Matt Tremont
{{Short description|American professional wrestler}}
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|birth_name = Matthew Tremont
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|03|09}}{{cite web|url=http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/matt-tremont-7443.html|title=Matt Tremont|work=profightdb.com|access-date=July 2, 2020}}
|birth_place = Atlantic City, New Jersey
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|names = The Bulldozer />The Black Abdullah the Butcher |height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}} |weight = {{convert|250|lb|abbr=on}} |billed = Atlantic City, New Jersey |trainer = Pryme Tyme Amy Lee |retired = }} Matthew Tremont (born March 9, 1989) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, best known for his work in Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW). He is also known for his appearances for his own promotion, Hardcore Hustle Organisation (H2O), as well as for Game Changer Wrestling. He has also worked for IWA Mid-South, IWA Deep-South and IWA East Coast. Among his honours, he is a one-time CZW World Heavyweight Champion and one-time GCW World Champion. He also has the distinction of being the only wrestler to win all the major American deathmatch tournaments: Tournament Of Death once, Masters of Pain once and King of the Deathmatch twice. As such, he is often referred to as "The Grandslam Champion" of deathmatch. Outside of wrestling, Tremont owns a store in the Berlin Farmers Market called Bulldozer's Collectibles.
"Father" Matthew Tremont{{cite web | url =http://www.cagematch.net/?=2&nr=11074&name=Matt+Tremont | title =Matt Tremont's profile at Cagematch.net | access-date=December 9, 2012 | work=Cagematch}}
Matt Tremont
Killdozer
Professional wrestling career
=Combat Zone Wrestling (2011–2019)=
Tremont made his Combat Zone Wrestling debut at Prelude to Violence defeating Pinkie Sanchez in a Tournament of Death X Qualifying Ultraviolent Rules on June 11, 2011.{{cite web | url =http://www.cagematch.net/?id=8&nr=14| title =CZW Prelude To Violence 2 @ Asylum Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA| access-date=December 9, 2012 | work=Cagematch}}{{cite web | url =http://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=shows&show=143724| title = CZW Prelude to Violence 2 on 2011/06/11 @ Asylum Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | access-date=December 9, 2012 | work=Wrestlingdata}}{{cite web | url =http://www.profightdb.com/cards/czw/prelude-to-violence-2-11071.html| title =CZW Prelude to Violence 2 | access-date=December 9, 2012 | work=Profightdb}} Tremont made his first Tournament of Death appearance at TOD X, defeating Necro Butcher in a "Water Jugs, Bats & Anything Else you Can Swing Match" in the quarterfinals.{{cite web | url =http://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=shows&show=143900| title =CZW Tournament Of Death X @ Ultraviolent Underground in Townsend, Delaware, USA| access-date=December 9, 2012 | work=Wrestlingdata}}{{cite web | url =http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=59249| title =CZW Tournament Of Death X @ Ultraviolent Underground in Townsend, Delaware, USA| access-date=December 9, 2012 | work=CAGEMATCH}} He was eliminated by MASADA in the semifinals in a "Kenzans, Whips & Anything Else we Can F***ing Find Match".{{cite web | url =http://www.profightdb.com/cards/czw/tournament-of-death-x-11161.html| title =CZW Tournament of Death X | access-date=December 9, 2012 | work=Internet Wrestling Database}} Tremont began a small feud with Danny Havoc at Cage of Death 13 in an Ultraviolent Pits deathmatch which soon culminated at CZW Super Saturday, when Havoc defeated Tremont in an Ultraviolent Rules match.{{cite web | url =http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=70249| title =CZW Cage Of Death XIII @ Asylum Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA| access-date=December 9, 2012 | work=CAGEMATCH}}{{cite web | url =http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=74267| title =CZW Super Saturday @ The Fountain Square Salvation Army Community Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA| access-date=December 9, 2012 | work=CAGEMATCH}} Tremont made his second Tournament of Death appearance at Tournament of Death XI, losing to Abdullah Kobayashi in the first round in an "Ultraviolent Bats" match.{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=11074&page=16| title =CZW Tournament Of Death XI @ Ultraviolent Underground in Townsend, Delaware, USA|access-date=December 9, 2012| work=CAGEMATCH}}
