Nick Mondo
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Matthew "Matt" Burns better known by his ring name
"Sick" Nick Mondo is a retired American
professional wrestler
. Burns is best known for his appearances with Combat Zone Wrestling
(CZW). He was known throughout his career for his willingness to take extremely dangerous bumps, such as being hit with a weed wacker, getting thrown into a table covered with barbwire, slammed from a distance of 40 feet onto lightubes and concrete and other ultraviolent spots. In 2004, Burns was inducted into CZW's Hall of Fame
.
, at A Living Hell. At Caged to the End on June 10, 2000, he was involved in a Three Way Dance against Mercury and Ty Street
. He fought Justice Pain on June 25, 2000, in a field in the Champs Arena, titled They Said It Couldn't Be Done, A few months later he teamed up with Ric Blade
and fought the Backseat Boys (Trent Acid and Johnny Kashmere
), which saw Blade at the end of the match after a Senton bomb off the Champs Arena wall through two stacked tables with Acid on top, and Kashmere under. Mondo would turn on his partner.
The feud would still go on as at Crushing The Competition on February 10, 2001 in Sewell, NJ, Blade would team up with Super Crazy
to take on Mondo in a Handicap 3-way Ladder Match
. The feud would end in a "Barbed Wire Ladder Match" as well a huge swanton a off the Champs Arena wall on to Mondo through a table, As well as breaking Mondo's nose during the match.
vs Justice Pain
and Johnny Kashmere
at Un F'N Believable in April 2001 included plenty of blood, (Kashmire was a sub for Wifebeater), Kasai competed in a match which was later dubbed Un F'N Believable, in reference to the shows name. During the match, Kasai was crucifix bombed over the top rope into lightubes, barbed wire and tables, causing Kasai's elbow bone to pop out of his skin, he continued the match after having his elbow taped up. Mondo's first title capture was the Iron Man title win against Wifebeater and Mad Man Pondo at Breakaway Brawl in June 2001, Mondo was involved the extremely violent 6 man tag team match with Zandig, Wifebeater
, and Nick Mondo vs The Backseat Boyz and Justice Pain at H8 Club Dead? in July 2001, in this match his back was a mess of blood. Mondo was in an unforgettable no rope barbed wire match in the pouring rain, with Nick Mondo vs Nick Gage
at And Justice And For All in August 2001, he was splashed through a table by Gage, taking a huge bump off the entrance way during a falls count anywhere three way vs Adam Flash
and Nick Berk
at CZW's biggest show ever Cage of Death 3 in December 2001.
at This Time it's Personal in February 2002, taking Justice Pain to his limit and coming within an eyelash of winning the World title at A Higher Level of Pain in April 2002, a 64 minute four way classic with Mondo, Messiah, Flash, and Justice Pain at High Stakes May 2002, another confrontation with Messiah and coming up short against Wifebeater at CZW's first Tournament of Death
in August 2002, a leg drop through a pane of glass in a tag-team match with Mondo and Wifebeater vs. Necro Butcher
and "Mr Insanity" Toby Klein
at Ultraviolent Freedom of Expression in September 2002.
His partner Blade returned at Beyond The Barrier on October 12, 2002, with Nick Mondo defeating Johnny Kashmere, At Cage of Death 4, in 2002 he competed in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match, vs. the Backseat Boys with Mondo as his partner. But ended up losing, The Backseats won in the end with the Acid Bomb with Blade's head in the ladder. a three way with Zandig and Nate Hatred
at Live Again January 2003, another Messiah vs Mondo classic at Uncivilized February 2003. Finally Mondo's swan song a bump that will never be forgotten vs Zandig and victory over Ian Rotten
to win CZW's 2nd annual Tournament of Death in July 2003.
at Tournament of Death 2 (which Burns won), a match in which he was already wrestling with three broken bones in his right wrist. There was a rumour that Burns was to return at CZW's Cage Of Death 12 this year, which was false In addition to his ring work, Burns has been featured as a playable character in Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes The Neighborhood
along with Zandig.
superstar Ken Anderson. The trailer has been released.
Ring name
A ring name is a stage name used by a professional wrestler, martial artist, or boxer. While some ring names may have a fictitious first name and surname, others may simply be a nickname, such as The Undertaker.-Wrestling:...
"Sick" Nick Mondo is a retired American
United States
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professional wrestler
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
. Burns is best known for his appearances with Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling is a independent wrestling promotion. In 1999, John Zandig and four of his students, Ric Blade, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain began to run backyard wrestling shows in New Jersey and Delaware, showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling dubbed as "ultraviolence"...
