Death VIII
Tournament of Death VIII took place on June 6, 2009, at the Ultraviolent Underground in Townsend, Delaware. Attendance was around 800.
Nick Gage def. Deranged - Fire Death Match (No Ropes Flaming Barbed Wire)
Jon Moxley def. Brain Damage - Dining Room Deathmatch (Tables, Chairs, Silverware, and more)
WHACKS def. Toby Klein - Barbed Wire Boards & Light Tube Bundles Match
Danny Havoc def. Dysfunction - Panes of Glass Death Match (Barbed Wire Glass, Light Tube Glass & Panes of Glass)
Scotty Vortekz def. xOMGx and Drake Younger - Thumbtack Kickpads Match
Thumbtack Jack def. D. J. Hyde - Jack In The Box Death Match (Panes of Glass, Cinder Blocks, Light Tubes, Syringes, & more)
Semi-final round
Nick Gage def. Jon Moxley and Scotty Vortekz - Fans Bring The Weapons Match
Thumbtack Jack def. WHACKS and Danny Havoc - Fans Bring The Weapons Match
Final round
Thumbtack Jack vs. Nick Gage went to a no contest. Gage was seriously cut under his armpit after being thrown through lighttubes which were propped between the ropes and had to be air lifted out for emergency surgery - "200 Light Tubes, Panes of Glass, and All the Other Shit in the Back We Could Find" deathmatch
Zandig def. Thumbtack Jack, Jon Moxley, Sami Callihan, D. J. Hyde, Brain Damage, Dysfunction, xOMGx, Drake Younger, and Scotty Vortekz - Ultraviolent Battle Royal. After the match, Zandig awarded the win to Thumbtack Jack.
TOD Championship Defense @ BOTB 2009
D. J. Hyde def. Thumbtack Jack, Jon Moxley, and Danny Havoc
Tournament of Death: Rewind
Tournament of Death: Rewind took place on October 25, 2009, after being postponed due to weather issues from the day before, at the Ultraviolent Underground in Townsend, Delaware. The Ultraviolent Underground title was on the line throughout the tournament. Attendance was about 150.
Sami Callihan def. Danny Havoc in a Caribbean Pits of Death Deathmatch (Caribbean Spider Web Style: Carpet Strips/Broken Glass, Barbed Wire/Broken Glass & Barbed Wire Light Tube Platform) to become the new Ultraviolent Underground champion
Thumbtack Jack def. "Streetdog" Jon Moxley in a Four Corners of Fun Dog Collar Death Match (Lego Bricks, Staple Gun, Mouse Trap Board & Cinder Blocks)
Masada def. Brain Damage in a New Age Texas Death Match
Nick Gage def. Zandig in a Panes of Glass Match
Second round
Thumbtack Jack def. Sami Callihan in a Transylvania Death Match (Light Tube Casket) to become the new Ultraviolent Underground champion
Masada def. Nick Gage in a Home Run Derby Death Match
Finals
Thumbtack Jack def. Masada In A House Of Pain Deathmatch (Barbed Wire Ropes, Light Tube Ropes, Cinder Blocks, Barbed Wire Platform & Home Run Derby Weapons)
Tournament of Death IX
Scotty Vortekz after winning the Tournament of Death 9
Tournament of Death 9 was held on June 26, 2010, at the Ultraviolent Underground in Townsend, Delaware. Non Tournament matches were Brain Damage defeated Drake Younger in a "sit and hit" Tai Pei deathmatch and Sami Callihan and Joe Gacy defeated Greg Excellent and D. J. Hyde in an Ultraviolent Tag Team Fans Bring the Weapons Falls Count Anywhere Deathmatch. Attendance was around 1,000.
JC Bailey def. Danny Havoc in a Havoc's Happyland Death Match (Light Tube Bundles & Structures)†
Abdullah Kobayashi def. Nick Gage in a Weapons of Mass Destruction Death Match (Kenzans and more)‡
Scotty Vortekz def. Dysfunction in a Thumbtack Kickpads and Panes of Glass Death Match
Masada def. Devon Moore in a Fans Bring the Weapons Death Match
Round two
JC Bailey def. Abdullah Kobayashi in a 3 out of 5 Barbed wire board and Light Tube Log Cabin Death Match
Scotty Vortekz def. Masada in a Boards of Death Deathmatch (Barbed Wire Boards Death Match with Light Tubes, Ladders, and many more)
Finals
Scotty Vortekz def. JC Bailey Tables, Ladders, Light Tubes, and Anything Else Still Left in the Back Death Match
Promotional Poster of TOD vs. GoreFest
Tournament of Death vs. Gorefest
Tournament of Death vs. Gorefest was held on November 7, 2010, in Oberhausen, Germany. Non Tournament matches were Jon Moxley defeated Devon Moore in a match for the CZW World Heavyweight Title, Big van Walter defeated 2-Face in a match for the wXw World Heavyweight Title, Adam Cole, Drew Gulak, Karsten Beck & Blk Jeez defeat Zack Sabre Jr., Greg Excellent, Bernd Föhr & Rich Swann in an 8-man tag inter-promotional showcase, and Sami Callihan defeated Carnage. Attendance was around 356.