Tremont began to feud with CZW owner D. J. Hyde throughout 2012, beginning at Tangled Web V as Hyde was the victor.{{cite web | url =http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=82754 | title =CZW A Tangled Web V @ Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, New Jersey, USA| access-date=December 9, 2012 | work=CAGEMATCH}}{{cite web| url =http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=62776|title =CZW A Tangled Web 4 @ Asylum Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA|access-date=December 9, 2012 }} He was subsequently fired at Down With The Sickness, after defeating Solo with a very stiff chair shot to the head, ending the bout at 35 seconds.{{cite web | url =http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=83961 | title =CZW Down With the Sickness 2012| access-date=December 9, 2012 | work=CAGEMATCH}} Tremont got back on the microphone and repeated "Redemption" over and over again.{{cite web | url =http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/tv_reports/255805/411\\s-CZW-Down-With-The-Sickness-iPPV-Review-9.21.12.htm | title =411's CZW Down With The Sickness iPPV Review 9.21.12| access-date=December 9, 2012 | work=411mania}} At Night of Infamy, Hyde cut a promo on not reinstating Tremont. This prompted the locker room to walk out and quit if Tremont is not reinstated, but Hyde insisted if Tremont wins a match he could be reinstated.{{cite web | url =http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=87460| title =CZW Night Of Infamy 11 @ Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, New Jersey, USA| access-date=December 9, 2012 | work=CAGEMATCH}} He would team up with New Jack the same night, defeating Joe Gacy and Ron Mathis. Tremont was successful at Cage of Death XIV,{{cite web | url =http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/265838/CZW-Cage-of-Death-14-iPPV-Results-12.08.12. | title =CZW Cage of Death 14 iPPV Results 12.08.12| access-date=December 9, 2012 }} winning with a Death Valley driver off the top of the cage through three levels of panes of glass and a stage setup on the outside. After the match, the entire locker room congratulated Tremont for his efforts.{{cite web | url =http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=88080 | title =CZW Cage Of Death 14 @ Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, New Jersey, USA| access-date=December 9, 2012 | work=CAGEMATCH}}
He later feuded with Devon Moore and The Nation Of Intoxication leading to several matches between the two. At Tangled Web 7, Tremont defeated Moore in the Tangled Web Match after knocking him off the scaffolding into the ring below.
In early 2015, Tremont began teaming with newcomer Stockade. They fought The Nation Of Intoxication at To Live Is To Die in January, they lost after Tremont accidentally struck Stockade with a chair. After the match, Stockade and Tremont came to blows then Tremont challenged Stockade to an Ultraviolent Match at Sixteen on February 21.{{Cite web |url=http://www.czwrestling.com/news.php/results_for_saturdays_to_live_is_to_die_streamczwcom_event.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220204546/http://www.czwrestling.com/news.php/results_for_saturdays_to_live_is_to_die_streamczwcom_event.html |archive-date=2015-02-20 |url-status=dead }}
On August 8, 2015, Tremont defeated BLK Jeez for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship. At Down with the Sickness, after a 399-day reign as champion, Tremont lost the title in a four way deathmatch to Jonathan Gresham which also featured Greg Excellent and Joe Gacy.
Tremont would turn heel at Cage of Death 18, by attacking his own teammate Joey Janela during the Cage of Death match, costing his team the match in the process. He later rechristened himself as "Father" Matthew Tremont and reformed his alliance with Stockade. They would go on to attack Janela and Penelope Ford.
On August 5, 2017, Tremont had a No Ropes Barbed Wire Exploding Baseball Bats match against Japanese deathmatch wrestler, Atsushi Onita. The match would end in a No Contest.
On November 26, 2018, Tremont was challenged by D. J. Hyde to a tag team match at Cage of Death XX. He took Onita's help, while Hyde's partner was MASADA. On December 9, Tremont and Onita defeated Hyde and Masada, after Hyde was caught in the ropes and Tremont took a cinderblock to his head, pinning him when he fell down.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=212220|title=CZW Cage Of Death 20|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=July 2, 2020}}
=Other promotions=
Tremont debuted for Beyond Wrestling on night one of Miracle Workers, losing to Devon Moore.{{cite web | url =http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=63256| title =Beyond Wrestling Miracle Workers - Tag 1| access-date=December 9, 2012 | work=Cagematch}} He defeated TJ Marconi on day two of Ring Leaders.{{cite web | url =http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=65094| title =Beyond Wrestling Miracle Workers - Tag 2| access-date=December 9, 2012 | work=Cagematch}} He now wrestles sporadically for Beyond Wrestling.
