Cage of Death The Cage Of Death is the Combat Zone Wrestling promotion ' s biggest annual professional wrestling show , which happens at the end of the year and always features the eponymous Cage Of Death match . The " Cage Of Death match " has many different variations . The first two were simple pin to win cage matches with weapons littered in the cage ( such as light tubes , glass panes , barbed wire ) . Cage of Death . The first Cage Of Death was held on October 16 , 1999 in Mantua , NJ where Lobo defeated Justice Pain in the first Cage of Death match for the Iron Man title . The second Cage of Death took place on September 9 , 2000 in Sewell , NJ and saw Lobo defeated John Zandig in the first Cage of Death match of the night . Justice Pain came out and wrestled Lobo in another Cage of Death Match . Justice Pain defeated Lobo for the CZW Title . Cage of Death 3 . Cage of Death 3 took place on December 15 , 2001 in Philadelphia , PA , it was the companies first show in the ECW Arena and saw Justice Pain defeated Wifebeater . The third Cage Of Death had the CZW World Heavyweight Title above the cage and the only way to win was to climb onto a scaffold laying across the top of the cage and grab the belt . Cage of Death 4 . This show took place on December 13 , 2002 in Philadelphia , PA at the Viking Hall and saw John Zandig defeated Lobo in a Cage of Death match for the ownership of CZW . This fourth one followed the pattern of the third , except it was a contract of ownership for CZW instead of the CZW Championship . According to John Zandig , the match was slightly cut short as Lobo was clearly injured after he was Mother F ' n Bombed ( Zandig ' s signature move ) off the scaffold into a table with thumbtacks and a glass pane held up above the table by chairs . Lobo also broke the ring when he fell through . This was the last Cage Of Death to use electricity as a hazard ( Lobo was electrocuted early in the match ) . Cage of Death V : Suspended . Cage Of Death V took place on December 13 , 2003 in Philadelphia , PA where " Team Ultraviolence " ( John Zandig , Lobo , Wifebeater , Ian Knoxx , Nick Gage , and New Jack ) defeated " Hi - V " ( The Messiah , Nate Hatred , Trent Acid , Adam Flash , Johnny Kashmere , and B - Boy ) . The fifth Cage Of Death was a 6 on 6 match where there were two rings . One was the actual cage and the other was a ring filled with a million thumbtacks . There was a suspended metal scaffold leading from the stage to the Cage of Death . This scaffold also hung over the other ring . To win the match , you either had to get your entire team from the stage , into the cage , and back across the scaffold to the stage , or eliminate the entire other team . A wrestler was eliminated once they hit the floor . Cage Of Death 5 won a poll in 2007 as ' Best Cage Of Death In History ' . Cage of Death VI . Cage Of Death VI took place on December 11 , 2004 in the ECW Arena ( Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) where there were two Cage Of Death matches . One saw " Team Ca $ h " ( Chri $ Ca $ h , J . C . Bailey , Nate Webb , and Sexxxy Eddy ) defeated " Team Blackout " ( Ruckus , Sabian , Eddie Kingston , and Jack Evans ) . The other match saw the battle of " The H8 Club " as Wifebeater & Justice Pain took on Nate Hatred & Nick Gage . In the 4 on 4 elimination match wrestlers were eliminated when they hit the floor . The cage surrounded two rings , and there was also a scaffold on top of the cage where Maven Bentley and Robbie Mireno were holding the CZW Tag Team belts . The other Cage Of Death match was a Fans Bring the Weapons match inside the cage . Wifebeater and Justice Pain won after Nick Gage turned on Nate Hatred by driving him through a pane of glass covered in salt and thumbtacks . Immediately after the match Pain and Gage turned on Wifebeater . Cage of Death 7 : Living in Sin . Cage Of Death 7 took place on December 10 , 2005 in Philadelphia , PA New Alhambra Arena ( ECW / CZW Arena ) where " The H8 Club " & John Zandig defeated The Tough Crazy Bastards ( Necro Butcher and Toby Klein ) , and Joker . That years Cage of Death was a big octagon constructed around the ring with barbed wire around the top . Lots of other hardcore elements like a spidernet of barbed wire , thumbtack turnbuckles , barbed wire bats and also a pair of scaffolds and four tables placed inside the Cage . Death Before Dishonor IV . The first Cage of Death that didn ' t take place at either a Cage of Death or CZW show took place on July 15 , 2006 at rival promotion Ring of Honor ' s " Death before Dishonor IV " . The match , used to settle the seven month interpromotional feud between the two companies , was held in the same cage as Cage of Death 7 . CZW ' s Chris Hero , Claudio Castagnoli , Necro Butcher , Nate Webb and Eddie Kingston lost the five - on - five match to ROH ' s Samoa Joe , BJ Whitmer , Adam Pearce , Ace Steel and Homicide . Homicide was sixth man for Ring of Honor , and entered the match after Bryan Danielson betrayed ROH by attacking Samoa Joe , who was then forced to quit the match . Cage of Death 8 : Coming Undone . Cage of Death 8 took place on December 9 , 2006 where in a Loser Must Retire Fans Bring the Weapons Cage of Death match , Nick Gage pinned Zandig in a four way that also involved Lobo and LuFisto ( in a last minute addition ) . The cage was an all new design made of wood and barbed wire featuring platforms , barbed wire spider nets , glass , and other assorted weapons . This was the first ever four way Cage of Death match , and the first one with a female participant .