Jon Ryan defeats Danny Havoc in a Thumbtack Stuff Death match
Drake Younger defeats D. J. Hyde in a Cinderblocks & Barbed Wire board Death match
Masada defeats Jimmy Havoc in a Ultraviolent Tables Death match
Nick Gage† defeats Adam Polak in a Polish Punishment Death Match
Round two
Masada defeated Drake Younger in a 2/3 log Cabins Death match
Nick Gage‡ defeated Jon Ryan in an Unlucky 13 Death match
Round three
Nick Gage± defeated Masada in a No Ropes Barbed Wire Death match
†Nick Gage received the Ultraviolent Underground Title after defeating Adam Polak
‡Nick Gage successfully defended the Ultraviolent Underground title against Jon Ryan
±Nick Gage successfully defended the Ultraviolent Underground title against Masada
Tournament of Death X
Tournament of Death X took place on June 25, 2011, at the Ultraviolent Underground in Townsend, Delaware. Non tournament action saw Devon Moore and Little Mondo lose to Philly's Most Wanted, and D. J. Hyde vs. Greg Excellent vs. Sami Callihan became Sami Callihan def. Greg Excellent the loser became DJ's slave.
Drunken Scaffold Match: Danny Havoc def. Devon Moore and Lucky tHURTeen
Ultraviolent Ladders and Light Tubes Match: Drake Younger def. Rory Mondo
Panes of Glass Match: MASADA def. Scott Summers
Light Tube Bundles and Ultraviolent Bats Match: Abdullah Kobayashi def. Matt Tremont
Non-tournament matches
Fans Bring the Weapons Match: 'Chainsaw' Joe Gacy def. Ryan Slater
Second round
Caribbean Spiderwebs of Death & Light Tubes Match: Drake Younger def. Danny Havoc
Big Japan Death Match (Nail Board, Kenzans and more): MASADA def. Abdullah Kobayashi
Finals
Non-Sanctioned Ultraviolent Double Hell Death Match (No Ropes Barbed Wire, Barbed Wire Nets, Light Tubes ): MASADA def. Drake Younger
Tournament of Death: Europe
This tournament was held November 4, 2012 in Germany in front of an audience of 357. In non-tournament action Jay Skillet def. Karsten Beck taking Match 5 of the Jay Skillet Trial Series, OI4K def. Gridiron, Are$ def. Robert Dreissker, and Jonathan Gresham def. Alex Colon qualifying for the 2013 wXw 16 Carat Gold Tournament.
Light Tube Hell Death Match: Drake Younger def. Jimmy Havoc
Ruhrpott Death Match: Matt Tremont def. Mike Schwarz
Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match: D. J. Hyde def. Toby Blunt
Fans Bring the Weapons Match: Masada def. Greg Excellent
Finals
No Ropes Barbed Wire, 200 Light Tubes Elimination Death Match: Masada def. D. J. Hyde, Drake Younger and Matt Tremont.
Tournament of Death 12
Happened June 8, 2013 in Townsend, DE @ the Ultraviolent Underground. In Non- Tournament action Drake Younger defeated Devon Moore in a Scaffold Match, Drew Gulak vs. Chris Dickinson went to a no contest as both men attacked Masada, and Sami Callihan vs. Greg Excellent ended with D. J. Hyde getting a watermelon smashed over his head and was Callihan's last match in CZW.[1]
Fans Bring the Dildos Death Match (Dildo Ladder): Lucky 13 def. Jaki Numazawa
Barbed Wire Madness Death Match: MASADA def. Aero Boy
Ultraviolent Pits of Hell Death Match: Danny Havoc def. Masashi Takeda
Light Tube Bundles Death Match: Jun Kasai def. Matt Tremont
Round 2
Panes of Glass Death Match: MASADA def. Lucky 13
Light Tubes, Gusset Plates and Razorboard Death Match: Jun Kasai def. Danny Havoc
Finals
No Ropes Barbed Wire, Light Tube Bundles & Scaffold Death Match: Jun Kasai def. MASADA
Tournament of Death 14
The 14th annual Tournament of Death took place on June 13, 2015, at the Ultraviolent Underground. Non tournament matches had Dave Crist def. Devon Moore in an Scaffold Match and Lucky tHURTeen def. Eric Ryan in a LOL (Ladders, Orange Sacks and Legos) Match.
Carsenogenic Carnage: Matt Tremont def. Danny Havoc
Panes of Glass: Conor Claxton def. Jake Crist
Finals
No Ropes Barbed Wire, Barbed Wire Death Webs & Panes of Glass Match: Matt Tremont def. Conor Claxton
Tournament of Death XV
The 15th annual Tournament of Death took place on June 11, 2016, at the Ultraviolent Underground. Eat The Turnbuckle, the band of Dojo War's wrestler SHLAK, played songs during Intermission of the event.
This Tournament of Death was featured in the Vice documentary "Bloodlust: Tournament of Death".
Sharp Shit Death Match: Matt Tremont defeats Alex Colon
Finals
Ring of Fire and Wire Deathmatch: Rickey Shane Page defeats Matt Tremont
Tournament of Death 16
The 16th annual Tournament of Death took place June 10, 2017. This tournament marked the debut Tournament of Death for John Wayne Murdoch, Shlak, G-Raver and Clint Margera. This is also the first mainstream Tournament of Death Jimmy Havoc competed in, having wrestled in ToD Europe as a member of Westside Xtreme Wrestling.[2]
