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

Year Ring 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
(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

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.[permanent dead link]
  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

Sources

External links

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