List of Cagematches

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This List of Cagematches lists all the known performances of The Cagematch, a bracketed improv tournament that runs every two months at ColdTowne Theater.

Winners of each match are listed in bold.

11/4/05-5/4/07 ("King of the Hill" Cagematches)

Through this stretch of time, The Cagematch was not a bracketed tournament. Instead, it was run "King of the Hill" style, with the winner from one week's show coming back for the next.

2005

Ad Hoc Troupes

  • The Science Geeks
  • Kevin [in honor of a fallen comrade]

Matches

There are no records of the two Cagematches before 11/18/05.

2006

Ad Hoc Troupes

  • Blue Balls
  • The Chins
  • Get Down
  • I am a Coat Rack, I am a Lamp
  • Paul Bunyan
  • Scorpions
  • Short&Sweet
  • Sui Generis
  • Trash Can Boys

Matches

There are no more known matches for 2006.

2007

There are no known "King of the Hill" matches for 2007.

5/4/07-6/22/07 ("Blood Initiation")

This was the very first Cagematch tournament.

Ad Hoc Troupes

  • JaMiGe

Matches

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

More Information

Jun-Jul 2007

There are no records of a tournament for June/July 2007, but timing indicates that there must have been one.

Aug-Sep 2007

There are no records of a tournament for June/July 2007, but timing indicates that there must have been one.

10/25/07-1/31/08 ("Nightmare Forest")

Ad Hoc Troupes

Matches

  • 12/13/07: Hard Times vs. The Halls of Power vs. Punch
  • 1/10/08: Midnight Society vs. Late Night Lunch vs. Mr. Rather
  • 1/12/08: Chris & Kaci vs. The Halls of Power vs. The Trainees

There are no more known matches for this tournament.

More Information

2/28/08-5/22/08 ("Legacy of Shame")

Ad Hoc Troupes

Matches

Quarterfinals

  • 2/28/08: Murphy vs. Lo Mismo vs. Bail
  • 2/22/08: Ovula vs. Splatter vs. Jocks and Nerds
  • 2/27/08: Dick Rambuck vs. Relentless 4 vs. Snackers
  • 4/10/08: Twisted Knickers vs. Pom Pom Sisterhood vs. Fort Knox

Semifinals

Nothing is known about this tournament's semifinals.

Championship

More Information

Late-2008 Tournaments

There is no known information about further tournaments in 2008, but the six-month gap in the record suggests that three complete tournaments took place before the end of the year.

1/2/09-2/27/09 ("Theater of Cruelty")

Ad Hoc Troupes

Matches

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

More Information

3/14/09-4/25/09 ("Plagues of the Beast")

Ad Hoc Troupes

Matches

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

The championship matchup is unknown, but was won by Twelve Inch Integrity.

More Information

5/2/09-6/27/09 ("Slash of the Talons!")

Ad Hoc Troupes

Matches

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

All that's known of the semifinals is that they were played on 6/6/13 and 6/13/13. The bracketing thread says that it featured the winner of 5/2 vs. the winner of 5/9, followed by the winner of 5/16 vs. the winner of 5/23, but the resulting championship matchup makes this impossible.

Championship

  • 6/20/09: LadyForms vs. Lifeboat

Exhibition

More Information

7/11/09-8/29/09 ("Feud of Fury")

Ad Hoc Troupes

Matches

Quarterfinals

  • 7/11/09: Boy Toy vs. FredProv
  • 7/18/09: God vs. Billy Icon
  • 7/25/09: Crazytowne vs. You're in Big Trouble, Mister!
  • 8/1/09: Transcontinental vs. Clammes

Semifinals

  • 8/8/09: Boy Toy vs. Billy Icon
  • 8/22/09: You're in Big Trouble, Mister! vs. Transcontinental

Championship

  • 8/29/09: Boy Toy vs. You're in Big Trouble, Mister!

