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match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bloodsport/Underground_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-GCW_Bloodsport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#GCW_Bloodsport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.1</span> <span>GCW Bloodsport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-GCW_Bloodsport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Raw_Underground" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Raw_Underground"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.2</span> <span>Raw Underground</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Raw_Underground-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NXT_Underground" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NXT_Underground"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.3</span> <span>NXT Underground</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NXT_Underground-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Battle_royale-based_variations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Battle_royale-based_variations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Battle royale-based variations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Battle_royale-based_variations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Battle royale-based variations subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Battle_royale-based_variations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Battlebowl" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Battlebowl"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Battlebowl</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Battlebowl-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Battle_Zone" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Battle_Zone"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Battle Zone</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Battle_Zone-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bunkhouse_Stampede" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bunkhouse_Stampede"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Bunkhouse Stampede</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bunkhouse_Stampede-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hardcore_battle_royale" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hardcore_battle_royale"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Hardcore battle royale</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hardcore_battle_royale-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Last_Blood_battle_royale" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Last_Blood_battle_royale"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Last Blood battle royale</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Last_Blood_battle_royale-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reverse_battle_royale" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reverse_battle_royale"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Reverse battle royale</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reverse_battle_royale-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Semi-final_battle_royale" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Semi-final_battle_royale"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Semi-final battle royale</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Semi-final_battle_royale-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tag_Team_battle_royale" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tag_Team_battle_royale"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Tag Team battle royale</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tag_Team_battle_royale-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-World_War_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#World_War_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>World War 3</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-World_War_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cinematic_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cinematic_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Cinematic match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cinematic_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Container-based_variations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Container-based_variations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Container-based variations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Container-based_variations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Container-based variations subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Container-based_variations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Ambulance_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ambulance_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Ambulance match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ambulance_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Buried_alive_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Buried_alive_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Buried alive match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Buried_alive_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Body_Bag_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Body_Bag_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Body Bag match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Body_Bag_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Casket_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Casket_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Casket match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Casket_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Last_Rites_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Last_Rites_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4.1</span> <span>Last Rites match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Last_Rites_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dumpster_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dumpster_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>Dumpster match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dumpster_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Last_Ride_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Last_Ride_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>Last Ride match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Last_Ride_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Enclosure-based_variations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Enclosure-based_variations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Enclosure-based variations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Enclosure-based_variations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Enclosure-based variations subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Enclosure-based_variations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Steel_cage_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Steel_cage_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Steel cage match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Steel_cage_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Asylum_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Asylum_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Asylum match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Asylum_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Barbed_Wire_Steel_Cage_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Barbed_Wire_Steel_Cage_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Barbed Wire Steel Cage match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Barbed_Wire_Steel_Cage_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Wire_Steel_Cage_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wire_Steel_Cage_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.1</span> <span>Wire Steel Cage match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wire_Steel_Cage_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cage_of_Death_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cage_of_Death_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Cage of Death match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cage_of_Death_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chamber_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chamber_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Chamber match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chamber_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chamber_of_Extreme_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chamber_of_Extreme_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6</span> <span>Chamber of Extreme match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chamber_of_Extreme_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chamber_of_Horrors_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chamber_of_Horrors_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.7</span> <span>Chamber of Horrors match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chamber_of_Horrors_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dixieland_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dixieland_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.8</span> <span>Dixieland match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dixieland_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Doomsday_Cage_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Doomsday_Cage_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.9</span> <span>Doomsday Cage match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Doomsday_Cage_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Doomsday_Chamber_of_Blood_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Doomsday_Chamber_of_Blood_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.10</span> <span>Doomsday Chamber of Blood match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Doomsday_Chamber_of_Blood_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Electrified_Cage_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Electrified_Cage_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.11</span> <span>Electrified Cage match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Electrified_Cage_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elimination_Chamber_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elimination_Chamber_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.12</span> <span>Elimination Chamber match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elimination_Chamber_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fight_Pit_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fight_Pit_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.13</span> <span>Fight Pit match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fight_Pit_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hell_in_a_Cell_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hell_in_a_Cell_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.14</span> <span>Hell in a Cell match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hell_in_a_Cell_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Kennel_from_Hell_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kennel_from_Hell_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.14.1</span> <span>Kennel from Hell match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kennel_from_Hell_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Inferno_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Inferno_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.15</span> <span>Inferno match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Inferno_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lethal_Lockdown_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lethal_Lockdown_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.16</span> <span>Lethal Lockdown match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lethal_Lockdown_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lion's_Den_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lion's_Den_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.17</span> <span>Lion's Den match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lion's_Den_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Punjabi_Prison_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Punjabi_Prison_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.18</span> <span>Punjabi Prison match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Punjabi_Prison_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rage_in_a_Cage_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rage_in_a_Cage_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.19</span> <span>Rage in a Cage match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rage_in_a_Cage_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Scramble_Cage_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Scramble_Cage_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.20</span> <span>Scramble Cage match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Scramble_Cage_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Thundercage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Thundercage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.21</span> <span>Thundercage</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Thundercage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Triple_Cage_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Triple_Cage_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.22</span> <span>Triple Cage match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Triple_Cage_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-WarGames_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#WarGames_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.23</span> <span>WarGames match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-WarGames_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Xscape_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Xscape_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.24</span> <span>Xscape match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Xscape_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Flag_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Flag_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Flag match</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Flag_match-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Flag match subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Flag_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Anthem_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Anthem_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Anthem match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Anthem_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Handicap_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Handicap_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Handicap match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Handicap_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hardcore-based_variations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hardcore-based_variations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Hardcore-based variations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Hardcore-based_variations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Hardcore-based variations subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Hardcore-based_variations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Hardcore_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hardcore_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Hardcore match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hardcore_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Unsanctioned_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Unsanctioned_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1.1</span> <span>Unsanctioned match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Unsanctioned_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Barbed_Wire_Ring_Rope_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Barbed_Wire_Ring_Rope_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Barbed Wire Ring Rope match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Barbed_Wire_Ring_Rope_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Barbed_Wire_Massacre" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Barbed_Wire_Massacre"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3.1</span> <span>Barbed Wire Massacre</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Barbed_Wire_Massacre-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bath_House_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bath_House_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Bath House Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bath_House_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Caribbean_Barbed_Wire_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Caribbean_Barbed_Wire_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5</span> <span>Caribbean Barbed Wire Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Caribbean_Barbed_Wire_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Circus_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Circus_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.6</span> <span>Circus Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Circus_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Clockwork_House_of_Fun_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Clockwork_House_of_Fun_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.7</span> <span>Clockwork House of Fun match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Clockwork_House_of_Fun_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Electric_Pool_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Electric_Pool_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.8</span> <span>Electric Pool match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Electric_Pool_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Explosion/Bomb_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Explosion/Bomb_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.9</span> <span>Explosion/Bomb Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Explosion/Bomb_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Anus_Explosion_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Anus_Explosion_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.9.1</span> <span>Anus Explosion Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Anus_Explosion_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Double_Hell_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Double_Hell_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.9.2</span> <span>Double Hell Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Double_Hell_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Exploding_Barbed_Wire_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Exploding_Barbed_Wire_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.9.3</span> <span>Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Exploding_Barbed_Wire_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Landmine_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Landmine_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.9.4</span> <span>Landmine Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Landmine_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Time_Bomb_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Time_Bomb_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.9.5</span> <span>Time Bomb Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Time_Bomb_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Time_Bomb_Exploding_Cage_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Time_Bomb_Exploding_Cage_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.9.6</span> <span>Time Bomb Exploding Cage Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Time_Bomb_Exploding_Cage_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eye_for_an_Eye_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eye_for_an_Eye_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.10</span> <span>Eye for an Eye match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eye_for_an_Eye_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Falls_Count_Anywhere_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Falls_Count_Anywhere_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.11</span> <span>Falls Count Anywhere match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Falls_Count_Anywhere_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-First_Blood_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#First_Blood_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.12</span> <span>First Blood match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-First_Blood_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Doomsday_Chamber_of_Blood_match_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Doomsday_Chamber_of_Blood_match_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.12.1</span> <span>Doomsday Chamber of Blood match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Doomsday_Chamber_of_Blood_match_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sadistic_Madness_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sadistic_Madness_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.12.2</span> <span>Sadistic Madness match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sadistic_Madness_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Four_Corners_of_Pain_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Four_Corners_of_Pain_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.13</span> <span>Four Corners of Pain match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Four_Corners_of_Pain_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pools_of_Fuckery_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pools_of_Fuckery_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.13.1</span> <span>Pools of Fuckery Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pools_of_Fuckery_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Good_Old_Fashioned_Donnybrook_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Good_Old_Fashioned_Donnybrook_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.14</span> <span>Good Old Fashioned Donnybrook match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Good_Old_Fashioned_Donnybrook_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hard_Ten_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hard_Ten_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.15</span> <span>Hard Ten match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hard_Ten_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Last_Man/Woman_Standing_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Last_Man/Woman_Standing_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.16</span> <span>Last Man/Woman Standing match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Last_Man/Woman_Standing_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Baseball_Brawl_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Baseball_Brawl_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.16.1</span> <span>Baseball Brawl match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Baseball_Brawl_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Texas_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Texas_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.16.2</span> <span>Texas Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Texas_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Light_Tube_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Light_Tube_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.17</span> <span>Light Tube Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Light_Tube_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2/3_Light_Tube_Log_cabins_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2/3_Light_Tube_Log_cabins_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.17.1</span> <span>2/3 Light Tube Log cabins Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2/3_Light_Tube_Log_cabins_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Monster's_Ball_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Monster's_Ball_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.18</span> <span>Monster's Ball match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Monster's_Ball_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-No_Disqualification_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#No_Disqualification_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.19</span> <span>No Disqualification match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-No_Disqualification_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Piranha_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Piranha_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.20</span> <span>Piranha Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Piranha_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pitch_Black_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pitch_Black_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.21</span> <span>Pitch Black match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pitch_Black_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Razor_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Razor_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.22</span> <span>Razor Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Razor_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Spike_Nail_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Spike_Nail_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.23</span> <span>Spike Nail Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Spike_Nail_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nail_Hell_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nail_Hell_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.23.1</span> <span>Nail Hell Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nail_Hell_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Street_fight" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Street_fight"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.24</span> <span>Street fight</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Street_fight-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Bunkhouse_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bunkhouse_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.24.1</span> <span>Bunkhouse match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bunkhouse_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Miracle_on_34th_Street_Fight" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Miracle_on_34th_Street_Fight"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.24.2</span> <span><i>Miracle on 34th Street</i> Fight</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Miracle_on_34th_Street_Fight-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Trick_or_Street_Fight" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Trick_or_Street_Fight"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.24.3</span> <span>Trick or Street Fight</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Trick_or_Street_Fight-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Taipei_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Taipei_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.25</span> <span>Taipei Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Taipei_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Thumbtack_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Thumbtack_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.26</span> <span>Thumbtack Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Thumbtack_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Barefoot_Thumbtack_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Barefoot_Thumbtack_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.26.1</span> <span>Barefoot Thumbtack match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Barefoot_Thumbtack_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Thumbtack_Balloons_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Thumbtack_Balloons_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.26.2</span> <span>Thumbtack Balloons match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Thumbtack_Balloons_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Unlucky_13_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Unlucky_13_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.27</span> <span>Unlucky 13 Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Unlucky_13_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Location-based_variations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Location-based_variations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Location-based variations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Location-based_variations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Location-based variations subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Location-based_variations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Bar_Room_Brawl" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bar_Room_Brawl"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Bar Room Brawl</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bar_Room_Brawl-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Boiler_Room_Brawl" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Boiler_Room_Brawl"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Boiler Room Brawl</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Boiler_Room_Brawl-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Body_of_Water_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Body_of_Water_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Body of Water match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Body_of_Water_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dungeon_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dungeon_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.4</span> <span>Dungeon match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dungeon_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Empty_Arena_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Empty_Arena_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.5</span> <span>Empty Arena match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Empty_Arena_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Parking_Lot_Brawl" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Parking_Lot_Brawl"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.6</span> <span>Parking Lot Brawl</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Parking_Lot_Brawl-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Hollywood_Backlot_Brawl" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hollywood_Backlot_Brawl"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.6.1</span> <span>Hollywood Backlot Brawl</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hollywood_Backlot_Brawl-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Iron_Circle_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Iron_Circle_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.6.2</span> <span>Iron Circle match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Iron_Circle_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Train_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Train_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.6.3</span> <span>Train match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Train_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tooth_and_Nail_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tooth_and_Nail_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.7</span> <span>Tooth and Nail match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tooth_and_Nail_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lumberjack_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lumberjack_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Lumberjack match</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Lumberjack_match-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Lumberjack match subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Lumberjack_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Canadian_Lumberjack_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Canadian_Lumberjack_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Canadian Lumberjack match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Canadian_Lumberjack_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Extreme_Lumberjack_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Extreme_Lumberjack_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Extreme Lumberjack match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Extreme_Lumberjack_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Multi-competitor-based_variations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Multi-competitor-based_variations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Multi-competitor-based variations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Multi-competitor-based_variations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Multi-competitor-based variations subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Multi-competitor-based_variations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Basic_non-elimination_matches" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Basic_non-elimination_matches"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Basic non-elimination matches</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Basic_non-elimination_matches-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Non-elimination_matches_with_three_competitors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Non-elimination_matches_with_three_competitors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1.1</span> <span>Non-elimination matches with three competitors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Non-elimination_matches_with_three_competitors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Non-elimination_matches_with_four_or_more_competitors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Non-elimination_matches_with_four_or_more_competitors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1.2</span> <span>Non-elimination matches with four or more competitors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Non-elimination_matches_with_four_or_more_competitors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Basic_elimination_matches" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Basic_elimination_matches"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Basic elimination matches</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Basic_elimination_matches-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Elimination_matches_with_three_competitors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elimination_matches_with_three_competitors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2.1</span> <span>Elimination matches with three competitors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elimination_matches_with_three_competitors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elimination_matches_with_four_or_more_competitors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elimination_matches_with_four_or_more_competitors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2.2</span> <span>Elimination matches with four or more competitors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elimination_matches_with_four_or_more_competitors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Beat_the_Clock_Challenge" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Beat_the_Clock_Challenge"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>Beat the Clock Challenge</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Beat_the_Clock_Challenge-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Championship_Scramble" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Championship_Scramble"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.4</span> <span>Championship Scramble</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Championship_Scramble-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elimination_Chase" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elimination_Chase"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.5</span> <span>Elimination Chase</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elimination_Chase-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Iron_Survivor_Challenge" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Iron_Survivor_Challenge"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.6</span> <span>Iron Survivor Challenge</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Iron_Survivor_Challenge-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Special_Guest_Referee" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Special_Guest_Referee"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.7</span> <span>Special Guest Referee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Special_Guest_Referee-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Non-wrestling_matches" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Non-wrestling_matches"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Non-wrestling matches</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Non-wrestling_matches-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Non-wrestling matches subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Non-wrestling_matches-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Arm_Wrestling_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arm_Wrestling_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.1</span> <span>Arm Wrestling match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Arm_Wrestling_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Boxing_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Boxing_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2</span> <span>Boxing match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Boxing_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mixed_Martial_Arts_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mixed_Martial_Arts_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.3</span> <span>Mixed Martial Arts match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mixed_Martial_Arts_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sumo_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sumo_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.4</span> <span>Sumo match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sumo_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sumo_Monster_Truck_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sumo_Monster_Truck_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.5</span> <span>Sumo Monster Truck match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sumo_Monster_Truck_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rumble_rules-based_variations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rumble_rules-based_variations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Rumble rules-based variations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Rumble_rules-based_variations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Rumble rules-based variations subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Rumble_rules-based_variations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Aztec_Warfare" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Aztec_Warfare"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.1</span> <span>Aztec Warfare</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Aztec_Warfare-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Battle_Riot" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Battle_Riot"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.2</span> <span>Battle Riot</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Battle_Riot-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Casino_Battle_Royale" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Casino_Battle_Royale"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.3</span> <span>Casino Battle Royale</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Casino_Battle_Royale-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Honor_Rumble" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Honor_Rumble"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.4</span> <span>Honor Rumble</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Honor_Rumble-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-New_Japan_Rumble" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#New_Japan_Rumble"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.5</span> <span>New Japan Rumble</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-New_Japan_Rumble-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Royal_Rampage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Royal_Rampage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.6</span> <span>Royal Rampage</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Royal_Rampage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Royal_Rumble" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Royal_Rumble"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.7</span> <span>Royal Rumble</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Royal_Rumble-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Royal_Sambo" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Royal_Sambo"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.8</span> <span>Royal Sambo</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Royal_Sambo-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Square_Go!" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Square_Go!"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.9</span> <span>Square Go!</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Square_Go!-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Series-based_variations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Series-based_variations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Series-based variations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Series-based_variations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Series-based variations subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Series-based_variations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Best_of_Series_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_of_Series_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.1</span> <span>Best of Series match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_of_Series_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gauntlet_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gauntlet_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.2</span> <span>Gauntlet match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gauntlet_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Gauntlet_Eliminator" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gauntlet_Eliminator"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.2.1</span> <span>Gauntlet Eliminator</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gauntlet_Eliminator-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Casino_Gauntlet" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Casino_Gauntlet"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.2.2</span> <span>Casino Gauntlet</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Casino_Gauntlet-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gauntlet_for_the_Gold" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gauntlet_for_the_Gold"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.2.3</span> <span>Gauntlet for the Gold</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gauntlet_for_the_Gold-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Iron_Man/Woman_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Iron_Man/Woman_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.3</span> <span>Iron Man/Woman match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Iron_Man/Woman_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Anything_Goes_Iron_Man_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Anything_Goes_Iron_Man_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.3.1</span> <span>Anything Goes Iron Man match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Anything_Goes_Iron_Man_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Thunder_Queen_battle" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Thunder_Queen_battle"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.3.2</span> <span>Thunder Queen battle</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Thunder_Queen_battle-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ultimate_Submission_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ultimate_Submission_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.3.3</span> <span>Ultimate Submission match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ultimate_Submission_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Three_Strikes_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Three_Strikes_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.4</span> <span>Three Strikes match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Three_Strikes_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Two_out_of_Three_falls_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Two_out_of_Three_falls_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.5</span> <span>Two out of Three falls match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Two_out_of_Three_falls_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Gate_of_Heaven_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gate_of_Heaven_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.5.1</span> <span>Gate of Heaven match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gate_of_Heaven_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Three_Stages_of_Hell_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Three_Stages_of_Hell_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.5.2</span> <span>Three Stages of Hell match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Three_Stages_of_Hell_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Three_Degrees_of_Pain_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Three_Degrees_of_Pain_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.5.3</span> <span>Three Degrees of Pain match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Three_Degrees_of_Pain_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Stipulation-based_variations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stipulation-based_variations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>Stipulation-based variations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Stipulation-based_variations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Stipulation-based variations subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Stipulation-based_variations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Clock_Strikes_Midnight_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Clock_Strikes_Midnight_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.1</span> <span>Clock Strikes Midnight match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Clock_Strikes_Midnight_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Crybaby_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Crybaby_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.2</span> <span>Crybaby match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Crybaby_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Jailhouse_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jailhouse_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.3</span> <span>Jailhouse match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Jailhouse_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kiss_My_Foot_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kiss_My_Foot_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.4</span> <span>Kiss My Foot match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kiss_My_Foot_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Kiss_My_Ass_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kiss_My_Ass_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.4.1</span> <span>Kiss My Ass match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kiss_My_Ass_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Last_Chance_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Last_Chance_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.5</span> <span>Last Chance match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Last_Chance_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Loser_Leaves_Town_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Loser_Leaves_Town_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.6</span> <span>Loser Leaves Town match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Loser_Leaves_Town_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Loser_Wears_A_Chicken_Suit_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Loser_Wears_A_Chicken_Suit_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.7</span> <span>Loser Wears A Chicken Suit match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Loser_Wears_A_Chicken_Suit_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Loser_Wears_Dress_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Loser_Wears_Dress_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.8</span> <span>Loser Wears Dress match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Loser_Wears_Dress_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Luchas_de_apuestas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Luchas_de_apuestas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.9</span> <span><i>Luchas de apuestas</i></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Luchas_de_apuestas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Bounty_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bounty_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.9.1</span> <span>Bounty match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bounty_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Move_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Move_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.10</span> <span>Move match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Move_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Banned_Move_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Banned_Move_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.10.1</span> <span>Banned Move match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Banned_Move_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Retirement_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Retirement_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.11</span> <span>Retirement match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Retirement_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Spin_the_Wheel,_Make_the_Deal" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Spin_the_Wheel,_Make_the_Deal"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.12</span> <span>Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Spin_the_Wheel,_Make_the_Deal-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Strip_matches" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Strip_matches"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>Strip matches</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Strip_matches-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Strip matches subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Strip_matches-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Bra_and_Panties_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bra_and_Panties_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.1</span> <span>Bra and Panties match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bra_and_Panties_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Evening_Gown_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Evening_Gown_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.2</span> <span>Evening Gown match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Evening_Gown_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tuxedo_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tuxedo_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.3</span> <span>Tuxedo match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tuxedo_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Submission_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Submission_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17</span> <span>Submission match</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Submission_match-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Submission match subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Submission_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Throw_in_the_Towel_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Throw_in_the_Towel_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.1</span> <span>Throw in the Towel match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Throw_in_the_Towel_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Catch-as-Catch_Can_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Catch-as-Catch_Can_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.2</span> <span>Catch-as-Catch Can