John Zandig

Infobox Wrestler
name=John Corso


names = The ICON
John Zandig
Zandig
Sex Machine
height = 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
weight = 256 lb (116 kg)
birth_date=birth date and age|1971|4|4
birth_place = Sewell, New Jersey
death_date =
death_place =
resides =
billed = The Combat Zone
trainer =
debut = 1998
retired =

John Corso (born April 4, 1971 in Sewell, New Jersey) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name, John Zandig. He is the owner of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based promotion Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW).

Career

Corso was an electrician before promoting wrestling; and in the course of his wrestling career, he assisted with any explosions that had to be fitted during "explosion" matches. He began training as a wrestler in 1998 and adopted the ring name John Zandig (a reference to the musician Glenn Danzig) in 1999. Shortly after debuting, Zandig opened a professional wrestling school, in New Jersey in order to hone his skills. The school eventually evolved into a professional wrestling promotion, Combat Zone Wrestling, and relocated to Philadelphia in late 2001.

From an early juncture, CZW was orientated towards hardcore wrestling, and Zandig himself has been involved in many ultraviolent matches since the company's inception, involving such objects as thumbtacks, fluorescent light tubes, barbed wire and even a weed wacker. On one occasion, Zandig was hung from meat hooks.

At Cage of Death 8, Zandig lost to Nick Gage in a four-way Cage of Death match that included Lobo and LuFisto. Due to a prematch stipulation, Zandig was forced to retire as a result of losing. Since then he has wrestled one match. On March 10, 2007, Zandig teamed with Toby Klein to face and defeat DJ Hyde and Mitch Ryder in a no rope barbed wire match. Zandig was filling in for Necro Butcher, who couldn't make it to the show. After the match, Zandig stated that his return was for one night only. More recently Zandig came out of retirement at Tournament of Death 6 to face Necro Butcher in a No-rope Barbwire match when Mitch Ryder was a no show.

In wrestling

*Finishing and signature moves
**"Mother F'n Bomb" (Military press dropped into a sitout scoop slam piledriver)
**Spinning powerbomb
**Military press dropped into a stunner - 1998-1999
**Multiple suplex variations
***Sitout
***Snap, often done three times in a row
***Super
***German
**Sunset flip from out of the corner
**Diving splash
**Lifting DDT
**Neckbreaker
**Powerbomb
**Running neckbreaker

*Entrance themes
**"Youth Gone Wild" by Skid Row
**"The Kids Aren't Alright" by The Offspring

Championships and accomplishments

*Big Japan Pro Wrestling:*BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship (3 times):*BJW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Nick Gage

*Combat Zone Wrestling:*CZW World Heavyweight Championship (6 times) (Most Reigns):*CZW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Nick Gage:*CZW Ultraviolent Underground Championship (1 time)

References

* [http://www.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2004/02/25/360627.html "CZW survives fives years"]
* [http://www.bodyslamming.com/other/zandig.html John Zandig at Bodyslamming.com]
* [http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=00000227 John Zandig at Cagematch.net]

External links

* [http://www.czwrestling.com/ Combat Zone Wrestling]
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* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=391156259] MySpace