Exhibition

9/12/09-10/14/09 ("War Forms of Dangerous Curves")

Ad Hoc Troupes

Matches

Quarterfinals

  • 9/12/09: Something About Sandwiches vs. I Don't Appreciate It When You Talk to Me Like That
  • 9/19/09: Maude vs. Florida Room
  • 9/26/09: Everyone But Shea vs. Tarantina Turner
  • 10/3/09: NewPort Hen vs. The Glamping Trip

Semifinals

  • 10/10/09: I Don't Appreciate It When You Talk to Me Like That vs. Maude
  • 10/17/09: Everyone But Shea vs. The Glamping Trip

Championship

  • 10/24/09: I Don't Appreciate It When You Talk to Me Like That vs. Everyone But Shea

Exhibition

  • 10/31/09: That's My Retarded Brother vs. ZombieProv

More Information

11/7/09-12/19/09 ("Rise of the Curmudgeoned")

Ad Hoc Troupes

Matches

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

More Information

1/8/10-2/26/10

More Information


3/6/10-4/23/10 ("Frank Herbert's Dune")

Ad Hoc Troupes

Matches

Quarterfinals

  • 3/6/10: My Two Dads vs. The Last Detail
  • 3/13/10: Bless This Mess vs. The Adorables
  • 3/27/10: Elevator Action vs. Commentary Track
  • 4/3/10: The Jackson May Experience vs. Sausage Party

Semifinals

  • 4/10/10: My Two Dads vs. Bless This Mess
  • 4/17/10: Unknown.

Championship

  • 4/23/10: Bless This Mess vs. ???

Exhibition

More Information

5/8/10-6/26/10 ("Tournament of Champions")

This tournament featured the champions of previous tournaments.

Ad Hoc Troupes

Matches

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

More Information

7/3/10-8/28/10

All that's known about this tournament are the show dates.

More Information

9/18/10-Jan 2011 ("King of the Hill" Cagematches)

Through this section of its history, the show reverted to their "King of the Hill" format, where the winner from one week's show came back for the next.

Ad Hoc Troupes

Matches

More Information

Jan 2011-3/5/11

Nothing is known of this tournament besides that "Stabby Jake" were the winners.

5/7/11-6/25/11

Ad Hoc Troupes

Matches

Quarterfinals

  • 5/7/11: The Mexican Free-Tailed Bat vs. Sons of Tiny Dinosaurs
  • 5/14/11: The British Knights vs. Dixon McCracken
  • 5/21/11: Who Dack? vs. Fall Then Smirk
  • 6/4/11: Hot Property vs. Be Prepared

Semifinals

  • 6/11/11: The British Knights vs. ???
  • 6/18/11: Who Dack? vs. ???

Championship

More Information

7/2/11-8/27/11

All that's known of this tournament is the set of show dates.

More Information

9/9/11-10/28/11 ("Pretty Pretty Ponies of Death")

Ad Hoc Troupes

Matches

Quarterfinals

Other Matches

Nothing is known of this tournament besides that The Box Social were the champions.

More Information

Nov 2011-1/6/12

All that's known of this tournament is that it was won by "Beertown Beers" on 1/6/12.

Jan 2012-2/24/12

All that's known of this tournament is that it was won by Tears But Joy on 2/24/12.

3/2/12-4/27/12

All that's known of this tournament are the start and end dates, and that it was won by "Martians" on 4/20/12.

5/11/12-6/29/12

In this tournament, each quarterfinal pitted *three* troupes against one another instead of the usual two.

Ad Hoc Troupes

Matches

Quarterfinals

  • 5/11/12: Cold Turkey vs. Two-Thousand and Fun: An Improv Odyssey versus Chronobear
  • 5/18/12: Blazeprov vs. Bathroom Mysteries vs. Fat. Gay. Jewish
  • 6/1/12: Dick's Kids vs. Secret Garden vs. Nerd Zoo
  • 6/8/12: Dry Weave vs. The Research Project vs. Checkbook

Further Matches

All that's known of the rest of the tournament is:

  • The semifinals were on 6/15/12 and 6/22/12.
  • The championship was on 6/29/12, and was won by Dry Weave.

More Information

Jul/Aug 2012

There are no records of a Cagematch in this period, but it seems logical that there was a tournament during this two-month gap.

9/5/12-10/24/12 ("Hog Wild")

Ad Hoc Troupes

  • Reality
  • Somethin' Good
  • Three Blondes
  • Sococonuts

Matches

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

Exhibition

  • 9/5/12: Sococonuts vs. Reality (tie)

More Information

10/31/12-12/19/12 ("Death & Taxes")

Ad Hoc Troupes

Matches

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

  • 1/16/13: Concrete vs. The Super Troupers

Exhibition

More Information

1/23/13-3/13/13 ("Pourin' Like an Avalanche Comin' Down the Mountain")

Ad Hoc Troupes

Matches

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

  • 2/27/13: Cheap Date vs. Movie Meat
  • 3/6/13: Mickle vs. Hyena

Championship

Exhibition

More Information

3/20/13-5/1/13 ("March Madness")

This tournament featured not two but *three* competing troupes in each quarterfinal. All the troupes in this tournament were duos.