match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Catch-as-Catch_Can_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-"I_quit"_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#"I_quit"_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.3</span> <span>"I quit" match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-"I_quit"_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-"I_respect_you"_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#"I_respect_you"_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.3.1</span> <span>"I respect you" match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-"I_respect_you"_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Submission_Count_Anywhere_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Submission_Count_Anywhere_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.4</span> <span>Submission Count Anywhere match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Submission_Count_Anywhere_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Substance_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Substance_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18</span> <span>Substance match</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Substance_match-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Substance match subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Substance_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Blood_Bath_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Blood_Bath_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.1</span> <span>Blood Bath match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Blood_Bath_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mud_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mud_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.2</span> <span>Mud match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mud_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Hog_Pen_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hog_Pen_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.2.1</span> <span>Hog Pen match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hog_Pen_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Team_matches" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Team_matches"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19</span> <span>Team matches</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Team_matches-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Team matches subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Team_matches-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Tag_Team_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tag_Team_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.1</span> <span>Tag Team match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tag_Team_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Tornado_Tag_Team_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tornado_Tag_Team_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.1.1</span> <span>Tornado Tag Team match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tornado_Tag_Team_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elimination_Tag_Team_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elimination_Tag_Team_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.2</span> <span>Elimination Tag Team match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elimination_Tag_Team_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Captain's_Fall_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Captain's_Fall_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.2.1</span> <span>Captain's Fall match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Captain's_Fall_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tag_Team_Turmoil" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tag_Team_Turmoil"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.2.2</span> <span>Tag Team Turmoil</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tag_Team_Turmoil-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ultimate_Endurance_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ultimate_Endurance_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.2.3</span> <span>Ultimate Endurance match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ultimate_Endurance_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mixed_Tag_Team_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mixed_Tag_Team_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.3</span> <span>Mixed Tag Team match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mixed_Tag_Team_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Intergender_Tag_Team_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Intergender_Tag_Team_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.3.1</span> <span>Intergender Tag Team match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Intergender_Tag_Team_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Stadium_Stampede_/_Anarchy_in_the_Arena_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stadium_Stampede_/_Anarchy_in_the_Arena_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.4</span> <span>Stadium Stampede / Anarchy in the Arena match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stadium_Stampede_/_Anarchy_in_the_Arena_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Strange_Bedfellows_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Strange_Bedfellows_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.5</span> <span>Strange Bedfellows match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Strange_Bedfellows_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Weapon-based_variations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Weapon-based_variations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20</span> <span>Weapon-based variations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Weapon-based_variations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Weapon-based variations subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Weapon-based_variations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Arcade_Anarchy_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arcade_Anarchy_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.1</span> <span>Arcade Anarchy match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Arcade_Anarchy_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Beach_Brawl" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Beach_Brawl"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.2</span> <span>Beach Brawl</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Beach_Brawl-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bricks_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bricks_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.3</span> <span>Bricks match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bricks_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chairs_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chairs_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.4</span> <span>Chairs match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chairs_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Country_Whipping_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Country_Whipping_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.5</span> <span>Country Whipping match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Country_Whipping_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Crazy_8_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Crazy_8_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.6</span> <span>Crazy 8 match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Crazy_8_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fans_Bring_the_Weapons_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fans_Bring_the_Weapons_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.7</span> <span>Fans Bring the Weapons match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fans_Bring_the_Weapons_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Good_Housekeeping_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Good_Housekeeping_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.8</span> <span>Good Housekeeping match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Good_Housekeeping_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Handcuff_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Handcuff_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.9</span> <span>Handcuff match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Handcuff_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hangman's_Horror_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hangman's_Horror_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.10</span> <span>Hangman's Horror match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hangman's_Horror_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kendo_Stick_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kendo_Stick_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.11</span> <span>Kendo Stick match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kendo_Stick_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ladder_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ladder_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.12</span> <span>Ladder match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ladder_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Casino_Ladder_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Casino_Ladder_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.12.1</span> <span>Casino Ladder match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Casino_Ladder_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Full_Metal_Mayhem_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Full_Metal_Mayhem_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.12.2</span> <span>Full Metal Mayhem match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Full_Metal_Mayhem_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-King_of_the_Mountain_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#King_of_the_Mountain_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.12.3</span> <span>King of the Mountain match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-King_of_the_Mountain_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Stairway_to_Hell_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stairway_to_Hell_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.12.4</span> <span>Stairway to Hell match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stairway_to_Hell_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-TLC_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#TLC_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.12.5</span> <span>TLC match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-TLC_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ultimate_X_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ultimate_X_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.12.6</span> <span>Ultimate X match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ultimate_X_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nigerian_Drum_Fight" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nigerian_Drum_Fight"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.13</span> <span>Nigerian Drum Fight</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nigerian_Drum_Fight-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Object_on_a_Pole_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Object_on_a_Pole_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.14</span> <span>Object on a Pole match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Object_on_a_Pole_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Biker_Chain_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Biker_Chain_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.14.1</span> <span>Biker Chain match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Biker_Chain_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pillow_Fight" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pillow_Fight"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.15</span> <span>Pillow Fight</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pillow_Fight-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Straitjacket_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Straitjacket_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.16</span> <span>Straitjacket match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Straitjacket_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Strap_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Strap_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.17</span> <span>Strap match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Strap_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Barbed_Wire_Chain_Deathmatch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Barbed_Wire_Chain_Deathmatch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.17.1</span> <span>Barbed Wire Chain Deathmatch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Barbed_Wire_Chain_Deathmatch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dog_collar_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dog_collar_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.17.2</span> <span>Dog collar match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dog_collar_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Four_Corners_Strap_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Four_Corners_Strap_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.17.3</span> <span>Four Corners Strap match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Four_Corners_Strap_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Russian_chain_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Russian_chain_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.17.4</span> <span>Russian chain match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Russian_chain_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Texas_Bullrope_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Texas_Bullrope_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.17.5</span> <span>Texas Bullrope match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Texas_Bullrope_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Stretcher_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stretcher_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.18</span> <span>Stretcher match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stretcher_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Steel_Stairs_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Steel_Stairs_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.19</span> <span>Steel Stairs match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Steel_Stairs_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Symphony_of_Destruction_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Symphony_of_Destruction_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.20</span> <span>Symphony of Destruction match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Symphony_of_Destruction_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tables_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tables_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.21</span> <span>Tables match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tables_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Flaming_Tables_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Flaming_Tables_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.21.1</span> <span>Flaming Tables match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Flaming_Tables_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Thanksgiving_Leftovers_Throwdown" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Thanksgiving_Leftovers_Throwdown"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.21.2</span> <span>Thanksgiving Leftovers Throwdown</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Thanksgiving_Leftovers_Throwdown-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Two_out_of_Three_Tables_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Two_out_of_Three_Tables_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.21.3</span> <span>Two out of Three Tables match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Two_out_of_Three_Tables_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Taped_fist_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Taped_fist_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.22</span> <span>Taped fist match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Taped_fist_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Viking_Rules_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Viking_Rules_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.23</span> <span>Viking Rules match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Viking_Rules_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Water_Fight" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Water_Fight"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.24</span> <span>Water Fight</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Water_Fight-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Weapon_Rumble_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Weapon_Rumble_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.25</span> <span>Weapon Rumble match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Weapon_Rumble_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Weapons_Wild_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Weapons_Wild_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20.26</span> <span>Weapons Wild match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Weapons_Wild_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Winner_Takes_All_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Winner_Takes_All_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">21</span> <span>Winner Takes All match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Winner_Takes_All_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">22</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">23</span> <span>Sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">24</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A8" title="পেশাদারি কুস্তি ম্যাচের ধরন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="পেশাদারি কুস্তি ম্যাচের ধরন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5_%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%87_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5" title="Видове кеч мачове – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Видове кеч мачове" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typer_af_wrestlingkampe" title="Typer af wrestlingkampe – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Typer af wrestlingkampe" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling-Matcharten" title="Wrestling-Matcharten – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wrestling-Matcharten" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B7_%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%8E%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BD_%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82_(%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%82)" title="Είδη αγώνων πάλης (Κατς) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Είδη αγώνων πάλης (Κατς)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Tipos_de_combates_de_lucha_libre_profesional" title="Anexo:Tipos de combates de lucha libre profesional – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anexo:Tipos de combates de lucha libre profesional" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B9_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA_%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%AA%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%AC" title="انواع مسابقات کشتی کج – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="انواع مسابقات کشتی کج" data-language-autonym="فارسی" 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href="/wiki/Early_wrestling_championships" title="Early wrestling championships">Early wrestling championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Dust_Trio" title="Gold Dust Trio">Gold Dust Trio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980s_professional_wrestling_boom" title="1980s professional wrestling boom">1980s boom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Saturday_(professional_wrestling)" title="Black Saturday (professional wrestling)">Black Saturday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Title_Tournament" title="NWA World Title Tournament">1994 NWA World Title Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_War" title="Monday Night War">Monday Night Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attitude_Era" title="Attitude Era">Attitude Era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling_mass_exodus" title="2000 All Japan Pro Wrestling mass exodus">2000 All Japan Pro Wrestling mass exodus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Invasion_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Invasion (professional wrestling)">The Invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wednesday_Night_Wars" title="Wednesday Night Wars">Wednesday Night Wars</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Notable promotions</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="All Japan Pro Wrestling">All Japan Pro Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Women%27s_Pro-Wrestling" title="All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling">All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Star_Wrestling" title="All Star Wrestling">All Star Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association" title="American Wrestling Association">American Wrestling Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consejo_Mundial_de_Lucha_Libre" title="Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre">Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontier_Martial-Arts_Wrestling" title="Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling">Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorgeous_Ladies_of_Wrestling" title="Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling">Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions" title="Jim Crockett Promotions">Jim Crockett Promotions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Promotions" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Promotions">Joint Promotions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucha_Libre_AAA_Worldwide" title="Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide">Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maple_Leaf_Wrestling" title="Maple Leaf Wrestling">Maple Leaf Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Noah" title="Pro Wrestling Noah">Pro Wrestling Noah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor" title="Ring of Honor">Ring of Honor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soft_Ground_Wrestling" title="Soft Ground Wrestling">Soft Ground Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stampede_Wrestling" title="Stampede Wrestling">Stampede Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Joshi_Pro-Wrestling" title="Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling">Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">Total Nonstop Action Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UWF_International" title="UWF International">UWF International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_of_Wrestling" title="Women of Wrestling">Women of Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Wonder_Ring_Stardom" title="World Wonder Ring Stardom">World Wonder Ring Stardom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_promotions" title="List of professional wrestling promotions">Others</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Notable people</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"><small><b>Early 20th Century</b></small> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Hackenschmidt" title="George Hackenschmidt">George Hackenschmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Gama" title="The Great Gama">The Great Gama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gotch" title="Frank Gotch">Frank Gotch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Sandow" title="Billy Sandow">Billy Sandow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toots_Mondt" title="Toots Mondt">Toots Mondt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Lewis_(wrestler)" title="Ed Lewis (wrestler)">Ed Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Pfefer" title="Jack Pfefer">Jack Pfefer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Londos" title="Jim Londos">Jim Londos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvador_Lutteroth" title="Salvador Lutteroth">Salvador Lutteroth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Thesz" title="Lou Thesz">Lou Thesz</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>Mid 20th Century</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gorgeous_George" title="Gorgeous George">Gorgeous George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Santo" title="El Santo">El Santo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Muchnick" title="Sam Muchnick">Sam Muchnick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mildred_Burke" title="Mildred Burke">Mildred Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fabulous_Moolah" title="The Fabulous Moolah">The Fabulous Moolah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Demon" title="Blue Demon">Blue Demon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verne_Gagne" title="Verne Gagne">Verne Gagne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Gotch" title="Karl Gotch">Karl Gotch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan" title="Rikidōzan">Rikidōzan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stu_Hart" title="Stu Hart">Stu Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruno_Sammartino" title="Bruno Sammartino">Bruno Sammartino</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>1970s and 1980s</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Funk" title="Terry Funk">Terry Funk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Race" title="Harley Race">Harley Race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Solie" title="Gordon Solie">Gordon Solie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giant_Baba" title="Giant Baba">Giant Baba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mil_M%C3%A1scaras" title="Mil Máscaras">Mil Máscaras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant" title="André the Giant">André the Giant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Heenan" title="Bobby Heenan">Bobby Heenan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Col%C3%B3n" title="Carlos Colón">Carlos Colón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes" title="Dusty Rhodes">Dusty Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Jr." title="Jim Crockett Jr.">Jim Crockett Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Crabtree" title="Shirley Crabtree">Big Daddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dynamite_Kid" title="Dynamite Kid">Dynamite Kid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satoru_Sayama" title="Satoru Sayama">Satoru "Tiger Mask" Sayama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Savage" title="Randy Savage">Randy Savage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hisashi_Shinma" title="Hisashi Shinma">Hisashi Shinma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akira_Maeda" title="Akira Maeda">Akira Maeda</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>1990s</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Turner" title="Ted Turner">Ted Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keiji_Muto" title="Keiji Muto">The Great Muta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross" title="Jim Ross">Jim Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsuharu_Misawa" title="Mitsuharu Misawa">Mitsuharu Misawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenta_Kobashi" title="Kenta Kobashi">Kenta Kobashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toshiaki_Kawada" title="Toshiaki Kawada">Toshiaki Kawada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atsushi_Onita" title="Atsushi Onita">Atsushi Onita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Antonio Peña">Antonio Peña</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Bischoff" title="Eric Bischoff">Eric Bischoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Cornette" title="Jim Cornette">Jim Cornette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nash" title="Kevin Nash">Kevin Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Hall" title="Scott Hall">Scott Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Russo" title="Vince Russo">Vince Russo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">The Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Paul "Triple H" Levesque</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>2000s</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jarrett" title="Jeff Jarrett">Jeff Jarrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Guerrero" title="Eddie Guerrero">Eddie Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%ADstico" title="Místico">Místico</a></li></ul> <p><small><b>2010s and 2020s</b></small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CM_Punk" title="CM Punk">CM Punk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Bryan Danielson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Reigns" title="Roman Reigns">Roman Reigns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Omega" title="Kenny Omega">Kenny Omega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Khan" title="Tony Khan">Tony Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Khan" title="Nick Khan">Nick Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">By region</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Australia" title="Professional wrestling in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fighting_Cholitas" title="Fighting Cholitas">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Canada" title="Professional wrestling in Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_China" title="Professional wrestling in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_France" title="Professional wrestling in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_India" title="Professional wrestling in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling in Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Israel" title="Professional wrestling in Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Japan" title="Professional wrestling in Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucha_libre" title="Lucha libre">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_New_Zealand" title="Professional wrestling in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Puerto_Rico" title="Professional wrestling in Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Russia" title="Professional wrestling in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Saudi_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling in Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_States" title="Professional wrestling in the United States">United States</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Styles</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="British wrestling">British wrestling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All-in_professional_wrestling" title="All-in professional wrestling">All-in style</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral-Lord_Mountevans_rules" title="Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules">Mountevans rules</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruiserweight_(professional_wrestling)" title="Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)">Cruiserweight</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/X_Division" title="X Division">X Division</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling" title="Hardcore wrestling">Hardcore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intergender_wrestling" title="Intergender wrestling">Intergender</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lucha_libre" title="Lucha libre">Lucha libre</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midget_wrestling" title="Midget wrestling">Midget</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mini-Estrella" title="Mini-Estrella">Mini-Estrella</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Puroresu" title="Puroresu">Puroresu</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoot_wrestling" title="Shoot wrestling">Shoot style</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/U-Kei_(martial_arts)" title="U-Kei (martial arts)">U-Kei</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_professional_wrestling" title="Women's professional wrestling">Women's</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Concepts</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li>Attire <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_mask" title="Wrestling mask">Masks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_singlet" title="Wrestling singlet">Wrestling singlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_shoe" title="Wrestling shoe">Wrestling shoe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Backyard_wrestling" title="Backyard wrestling">Backyarding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blading_(professional_wrestling)" title="Blading (professional wrestling)">Blading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_championship" title="Professional wrestling championship">Championship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:World_heavyweight_wrestling_championships" title="Category:World heavyweight wrestling championships">World Heavyweight</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirt_sheet" title="Dirt sheet">Dirt sheet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">Glossary of terms</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">Kayfabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gimmick_(professional_wrestling)" title="Gimmick (professional wrestling)">Gimmick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)" title="Face (professional wrestling)">Face</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heel (professional wrestling)">Heel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoot_(professional_wrestling)" title="Shoot (professional wrestling)">Shoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heat_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heat (professional wrestling)">Heat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_(professional_wrestling)" title="Job (professional wrestling)">Job</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Push_(professional_wrestling)" title="Push (professional wrestling)">Push</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_show" title="House show">House show</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Match types</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_in_professional_wrestling" title="Music in professional wrestling">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rib_(professional_wrestling)" title="Rib (professional wrestling)">Rib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ring_name" title="Ring name">Ring name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports entertainment">Sports entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tag_team" title="Tag team">Tag team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Professional_wrestling_weight_classes" title="Category:Professional wrestling weight classes">Weight classes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_ring" title="Wrestling ring">Wrestling ring</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Culture</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cauliflower_Alley_Club" title="Cauliflower Alley Club">Cauliflower Alley Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cauliflower_ear" title="Cauliflower ear">Cauliflower ear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wrestling-based_comic_books" title="List of wrestling-based comic books">Comic books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Professional_wrestling_films" title="Category:Professional wrestling films">Films</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Lucha_libre_films" title="Category:Lucha libre films">Luchador films</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_magazines" title="List of professional wrestling magazines">Magazines</a></li> <li>Paintings <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Wrestlers_(Courbet)" title="The Wrestlers (Courbet)">Gustave Courbet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestlers_(Eakins)" title="Wrestlers (Eakins)">Thomas Eakins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Wrestlers_(Etty)" title="The Wrestlers (Etty)">William Etty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Wrestlers_(Luks)" title="The Wrestlers (Luks)">George Luks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ribera_Steakhouse" title="Ribera Steakhouse">Ribera Steakhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten-bell_salute" title="Ten-bell salute">Ten-bell salute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_video_games" title="List of professional wrestling video games">Video games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_personalities_in_politics" title="Professional wrestling personalities in politics">Wrestling personalities in politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zubaz" title="Zubaz">Zubaz</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Media outlets</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Botchamania" title="Botchamania">Botchamania</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Box_y_Lucha" title="Box y Lucha">Box y Lucha</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dark_Side_of_the_Ring" title="Dark Side of the Ring">Dark Side of the Ring</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fighting_Spirit_Magazine" title="Fighting Spirit Magazine">Fighting Spirit Magazine</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_Audio_Wrestling" title="Live Audio Wrestling">Live Audio Wrestling</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/OSW_Review" title="OSW Review">OSW Review</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Power_Slam" title="Power Slam">Power Slam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated" title="Pro Wrestling Illustrated">Pro Wrestling Illustrated</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BAper_Luchas" title="Súper Luchas">Súper Luchas</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter" title="Wrestling Observer Newsletter">Wrestling Observer Newsletter</a></i></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #3633FF; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Controversies</div><div 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Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Angle" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">storyline</a>. Throughout professional wrestling's <a href="/wiki/History_of_professional_wrestling" title="History of professional wrestling">decades-long history</a>, some gimmick matches have spawned many variations of the core concept. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Singles_match">Singles match<span class="anchor" id="Variations_of_singles_matches"></span><span class="anchor" id="Singles_match"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Singles match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The singles match is the most common of all professional wrestling matches, which involves only two competitors competing for one <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Fall" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">fall</a>. A victory is obtained by <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling#Pinfall" title="Professional wrestling">pinfall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Submission_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Submission (professional wrestling)">submission</a>, <a href="/wiki/Knockout_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Knockout (professional wrestling)">knockout</a>, <a href="/wiki/Countout_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Countout (professional wrestling)">countout</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Disqualification_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Disqualification (professional wrestling)">disqualification</a>. One of the most common variations on the singles match is to restrict the possible means for victory. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blindfold_match">Blindfold match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Blindfold match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a blindfold match, the two participants must wear a blindfold over their eyes for the entire duration of the match. A well-known example of this match is the <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_VII" title="WrestleMania VII">WrestleMania VII</a> match between <a href="/wiki/Jake_%22The_Snake%22_Roberts" class="mw-redirect" title="Jake "The Snake" Roberts">Jake "The Snake" Roberts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rick_Martel" title="Rick Martel">Rick Martel</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="No_count-out_match">No count-out match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: No count-out match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A no count-out match is a singles match in which both competitors can stay outside of the ring without being counted out. A well-known example is at <a href="/wiki/Vengeance_(2003)" title="Vengeance (2003)">Vengeance (2003)</a> between <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_McMahon" title="Stephanie McMahon">Stephanie McMahon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sable_(wrestler)" title="Sable (wrestler)">Sable</a>, which Sable won.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pure_wrestling_rules_match">Pure wrestling rules match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pure wrestling rules match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A pure wrestling rules match originally appeared in <a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor" title="Ring of Honor">Ring of Honor</a> (ROH), and still exists as the "official rules" for the <a href="/wiki/ROH_Pure_Championship" title="ROH Pure Championship">ROH Pure Championship</a>. Under the rules, each wrestler is allowed only three rope breaks; once they are all used, the wrestler cannot use the ropes to escape pins or submissions. Closed fists are illegal, and the first offense (if seen by the official) results in a warning. A second offense results in disqualification. The wrestlers must shake hands before and after the match. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_challenge_match">Special challenge match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Special challenge match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A special challenge match was often used in <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a> (WCW) to refer to a singles match in which the champion is not defending the title, so the title doesn't change hands if the champion loses the match. It can be announced by name, as a non-title match or as a singles match. It was also used in a tag team format. <a href="/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship" title="WCW World Television Championship">World TV Champion</a> <a href="/wiki/Arn_Anderson" title="Arn Anderson">Arn Anderson</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Paul_Orndorff" title="Paul Orndorff">Paul Orndorff</a> at <a href="/wiki/Clash_of_the_Champions_XI" class="mw-redirect" title="Clash of the Champions XI">Clash of the Champions XI</a> was one example. Though Orndorff won the match, Anderson remained champion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Champion_vs_Champion_match">Champion vs Champion match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Champion vs Champion match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A champion vs. champion match can also be referenced to a <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Winner_Takes_All_match">Winner Takes All match</a>, but in some cases each superstars' title is not contested in the match or only one title is on the line. During WWE's second <a href="/wiki/WWE_brand_extension" title="WWE brand extension">brand extension</a>, this type of match was frequently used at <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series" title="Survivor Series">Survivor Series</a>, with both titles not defended, up until 2021, with the champion vs. champion matches being replaced by <a href="/wiki/WarGames_match" title="WarGames match">WarGames</a>. This type of match has now been used at <a href="/wiki/WWE_Crown_Jewel" title="WWE Crown Jewel">Crown Jewel</a> since <a href="/wiki/Crown_Jewel_(2024)" title="Crown Jewel (2024)">2024</a>, with both the men's and women's world title holders facing each other for a commemorative Crown Jewel Championship. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bloodsport/Underground_match"><span id="Bloodsport.2FUnderground_match"></span>Bloodsport/Underground match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bloodsport/Underground match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This event consists of a unique ruleset compared to a traditional pro wrestling event, in that every match must end in either a knockout or submission. The traditional <a href="/wiki/Wrestling_ring" title="Wrestling ring">wrestling ring</a> is replaced by a ring canvas with no ropes or turnbuckles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="GCW_Bloodsport">GCW Bloodsport</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: GCW Bloodsport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/GCW_Bloodsport" title="GCW Bloodsport">GCW Bloodsport</a></div> <p>This event features <a href="/wiki/Worked_shoot" class="mw-redirect" title="Worked shoot">worked shoot</a> matches in a style that mimics the early days of MMA and <a href="/wiki/Catch_wrestling" title="Catch wrestling">catch wrestling</a>. It is common for Bloodsport competitors to have some knowledge in other combat sports and/or MMA, as well as professional wrestling, as these one on one matches often appear <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#S" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">stiff</a> and have a feel of classic <a href="/wiki/Shoot-style_wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoot-style wrestling">Shoot-style wrestling</a> fights.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Raw_Underground">Raw Underground</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Raw Underground"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a result of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> wrestling promotions were forced to hold events <a href="/wiki/Behind_closed_doors_(sport)" title="Behind closed doors (sport)">behind closed doors</a> from March 2020 onwards. WWE introduced Raw Underground in August that year. It was hosted and commentated by <a href="/wiki/Shane_McMahon" title="Shane McMahon">Shane McMahon</a> in <a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">Raw's</a> third hour and didn't take place in the arena, but rather in a warehouse environment, with only wrestlers and dancers present. The matches were short <a href="/wiki/Worked_shoot" class="mw-redirect" title="Worked shoot">work shoot style</a> and could end by knockout, submission or McMahon's call. Raw Underground segments aired from August 3 to September 21, 2020 in 8 episodes of Raw.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="NXT_Underground">NXT Underground</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: NXT Underground"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first NXT Underground match took place on the July 4, 2023 episode of NXT between <a href="/wiki/Eddy_Thorpe" class="mw-redirect" title="Eddy Thorpe">Eddy Thorpe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Damon_Kemp" title="Damon Kemp">Damon Kemp</a>, for which Thorpe sought the help of <a href="/wiki/Gable_Steveson" title="Gable Steveson">Gable Steveson</a> (Kemp's real life brother) to train him. Thorpe won the match.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the December 26, 2023 episode of NXT, Thorpe defeated <a href="/wiki/Dijak" title="Dijak">Dijak</a> in the second NXT Underground match.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first women's NXT Underground match took place on week 2 of <a href="/wiki/Spring_Breakin%27_(2024)" title="Spring Breakin' (2024)">NXT Spring Breakin' (2024)</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Lola_Vice" title="Lola Vice">Lola Vice</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Natalya_Neidhart" title="Natalya Neidhart">Natalya</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battle_royale-based_variations">Battle royale-based variations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Battle royale-based variations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The battle royale is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until only one is left. Typical battle royales begin with 20 or more participants all in the ring at the same time, who are then eliminated by being thrown over the top rope and having both feet touch the venue floor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battlebowl">Battlebowl</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Battlebowl"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battlebowl" title="Battlebowl">Battlebowl</a></div> <p>The Battlebowl is a two-ring variation on a battle royale. In these matches, the wrestlers start in one ring and try to throw wrestlers into the second ring, after which they can be eliminated by being thrown out of that ring. The last remaining wrestler in the first ring can rest until only one wrestler is left in the second ring, after which they fight in both rings until one is eliminated and a winner is declared, in similar fashion to a <a href="/wiki/Double_elimination_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Double elimination tournament">double elimination tournament</a>. This was held by World Championship Wrestling at the 1991 <a href="/wiki/Starrcade_(1991)" class="mw-redirect" title="Starrcade (1991)">Starrcade</a> event, but future Battlebowl matches were contested under normal battle royale rules. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battle_Zone">Battle Zone</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Battle Zone"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The battle zone features any number of men in a one-ring, over-the-top-rope elimination. A typical battle royale, except this one features tables covered with barbed wire, thumbtacks, and light bulbs on the outside of the ring, which may catch wrestlers as they are thrown out of the ring. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bunkhouse_Stampede">Bunkhouse Stampede</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Bunkhouse Stampede"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a>'s (NWA) Bunkhouse Stampede involved wrestlers wearing what was described as "bunkhouse gear"—cowboy boots, <a href="/wiki/Jeans" title="Jeans">jeans</a>, T-shirts—instead of their normal wrestling tights and not only allowed but encouraged the bringing of <a href="/wiki/Foreign_object_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign object (professional wrestling)">weapons</a>. In 1988 the NWA named a pay-per-view after the <a href="/wiki/Bunkhouse_Stampede" title="Bunkhouse Stampede">Bunkhouse Stampede</a>, headlined by a Bunkhouse Stampede match held inside a <a href="#Cages">cage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Recently, the match has been revitalized by Ricky Morton of the Rock n' Roll Express at his wrestling academy in Chuckey, Tennessee. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hardcore_battle_royale">Hardcore battle royale</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Hardcore battle royale"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A battle royale with hardcore rules (no disqualifications and no count-outs) involving several competitors in the ring at the same time. The match could last for either 15 or 20 minutes. All participants are not eliminated by being thrown out of the ring and both feet touching the floor. Pinning or forcing to submit whoever was current Hardcore champion would result in the victorious participant becoming the interim champion. Whoever the person held the title at end of the time limit would be declared the winner of the match and the official champion. The most famous example is the Hardcore Title Battle Royal from WWF's <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_2000" title="WrestleMania 2000">WrestleMania 2000</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Last_Blood_battle_royale">Last Blood battle royale</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Last Blood battle royale"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A last blood battle royale is essentially a multi-competitor <a href="#First_Blood_match">First Blood match</a>. All competitors start at the same time and wrestlers are eliminated when they start bleeding. The winner is the last wrestler in the match not bleeding. This match was held in the Tri-State Wrestling Association, a predecessor to <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reverse_battle_royale">Reverse battle royale</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Reverse battle royale"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Generally used in <a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">TNA</a>/<a href="/wiki/Impact_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact Wrestling">Impact Wrestling</a>, a reverse battle royale begins with wrestlers surrounding the ring instead of inside it. At the start of the match they battle for half of them to get into the ring, at which point a standard last person standing wins the battle royale. </p><p>The <b>Cage Reverse Battle Royale</b> is another TNA variation of this match type. This actually has three stages; It begins the first stage as an inside-out battle royale with 15 or more wrestlers involved. The first seven to enter the ring over the top cage will advance to the second stage which is a gauntlet match. When it gets down to the final stage, only two wrestlers will battle in a singles match which is decided by pinfall or submission.