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The House of Horrors match.
I’ve seen a lot when it comes to professional wrestling.
There have been wrestlers sent through flaming tables. There’s been bloody battles. There have been hardcore matches.
Back in the day, I saw several of the original ECW shows, back when tumbling down a set of bleachers, fighting outside the building and using unconventional weapons wasn’t so normal.
Matt Tremont and Joe Gacy prepare to go at it in the House of Horrors.
There’s been “Stone Cold” Steve Austin spraying Vince McMahon with a beer truck (in Albany), or John Cena as a bloody mess, losing the WWE title when Edge cashed in Money in the Bank (also in Albany).
The Royal Rumble. Titles changing hands. Crazy and intense crowds and small crowds sitting on their hands.
Yep, I feel like I’ve seen it all. Until this past Saturday.
Visiting family in South Jersey, I opted to see if there were any wrestling cards in decently close proximity. I saw a handful, but the one that stuck out to me was Combat Zone Wrestling, also known as CZW. The federation is well-known among independent wrestling fans as having some of the best action out there, with a mix of great wrestling and some extremely hardcore and crazy matches.
As a fan of all aspects of wrestling, and having seeing several CZW wrestlers elsewhere, I thought it would be good to see them in their glory. Off I went.
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