Its full title was "The 1st Annual ColdTowne Theater Temporarily Adjacent To, But Not Affiliated With, March Madness 2-on-2-on-2 Tournament".

Ad Hoc Troupes

Matches

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

All that's known about the semifinals is that they happened on 4/17/13 and 4/24/13.

Championship

  • 4/29/13: Gioboozeman Party vs. Monday Monday

More Information

5/8/13-7/3/13

Ad Hoc Troupes

  • Banditos
  • Discotheque
  • Lady Freeman
  • Natan
  • Powerball
  • Private Piles

Matches

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

All that's known of the semifinals is that they happened on 6/12/13 and 6/19/13.

Championship

All that's known of the championship is that Duran and Johnson (then known as "Heather Has Two Oprahs") won it on 7/3/13.

Exhibition

  • 6/26/13: Pep! vs. Private Piles

More Information


7/10/13-8/28/13 ("Bit-tle Royale")

Ad Hoc Troupes

  • All Stoned & Drew's a Narc
  • Xaria & Friends

Matches

Quarterfinals

  • 7/17/13: Xaria & Friends vs. All Stoned & Drew's a Narc

There are no records of any other quarterfinals.

Semifinals

There is no record of the semifinals of this tournament.

Championship

  • 8/28/13: Mr. President, Please vs. Mandinka.


9/4/13-10/23/13

Ad Hoc Troupes

  • Camera Shy
  • The Japanese Adaptation of Happy Hour See What Happens: Lisa Jackson, Meredith Mae Roberts, and several other women
  • Kevin Space Jam
  • Meat Candy: Pierce Purselly's level one class.
  • Scrimshawshank Redemption: Brendan K. O'Grady, others
  • Shitload of Bears
  • Skim
  • Underground Bus

Matches

Quarterfinals

This tournament included *three* teams in each quarterfinal match, instead of the usual two.

  • 9/4/13: Shitload of Bens vs. Glamazon vs. Century
  • 9/11/13: Kevin Space Jam vs. Ctrl Alt Delete vs. Skim
  • 9/18/13: Underground Bus vs. Camera Shy vs. The Japanese Adaptation of Happy Hour See What Happens
  • 9/25/13: Three on a Match (then called "Homecoming") vs. Meat Candy vs. Scrimshawshank Redemption

Semifinals

Championship

11/6/13-3/1/14 ("ColdTowne Showdown")

In this tournament, ColdTowne Theater participated in a multi-city tournament.

Ad Hoc Troupes

  • The Academy
  • Quality Seafood

Matches

Preliminary

There are no records of any of the other preliminary rounds.

Quarterfinals

There are no records of any of the other quarterfinals.

Semifinals

There are no records of any of the other semifinals.

Championship

The championship rounds were advertised under the name "Highway to Del".

  • 2/28/14:
    • 8pm: Nice Astronaut vs. Joey Fatone (Dallas)
    • 9pm: You, Me, & Michael (Phoenix) vs. Skutch
    • 10pm: Adult Bakery (Phoenix) vs. Petty Zoo (Dallas)
    • 11pm: Ctrl Alt Delete vs. The Academy
  • 3/1/14:
    • 8pm - Winner 1 vs Winner 2
    • 9pm - Winner 3 vs Winner 4
    • 10pm - Back From The Dead Round (6 groups that have been eliminated)
    • 11pm - Finalist 1 vs Finalist 2 vs Back From The Dead Winner

None of the winners are known.

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4/30/14-6/25/14 ("Let's Get Sweaty")

Ad Hoc Troupes

Matches

Quarterfinals

  • 4/30/14: Seussed Up vs. Wink Planet vs. Pack of Cigarettes & Some Milk
  • 5/7/14: Knife Crime Island vs. The Hunger vs. Now It Can Be Told!
  • 5/28/14: Billy Shakes and All-Star Bards vs. Charlatans! vs. Mixed Company
  • 6/4/14: That Racket! vs. Intertowne vs. Field Day

Semifinals

Championship

Exhibition

  • 5/14/14 ("Exhibition of Duos"): The Half Time Show vs. Shamrock vs. Ponciano vs. Austin/Austin
    • This consisted of four 15-minute shows, with the winner promised a spot in the next Cagematch.

More Information

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