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Semi-final_battle_royale">Semi-final battle royale</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Semi-final battle royale"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A semi-final battle royale consists of a battle royale where when a specific number of wrestlers are remaining, the match ends, and those that remain are placed in a standard wrestling match for the prize at stake. An example of this occurred on a January 2024 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_NXT" title="WWE NXT">NXT</a></i>, where 20 women competed in a battle royal that became a Fatal 4-Way once there were four competitors remaining. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a> (AEW), it is known as a <i>Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale</i>, as twelve competitors compete until it is reduced to two, and there is a subsequent episode where the final two compete, in this case, "AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dynamite_Dozen_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dynamite_Dozen-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a> (NJPW), the 2021 New Japan Rumble at <a href="/wiki/Wrestle_Kingdom_15" title="Wrestle Kingdom 15">Wrestle Kingdom 15</a> was conducted as a semi-final battle royale. <a href="/wiki/Chase_Owens" title="Chase Owens">Chase Owens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bad_Luck_Fale" title="Bad Luck Fale">Bad Luck Fale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Bushi" class="mw-redirect" title="Tetsuya Bushi">Tetsuya Bushi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Toru_Yano" title="Toru Yano">Toru Yano</a> were the final four that competed in a championship match the next day. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tag_Team_battle_royale">Tag Team battle royale</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Tag Team battle royale"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The tag team battle royale consist of designated tag teams of wrestlers with two members on the team. This match uses the normal battle royale rules, teams may be eliminated when either one or both partners are thrown over the top rope with both feet touching the floor. This match is conducted similarly to a battle royale but in these cases, both wrestlers are considered active at the same time and there are no tags using the tornado tag team stipulation. </p><p>This variation of the tag team battle royale was used during the <a href="/wiki/2011_WWE_Draft" title="2011 WWE Draft">2011 WWE Draft</a> on April 25, 2011; where the wrestler's team has to eliminate all members of the opposing team, much like an elimination tag team match where the losing wrestler of a team, who just got thrown over the ring ropes with both feet touching the floor, must return to their locker room. The team winner receives a #1 draft pick for their respective brand. Another notable version of this match was used at the <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XV" title="WrestleMania XV">WrestleMania XV</a> as well. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_3">World War 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: World War 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/WCW_World_War_3" title="WCW World War 3">WCW World War 3</a></div> <p>Created by WCW in 1995, the World War 3 battle royale involved a three-ring setup and 60 competitors; 20 wrestlers started in each of the three rings, in which they would wrestle under regular battle royale rules. Once there were 30 competitors remaining (except in 1997, where the number was 20), all competitors would enter the center ring and continue under regular rules until only one wrestler was left standing. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cinematic_match">Cinematic match</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Cinematic match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A cinematic match is not technically a match type itself, but rather, it is a term used to refer to matches that are produced with various <a href="/wiki/Cinematic_techniques" title="Cinematic techniques">cinematic techniques</a>. The rules vary from match to match, but generally have a basis in hardcore wrestling. Unlike a normal wrestling match, which is done in <a href="/wiki/One_shot_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="One shot (film)">one take</a> and typically in front of a live audience, cinematic matches are shot over several hours with various scenes filmed, similar to filmmaking, with higher-budget production involved. The final product (the complete match) generally lasts from 20 to 40 minutes and <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">airs</a> at a later time, typically for a pay-per-view event. They are also usually filmed on-location or at a custom built set.<sup id="cite_ref-BoneyardMatch_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BoneyardMatch-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-StadiumStampede_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StadiumStampede-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FullGear2020_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FullGear2020-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While not considered a cinematic match at the time, the Hollywood Backlot Brawl between <a href="/wiki/Roddy_Piper" title="Roddy Piper">Roddy Piper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dustin_Rhodes" title="Dustin Rhodes">Goldust</a> at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XII" title="WrestleMania XII">WrestleMania XII</a> in 1996 is considered an early cinematic match by the World Wrestling Federation (now <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a>), as it used techniques now featured in cinematic matches. Unlike future cinematic matches (which typically air during one segment), the match aired during several segments in between matches inside the ring, and featured both pre-taped segments outside the <a href="/wiki/Honda_Center" title="Honda Center">Arrowhead Pond</a> of the two fighting as well as Piper "chasing" Goldust's solid gold <a href="/wiki/Cadillac" title="Cadillac">Cadillac</a> in a white <a href="/wiki/Ford_Bronco" title="Ford Bronco">Ford Bronco</a> in an obvious reference to the then-ongoing <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson_murder_case" class="mw-redirect" title="O. J. Simpson murder case">O. J. Simpson murder case</a>. (<a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a> mentioned on commentary without completely breaking <a href="/wiki/Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">kayfabe</a> that the "footage looked awfully familiar"; in reality, repurposed footage of Simpson's infamous Bronco chase was actually used as part of the match.) The match eventually ended in the ring live, when Piper stripped Goldust down to women's lingerie and kissed him as part of "making him a man".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WrestleMania XII featured a second cinematic match between "<a href="/wiki/The_Huckster" class="mw-redirect" title="The Huckster">The Huckster</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Nacho_Man" class="mw-redirect" title="Nacho Man">Nacho Man</a>". </p><p>At <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="SummerSlam 1996">SummerSlam 1996</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a> faced <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mankind</a> in a "<a href="/wiki/Boiler_Room_Brawl" class="mw-redirect" title="Boiler Room Brawl">Boiler Room Brawl</a>" that was largely pre-taped, incorporating props and unorthodox camera angles. </p><p>In 2016, <a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">Total Nonstop Action Wrestling</a> (TNA, now Impact Wrestling) held a match entitled the "Final Deletion" between brothers <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hardy" title="Matt Hardy">Matt Hardy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hardy" title="Jeff Hardy">Jeff Hardy</a> for the July 5 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Impact!_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact! (TV series)">Impact Wrestling</a></i>, which was filmed at Matt Hardy's compound. It was a hardcore wrestling match with falls count anywhere.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sequel was a brawl between <a href="/wiki/The_Hardy_Boyz" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hardy Boyz">The Broken Hardys</a> and <a href="/wiki/Decay_(professional_wrestling)" title="Decay (professional wrestling)">Decay</a> titled "Delete or Decay".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Broken Hardys and Decay continued their feud at <a href="/wiki/Bound_for_Glory_(2016)" title="Bound for Glory (2016)">Bound for Glory</a>, where Decay lost their <a href="/wiki/TNA_World_Tag_Team_Championship" title="TNA World Tag Team Championship">TNA World Tag Team Championship</a> to The Hardys in "The Great War". The Hardys issued an open tag team invitational at their compound on the December 15 episode of <i>Impact Wrestling</i>, titled <a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Deletion" title="Total Nonstop Deletion">Total Nonstop Deletion</a>. The main event was the "Tag Team Apocalypto" where The Hardys last defeated Decay.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although not contested as a match, WWE followed this up shortly after and filmed a cinematic-style brawl between <a href="/wiki/The_New_Day_(professional_wrestling)" title="The New Day (professional wrestling)">The New Day</a> (<a href="/wiki/Big_E_(wrestler)" title="Big E (wrestler)">Big E</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kofi_Kingston" title="Kofi Kingston">Kofi Kingston</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Xavier_Woods" title="Xavier Woods">Xavier Woods</a>) and <a href="/wiki/The_Wyatt_Family" title="The Wyatt Family">The Wyatt Family</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bray_Wyatt" title="Bray Wyatt">Bray Wyatt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erick_Rowan" title="Erick Rowan">Erick Rowan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Braun_Strowman" title="Braun Strowman">Braun Strowman</a>) that was held at The Wyatt Family Compound and shown on the July 11, 2016 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">WWE Raw</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WWE then taped their own cinematic match for their 2017 pay-per-view <a href="/wiki/Payback_(2017)" title="Payback (2017)">Payback</a>, called a House of Horrors match between <a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a> and Bray Wyatt. Similar to the "Final Deletion" match in TNA, this one was held at an abandoned house, but instead of falls count anywhere, this match had to end in the ring in the arena that the event was held in (the House of Horrors scenes were pre-taped, while the in-ring portion was live).<sup id="cite_ref-Payback2017_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Payback2017-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next cinematic match would occur on the March 19, 2018 episode of <i>Raw</i>, which featured Matt Hardy, who had returned to WWE and became "Woken" Matt Hardy, against Bray Wyatt and was called the "Ultimate Deletion;" this was just like the "Final Deletion," including being held at Matt's compound.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cinematic matches became more frequent in 2020 as a result of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>; the pandemic began affecting the professional wrestling industry in March that year, forcing promotions to hold events <a href="/wiki/Behind_closed_doors_(sport)" title="Behind closed doors (sport)">behind closed doors</a>. WWE would hold several cinematic matches at their pay-per-views between March and August, being highly praised for the two that occurred at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_36" title="WrestleMania 36">WrestleMania 36</a>; a Boneyard match between <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a> and <a href="/wiki/AJ_Styles" title="AJ Styles">AJ Styles</a>, which was a Buried Alive match held at a custom built cemetery set in the <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando</a> area,<sup id="cite_ref-WM36Part1_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WM36Part1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BoneyardMatch_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BoneyardMatch-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a Firefly Fun House match between <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a> and "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt. (Although the match ended with The Fiend pinning Cena in a ring, the match itself was a dream-like sequence of Cena's career, showing his perceived character flaws; the various segments were filmed at WWE's <a href="/wiki/Titan_Towers" title="Titan Towers">Titan Towers</a> headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut" title="Stamford, Connecticut">Stamford, Connecticut</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-WM36Part2_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WM36Part2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following this, cinematic matches occurred at <a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2020)" title="Money in the Bank (2020)">Money in the Bank</a> in May, which was the event's eponymous ladder matches that occurred at WWE's headquarters,<sup id="cite_ref-MITBMatchDetails_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MITBMatchDetails-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a Backlot Brawl between <a href="/wiki/Adam_Cole" title="Adam Cole">Adam Cole</a> and <a href="/wiki/Velveteen_Dream" title="Velveteen Dream">Velveteen Dream</a> in the parking lot of <a href="/wiki/Full_Sail_University" title="Full Sail University">Full Sail University</a> at <a href="/wiki/NXT_TakeOver:_In_Your_House_(2020)" title="NXT TakeOver: In Your House (2020)">NXT TakeOver: In Your House</a> in June,<sup id="cite_ref-NXTInYourHouse_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NXTInYourHouse-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a cinematically produced singles match between <a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a> at <a href="/wiki/Backlash_(2020)" title="Backlash (2020)">Backlash</a> (billed as "The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever") also in June,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a Wyatt Swamp Fight between Bray Wyatt and <a href="/wiki/Braun_Strowman" title="Braun Strowman">Braun Strowman</a> at <a href="/wiki/The_Horror_Show_at_Extreme_Rules" title="The Horror Show at Extreme Rules">The Horror Show at Extreme Rules</a> in July.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/WWE_ThunderDome" title="WWE ThunderDome">WWE ThunderDome</a> and <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Wrestling_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Capitol Wrestling Center">Capitol Wrestling Center</a> (CWC) staging arenas in August and October, respectively, the use of cinematic matches was greatly reduced, as these new staging arenas allowed fans to attend the events virtually. To go with the <a href="/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a>-theme at <a href="/wiki/NXT:_Halloween_Havoc_(2020)" class="mw-redirect" title="NXT: Halloween Havoc (2020)"><i>NXT</i>: Halloween Havoc</a> in October, a Haunted House of Terrors match was held between <a href="/wiki/Dexter_Lumis" title="Dexter Lumis">Dexter Lumis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Grimes" title="Cameron Grimes">Cameron Grimes</a>, which was similar to the House of Horrors match from Payback 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-NXTHalloweenHavoc_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NXTHalloweenHavoc-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Matches involving Randy Orton, "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt, and <a href="/wiki/Alexa_Bliss" title="Alexa Bliss">Alexa Bliss</a> have also used cinematic techniques, such as the Firefly Inferno match between Orton and The Fiend at <a href="/wiki/TLC:_Tables,_Ladders_%26_Chairs_(2020)" title="TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2020)">TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs</a> in December, where Orton set The Fiend's entire body on fire,<sup id="cite_ref-TLC2020_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TLC2020-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and an <a href="/wiki/Intergender_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Intergender match">intergender match</a> between Orton and Bliss at <a href="/wiki/Fastlane_(2021)" title="Fastlane (2021)">Fastlane</a> in March 2021, where Bliss used supernatural powers.<sup id="cite_ref-Fastlane2021_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fastlane2021-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the resumption of live touring in July 2021, WWE ceased producing cinematic matches. </p><p>AEW also incorporated cinematic matches during pandemic restrictions in 2020 and 2021, most notably the Stadium Stampede match at <a href="/wiki/Double_or_Nothing_(2020)" title="Double or Nothing (2020)">Double or Nothing 2020</a>, which was a 5v5 empty arena match in the <a href="/wiki/TIAA_Bank_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="TIAA Bank Field">TIAA Bank Field</a> stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-StadiumStampede_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StadiumStampede-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During that period, AEW featured at least one cinematic match at each of their PPVs: a "Tooth and Nail match" at <a href="/wiki/All_Out_(2020)" title="All Out (2020)">All Out 2020</a> between <a href="/wiki/Britt_Baker" title="Britt Baker">Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Big_Swole" title="Big Swole">Big Swole</a> at Baker's real-life dental office,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a match entitled "The Elite Deletion" at <a href="/wiki/Full_Gear_(2020)" title="Full Gear (2020)">Full Gear 2020</a>, featuring Matt Hardy against <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Guevara" title="Sammy Guevara">Sammy Guevara</a> and similar to the other "Deletion" matches involving Hardy,<sup id="cite_ref-FullGear2020_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FullGear2020-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a tag team street fight pitting <a href="/wiki/Darby_Allin" title="Darby Allin">Darby Allin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a> against <a href="/wiki/Team_Taz" title="Team Taz">Team Taz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brian_Cage" title="Brian Cage">Brian Cage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Starks" title="Ricky Starks">Ricky Starks</a>) at <a href="/wiki/Revolution_(2021)" title="Revolution (2021)">Revolution 2021</a>, which was held at an abandoned warehouse somewhere in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, Georgia.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At <a href="/wiki/Double_or_Nothing_(2021)" title="Double or Nothing (2021)">Double or Nothing 2021</a> the Stadium Stampede match was a hybrid cinematic match with the first half recorded at TIAA Bank Field, then concluding live at the adjacent <a href="/wiki/Daily%27s_Place" title="Daily's Place">Daily's Place</a>. The audience in attendance watched the first half of the match on video screens before the action spilled into the amphitheater. This would be AEW's final cinematic match produced before the company resumed live touring in July that year. </p><p>Impact Wrestling would also return to producing cinematic matches in 2021 when <a href="/wiki/Ethan_Page" title="Ethan Page">Ethan Page</a> wrestled his alter ego "The Karate Man" at <a href="/wiki/Hard_to_Kill_(2021)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hard to Kill (2021)">Hard to Kill</a> in a <i><a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat" title="Mortal Kombat">Mortal Kombat</a></i>-style cinematic match that saw The Karate Man "kill" Page in what would be Page's last appearance with Impact before leaving for AEW. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Container-based_variations">Container-based variations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Container-based variations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some matches have a container stationed in or near the ring, with the object of the match being to trap the opposing wrestler in it. All of these matches are fought under hardcore rules, and many of these matches take the name of the container, such as Ambulance match and the Casket match. A similar type of match aims to restrain opposing wrestlers somehow, and the match often takes the name of the restraining device – for example, the Stretcher. None of these matches can end in a pinfall, submission, countout, or disqualification. </p><p>Common containers used for these matches are <a href="/wiki/Coffin" title="Coffin">caskets</a> (connected to <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a>'s Deadman persona, either using a typical coffin or a double-deep, double-wide casket, sometimes specially designed for specific opponents The Undertaker takes on), <a href="/wiki/Ambulances" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambulances">ambulances</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dumpster" title="Dumpster">dumpsters</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hearse" title="Hearse">hearses</a> (known as a "Last Ride match", also connected to The Undertaker gimmick), and <a href="/wiki/Stretcher" title="Stretcher">stretchers</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ambulance_match">Ambulance match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Ambulance match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An Ambulance match is fought under hardcore rules, no pinfalls, no submissions, no disqualifications, no countouts and the only way to win is for one wrestler to force their opponent into the back of an ambulance and close the door. The first ambulance match took place at <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_2003" class="mw-redirect" title="Survivor Series 2003">Survivor Series 2003</a> where <a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Shane_McMahon" title="Shane McMahon">Shane McMahon</a>. The second one took place at <a href="/wiki/Elimination_Chamber_(2012)" title="Elimination Chamber (2012)">Elimination Chamber (2012)</a> which also involved Kane as one of the competitors. His opponent was John Cena, who won the match, where an additional rule was added in that the ambulance has to leave to win. The third Ambulance match was part of Three Stages of Hell match at WWE Payback on June 16, 2013, in Rosemont, Illinois between <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ryback" title="Ryback">Ryback</a> for the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">WWE Championship</a>. The most recent was at <a href="/wiki/NXT_Halloween_Havoc_(2024)" title="NXT Halloween Havoc (2024)">NXT Halloween Havoc</a> in October 2024, between <a href="/wiki/Ridge_Holland" title="Ridge Holland">Ridge Holland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andre_Chase" title="Andre Chase">Andre Chase</a>. The famous 2017 <a href="/wiki/Lucha_Underground" title="Lucha Underground">Lucha Underground</a> "Hell of War" bout between Dante Fox (<a href="/wiki/A.R._Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="A.R. Fox">A.R. Fox</a>) and Killshot (<a href="/wiki/Swerve_Strickland" title="Swerve Strickland">Swerve Strickland</a>) was that promotion's only ambulance match. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buried_alive_match">Buried alive match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Buried alive match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Premature_burial" title="Premature burial">buried alive</a> match is one in which the object is for one wrestler to throw his opponent into a grave dug out of a large mound of soil placed outside the ring. Once in the grave, the wrestler must bury his opponent in dirt and soil to the referee's discretion.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Equipment ranging from <a href="/wiki/Shovel" title="Shovel">shovels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wheelbarrow" title="Wheelbarrow">wheelbarrows</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bulldozer" title="Bulldozer">bulldozers</a> are often made available to completely bury the opponent. The Buried Alive match is one of three of <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a>'s signature matches (the Casket and Last Ride matches being the others). </p><p>A cinematic Buried Alive match was held between The Undertaker and <a href="/wiki/AJ_Styles" title="AJ Styles">AJ Styles</a> for <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_36" title="WrestleMania 36">WrestleMania 36</a>, referred to as a "Boneyard match" . The match took place outdoors in a cemetery-like setting near an abandoned warehouse rather than in a traditional ring.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Body_Bag_match">Body Bag match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Body Bag match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Body Bag match is a no-disqualification match where the objective is for a wrestler to put an opposing wrestler in a body bag situated in the middle of the ring for the victory. This was one of <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a>’s early gimmick matches; he had one of these matches in 1992 against <a href="/wiki/The_Ultimate_Warrior" title="The Ultimate Warrior">The Ultimate Warrior</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Casket_match">Casket match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Casket match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chokeslam_on....jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Chokeslam_on....jpg/220px-Chokeslam_on....jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Chokeslam_on....jpg/330px-Chokeslam_on....jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Chokeslam_on....jpg/440px-Chokeslam_on....jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a> in a casket match against <a href="/wiki/CM_Punk" title="CM Punk">CM Punk</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The casket match (also known as the <b>Coffin match</b>) has a casket near the ring, with the objective of the match being to trap the opposing wrestler inside.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The casket match began its life as a one-off coffin match in the 1970s fought between <a href="/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes" title="Dusty Rhodes">Dusty Rhodes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Koloff" title="Ivan Koloff">Ivan Koloff</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The coffin match was revived as one of <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a>'s signature matches and first appeared on television at the <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1992)" title="Survivor Series (1992)">Survivor Series</a> as the coffin match against <a href="/wiki/Kamala_(wrestler)" title="Kamala (wrestler)">Kamala</a>. Prior to that, at a <a href="/wiki/House_show" title="House show">house show</a> on July 14, 1991, the Ultimate Warrior defeated the Undertaker in a casket match in St. Louis, Missouri at Busch Stadium. There have been 17 casket matches, 11 of which have been won by The Undertaker. The 20th edition was held at <a href="/wiki/NXT_Halloween_Havoc_(2022)" title="NXT Halloween Havoc (2022)">Halloween Havoc</a> and the first following the retirement of The Undertaker involving <a href="/wiki/Grayson_Waller" title="Grayson Waller">Grayson Waller</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Apollo_Crews" title="Apollo Crews">Apollo Crews</a> in which Crews won. WWE held its first women's casket match on the October 29, 2024 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_NXT" title="WWE NXT">NXT</a></i> involving <a href="/wiki/Tatum_Paxley" title="Tatum Paxley">Tatum Paxley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Choo" title="Wendy Choo">Wendy Choo</a> in which the Paxley won.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to WWE, the casket match has been adopted for use in <a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">Total Nonstop Action Wrestling</a>, <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lucha_Underground" title="Lucha Underground">Lucha Underground</a>, with Lucha Underground denominating it as the Grave Consequences (subsequently Graver Consequences) match. Another toned-down version of the Casket Match is when a victory is not obtained by placing the opponent in the coffin but by pinfall or submission. However, the defeated wrestler is then placed into the coffin. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Last_Rites_match">Last Rites match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Last Rites match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Last Rites match is a Total Nonstop Action Wrestling variation where a casket is lowered into the center of the ring, and the objective is to get your opponent into the casket, which is raised to the ceiling following the match. The first Last Rites match was done between <a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abyss_(wrestler)" title="Abyss (wrestler)">Abyss</a>. <a href="/wiki/Vince_Russo" title="Vince Russo">Vince Russo</a> came up with this match; it was perceived to be a disaster because neither wrestler could work properly due to the placement of the casket in the center of the ring, which limited and obstructed their workspace. The match was such a failure that during the match, the enraged crowd screamed "Fire Russo!" so loudly that the commentators had to yell into their microphones to be heard. </p><p>In 2023, TNA Wrestling brought back the Last Rites match, but modified it to be more of a basic casket match.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dumpster_match">Dumpster match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Dumpster match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A dumpster match is a no-disqualification, no-submission, no-countout, no-fall hardcore match in which the only objective to win is by forcing your opponent into a <a href="/wiki/Dumpster" title="Dumpster">dumpster</a> and closing the lid. The first match occurred was at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XIV" title="WrestleMania XIV">WrestleMania XIV</a>, pitting <a href="/wiki/The_New_Age_Outlaws" class="mw-redirect" title="The New Age Outlaws">The New Age Outlaws</a> against <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Cactus Jack</a> and <a href="/wiki/Terry_Funk" title="Terry Funk">Chainsaw Charlie</a>. </p><p>The most recent Dumpster match taking place, was on the October 5th, 2024 episode of <i>Smackdown</i>, in which <a href="/wiki/Michin" class="mw-redirect" title="Michin">Michin</a> powerbombs <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Green" title="Chelsea Green">Chelsea Green</a> through a table and into a Dumpster. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Last_Ride_match">Last Ride match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Last Ride match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Last Ride match is a hardcore match similar to an Ambulance match, in which the victory condition is for one wrestler to force their opponent into the back of a hearse, close the door, and drive it out of the arena. The first match of this type occurred at <a href="/wiki/No_Mercy_(2004)" title="No Mercy (2004)">No Mercy</a> when Undertaker challenged <a href="/wiki/John_%22Bradshaw%22_Layfield" class="mw-redirect" title="John "Bradshaw" Layfield">John "Bradshaw" Layfield</a> for the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">WWE Championship</a>, although a match was held previously with similar stipulations. The second match of this type occurred at <a href="/wiki/Armageddon_(2006)" title="Armageddon (2006)">Armageddon</a> when <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a> challenged <a href="/wiki/Ken_Anderson_(wrestler)" title="Ken Anderson (wrestler)">Mr. Kennedy</a> and defeated him. A variation of this match was used at <a href="/wiki/Spring_Breakin%27_(2023)" title="Spring Breakin' (2023)">NXT Spring Breakin'</a>, called a Trunk match contested between <a href="/wiki/Tony_D%27Angelo" title="Tony D'Angelo">Tony D'Angelo</a> and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, who were the victors; and <a href="/wiki/Pretty_Deadly_(professional_wrestling)" title="Pretty Deadly (professional wrestling)">Pretty Deadly</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kit_Wilson" class="mw-redirect" title="Kit Wilson">Kit Wilson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elton_Prince" class="mw-redirect" title="Elton Prince">Elton Prince</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Enclosure-based_variations">Enclosure-based variations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Enclosure-based variations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some matches take place in specific enclosed environments. Although the majority of these enclosures are set up either in or around the <a href="/wiki/Wrestling_ring" title="Wrestling ring">ring</a>, some of them are placed apart from it. In all cases, the structure itself is considered "in play" and most enclosure-based matches are decided by <a href="/wiki/Pin_(professional_wrestling)" title="Pin (professional wrestling)">pinfall</a> or submission unless specific other stipulations are made beforehand. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Steel_cage_match"><span class="anchor" id="Cages"></span>Steel cage match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Steel cage match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kenny_King_vs._Zema_Ion_-_Dark_Match.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Kenny_King_vs._Zema_Ion_-_Dark_Match.jpg/300px-Kenny_King_vs._Zema_Ion_-_Dark_Match.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Kenny_King_vs._Zema_Ion_-_Dark_Match.jpg/450px-Kenny_King_vs._Zema_Ion_-_Dark_Match.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Kenny_King_vs._Zema_Ion_-_Dark_Match.jpg/600px-Kenny_King_vs._Zema_Ion_-_Dark_Match.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1640" data-file-height="877" /></a><figcaption>A steel cage match at a 2013 Impact Wrestling event</figcaption></figure> <p>Steel cages are one of the oldest form of enclosures used in professional wrestling. The earliest known "steel cage matches" of any kind took place on January 9, 1936, in <a href="/wiki/Caruthersville" class="mw-redirect" title="Caruthersville">Caruthersville</a>, Missouri, in a card that included two such "chicken wire fence" matches between Jez and Otto Ludwig, and Joe Dillman vs. Charles Sinkey.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These matches took place in a ring surrounded by <a href="/wiki/Chicken_wire" title="Chicken wire">chicken wire</a>, to keep the athletes inside, and prevent any potential interference.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have evolved a great deal over time, changing from chicken wire<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to steel bars to <a href="/wiki/Chain-link_fencing" title="Chain-link fencing">chain-link fencing</a> (the latter is now the standard, due to it being cheaper to manufacture, lighter to transport, and more flexible and thus safer for the wrestlers). </p><p>A steel cage match is a match fought within a cage formed by placing sheets of mesh metal around, in, or against the edges of the <a href="/wiki/Wrestling_ring" title="Wrestling ring">wrestling ring</a>. The most common way of winning is by simply escaping the cage, either over the top of the cage wall and having both feet touch the arena floor, or by escaping through the cage door with both feet touching the arena floor. The other occasional ways to win a steel cage match are by <a href="/wiki/Pin_(professional_wrestling)" title="Pin (professional wrestling)">pinfall</a> or by submission. </p><p>It is also possible to have one wrestler attempting to escape over the top of the cage wall while another tries to escape through the cage door.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Mexico, steel cage matches are won by just climbing to the top of the cage wall. In <a href="/wiki/Impact_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact Wrestling">Impact Wrestling</a>, the matches were previously branded <i>Six Sides of Steel</i> as the cage surrounded their six-sided ring. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asylum_match">Asylum match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Asylum match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Asylum match is the name given to three different types of matches, involving a chain link cage in the shape of a circle placed in the middle of the ring. </p><p>The first type was a match created by <a href="/wiki/Scott_Steiner" title="Scott Steiner">Scott Steiner</a> in WCW, held within a small chain link cage in the shape of a circle placed in the middle of the ring. Victory occurred only by submission. </p><p>On May 16, 2016, a second type was introduced and scheduled between <a href="/wiki/Dean_Ambrose" class="mw-redirect" title="Dean Ambrose">Dean Ambrose</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a> at <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Rules_(2016)" title="Extreme Rules (2016)">Extreme Rules</a>, a variation to the steel cage match where weapons are suspended above the cage and escaping the cage is not a means of victory, leaving only pinfall or submission. </p><p>On August 10, 2019, a third type, which also included a barbed wire steel cage stipulation (a type of match where the steel cage door is locked with chains and a padlock), was introduced after <a href="/wiki/Adam_Cole" title="Adam Cole">Adam Cole</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Gargano" title="Johnny Gargano">Johnny Gargano</a> tied one to one after a normal match and a no holds barred match at <a href="/wiki/NXT_TakeOver:_Toronto_(2019)" title="NXT TakeOver: Toronto (2019)">NXT TakeOver: Toronto (2019)</a> where weapons are connected to the steel cage and barbed wire on the top. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Barbed_Wire_Steel_Cage_match">Barbed Wire Steel Cage match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Barbed Wire Steel Cage match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A barbed wire steel cage match is a match that uses strands of <a href="/wiki/Barbed_wire" title="Barbed wire">barbed wire</a> in a steel cage match in some capacity, usually around the top of the cage. Simply using barbed wire in an otherwise regular steel cage match does <i>not</i> make the match a barbed wire steel cage match; the barbed wire must be part of the cage's design. This type of match is one where escape from the cage is almost impossible, because in addition to the barbed wire preventing escape over the top of the cage, the cage's door is also locked with chains and a padlock, like a <a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell" title="Hell in a Cell">Hell in a Cell</a> match. One particular example was <a href="/wiki/John_%22Bradshaw%22_Layfield" class="mw-redirect" title="John "Bradshaw" Layfield">John "Bradshaw" Layfield</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Big_Show" title="Big Show">Big Show</a> at <a href="/wiki/No_Way_Out_(2005)" title="No Way Out (2005)">No Way Out 2005</a> where in addition to the barbed wire there was also razor wire wrapped around the top of the cage in a circular fashion; and another example was <a href="/wiki/Adam_Cole" title="Adam Cole">Adam Cole</a> vs <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Gargano" title="Johnny Gargano">Johnny Gargano</a> at <a href="/wiki/NXT_TakeOver:_Toronto_(2019)" title="NXT TakeOver: Toronto (2019)">NXT TakeOver: Toronto 2019</a> where in addition to the barbed wire and the chain-locked door, various weapons were made available at the top of the cage; this cage however did not have razor wire.<sup id="cite_ref-DMs_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DMs-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Wire_Steel_Cage_match">Wire Steel Cage match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Wire Steel Cage match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Other variations are the razor wire steel cage match, a similar concept to that of the barbed wire cage match, however the barbed wire is replaced by larger and thicker <a href="/wiki/Razor_wire" title="Razor wire">razor wire</a> and is wrapped around the top, corners, and walls of the cage, and barbed wire razor wire steel cage match is the same as the barbed wire cage match, however the top, corners, and walls of the cage are covered with barbed wire, then also further covered with razor wire. There are also boards in the ring that are covered in razor wire. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cage_of_Death_match">Cage of Death match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Cage of Death match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/CZW_Cage_of_Death" title="CZW Cage of Death">CZW Cage of Death</a></div> <p>The Cage of Death match is a type of steel cage match with various weapons littered in the cage, such as electrified cage walls, cacti, tables, light tubes, glass, thumbtacks, baseball bats, barbed wire and numerous other weapons and objects. This match always features as the main event of <a href="/wiki/CZW" class="mw-redirect" title="CZW">CZW</a>'s biggest show, Cage of Death. Some of these matches have been done under WarGames style rules with two rings being used. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chamber_match">Chamber match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Chamber match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Impact_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact Wrestling">TNA</a>, a Chamber match starts off between two wrestlers (or up to six) fighting inside a chamber. Wrestlers who were not involved in the match surrounded the chamber. About five minutes into the match, the outside wrestlers throw weapons into the chamber. This match only ends when one wrestler knocks out his opponent. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chamber_of_Extreme_match">Chamber of Extreme match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Chamber of Extreme match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a Chamber of Extreme match, created by <a href="/wiki/Elite_Canadian_Championship_Wrestling" title="Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling">Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling</a> (ECCW), an 8-feet-high steel cage surrounds the ringside area with the top wrapped in barbed wire and "extreme" weapons scattered around the ring and ringside area. Disqualifications, count-outs and rope-breaks do not apply. The winner is decided by pinfall, submission or being unable to stand up at 10-count. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chamber_of_Horrors_match">Chamber of Horrors match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Chamber of Horrors match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Chamber of Horrors match was an enclosed steel cage match between two teams of four men. In the middle of the cage there was a smaller cage with an electric chair connected to a lever. The way to win this match is to put the opponent in the chair and switch the lever on (which was attached to the outer cage and six feet off the ground), so as, in kayfabe, the person is electrocuted. This match was used in WCW only once, with <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_the_Butcher" title="Abdullah the Butcher">Abdullah the Butcher</a> being electrocuted accidentally by his teammate <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Cactus Jack</a> after being placed in the chair at the last second by <a href="/wiki/Rick_Steiner" title="Rick Steiner">Rick Steiner</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dixieland_match">Dixieland match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Dixieland match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Dixieland match (named for TNA President <a href="/wiki/Dixie_Carter_(wrestling)" title="Dixie Carter (wrestling)">Dixie Carter</a>, who "invented" the match) is a hybrid steel cage/ladder match. The wrestlers start the match in the ring enclosed in a steel cage. To win the match, a wrestler must first climb out of the cage, then go up the entrance ramp where a championship belt is hung from the ceiling, and finally climb a ladder to retrieve the belt. The first match of this type occurred during the <i><a href="/wiki/Impact_Wrestling_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact Wrestling (TV series)">Impact Wrestling</a>: Final Resolution</i> taping on December 3, 2013, as <a href="/wiki/Nick_Aldis" title="Nick Aldis">Magnus</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hardy" title="Jeff Hardy">Jeff Hardy</a> to become <a href="/wiki/TNA_World_Heavyweight_Champion" class="mw-redirect" title="TNA World Heavyweight Champion">TNA World Heavyweight Champion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Doomsday_Cage_match">Doomsday Cage match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Doomsday Cage match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Also called a Tower of Doom, the Doomsday Cage is a three-story cage – the middle one split into two rooms – all of which house wrestlers. The object of the match is for a team of wrestlers to fight their way from the top cage to the bottom, where pinfalls and submissions come into play.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the later days of WCW, it was referred to as a Triple Decker Cage match, a reference to the match type being used in the finale of the film <i><a href="/wiki/Ready_to_Rumble" title="Ready to Rumble">Ready to Rumble</a></i>. The most notable match of this type occurred at WCW's <a href="/wiki/WCW_Uncensored" title="WCW Uncensored">Uncensored</a> event in 1996, when <a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Randy_Savage" title="Randy Savage">Randy Savage</a> fought <a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arn_Anderson" title="Arn Anderson">Arn Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haku_(wrestler)" title="Haku (wrestler)">Meng</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Barbarian_(wrestler)" title="The Barbarian (wrestler)">The Barbarian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lex_Luger" title="Lex Luger">Lex Luger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Sullivan_(wrestler)" title="Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)">Kevin Sullivan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Z-Gangsta" class="mw-redirect" title="Z-Gangsta">Z-Gangsta</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Swenson" title="Robert Swenson">The Ultimate Solution</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Doomsday_Chamber_of_Blood_match">Doomsday Chamber of Blood match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Doomsday Chamber of Blood match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Doomsday Chamber of Blood match was created by <a href="/wiki/Abyss_(wrestler)" title="Abyss (wrestler)">Abyss</a>, despite his creative abilities not being well known. This match is a combination of the Barbed Wire Cage, Six Sides of Steel and Sadistic Madness match types, with the cage having a barbed wire roof on top. This match is won by making your opponent bleed first, then pinning your opponent for the victory. <a href="/wiki/Matt_Morgan" title="Matt Morgan">Matt Morgan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abyss_(wrestler)" title="Abyss (wrestler)">Abyss</a> competed in one of these matches at TNA's <a href="/wiki/Lockdown_(2009)" title="Lockdown (2009)">Lockdown (2009)</a> pay-per-view. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electrified_Cage_match">Electrified Cage match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Electrified Cage match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Electrified Cage match is a match where the ring is surrounded by an electrified steel cage. The cage can be also used as a weapon. The only way to win is by pinfall or submission. The <b>Lucha en Jaula Electrificada</b> is another variation of the electrified cage match in which the only way to win is by escape. The cage is turned off in a time interval, allowing the participants a chance at escape before it turns back on. This match type is used by the <a href="/wiki/Lucha_Libre_AAA_Worldwide" title="Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide">AAA</a> promotion in Mexico. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elimination_Chamber_match">Elimination Chamber match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Elimination Chamber match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Elimination_Chamber" title="Elimination Chamber">Elimination Chamber</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Elimination_chamber_nyr06.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Elimination_chamber_nyr06.jpg/200px-Elimination_chamber_nyr06.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Elimination_chamber_nyr06.jpg/300px-Elimination_chamber_nyr06.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Elimination_chamber_nyr06.jpg/400px-Elimination_chamber_nyr06.jpg 2x" data-file-width="528" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>The original Elimination Chamber structure</figcaption></figure> <p>The Elimination Chamber (known as No Escape in Germany to avoid a potential <a href="/wiki/Brand_blunder" title="Brand blunder">brand blunder</a> over references of <a href="/wiki/Gas_chamber" title="Gas chamber">gas chambers</a> in <a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">The Holocaust</a>), which was the result of an idea by <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a> and introduced by Eric Bischoff for WWE in 2002, is a steel cage with a grid-locked, chain-linked enclosure with support bars that surrounds the <a href="/wiki/Wrestling_ring" title="Wrestling ring">ring</a> entirely, including creating a steel grated (later padded) floor area on the apron. Inside the cage, at each <a href="/wiki/Turnbuckle" title="Turnbuckle">turnbuckle</a>, is a clear pod in which competitors in the match wait to join the match. As the name implies, this is an elimination-style match, so wrestlers are eliminated one-by-one via <a href="/wiki/Pin_(professional_wrestling)" title="Pin (professional wrestling)">pinfall</a> or <a href="/wiki/Submission_(combat_sports)" title="Submission (combat sports)">submission</a> until only one remains.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The original Chamber, used from 2002-16, was <a href="/wiki/Cylinder" title="Cylinder">cylindrical</a>, and a re-designed chamber introduced in 2017 was <a href="/wiki/Cube" title="Cube">cubic</a>, but still used the same materials with the same 4 enclosures. </p><p>An Extreme Elimination Chamber took place at the 2006 <a href="/wiki/December_to_Dismember_(2006)" title="December to Dismember (2006)">December to Dismember</a> pay-per-view, where each waiting wrestler was given a <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Foreign_object" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">weapon</a>. Since 2010, WWE has held an <a href="/wiki/WWE_Elimination_Chamber" title="WWE Elimination Chamber">eponymous Elimination Chamber pay-per-view</a> every February, with this match type as one of its marquee matches. At its <a href="/wiki/Elimination_Chamber_(2018)" title="Elimination Chamber (2018)">2018 edition</a>, the first-ever women's Elimination Chamber match was held, as well as the first seven-man Elimination Chamber match. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fight_Pit_match">Fight Pit match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Fight Pit match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Fight Pit match is a variation of a cage match where the ring is surrounded by a steel cage rather than ropes and turnbuckles, with a catwalk surrounding the top. The catwalk also has chain-linked fence surrounding the outer edge (originally railings), which the wrestlers can climb up to and jump from. The match also has a no-pinfall stipulation, which means it can only be won by submission or knockout either by making the opponent unable to stand up at a 10-count or via technical knockout, making the match somewhat of a hybrid of a professional wrestling match and a mixed martial arts fight- MMA fights can only be won in those ways. The inaugural fight pit match was held during the May 27, 2020 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_NXT" title="WWE NXT">NXT</a></i>, between <a href="/wiki/Matt_Riddle" title="Matt Riddle">Matt Riddle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Thatcher" title="Timothy Thatcher">Timothy Thatcher</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a> as a guest referee).