[Lara Emily]

December 9th, 2006 - Cage of Death 8 Most notable for being the Cage of Death with the longest cage set up (1 hour, 45 minutes). Reason being that the structure was made almost entirely out of wood, so the assembly crew could not practice setting it up before hand. Another contributing factor to the elongated set up was that each part of the cage had to be assembled one at a time, piece by piece, using only one nail gun, and one set of "cage of death assembly instructions". These instructions were neatly hand written on the back of an Oregon diner placemat (100% truth). Around 1:30, with a restless crowd, the Cage of Death was finally ready to begin. What followed was one of the biggest series of botches and blunders since the main event of CZW: Take 1. Over the course of the next 10 minutes (the shortest COD to date), the live fans witnessed the original match of John Zandig vs. Lobo vs. Nick Gage, with the loser ending his career, some how get changed to include female pro wrestler LuFisto. This confused fans greatly, as LuFisto had absolutely zero connection, storyline wise, to 2 out of the 3 competitors In the ring. The feud she had with Nick Gage, which was started just 2 months prior, and was forgotten about the very next month, was so hastily put together that it left many fans in attendence curious as to why she was interjecting herself into the cage match at all. Due to the cage being made almost entirely out of quickly assembled plywood, the structure was not that strong, and most certainly not sturdy enough to withstand the weight of the competitors bumps ( which weakened the cage with every bump). This, combined with the fact that he had gained 50 or so pounds since his last match-up, resulted in Lobo falling through the floor of the cage while walking on the outside wooden planks set up against the apron. Fans, upon seeing Lobo suddenly disappear out of the ring via the floor, were instantly confused when they saw him walking around the outside of the cage. The trouble would not end there for Lobo, as the cage door was assembled wrong, leading to a struggle to pull it open for a minute and a half before breaking the door open, with the help of security, and performing the matches final bump (a DVD off a scaffold onto a barbed wire net) and ending the carrer of John Zandig...until 3 months later when he main evented a barbed wire match after Necro Butcher missed his flight)