(CZW). He was known throughout his career for his willingness to take extremely dangerous bumps, such as being hit with a weed wacker, getting thrown into a table covered with barbwire, slammed from a distance of 40 feet onto lightubes and concrete and other ultraviolent spots. In 2004, Burns was inducted into CZW's Hall of Fame
CZW Hall of Fame
The CZW Hall of Fame is an American professional wrestling hall of fame maintained by the Philadelphia-based hardcore-orientated promotion Combat Zone Wrestling. It was established in 2004 to honor wrestlers who have wrestled for the promotion....
.
1999
During his start out in 1999, In Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling, he would feud to the likes of Eddie Valentine, His CZW debut was on May 6, 2000 against Trent AcidTrent Acid
Michael Verdi was an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Trent Acid. Verdi had worked as a tag team wrestler for most of his career, primarily as part of The Backseat Boyz with Johnny Kashmere, in several independent promotions in America, including Combat Zone Wrestling,...
, at A Living Hell. At Caged to the End on June 10, 2000, he was involved in a Three Way Dance against Mercury and Ty Street
Ron Waterman
Ron Waterman , is an American mixed martial artist , professional wrestler and celebrity member of the Team Impact motivational group.He holds notable victories over Ricco Rodriguez and Kevin Randleman.-Career:...
. He fought Justice Pain on June 25, 2000, in a field in the Champs Arena, titled They Said It Couldn't Be Done, A few months later he teamed up with Ric Blade
Ric Blade
Ric Blade is an American former professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in Combat Zone Wrestling, where he was a one time Junior Heavyweight Champion and a one time World Tag Team Champion with Nick Mondo. Blade has wrestled in such companies such as Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling, Big Japan...
and fought the Backseat Boys (Trent Acid and Johnny Kashmere
Johnny Kashmere
Johnny Kashmere is an American professional wrestler, best known as one half of The Backseat Boyz, along with the late Trent Acid...
), which saw Blade at the end of the match after a Senton bomb off the Champs Arena wall through two stacked tables with Acid on top, and Kashmere under. Mondo would turn on his partner.
The feud would still go on as at Crushing The Competition on February 10, 2001 in Sewell, NJ, Blade would team up with Super Crazy
Super Crazy
Francisco Islas Rueda is a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador, best known by his ring name Super Crazy. Islas is most known for his three year run in the original ECW...
to take on Mondo in a Handicap 3-way Ladder Match
Ladder match
A ladder match is a type of match in professional wrestling that is most commonly used to describe a match where an item is hung above the ring, and the winner is the contestant who climbs a ladder and retrieves the item...
. The feud would end in a "Barbed Wire Ladder Match" as well a huge swanton a off the Champs Arena wall on to Mondo through a table, As well as breaking Mondo's nose during the match.
2001
The fans bring the weapons tag-team match featuring Mondo and Jun KasaiJun Kasai
is a Japanese professional wrestler, primarily competing for Big Japan Pro Wrestling. Dubbed the Crazy Monkey for his violent and oftentimes self-harmful style of hardcore wrestling, Kasai is considered a breakthrough talent in Japanese wrestling, able to work both hardcore and technical styles...
vs Justice Pain
Justice Pain
Christopher Wilson is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Justice Pain. Pain is best known for his time in Combat Zone Wrestling, as well as Xtreme Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Unplugged...
and Johnny Kashmere
Johnny Kashmere
Johnny Kashmere is an American professional wrestler, best known as one half of The Backseat Boyz, along with the late Trent Acid...
at Un F'N Believable in April 2001 included plenty of blood, (Kashmire was a sub for Wifebeater), Kasai competed in a match which was later dubbed Un F'N Believable, in reference to the shows name. During the match, Kasai was crucifix bombed over the top rope into lightubes, barbed wire and tables, causing Kasai's elbow bone to pop out of his skin, he continued the match after having his elbow taped up. Mondo's first title capture was the Iron Man title win against Wifebeater and Mad Man Pondo at Breakaway Brawl in June 2001, Mondo was involved the extremely violent 6 man tag team match with Zandig, Wifebeater
Matt Prince
Matt Prince, better known as ring name Wifebeater, is a former Marine and a semi-retired professional wrestler best known for his tenure in Combat Zone Wrestling from 1999 to 2004...