<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A modified version of the Pit with chain-linked fencing was used at the <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Rules_(2022)" title="Extreme Rules (2022)">Extreme Rules</a> premium live event where <a href="/wiki/Matt_Riddle" title="Matt Riddle">Matt Riddle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth Rollins</a> continued their rivalry (with <a href="/wiki/UFC_Hall_of_Fame" title="UFC Hall of Fame">UFC Hall of Famer</a> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Cormier" title="Daniel Cormier">Daniel Cormier</a> as a guest referee). The match between Riddle & Rollins was the first ever Fight Pit match in a WWE PPV. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hell_in_a_Cell_match">Hell in a Cell match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Hell in a Cell match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell" title="Hell in a Cell">Hell in a Cell</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hell_in_a_Cell_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Hell_in_a_Cell_01.jpg/220px-Hell_in_a_Cell_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Hell_in_a_Cell_01.jpg/330px-Hell_in_a_Cell_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Hell_in_a_Cell_01.jpg/440px-Hell_in_a_Cell_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1067" data-file-height="769" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Shane_McMahon" title="Shane McMahon">Shane McMahon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Owens" title="Kevin Owens">Kevin Owens</a> on the outside of the Hell in a Cell structure, as seen in <a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell_(2017)" title="Hell in a Cell (2017)">2017</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Hell in a Cell match is a specific kind of enclosure match run by <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a> inside an enlarged 4-sided <a href="/wiki/Cuboid" title="Cuboid">cuboid</a> steel cage made from open-weave steel mesh <a href="/wiki/Chain-link_fencing" title="Chain-link fencing">chain-link fencing</a>, which extends beyond the ring apron, leaving a gap between the edge of the ring and the Cell fence. As opposed to a conventional <a href="/wiki/Steel_cage" class="mw-redirect" title="Steel cage">steel cage</a>, the cell fencing continues across the top as a ceiling, hence the name 'Cell'. Unlike a standard cage match, there is no escape clause because after the combatants enter the Cell, the door of the Cell is locked with chains and a padlock from the outside by referees to prevent the combatants from escaping (although it has been fairly common for Hell in a Cell matches to spill out of the cell and even onto the roof of the cage). The match has a no disqualification "anything goes" stipulation, and can only be won via pinfall or submission inside the ring. One exception could be made is Hell in a Cell 2018 and 2019 where the WWE Universal Championship match ended via stoppage. </p><p>Because of the "anything goes" rule, this match developed an infamous reputation in its early years. This match usually takes place on pay-per-view shows (there have only been five exceptions: four Cell matches occurred on <i>Raw</i>: two in 1998, one in 2011 (as a dark match), and one in 2021, while the first-ever Cell Match on <i>Smackdown</i> happened on June 18, 2021). Many wrestlers were legitimately injured during these matches (<a href="/wiki/Mankind_vs._The_Undertaker" title="Mankind vs. The Undertaker">most notably</a> <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mick Foley</a>) thanks to the dangerous bumps involved and the chain-link fencing of the Cell. In <a href="/wiki/Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">kayfabe</a>, it is regarded as the most dangerous match in the entire promotion. <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross" title="Jim Ross">Jim Ross</a> has referred to the cell itself as "a demonic structure" that is "custom built for injury". There have been 53 Hell in a Cell matches to date, with <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a> competing in 14 (with his last at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_32" title="WrestleMania 32">WrestleMania 32</a>), more than any other WWE performer. The first Hell in a Cell match was between The Undertaker and <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a> at <a href="/wiki/Badd_Blood:_In_Your_House" title="Badd Blood: In Your House">Badd Blood: In Your House</a> in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a> in October 1997. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Kennel_from_Hell_match">Kennel from Hell match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Kennel from Hell match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Kennel from Hell match was held at WWF's <a href="/wiki/Unforgiven_(1999)" title="Unforgiven (1999)">Unforgiven</a> pay-per-view in 1999, between <a href="/wiki/Al_Snow" title="Al Snow">Al Snow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Big_Boss_Man_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Boss Man (wrestler)">The Big Boss Man</a> for the <a href="/wiki/WWF_Hardcore_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="WWF Hardcore Championship">WWF Hardcore Championship</a>. The match was held within a steel cage, but with the Hell in a Cell cage also placed over the steel cage and the ring. The objective of the match was to escape through the door of the outer Hell in a Cell cage first, with the added obstacle of hostile <a href="/wiki/Attack_dog" title="Attack dog">attack dogs</a> that would roam the apron between the two cages. This match was conceived by <a href="/wiki/Vince_Russo" title="Vince Russo">Vince Russo</a> as part of Snow's short-lived feud with The Big Boss Man—in which he had kidnapped and killed his pet <a href="/wiki/Chihuahua_(dog)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chihuahua (dog)">chihuahua</a> Pepper.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bleacher_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bleacher-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After being unable to obtain trained attack dogs, Russo sought dogs from local owners on short notice. The dogs were playful and friendly towards Russo, and during the match, they were seen urinating, defecating, and trying to mate with one another rather than making any attempt at attacking the wrestlers when they stepped outside the steel cage. The match was deemed by critics to be one of the worst gimmick matches, if not one of the worst matches in WWE history.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bleacher_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bleacher-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inferno_match">Inferno match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Inferno match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In an Inferno match (a type of no-disqualification, no-fall, no-submission, no-countout match), the ring is completely surrounded by flames once both contenders have entered the ring. The only way to win is to set your opponent on fire. Inferno matches usually end on the outside of the ring; this way, paramedics can assist the loser of the match. Due to the potentially graphic or dangerous nature of this type of match, it is very rarely seen in North America. As of December 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, there have only been six inferno matches in WWE, with almost all of them have involved <a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a>, this being his signature match.<sup id="cite_ref-Kane's_Inferno_Match_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kane's_Inferno_Match-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first Inferno match took place in 1987 at the Juan Pachin Vicens coliseum in Ponce, Puerto Rico, where the ropes were simply soaked with gasoline and lit on fire. This kind of match was also done again in 1992 at <a href="/wiki/FMW" class="mw-redirect" title="FMW">FMW</a> in Japan, and was called a Hellfire Deathmatch, which featured barbed wire as the ring ropes which were lit on fire. The match was a total disaster as wrestlers such as <a href="/wiki/Sabu_(wrestler)" title="Sabu (wrestler)">Sabu</a>, his uncle <a href="/wiki/The_Original_Sheik" class="mw-redirect" title="The Original Sheik">The Original Sheik</a> and <a href="/wiki/Atsushi_Onita" title="Atsushi Onita">Atsushi Onita</a>, due to unbearably hot conditions, dashed out of the ring after just a minute. The Sheik was badly burned as a result and went into a coma.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first WWF Inferno Match was between Kane and <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a> at <a href="/wiki/Unforgiven_(1998)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unforgiven (1998)">Unforgiven (1998)</a> pay-per-view in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it was a safer and much more professional affair where special effects and pyrotechnics experts were brought in from Hollywood to set up and control the fire around the ring. Kane had been thrown out of the ring and the Undertaker had no way of attacking him unless he too went out of the ring. The match ended in the Undertaker's victory. WCW also attempted an Inferno match, known as the Human Torch match, at <a href="/wiki/The_Great_American_Bash_(2000)" title="The Great American Bash (2000)">The Great American Bash</a> in 2000 between <a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vampiro" title="Vampiro">Vampiro</a>. </p><p>Another version of the match known as the <b>Firefly Inferno match</b> was held at <a href="/wiki/TLC:_Tables,_Ladders_%26_Chairs_(2020)" title="TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2020)">TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs</a> in 2020, between <a href="/wiki/Bray_Wyatt" title="Bray Wyatt">"The Fiend" Bray Wyatt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a>; its title referenced Wyatt's "<a href="/wiki/Firefly_Fun_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Firefly Fun House">Firefly Fun House</a>" gimmick. In addition to the ring being surrounded by fire, other objects that are placed around the ring are also set on fire.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another variation of the Inferno match, dubbed a <b>Ring of Fire match</b>, took place at <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(2013)" title="SummerSlam (2013)">SummerSlam</a> in 2013, when <a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a> faced <a href="/wiki/Bray_Wyatt" title="Bray Wyatt">Bray Wyatt</a>. While the ring is surrounded by flames just like in a standard Inferno match, the match is decided by pinfall or submission and not by burning your opponent. In addition, the flames prevent others from possibly interfering in the match, as was the case with <a href="/wiki/Luke_Harper" class="mw-redirect" title="Luke Harper">Luke Harper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Erick_Rowan" title="Erick Rowan">Erick Rowan</a> of The Wyatt Family. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lethal_Lockdown_match">Lethal Lockdown match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Lethal Lockdown match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lethal_Lockdown_match" title="Lethal Lockdown match">Lethal Lockdown match</a></div> <p>Similar to the WarGames match used in WCW, TNA/Impact Wrestling's Lethal Lockdown consists of a single ring enclosed by a steel cage with two teams facing off with each other. The staggered entry system is identical, but weapons are permitted and are even provided. When all competitors have entered the ring, a roof is lowered onto the top of the cage, with various weapons hanging from it. Victory can be attained by pinfall or submission. This match has become a staple of TNA's <a href="/wiki/TNA_Lockdown" title="TNA Lockdown">Lockdown</a> pay-per-view event, but has also made appearances at other TNA pay-per-views. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lion's_Den_match"><span id="Lion.27s_Den_match"></span>Lion's Den match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Lion's Den match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Lion's Den match is a steel cage match where a wrestler must knock out their opponent unconscious or make them submit inside an octagonal cage. The rules are made to mimic mixed martial arts matches, with the octagonal cage meant to mimic the cage used by the <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Fighting_Championship" title="Ultimate Fighting Championship">Ultimate Fighting Championship</a>. This was Ken Shamrock's specialty match; two examples were at the <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(1998)" title="SummerSlam (1998)">1998</a> and <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(1999)" title="SummerSlam (1999)">1999</a> editions of SummerSlam, where Shamrock respectively fought <a href="/wiki/Owen_Hart" title="Owen Hart">Owen Hart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Blackman" title="Steve Blackman">Steve Blackman</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Punjabi_Prison_match">Punjabi Prison match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Punjabi Prison match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Punjabi_Prison_No_Mercy_07.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Punjabi_Prison_No_Mercy_07.jpg/220px-Punjabi_Prison_No_Mercy_07.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Punjabi_Prison_No_Mercy_07.jpg/330px-Punjabi_Prison_No_Mercy_07.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Punjabi_Prison_No_Mercy_07.jpg/440px-Punjabi_Prison_No_Mercy_07.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="1673" /></a><figcaption>The Punjabi Prison at <a href="/wiki/No_Mercy_(2007)" title="No Mercy (2007)">No Mercy</a> in 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>The Punjabi Prison match, named after the <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a> state that <a href="/wiki/The_Great_Khali" title="The Great Khali">The Great Khali</a> (the match's founder) is billed from, consists of two large steel-reinforced <a href="/wiki/Bamboo" title="Bamboo">bamboo</a> cages. The first is four sided and stands 16 feet (4.8 m) tall, while the second has eight sides and stands 20 feet (6 m) and surrounds the first.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia238_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia238-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The inner cage has a four-foot (1.2 m) by four-foot door on each of its sides, with a <a href="/wiki/Referee_(professional_wrestling)" title="Referee (professional wrestling)">referee</a> standing by to open them at a wrestler's request. Each door may only be opened once and is only allowed to remain open for sixty seconds, after which it is <a href="/wiki/Padlock" title="Padlock">padlocked</a>. Should all four doors end up locked before the wrestlers escape, they are forced to climb out over the top, where the bamboo is fashioned into spikes. Between the two cages are sometimes placed two tables, on which are <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Foreign_object" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">weapons</a> (both "medieval" and "bamboo" variations of standard wrestling weapons). There are also extended straps at the corners of the cage which can be used to choke the opponent. Once a wrestler has escaped the first cage, he must climb over and out of the second cage, with the first wrestler having both of their feet touch the arena floor becoming the winner of the match.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The match was revived with modifications in 2017 as the main event of <a href="/wiki/Battleground_(2017)" title="Battleground (2017)">Battleground</a>, which featured the Indian-Canadian <a href="/wiki/Jinder_Mahal" title="Jinder Mahal">Jinder Mahal</a> facing <a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a> for the WWE Championship; The Great Khali made a surprise run-in to assist Mahal.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rage_in_a_Cage_match">Rage in a Cage match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Rage in a Cage match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Rage in a Cage match is held in an oval-shaped steel cage. It is typically used as the arena for the blowoff match of a feud and can be used for a tag team or singles match. In this match, wins are usually by pinfall or submission. Alternatively, Rage in a Cage may refer to the match that held in a Florida independent organization such as <a href="/wiki/Championship_Wrestling_from_Florida" title="Championship Wrestling from Florida">NWA</a> Florida in which 20 or more wrestlers take part in a battle royale inside the oval-shaped steel cage. Each wrestler is encouraged to bring different weapons to the match, and a wrestler is eliminated by being thrown through the cage door. The last man standing wins. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scramble_Cage_match">Scramble Cage match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Scramble Cage match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Scramble Cage match was contested exclusively in <a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor" title="Ring of Honor">Ring of Honor</a> (ROH), in which the ring is surrounded by a steel cage with four wooden platforms at the corners of the cage to make the "high risk" wrestling moves. All participants are allowed to be inside and outside the cage at any time. The Scramble Cage Melee match is an elimination cage match held in a cage similar to the one used in the Scramble Cage match, with wooden platforms on the top corners. There are no pinfalls or submissions; wrestlers are eliminated only by aerial moves performed from the platforms. The first and only match took place at <a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor" title="Ring of Honor">Ring of Honor</a> (ROH) on August 24, 2004. The competitors in this match were <a href="/wiki/Jack_Evans_(wrestler)" title="Jack Evans (wrestler)">Jack Evans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trent_Acid" title="Trent Acid">Trent Acid</a>, <a href="/wiki/H._C._Loc" title="H. C. Loc">H. C. Loc</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_DeVito" title="Tony DeVito">Tony Devito</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Maff" title="Dan Maff">Dan Maff</a>, <a href="/wiki/B._J._Whitmer" title="B. J. Whitmer">B. J. Whitmer</a>, Oman Turtuga, Diablo Santiago, Fast Eddie, <a href="/wiki/Altar_Boy_Luke" class="mw-redirect" title="Altar Boy Luke">Altar Boy Luke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Dunn" title="Kevin Dunn">Kevin Dunn</a> and Kirby Marcos. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Thundercage">Thundercage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Thundercage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Domo_de_la_Muerte.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Domo_de_la_Muerte.jpg/220px-Domo_de_la_Muerte.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Domo_de_la_Muerte.jpg/330px-Domo_de_la_Muerte.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Domo_de_la_Muerte.jpg/440px-Domo_de_la_Muerte.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="1224" /></a><figcaption>AAA's <i>Domo de la Muerte</i></figcaption></figure> <p>WCW's Thundercage, based on the film <i><a href="/wiki/Mad_Max_Beyond_Thunderdome" title="Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome">Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome</a></i>, is a large domed structure of steel bars engulfing the ring. Although it does not have a top, the sides curve in to prevent escape. </p><p>Mexico's <a href="/wiki/Lucha_Libre_AAA_World_Wide" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucha Libre AAA World Wide">AAA</a> promotion tweaked the concept with the <i>Domo de la Muerte</i> ("Dome of Death"), which uses a similar cage but only allows victory by escaping through a hole at the top center. This variation is also used in <a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">TNA</a>, where it was called the TerrorDome, or more recently the Steel Asylum. In AAA it is typically used for multi-man "luchas de apuestas" (bet matches), with the last man standing in the cage losing his mask or hair. </p><p>The Thunderdome is a variation on the Thundercage, with the area near the top of the cage electrified. The only way for a wrestler to win the Thunderdome match is to have their opponents' "terminator" (usually a <a href="/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling)" title="Manager (professional wrestling)">manager</a> who stands outside of the ring) throw in the towel to stop the match. In another variation of this match, each pinned competitor in the match is handcuffed to the cage.<sup id="cite_ref-mf133_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mf133-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last man left is given a key to unlock his teammates to attack the other team, who are still handcuffed.<sup id="cite_ref-mf133_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mf133-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ironically, the ThunderDome name was used for WWE's <a href="/wiki/WWE_ThunderDome" title="WWE ThunderDome">bio-secure bubble</a> during the pandemic between 2020 and 2021. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Triple_Cage_match">Triple Cage match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: Triple Cage match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Triple cage matches have been held by WCW and its predecessor, Jim Crockett Promotions, in which two smaller cages are stacked on top of the cage enclosing the ring. </p><p>At <a href="/wiki/The_Great_American_Bash_(1988)" title="The Great American Bash (1988)">The Great American Bash</a> in 1988, a "Tower of Doom" match was held, in which two teams attempted to make their way from the uppermost cage to the bottom, with victory achieved when all five members of a team escaped a door there. The cages were cut off from each other, with doors controlled from outside by referees, who only opened them for two-minute intervals. </p><p>At <a href="/wiki/Uncensored_(1996)" title="Uncensored (1996)">Uncensored</a> in 1996, a "Doomsday Cage Match" was held where <a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Randy_Savage" title="Randy Savage">Randy Savage</a> faced off against the Alliance to End Hulkamania, which consisted of <a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arn_Anderson" title="Arn Anderson">Arn Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lex_Luger" title="Lex Luger">Lex Luger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Sullivan_(wrestler)" title="Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)">The Taskmaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haku_(wrestler)" title="Haku (wrestler)">Meng</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Barbarian_(wrestler)" title="The Barbarian (wrestler)">The Barbarian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeep_Swenson" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeep Swenson">The Ultimate Solution</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Lister,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Lister, Jr.">Z-Gangsta</a>. Hogan and Savage had to start at the top of the three tiered structure, and on each level there were members of the Alliance waiting for them. The structure featured scaffolding with steps on it to enable the wrestlers to traverse it, with the object being to make it to the bottom cage where the ring was and score a fall to win. </p><p>A triple cage match at <a href="/wiki/Slamboree_(2000)" title="Slamboree (2000)">Slamboree</a> in 2000 was held between <a href="/wiki/David_Arquette_in_World_Championship_Wrestling" title="David Arquette in World Championship Wrestling">David Arquette</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diamond_Dallas_Page" title="Diamond Dallas Page">Diamond Dallas Page</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jarrett" title="Jeff Jarrett">Jeff Jarrett</a>; it was conducted similarly to a ladder match, with the objective being for the competitors to make their way to the roof of the third cage, and retrieve the championship belt. The roof of the first cage—which extended beyond the apron–had a <a href="/wiki/Trapdoor" title="Trapdoor">trapdoor</a> leading to the second cage, which contained weapons. The competitors then had to exit through a side door in the second cage, and climb the structure to reach the belt above the third cage. The third cage contained guitars, used for Jarrett's signature move. </p><p>The same year, WCW conducted another match using the same structure, "WarGames 2000: <a href="/wiki/Vince_Russo" title="Vince Russo">Russo</a>'s Revenge", on an episode of <i>WCW Monday Nitro.</i> Despite sharing its name with WCW's well-known <a href="#WarGames_match">WarGames match</a>, its only similarity was its use of teams. A belt was placed inside the uppermost cage, with the first team to have a member escape from the bottom cage with the belt being declared the winner. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WarGames_match">WarGames match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: WarGames match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/WarGames_match" title="WarGames match">WarGames match</a></div> <p>Sometimes suffixed with the tagline "The Match Beyond," the WarGames match features two rings surrounded by an enclosed steel cage (usually with a roof), with two teams (or sometimes three) of four or five wrestlers facing one another. After a portion of the match fought one-on-one, members of the two teams begin to alternate entering the other ring at staggered intervals (with the order decided by a coin toss); once both teams' members have all entered the ring, the first team to score submission or surrender over a member of the opposing team is declared the winner. Depending on the rules used, a team may also win by scoring a knockout or pinfall. </p><p>This match was made famous by Jim Crockett Promotions' annual <a href="/wiki/Great_American_Bash" class="mw-redirect" title="Great American Bash">Great American Bash</a>, and later WCW's <a href="/wiki/Wrestle_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Wrestle War">Wrestle War</a>, before becoming a tradition at their annual <a href="/wiki/Fall_Brawl" title="Fall Brawl">Fall Brawl</a> pay-per-view event from 1993 to 1998. At <a href="/wiki/Fall_Brawl_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="Fall Brawl 1998">Fall Brawl 1998</a>, a three-team WarGames match was held, with pinfalls counting. An in name only revamp of WarGames, "WarGames 2000", was held on an episode of <i>WCW Monday Nitro</i>. </p><p>ECW held its own version of WarGames known as an "Ultimate Jeopardy steel cage match" (typically as part of an <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Jeopardy" title="Ultimate Jeopardy">eponymous event</a>), with weapons available, pinfalls counting, and the losing team receiving a stipulation as a penalty. In 2017, WWE's <a href="/wiki/NXT_(WWE_brand)" title="NXT (WWE brand)">NXT</a> brand began to hold a live event known as <a href="/wiki/NXT_TakeOver:_WarGames_(2017)" title="NXT TakeOver: WarGames (2017)">NXT TakeOver: WarGames</a>, which feature a version of the WarGames match as their signature event. The NXT version of WarGames does not use a roofed cage, and pinfalls count.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, AEW held a WarGames match between <a href="/wiki/The_Pinnacle_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Pinnacle (professional wrestling)">The Pinnacle</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Inner_Circle_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Inner Circle (professional wrestling)">The Inner Circle</a> as a "Blood and Guts match", during an <a href="/wiki/AEW_Blood_and_Guts" class="mw-redirect" title="AEW Blood and Guts">eponymous special episode</a> of its weekly series <i><a href="/wiki/AEW_Dynamite" title="AEW Dynamite">Dynamite</a></i>. AEW adopted the WarGames rules that were used by WCW, with a roofed cage and no pinfalls.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Xscape_match">Xscape match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Xscape match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Xscape match has been held by TNA/Impact Wrestling as one of the signature matches of its <a href="/wiki/Impact_Wrestling_Lockdown" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact Wrestling Lockdown">Lockdown</a> pay-per-view, which exclusively features cage matches. The match begins with four to eight competitors, who are eliminated by either pinfall or submission; eliminated wrestlers leave the cage through a door. When only two competitors remain, the first to escape the cage by climbing out and reaching the floor is declared the winner. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flag_match">Flag match</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: Flag match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The flag match is essentially the professional wrestling version of <a href="/wiki/Capture_the_flag" title="Capture the flag">capture the flag</a>. For the match two flags are placed on opposite turnbuckles, each representing a specific wrestler or team of wrestlers and the objective of the match is to retrieve the opponent's flag and raise it while defending the flag in the wrestler's corner.<sup id="cite_ref-pwi126_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pwi126-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If the referee is knocked down and cannot acknowledge the win, the defender can put the flag back in its place, thus resetting the match.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anthem_match">Anthem match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: Anthem match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An Anthem match is a variation of a flag match with the added stipulation that the <a href="/wiki/National_anthem" title="National anthem">national anthem</a> of the winning wrestler's or team's home country will be played in the arena after the match, similarly to a medal ceremony. This can be used to promote patriotism for the face wrestler or <a href="/wiki/Heat_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heat (professional wrestling)">heat</a> for the heel wrestler. Another variation of the Flag match can be a regular <b>Interpromotion match</b> between two wrestlers, each usually representing a different wrestling promotion, fighting for the right to raise the flag of their respected promotion. This variation was only used at ECW's <a href="/wiki/November_to_Remember_1997" class="mw-redirect" title="November to Remember 1997">November to Remember 1997</a> in a match between <a href="/wiki/Rob_Van_Dam" title="Rob Van Dam">Rob Van Dam</a> (representing <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a>) vs. <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Dreamer" title="Tommy Dreamer">Tommy Dreamer</a> (representing <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">ECW</a>) which ended in a no-contest. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Handicap_match">Handicap match</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: Handicap match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A handicap match is any match pitting one wrestler or team of wrestlers against a team of wrestlers with numerical superiority, such as two against one or three against two. Normally the <a href="/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)" title="Face (professional wrestling)">babyfaces</a> are outnumbered with the heels having more members on their team to provide an unfair advantage.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In some two-on-one handicap matches, the team with superior numbers act under tag team rules, with one person in the ring at a time. In others, such as tornado tag team handicap matches, all competitors are in the ring at the same time.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1980s and 1990s, handicap matches were used in preliminary matches involving large star wrestlers (usually heels), such as <a href="/wiki/King_Kong_Bundy" title="King Kong Bundy">King Kong Bundy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_Van_Vader" title="Big Van Vader">Big Van Vader</a> or <a href="/wiki/Yokozuna_(wrestler)" title="Yokozuna (wrestler)">Yokozuna</a>, who – as a way to get a monster heel persona/gimmick over with the crowd – would completely dominate their opponents despite the latter's superiority in numbers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hardcore-based_variations">Hardcore-based variations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=60" title="Edit section: Hardcore-based variations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling" title="Hardcore wrestling">Hardcore wrestling</a></div> <p>Hardcore wrestling, the most violent and bloody type of professional wrestling, is a subset in which some or all of the <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling#Rules_and_other_dramatic_elements" title="Professional wrestling">traditional rules</a> do not apply. Most often this simply means there are <a href="#No_holds_barred_match">no-disqualifications</a>, which itself <a href="#No_Count-Out_match">eliminates countouts</a>, sometimes allowing decisions to take place anywhere. Most hardcore matches or deathmatches often have a combination of match types within one, and elaborate titles are often used, particularly in Japanese wrestling promotions. (example: "Barbed Wire Rope, Exploding Barbed Wire Boards and Exploding Ring Time Bomb Deathmatch") </p><p>Some promotions, such as <a href="/wiki/Frontier_Martial-Arts_Wrestling" title="Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling">Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling</a>, the <a href="/wiki/International_Wrestling_Association_of_Japan" title="International Wrestling Association of Japan">International Wrestling Association of Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/International_Wrestling_Syndicate" title="International Wrestling Syndicate">International Wrestling Syndicate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="Big Japan Pro Wrestling">Big Japan Pro Wrestling</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Combat_Zone_Wrestling" title="Combat Zone Wrestling">Combat Zone Wrestling</a>, have specialized in hardcore matches, with "standard" non-hardcore matches being the exception. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hardcore_match">Hardcore match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=61" title="Edit section: Hardcore match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A standard hardcore match, also known as a <b>Devil's Playground match</b>, a <b>Belfast Brawl match</b> or a <b>Guerrilla Warfare match</b> is a <a href="#No_holds_barred_match">no-disqualification</a>, <a href="#No_Count-Out_match">no-countout</a>, falls count anywhere, one-fall match where the only rule (unless specifically noted) is to achieve a fall by pinning the opponent for a 3-count or making them submit. Otherwise, anything goes: any weapon can be used, any amount of wrestlers who are not booked in the match can be involved, either wrestler booked in the match can be pinned anywhere and any move can be used (except moves banned by the promotion booking the match before-hand). Hardcore matches came to prominence in Japan in the 1970s, and then in the United States in the 1990s in promotions like ECW and later WWE. Blunt objects such as steel chairs, wooden event tables, ladders, wrestling ring stairs, kendo sticks, baseball bats, flour, metal cylindrical trashcans, trashcan lids and road signs are often featured in hardcore matches. </p><p>Other common euphemisms for hardcore matches are the <b>No Holds Barred match</b> (which suggests wrestlers are allowed to use any illegal moves), <b>Street Fight</b> (which suggests wrestlers are to dress in normal street clothes), and <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a> used the term <b>Raven's rules match</b> for hardcore matches involving the wrestler <a href="/wiki/Raven_(wrestler)" title="Raven (wrestler)">Raven</a>. They also created their own specific brand of hardcore match, for which bouts were to begin backstage rather than in the ring.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Unsanctioned_match">Unsanctioned match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=62" title="Edit section: Unsanctioned match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A variant of a hardcore match is a <b>non-sanctioned match</b>, <b>unsanctioned match</b>, or <b>lights out match</b>. In addition to the match not having any rules and the objective being achieving a pinfall or submission anywhere, the match is not officially recognized by the promotion (such as in <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a>, where the match does not count towards a wrestler's win–loss record). In kayfabe, the match is sometimes used when a wrestler is "injured" (at the hands of another wrestler) and wants revenge but cannot be "medically cleared", thus he agrees to a non-sanctioned match where "the promotion is not held liable" for any injuries incurred during the match. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deathmatch">Deathmatch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=63" title="Edit section: Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A more extreme version of a hardcore match, a <b>deathmatch</b> is effectively the same as a hardcore match only even more violent and bloody, hence why the match is called a "deathmatch". In addition to blunt objects, deathmatches often include sharp objects and even more dangerous objects and elements, such as bricks, nails, staple guns, explosives, thumbtacks, barbed wire, light tubes, standard glass, cactus plants, gardening tools (such as weed whackers) and even fire mixed with lighter fluid or gasoline. Although hardcore matches do on occasion feature sharp objects- particularly hardcore matches with Mick Foley - they are not used in such a gratuitous manner as they are in deathmatches. Other common euphemisms for deathmatches are <b><a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">extreme</a> rules match</b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Combat_Zone_Wrestling" title="Combat Zone Wrestling">ultraviolent</a> rules match</b> (hardcore rules matches exclusively in <a href="/wiki/CZW" class="mw-redirect" title="CZW">CZW</a>) and <b>HardKore X-Treme match</b>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Barbed_Wire_Ring_Rope_match">Barbed Wire Ring Rope match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=64" title="Edit section: Barbed Wire Ring Rope match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joey_Kings_dropkick.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Joey_Kings_dropkick.jpg/220px-Joey_Kings_dropkick.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Joey_Kings_dropkick.jpg/330px-Joey_Kings_dropkick.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Joey_Kings_dropkick.jpg/440px-Joey_Kings_dropkick.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2410" /></a><figcaption>Joey Kings (in white top, right) dropkicks Warhed into the <a href="/wiki/Barbed_wire" title="Barbed wire">barbed wire</a> ropes</figcaption></figure> <p>A barbed wire ring rope match or no rope barbed wire match is a hardcore match where the ring ropes are replaced with barbed wire. There are four known ways to prop up barbed wire in place of ring ropes: with three strands of barbed wire run from turnbuckle to turnbuckle; with five strands of wire tied to form an "X"; "spider net", where the ring ropes are not replaced and barbed wire is wrapped up and down the ropes to create a wall of barbed wire, and finally barbed wire wrapped in the "X" fashion- that has been electrified or rigged with explosives. These types of matches were made popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s by American territory wrestling promotions, as well as Japanese promotions during the 1990s. These types of matches often included other stipulations and weapons in them.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Barbed_Wire_Massacre">Barbed Wire Massacre</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=65" title="Edit section: Barbed Wire Massacre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Barbed Wire Massacre is a type of barbed wire rope match where the barbed wire ropes are set up in the "X" fashion and the use of additional items that have barbed wire attached to or wrapped around them are made available, such as plywood, baseball bats, steel folding chairs and other weapons. This match originated in TNA in 2005. Since then, there have been five such matches, the most recent in 2022. However, unlike the first three Barbed Wire Massacre matches, the fourth did not replace the ring ropes. The <i>Japanese Barbed Wire Massacre</i> is a variation in which there are wooden boards covered with barbed wire, and a small charge goes off when someone lands on one. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bath_House_Deathmatch">Bath House Deathmatch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=66" title="Edit section: Bath House Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bath House Deathmatch was believed to have been started by <a href="/wiki/IWA_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="IWA Japan">IWA Japan</a> in 1995. The wrestlers compete in the pool of a public bathhouse, with even naked or toweled women in this bath house during this match. Besides regular wrestling rules, if they leave the pool, they are disqualified. The pool is heated by a fire that is regularly fed more logs, making staying in it harder and harder. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caribbean_Barbed_Wire_Deathmatch">Caribbean Barbed Wire Deathmatch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=67" title="Edit section: Caribbean Barbed Wire Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Caribbean Barbed Wire Deathmatch is a hardcore match where barbed wire is wrapped around the ring ropes in "spidernet" fashion on two sides, and on the other two sides are barricaded traps on ground level situated right next to the ring. These elaborate traps are wooden structures featuring multiple strands of barbed wire strung from short adjacent wooden poles covered by panes of glass, with a thick wooden board below as foundation for the entire trap. The wooden poles stand 18 inches high on one side, and two feet on the other side. This match was featured in the <a href="/wiki/W*ING" title="W*ING">W*ING</a> hardcore wrestling promotion in Japan and was first done in 1993. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Circus_Deathmatch">Circus Deathmatch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=68" title="Edit section: Circus Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Circus Deathmatch is a type of scaffold match where in the ring is a scaffold and under that scaffold, there is a type of spider net made of barbed wire six feet below. The first wrestler to fall off of the scaffold into the barbed wire spider net loses. The first match was between <a href="/wiki/Mad_Man_Pondo" title="Mad Man Pondo">Mad Man Pondo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ryuji_Ito" title="Ryuji Ito">Ryuji Ito</a> in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Clockwork_House_of_Fun_match">Clockwork House of Fun match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=69" title="Edit section: Clockwork House of Fun match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Clockwork House of Fun match, known as "Raven's House of Fun" or simply "House of Fun", was created by professional wrestler <a href="/wiki/Raven_(wrestler)" title="Raven (wrestler)">Raven</a> (<a href="/wiki/Shoot_(professional_wrestling)" title="Shoot (professional wrestling)">legitimately</a>, as Raven pitched the idea himself to TNA's creative team). It is a singles match for which poles attached to the ring posts measured about five to six feet above the turnbuckles, with single chains wrapped from and hanging on the poles to various points on the ring itself with many weapons hanging from and attached to steel chains above the ring, sometimes with sides of a steel cage attached to and erected on the ring.<sup id="cite_ref-COHOF_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-COHOF-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the first match the use of weapons is legal, and the only way to win was to put an opponent through two tables after throwing them off "Raven's perch" (a small <a href="/wiki/Scaffold" class="mw-redirect" title="Scaffold">scaffold</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-COHOF_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-COHOF-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but afterwards it was changed to falls-count-anywhere rules.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electric_Pool_match">Electric Pool match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=70" title="Edit section: Electric Pool match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In an Electric Pool match, the ring is placed in a large pool of water, with no ropes on two sides of the ring, and exploding barbed wire on the other two sides of the ring. Wrestlers were transported to the ring via a <a href="/wiki/Dinghy" title="Dinghy">dinghy</a>, and the ring was put on a floating device, then it was surrounded by four metal barricades. There was a current running through these four barricades (which were essentially small sections of the pool enclosed off from the rest of the pool), enabling the water to "explode" when a wrestler was thrown into one of these barricaded areas. Considering the danger involved in allowing a current to run through water, this match was only used once in <a href="/wiki/FMW" class="mw-redirect" title="FMW">FMW</a> in 1994, which was known for its extreme hardcore matches. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Explosion/Bomb_Deathmatch"><span id="Explosion.2FBomb_Deathmatch"></span>Explosion/Bomb Deathmatch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=71" title="Edit section: Explosion/Bomb Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Explosion or Bomb Deathmatch is usually accompanied with barbed wire ropes, a large barbed wire wrapped explosion board is placed in the ring laced with a small amount of C-4. The match can be won by either a pinfall or a submission, or in other versions of the match, by blowing up the eventual loser. In some versions of the C-4 match is to finish the match before the timer runs out and detonates the ring (although this does not necessarily end the match) while in others the explosives are concentrated in a specific area, with the wrestlers struggling not to get pushed onto it. Almost all of these matches so far have been done in Japan in promotions with larger budgets. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Anus_Explosion_Deathmatch">Anus Explosion Deathmatch</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=72" title="Edit section: Anus Explosion Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An Anus Explosion Deathmatch is a hardcore match where the only way to win is to stick a firecracker up an opponent's buttocks and light it. Once the firecracker goes off while lodged inside an incapacitated wrestler's buttocks, the match ends. This match was only done once, by Japanese hardcore wrestling promotion <a href="/wiki/Frontier_Martial-Arts_Wrestling" title="Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling">Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling</a> in October 1999, where <a href="/wiki/Mr._Gannosuke" title="Mr. Gannosuke">Mr. Gannosuke</a> faced off against <a href="/wiki/Hayabusa_(wrestler)" title="Hayabusa (wrestler)">Hayabusa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Double_Hell_Deathmatch">Double Hell Deathmatch</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=73" title="Edit section: Double Hell Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Double Hell Deathmatch is a hardcore match where exploding (or non-exploding) barbed wire is put up at two sides of the ring in place of ropes, and the other two are left with nothing. However, at ringside on the empty sides, there are huge boards laden with barbed wire and <a href="/wiki/Landmines" class="mw-redirect" title="Landmines">landmines</a>/explosives (and sometimes glass). This makes it a lot easier for a participant to fall out of the ring. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Exploding_Barbed_Wire_Deathmatch">Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=74" title="Edit section: Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>AEW's variation is an Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch which is a combination of an Explosion Deathmatch, <a href="#Barbed_Wire_Ring_Rope_match">Barbed Wire Ring Rope match</a>, <a href="#Double_Hell_Deathmatch">Double Hell Deathmatch</a>, and <a href="#Time_Bomb_Deathmatch">Time Bomb Deathmatch</a>. There was three sides of barbed wire ring ropes with explosives triggered upon contact, three zones around the ringside floor wired to explosives (Triple Hell), and a 30-minute countdown timer until all explosives in and around the ring detonate.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The match was contested between <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Omega" title="Kenny Omega">Kenny Omega</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jon_Moxley" title="Jon Moxley">Jon Moxley</a> for the <a href="/wiki/AEW_World_Championship" title="AEW World Championship">AEW World Championship</a> at <a href="/wiki/Revolution_(2021)" title="Revolution (2021)">Revolution</a>, which Omega won. </p><p>The concept was planned to be used in the <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a> but according to <a href="/wiki/Court_Bauer" class="mw-redirect" title="Court Bauer">Court Bauer</a> in November 2022, <a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a> had once accepted an idea for an Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch. This stipulation did not appear at all but it would later appear in a form of a Punjabi Prison Match which debuted at <a href="/wiki/The_Great_American_Bash_(2006)" title="The Great American Bash (2006)">The Great American Bash</a> in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Landmine_Deathmatch">Landmine Deathmatch</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=75" title="Edit section: Landmine Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Landmine Deathmatch is a hardcore match where explosives are set up at ringside, usually laced with barbed wire. This match was first done with <a href="/wiki/FMW" class="mw-redirect" title="FMW">FMW</a> in Japan in the mid-1990s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Time_Bomb_Deathmatch">Time Bomb Deathmatch</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=76" title="Edit section: Time Bomb Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Time Bomb Deathmatch is a type of deathmatch where explosives or fireworks set up around the ring are set off after an allotted time. This match originated in Japan and was done various times in the 1990s. <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mick Foley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Terry_Funk" title="Terry Funk">Terry Funk</a> participated in a "Barbed Wire Rope, Exploding Barbed Wire Boards and Exploding Ring Time Bomb Deathmatch" as the final match of the 1995 <a href="/wiki/Kawasaki_Dream" class="mw-redirect" title="Kawasaki Dream">Kawasaki Dream</a> King of the Deathmatch tournament, where there were multiple plywood boards with barbed wire and explosives attached to them strewn around the ring.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_73-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Time_Bomb_Exploding_Cage_Deathmatch">Time Bomb Exploding Cage Deathmatch</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=77" title="Edit section: Time Bomb Exploding Cage Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Time Bomb Exploding Cage Deathmatch is a mixture of a Steel Cage match and a Time Bomb Deathmatch, where every square foot of a steel cage is wrapped in barbed wire and explosives set up around the ring go off after a set time, and five minutes before the explosion a loud siren is activated. The match, unlike a traditional steel cage match is a one-fall match and victory cannot be achieved via escaping the cage, which, if attempted would be very painful and difficult. This match also originated in Japan in the early 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_73-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eye_for_an_Eye_match">Eye for an Eye match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=78" title="Edit section: Eye for an Eye match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An Eye for an Eye match is a hardcore match that could only be won when one competitor "extracts" an eyeball out of the socket of their opponent. This match only occurred once, between <a href="/wiki/Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth Rollins</a> at <a href="/wiki/The_Horror_Show_at_Extreme_Rules" title="The Horror Show at Extreme Rules">The Horror Show at Extreme Rules</a>. In it, Rollins shoved Mysterio's eye into the corner of the steel steps, causing the eyeball to pop out and giving Rollins the victory. