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Combat Zone Wrestling

Damage began competing for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) in 2005, appearing at their Tournament of Death IV show on July 30 in New Castle, Delaware. In his first round match, he defeated Beef Wellington in a two out of three falls tables match after winning the third fall by powerbombing Wellington through a "Light Tube Table". He lost his second round match to Necro Butcher, however, in a fans bring the weapons match, where the fans at the show provided the weapons used during the match. In 2006, Damage participated in the Tournament of Death V, defeating Necro Butcher and Toby Klein in a Fans Bring The Weapons Death match, by eliminating Klein to eliminate him from the tournament. He won a four-way Barbed Wire and Panes of Glass Death match in the second round, but was defeated by Nick Gage in the final.

Damage began competing full-time for CZW in 2007, competing mainly in singles competition. On April 7, at Out With the Old, In With the New, Damage defeated Danny Havoc, before Drake Younger at Restore the Order in May to win the CZW Ultraviolent Underground Championship. After the match, he quickly establishefd himself as a villainous character by joining Maven Bentley's faction, also including Mitch Ryder and DJ Hyde, and being involved in a scripted altercation with Lobo. Damage also comepted at Tournament of Death VI, but lost to Drake Younger in the final. Damage defended the Ultraviolent Underground Championship against Younger at Dishonorable Conduct in August, however, the match ended in a double pin, so the owner of CZW, Zandig vacated the championship. At TOD: Fast Forward, Damage won a four-way elimination match to win the vacant championship. Damage also competed at Cage of Death 9, but was eliminated from the Cage of Death match.

On January 12, 2008, Damage defeated Joker in a 20-minute Iron Man Home Run Derby Deathmatch in overtime, to retain the Ultraviolent Underground Championship and win the CZW Iron Man Championship. At the following CZW show, 9 F'N Years, Damage lost the Ultraviolent Underground Championship back to Younger, although he still remained the Iron Man Champion. He dropped the Iron Man Championship to DJ Hyde at Summer School in a four-way match, which also involved Danny Havoc and Insane Lane. The following month, on July 12, Damage defeated Hyde to win back the championship. In September 2008 Halfbreed Billy Gram began appearing with Brain Damage in CZW, and Brain Damage began openly representing Cult Fiction in CZW. Damage defended the championship over the following months, defeating opponents including Hyde, Cobein, before competing in the Cage of Death match at Cage of Death 10: Ultraviolent Anniversary, which was won by Zandig.

At the start of 2009, Damage began teaming with Deranged again,they were accompanied by Halfbreed Billy Gram, and both Damage and Deranged dropped the VDOP moniker and were simply known as Cult Fiction. On February 14, at Decade of Destruction - 10th Anniversary, Damage lost the Iron Man Championship to Sami Callihan.