, and Nick Mondo vs The Backseat Boyz and Justice Pain at H8 Club Dead? in July 2001, in this match his back was a mess of blood. Mondo was in an unforgettable no rope barbed wire match in the pouring rain, with Nick Mondo vs Nick Gage
Nick Gage
Nicholas W. "Nick" Wilson is a hardcore professional wrestler best known from Combat Zone Wrestling. Along with being the first-ever CZW World Heavyweight Champion, he has wrestled at nearly every CZW show and has competed in more CZW matches than anyone...
at And Justice And For All in August 2001, he was splashed through a table by Gage, taking a huge bump off the entrance way during a falls count anywhere three way vs Adam Flash
Adam Flash
Douglas Adam Becker in York, Pennsylvania is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Adam Flash. Over his career, he has worked for various independent promotions, including Maryland Championship Wrestling, Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, and Combat Zone...
and Nick Berk
Nick Berk
Nicholas K. "Nick" Berk , also known by his ring name Nicky Benz, is an American independent professional wrestler, best known for his work in Combat Zone Wrestling, where he is a former CZW World Heavyweight and Iron Man Champion....
at CZW's biggest show ever Cage of Death 3 in December 2001.
2002
The first battle with MessiahWilliam Welch
William C. Welch is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Messiah.-Professional wrestling career:...
at This Time it's Personal in February 2002, taking Justice Pain to his limit and coming within an eyelash of winning the World title at A Higher Level of Pain in April 2002, a 64 minute four way classic with Mondo, Messiah, Flash, and Justice Pain at High Stakes May 2002, another confrontation with Messiah and coming up short against Wifebeater at CZW's first Tournament of Death
CZW Tournament of Death
The Tournament of Death is an annual professional wrestling tournament organised by Combat Zone Wrestling since 2002, during which a number of wrestlers compete in various deathmatches in a single-elimination tournament which is similar to World Wrestling Entertainment's King of the Ring tournament...
in August 2002, a leg drop through a pane of glass in a tag-team match with Mondo and Wifebeater vs. Necro Butcher
Necro Butcher
Dylan Keith Summers is an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Necro Butcher. Throughout the years he has worked for various promotions, including Beyond Wrestling, Firestormpro, Ring of Honor, Full Impact Pro, IWA-Mid South, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Big Japan Pro Wrestling,...
and "Mr Insanity" Toby Klein
Toby Klein
Toby Klein is a professional wrestler well known for deathmatches in Combat Zone Wrestling and Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South. He is a member of the Tough Crazy Bastards with Necro Butcher, due to their very similar styles in that their characters are both wild brawlers.-Career:Toby...
at Ultraviolent Freedom of Expression in September 2002.
His partner Blade returned at Beyond The Barrier on October 12, 2002, with Nick Mondo defeating Johnny Kashmere, At Cage of Death 4, in 2002 he competed in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match, vs. the Backseat Boys with Mondo as his partner. But ended up losing, The Backseats won in the end with the Acid Bomb with Blade's head in the ladder. a three way with Zandig and Nate Hatred
Nate Hatred
Nate Hatred is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his current tenure in the Philadelphia-based hardcore wrestling promotion Combat Zone Wrestling where he is a member of the H8 Club...
at Live Again January 2003, another Messiah vs Mondo classic at Uncivilized February 2003. Finally Mondo's swan song a bump that will never be forgotten vs Zandig and victory over Ian Rotten
Ian Rotten
John Benson Williams is an American professional Wrestler better known by his ring name Ian Rotten. He has wrestled in Global Wrestling Federation , Extreme Championship Wrestling , and his own wrestling promotion IWA: Mid-South.-Early career:After becoming a fan of Dusty Rhodes and "Superstar"...
to win CZW's 2nd annual Tournament of Death in July 2003.
2003-retirement
Burns retired in 2003 after suffering several injuries during his career, the last of which was a severely punctured back which he suffered during his match against John ZandigJohn Zandig
John Corson was an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name, John Zandig. He is the founder and former owner of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based promotion Combat Zone Wrestling .-Biography:...
at Tournament of Death 2 (which Burns won), a match in which he was already wrestling with three broken bones in his right wrist. There was a rumour that Burns was to return at CZW's Cage Of Death 12 this year, which was false In addition to his ring work, Burns has been featured as a playable character in Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes The Neighborhood
Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes The Neighborhood
Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood is the second installment in the Backyard Wrestling series and was released on Xbox and PlayStation 2. The licensed soundtrack includes music by Andrew W.K., Kool Keith, the Insane Clown Posse, Bad Brains, Body Count, Six and Violence, Mudvayne and...
along with Zandig.