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Falls_Count_Anywhere_match">Falls Count Anywhere match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=79" title="Edit section: Falls Count Anywhere match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A falls count anywhere match allows pinfalls to take place in any location, negating the standard rule that they must take place inside the ring and between the ropes, and these matches largely take place outside of the ring. Submissions may or may not also be covered by this rule. This also eliminates the usual "<a href="/wiki/Countout" class="mw-redirect" title="Countout">countout</a>" rule. A variation of the rules states that once a pinfall takes place, the <a href="/wiki/Pin_(professional_wrestling)" title="Pin (professional wrestling)">pinned wrestler</a> loses the match if they are unable to return to the ring within a specific amount of time – usually a referee's count of 10 or 30. If the pinned wrestler makes it to the ring in this time, the match continues.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Occasionally, this stipulation is listed as having a specific territory in which falls count (e.g. the state, county, or general location the match is in).<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the match may take place in various parts of the arena,<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the "falls count anywhere" provision is almost always accompanied with a "no-disqualification" stipulation to make the match a hardcore match, so as to allow wrestlers the convenience to use <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Foreign_object" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">any objects</a> they may find wherever they wrestle.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_Blood_match">First Blood match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=80" title="Edit section: First Blood match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A First Blood match is a no-disqualification, no-submission, no-fall, no-countout match in which the first wrestler to bleed anywhere loses the match. Depending on the nuance of the stipulation, this might include bleeding noses. Although there are no-disqualifications, outside interference cannot be seen causing the participant to bleed. The first televised First Blood match was <a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a> at <a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="King of the Ring 1998">King of the Ring 1998</a>. This type of match became rare in the WWE <a href="/wiki/PG_Era" title="PG Era">since 2008</a> in which blood is rarely shown in its programming to adhere with the TV-PG standards. The most recent first blood match was <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/John_Layfield" title="John Layfield">JBL</a> at <a href="/wiki/One_Night_Stand_(2008)" title="One Night Stand (2008)">One Night Stand</a> in 2008. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Doomsday_Chamber_of_Blood_match_2">Doomsday Chamber of Blood match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=81" title="Edit section: Doomsday Chamber of Blood match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Doomsday Chamber of Blood match, created by <a href="/wiki/Impact_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact Wrestling">Total Nonstop Action Wrestling</a>, is a First Blood match that takes place inside of a <a href="/wiki/Barbed_wire" title="Barbed wire">barbed wire</a> topped <a href="#Cages">cage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sadistic_Madness_match">Sadistic Madness match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=82" title="Edit section: Sadistic Madness match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Sadistic Madness match, created by <a href="/wiki/Impact_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact Wrestling">Total Nonstop Action Wrestling</a>, is another variation of the First Blood match, the main difference being that the opponent must be bleeding before a wrestler can legally pin them.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Four_Corners_of_Pain_match">Four Corners of Pain match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=83" title="Edit section: Four Corners of Pain match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Four Corners of Pain match is a hardcore match where in each corner of the ring, there is a container that has a weapon or another type of harmful item. This match originated at the 2003 <a href="/wiki/Combat_Zone_Wrestling" title="Combat Zone Wrestling">Combat Zone Wrestling</a> Tournament of Death II, and at the 2006 IWA-MS Queen of the Deathmatch, Amy Lee took on Sexxxy Eddy in this match.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_73-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pools_of_Fuckery_Deathmatch">Pools of Fuckery Deathmatch</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=84" title="Edit section: Pools of Fuckery Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Pools of Fuckery Deathmatch is similar to a Four Corners of Pain match, only the harmful items in each corner are in small plastic pools. This match originated in March 2021 in the independent wrestling promotion Asylum Wrestling Revolution (AMR), where <a href="/wiki/Mickie_Knuckles" title="Mickie Knuckles">Mickie Knuckles</a> faced Akira.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Good_Old_Fashioned_Donnybrook_match">Good Old Fashioned Donnybrook match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=85" title="Edit section: Good Old Fashioned Donnybrook match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Good Old Fashioned Donnybrook match is a no disqualification hardcore match where large wood barrels of Irish brandy and canes are made available at ringside. The first match of its kind was on the July 29, 2022 episode of <a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown" title="WWE SmackDown">WWE SmackDown</a> between <a href="/wiki/Sheamus" title="Sheamus">Sheamus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Drew_McIntyre" title="Drew McIntyre">Drew McIntyre</a>, which McIntyre won. A tag team version later took place during WWE's 2022 edition of its <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Rules_(2022)" title="Extreme Rules (2022)">Extreme Rules</a> pay-per-view between <a href="/wiki/The_Brawling_Brutes" title="The Brawling Brutes">The Brawling Brutes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Imperium_(professional_wrestling)" title="Imperium (professional wrestling)">Imperium</a>, which was won by The Brawling Brutes. This is Sheamus' signature match. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hard_Ten_match">Hard Ten match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=86" title="Edit section: Hard Ten match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Hard Ten match is a hardcore match that was created by <a href="/wiki/Impact_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact Wrestling">TNA</a>/<a href="/wiki/Impact_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact Wrestling">Impact Wrestling</a>. It is contested on a points system, in which the points are earned for the use of weapons. The first wrestler to earn ten points and be at least two points ahead is the winner. Regular strikes with a weapon are worth one point, while putting an opponent through a table is worth five points. This match type happened only once in TNA history. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Last_Man/Woman_Standing_match"><span id="Last_Man.2FWoman_Standing_match"></span>Last Man/Woman Standing match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=87" title="Edit section: Last Man/Woman Standing match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Last_Man_Standing_match"></span><span class="anchor" id="Last_Woman_Standing_match"></span><span class="anchor" id="Last_man_standing_match"></span><span class="anchor" id="Last_woman_standing_match"></span> A last man standing match (or last woman standing) is a hardcore-style match in which the only way to win is by count out via standing, and a wrestler can be counted out anywhere. A wrestler will lose the match if they are unable to answer a ten-count after being downed, similar to the <a href="/wiki/Knockout" title="Knockout">knockout</a> rules of a <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxing</a> match. To avoid losing, the downed wrestler must be on their feet by the count of 10, but they can not lose by leaving the ring for 10-count (ring out) if they are still on his feet while recovering.<sup id="cite_ref-PS112_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PS112-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of the hardcore nature of the match restraining a downed opponent is a permissible way to ensure that they do not respond to the ten-count, even if they would otherwise be able to. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Baseball_Brawl_match">Baseball Brawl match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=88" title="Edit section: Baseball Brawl match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Baseball Brawl match or Brawl Game match is variant of a Last Man Standing match where baseball bats are initially banned, but if a wrestler is counted out by 10, then baseball bats for the wrestler or team that got the count-out automatically become legal, and the match converts over to a standard hardcore match where victory is achieved by either pinfalls, submissions or count outs. This match was first done at <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_Heaven_(1994)" title="Hardcore Heaven (1994)">ECW's Hardcore Heaven</a> in August 1994, and was known as the signature match of <a href="/wiki/The_Public_Enemy_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Public Enemy (professional wrestling)">The Public Enemy</a> tag team. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Texas_Deathmatch">Texas Deathmatch</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=89" title="Edit section: Texas Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ciclon_Negro_vs_Dory_Funk,_1972.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Ciclon_Negro_vs_Dory_Funk%2C_1972.png/220px-Ciclon_Negro_vs_Dory_Funk%2C_1972.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Ciclon_Negro_vs_Dory_Funk%2C_1972.png/331px-Ciclon_Negro_vs_Dory_Funk%2C_1972.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Ciclon_Negro_vs_Dory_Funk%2C_1972.png/441px-Ciclon_Negro_vs_Dory_Funk%2C_1972.png 2x" data-file-width="489" data-file-height="588" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cicl%C3%B3n_Negro" title="Ciclón Negro">Ciclón Negro</a> (left) and <a href="/wiki/Dory_Funk" title="Dory Funk">Dory Funk</a> in a 1972 Texas deathmatch that lasted over an hour and included 27 total falls</figcaption></figure> <p>A variant of the Last Man Standing match is the <b>Texas Deathmatch</b> (a.k.a. <b>Mexican Deathmatch</b>, or <b>Armageddon Rules match</b>), in which a wrestler must be pinned to a 3-count or made to submit/rendered unconscious before the <a href="/wiki/Referee_(professional_wrestling)" title="Referee (professional wrestling)">referee</a> will begin the ten-count. Some of these matches have been known to last for hours, including one that <a href="/wiki/Dory_Funk_Jr." title="Dory Funk Jr.">Dory Funk Jr.</a> participated in that went on for more than four hours.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This match was often done by Dory and his brother <a href="/wiki/Terry_Funk" title="Terry Funk">Terry Funk</a> in the 1960s in their father Dory Sr.'s promotion <a href="/wiki/Western_States_Sports" title="Western States Sports">Western States Sports</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Light_Tube_Deathmatch">Light Tube Deathmatch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=90" title="Edit section: Light Tube Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A light tube match is a hardcore match where hundreds (usually 200) of long, cylindrical, glass <a href="/wiki/Fluorescent_lamps" class="mw-redirect" title="Fluorescent lamps">fluorescent light tubes</a> are attached to the ring ropes (usually via tape), and mock shaped weapons and mock large objects made of light tubes are made available. These matches often end with most or all of the light tubes broken or shattered; these matches are some of the bloodiest, most gruesome and most dangerous types of wrestling matches because the glass in a light tube contains poisonous and <a href="/wiki/Carcinogen" title="Carcinogen">carcinogenic</a> chemicals, and when broken, the poisonous and carcinogenic dust from the shattered glass gets into the air and allows audience members, the referee and the wrestlers to breathe it in. Another hazard of this match is shards of broken glass still rife with dangerous chemicals laying around the ring mat and sticking in the wrestlers' bodies (when they are slammed onto the wrestling mat); in more organized wrestling promotions, attendants briefly enter the ring and quickly sweep the broken glass off the mat. This type of match originated in Japan in the late 1990s and early 2000s in <a href="/wiki/Big_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="Big Japan Pro Wrestling">Big Japan Pro Wrestling</a>, and some independent promotions in the United States feature this type of match. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2/3_Light_Tube_Log_cabins_Deathmatch"><span id="2.2F3_Light_Tube_Log_cabins_Deathmatch"></span>2/3 Light Tube Log cabins Deathmatch</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=91" title="Edit section: 2/3 Light Tube Log cabins Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A 2/3 Light Tube Log Cabins Deathmatch is a hardcore match where the only way to win is to break two shaped light tube weapons over and/or on an opponent. <a href="/wiki/Combat_Zone_Wrestling" title="Combat Zone Wrestling">Combat Zone Wrestling</a> has used this match in their Tournament of Death series.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_73-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Monster's_Ball_match"><span id="Monster.27s_Ball_match"></span>Monster's Ball match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=92" title="Edit section: Monster's Ball match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Monster%27s_Ball_match" title="Monster's Ball match">Monster's Ball match</a> is a match invented and staged by <a href="/wiki/TNA_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="TNA Wrestling">TNA Wrestling</a>. The key premise of the match was that all contenders are sequestered alone in a locked room without light, food or water for 24 hours before the match. This stipulation is intended to induce extreme feelings of aggression in the competitors. Once released, the wrestlers fight one another in a hardcore match, with the usage of weapons encouraged. Victory can be achieved by pinfall or submission, with the match ending as soon as one wrestler is pinned or submits. </p><p>The Monster's Ball match typically features numerous high spots. There have been 54 matches taking place under TNA, as well as several unaffiliated independent promotions hosting the match. The match has almost always featured <a href="/wiki/Abyss_(wrestler)" title="Abyss (wrestler)">Abyss</a> in some capacity, wrestling in 48 and managing in one, as it is his signature match. There are various weapons frequently used in the match, including thumbtacks, "Janice" (a board filled with nails, Abyss's signature weapon), and a bed of barbed wire.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="No_Disqualification_match">No Disqualification match <span class="anchor" id="No_Holds_Barred_match"></span><span class="anchor" id="No-disqualification_match"></span><span class="anchor" id="No-DQ_match"></span><span class="anchor" id="No_holds_barred_match"></span><span class="anchor" id="No_Disqualification_match/No_Holds_Barred_match"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=93" title="Edit section: No Disqualification match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A No Disqualification match, also known as a <b>No Holds Barred match</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or sometimes as an <b>Anything Goes match</b>, an <b>Extreme Rules match</b> (in WWE, since the establishment of the now-former <a href="/wiki/ECW_(WWE_brand)" title="ECW (WWE brand)">ECW brand</a>), or a <b>No Ropes Catch Wrestling match</b> (in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Wrestling" title="Major League Wrestling">MLW</a>), is a match in which neither wrestler can be <a href="/wiki/Disqualification_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Disqualification (professional wrestling)">disqualified</a>, allowing for <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Foreign_object" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">weapons</a> and outside interference. However, unlike a hardcore match pinfalls and submissions must be made inside the ring.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>No-disqualification matches may be used in feuds in which a challenger may have won matches against the champion, but did not claim the championship because the champion was disqualified (championships usually only change hands via pinfall or submission). Unless stipulated, a no-disqualification match can end in a countout. Those that cannot are no-disqualification, no-countout matches, therefore they're called no holds barred matches. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Piranha_Deathmatch">Piranha Deathmatch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=94" title="Edit section: Piranha Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Piranha Deathmatch or Amazon River Piranha Deathmatch, similar to a Desert Deathmatch is a type of highly dangerous match where a fish tank containing dangerous and flesh-eating <a href="/wiki/Piranha" title="Piranha">Piranha</a> fish is placed in the center of the ring, and the first wrestler who gets put into the tank for 10 seconds loses. There was only one match ever done, and it was at <a href="/wiki/Big_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="Big Japan Pro Wrestling">Big Japan Pro Wrestling</a>'s Summer Night Dream event in <a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a>, Japan in September 1996, where in the main event <a href="/wiki/Kendo_Nagasaki" title="Kendo Nagasaki">Kendo Nagasaki</a> put <a href="/wiki/Mitsuhiro_Matsunaga" title="Mitsuhiro Matsunaga">Mitsuhiro Matsunaga</a> in the tank, defeating him.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_73-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pitch_Black_match">Pitch Black match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=95" title="Edit section: Pitch Black match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Pitch Black match is a hardcore-based match during which the arena lights are turned off or extremely dimmed, with most of the action visible due to the competitors wearing clothes or body paint that <a href="/wiki/Phosphorescence" title="Phosphorescence">glows in the dark</a>. The only known Pitch Black match, sponsored by <a href="/wiki/Mountain_Dew" title="Mountain Dew">Mountain Dew</a>, happened at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(2023)" title="Royal Rumble (2023)">2023 Royal Rumble</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Bray_Wyatt" title="Bray Wyatt">Bray Wyatt</a> defeating <a href="/wiki/LA_Knight" title="LA Knight">LA Knight</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Razor_Deathmatch">Razor Deathmatch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=96" title="Edit section: Razor Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Razor Deathmatch is an often extremely bloody match where boards full of razor blades are made available as weapons. This match is a trademark of Japanese hardcore wrestler <a href="/wiki/Jun_Kasai" title="Jun Kasai">Jun Kasai</a> who has participated in five such contests.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spike_Nail_Deathmatch">Spike Nail Deathmatch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=97" title="Edit section: Spike Nail Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Spike Nail Deathmatch is a hardcore match where a large bed of six-inch spiked nails sticking out of a rectangular piece of plywood is made available. The most famous example of this kind of match was at the IWA Kawasaki Dream King of the Deathmatch, where <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Cactus Jack</a> faced Shoji Nakamaki in August 1995. Another type of Spike Nail match was rather than achieving a fall to win, the first wrestler to take a bump on the huge planks of wood infested with six-inch nails at ringside loses.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_73-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nail_Hell_Deathmatch">Nail Hell Deathmatch</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=98" title="Edit section: Nail Hell Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Nail Hell Deathmatch is a hardcore match where some boards with nails were hung on the ring ropes all the way across, and onto opposing sides of the ring there was a board, on one side there was nails and on the other side was barbed wire. Only one match like this was done, in December 1994 by <a href="/wiki/IWA_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="IWA Japan">IWA Japan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_73-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Street_fight">Street fight</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=99" title="Edit section: Street fight"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A street fight is a type of hardcore match with no disqualifications, in which falls count anywhere, and weapons are legal. The main difference between a hardcore match and a street fight is that while wrestlers wear their normal wrestling gear in hardcore matches, wrestlers (particularly in modern times) almost always wear their own street clothes in street fights, and weapons typically used in street fights are items typically found on or are often used on city streets, such as trash cans, road signs, broomsticks, dumpsters and sometimes vehicles and shopping carts filled with those items, among other things. Sometimes street fights have the name of the host arena's city in the name, such as "Chicago Street Fight" or "New York Street Fight". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bunkhouse_match">Bunkhouse match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=100" title="Edit section: Bunkhouse match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Bunkhouse match is a type of street fight where wrestlers compete with each other dressed in cowboy clothes or wearing items cowboys wear, such as cowboy boots, leather belts, jeans and ten-gallon cowboy hats. This is named a "Bunkhouse match" because bunkhouses were barracks-like buildings that historically were used to house working cowboys on ranches. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Miracle_on_34th_Street_Fight"><i>Miracle on 34th Street</i> Fight</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=101" title="Edit section: Miracle on 34th Street Fight"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <i>Miracle on 34th Street</i> Fight is a Christmas-themed variant of a Street Fight, named after the movie <a href="/wiki/Miracle_on_34th_Street" title="Miracle on 34th Street">Miracle on 34th Street</a>, involving Christmas-themed weapons including fire extinguishers, pumpkin pies, presents, Christmas trees, Christmas wreaths, candy cane themed kendo sticks, bowling balls, and teddy bears, plus common wrestling weapons such as tables and chairs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Trick_or_Street_Fight">Trick or Street Fight</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=102" title="Edit section: Trick or Street Fight"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Trick or Street Fight is a Halloween-themed variant of a Street Fight, named after the Halloween tradition "trick or treating", involving Halloween-themed weapons including pumpkins, buckets of candy, bowls full of water and apples, skeletons, witches' brooms, gravestones, candy corn themed kendo sticks, plus common wrestling weapons such as tables and chairs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Taipei_Deathmatch">Taipei Deathmatch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=103" title="Edit section: Taipei Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Taipei Deathmatch, (also known as an <b>Ancient Way Deathmatch</b>) is a very bloody and violent hardcore match where the wrestlers' fists are taped and dipped into glue or honey, and then into broken and crushed glass, allowing shards to stick to their fists. Win by pinfall, submission or escape. It is unknown why this match is named after <a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">the capital city</a> of <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>; the first time this match was ever held was at ECW's <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_Heaven_(1995)" title="Hardcore Heaven (1995)">Hardcore Heaven</a> in July 1995 where the Rotten brothers, Axl and Ian, faced off in this match, and it was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, not in Taipei.<sup id="cite_ref-DMs_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DMs-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-taip_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taip-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Thumbtack_Deathmatch">Thumbtack Deathmatch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=104" title="Edit section: Thumbtack Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Thumbtack Deathmatch is a hardcore match where one or more trays containing thousands (usually 10,000) of <a href="/wiki/Thumbtack" class="mw-redirect" title="Thumbtack">thumbtacks</a> is/are made available and usually placed in either the center or apron of the ring. The most well-known version of this match was at the IWA Kawasaki Dream King of the Deathmatch, where <a href="/wiki/Terry_Gordy" title="Terry Gordy">Terry Gordy</a> faced <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Cactus Jack</a> in August 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_73-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Variants of the thumbtack deathmatch staged by TNA/<a href="/wiki/Impact_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact Wrestling">Impact Wrestling</a> have been done where the objective is modified to simply slam an opponent into the pile of thumbtacks on the mat. A variation of this match is a cross between a Ladder Match and 10,000 Thumbtacks Match called a <b>Thumbtacks Ladder match</b> in which a ladder is placed in the ring with a reward at the top. Thumbtacks are also spread out across the ring. A variant of the 10,000 thumbtacks deathmatch is the <b>East Coast Thumbtack match</b>, this match has 177,000 thumbtacks placed in the ring. The first match was introduced between <a href="/wiki/Ian_Rotten" title="Ian Rotten">Ian Rotten</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Messiah_(wrestler)" title="The Messiah (wrestler)">The Messiah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Barefoot_Thumbtack_match">Barefoot Thumbtack match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=105" title="Edit section: Barefoot Thumbtack match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Barefoot Thumbtack match is a hardcore match where both wrestlers have bare feet, and there is a large container containing thousands of thumbtacks in the middle of the ring that are legal to use it. Originated in <a href="/wiki/Big_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="Big Japan Pro Wrestling">Big Japan Pro Wrestling</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Thumbtack_Balloons_match">Thumbtack Balloons match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=106" title="Edit section: Thumbtack Balloons match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Big_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="Big Japan Pro Wrestling">Big Japan Pro Wrestling</a> staged a 'Thumbtacks In Balloons' match on 5/22/96. The match, which saw <a href="/wiki/Axl_Rotten" title="Axl Rotten">Axl Rotten</a> and Shoji Nakamaki lock up with <a href="/wiki/Kendo_Nagasaki" title="Kendo Nagasaki">Kendo Nagasaki</a> and Seiji Yamakawa, had six black balloons suspended above the ring. At a certain point in the match, the balloons exploded and released 30,000 thumbtacks onto the ring. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unlucky_13_Deathmatch">Unlucky 13 Deathmatch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=107" title="Edit section: Unlucky 13 Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An Unlucky 13 Deathmatch is a hardcore match invented by <a href="/wiki/Ian_Rotten" title="Ian Rotten">Ian Rotten</a>. In order to win the match, a wrestler must staple seven out of thirteen one dollar bills to their opponent's mouth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location-based_variations">Location-based variations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=108" title="Edit section: Location-based variations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Though most matches take place in and around the <a href="/wiki/Wrestling_ring" title="Wrestling ring">ring</a>, some are designed specifically for more exotic locales. The majority of these matches take on the name of their setting, often appending "brawl" to the end, and all of them are <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling" title="Hardcore wrestling">hardcore</a> by definition. The following is a list of locale-based variations that supplant or replace the standard rules. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bar_Room_Brawl">Bar Room Brawl</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=109" title="Edit section: Bar Room Brawl"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Bar Room Brawl is a multi-competitor no disqualification match held in a bar. During the match wrestlers are encouraged to drink while fighting, and the "last man standing" is declared winner. Wrestlers can be eliminated from the match both by the standard pinfall, submission, or by simply becoming too (kayfabe) drunk to continue the match. A known example of this match is the APA Invitational Bar Room Brawl at <a href="/wiki/Vengeance_(2003)" title="Vengeance (2003)">Vengeance 2003</a> which <a href="/wiki/John_Layfield" title="John Layfield">Bradshaw</a> won after knocking down <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Prichard" title="Bruce Prichard">Brother Love</a>. Another example, a <b>Bar Fight</b> was done in 2020, with <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hardy" title="Jeff Hardy">Jeff Hardy</a> facing off against <a href="/wiki/Sheamus" title="Sheamus">Sheamus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boiler_Room_Brawl">Boiler Room Brawl</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=110" title="Edit section: Boiler Room Brawl"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Boiler Room Brawl or Boiler Room match starts in a <a href="/wiki/Mechanical_room" title="Mechanical room">boiler room</a>, with the winner being the first wrestler to successfully get out. This match is a no-disqualification, no-falls, no-countout match, so anything goes, so long as someone escapes first. The rather hazardous environment of this match featured some of the arena's internal infrastructure, such as all sorts of large, exposed metal piping with large bolts, concrete flooring and solid electrical equipment everywhere, among other features. <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mick Foley</a> participated in all of the <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWF</a>-run Boiler Room Brawls under his persona Mankind, because this persona dwelled in boiler rooms, hence this being Mankind's signature match. The first Boiler Room Brawl happened at <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(1996)" title="SummerSlam (1996)">SummerSlam 1996</a> with Mankind vs. <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a>, where in addition to escaping the boiler room the combatant had to make his way to the ring and grab <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bearer" title="Paul Bearer">Paul Bearer</a>'s urn; but when the next Boiler Room Brawl was contested at <a href="/wiki/Backlash_1999" class="mw-redirect" title="Backlash 1999">Backlash 1999</a> with Mankind against The <a href="/wiki/Big_Show" title="Big Show">Big Show</a>, the objective was simplified to just escaping the boiler room first.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a> used a match with similar rules, naming their match and its location the Block.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Body_of_Water_match">Body of Water match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=111" title="Edit section: Body of Water match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Body of Water match is a hardcore match where the sole objective is to get your opponent into a large body of water. This match was only done once, where <a href="/wiki/CM_Punk" title="CM Punk">CM Punk</a> faced <a href="/wiki/Chavo_Guerrero" class="mw-redirect" title="Chavo Guerrero">Chavo Guerrero</a> during an ECW show in <a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas" title="Corpus Christi, Texas">Corpus Christi, Texas</a> (which is located right on <a href="/wiki/The_Gulf_of_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="The Gulf of Mexico">the Gulf of Mexico</a>, the body of water used) in February 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dungeon_match">Dungeon match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=112" title="Edit section: Dungeon match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Dungeon match is a hardcore match that took place in the legendary Hart Family Dungeon in <a href="/wiki/Calgary" title="Calgary">Calgary</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Owen_Hart" title="Owen Hart">Owen Hart</a> challenged <a href="/wiki/Ken_Shamrock" title="Ken Shamrock">Ken Shamrock</a> to come to the Dungeon (referred to as Hart's "basement") for a fight. The match can only be won by submission. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Empty_Arena_match">Empty Arena match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=113" title="Edit section: Empty Arena match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An empty arena match is a <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Hardcore match">hardcore</a> (no disqualification, falls count anywhere) "anything goes" match between two or more wrestlers that takes place in an arena or stadium that although is fully set up for a wrestling event, is <a href="/wiki/Behind_closed_doors_(sport)" title="Behind closed doors (sport)">devoid of fans</a>. The only people present are the competitors, <a href="/wiki/Referee_(professional_wrestling)" title="Referee (professional wrestling)">referee</a>, commentators, and cameramen. The match is broadcast, or videotaped and played later. An example of this is the <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWF</a> <a href="/wiki/WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">championship</a> match between <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">The Rock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mankind</a> that took place in <a href="/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson, Arizona</a>, at the <a href="/wiki/Tucson_Convention_Center" title="Tucson Convention Center">Tucson Convention Center</a>, which aired as part of a special <a href="/wiki/Halftime_Heat" title="Halftime Heat">Halftime Heat</a> edition of <i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Night_Heat" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunday Night Heat">Sunday Night Heat</a></i> aired <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_counterprogramming" title="Super Bowl counterprogramming">against the Super Bowl</a> halftime show of <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIII" title="Super Bowl XXXIII">Super Bowl XXXIII</a> in 1999. One of the earliest and best known empty arena matches occurred in 1981 in <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a>, at the <a href="/wiki/Mid-South_Coliseum" title="Mid-South Coliseum">Mid-South Coliseum</a> between <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lawler" title="Jerry Lawler">Jerry Lawler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Terry_Funk" title="Terry Funk">Terry Funk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A lack of audience that is a <a href="/wiki/Legit_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Legit (professional wrestling)">legitimate</a> aspect of the production and not a kayfabe stipulation of the match (i.e. the match is conducted normally, except a live audience is not present) is not necessarily considered an empty arena match. For example, audiences were barred from attending televised AEW, and later WWE, shows in 2020 during the height of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parking_Lot_Brawl">Parking Lot Brawl</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=114" title="Edit section: Parking Lot Brawl"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Parking Lot Brawl is a Falls Count Anywhere match that is usually fought in an interior location or in an outside parking lot around a tightly parked circle of cars. The first wrestler to score a pinfall, submission, or knockout in a Parking Lot Brawl is the winner. Both wrestlers are allowed to use everything around them as weapons, including the cars. The first Parking Lot Brawl was between <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lawler" title="Jerry Lawler">Jerry Lawler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gilbert_(wrestler)" title="Eddie Gilbert (wrestler)">Eddie Gilbert</a> in <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a> in 1988, which was fought all over the arena and its outside parking lot. More well-known examples of a Parking Lot Brawl both involved <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a>, where he faced <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Guerrero" title="Eddie Guerrero">Eddie Guerrero</a> in 2003 and <a href="/wiki/John_Layfield" title="John Layfield">JBL</a> in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hollywood_Backlot_Brawl">Hollywood Backlot Brawl</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=115" title="Edit section: Hollywood Backlot Brawl"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Hollywood Backlot Brawl was a no-disqualification match that started in a Hollywood studio backlot, and it was fought between <a href="/wiki/Goldust" class="mw-redirect" title="Goldust">Goldust</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roddy_Piper" title="Roddy Piper">Roddy Piper</a>. This match also involved the two performers actually driving cars for a long period of time, and then ended with the two arriving in the <a href="/wiki/Honda_Center" title="Honda Center">Honda Center</a> in Anaheim 30 miles away to finish their match in the ring.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Iron_Circle_match">Iron Circle match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=116" title="Edit section: Iron Circle match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Iron Circle match is a type of Parking Lot Brawl that is fought specifically in a parking garage around a rowdy live audience sitting on the cars encircling the competitors. An Iron Circle match was a falls count anywhere match where <a href="/wiki/Ken_Shamrock" title="Ken Shamrock">Ken Shamrock</a> fought <a href="/wiki/Steve_Blackman" title="Steve Blackman">Steve Blackman</a> at <a href="/wiki/WWF_Fully_Loaded_1999" class="mw-redirect" title="WWF Fully Loaded 1999">WWF Fully Loaded 1999</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Train_match">Train match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=117" title="Edit section: Train match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Train match is a Falls Count Anywhere match fought in a moving train. All weapons are legal, and there is no disqualification (except for damage to the train). This happened in 2023 by <a href="/wiki/CyberFight" title="CyberFight">CyberFight</a>'s DDT Pro Wrestling promotion, where <a href="/wiki/Sanshiro_Takagi" title="Sanshiro Takagi">Sanshiro Takagi</a> competed against <a href="/wiki/Minoru_Suzuki" title="Minoru Suzuki">Minoru Suzuki</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Shinkansen" title="Shinkansen">Shinkansen</a> <a href="/wiki/TGV" title="TGV">TGV</a> from Tokyo to Nagoya, with speeds exceeding 170 MPH on the train. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tooth_and_Nail_match">Tooth and Nail match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=118" title="Edit section: Tooth and Nail match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Tooth and Nail match is a Falls Count Anywhere-stipulation match that is fought in and around a <a href="/wiki/Dentistry" title="Dentistry">dental</a> office, and any weapon is legal. This is <a href="/wiki/Britt_Baker" title="Britt Baker">Britt Baker</a>'s speciality match, based on her role as a dentist in both kayfabe and off-screen reality, and the objective of this match is to achieve a pinfall, submission or countout.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lumberjack_match">Lumberjack match</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=119" title="Edit section: Lumberjack match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1-2-3_Kid_in_1995.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/1-2-3_Kid_in_1995.jpg" decoding="async" width="136" height="251" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="136" data-file-height="251" /></a><figcaption>In keeping with the theme, the wrestlers outside the ring may wear <a href="/wiki/Flannel" title="Flannel">flannel</a> shirts during lumberjack matches; an example of this is the <a href="/wiki/Sean_Waltman" title="Sean Waltman">1–2–3 Kid</a> in 1995</figcaption></figure> <p>A lumberjack match is a standard match with the exception that the ring is surrounded by a group of wrestlers not directly involved in it.<sup id="cite_ref-mf184_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mf184-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These wrestlers, known collectively as lumberjacks (female wrestlers serving in this manner are sometimes called lumberjills; lumberjack matches between female wrestlers are called <b>lumberjill matches</b>, a play on the famous <a href="/wiki/Nursery_Rhyme" class="mw-redirect" title="Nursery Rhyme">Nursery Rhyme</a>, "Jack and Jill"), are there to prevent the wrestlers in the match from getting out of the ring.<sup id="cite_ref-mf184_106-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mf184-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The groups of lumberjacks are typically split up into groups of <a href="/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)" title="Face (professional wrestling)">faces</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heel (professional wrestling)">heels</a> who occupy opposing sides around the ring. Usually, the "opposing" lumberjacks (that is, face lumberjacks if the wrestler is a heel, and vice versa) swarm the wrestlers if they leave the ring and force them back in it. Occasional interference from the lumberjacks is common, as is an all-out brawl on the outside involving most of the lumberjacks. Early lumberjack matches even featured the lumberjacks wearing stereotypical <a href="/wiki/Lumberjack" title="Lumberjack">lumberjack</a> clothing in keeping with the lumberjack theme, though this is generally no longer done. A common theme is for the lumberjacks to consist entirely of heel wrestlers to stack the odds against the face competitor. The <b>Lumberjill Snowbunny match</b> is another variation of the Lumberjill match with female lumberjacks, held in a pit of snow. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canadian_Lumberjack_match">Canadian Lumberjack match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=120" title="Edit section: Canadian Lumberjack match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a "Canadian" lumberjack match, the lumberjacks are equipped with <a href="/wiki/Belt_(clothing)" title="Belt (clothing)">leather straps</a>. <a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">TNA</a>'s "fan's revenge" match was their own version of a Canadian lumberjack match, where fans equipped with straps act as lumberjacks and were encouraged to whip wrestlers. <sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A similar "fans' revenge" variation was used in <a href="/wiki/Lucha_Underground" title="Lucha Underground">Lucha Underground</a> where it was called a Believers' Backlash match ("Believers" was the nickname for fans of the series). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extreme_Lumberjack_match">Extreme Lumberjack match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=121" title="Edit section: Extreme Lumberjack match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Extreme Lumberjack match is a lumberjack match competed under <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling" title="Hardcore wrestling">hardcore</a> rules, where there are no disqualifications, no countouts, and falls count anywhere.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Multi-competitor-based_variations">Multi-competitor-based variations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=122" title="Edit section: Multi-competitor-based variations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On some occasions, a match may be held between more than two individual wrestlers or teams. Multi-competitor matches are often broken down to eliminations and non-eliminations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basic_non-elimination_matches">Basic non-elimination matches</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=123" title="Edit section: Basic non-elimination matches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Non-elimination_matches_with_three_competitors">Non-elimination matches with three competitors</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=124" title="Edit section: Non-elimination matches with three competitors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The most common example of a non-elimination match is the <b>Three-Way match</b> (also known as a <b>Triple Threat match</b> in WWE, <b>Triangle match</b> in WCW and <b>Three-Way Dance</b> in ECW), in which three wrestlers compete under standard rules with the first competitor to achieve a pinfall or submission being declared the winner. Triple Threat matches are fought under no-disqualification and no-countout stipulations. Triangle matches are often contested like a tag match where only two can be in the match at one time while the third waits on the ring apron and the only elimination factor is if a competitor is disqualified. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Non-elimination_matches_with_four_or_more_competitors">Non-elimination matches with four or more competitors</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=125" title="Edit section: Non-elimination matches with four or more competitors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In many promotions, there are typically no distinctions between the two terms. Non-elimination variations are the <b>Four-Way match</b> (known as a <b>Fatal Four-Way</b> in WWE, <b>Four Corners match</b> in WCW and <b>Four-Way Dance</b> in ECW), the <b>Five-Way match</b> (known as a <b>Fatal Five-Way</b> in WWE) or the <b>Six-Way match</b> (known as the <b>Six-Pack Challenge</b> in WWE), involving four, five, or six wrestlers, respectively. <sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> American independent promotion USA Xtreme Wrestling hosted a match involving 8–12 competitors known as the <b>8 Ball Challenge</b>. These types of matches can be used in certain situations to take a title off a wrestler without weakening him in the process. </p><p>On some occasions, multi-competitor matches are contested under similar rules as a tag team match. Two competitors start the match in the ring while the other wrestler(s) wait outside the ring for a tag from another wrestler, often achieved by touching an unsuspecting competitor in the ring. Variations of this include a <b>Four Corners Survival match</b> or <b>Six-Man Mayhem match</b> in <a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor" title="Ring of Honor">Ring of Honor</a>. Competitors are permitted to leave their position and attack wrestlers outside of the ring, such as when one or both wrestlers have been thrown over the top rope. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basic_elimination_matches">Basic elimination matches</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=126" title="Edit section: Basic elimination matches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Matches involving a larger number of competitors are typically elimination matches. These matches may begin with all of the competitors in the ring at the same time. The standard match rules apply as wrestlers may leave the position and attack other wrestlers outside the ring with a twist that the wrestler be pinned or forced to submit is eliminated from the match. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Elimination_matches_with_three_competitors">Elimination matches with three competitors</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=127" title="Edit section: Elimination matches with three competitors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The most common example of an elimination match is the <b>Three-Way Dance</b>, where the first fall would eliminate one wrestler, reducing the match to a standard one-fall singles match. The <b>Three-Way Dance</b> was a specialty of <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Elimination_matches_with_four_or_more_competitors">Elimination matches with four or more competitors</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=128" title="Edit section: Elimination matches with four or more competitors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <b>Four-Way Dance</b> is similar except it involves four wrestlers in <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a> and some promotions use a tag format for the match instead of having all the wrestlers in the ring at the same time. Elimination variations are the <b>Four-Way match</b> (known as a <b>Fatal Four-Way</b> in WWE), the <b>Five-Way match</b> (known as a <b>Fatal Five-Way</b> in WWE) or the <b>Six-Way match</b> (known as the <b>Six-Pack Challenge</b> in WWE), involving four, five, or six wrestlers inside the ring, respectively. </p><p>The <b>Deadly Draw match</b> is a TNA variation where four competitors wrestle. The match begins with two competitors in the ring. After five minutes pass, the third competitor enters the ring, then after another five minutes pass, the fourth competitor enters the ring. Any wrestler who gets pinned or force to submit is eliminated, and any wrestler in the ring not involved in the fall is also eliminated. The last man standing wins. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beat_the_Clock_Challenge">Beat the Clock Challenge</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=129" title="Edit section: Beat the Clock Challenge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Beat the Clock challenge is a multi-competitor match in which wrestlers must defeat their opponent in a singles match before the clock runs out. Additionally, the next wrestler must beat the winner's set time by defeating their opponent to advance, otherwise that wrestler is eliminated. In doing so, the victorious wrestler usually gets some type of reward in return, such as inclusion in a title match, for instance. In a variation on the November 20, 2013 episode of <a href="/wiki/WWE_NXT_(TV_Series)" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE NXT (TV Series)">NXT</a>, two wrestlers completed a match, with the match duration being used as the marker for two other wrestlers to complete their match. The first ever Divas Beat the Clock challenge occurred in the August 2015 episode of Raw when <a href="/wiki/Saraya_Bevis" title="Saraya Bevis">Paige</a>, <a href="/wiki/Becky_Lynch" title="Becky Lynch">Becky Lynch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Flair" title="Charlotte Flair">Charlotte Flair</a> faced a different competitor to earn a <a href="/wiki/WWE_Divas_Championship" title="WWE Divas Championship">WWE Divas Championship</a> match against <a href="/wiki/Nikki_Bella" title="Nikki Bella">Nikki Bella</a> at <a href="/wiki/Night_of_Champions" class="mw-redirect" title="Night of Champions">Night of Champions</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Championship_Scramble">Championship Scramble</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=130" title="Edit section: Championship Scramble"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a> features a match called the Championship Scramble in which none of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_WWE_personnel" title="List of WWE personnel">wrestlers</a> are eliminated. Two wrestlers start the match and every five minutes another wrestler enters until all five participants are present. After the last wrestler enters, there is a predetermined time limit. Each time a wrestler scores a pinfall or submission, he becomes the interim champion. Such reigns are not recorded as title reigns. The winner is the wrestler who scores the last pinfall or submission before the time limit expires. The <a href="/wiki/Unforgiven_(2008)" title="Unforgiven (2008)">Unforgiven</a> pay-per view of 2008 is arguably the most prominent showcase of this match type, as all three world titles were contested under a Championship Scramble match. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elimination_Chase">Elimination Chase</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=131" title="Edit section: Elimination Chase"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Elimination Chase, first used in WWE's version of <a href="/wiki/ECW_(WWE_brand)" title="ECW (WWE brand)">ECW brand</a> in 2007, is a series of multi-competitor, one fall matches, with the loser of the fall being eliminated from future matches until one competitor remains.<sup id="cite_ref-Elimination_Chase_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elimination_Chase-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iron_Survivor_Challenge">Iron Survivor Challenge</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=132" title="Edit section: Iron Survivor Challenge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WWE's <a href="/wiki/NXT_(WWE_brand)" title="NXT (WWE brand)">NXT</a> brand features a match called the Iron Survivor Challenge at its annual December event <a href="/wiki/NXT_Deadline" title="NXT Deadline">Deadline</a>, in which none of the wrestlers are eliminated. There is one each for the men and women. The rules are as follows: </p> <ul><li>Five wrestlers compete in the match, which lasts 25 minutes.</li> <li>Two wrestlers start the match, which begins the timer, and every five minutes, another wrestler enters with the fifth and final participant entering at the 15-minute mark.</li> <li>Each time a wrestler scores a pinfall, submission, or being the victim of a disqualification, they gain a point. Points can be gained even before other participants have entered.</li> <li>A wrestler who is pinned, submitted, or is disqualified goes into a penalty box for 90 seconds, after which they can re-enter the match.</li> <li>The winner of the match, dubbed the Iron Survivor, is the wrestler who scores the most points at the end of the 25-minute time limit. In the result of a tie, those who are tied enter sudden death overtime.</li> <li>The winners of the men's and women's matches earn a future match for the <a href="/wiki/NXT_Championship" title="NXT Championship">NXT Championship</a> and <a href="/wiki/NXT_Women%27s_Championship" title="NXT Women's Championship">NXT Women's Championship</a>, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The Iron Survivor Challenge combines elements of the <a href="#Championship_Scramble">Championship Scramble</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iron_Man_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Iron Man match">Iron Man</a>, and <a href="/wiki/TNA_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="TNA Wrestling">TNA Wrestling</a>'s <a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Mountain_match" title="King of the Mountain match">King of the Mountain</a> matches. It was used for the first time at <a href="/wiki/NXT_Deadline_(2022)" title="NXT Deadline (2022)">Deadline</a> in 2022. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_Guest_Referee">Special Guest Referee</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=133" title="Edit section: Special Guest Referee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Special Guest Referee is any match in which the usual referee is replaced with a "guest" filling in as the official. Celebrities (such as <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a> in the main event of <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_I" title="WrestleMania I">WrestleMania I</a>), managers and other wrestlers can "guest" as the special referee. In some cases, a special referee is put into a match which is already a different match type or stipulation. The special referee will often be biased towards or against one of the competitors or will be assigned as the Special Referee to ensure the match is called down the line. Special Outside Referee also known as Special Enforcer or Special Guest Enforcer is same as the Special Referee but the guest referee stays on the outside enforcing what the normal referee doesn't see. These guests are sometimes known as "enforcers", the most famous of which was <a href="/wiki/Mike_Tyson" title="Mike Tyson">Mike Tyson</a>, who served as the Special Guest Enforcer for the WWF title match between <a href="/wiki/Steve_Austin" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Austin">Steve Austin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a> at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XIV" title="WrestleMania XIV">WrestleMania XIV</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Norris" title="Chuck Norris">Chuck Norris</a> who served as Special Guest Enforcer at <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_1994" class="mw-redirect" title="Survivor Series 1994">Survivor Series 1994</a> in a match between <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yokozuna_(wrestler)" title="Yokozuna (wrestler)">Yokozuna</a>. Another example of this is <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a> in a Hell in a Cell match at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_28" class="mw-redirect" title="WrestleMania 28">WrestleMania 28</a> with <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a> being the Special Guest Referee. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Non-wrestling_matches">Non-wrestling matches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=134" title="Edit section: Non-wrestling matches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Occasionally, a match would take place under the rules of a different type of contest. Like professional wrestling matches, the matches would be <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Work" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">worked</a>, with the participants not being in the perceived danger and the winner being predetermined. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arm_Wrestling_match">Arm Wrestling match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=135" title="Edit section: Arm Wrestling match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An arm wrestling match, in the context of professional wrestling, is a basic <a href="/wiki/Arm_wrestling" title="Arm wrestling">arm wrestling</a> contest. It can be contested between two females, two males or between one male and one female. Often the male in the latter will be a manager going against the wrestler of a competitor.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boxing_match">Boxing match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=136" title="Edit section: Boxing match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The professional wrestling version of a boxing match has standard <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxing</a> rules applied to it. Wrestlers wear <a href="/wiki/Boxing_glove" title="Boxing glove">boxing gloves</a> and the match is contested in rounds with fouls given out, though the matches are generally <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Work_(verb)" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">worked</a> and end with one wrestler cheating and using wrestling maneuvers.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mixed_Martial_Arts_match">Mixed Martial Arts match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=137" title="Edit section: Mixed Martial Arts match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The professional wrestling version of a <a href="/wiki/Mixed_martial_arts" title="Mixed martial arts">mixed martial arts</a> (MMA) match under standard MMA. As in MMA, pinfalls are not a valid method of victory. Matches can typically only be won by knockout, submission, disqualification, forfeit or by going to a referee's <a href="/wiki/Decisions_in_combat_sports" title="Decisions in combat sports">decision</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sumo_match">Sumo match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=138" title="Edit section: Sumo match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For a sumo match, the ropes are removed from the ring and standard <a href="/wiki/Sumo" title="Sumo">sumo</a> rules apply. The first person to step outside of the ring or touch the mat with any part of the body except the soles of the feet is the loser. The most infamous match of this kind in WWE happened at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_21" title="WrestleMania 21">WrestleMania 21</a> between The <a href="/wiki/Big_Show" title="Big Show">Big Show</a> and Sumo legend, <a href="/wiki/Akebono_Tar%C5%8D" title="Akebono Tarō">Akebono</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sumo_Monster_Truck_match">Sumo Monster Truck match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=139" title="Edit section: Sumo Monster Truck match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Sumo Monster Truck match is a regular tug-o-war contest where two wrestlers are driving monster trucks, pushing and shoving each other. An example of this match type is at the <a href="/wiki/Halloween_Havoc_(1995)" title="Halloween Havoc (1995)">Halloween Havoc (1995)</a> pay-per-view between <a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Big_Show" title="Big Show">The Giant</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rumble_rules-based_variations">Rumble rules-based variations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=140" title="Edit section: Rumble rules-based variations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In this version – unlike traditional battle royales where all the wrestlers begin the match in the ring – the competitors (after numbers 1 and 2 begin the match) enter at timed intervals in accordance with the number that they have drawn until the entire field has entered. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aztec_Warfare">Aztec Warfare</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=141" title="Edit section: Aztec Warfare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aztec Warfare is the <a href="/wiki/Lucha_Underground" title="Lucha Underground">Lucha Underground</a> version of the "Rumble Rules" battle royale. Upwards to 20 participants enter every 90 seconds and elimination occurs by either <a href="/wiki/Pin_(professional_wrestling)" title="Pin (professional wrestling)">pinfall</a> or <a href="/wiki/Submission_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Submission (professional wrestling)">submission</a> and has to take place inside the ring. There are no count-outs and no disqualifications. As of April 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, four Aztec Warfare matches have occurred—one in each season of <a href="/wiki/Lucha_Underground" title="Lucha Underground">Lucha Underground</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battle_Riot">Battle Riot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=142" title="Edit section: Battle Riot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/MLW_Battle_Riot" class="mw-redirect" title="MLW Battle Riot">MLW Battle Riot</a></div> <p>The Battle Riot is <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Wrestling" title="Major League Wrestling">Major League Wrestling</a>'s "Rumble" style battle royale. This match isn't that much different from other Pin, Submission & Over the top rope elimination rumble rules, however is different from the WWE Royal Rumble, of which you can only get eliminated via going over the top rope with both feet hitting the floor.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Casino_Battle_Royale">Casino Battle Royale</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=143" title="Edit section: Casino Battle Royale"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Casino_Battle_Royale" title="Casino Battle Royale">Casino Battle Royale</a></div> <p>The Casino Battle Royale is used by <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a> (AEW). It is a modified <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_match" title="Royal Rumble match">rumble rules</a> battle royale that features 21 entrants. It begins with a group of five wrestlers, and every three minutes, another group of five wrestlers enter, while the 21st and final entrant enters alone. The wrestlers are grouped based on the suit they drew from a <a href="/wiki/Deck_of_cards" class="mw-redirect" title="Deck of cards">deck of cards</a> – spades, diamonds, clubs, or hearts – and the order of when each group enters is based on a random draw of the cards. The 21st and final entrant is the wrestler who drew the <a href="/wiki/Joker_(playing_card)" title="Joker (playing card)">joker</a>. The winner receives a world championship match of their respective gender's division—either the <a href="/wiki/AEW_World_Championship" title="AEW World Championship">AEW World Championship</a> or the <a href="/wiki/AEW_Women%27s_World_Championship" title="AEW Women's World Championship">AEW Women's World Championship</a>. </p><p>The first Casino Battle Royale occurred during the pre-show of AEW's inaugural event, <a href="/wiki/Double_or_Nothing_(2019)" title="Double or Nothing (2019)">Double or Nothing in 2019</a>, and was a men's match. The winner of the inaugural match was entered into the match to determine the inaugural AEW World Champion at <a href="/wiki/All_Out_(2019)" title="All Out (2019)">All Out</a> that year.<sup id="cite_ref-CasinoBattleRoyale_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CasinoBattleRoyale-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second Casino Battle Royale was an all-female version and was held during the pre-show of the aforementioned All Out event. Like the first, the winner of this second iteration was entered into the match to determine the inaugural AEW Women's World Champion on the debut episode of AEW's weekly television show, <i><a href="/wiki/AEW_Dynamite" title="AEW Dynamite">Dynamite</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The third Casino Battle Royale—a men's match—took place at <a href="/wiki/All_Out_(2020)" title="All Out (2020)">All Out in 2020</a> and the winner received a future AEW World Championship match. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Honor_Rumble">Honor Rumble</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=144" title="Edit section: Honor Rumble"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor" title="Ring of Honor">Ring of Honor</a> (ROH) also periodically features the "Rumble" style of battle royale on their shows, billing it as the <a href="/wiki/Honor_Rumble" class="mw-redirect" title="Honor Rumble">Honor Rumble</a>. This battle royal differs from a standard version of the match in that the contestants do not all begin in the ring at the same time, but instead enter the match at timed intervals in order of their assigned entry numbers (comparable in style to WWE's Royal Rumble match). Numbers are usually drawn through a lottery that is typically staged right before the event begins, although participants can also win desirable spots via a number of other means, the most common being winning a match. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Japan_Rumble">New Japan Rumble</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=145" title="Edit section: New Japan Rumble"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a>'s annual "Rumble" battle royale, takes place on the pre-show of <a href="/wiki/Wrestle_Kingdom" title="Wrestle Kingdom">Wrestle Kingdom</a> on January 4. Participants enter at one minute intervals and are eliminated via pinfall, submission or by being thrown over the top rope.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Typically leaning towards light comedy, the match includes past stars as surprise entrants.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Rampage">Royal Rampage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=146" title="Edit section: Royal Rampage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Used by <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a> (AEW) on its program <i><a href="/wiki/AEW_Rampage" title="AEW Rampage">Rampage</a></i>. The Royal Rampage is a two ring rumble rules battle royale. It features 20 wrestlers between the two rings (10 in each). It begins with two wrestlers in each ring, with two new wrestlers entering at timed intervals - one in the red ring and one in the blue ring (as differentiated by the color of the ropes). After all 20 wrestlers have entered, and once the field narrows to the last four participants, they will then consolidate into a single ring and fight until there is a winner, who then receives a championship match at a later date. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Rumble">Royal Rumble</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=147" title="Edit section: Royal Rumble"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_match" title="Royal Rumble match">Royal Rumble match</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble" title="Royal Rumble">Royal Rumble</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Rumble_match.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Royal_Rumble_match.jpg/220px-Royal_Rumble_match.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Royal_Rumble_match.jpg/330px-Royal_Rumble_match.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Royal_Rumble_match.jpg/440px-Royal_Rumble_match.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Rumble 2010">2010 Royal Rumble match</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a>'s Royal Rumble is the original battle royale to use this format. It begins with two wrestlers in the ring, with the remaining participants introduced one by one at a set time period, usually 90 seconds or two minutes. Elimination occurs in the normal way with the last person standing as the winner, after all participants (traditionally 30 or 40 in <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Rumble 2011">Royal Rumble 2011</a> and 20 in <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_1988" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Rumble 1988">Royal Rumble 1988</a>) have entered the ring eliminated by being thrown over the top rope and having both feet touch the venue floor. (referred to as the "Shawn Michaels rule" in <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_1995" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Rumble 1995">Royal Rumble 1995</a> in which he was thrown over the top rope, hung on to the top rope and only had one foot land on the floor). There is both a men's and women's Royal Rumble match, although WWE's first official women's Royal Rumble match debuted in 2018 used the same rules as the men's version, with the winners getting a world championship match (in their respective divisions) at that year's <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania" title="WrestleMania">WrestleMania</a>, which is WWE's biggest annual show. At the <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Royal_Rumble" title="Greatest Royal Rumble">Greatest Royal Rumble</a> in 2018, 50 participants entered the match. <a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a> is the only 3-time Royal Rumble winner. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Sambo">Royal Sambo</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=148" title="Edit section: Royal Sambo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Dragon_Gate_(wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragon Gate (wrestling)">Dragon Gate</a>'s version takes place exclusively at touring shows at the Kobe Sambo Hall venue, as the promotion's home location is <a href="/wiki/Kobe,_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kobe, Japan">Kobe, Japan</a>. Royal Sambo matches typically consist of 10-16 participants entering two at a time at 60 second intervals, with both wrestlers' entrance themes crossfading back and forth over the speakers. If an odd number of wrestlers are booked in the match, the final participant enters solo. Participants can be eliminated via over-the-top rope elimination, pinfall, or submission, and multiple wrestlers may pin or submit someone simultaneously. Typically booked as a comedy match, or with one high-profile wrestler as the obvious winner among others with much lower status on the roster. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Square_Go!"><span id="Square_Go.21"></span>Square Go!</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=149" title="Edit section: Square Go!"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Square Go! is <a href="/wiki/Insane_Championship_Wrestling" title="Insane Championship Wrestling">Insane Championship Wrestling</a>'s (ICW) very own hybrid of <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_match" title="Royal Rumble match">Royal Rumble</a> and <a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_ladder_match" title="Money in the Bank ladder match">Money in the Bank</a> matches, and named for the Glaswegian term for a street fight. The competitors will compete in a 30-man over-the-top-rope "rumble rules" battle royale, the Square Go!, with the winner earning the Square Go Briefcase. It has mostly the same rules apply as Royal Rumble, two competitors who draw the numbers 1 and 2. The remaining participants which will enter the ring one-by-one at every two-minute intervals. </p><p>Five people have drawn entry numbers that allow them to carry a weapon of their choice into the ring. Participants were eliminated when thrown over the top ropes with both feet landing on the floor. The winner will win a briefcase that will entitle him to a match for the ICW World Championship at any time and anywhere of their choosing for one year (similar to Money in the Bank). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Series-based_variations">Series-based variations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=150" title="Edit section: Series-based variations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Series matches may involve the same match throughout, or may use different matches for some or all of the series. The most common form of a series match is extending the one-fall concept to a series of falls. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_of_Series_match">Best of Series match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=151" title="Edit section: Best of Series match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A "Best of Series" match is similar to a two out of three falls match but an extended series to five or seven; Even though it takes place over several nights to continue a feud rather than settle it in one night. One variation is a <b>Best of Five Series</b> where a wrestler must win three matches to win the series. <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Booker_T_(wrestler)" title="Booker T (wrestler)">Booker T</a> 3–2 to win the <a href="/wiki/WWE_United_States_Championship" title="WWE United States Championship">WWE United States Championship</a> at <a href="/wiki/No_Mercy_(2004)" title="No Mercy (2004)">No Mercy (2004)</a>. </p><p>The <b>Best of Seven Series</b> is another variation, where a wrestler must win four matches to win the series. <a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit" title="Chris Benoit">Chris Benoit</a> and Booker T fought in such a series to determine the #1 contender for the <a href="/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship" title="WCW World Television Championship">WCW World Television Championship</a> in 1998. The two resumed their Best of Seven series in 2006 for the WWE United States Championship. <a href="/wiki/Sheamus" title="Sheamus">Sheamus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cesaro_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cesaro (wrestler)">Cesaro</a> ended in a 3–3 draw when their seventh match at <a href="/wiki/Clash_of_Champions_(2016)" title="Clash of Champions (2016)">Clash of Champions (2016)</a> ended in a no-contest. <a href="/wiki/Death_Triangle" title="Death Triangle">Death Triangle</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pac_(wrestler)" title="Pac (wrestler)">Pac</a>, <a href="/wiki/Penta_El_Zero_Miedo" class="mw-redirect" title="Penta El Zero Miedo">Penta El Zero Miedo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rey_F%C3%A9nix" class="mw-redirect" title="Rey Fénix">Rey Fénix</a>) wrestled <a href="/wiki/The_Elite_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Elite (professional wrestling)">The Elite</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kenny_Omega" title="Kenny Omega">Kenny Omega</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Young_Bucks" title="The Young Bucks">The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)</a>) in a series for the <a href="/wiki/AEW_World_Trios_Championship" title="AEW World Trios Championship">AEW World Trios Championship</a> in 2022. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gauntlet_match">Gauntlet match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=152" title="Edit section: Gauntlet match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Gauntlet match, also referred to as a Turmoil match, is a quick series of one-fall one-on-one matches. Two wrestlers begin the match and are replaced whenever one is eliminated (by pinfall or submission). After a predetermined number of wrestlers have competed in the match, the last person standing is named the winner. A Gauntlet match may also be played out in multiple "parts" as part of a storyline (in which a face wrestler must face a series of a heel wrestler's underlings before facing the heel himself, for instance) this was common in <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a> in the early 1990s. A participant involved in a Gauntlet match may be said to be "running the gauntlet" but in most cases this designation being reserved for those who are involved for most of the match. Sometimes, it could also be (one-on-three) or (one-on-four) handicap match. Unlike tag matches, the three/four-man team will challenge the person handicapped individually until he is knocked out, at which time the match is over. One example of this was on September 23, 1999, edition of <a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown" title="WWE SmackDown">WWE SmackDown</a> where <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a>, being punished by <a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a> for his actions against him and his family, was booked in five gimmick matches in one night: a Chokeslam Challenge match (a match where the first to Chokeslam their opponent wins) against <a href="/wiki/Big_Show" title="Big Show">The Big Show</a>, a Handicap <a href="#Casket_match">Casket match</a> against <a href="/wiki/Viscera_(wrestler)" title="Viscera (wrestler)">Viscera</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Knight" class="mw-redirect" title="Dennis Knight">Mideon</a>, an <a href="#Inferno_match">Inferno match</a> against <a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a>, a <a href="#Boiler_Room_Brawl">Boiler Room Brawl</a> against <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mankind</a>, and a <a href="#Strap_match">Brahma Bullrope match</a> against <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">The Rock</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gauntlet_Eliminator">Gauntlet Eliminator</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=153" title="Edit section: Gauntlet Eliminator"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Gauntlet Eliminator is a modified gauntlet match in which two wrestlers start in the ring and every four minutes, another wrestler enters until all the entire field has entered. Eliminations can occur only by pinfall or submission. The last wrestler remaining wins. An example of this match was on <a href="/wiki/NXT_TakeOver:_Stand_%26_Deliver" title="NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver">the first night of 2021's NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver</a> between <a href="/wiki/Leon_Ruff" title="Leon Ruff">Leon Ruff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isaiah_%22Swerve%22_Scott" class="mw-redirect" title="Isaiah "Swerve" Scott">Isaiah "Swerve" Scott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bronson_Reed" title="Bronson Reed">Bronson Reed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dexter_Lumis" title="Dexter Lumis">Dexter Lumis</a> and <a href="/wiki/L._A._Knight" class="mw-redirect" title="L. A. Knight">L. A. Knight</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Casino_Gauntlet">Casino Gauntlet</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=154" title="Edit section: Casino Gauntlet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Casino Gauntlet match is a modified version of the Gauntlet Eliminator promoted by <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a> (AEW). Two wrestlers begin the match, with new entrants coming in at randomly timed intervals, with a maximum number of 21 entrants. It is a one fall match that can end at any time via pinfall or submission inside the ring, even before the entire field has entered. The prize for winning the Casino Gauntlet is a championship match at a later date. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gauntlet_for_the_Gold">Gauntlet for the Gold</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=155" title="Edit section: Gauntlet for the Gold"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gauntlet_for_the_Gold" title="Gauntlet for the Gold">Gauntlet for the Gold</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">TNA Wrestling</a> uses the "Gauntlet for the Gold" format, which is named similarly to the Gauntlet match but is actually very different. The wrestlers enter at regular intervals, and elimination occurs when thrown over the top rope with both feet hitting the floor (as in a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_match" title="Royal Rumble match">Royal Rumble match</a>). This continues until only two wrestlers remain, after which the final winner is decided by pinfall or submission. This match type was first featured on the first ever NWA-TNA PPV, with <a href="/wiki/Ken_Shamrock" title="Ken Shamrock">Ken Shamrock</a> defeating <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Tuite" title="Jerry Tuite">Malice</a> in the final two.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iron_Man/Woman_match"><span id="Iron_Man.2FWoman_match"></span>Iron Man/Woman match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=156" title="Edit section: Iron Man/Woman match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Iron_Man_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Iron Man match">Iron Man match</a></div> <p>An Iron Man (or Iron Woman for female matches) match is a multiple-fall match with a set time limit (usually 30 or 60 minutes). The match is won by the wrestler who wins the most falls within the time limit by either pinfall, submission, disqualification, or countout. If there is ever a tie, the match goes to sudden death overtime in which the wrestler who scores one fall on their opponent will immediately be declared the winner. An example of an <a href="/wiki/Iron_Man_Match" class="mw-redirect" title="Iron Man Match">Iron Man Match</a> is <a href="/wiki/Dolph_Ziggler" title="Dolph Ziggler">Dolph Ziggler</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth Rollins</a> at <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Rules_(2018)" title="Extreme Rules (2018)">2018 Extreme Rules</a> for the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship" title="WWE Intercontinental Championship">Intercontinental Championship</a>. Other examples are <a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Jacob_Friedman" title="Maxwell Jacob Friedman">MJF</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Bryan Danielson</a> at <a href="/wiki/Revolution_(2023)" title="Revolution (2023)">AEW Revolution</a> in 2023 for the <a href="/wiki/AEW_World_Championship" title="AEW World Championship">AEW World Championship</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a> at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XII" title="WrestleMania XII">WrestleMania XII</a> for the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">WWE Championship</a>. The first Iron Woman match was between <a href="/wiki/Bayley_(wrestler)" title="Bayley (wrestler)">Bayley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sasha_Banks" class="mw-redirect" title="Sasha Banks">Sasha Banks</a> at <a href="/wiki/NXT_TakeOver:_Respect" title="NXT TakeOver: Respect">NXT TakeOver: Respect</a> in 2015. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Anything_Goes_Iron_Man_match">Anything Goes Iron Man match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=157" title="Edit section: Anything Goes Iron Man match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An Anything Goes Iron Man match is the hardcore variation of an Iron Man match: there are no disqualifications, no countouts and falls count anywhere. <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a> faced <a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a> in an Anything Goes Iron Man match at <a href="/wiki/Bragging_Rights_(2009)" title="Bragging Rights (2009)">Bragging Rights 2009</a> for 60 minutes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Thunder_Queen_battle">Thunder Queen battle</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=158" title="Edit section: Thunder Queen battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Thunder Queen battle is a hybrid match, a variation of Tag Team and Iron Woman match types. This stipulation was used in <a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Women%27s_Pro-Wrestling" title="All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling">All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling</a>. The match starts off with two teams of four members wrestle each other for 60 minutes. Individual members will have a 5 minute Singles Iron Woman match (20 minutes total each), followed by a 40 minute Tag Team Iron Woman match. The team with the highest total number of points within the time limit wins. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ultimate_Submission_match">Ultimate Submission match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=159" title="Edit section: Ultimate Submission match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An Ultimate Submission match is a variation of an Iron Man match where the only way to score a fall within the allotted time limit is to make your opponent submit. <a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit" title="Chris Benoit">Chris Benoit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a> had an Ultimate Submission match at <a href="/wiki/Backlash_(2001)" title="Backlash (2001)">Backlash 2001</a> for 30 minutes plus one minute and 33 seconds of tie-breaking overtime. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Three_Strikes_match">Three Strikes match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=160" title="Edit section: Three Strikes match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Three Strikes match (often shortened to <b>Three Strikes' You're Out</b>) is a multiple-fall match where wrestlers must achieve three victories of a specific nature in a specific order before the other. The name of the match is taken from baseball, referring to the notion that having three strikes would entail losing the match. The most common arrangement for the three strikes are pinfall, submission and knockout with the entire match being fought under no disqualification and no countout rules. <a href="/wiki/Diamante_(female_wrestler)" title="Diamante (female wrestler)">Diamante</a> faced <a href="/wiki/Big_Swole" title="Big Swole">Big Swole</a> in a Three Strikes match on <a href="/wiki/AEW_Dark" title="AEW Dark">AEW Dark</a> on September 7, 2021. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Two_out_of_Three_falls_match">Two out of Three falls match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=161" title="Edit section: Two out of Three falls match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Two out of Three falls match is a multiple-fall match where a wrestler or tag team must beat the other opponent(s) not once but twice for the victory. (by pinfall, submission, disqualification or count-out). For such examples of this match type are the <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Rules_(2012)" title="Extreme Rules (2012)">Extreme Rules (2012)</a> between <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Daniel Bryan</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Sheamus" title="Sheamus">Sheamus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit" title="Chris Benoit">Chris Benoit</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a> at the <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(2000)" title="SummerSlam (2000)">SummerSlam (2000)</a> pay-per-view. Also, a tag team version of this match type is at the <a href="/wiki/Payback_(2015)" title="Payback (2015)">Payback (2015)</a> pay-per-view between <a href="/wiki/The_New_Day_(professional_wrestling)" title="The New Day (professional wrestling)">The New Day</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Cesaro_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cesaro (wrestler)">Cesaro</a> <a href="/wiki/Tyson_Kidd_and_Cesaro" title="Tyson Kidd and Cesaro">&</a> <a href="/wiki/Tyson_Kidd" title="Tyson Kidd">Tyson Kidd</a> for the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw_Tag_Team_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Raw Tag Team Championship">WWE Raw Tag Team Championship</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gate_of_Heaven_match">Gate of Heaven match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=162" title="Edit section: Gate of Heaven match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Gate of Heaven match is a multiple-fall match that is applied to tag team matches. Started in <a href="/wiki/Dragon_Gate_(wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragon Gate (wrestling)">Dragon Gate</a>, with the first match being a strict tag team match with two referees to make sure tags actually happen. The second match being the <a href="/wiki/Dragon_Gate_(wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragon Gate (wrestling)">Dragon Gate</a> rules. The third match, if necessary; tables, ladders and chairs are now legal. The first team to gain two victories before the other is the winner. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Three_Stages_of_Hell_match">Three Stages of Hell match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=163" title="Edit section: Three Stages of Hell match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Three Stages of Hell match is a multiple-fall match in which two wrestlers must wrestle three special types of matches. A wrestler must achieve two victories before the other. There have only been five occasions in which this match has been contested in WWE history. The first Three Stages of Hell match occurred in 2001 between <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Austin" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Austin">Steve Austin</a> at <a href="/wiki/No_Way_Out_(2001)" title="No Way Out (2001)">2001 No Way Out</a>, which Triple H won 2–1. Another match of this type took place at <a href="/wiki/Armageddon_(2002)" title="Armageddon (2002)">2002 Armageddon</a> between <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a> for the <a href="/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE,_2002%E2%80%932013)" title="World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013)">World Heavyweight Championship</a>. The most recent example of this was at <a href="/wiki/NXT_TakeOver_36" title="NXT TakeOver 36">NXT TakeOver 36</a>, when <a href="/wiki/Adam_Cole" title="Adam Cole">Adam Cole</a> faced <a href="/wiki/Kyle_O%27Reilly" title="Kyle O'Reilly">Kyle O'Reilly</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Three_Degrees_of_Pain_match">Three Degrees of Pain match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=164" title="Edit section: Three Degrees of Pain match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Three Degrees of Pain match is a hybrid match, a variation of Two out of Three Falls and Steel Cage match types where a wrestler must achieve a victory in the specific order before the other. The first victory is a pinfall, the second victory is a submission and if necessary, the third victory is to escape from the steel cage. There have only been two of these matches occurred in <a href="/wiki/Impact_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact Wrestling">TNA</a> history and both were feud-enders. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stipulation-based_variations">Stipulation-based variations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=165" title="Edit section: Stipulation-based variations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As professional wrestling seeks to also tell a story, some matches are made solely for the purposes of advancing the plot. This typically involves the loser of a match being penalized in some way. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Clock_Strikes_Midnight_match">Clock Strikes Midnight match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=166" title="Edit section: Clock Strikes Midnight match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Clock Strikes Midnight match is a singles match where a match is contested under different stipulations, and stipulations of the match keep changing after random intervals. This match was contested between Alexxis Falcon and <a href="/wiki/Nina_Samuels" title="Nina Samuels">Nina Samuels</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Super_Strong_Style_16_(2023)" title="Super Strong Style 16 (2023)">2023 Super Strong Style 16</a>. The stipulations changed from time to time from a singles match to different stipulations such as Tables match, First Blood match, Submission match, Last Man Standing match, and Deathmatch. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crybaby_match">Crybaby match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=167" title="Edit section: Crybaby match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Crybaby match is a singles match with the exception that the loser would have to dress as a baby by wearing a nappy and sucking from a bottle. This match only occurred once between <a href="/wiki/Sean_Waltman" title="Sean Waltman">1-2-3 Kid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Hall" title="Scott Hall">Razor Ramon</a> at the <a href="/wiki/In_Your_House_6" title="In Your House 6">In Your House 6</a> pay-per-view. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jailhouse_match">Jailhouse match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=168" title="Edit section: Jailhouse match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Jailhouse match is a singles match with the exception that the loser would have to spend the night in a New York City jail cell. This match featured heavy brawling by both competitors <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Rougeau" title="Jacques Rougeau">The Mountie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Big_Boss_Man_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Boss Man (wrestler)">Big Bossman</a> at <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(1991)" title="SummerSlam (1991)">SummerSlam 1991</a>. At one point the Mountie tried to use his cattle prod, but missed. Bossman got the pin following a double leg slam and NYC police officers came down to handcuff the Mountie and take him to jail. </p><p>A variant of this match, entitled "Jailhouse Street Fight" is a hardcore match where the winner throws an opponent into a cage. This concept was introduced at <a href="/wiki/NXT_Roadblock_(2023)" title="NXT Roadblock (2023)">NXT Roadblock 2023</a> where <a href="/wiki/Tony_D%27Angelo" title="Tony D'Angelo">Tony D'Angelo</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Dijak_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dijak (wrestler)">Dijak</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kiss_My_Foot_match">Kiss My Foot match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=169" title="Edit section: Kiss My Foot match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Kiss My Foot match is a singles match with the exception that the loser must kiss the winner's bare foot. Such matches included <a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lawler" title="Jerry Lawler">Jerry Lawler</a> during the <a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_(1995)" title="King of the Ring (1995)">1995 King of the Ring</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lawler" title="Jerry Lawler">Jerry Lawler</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cole_(wrestling)" title="Michael Cole (wrestling)">Michael Cole</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Over_the_Limit_(2011)" title="Over the Limit (2011)">2011 Over the Limit</a> pay-per-view. A version of this match was used as a <a href="/wiki/No_Holds_Barred_match" class="mw-redirect" title="No Holds Barred match">No Holds Barred</a> <a href="#Stipulation-based_variations#Kiss_my_Foot_match">kiss my foot match</a> at <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Wrestling" title="Major League Wrestling">Major League Wrestling's</a> <a href="/wiki/Fury_Road_(2023)" title="Fury Road (2023)">2023 Fury Road</a> event between <a href="/wiki/Matt_Cardona" title="Matt Cardona">Matt Cardona</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mance_Warner" title="Mance Warner">Mance Warner</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Kiss_My_Ass_match">Kiss My Ass match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=170" title="Edit section: Kiss My Ass match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Kiss My Ass match is a singles match in which the loser has to kiss the winner's bare buttocks, in front of the crowd; it became prominent during WWE's Attitude Era. A notable example is <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">The Rock</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Billy_Gunn" title="Billy Gunn">Billy Gunn</a> at <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(1999)" title="SummerSlam (1999)">SummerSlam 1999</a>, which The Rock won. The match type made a reappearance for <a href="/wiki/Sheamus" title="Sheamus">Sheamus</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Dolph_Ziggler" title="Dolph Ziggler">Dolph Ziggler</a> at <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Rules_(2015)" title="Extreme Rules (2015)">Extreme Rules 2015</a>, where it was branded a Kiss Me Arse match in reference to Sheamus' Irish accent. Ziggler won, but Sheamus attacked him and forced Ziggler's unconscious self to kiss Sheamus' behind. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Last_Chance_match">Last Chance match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=171" title="Edit section: Last Chance match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A last chance match, also called a do or die match, is a <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_championship" title="Professional wrestling championship">championship</a> match where, if the challenger does not win the title, they are banned from challenging for it again as long as the winner of the same match holds it.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rarely, the loser may even be barred from challenging for that title for as long as he remains employed at the company. For example, at <a href="/wiki/Slammiversary_XI" title="Slammiversary XI">Slammiversary XI</a>'s main event, <a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a> was defeated by defending champion <a href="/wiki/Bubba_Ray_Dudley" title="Bubba Ray Dudley">Bully Ray</a> in a No Holds Barred variant of this match; as per the pre-match stipulation, he was barred from challenging for the <a href="/wiki/Impact_World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact World Championship">TNA World Heavyweight Championship</a> ever again no matter who holds it. A similar situation occurred at <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Full_Gear_(2019)" title="Full Gear (2019)">2019 Full Gear</a> event, in which <a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a> lost to <a href="/wiki/AEW_World_Championship" title="AEW World Championship">AEW World Champion</a> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a> and could never challenge for the title again as long as he was employed by AEW. <a href="/wiki/Tyson_Kidd" title="Tyson Kidd">Tyson Kidd</a> lost a last chance match against <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Neville" class="mw-redirect" title="Adrian Neville">Adrian Neville</a> for the <a href="/wiki/NXT_Championship" title="NXT Championship">NXT Championship</a> in 2014. As a result, Tyson Kidd would never get another chance at the NXT Championship as long as he remained employed with WWE. </p><p>These matches are usually a way to finish a feud between the champion and a certain challenger. It can also be used as a way of keeping the same challenger a title feud with a multiple champions; someone who had previously lost a last chance match may issue a challenge to a new champion as soon as the previous champion - who won a last chance match - loses their title. An example of this would be <a href="/wiki/Drew_McIntyre" title="Drew McIntyre">Drew McIntyre</a>, who lost a last chance match for <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Lashley" title="Bobby Lashley">Bobby Lashley</a>'s <a href="/wiki/WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">WWE Championship</a> but immediately challenged new champion <a href="/wiki/Big_E_(wrestler)" title="Big E (wrestler)">Big E</a> when the latter won the belt from Lashley. A ban may also be lifted in some other way, such as when Sting was able to challenge <a href="/wiki/Nick_Aldis" title="Nick Aldis">Magnus</a> for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a No Disqualification Title vs. Career match at <a href="/wiki/Genesis_(2014)" title="Genesis (2014)">Genesis (2014)</a>, though Sting lost. </p><p>AEW introduced a variation on the Last Chance match called a Championship Eliminator. In this variation, if the challenger defeats the champion, they get a future match for the title, but if they lose, then they can no longer challenge that champion for as long as the champion holds the title. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Loser_Leaves_Town_match">Loser Leaves Town match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=172" title="Edit section: Loser Leaves Town match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Loser leaves town" is a generic term for any match in which the loser has to leave the current <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_promotion" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling promotion">promotion</a> or sub-division.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These matches were most often held during the "<a href="/wiki/History_of_professional_wrestling_in_the_United_States#Moderate_slowdown" class="mw-redirect" title="History of professional wrestling in the United States">territorial days</a>", when wrestlers frequently jumped from company to company. It has been held with greater frequency in <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a> during the <a href="/wiki/WWE_brand_extension" title="WWE brand extension">brand split</a>; the losing wrestler typically leaves the brand (usually either <a href="/wiki/Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a> or <a href="/wiki/SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown</a>), only to go to the other brand. It is also used as a way to write a wrestler off TV to give them some time off. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Loser_Wears_A_Chicken_Suit_match">Loser Wears A Chicken Suit match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=173" title="Edit section: Loser Wears A Chicken Suit match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Loser Wears a Chicken Suit match is a singles match where the loser must wear a chicken suit either following the match or at another event soon after. <a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuller_(wrestler)" title="Robert Fuller (wrestler)">Col. Robert Parker</a> had to wear a chicken suit on the January 29, 1994 episode of <i>WCW Saturday Night</i> following his loss to <a href="/wiki/Brian_Pillman" title="Brian Pillman">Flyin' Brian Pillman</a> at <a href="/wiki/Clash_of_the_Champions_XXVI" class="mw-redirect" title="Clash of the Champions XXVI">Clash of the Champions XXVI</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Loser_Wears_Dress_match">Loser Wears Dress match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=174" title="Edit section: Loser Wears Dress match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Loser Wears Dress match is a singles match where the loser must wear a woman's dress temporarily after the match occurred. The match is won by pinfall or submission. An example of this type of match is at <a href="/wiki/Souled_Out_(1999)" title="Souled Out (1999)">Souled Out (1999)</a> between <a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a> and <a href="/wiki/Perry_Saturn" title="Perry Saturn">Perry Saturn</a> which Jericho won. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Luchas_de_apuestas"><i>Luchas de apuestas</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=175" title="Edit section: Luchas de apuestas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lucha_libre#Luchas_de_apuestas" title="Lucha libre">Lucha libre § Luchas de apuestas</a></div> <p><i>Luchas de apuestas</i> (in English meaning "gambling fights") are matches in which both wrestlers wager something specific (the <a href="/wiki/Luchador_mask" class="mw-redirect" title="Luchador mask">mask</a> or hair) on the outcome. The loser of the match then loses the item, being forced to take off their mask or be <a href="/wiki/Head_shaving" title="Head shaving">shaved bald</a>. It is also possible for a wrestler to put someone else's item on the line, with the same stipulation applying in the event of a loss.