Tremont made his IWA Mid-South debut at the 2011 annual King of the Deathmatch, defeating MASADA in a Barbed Wire Board, Taipei Death & Sandpaper Kickpads match in the first round. He lost in the finals the second night to Drake Younger, other competitors were Devon Moore and Simon Sezz.{{cite web | url =http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=67431| title =IWA Mid-South King Of The Death Matches 2011 - Tag 1 @ Bellevue Plaza in Bellevue, Illinois, USA| access-date=December 9, 2012 | work=Cagematch}}{{cite web | url =http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=67432| title =IWA Mid-South King Of The Death Matches 2011 - Tag 2 @ Bellevue Plaza in Bellevue, Illinois, USA| access-date=December 9, 2012 | work=Cagematch}}
Tremont won his first biggest accomplishment by winning the 2012 Masters of Pain defeating MASADA in the finals in a Double Hell Deathmatch in Charleston, West Virginia.{{cite web|url=http://www.iwaeastcoast.net/post/27885893613/iwa-east-coast-masters-of-pain-2012-skateland|title=IWA East Coast Masters of Pain| access-date=December 9, 2012|work=IWA East Coast}}{{cite web| url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=11074&page=16|title=Awards and Championships| access-date=December 9, 2012 |work=CAGEMATCH}}{{cite web |url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/iwa/masters.html#2012 |title=IWA East Coast Masters of Pain Tournament 2012 |last=Campbell |first=Jason |website=ProWrestlingHistory.com |access-date=November 7, 2022 }}
On June 7, 2014, Tremont defeated Patrick Hayes in Connellsville, Pennsylvania to win the Vicious Outcast Wrestling (VOW) Anarchy Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=2233 |title=VOW Anarchy Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database |website=www.cagematch.net |access-date=13 June 2014}}
On June 26, 2014, Tremont won the IWA Mid South King Of The Death Matches. His run to the final included defeating Jesse Amato in a Best Of Seven Log Cabin Match, and John Wayne Murdoch and Ron Mathis in a Semi Final Three Way Fans Bring The Weapons Spider Net Match. In the final, he defeated Josh Crane in a No Rope Barbed Wire, Panes Of Glass, Barbed Wire Board, Casket And Fans Bring The Weapons Match, after putting Crane through a flaming pane of glass.
On July 21, 2018, Tremont became the first-ever Synergy Pro Wrestling Champion by defeating KTB in the finals of the promotion's inaugural Championship Tournament in Manville, New Jersey. Tremont held the Synergy Pro Wrestling Championship for 196 days, losing the title to Frightmare in a Triple Threat Match (that also included Drake Chambers) at Synergy Pro Wrestling 8 in Hillsborough, New Jersey.{{Cite web|url=https://www.synergywrestling.com/past-results|title=Synergy Pro Wrestling {{!}} Past Results|website=synergy-wrestling|language=en|access-date=2019-03-08}}
A documentary about Tremont was released in 2021.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/f9k2DetGQWo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210511215256/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9k2DetGQWo&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9k2DetGQWo| title = Matt Tremont Documentary // LIFE after DEATH | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
On January 23 Tremont along with Nick Gage at The Wrld on GCW (2022) ppv answered the open challenge of The Briscoe Brothers and captured the GCW Tag Team titles for the first time.Then on February 20 Tremont and Gage successfully defend the tag title against The Rejects(John Wayne Murdoch and Reed Bently) at Don't Tell Me What To Do.On May 1 Tremont defeated Brandon Kirk to qualify for Tournament Of Survival. On June 4 at Tournament Survival Tremont defeated Slade and Toru Suguira in first and Semi-final round respectively but got defeated in the final by Drew Parker.
0n August 27,2022 Tremont enter in the 2nd edition of Battle of Tough Guys in promotion ICW.In the first round Tremont defeated his student Chris Bradley but got eliminated in the second round by HoodFoot.
On December 30,2022 at IMTV Class'22, Tremont entered and win a gauntlet match to become the IMTV Independent Wrestling World Champion.He defended his title successfully against Jaden Newman and Sidney Bakabella on H2O:Sunday Night of Champions and Beyond Might Show on January 22 and 29 respectively.