Personal life
He is also studying film making and has an upcoming movie, Fighting the Still Life. The film will star himself and Total Nonstop Action WrestlingTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
superstar Ken Anderson. The trailer has been released.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009/2010 | Fighting the Still Life | Protagonist | Film debut |
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Assault Driver (Electric chair iconoclasm, sometimes from the top rope or another elevated surface)
- Life Cutter (Cut–throat backbreaker rack dropped into a facebuster)
- Signature moves
- Fisherman driver
- M. Bison (Jumping or a diving double foot to the top of a seated opponent's head)
- Mondo Sledge (Springboard corkscrew senton)
- MoonsaultMoonsaultA moonsault, moonsault press, or back flip splash is a professional wrestling aerial technique. Much of its popularity in American wrestling is attributed to The Great Muta, despite it being used in North America by "Leaping" Lanny Poffo years before Muta came from Japan.In a standard moonsault,...
- Roundhouse kickRoundhouse kickA roundhouse kick is a kick in which the attacker swings his leg around in a semicircular motion, striking with the front of the leg or foot. This type of kick is utilized in many different martial arts and is popular in both non-contact and full-contact martial arts competitions...
- Running somersault plancha
- Slingshot spin–out powerbomb
- Springboard leg drop
- NicknameNicknameA nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
s- "Slick"
- "Sick"
- "Hardcore"
- Entrance themesMusic in professional wrestlingMusic in professional wrestling serves a variety of purposes. The most common uses of music in professional wrestling is that of the entrance theme, a song or piece of instrumental music which plays as a performer approaches the ring...
- "Last ResortLast Resort (song)"Last Resort" is the debut single from Californian rock band Papa Roach's second album, Infest. The song was very popular and a huge success and shot the band into the mainstream. The song charted on many charts around the world and reached number 1 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks number 57 on the U.S...
" by Papa RoachPapa RoachPapa Roach is an American rock band from Vacaville, California. Their first major-label release was the triple-platinum album Infest . The group's success continued with their gold album Lovehatetragedy , their platinum album Getting Away with Murder , The Paramour Sessions , and Metamorphosis...
- "Last Resort
Championships and accomplishments
- Combat Zone WrestlingCombat Zone WrestlingCombat Zone Wrestling is a independent wrestling promotion. In 1999, John Zandig and four of his students, Ric Blade, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain began to run backyard wrestling shows in New Jersey and Delaware, showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling dubbed as "ultraviolence"...
- CZW Iron Man ChampionshipCZW Iron Man ChampionshipThe CZW Iron Man Championship was a professional wrestling title in the Philadelphia-based promotion Combat Zone Wrestling . It was established in 1999 at CZW's first show, Opening Night with Derek Domino as the first champion. Despite the name, the Iron Man title is not exclusively defended in...
(21 times) - CZW World Tag Team ChampionshipCZW World Tag Team ChampionshipThe CZW World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship owned and copyrighted by the Combat Zone Wrestling promotion; it is contested for in their tag team division. It was created and debuted on February 13, 1999 at CZW's Opening Night event, where Jon Dahmer...
(2 time) – with Ric BladeRic BladeRic Blade is an American former professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in Combat Zone Wrestling, where he was a one time Junior Heavyweight Champion and a one time World Tag Team Champion with Nick Mondo. Blade has wrestled in such companies such as Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling, Big Japan... - Tournament of DeathCZW Tournament of DeathThe Tournament of Death is an annual professional wrestling tournament organised by Combat Zone Wrestling since 2002, during which a number of wrestlers compete in various deathmatches in a single-elimination tournament which is similar to World Wrestling Entertainment's King of the Ring tournament...
(II) - CZW Hall of FameCZW Hall of FameThe CZW Hall of Fame is an American professional wrestling hall of fame maintained by the Philadelphia-based hardcore-orientated promotion Combat Zone Wrestling. It was established in 2004 to honor wrestlers who have wrestled for the promotion....
(2004) - Match of the Year (2002) vs. WifebeaterMatt PrinceMatt Prince, better known as ring name Wifebeater, is a former Marine and a semi-retired professional wrestler best known for his tenure in Combat Zone Wrestling from 1999 to 2004...
- Match of the Year (2003) vs. Justice PainJustice PainChristopher Wilson is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Justice Pain. Pain is best known for his time in Combat Zone Wrestling, as well as Xtreme Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Unplugged...
- CZW Iron Man Championship
- Big Japan Pro Wrestling
- BJPW World Tag Team Championship (4 time) - with John Zandig
- Other championships
- AWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NCWA Hardcore Championship (1 time)