<sup id="cite_ref-WMHH_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMHH-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These matches have a storied history in <a href="/wiki/Lucha_libre" title="Lucha libre">Mexico</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-histmask_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-histmask-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon unmasking, it is not unheard of for a wrestler's real name and information to be published. As a form of further humiliation, the loser can be forced to physically hand the mask they just lost to the winner.<sup id="cite_ref-histmask_124-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-histmask-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most popular types of wager are the mask of a masked wrestler or the hair of a non-masked wrestler, most commonly put against each other in mask vs. mask (in Spanish: <i>máscara contra máscara</i>), mask vs. hair (<i>máscara contra cabellera</i>), or hair vs. hair (<i>cabellera contra cabellera</i>) matches. Throughout Mexico, when masked wrestlers lose their masks, they are not allowed to compete under a mask with that same <a href="/wiki/Gimmick_(professional_wrestling)" title="Gimmick (professional wrestling)">gimmick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-histmask_124-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-histmask-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to masks and hair, <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_championship" title="Professional wrestling championship">championships</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or careers<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> — as a form of <a href="#Retirement_match">retirement match</a> — can be put up as the wager in any combination. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bounty_match">Bounty match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=176" title="Edit section: Bounty match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Similarly the mask can be used in a bounty match, which can be a single match or series of matches where a third party will reward whoever can unmask the targeted competitor. The match can also be used to defeat a targeted individual or take them out of action with a reward. Sometimes the reward is disclosed and sometimes not. An example of the mask bounty match was <a href="/wiki/Brian_Pillman" title="Brian Pillman">Flyin' Brian Pillman</a> having a bounty by <a href="/wiki/Barry_Windham" title="Barry Windham">Barry Windham</a> after making appearances as The Yellow Dog in order to continue wrestling after losing a loser leaves match. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Move_match">Move match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=177" title="Edit section: Move match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Move match has the objective of performing a specific move first. Usually a signature move or finisher of the wrestlers is selected, although on occasion it will be a generic move that is notoriously hard to perform on both wrestlers. The match usually takes the name of the target move if both wrestlers are trying to perform their finisher for the win. The best known of these was <b>Yokozuna's Bodyslam Challenge</b>, which <a href="/wiki/Lex_Luger" title="Lex Luger">Lex Luger</a> won. Another famous move match was the <b>$15,000 Body Slam Challenge</b> between <a href="/wiki/Andre_The_Giant" class="mw-redirect" title="Andre The Giant">Andre The Giant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Big_John_Studd" title="Big John Studd">Big John Studd</a> at the first WrestleMania. Another move match was the <b>Masterlock Challenge</b> which was created by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Masters" title="Chris Masters">Chris Masters</a>. A <b>Chokeslam Challenge</b> match was also done between The <a href="/wiki/Big_Show" title="Big Show">Big Show</a> and <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a> on WWE Smackdown in September 1999. A <b>Stink Face Challenge</b> match is another move match where whoever delivers the <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_attacks#Stink_Face" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling attacks">Stink Face</a> to their opponent first wins.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Banned_Move_match">Banned Move match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=178" title="Edit section: Banned Move match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Banned Move match is a singles match when one or both of the competitors is not allowed to use their finishing move or else they will be disqualified. One of the competitors cannot be disqualified if that wrestler uses the move to give an unfair disadvantage. Sometimes this stipulation is used in a feud with wrestlers whose finishers are the same or similar, in these cases it is common to see the stipulation added that the losing wrestler is no longer allowed to use that move anymore. This type of match often forces the banned wrestler to get more creative and use moves they don't normally use in an attempt to win. An example of this match took place at <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Rules_(2015)" title="Extreme Rules (2015)">Extreme Rules</a> in 2015 between <a href="/wiki/Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth Rollins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a>, where, in addition to the match taking place in a Steel Cage, Orton's finisher, the RKO, was banned. Another example was at the 2020 edition of <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">AEW's</a> <a href="/wiki/All_Out_(2020)" title="All Out (2020)">All Out</a> event, where <a href="/wiki/AEW_World_Championship" title="AEW World Championship">AEW Champion</a> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Moxley" title="Jon Moxley">Jon Moxley</a> defended his title successfully against <a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Jacob_Friedman" title="Maxwell Jacob Friedman">MJF</a>. In that match, Moxley's finisher, the Paradigm Shift (a variation of a DDT) was banned, although he did use it when the referee had his back turned. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retirement_match">Retirement match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=179" title="Edit section: Retirement match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The retirement stipulation can be applied to just one wrestler<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or both wrestlers in a match can be wrestling for their careers. (Though in practice some wrestlers career may resume their career later either inside or outside the promotion the match occurs in despite being "retired" per the stipulation of the match.)<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some examples of this stipulation of match are <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a> at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XXIV" title="WrestleMania XXIV">WrestleMania XXIV</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a> at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XXVI" title="WrestleMania XXVI">WrestleMania XXVI</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More loosely, the term can refer to the last match of a (usually "legendary") wrestler's career. Such a match is designed to be a last hurrah, showcasing the wrestler's talent one last time for their fans. An example of this type includes <a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a>'s retirement match at <a href="/wiki/Revolution_(2024)" title="Revolution (2024)">Revolution 2024</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spin_the_Wheel,_Make_the_Deal"><span id="Spin_the_Wheel.2C_Make_the_Deal"></span>Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=180" title="Edit section: Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal concept was introduced in WCW at the <a href="/wiki/Halloween_Havoc_(1992)" title="Halloween Havoc (1992)">1992 Halloween Havoc</a> to determine the stipulation for the match pitting <a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a> versus <a href="/wiki/Jake_Roberts" title="Jake Roberts">Jake Roberts</a>. While not a match type in and of itself, Spin the Wheel, Make the deal involves a <a href="/wiki/Big_Six_wheel" title="Big Six wheel">wheel of fortune</a> featuring a number of match types. When the wheel is spun, the stipulation it lands on is the one used for the match. The concept was later used in TNA as the "Wheel of <a href="/wiki/Dixie_Carter_(wrestling)" title="Dixie Carter (wrestling)">Dixie</a>" and in WWE as "Raw Roulette". Since 2020, WWE has revived Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal for Halloween Havoc, which was itself revived as an event for the <a href="/wiki/NXT_(WWE_brand)" title="NXT (WWE brand)">NXT</a> brand.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Strip_matches">Strip matches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=181" title="Edit section: Strip matches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In two kinds of matches, a wrestler does not win by pinfall or submission, but only by stripping their opponent of their clothing.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historically, these types of matches were contested between <a href="/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling)" title="Manager (professional wrestling)">managers or valets</a>, due to their supposed lack of wrestling ability. In the <a href="/wiki/Attitude_Era" title="Attitude Era">Attitude Era</a>, however, full-time <a href="/wiki/Women_in_WWE" title="Women in WWE">female wrestlers</a> (known formerly as Divas in <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a>) began engaging in strip matches for the purpose of <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/titillation" class="extiw" title="wikt:titillation">titillation</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bra_and_Panties_match">Bra and Panties match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=182" title="Edit section: Bra and Panties match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Bra" title="Bra">bra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Panties" title="Panties">panties</a> match is a match consisting of two or more female wrestlers where the only objective to win this match is to strip her opponent down to her bra and panties. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Evening_Gown_match">Evening Gown match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=183" title="Edit section: Evening Gown match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An <a href="/wiki/Evening_gown" title="Evening gown">evening gown</a> match is usually contested by two female competitors in evening gowns. The only objective to win this match is the wrestler must remove the evening gown off of her opponent.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-play_135-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-play-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tuxedo_match">Tuxedo match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=184" title="Edit section: Tuxedo match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Black_tie" title="Black tie">tuxedo</a> match is usually contested by two male competitors in tuxedos. The only objective to win this match is the wrestler must remove his opponent's tuxedo.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Submission_match">Submission match</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=185" title="Edit section: Submission match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A submission match is typically a variation of a singles match in which pinfalls, count-outs, and disqualifications are not legal and the match could only end by making an opponent tap out to a submission hold. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Throw_in_the_Towel_match">Throw in the Towel match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=186" title="Edit section: Throw in the Towel match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Throw in the Towel match, also known as a <b>No Surrender Rules match</b> in <a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">Total Nonstop Action Wrestling</a>, is a singles match where there are one or more cornermen for each participant, and victory is obtained when an opponent's cornerman <a href="/wiki/Submission_(combat_sports)" title="Submission (combat sports)">throws a towel into the ring</a> to signal surrender on behalf of their wrestler. An example of this type of match is between <a href="/wiki/Bob_Backlund" title="Bob Backlund">Bob Backlund</a> with <a href="/wiki/Owen_Hart" title="Owen Hart">Owen Hart</a> as his cornermen and <a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a> with <a href="/wiki/The_British_Bulldog" class="mw-redirect" title="The British Bulldog">The British Bulldog</a> as his cornermen at <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1994)" title="Survivor Series (1994)">the 1994 Survivor Series</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Catch-as-Catch_Can_match">Catch-as-Catch Can match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=187" title="Edit section: Catch-as-Catch Can match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Catch-as-Catch Can match is a singles match where any submission hold are allowed that is not intended to inflict injury, which contained mostly submission amateur-style wrestling. This match is altered to stipulate that a wrestler may lose by going to or being forced to the arena floor, like in a battle royale. An example of this type of match is the infamous match between <a href="/wiki/Dean_Malenko" title="Dean Malenko">Dean Malenko</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Kidman" title="Billy Kidman">Billy Kidman</a> during WCW's <a href="/wiki/Souled_Out_(2000)" title="Souled Out (2000)">Souled Out (2000)</a>, where Malenko lost in two minutes by forgetting the rules and escaping to the floor after a barrage of attacks from Kidman. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""I_quit"_match"><span id=".22I_quit.22_match"></span>"I quit" match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=188" title="Edit section: "I quit" match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/%22I_quit%22_match" title=""I quit" match">"I quit" match</a></div> <p>An "I quit" match is a singles match where a wrestler must force the other wrestler to submit in the form of saying the words "I quit" into a microphone to win. This match is run under hardcore rules - no disqualifications, no countouts and the submission can happen anywhere. The referee follows the action with a microphone in hand during the event. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id=""I_respect_you"_match"><span id=".22I_respect_you.22_match"></span>"I respect you" match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=189" title="Edit section: "I respect you" match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An "I respect you" match is a singles match also similar to an "I quit" match, that means: anything goes. In order to win, a wrestler must hurt his opponent brutally that it leaves the other wrestler no other choice but force to say, "I respect you" into the microphone. This match type took place at WCW's <a href="/wiki/SuperBrawl_VI" title="SuperBrawl VI">SuperBrawl VI</a> in 1996 which marked <a href="/wiki/Brian_Pillman" title="Brian Pillman">Brian Pillman</a>'s final match in WCW in his "I respect you" Strap Match against <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Sullivan_(wrestler)" title="Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)">The Taskmaster</a>, before Pillman shouted "I respect you, booker man!", breaking kayfabe, before leaving the ring. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Submission_Count_Anywhere_match">Submission Count Anywhere match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=190" title="Edit section: Submission Count Anywhere match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Submission Count Anywhere match is a variation of a Submission and Falls Count Anywhere match, and was debuted at <a href="/wiki/WWE_Breaking_Point" title="WWE Breaking Point">Breaking Point 2009</a> between <a href="/wiki/D-Generation_X" title="D-Generation X">D-Generation X</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Legacy_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Legacy (professional wrestling)">The Legacy</a>. This is a tag-team stipulation where a wrestler can be submitted anywhere to win, and there are no pinfalls, no disqualifications and no countouts. This match occurred only once in WWE history. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Substance_match">Substance match</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=191" title="Edit section: Substance match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The match is contested in a large container filled with various substances, typically between two female individuals who may or may not have experience with wrestling. Substances can include anything from mud to chocolate milk. Sometimes, specialty substances are used for certain occasions like <a href="/wiki/Gravy" title="Gravy">gravy</a> for <a href="/wiki/Thanksgiving" title="Thanksgiving">Thanksgiving</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eggnog" title="Eggnog">eggnog</a> for <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a>. </p><p>A notable example of this match type was the <b>Mimosa Mayhem match</b>, which was contested between <a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orange_Cassidy" title="Orange Cassidy">Orange Cassidy</a> at <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a>'s <a href="/wiki/All_Out_(2020)" title="All Out (2020)">All Out</a> pay-per-view in September 2020, where the only ways to gain victory were by pinfall, submission or by knocking the opponent into a large vat of <a href="/wiki/Mimosa_(cocktail)" title="Mimosa (cocktail)">mimosa</a>. Unlike the traditional reasoning, the theme fit with both parties' gimmicks: Jericho was promoting his own line of champagne, and Cassidy is billed as "Freshly Squeezed" as part of his gimmick (in the independent circuit Cassidy would often spit orange juice into his opponent's eyes). </p><p>Another example of this match was the <b>Chocolate Pudding match</b> when <a href="/wiki/Candice_Michelle" title="Candice Michelle">Candice Michelle</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Melina_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Melina (wrestler)">Melina</a> in one of these matches. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blood_Bath_match">Blood Bath match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=192" title="Edit section: Blood Bath match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Blood Bath match is a no-disqualification match where the first to be covered in a vat of blood dispensed from a bucket loses. <a href="/wiki/The_Brood_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Brood (professional wrestling)">The Brood</a> members <a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gangrel_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gangrel (wrestler)">Gangrel</a> had a Blood Bath match on WWE Raw in August 1999. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mud_match">Mud match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=193" title="Edit section: Mud match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mud_wrestling" title="Mud wrestling">mud wrestling</a></div> <p>Perhaps the most notable substance match was a mud match, where wrestlers would wrestle in an area or container full of mud, usually away from the ring. Usually women would participate in these matches with some occasional male involvement. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hog_Pen_match">Hog Pen match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=194" title="Edit section: Hog Pen match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A variation of a Mud Match is the Hog Pen match, which is a Mud Match held in a pig pen on a farm, often filled with mud and pig excrement. <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a> and <a href="/wiki/Henry_O._Godwinn" title="Henry O. Godwinn">Henry O. Godwinn</a> participated in a Hog Pen match at WWE's <a href="/wiki/In_Your_House_5" title="In Your House 5">In Your House 5</a> in December 1995. The only objective to win is to be the first wrestler to throw his opponent into a pig pen. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Team_matches">Team matches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=195" title="Edit section: Team matches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_tag_team_match_types" title="Professional wrestling tag team match types">Professional wrestling tag team match types</a></div> <p>Matches are often contested between two or more teams, most often consisting of two members each. Tag team matches can range from two teams of two fighting, to multiple man teams challenging each other. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tag_Team_match">Tag Team match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=196" title="Edit section: Tag Team match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On most occasions, one member of the team competes in the ring with one or more of his or her teammates standing behind the ropes. Wrestlers switch positions by "tagging" one another, usually similar to a <a href="/wiki/High_five" title="High five">high five</a> and, as a result, these teams are referred to as <a href="/wiki/Tag_team" title="Tag team">tag teams</a>. This can create tension during the match as an injured wrestler in the middle of the ring attempts to reach his or her teammates, often with the heel team preventing them from doing so. In typical tag team matches, standard wrestling rules apply with a match ending by pinfall, submission, countout, or disqualification. Tag team matches have also been seen in <a href="/wiki/Mixed_martial_arts" title="Mixed martial arts">mixed martial arts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxing</a>. </p><p>Promotions usually have a tag team championship for a team of two wrestlers, and on rare occasion allies of the reigning tag team will be allowed to defend the title in the place of one of the reigning wrestlers under the <a href="/wiki/Freebird_Rule" class="mw-redirect" title="Freebird Rule">Freebird rule</a>. Though common in Mexican <i><a href="/wiki/Lucha_libre" title="Lucha libre">lucha libre</a></i>, at one point, <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a> (WCW) had a championship for <a href="/wiki/WCW_World_Six-Man_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship">teams of three</a>. WWE also can have three (triple threat) or four (fatal four-way) tag teams going against each other as well. The <b>Tag Team Triple Threat match</b> (known as <b>Tag Team Triangle match</b> in WCW) involves three teams where a member of two teams are in the ring and can tag their partner or a member of the third team. The first team with an active competitor to win by pinfall or submission wins the match for the team.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <b>Tag Team Four Corners match</b> (also known as <b>Tag Team Fatal Four-Way match</b>) is another variation that starts off with four teams positioned as in a tag team match and two wrestlers active in the ring. The two wrestlers in the ring can tag their partner or members of a team not already represented in the match. It is an advantage to have a team member tagged into the match as you can only win by being a legal competitor in the match and the one who scores the fall wins the match for the team. One example was a four team match for the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Women%27s_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WWE Women's Tag Team Championship">WWE Women's Tag Team Championship</a> at <a href="/wiki/Starrcade_(2019)" title="Starrcade (2019)">Starrcade (2019)</a>. </p><p>Another variation of the four-way tag team match is to have a member of each of the four teams in competition while their partners are on the apron and the active member who scores a pinfall or submission wins the match for the team. One example of this variation was contested for the <a href="/wiki/SmackDown_Tag_Team_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="SmackDown Tag Team Championship">SmackDown Tag Team Championship</a> at <a href="/wiki/Clash_of_Champions_(2017)" title="Clash of Champions (2017)">Clash of Champions (2017)</a>. </p><p>Sometimes a team will have members of three, four or five in non-elimination tag matches. They are often named based on the number of participants and gender involved. Six-Man (Six-Woman) Tag Team match (known as Trios match in AEW) is one variation. <a href="/wiki/The_Wyatt_Family" title="The Wyatt Family">The Wyatt Family</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/The_Shield_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Shield (professional wrestling)">The Shield</a> at <a href="/wiki/Elimination_Chamber_(2014)" title="Elimination Chamber (2014)">Elimination Chamber (2014)</a> in a six-man tag team match. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tornado_Tag_Team_match">Tornado Tag Team match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=197" title="Edit section: Tornado Tag Team match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The tornado tag team match (Originally known as the <b>Texas Tornado</b>) is a hardcore-rules match where all wrestlers involved are allowed to be in and wrestle in the ring and elsewhere at the same time, and thus all wrestlers are vulnerable to having a fall scored against them. Whether or not it is truly a tag team match is debatable, as it involves no tagging, but it is contested between tag teams. The first match of this kind was held on October 2, 1937, in <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a> between Milo Steinborn and Whiskers Savage against <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Daula" title="Tiger Daula">Tiger Daula</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fazul_Mohammed" class="mw-redirect" title="Fazul Mohammed">Fazul Mohammed</a>. It was the brainchild of promoter Morris Sigel. Another well-known example of this match is when <a href="/wiki/The_Shield_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Shield (professional wrestling)">The Shield</a> (<a href="/wiki/Roman_Reigns" title="Roman Reigns">Roman Reigns</a> & <a href="/wiki/Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth Rollins</a>) challenged <a href="/wiki/Team_Hell_No" title="Team Hell No">Team Hell No</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Daniel Bryan</a> & <a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a>) for the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw_Tag_Team_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Raw Tag Team Championship">WWE Tag Team Championship</a> at <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Rules_(2013)" title="Extreme Rules (2013)">Extreme Rules (2013)</a>. </p><p>Another example of this match is <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling's</a> renamed <b>Anarchy in the Arena match</b>. The match has been held three times at the annual <a href="/wiki/AEW_Double_or_Nothing" title="AEW Double or Nothing">Double or Nothing</a> pay-per-view event: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Double_or_Nothing_(2022)" title="Double or Nothing (2022)">2022</a>: <a href="/wiki/The_Jericho_Appreciation_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="The Jericho Appreciation Society">The Jericho Appreciation Society</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Garcia_(wrestler)" title="Daniel Garcia (wrestler)">Daniel Garcia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jake_Hager" title="Jake Hager">Jake Hager</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angelo_Parker" class="mw-redirect" title="Angelo Parker">Angelo Parker</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Menard" class="mw-redirect" title="Matt Menard">Matt Menard</a>) defeated <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Combat_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackpool Combat Club">The Blackpool Combat Club</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Bryan Danielson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jon_Moxley" title="Jon Moxley">Jon Moxley</a>), <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Kingston" title="Eddie Kingston">Eddie Kingston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santana_and_Ortiz" title="Santana and Ortiz">Santana and Ortiz</a> by <a href="/wiki/Technical_submission" class="mw-redirect" title="Technical submission">technical submission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_or_Nothing_(2023)" title="Double or Nothing (2023)">2023</a>: Blackpool Combat Club (Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley, <a href="/wiki/Claudio_Castagnoli" title="Claudio Castagnoli">Claudio Castagnoli</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wheeler_Yuta" title="Wheeler Yuta">Wheeler Yuta</a>) defeated <a href="/wiki/The_Elite_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Elite (professional wrestling)">The Elite</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kenny_Omega" title="Kenny Omega">Kenny Omega</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Jackson_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Matt Jackson (wrestler)">Matt Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Jackson" class="mw-redirect" title="Nick Jackson">Nick Jackson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/%22Hangman%22_Adam_Page" class="mw-redirect" title=""Hangman" Adam Page">"Hangman" Adam Page</a>) by <a href="/wiki/Pinfall" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinfall">pinfall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_or_Nothing_(2024)" title="Double or Nothing (2024)">2024</a>: The Elite (Matthew Jackson, Nicholas Jackson, <a href="/wiki/Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jack_Perry" title="Jack Perry">Jack Perry</a>) defeated <a href="/wiki/Darby_Allin" title="Darby Allin">Darby Allin</a>, <a href="/wiki/FTR_(professional_wrestling)" title="FTR (professional wrestling)">FTR</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dax_Harwood" title="Dax Harwood">Dax Harwood</a> & <a href="/wiki/Cash_Wheeler" title="Cash Wheeler">Cash Wheeler</a>) & Bryan Danielson by pinfall</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elimination_Tag_Team_match">Elimination Tag Team match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=198" title="Edit section: Elimination Tag Team match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tag team matches are occasionally held under elimination rules; that is, the losing wrestler is eliminated from the match, but their team is allowed to continue with their remaining members until all members of one team are eliminated. WWE and other promotions also has three or four tag teams going against each other as well. Anyone can be tagged in by anyone else and can be subject to immediate disqualification for failure to accept a tag. When a wrestler is pinned or force to submit, the entire team is eliminated and the last team remaining wins. </p><p>In WWE, these matches are primarily featured during its <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series" title="Survivor Series">Survivor Series</a> pay-per-views, where they are billed as a "<a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_match" title="Survivor Series match">Survivor Series match</a>". Teams of four or five, though on some occasions as many as seven, compete under elimination rules. All other standard rules apply, and team members may tag in and out in any order. While some teams are already established <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Stable" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">stables</a>, others may need to recruit members for their team. In <i>lucha libre</i> promotions, a <i><a href="/wiki/Torneo_cibernetico" title="Torneo cibernetico">torneo cibernetico</a></i> is a similar type of match between teams of up to eight wrestlers who enter in a predetermined order. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Captain's_Fall_match"><span id="Captain.27s_Fall_match"></span>Captain's Fall match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=199" title="Edit section: Captain's Fall match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A captain's fall match is a tag team elimination match where the two teams of four competitors to compete and captains are assigned to both teams. The purpose of the match is to score a fall over the captain to get the win. Eliminations may occur until the captain is pinned or force to submit, the team loses if the captain is eliminated. This match type only occurred at <a href="/wiki/WWE_205_Live" title="WWE 205 Live">WWE 205 Live</a> on August 20, 2019 between Team <a href="/wiki/Drew_Gulak" title="Drew Gulak">Drew Gulak</a> vs. Team Lorcan. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tag_Team_Turmoil">Tag Team Turmoil</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=200" title="Edit section: Tag Team Turmoil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A tag team turmoil is another version of an elimination tag team match. The match has a team in each of the four corners to start the match, but as each team is eliminated another team takes its place, similar to a <a href="/wiki/Gauntlet_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauntlet match">gauntlet match</a>. There are five pay-per-view matches of the tag team turmoil took place at <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(1999)" title="SummerSlam (1999)">SummerSlam in 1999</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armageddon_(2003)" title="Armageddon (2003)">Armageddon in 2003</a>, <a href="/wiki/Night_of_Champions_(2010)" title="Night of Champions (2010)">Night of Champions in 2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/Night_of_Champions_(2013)" title="Night of Champions (2013)">Night of Champions Kickoff Show in 2013</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elimination_Chamber_(2017)" title="Elimination Chamber (2017)">Elimination Chamber in 2017</a>. Two teams start, when one is eliminated a new team comes to the ring until all teams have competed, the remaining team is the winner. This was used on the May 31, 2011 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_NXT" title="WWE NXT">NXT</a></i>, with a team consisting of a WWE pro and an NXT rookie. The winning team earned three redemption points for the rookie in this version. This was also used on the May 8, 2017 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">Raw</a></i>, where the winning team earned a number one contender's spot for <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hardy" title="Matt Hardy">Matt</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Hardy_Boyz" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hardy Boyz">and</a> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hardy" title="Jeff Hardy">Jeff Hardy</a>'s <a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw_Tag_Team_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Raw Tag Team Championship">WWE Raw Tag Team Championship</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ultimate_Endurance_match">Ultimate Endurance match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=201" title="Edit section: Ultimate Endurance match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Primarily associated with <a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor" title="Ring of Honor">Ring of Honor</a> (ROH), An Ultimate Endurance match is a tag team elimination match that typically includes three to four tag teams with the members of two. The match starts off with a particular set of special stipulations, with the stipulation changing every time a team is eliminated. These stipulations are predetermined and are not limited to any specific type. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mixed_Tag_Team_match">Mixed Tag Team match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=202" title="Edit section: Mixed Tag Team match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A mixed tag team match features mixed-gender teams that only wrestlers of the same gender may be in the ring at the same time will wrestle each other under the standard rules. For example, if a female wrestler tags her male partner, both women leave the ring and both men enter the ring, the roles is also reversed as well. The <a href="/wiki/Mixed_Match_Challenge" class="mw-redirect" title="Mixed Match Challenge">Mixed Match Challenge</a> tournament was debuted on January 16, 2018, which both team winners <a href="/wiki/The_Miz" title="The Miz">The Miz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asuka_(wrestler)" title="Asuka (wrestler)">Asuka</a> won season one while <a href="/wiki/R-Truth" title="R-Truth">R-Truth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carmella" title="Carmella">Carmella</a> won season two, earning themselves the #30 spots in the 2019 Royal Rumble matches and an all-expenses-paid vacation, respectively. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Intergender_Tag_Team_match">Intergender Tag Team match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=203" title="Edit section: Intergender Tag Team match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A intergender tag team match features mixed-gender teams but it differs from the "Mixed Tag Team match" in which that both men and women can be in the ring at the same time to wrestle each other under the tornado tag team rules. This concept was used and popularized in the early 2000s by <a href="/wiki/The_Hardy_Boyz" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hardy Boyz">Team Xtreme</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Attitude_Era" title="Attitude Era">Attitude Era</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stadium_Stampede_/_Anarchy_in_the_Arena_match"><span id="Stadium_Stampede_.2F_Anarchy_in_the_Arena_match"></span>Stadium Stampede / Anarchy in the Arena match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=204" title="Edit section: Stadium Stampede / Anarchy in the Arena match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Stadium Stampede match is a type of hybrid tag team, location and cinematic match that originated in <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a>. It has been run twice at their <a href="/wiki/AEW_Double_or_Nothing" title="AEW Double or Nothing">Double or Nothing</a> pay-per-view event under this name and three times under the Anarchy in the Arena name, as well as once at their <a href="/wiki/AEW_All_In_London" class="mw-redirect" title="AEW All In London">AEW All In London</a> pay-per-view event for a total of six times (when conducted indoors, it is called an <b>Anarchy in the Arena match</b>.) This match typically involves 10 wrestlers in a 5 vs 5 match, and all five wrestlers of the two teams are each part of an established faction in AEW. This often violent and brutal match is contested under hardcore rules, and it starts in a ring in the middle of the stadium or arena and progresses through various environments, such as bars, cargo loading areas and offices. The 2020 edition of this match stayed within the empty TIAA Bank Field and featured the teams brawling around the stadium, while the 2021 edition of this match had the combatants exit the empty stadium and then finally end up in the audience-present central event space at the adjacent <a href="/wiki/Daily%27s_Place" title="Daily's Place">Daily's Place</a> outdoor amphitheatre, where the match was finished in the Daily's Place ring. The first indoor edition took place under the name Anarchy in the Arena at Double or Nothing 2022. The third match under the Stadium Stampede name was held at <a href="/wiki/All_In_(2023)" title="All In (2023)">All In</a> inside London's <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium" title="Wembley Stadium">Wembley Stadium</a> in 2023. However, unlike the previous stadium editions, the entire match took place live in front of a crowd, instead of it being a cinematic match.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MGMcancelation_140-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MGMcancelation-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Strange_Bedfellows_match">Strange Bedfellows match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=205" title="Edit section: Strange Bedfellows match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Strange Bedfellows match is a standard tag team match where a member of one tag team has to team up with a member of another tag team they are feuding with. One example of this was when <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hardy" title="Matt Hardy">Matt Hardy</a> had to team up with <a href="/wiki/Christian_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian (wrestler)">Christian</a> against his brother/tag team partner <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hardy" title="Jeff Hardy">Jeff Hardy</a> and Christian's tag team partner <a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weapon-based_variations">Weapon-based variations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=206" title="Edit section: Weapon-based variations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Through the use of <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Foreign_object" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">foreign objects</a>, the matches generally take the name of the weapon being used ("<a href="/wiki/Shinai" title="Shinai">Singapore cane</a> match", "Chairs match"). In the following list of weapon-based matches additional rules have supplanted or replaced the standard rules. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arcade_Anarchy_match">Arcade Anarchy match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=207" title="Edit section: Arcade Anarchy match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An Arcade Anarchy match is a tag-team hardcore match that originated in AEW where various items found in <a href="/wiki/Amusement_arcade" title="Amusement arcade">arcades</a> like air hockey tables, <a href="/wiki/Mallet" title="Mallet">mallet</a> <a href="/wiki/Hammer" title="Hammer">hammers</a> (for <a href="/wiki/Whac-a-Mole" class="mw-redirect" title="Whac-a-Mole">Mogura Taiji</a> (Whac-a-Mole)), various video game stalls, a <a href="/wiki/Claw_crane" class="mw-redirect" title="Claw crane">claw crane</a> and even <a href="/wiki/Teddy_bears" class="mw-redirect" title="Teddy bears">Teddy bears</a> filled with <a href="/wiki/Lego" title="Lego">Lego</a> bricks are made available and placed around the ring. There is also a "prize wall" made available with traditional hardcore professional wrestling weapons hanging on this wall. This match was first done on AEW Dynamite on March 31, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beach_Brawl">Beach Brawl</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=208" title="Edit section: Beach Brawl"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Beach Brawl is a hardcore match where objects that are found at a beach, like surfboards, wooden benches, wooden tables, beach balls, sports balls and a kiddle pool filled with plastic balls are made available. The match is no-disqualification, so other weapons are also legal. The first Beach Brawl was between <a href="/wiki/Sol_Ruca" title="Sol Ruca">Sol Ruca</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blair_Davenport" title="Blair Davenport">Blair Davenport</a> in WWE NXT's <a href="/wiki/Spring_Breakin%27_(2024)" title="Spring Breakin' (2024)">Spring Breakin'</a> in April 2024. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bricks_match">Bricks match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=209" title="Edit section: Bricks match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Bricks match is a hardcore match where concrete bricks are made available as weapons. Bricks were often integrated into no-rope barbed wire deathmatches, and bricks first made their appearance in Japanese <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling" title="Hardcore wrestling">deathmatches</a> in 1993. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chairs_match">Chairs match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=210" title="Edit section: Chairs match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Chairs match is a standard weapons match with any number of steel chairs being the only legal weapon to be used. This match can be won by pinfall or submission. The first Chairs match was introduced at <a href="/wiki/TLC:_Tables,_Ladders_%26_Chairs_(2009)" title="TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2009)">TLC 2009</a> between <a href="/wiki/Dave_Bautista" title="Dave Bautista">Batista</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a>, which Undertaker won by <a href="/wiki/Pinfall" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinfall">pinfall</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Country_Whipping_match">Country Whipping match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=211" title="Edit section: Country Whipping match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Country Whipping match is a hardcore match where all competitors are armed with leather belts, which is the only legal weapon in the match. This was known to be <a href="/wiki/The_Godwinns" class="mw-redirect" title="The Godwinns">The Godwinns</a> speciality match. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crazy_8_match">Crazy 8 match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=212" title="Edit section: Crazy 8 match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Crazy 8 match, used mostly in the defunct Pro Wrestling Unplugged promotion, involves placing a championship belt at the top of a scaffold with the first wrestler to retrieve it being declared the winner. Placed in and around the ring for the wrestlers to use during the match are one side of a <a href="#Steel_cages">steel cage</a>, two trampolines, and four rope swings.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fans_Bring_the_Weapons_match">Fans Bring the Weapons match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=213" title="Edit section: Fans Bring the Weapons match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Fans Bring the Weapons match is a type of dangerous hardcore match where the competing wrestlers take random blunt objects from audience members and use them in the match. This match was first pioneered in <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a> in the mid-1990s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Good_Housekeeping_match">Good Housekeeping match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=214" title="Edit section: Good Housekeeping match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Good Housekeeping match is a hardcore match where various items usually found in private homes such as trashcans, kitchen sinks, ironing boards, pans, tables, brooms, utensils and various raw food ingredients are made available as weapons and these are the only legal weapons. This match is fought under no-disqualification and no-countout rules. <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jarrett" title="Jeff Jarrett">Jeff Jarrett</a> fought <a href="/wiki/Chyna" title="Chyna">Chyna</a> in a Good Housekeeping match at WWF's <a href="/wiki/No_Mercy_(1999)" title="No Mercy (1999)">No Mercy 1999</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Handcuff_match">Handcuff match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=215" title="Edit section: Handcuff match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Handcuff match is a hardcore match when the only way to win is a wrestler must retrieve a pair of handcuffs then handcuff the opposing wrestler to a ring fixture but sometimes so that the opposing wrestler is unable to make use of their hands. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hangman's_Horror_match"><span id="Hangman.27s_Horror_match"></span>Hangman's Horror match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=216" title="Edit section: Hangman's Horror match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Hangman's Horror match was created by <a href="/wiki/Raven_(wrestler)" title="Raven (wrestler)">Raven</a> to end his feud with <a href="/wiki/Vampiro" title="Vampiro">Vampiro</a> w/<a href="/wiki/James_Mitchell_(wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Mitchell (wrestling)">James Mitchell</a> at TNA's <a href="/wiki/IMPACT_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="IMPACT Wrestling">IMPACT Wrestling</a> on October 29, 2003. The objective in this match is to wrap your opponent's neck with a steel chain and then proceed in hanging him over the ring ropes. Once he is declared unconscious by the referee, the person in charge of the horrific hanging will gain the victory. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kendo_Stick_match">Kendo Stick match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=217" title="Edit section: Kendo Stick match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Johnny_Devine_kendo_stick.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Johnny_Devine_kendo_stick.jpg/220px-Johnny_Devine_kendo_stick.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Johnny_Devine_kendo_stick.jpg/330px-Johnny_Devine_kendo_stick.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Johnny_Devine_kendo_stick.jpg/440px-Johnny_Devine_kendo_stick.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4516" data-file-height="3268" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Devine" title="Johnny Devine">Johnny Devine</a> (left) uses a kendo stick on Buck Gunderson during a match</figcaption></figure> <p>A kendo stick match (also known as a <b>Singapore cane match</b> or <b>Dueling canes match</b>) is a standard weapons match with a <a href="/wiki/Kendo_stick" class="mw-redirect" title="Kendo stick">kendo stick</a> being the only legal weapon. Often, the ring will be lined with many kendo sticks for the wrestlers to use. Hardcore wrestling promotion <a href="/wiki/Combat_Zone_Wrestling" title="Combat Zone Wrestling">Combat Zone Wrestling</a> has used this match with <a href="/wiki/Fluorescent_lamp" title="Fluorescent lamp">fluorescent light tubes</a> instead of kendo sticks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ladder_match">Ladder match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=218" title="Edit section: Ladder match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ladder_match" title="Ladder match">Ladder match</a></div> <p>A ladder match is a no-disqualification style match in which a specific object (usually a title belt, a contract or a briefcase) is placed above the ring—out of the reach of the competitors—with the winner being the first person to climb a <a href="/wiki/Ladder" title="Ladder">ladder</a> and retrieve it. This is often used in <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a> with their <a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_ladder_match" title="Money in the Bank ladder match">Money in the Bank</a> matches.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ladder may be used as a weapon. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Casino_Ladder_match">Casino Ladder match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=219" title="Edit section: Casino Ladder match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Casino Ladder match was created by <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a> as a variation of its Casino Battle Royale. A poker chip is hung above the ring beneath a ladder, which can be used as a weapon. The match starts with two wrestlers, with a new participant entering every 2 minutes. The first wrestler to grab the poker chip wins the match, and with it a future <a href="/wiki/AEW_World_Championship" title="AEW World Championship">AEW World Championship</a> match at a time and place of the wrestler's choosing. Notably, the match can be won before all of the intended participants have entered. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Full_Metal_Mayhem_match">Full Metal Mayhem match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=220" title="Edit section: Full Metal Mayhem match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Full Metal Mayhem match is a variation on a TLC match (see below), where in addition to tables and chairs being present, steel chains are made available, and any other weapon that is metallic (trashcans, thumbtacks) often make appearances. This match originated in <a href="/wiki/TNA_Impact_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="TNA Impact Wrestling">TNA Impact Wrestling</a> and this promotion has had at least one of these matches every year since 2005. