{"id":73012,"date":"2020-07-21T16:25:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T20:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=73012"},"modified":"2020-07-21T16:25:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T20:25:13","slug":"former-czw-star-z-barr-passes-away-at-38-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/07\/21\/former-czw-star-z-barr-passes-away-at-38-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Former CZW Star Z-Barr Passes Away at 38 Years Old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sad day for indie wrestling fans, particularly longtime fans of <strong>Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW)<\/strong>, as one of its earliest stars, <strong>Z-Barr<\/strong>, has passed away. The cause of death is currently unknown, but he was only 38-years old. He had retired from pro wrestling in 2012.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CZW is saddened to learn of the passing of Tom &#39;Z Barr&#39; Hirshman. Our deepest condolences go out to his loved ones. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIPZBarr?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RIPZBarr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CZW: Combat Zone Wrestling (@combatzone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/combatzone\/status\/1285632420092563457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tom Hirshmann, the man who would become Z-Barr, began his foray into the world of pro wrestling in 1999, when he was trained at the CZW Dojo at the age of 17. He made his CZW debut that summer and almost immediately entered the title picture for the CZW Iron Man Championship. During his time with CZW, he was part of a viral video that saw Z-Barr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9wFJPy1__fo\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">get covered in hundreds of chairs<\/a> at the hands of <strong>Zandig<\/strong> and &#8220;Sick&#8221; <strong>Nick Mondo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ZBarr vs DJ Hyde CZW UnLucky 13 STAPLE GUN DEATH MATCH Pt 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ghkaAH0lHBk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Z-Barr continued to work with CZW until 2009, but also worked in various other US indie promotions, most notably Philadelphia&#8217;s <strong>Pro Wrestling Unplugged (PWU)<\/strong>, <strong>NWA Wildside<\/strong> in Georgia, New Jersey&#8217;s <strong>National Wrestling Superstars (NWS)<\/strong>, and Florida&#8217;s <strong>IPW Hardcore Wrestling<\/strong>. He was a 2x tag team champion alongside <strong>Nick Berk<\/strong> in <strong>The Softcore Connection<\/strong>, winning the IPW and NWA Florida Tag Team Championships. In 2007, he captured the PWU Television title.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nick Berk &amp; Z-Barr vs. Thrillogy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bSraXmRZ4lU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2002, he made his debut in Japan with a tour for <strong>Big Japan Wrestling (BJW<\/strong>), and in 2003 appeared for <strong>TNA\/IMPACT Wrestling<\/strong> in a tag team match on <em><strong>TNA Xplosion<\/strong><\/em> against <strong>David Young &amp; Glen Gilbertti<\/strong> (Disco Inferno). He competed for <strong>Vintage Wrestling<\/strong> in Florida in 2012, before retiring from the business.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ZBARR VS TRENT ACID PWU TV TITLE 10 MIN TIME LIMIT\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uNfTBr-UuEI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Last Word on Pro Wrestling sends our deepest condolences to the Hirshmann family, as well as his friends, peers, and colleagues in the pro wrestling community. Stay tuned to the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">very sad to learn of the passing of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TomHirshman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TomHirshman<\/a>, better known as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ZBarr?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ZBarr<\/a>. His cause of death is not known at this time. He was 38 years old.<br \/>He retired from wrestling in 2012. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ByOmQ8CqyA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ByOmQ8CqyA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; pwguru (@pwguru65) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pwguru65\/status\/1285659351211036672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sad day for indie wrestling fans, particularly longtime fans of Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), as one of its earliest stars, Z-Barr, has passed away. The cause of death is currently unknown, but he was only 38-years old. He had retired from pro wrestling in 2012. 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