[2000-07-22-CZW-No Rules, No Limits] Zandig vs Justice Pain

[soup23]

I can’t hear a word of Zandig’s promo which is par the course. Executive Vice President Robbie Mireno joins House and Eric on commentary which is a humorous title for him. Zandig does a running powerbomb from the ring to the floor and catapults Pain over the wrestlers that were going to catch him. I liked the opening moments of this a lot and Pain looked impressive hitting a divorce court and doing some arm work on Zandig. Once Zandig comes back, the match comes to a halt. He hits the H8 Club with a barbed wire lobster but then climbs the top rope as the fire alarm goes off. Pain starts climbing the fence area of the arena when Zandig grabs him and powerbombs him through two chairs set up. Pain is working for two here as he picks up the pace and hate of the brawl again when he goes back after Zandig. Zandig powerbombs Pain through another corner of the table set up outside. Zandig’s moveset is limited to pretty much that. Pain is right back on offense and Im saddened at a match that started with promise has devolved inot this. Zandig can’t even keep his balance on the ropes to perform a proper superplex. Zandig is completely blown up and Pain has to throw himself at Zandig to get back body dropped from the ring outside through a table. House seems to think there is a legit piece of shit on the barbed wire table brought into the ring. Pain is able to superplex Zandig through the barbed wire table and the locker room empties out. Nick Gage powerbombs Pain and Blade brawls with Pain as well. With all of this going on, Lobo runs in and pins Zandig winning the championship. Some suspect decision making there. This was a pretty big mess but it encapsulates CZW in 2000 as their booking was so awful and the action just wasn’t there yet to really justify things. Pain tried but Zandig was trash here. *3/4

 

 

[Tim Evans]

Zandig throwing Pain into the crowd and the guys not catching him is scary but a awesome looking visual. Zandig looks like he blows out his knee while trying to climb the ropes and the match never recovers after that. Just a lot of setting up spots and bad booking. I did like the fire alarm going off multiple times during the match.

[GSR]

Zandig’s pre-match promo is all distorted sounding on the tape so you don’t really get much of an idea on what he’s saying.  Pain rushes to the ring and levels him with a spinning wheel kick.  After an awry Asai moonsault where he accidentally knees Zandig in the face, he climbs on the ropes and yells “Who’s the fucking man?” Not him, as Zandig is back to his feet, puts him over his shoulder and launches him at the H8 Club (Mack Smack & Justin Kase) on the arena floor.  Only problem is Zandig misses the intended target, throwing him over the H8 Club who were meant to catch him to break his fall!  They return to the ring and it looks like Zandig is blown up already.  Justice with a dropkick to the arm, a ‘Divorce Court’ and finally an inverted cross arm bar.  Zandig ducks the crescent kick, however when he charges at Justice, he pulls down the top rope and Zandig sails over it to the outside.  Somersault flip dive by Pain which he follows with a brutal chair shot to Zandig’s head.  The H8 Club lift Zandig up, but he is able to free himself from their grasp and Pain ends up wiping out Smack and Kase with the Asai moonsault instead.  Zandig uses a barbed wire lobster as a weapon and then climbs to the top turnbuckle only to lose his balance.  He’s saved from the “You fucked up!” chants though as the fire alarm in the building goes off!  As Pain climbs the fence, trying to escape according to John House, he’s snatched by Zandig who powerbombs him onto a couple of upright chairs.  A second powerbomb, this time through half of a table that was bridged up against a wall.  Zandig is really sucking up air now and can’t even lift Pain up for a superplex!  He manages it at the second time of asking and after backdropping Justice over the top rope and through a table on the floor, collects one that is covered with barbed wire.  That gets set up in the ring and Zandig then lays yet another table across the top turnbuckle in the corner.  Justice gets up on the table himself (which looks so bad) where he’s joined by Zandig who signals for the ‘Mutha FN Bomb’.  He’s so knackered now though that he can’t press Pain overhead!  Justice with a shot to the bread basket before superplexing Zandig through the barbed wire table.  As he makes the cover he’s attacked by Nick Gage who plants him with an awesome spinning powerbomb.  In turn that leads to Wifebeater, Ric Blade and Nick Mondo all running out and in the confusion, Lobo slides into the ring, covers Zandig and wins the CZW Heavyweight title.  WTF?  Robbie Moreno, who is some kind of authority figure at this time, addresses the fans and says that this was ‘anything goes’ to explain Lobo being able to win the title in this joke of a way.

Bad match and a bit of a mess to be fair.  Zandig being in no shape and blowing up early doesn’t help, but there is just too much setting up of spots (and powerbombs!) going on.  The finish with Lobo getting the win and the title was ridiculous.