digitalversicolor Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Watched TOD last night, I enjoyed it, and it was suitably mental. The DJ Hyde literal burial thing was a bit half arsed and cheesy but it was cool seeing Zandig back. The big cuts/wounds the wrestlers had from the light tubes and such that the cameras decided to do close ups of every so often were grim and made me wonder, well, this is something I've always wondered, how much do these guys actually get paid to do these types of matches? Like, are the $50/$100 payout thing that you always hear of when people ridicule this type of wrestling true or are they making more money, and do they get more money for the more crazy stuff they do? Like I remember hearing Ambrose talk about how he would use it as a bargaining chip, he'd do light tubes for so much and so on. Should be interesting to see Nick Mondo's documentary as I imagine he may talk about that type of stuff in more detail and why they do it etc. Speaking of which this clip is pretty cool: Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members quote the raven Posted June 18, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted June 18, 2016 There is a DJ shoot.  Its really really long but its quite funny. He randomly goes on one quite often about how double tough he is  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted June 18, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted June 18, 2016 something I've always wondered, how much do these guys actually get paid to do these types of matches? Â Nick Mondo was paid $250 for TOD2. That was the one where he went off the roof of the building with Zandig. The on site medic said the wound in his side was comparable to a gunshot. But that was back in 2002, no idea what they get now. Probably the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherCrapUsername Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Where is TOD available to view online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamaras-Tash Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 There is a DJ shoot.  Its really really long but its quite funny. He randomly goes on one quite often about how double tough he is   That is Dj Hyde and he is a wrestler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimo the great Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Slightly off topic  Abdullah Kobayashi having Kenzan's removed from his head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members quote the raven Posted June 19, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted June 19, 2016  There is a DJ shoot.  Its really really long but its quite funny. He randomly goes on one quite often about how double tough he is   That is Dj Hyde and he is a wrestler?  Hes the owner of CZW! and hes the hardest mother fucker on the planet....well if you listen to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted June 19, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted June 19, 2016 He (Zandig) must have been a proper prick if ECW or WWF didn't bring him in for a few shows when Zandig was relevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WyattSheepMask Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Could that be after Sexxxy Eddie slashed a vein in his arm so bad he had to be rushed to hospital at TOD 3? I can see them getting paid a huge amount for any of it, unless they save a bit by holding the show in what looks like someone's back garden half the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted June 19, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted June 19, 2016 TOD is held on DJ Hyde's parents farm land so it doesn't cost him anything. And as for getting caterers in, I read one of the wrestlers does BBQ chicken. Hardly catering. Â Here's a story for you: a few years back in the tournament final Nick Gage sliced open his side about 20 seconds in and it hit an artery. The medic in the back (well, behind the curtain and ring truck) after Gage told them to tape it up so he could go back out where like "No, you're bleeding to death!". An ambulance was called but when it arrived the medics refused to go in because they had no fucking idea what was going and were scared shitless. Can't blame them, they turn up to 500 drunk fans, a ring, glass and barbed wire everywhere and loads of dodgy looking blokes covered head to toe in blood and cuts. They fought it was some kind of illegal fight club. So they had to wait for police to turn up before going in. The whole time Gage is slowly bleeding to death and this thing is in the middle of nowhere. Eventually they had to airlift him out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members quote the raven Posted June 19, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted June 19, 2016 DJ got the money to buy czw from his Nan.  The one death match worker i had loads of time for was Lobo, he had some great matches before his retirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Snitsky's back acne Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 re: the Nick Gage incident. I remember seeing that and he was an utter cunt to the medical staff too, swearing at them as they are trying to stop him losing blood. Its why I could never be a paramedic. I'd be like 'Fine, bleed to death then you fucking idiot' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members quote the raven Posted June 19, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted June 19, 2016 Ive seen shoots where they would say Gage would work himself up into a total frenzy before matches to the point they couldnt even talk to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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