CZWamania 2002

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Added by December 5, 2012

Some of the most fun I’ve had video editing, due to the happy memories associated with this time. Watching Venture Bros. Season 4 helped too.

Thanks to…
Smart Mark Video for existing and interviewing Justice Pain
RFVideo for trying to invest in CZW during this time only to get rejected by Zandig so they set up ROH instead

Music…
Main Table by Toshiharu Yamanishi, Takeshi Yoshida, Naosuke Arai (Dragon’s Fury)
What you will see (Heavenly Garden) by sanodg (DETUNE Ltd.) (TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2)
Node Wrestling by J.G. Thirlwell (The Venture Bros.: The Music of JG Thirlwell)
ENDLESS STRUGGLE (ENDLESS STAGE) by III (Mega Man 10)
Planet Wisp: Act 1 by Kenichi Tokoi (Blue Blur: Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack)
1st Stage Boss by NON (Gunstar Heroes)
Menu Music by Darren Mitchell (NFL Quarterback Club ’96)
Pokémon Tower by Junichi Masuda (Pokémon Red)
Roaming Around South Park by Darren Mitchell (South Park 64)

CZW Follies 2002!

January 12, 2002 – Answering the Challenge
Bruno Sammartino was advertised to appear as a special guest at ringside and periodic in ring updates were made, unfortunately the final update announced that he had gotten lost on his way to the arena. To this day Bruno never managed to find his way to the arena.

March 9, 2002 – Out With The Old, In With The New
Fat Ruckus faced Jay Briscoe in a dragged out two-out-of-three falls match which would have been okay if it was ten minutes long (with entrances). The Midnight Outlawz then ran in after the second fall resulting a no-contest, prompting no “bullshit” or “boring” chants. *Intermission* Dennis Shock: “Fans, would you like to see the third fall of Ruckus and Jay Briscoe?” Fans: “NO!” Shock: “Do you wanna see them finish it?” Fans: “NOO!” Shock: (Again) Do you wanna see them finish it?! Fans: “NOOO!…” *…ceezeedubayou AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRREEEEEEE YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUU READYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!?!?!?!?!?!!?* Accompanied by the CZW theme Ruckus and Jay return to the ring after intermission, they are then met with loud “we said no!” chants. In total the match was around thirty-seven lackluster minutes (without entrances).

September 14, 2002 – Ultraviolent Freedom of Expression
CM Punk lost a dreadful match that failed to meet all expectations to the CZW Heavyweight Champion, Justice Pain. Unfortunately, this would be the top of the mountain for CM Punk as the rest of his career would pale in comparison to this lone CZW appearance. Today his whereabouts are unknown.

December 13, 2002 – Cage of Death 4
Doors open on time. Just kidding. Doors open at least two hours late due to CZW constructing (and subsequently screwing up) the Cage of Death. The cage’s explosives go off upon Lobo entering through the cage door. Blame would be placed on ginger announcer Dennis Shock, who would go on to deny that he had flipped the switch. Lobo would be thrown off the top of the cage to the mat below, the middle section of the ring was meant to collapse as a CZW staffer was under the ring pulling supports out during the match. Because nobody though to cut the ring apron Lobo did not fall through the ring and instead was left lying in a small indent. Due to many of the weapons not being allowed by the PSAC, CZW filmed the prematch beatdown on Zandig backstage, with intentions of showing it to the crowd on the big screen. A viable option until, as expected, the video was in poor quality to begin with, and then started to skip. After playing for 20 seconds the video stopped entirely. To remedy this, CZW Staff attempted to replay the video which still didnt work. This resulted a bloodied Zandig coming out carrying a manila envelope, and the entire crowd having no idea why he was in such bad shape. Prematch storyline included Z-Barr double crossing Lobo. 45 seconds later Z-Barr double crossed John Zandig. 60 seconds later John Zandig, who suspected Z-Barr would double cross him, revealed that Adam Flash was the one who double crossed Lobo into signing a contract. After the crowd let out the second collective “WTF?” of the night, the match started. Messiah defeats Justice Pain for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship in a great match. Unfortunately it was around 1 a.m. by the time the main event began and most of the crowd could care less.

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