On April 16,2023 at Deadlock Pro Wrestling Live 2 , Tremont and Marcus Mathers challenged VIF(Dominic Garrini and Kevin Ku) for their tag title but was unsuccessful.
On June 3,2023 at GCW Tournament Of Survival 8,Tremont enter in the TOS 8 Tournament but was defeated in first round by John Wayne Murdoch.
Championships and accomplishments
- Evolution Pro Wrestling
- EPW Openweight Championship (1 time)
- Interspecies Wrestling
- ISW Undisputed King Of Crazy Championship (1 time)
- Combat Zone Wrestling
- CZW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- CZW Tournament Of Death 14 (2015)
- Crimson Crown Wrestling
- Crimson Cup (2019)
- Deathmatch Downunder
- DMDU World Deathmatch Championship (1 time, current)
- Game Changer Wrestling
- GCW World Championship (1 time){{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=3796|title=GCW World Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=February 25, 2017|access-date=January 24, 2022}}
- GCW Ultraviolent Championship (1 time, current)
- GCW Extreme Championship (1 time, final)
- GCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Nick Gage{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=3797|title=GCW Tag Team Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=January 23, 2022|access-date=January 24, 2022}}
- GCW Nick Gage Invitational 2 (2017)
- GCW Tournament Of Survival X (2025)
- H2O Wrestling: Hardcore Hustle Organization
- H2O Heavyweight Championship (1 time){{cite web| url = https://www.cagematch.net//?id=5&nr=3561| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210720152141/https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=3561| archive-date = 2021-07-20| title = H20 Heavyweight Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database}}
- IWA East Coast
- Masters of Pain (2012)
- IWA Deep South
- Carnage Cup 9 (2013)
- IWA Mid-South
- King of the Deathmatch (2014, 2015)
- ICW No Holds Barred
- ICW American Deathmatch World Championship (1 time)
- IndependentWrestling.tv
- IWTV Independent Wrestling World Championship (1 time){{Cite web|url=https://www.pwinsider.com/article/166517/-new-iwtv-champion-crowned-more-iwtv-class-of-22-live-report-from-worcester-ma-wrestival-day-two.html?p=1|title=NEW IWTV CHAMPION CROWNED & MORE: IWTV CLASS OF '22 LIVE REPORT FROM WORCESTER, MA - WRESTIVAL DAY TWO | PWInsider.com|website=www.pwinsider.com}}
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 201 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2024{{cite web|url=https://aiptcomics.com/2024/09/10/full-2024-pwi-500-list-revealed/|title=Full 2024 PWI 500 list revealed|work=aiptcomics.com|first=Patrick|last=Ross|date=September 10, 2024|access-date=September 13, 2024}}
- Synergy Professional Wrestling
- Synergy Pro Wrestling Championship (1 time, inaugural){{Cite web|url=https://www.synergywrestling.com/roster|title=Synergy Pro Wrestling {{!}} Roster|website=synergy-wrestling|language=en|access-date=2019-03-08}}
- Synergy Pro Wrestling Championship Tournament (2018)
- Superstars of Wrestling Federation
- SWF Hardcore Championship (1 time){{cite web |url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=3306 |title=SWF Hardcore Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database |website=www.cagematch.net |access-date=13 June 2014}}
- Tier 1 Wrestling
- Tier 1 Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Stockade{{cite web |url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=3103 |title=Tier 1 Tag Team Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database |website=www.cagematch.net |access-date=13 June 2014}}
- Vicious Outcast Wrestling
- VOW Anarchy Championship (2 times)
- VOW Lord Of Anarchy (2015)
- VOW Hyper Sonic Championship (1 times)
- Women Superstars Uncensored
- Queen and King of the Ring (2014) – with Mickie Knuckles{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/roh-indy-wrestling-news/48428-5-10-wsu-ippv-results-voorhees-nj-new-wsu-champion-crowned|title=5/10 WSU iPPV Results: Voorhees, NJ (New WSU Champion crowned)|last=Namako|first=Jason|date=2014-05-10|access-date=2014-05-11|work=Wrestleview}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/matt-tremont-7443.html Matt Tremont: Profile and Match Listing]
- [http://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=21033&newsref= Profile at Wrestlingdata]
- [http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=11074&name=Matt+Tremont Profile at CAGEMATCH]
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