What you’re about to see is one of the most insane things I’ve ever laid my eyes on, no hyperbole whatsoever. If you have even a passing familiarity with deathmatch wrestling, you might know the name of John Zandig. He’s the founder of Combat Zone Wrestling, and yes, he’s also the “JEEZUS” guy on Botchamania. Zandig is 45 years old now, but he’s still taking risks that would probably be considered grounds for psychiatric evaluation. Yesterday in Howell, New Jersey, Zandig teamed up with Game Changer Wrestling to put on a Tournament of Survival consisting of several brutal hardcore matches. To make a long story short, Zandig and his opponent Joey Janela didn’t take long to move the action outside the ring and onto the roof of the venue. NSFW language follows, obviously.
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I hardly have the words for this. Here’s a closer angle, which includes a brief look at the most powerless referee in the history of professional wrestling. You’re not talking them down from that ledge, my man.
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Back me up on something here: Zandig took the worst of that, right? I know I’m not going to get very far applying logic to deathmatch wrestling, but he just took a pencil-drop dive that probably filled his jeans with enough glass to make a decorative paperweight. The internet has been talking a lot lately about what wrestling “should” look like in the aftermath of the unfairly-criticized Ricochet vs. Will Ospreay match, and unfortunately, this will probably crank the volume on that dialogue to deafening levels. If this is the kind of thing you enjoy, then hey, more power to you. But just bear in mind, not a single part of this is safe or productive. And hey, this is coming from the guy who thought that Cero Miedo from Lucha Underground was the best match of 2015, but that was a cathartic ordeal between two legit professionals with months of well-executed setup. I’m just saying, between this match and Ricochet/Ospreay, which one should be getting dismissive giggles from Dan and Bomani on Highly Questionable, and which one actually did? The world isn’t fair. Let’s just watch Zandig throw Hornswoggle into the audience.