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="King_of_the_Mountain_match">King of the Mountain match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=221" title="Edit section: King of the Mountain match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Mountain_match" title="King of the Mountain match">King of the Mountain match</a></div> <p>The King of the Mountain match is described as a "reverse ladder match". Instead of retrieving an object hanging above the ring, the winner is the first person to use a ladder to <i>hang</i> a <a href="/wiki/Championship_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Championship (professional wrestling)">championship belt</a> above the ring—after having scored a pinfall or submission (pinfalls count anywhere) to earn the right to try. A wrestler who has been pinned or forced to submit must spend two minutes in a <a href="/wiki/Penalty_box" title="Penalty box">penalty box</a>. At <a href="/wiki/Slammiversary_(2022)" title="Slammiversary (2022)">Slammiversary (2022)</a>, the first-ever Queen of the Mountain match took place, with <a href="/wiki/Jordynne_Grace" title="Jordynne Grace">Jordynne Grace</a> defeating champion <a href="/wiki/Tasha_Steelz" title="Tasha Steelz">Tasha Steelz</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Green" title="Chelsea Green">Chelsea Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deonna_Purrazzo" title="Deonna Purrazzo">Deonna Purrazzo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mia_Yim" title="Mia Yim">Mia Yim</a> to win the <a href="/wiki/Impact_Knockouts_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact Knockouts Championship">Impact Knockouts Championship</a>. Four-time Knockouts World Champion <a href="/wiki/Mickie_James" title="Mickie James">Mickie James</a> was the match's enforcer. <sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Stairway_to_Hell_match">Stairway to Hell match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=222" title="Edit section: Stairway to Hell match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Used in <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">ECW</a>, a Stairway to Hell match is a ladder match with a weapon hanging over the ring. Rather than winning the match by retrieving it, the first wrestler to climb a ladder and retrieve the weapon is allowed to use it in the match. The match is won by standard pinfall or submission. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="TLC_match">TLC match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=223" title="Edit section: TLC match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tables,_Ladders,_and_Chairs_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match">Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match</a></div> <p>A tables, ladders and chairs match, often abbreviated as TLC match, is an extension of a <a href="/wiki/Ladder_match" title="Ladder match">ladder match</a> with <a href="/wiki/Folding_chair" title="Folding chair">chairs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Table_(furniture)" title="Table (furniture)">tables</a> also being present as legal <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Foreign_object" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">weapons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This match was introduced because each of the three teams specialized in one of these weapons: Edge and Christian were known for their frequent use of steel folding chairs and the tandem "con-chair-to" move; the Dudley Boyz were known for their pioneering, hard-hitting use of slamming their opponents through wooden event tables; and the Hardy Boyz were known for their high-flying acrobatics off of twin-step ladders. There had been a similar type of match at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_2000" title="WrestleMania 2000">WrestleMania 2000</a> called the "Triangle Ladder Match" which also involved tables and chairs. But the first ever official TLC match took place between <a href="/wiki/Edge_and_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Edge and Christian">Edge and Christian</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Dudley_Boyz" class="mw-redirect" title="The Dudley Boyz">The Dudley Boyz</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Hardy_Boyz" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hardy Boyz">the Hardy Boyz</a> at the WWF event Summerslam 2000; and another at <a href="/wiki/Wrestlemania_X-Seven" class="mw-redirect" title="Wrestlemania X-Seven">Wrestlemania X-Seven</a>. </p><p>Due to the destructive, dangerous, violent, frenetic and physically demanding nature of these matches, every subsequent TLC match was toned down to reduce the physical demands and risks this type of match poses. From 2009 to 2020, WWE has held a pay-per-view in December named <a href="/wiki/WWE_TLC:_Tables,_Ladders_%26_Chairs" title="WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs">TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs</a>, which features this stipulation in its main event. The match has two variations: one is competed as a ladder match, which the person/people must retrieve an object suspended above the ring, and the other is a traditional style match won by pinfall or submission. In WWE, <a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a> has competed in the most TLC matches (7) including the first three, and has often used this match to gain an advantage in a storyline, with some referring to it as his specialty match. </p><p>This match has also been run under singles match rules where a wrestler can win via pitfall, count out or submission, and tables, ladders and chairs are heavily featured as weapons. Two examples were the “WeeLC” match in 2014 and the Tables, Ladders and Scares (a renamed TLC match) between <a href="/wiki/Tony_D%E2%80%99Angelo" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony D’Angelo">Tony D’Angelo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oba_Femi" title="Oba Femi">Oba Femi</a> in 2024. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ultimate_X_match">Ultimate X match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=224" title="Edit section: Ultimate X match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_X_match" title="Ultimate X match">Ultimate X match</a></div> <p>The Ultimate X match is a "ladder match without the ladders" where two cables are strung metal structures rising from the four corners of the ring, crossing above the middle of the ring, forming an "X" pattern. The objective to win this match is to climb the turnbuckles and then climb hand-over-hand across the cables to claim the prize of the match, usually a championship belt. A signature match of <a href="/wiki/Impact_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact Wrestling">Impact Wrestling</a>'s X Division, the match is contested by three or more wrestlers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nigerian_Drum_Fight">Nigerian Drum Fight</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=225" title="Edit section: Nigerian Drum Fight"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Nigerian Drum Fight is a no-disqualification stipulation weapons match where various musical percussion instruments used in traditional Nigerian music, such as bongos and a gong are made available at ringside, as are tables and kendo sticks. <a href="/wiki/Big_E_(wrestler)" title="Big E (wrestler)">Big E</a> faced <a href="/wiki/Apollo_Crews" title="Apollo Crews">Apollo Crews</a> at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_37" title="WrestleMania 37">WrestleMania 37</a> in a Nigerian Drum Fight. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Object_on_a_Pole_match">Object on a Pole match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=226" title="Edit section: Object on a Pole match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Object on a Pole match, whose name is usually derived from the object being hung, i.e. "<a href="/wiki/Brass_knuckles" title="Brass knuckles">Brass knuckles</a> on a Pole", "<a href="/wiki/Folding_chair" title="Folding chair">Steel chair</a> on a Pole", "<a href="/wiki/Shinai" title="Shinai">Singapore cane</a> on a Pole", "Paddle on a Pole", "<a href="/wiki/Viagra" class="mw-redirect" title="Viagra">Viagra</a> on a Pole", "Contract on a pole", "Mistletoe on a Pole" or "<a href="/wiki/Buff_Bagwell" title="Buff Bagwell">Judy Bagwell</a> on a Forklift", is the spiritual forebear of the <a href="/wiki/Ladder_match" title="Ladder match">ladder match</a>. In this case, an object is placed on a pole that extends from one of the four <a href="/wiki/Turnbuckle" title="Turnbuckle">turnbuckles</a> on the ring with the wrestlers battling to reach it first.<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike the ladder match, however, reaching the object doesn't usually end the match; it simply allows that wrestler to use it as a <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Foreign_object" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">weapon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is <i>not</i> a no-disqualification match; the weapon on the pole is merely an exception to the disqualification rule. However, this is sometimes a no-disqualification match in which any weapon, plus the one on the pole, can be used. This match is referred to by many wrestling critics as a "Russo Special", due to the propensity of WCW <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Book" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">booker</a> <a href="/wiki/Vince_Russo" title="Vince Russo">Vince Russo</a>'s use of Pole Matches during his tenure at the company. Another <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a> specialty is the <b>San Francisco 49ers match</b>, where four boxes are placed in the four corners of the ring, one with the championship belt and the other three with weapons. You must find box with the belt to win the match and the championship. To date, this match is only known to have happened in a major wrestling federation once, with <a href="/wiki/Booker_T_(wrestler)" title="Booker T (wrestler)">Booker T.</a> defeating <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jarrett" title="Jeff Jarrett">Jeff Jarrett</a> to become the WCW World Heavyweight champion on October 2, 2000. </p><p>Multiple variations of the "Pole match" exist. In some cases the match <i>is</i> closer to the ladder match, in that reaching the object does end the match.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In others there will be objects above all of the turnbuckles.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further still, there can be a mixture of the two, with an object placed at (though not above) each turnbuckle, one to end the match, the rest to be used as weapons.<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">Total Nonstop Action Wrestling</a> used a "Pole match" as a setup to another match, placing objects at four of their six turnbuckles with the promise that the first wrestler to reach each object would be allowed to use them weeks later at an already scheduled <a href="#Cages">cage match</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a <b>Feast or Fired match</b> each case contains a contract to fight for a <a href="/wiki/TNA_World_Heavyweight_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="TNA World Heavyweight Championship">TNA World Heavyweight Championship</a>, <a href="/wiki/TNA_Tag_Team_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="TNA Tag Team Championship">TNA Tag Team Championship</a> or <a href="/wiki/TNA_X-Division_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="TNA X-Division Championship">TNA X-Division Championship</a>, with the final case contains a pink slip, mean the holder of that case would be fired immediately, but if the person holding the X-Division title shot briefcase went on to win that title, it cannot be cashed in right away for the World Heavyweight Championship (Option C). The <b>Coal Miner's Glove match</b> is a variation of the typical "Object on a Pole match" in which the object in question is a coal miner's glove, which can be used on one's opponent upon retrieval. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Biker_Chain_match">Biker Chain match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=227" title="Edit section: Biker Chain match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Biker Chain match is a hardcore match where a chain is attached to a pole and is the only legal weapon, but the objective of this match is to pin your opponent. <a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a> did a Biker Chain match at WWE's <a href="/wiki/No_Mercy_(2003)" title="No Mercy (2003)">No Mercy</a> 2003. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pillow_Fight">Pillow Fight</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=228" title="Edit section: Pillow Fight"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A pillow fight is a weapons match with only <a href="/wiki/Pillow" title="Pillow">pillows</a> and a bed are placed in the ring.<sup id="cite_ref-play_135-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-play-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pillows may be used as weapons, but other than that, standard wrestling rules apply. Notably, <a href="/wiki/Torrie_Wilson" title="Torrie Wilson">Torrie Wilson</a> once picked up the bed with <a href="/wiki/Candice_Michelle" title="Candice Michelle">Candice Michelle</a> on it and threw it. Another variation, the <b>Lingerie Pillow Fight</b>, requires the participants to wear <a href="/wiki/Lingerie" title="Lingerie">lingerie</a>. Another variation, the <b>Pajama Pillow Fight</b>, requires the participants to wear <a href="/wiki/Pajamas" title="Pajamas">pajamas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-play_135-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-play-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Straitjacket_match">Straitjacket match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=229" title="Edit section: Straitjacket match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a straitjacket match, a wrestler must put their opponent into a straitjacket, usually after knocking the opponent out or by rendering them unconscious by submission holds. It made its televised debut on TNA when <a href="/wiki/Dexter_Lumis" title="Dexter Lumis">Samuel Shaw</a> beat <a href="/wiki/Ken_Anderson_(wrestler)" title="Ken Anderson (wrestler)">Mr. Anderson</a> by first rendering him unconscious with a chokehold and then putting him into the straitjacket.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On WWF Raw in June 1999, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Shamrock" title="Ken Shamrock">Ken Shamrock</a>, who was the only participant confined to the straitjacket, still won his match with <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jarrett" title="Jeff Jarrett">Jeff Jarrett</a> after forcing him to submit to a headscissors submission hold. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Strap_match">Strap match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=230" title="Edit section: Strap match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A strap match, known by many names and done with many slight variations, is any match in which the competitors are placed on the opposite ends of a restraint to keep them in close physical proximity. By definition, the strap and anything tied to it are considered legal and in play weapons. The most common rule for victory is to achieve a <a href="/wiki/Pin_(professional_wrestling)" title="Pin (professional wrestling)">pinfall</a>, but there is a common variation where one wrestler must circle the ring and touch all four corners in quick order, without interruption.<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of the strap's legality, and subsequent use as a choking device, submissions are generally not allowed.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The traditional strap match involves two wrestlers tied together via a leather strap, with the strap match being one of the most varied forms of professional wrestling match type, both in name and implements used. The name used for the match generally comes from the implement used and one or both of the participants. Common restraints include a <a href="/wiki/Belt_(clothing)" title="Belt (clothing)">belt</a>, bullrope (length of <a href="/wiki/Rope" title="Rope">rope</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Cowbell" title="Cowbell">cowbell</a> the center), steel <a href="/wiki/Chain" title="Chain">chains</a>, one to two-foot "<a href="/wiki/Leash" title="Leash">leash</a>", or leather strap, where the wrestlers are tied together at one wrist. This match type is often named <b>Caribbean Strap match</b> when a wrestler from <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> (such as <a href="/wiki/Savio_Vega" title="Savio Vega">Savio Vega</a>) is participating on the match or the match is being held on a Puerto Rican promotion like the <a href="/wiki/International_Wrestling_Association_(Puerto_Rico)" title="International Wrestling Association (Puerto Rico)">International Wrestling Association</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Barbed_Wire_Chain_Deathmatch">Barbed Wire Chain Deathmatch</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=231" title="Edit section: Barbed Wire Chain Deathmatch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Barbed Wire Chain Deathmatch is a strap match where instead of two wrestlers being bound together with a leather strap at the wrists, they are bound together with barbed wire at the wrists. This match was done a few times in 1995 in the IWA promotion in Japan with Shoji Nakamaki, <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Ono" class="mw-disambig" title="Hiroshi Ono">Hiroshi Ono</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Cactus Jack</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Dog_collar_match">Dog collar match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=232" title="Edit section: Dog collar match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Dog Collar match is a type of strap match where instead of a leather strap at a wrist, the competing wrestlers are bound together by the neck via <a href="/wiki/Dog_collar" title="Dog collar">dog collars</a> and chains. Made famous by the match between <a href="/wiki/Roddy_Piper" title="Roddy Piper">Roddy Piper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Valentine" title="Greg Valentine">Greg Valentine</a> at <a href="/wiki/Starrcade_%2783:_A_Flare_for_the_Gold" title="Starrcade '83: A Flare for the Gold">Starrcade '83: A Flare for the Gold</a>, AEW has brought the match back in recent times, with <a href="/wiki/Brodie_Lee" title="Brodie Lee">Brodie Lee</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody</a> following the stipulation in 2020 (the last match of the former's career before his death later that year), and <a href="/wiki/CM_Punk" title="CM Punk">CM Punk</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Jacob_Friedman" title="Maxwell Jacob Friedman">MJF</a> at <a href="/wiki/Revolution_(2022)" title="Revolution (2022)">Revolution</a> being highly regarded for their violence. Punk himself competed in another famously violent dog collar match against <a href="/wiki/Raven_(wrestler)" title="Raven (wrestler)">Raven</a> at <a href="/wiki/ROH_Death_Before_Dishonor" title="ROH Death Before Dishonor">ROH Death Before Dishonour</a> 2003. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Four_Corners_Strap_match">Four Corners Strap match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=233" title="Edit section: Four Corners Strap match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Four Corners Strap match is when the first wrestler to touch all four turnbuckle pads in succession without any form of interruption from his opponent or anyone else wins. If at any point a wrestler starts touching pads but is taken down before the wrestler can finish touching them all, they must start over again. There are no pinfalls, no submissions, no countouts, or no disqualifications in this match. At <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">WCW</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Uncensored_(1995)" title="Uncensored (1995)">Uncensored 1995</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a> actually dragged non-participant (<a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a>) to all four corners to win his strap match against <a href="/wiki/Big_Van_Vader" title="Big Van Vader">Big Van Vader</a>. This match was renamed a <b>Samoan Strap match</b> for WWE's <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Rules_(2009)" title="Extreme Rules (2009)">Extreme Rules 2009</a> pay-per-view with <a href="/wiki/Umaga_(wrestler)" title="Umaga (wrestler)">Umaga</a> facing off against <a href="/wiki/CM_Punk" title="CM Punk">CM Punk</a>. WCW has their own variation strap match as well named the <b>Yapapi Indian Strap match</b> between <a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Uncensored_(2000)" title="Uncensored (2000)">2000 Uncensored</a> pay-per-view. A <b>No Surrender Dog Collar Strap match</b> is a strap match with the "No Surrender" stipulation added, meaning that neither competitor would be permitted to submit in the match. <a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">TNA</a> had a main event at the <a href="/wiki/TNA_No_Surrender_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="TNA No Surrender 2005">TNA No Surrender 2005</a> pay-per-view for the <a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NWA World Heavyweight Championship">NWA World Heavyweight Championship</a> between <a href="/wiki/Raven_(wrestler)" title="Raven (wrestler)">Raven</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abyss_(wrestler)" title="Abyss (wrestler)">Abyss</a>, which Raven won. <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a> (AEW) also has its own variation of the Four Corners Strap match, dubbed the <b>South Beach Strap match</b>, which has been used once in a match between <a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Q._T._Marshall" title="Q. T. Marshall">Q. T. Marshall</a> at the <a href="/wiki/AEW_Road_Rager" title="AEW Road Rager">Road Rager</a> event in July 2021. It was named as such due to the event taking place in <a href="/wiki/Greater_Downtown_Miami" title="Greater Downtown Miami">Downtown Miami</a>, close to the neighbourhood of <a href="/wiki/South_Beach" title="South Beach">South Beach</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Russian_chain_match">Russian chain match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=234" title="Edit section: Russian chain match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Russian Chain match is a type of strap match where instead of an elastic strap, a thick, 15-foot steel chain is used to bound the wrestlers, and this chain is often used as a weapon. This match has come under many names, including a <b>Texas Chain match.</b> A <a href="/wiki/Biker_Chain_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Biker Chain match">Biker Chain match</a> is a variation of an <a href="/wiki/Object_on_a_Pole_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Object on a Pole match">Object on a Pole match</a>. The Russian Chain match was the speciality of <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Koloff" title="Ivan Koloff">Ivan Koloff</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boris_Malenko" title="Boris Malenko">Boris Malenko</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Texas_Bullrope_match">Texas Bullrope match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=235" title="Edit section: Texas Bullrope match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Texas Bullrope match is a type of strap match where the wrestlers are bound together by a thick cattle rope with a cowbell attached; the objective of this match is to achieve a single pinfall, or in another variation, victory is achieved by touching all four turnbuckles successively similar to a standard Strap Match (as in the case of <a href="/wiki/John_Layfield" title="John Layfield">JBL</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Guerrero" title="Eddie Guerrero">Eddie Guerrero</a> in <a href="/wiki/The_Great_American_Bash_(2004)" title="The Great American Bash (2004)">The Great American Bash (2004)</a>). <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">The Rock</a> had his own signature match, the <b>Brahma Bullrope match</b> which was a renamed Texas Bullrope match. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stretcher_match">Stretcher match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=236" title="Edit section: Stretcher match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stretcher_match.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Stretcher_match.jpg/220px-Stretcher_match.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Stretcher_match.jpg/330px-Stretcher_match.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Stretcher_match.jpg/440px-Stretcher_match.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2984" data-file-height="2243" /></a><figcaption>A stretcher at ringside prior to a stretcher match</figcaption></figure> <p>A Stretcher match is a hardcore match where a wrestler must incapacitate their opponent to such an extent that they are able to get them onto a stretcher and roll them to the finish line for the victory; usually past a line at the top of the entrance ramp. The stretcher can also be used as a weapon. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Steel_Stairs_match">Steel Stairs match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=237" title="Edit section: Steel Stairs match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Steel Stairs match is a hardcore match where the only legal weapon are any number of steel stairs typically situated the on opposite sides of the ring that can be used to enter the ring. The <a href="/wiki/Big_Show" title="Big Show">Big Show</a> faced <a href="/wiki/Erick_Rowan" title="Erick Rowan">Erick Rowan</a> in a Steel Stairs match at the <a href="/wiki/TLC:_Tables,_Ladders_%26_Chairs_(2014)" title="TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2014)">TLC 2014</a> WWE pay-per view.<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Symphony_of_Destruction_match">Symphony of Destruction match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=238" title="Edit section: Symphony of Destruction match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Symphony of Destruction match is a hardcore match where various musical instruments are available at ringside as weapons. This is <a href="/wiki/Elias_(wrestler)" title="Elias (wrestler)">Elias</a>'s speciality match and debuted in 2018 when Elias faced <a href="/wiki/Braun_Strowman" title="Braun Strowman">Braun Strowman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tables_match">Tables match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=239" title="Edit section: Tables match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jericho_hbk_table.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Jericho_hbk_table.jpg/200px-Jericho_hbk_table.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Jericho_hbk_table.jpg/300px-Jericho_hbk_table.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Jericho_hbk_table.jpg/400px-Jericho_hbk_table.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a> (left) and <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a> on a table at a 2008 house show in <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></figcaption></figure> <p>A Tables match is a hardcore match in which, to win, one's opponent must be driven through a <a href="/wiki/Table_(furniture)" title="Table (furniture)">table</a>. It can only be won with an <a href="/wiki/Category:Professional_wrestling_moves" title="Category:Professional wrestling moves">offensive maneuver</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tables matches can be contested with <a href="/wiki/Tag_team" title="Tag team">tag teams</a>, under both <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_tag_team_match_types#Tables_and_Stables" title="Professional wrestling tag team match types">elimination</a><sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and one fall rules. The first tables match was contested at <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">ECW</a>'s 1995 <a href="/wiki/Double_Tables" title="Double Tables">Double Tables</a> event between <a href="/wiki/The_Public_Enemy_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Public Enemy (professional wrestling)">The Public Enemy</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Tazmaniac" class="mw-redirect" title="The Tazmaniac">The Tazmaniac</a> & <a href="/wiki/Sabu_(wrestler)" title="Sabu (wrestler)">Sabu</a> for the <a href="/wiki/ECW_World_Tag_Team_Championship" title="ECW World Tag Team Championship">ECW World Tag Team Championship</a>, whilst the first in the WWE was a tag-team Tables match with <a href="/wiki/The_Hardy_Boyz" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hardy Boyz">The Hardy Boyz</a> versus <a href="/wiki/The_Dudley_Boyz" class="mw-redirect" title="The Dudley Boyz">The Dudley Boyz</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(2000)" title="Royal Rumble (2000)">2000 Royal Rumble</a>. The objective of both of these matches was to drive all opposing team members through tables with offensive moves, but subsequent WWE Tables matches have only required one member to be driven through a table. It is common for tables matches to also include a "no-disqualification" clause, turning them into hardcore matches (although this variation may also be known as a <b>Hardcore Tables match</b>). In some tag matches, a person can save his teammate by breaking the table with his own body. Apparently this does not count against the team.<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Flaming_Tables_match">Flaming Tables match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=240" title="Edit section: Flaming Tables match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Flaming Tables match is an <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a> specialty match, where the tables are set on fire, and the only way to win is to put opponents through the flaming tables.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Thanksgiving_Leftovers_Throwdown">Thanksgiving Leftovers Throwdown</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=241" title="Edit section: Thanksgiving Leftovers Throwdown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Thanksgiving Leftovers Throwdown is a specialty match based on the <a href="/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)" title="Thanksgiving (United States)">Thanksgiving holiday</a>. It debuted on the November 26, 2021 <a href="/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)" title="Black Friday (shopping)">Black Friday</a> edition of <i>SmackDown</i> between <a href="/wiki/Rick_Boogs" title="Rick Boogs">Rick Boogs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Angel_Garza" title="Angel Garza">Angel Garza</a>. It is a standard wrestling match with a table by ringside covered with leftover foods. No competitor was thrown into the table although <a href="/wiki/Humberto_Carrillo" title="Humberto Carrillo">Humberto Carrillo</a>, who distracted Boogs, was thrown into the table by <a href="/wiki/Shinsuke_Nakamura" title="Shinsuke Nakamura">Shinsuke Nakamura</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Two_out_of_Three_Tables_match">Two out of Three Tables match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=242" title="Edit section: Two out of Three Tables match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Two out of Three Tables match is a hardcore match where it can only be won when a wrestler or tag team puts their opponent or opponent's team through two tables, but it does not have to be at the same time. Performing a move on double tables does not count as a victory. It is also a variation of a two out of three falls match. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Taped_fist_match">Taped fist match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=243" title="Edit section: Taped fist match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For a taped fist match, the wrestlers are allowed to <a href="/wiki/Wrist_wraps" class="mw-redirect" title="Wrist wraps">tape and/or wrap</a> their hands to allow them to punch harder without damaging their hands. The wrestlers must compete with their fists taped, the idea being that this would make it harder to grab each other while at the same time protecting their hands while punching, encouraging the athletes to "fight" instead of wrestle.<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In one variation, the <a href="#Taipei_Deathmatch">Taipei Deathmatch</a>, the taped fists are dipped in <a href="/wiki/Super_glue" class="mw-redirect" title="Super glue">super glue</a>, then broken glass.<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Viking_Rules_match">Viking Rules match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=244" title="Edit section: Viking Rules match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Viking Rules match is a <a href="/wiki/Viking" class="mw-redirect" title="Viking">viking</a>-themed hardcore match with the ring decorated in a style of a <a href="/wiki/Viking_ship" title="Viking ship">viking ship</a>. This match was introduced by <a href="/wiki/The_Viking_Raiders" title="The Viking Raiders">The Viking Raiders</a> on the September 2, 2022 edition of <i>SmackDown</i> (taped on August 26, 2022) against <a href="/wiki/The_New_Day_(professional_wrestling)" title="The New Day (professional wrestling)">The New Day</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water_Fight">Water Fight</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=245" title="Edit section: Water Fight"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A water fight is a weapons match which the ring is surrounded with buckets of water, water guns and water balloons to use as weapons. Other than that, standard wrestling rules apply. Notably, <a href="/wiki/Jillian_Hall" title="Jillian Hall">Jillian Hall</a> once smacked <a href="/wiki/Mickie_James" title="Mickie James">Mickie James</a> over the head with a water gun during this match. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weapon_Rumble_match">Weapon Rumble match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=246" title="Edit section: Weapon Rumble match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Weapon Rumble match is a hardcore match invented in <a href="/wiki/DDT_Pro-Wrestling" title="DDT Pro-Wrestling">DDT Pro-Wrestling</a> in which, similarly to a <a href="#Rumble_rules-based_variations">Rumble rules match</a>, with every time interval a new weapon is introduced in the match. The weapons are chosen by the participants beforehand and can widely vary due to the loose interpretation of the definition of a "weapon" that's used by the company in a comedic manner.<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weapons_Wild_match">Weapons Wild match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=247" title="Edit section: Weapons Wild match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Weapons Wild match is a hardcore match where various blunt weapons are made available along the padded barriers at ringside, and are all legal. Wrestlers are armed with at least one weapon when they start the match. This match originated in WWE's <a href="/wiki/WWE_NXT" title="WWE NXT">NXT</a> promotion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Winner_Takes_All_match">Winner Takes All match</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=248" title="Edit section: Winner Takes All match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two scenarios constitute a Winner Takes All match; a title-versus-title match is a match in which both wrestlers (or teams if a tag team match) are champions going into the match, and the winner receives the championship of the loser, thus "taking all".<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This differs from a championship unification match, where one championship is absorbed into the other and retired/deactivated. In a Winner Take All scenario, both titles are still active and defended as separate entities. Winner Takes All matches may also take the form of tag team matches, in which two separate titles are fought for in the same match; such as when <a href="/wiki/Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth Rollins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Becky_Lynch" title="Becky Lynch">Becky Lynch</a> defended the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Universal_Championship" title="WWE Universal Championship">Universal Championship</a> and <a href="/wiki/Raw_Women%27s_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Raw Women's Championship">Raw Women's Championship</a> respectively against <a href="/wiki/Baron_Corbin" title="Baron Corbin">Baron Corbin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lacey_Evans" title="Lacey Evans">Lacey Evans</a> at 2019's <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Rules_(2019)" title="Extreme Rules (2019)">Extreme Rules</a> event. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professional_wrestling_match_types&action=edit&section=249" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1">"2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts". <i>Wrestling's historical cards</i>. 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November 8, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Court+Bauer+Reveals+Vince+McMahon+Once+Approved+an+Exploding+Deathmatch+for+WWE&rft.date=2022-11-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wrestlezone.com%2Fnews%2F1328495-court-bauer-reveals-vince-mcmahon-once-approved-an-exploding-deathmatch-for-wwe%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-79">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation audio-visual cs1"><a href="/wiki/Randy_Savage" title="Randy Savage">Randy Savage</a> vs <a href="/wiki/Brian_Adams_(wrestler)" title="Brian Adams (wrestler)">Crush</a> (March 20, 1994). <i><a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_X" title="WrestleMania X">WrestleMania X</a></i> (television production). <a href="/wiki/WWE#World_Wrestling_Federation_Entertainment,_Inc._(1999–2002)" title="WWE">World Wrestling Federation</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=WrestleMania+X&rft.pub=World+Wrestling+Federation&rft.date=1994-03-20&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/tnappv/destinationx05.html">"2005 Destination X results"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 5,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2005+Destination+X+results&rft.pub=Online+World+of+Wrestling&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlineworldofwrestling.com%2Fresults%2Ftnappv%2Fdestinationx05.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-81">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mick Foley, <i>Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks</i>, p. 193.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/roh/070304.html">"Ring of Honor: Fifth Year Festival: Finale"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 5,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ring+of+Honor%3A+Fifth+Year+Festival%3A+Finale&rft.pub=Online+World+of+Wrestling&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlineworldofwrestling.com%2Fresults%2Froh%2F070304.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070930023634/http://www.tnawrestling.com/news/fullnews2.php?all=1481">"News And Video DOOMSDAY CHAMBER OF BLOOD MATCH ANNOUNCED FOR SUNDAY"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tnawrestling.com/news/fullnews2.php?all=1481">the original</a> on September 30, 2007. <q>The bout will be held inside the Six Sides Of Steel cage with barbed wire lining the top – and in order to qualify to pin your opponent you have to make someone bleed!</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=News+And+Video+DOOMSDAY+CHAMBER+OF+BLOOD+MATCH+ANNOUNCED+FOR+SUNDAY&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tnawrestling.com%2Fnews%2Ffullnews2.php%3Fall%3D1481&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-84"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-84">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/tna/030326.html">"NWA: Total Nonstop Action PPV – March 26, 2003"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 17,</span> 2007</span>. <q>SADISTIC MADNESS[...]The rules are that a guy had to bleed before he could be pinned..</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=NWA%3A+Total+Nonstop+Action+PPV+%E2%80%93+March+26%2C+2003&rft.pub=Online+World+of+Wrestling&rft.date=2003-03-26&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlineworldofwrestling.com%2Fresults%2Ftna%2F030326.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-85"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-85">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHGVILjd55w">"AKIRA vs MICKIE KNUCKLES - Pools of F***ery Deathmatch [FULL MATCH"</a>. November 11, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 20,</span> 2022</span> – via <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=AKIRA+vs+MICKIE+KNUCKLES+-+Pools+of+F%2A%2A%2Aery+Deathmatch+%5BFULL+MATCH&rft.date=2021-11-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DJHGVILjd55w&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PS112-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-PS112_86-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMartin,_Finn2003" class="citation news cs1">Martin, Finn (October 22, 2003). "Power Slam Magazine, issue 112". <i>"Boldberg grabs gold" (Unforgiven 2003)</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 10,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=WWE%27s+Texas+Death+Match+Has+A+Long+History+-+Atletifo&rft.date=2023-03-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fatletifo.com%2Ffeatures%2Fwwe-texas-death-match%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-88"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-88">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p.265)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-89"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-89">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/tnappv/sacrifice07.html">"Sacrifice 2007 results"</a>. Online World of Wrestling. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070629230936/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/tnappv/sacrifice07.html">Archived</a> from the original on June 29, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 29,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Sacrifice+2007+results&rft.pub=Online+World+of+Wrestling&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlineworldofwrestling.com%2Fresults%2Ftnappv%2Fsacrifice07.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-90"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-90">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Archived at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/vSgnaSyjT9M">Ghostarchive</a> and the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171229031114/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSgnaSyjT9M&gl=US&hl=en">Wayback Machine</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSgnaSyjT9M">"Video"</a>. <i>www.youtube.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 4,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.youtube.com&rft.atitle=Video&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DvSgnaSyjT9M&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-91"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-91">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/1999123m.htm">"Monday Nitro results – December 20, 1999"</a>. DDT Digest. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 15,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Inside+WWE+%3E+Specialty+Matches%3A+TLC+match&rft.pub=WWE&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wwe.com%2Finside%2Fspecialtymatches%2Ftlcmatch&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-146"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-146">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShieldsSullivan2009" class="citation book cs1">Shields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/wweencyclopediad0000shie/page/144"><i>WWE Encyclopedia</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Dorling_Kindersley" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorling Kindersley">DK</a>. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/wweencyclopediad0000shie/page/144">144</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7566-4190-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7566-4190-0"><bdi>978-0-7566-4190-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=WWE+Encyclopedia&rft.pages=144&rft.pub=DK&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0-7566-4190-0&rft.aulast=Shields&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft.au=Sullivan%2C+Kevin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fwweencyclopediad0000shie%2Fpage%2F144&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-147"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-147">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/2000012t.htm">"Thunder results – January 12, 2000"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 14,</span> 2007</span>. <q>Match #5</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Thunder+results+%E2%80%93+January+12%2C+2000&rft.pub=DDT+Digest&rft.date=2000-01-12&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ddtdigest.com%2Fupdates%2F2000012t.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-148"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-148">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFZimmerman1999" class="citation web cs1">Zimmerman, Chris (December 27, 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://slashwrestling.com/raw/991227.html">"RAW results – December 27, 1999"</a>. [slash] wrestling. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927212556/http://slashwrestling.com/raw/991227.html">Archived</a> from the original on September 27, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 14,</span> 2007</span>. <q>MANKIND [...] v. LA ROCA in a "pink slip on a pole" match</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=RAW+results+%E2%80%93+December+27%2C+1999&rft.pub=%5Bslash%5D+wrestling&rft.date=1999-12-27&rft.aulast=Zimmerman&rft.aufirst=Chris&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fslashwrestling.com%2Fraw%2F991227.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-149"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-149">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/tnappv/genesis05.html">"Genesis 2005 results"</a>. Online World of Wrestling. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070930215955/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/tnappv/genesis05.html">Archived</a> from the original on September 30, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 14,</span> 2007</span>. <q>HOCKEY STICK STREET FIGHT: 3-Live Krew defeated Team Canada with Kip James as referee..</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Genesis+2005+results&rft.pub=Online+World+of+Wrestling&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlineworldofwrestling.com%2Fresults%2Ftnappv%2Fgenesis05.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-150"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-150">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ddtdigest.com/updates/2000095m.htm">"WCW Nitro results – October 2, 2000"</a>. DDT Digest. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 14,</span> 2007</span>. <q>Match #8: Jeff Jarrett vs. Booker T. in a San Francisco 49'ers Match for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Title</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=WCW+Nitro+results+%E2%80%93+October+2%2C+2000&rft.pub=DDT+Digest&rft.date=2000-10-02&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fddtdigest.com%2Fupdates%2F2000095m.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-151"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-151">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/tnaimpact/061102.html">"iMPACT! results – November 2, 2006"</a>. Online World of Wrestling. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 14,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=iMPACT%21+results+%E2%80%93+November+2%2C+2006&rft.pub=Online+World+of+Wrestling&rft.date=2006-11-02&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlineworldofwrestling.com%2Fresults%2Ftnaimpact%2F061102.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-152"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-152">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/080107.html">"RAW results – January 7, 2008"</a>. Online World of Wrestling. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 5,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=RAW+results+%E2%80%93+January+7%2C+2008&rft.pub=Online+World+of+Wrestling&rft.date=2008-01-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlineworldofwrestling.com%2Fresults%2Fraw%2F080107.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-153"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-153">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP2BlWX8OvA">"Straitjacket Match: Mr. Anderson vs. Samuel Shaw (April 3, 2014)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160309023243/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP2BlWX8OvA">Archived</a> from the original on March 9, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 5,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=YouTube&rft.atitle=Straitjacket+Match%3A+Mr.+Anderson+vs.+Samuel+Shaw+%28April+3%2C+2014%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DFP2BlWX8OvA&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-154"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-154">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShieldsSullivan2009" class="citation book cs1">Shields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/wweencyclopediad0000shie/page/290"><i>WWE Encyclopedia</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Dorling_Kindersley" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorling Kindersley">DK</a>. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/wweencyclopediad0000shie/page/290">290</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7566-4190-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7566-4190-0"><bdi>978-0-7566-4190-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=WWE+Encyclopedia&rft.pages=290&rft.pub=DK&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0-7566-4190-0&rft.aulast=Shields&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft.au=Sullivan%2C+Kevin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fwweencyclopediad0000shie%2Fpage%2F290&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-155"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-155">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wwe.com/inside/specialtymatches/strapmatch">"Inside WWE > Specialty Matches: Strap match"</a>. WWE. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080319081021/http://www.wwe.com/inside/specialtymatches/strapmatch">Archived</a> from the original on March 19, 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 17,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Inside+WWE+%3E+Specialty+Matches%3A+Strap+match&rft.pub=WWE&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wwe.com%2Finside%2Fspecialtymatches%2Fstrapmatch&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-156"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-156">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ddtdigest.com/updates/2000082p.htm">"New Blood Rising 2000 results"</a>. DDT Digest. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030158/http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/2000082p.htm">Archived</a> from the original on July 4, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 17,</span> 2007</span>. <q>Match 5: Strap match — Shane Douglas (w/Torrie Wilson) vs. Kidman[...]Kidman pins Douglas.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=New+Blood+Rising+2000+results&rft.pub=DDT+Digest&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fddtdigest.com%2Fupdates%2F2000082p.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-157"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-157">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wwe.com/videos/big-show-spears-erick-rowan-through-a-pile-of-steel-stairs-wwe-tlc-2014">"Big Show spears Erick Rowan through a pile of steel stairs: WWE TLC 2014"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Big+Show+spears+Erick+Rowan+through+a+pile+of+steel+stairs%3A+WWE+TLC+2014&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wwe.com%2Fvideos%2Fbig-show-spears-erick-rowan-through-a-pile-of-steel-stairs-wwe-tlc-2014&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-158"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-158">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2020/11/wwe-announces-jeff-hardy-vs-elias-in-a-symphony-of-677476/">"WWE Announces Jeff Hardy Vs. Elias In A Symphony Of Destruction For Tonight's RAW"</a>. <i>Wrestling Inc</i>. November 30, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Wrestling+Inc.&rft.atitle=WWE+Announces+Jeff+Hardy+Vs.+Elias+In+A+Symphony+Of+Destruction+For+Tonight%27s+RAW&rft.date=2020-11-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wrestlinginc.com%2Fnews%2F2020%2F11%2Fwwe-announces-jeff-hardy-vs-elias-in-a-symphony-of-677476%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-159"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-159">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wwe.com/inside/specialtymatches/tablesmatch">"Inside WWE > Specialty Matches: Tables match"</a>. WWE. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080331115757/http://www.wwe.com/inside/specialtymatches/tablesmatch">Archived</a> from the original on March 31, 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 15,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Inside+WWE+%3E+Specialty+Matches%3A+Tables+match&rft.pub=WWE&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wwe.com%2Finside%2Fspecialtymatches%2Ftablesmatch&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-160"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-160">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/tnaimpact/061116.html">"iMPACT! – November 16, 2006"</a>. Online World of Wrestling. November 16, 2006. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070703170014/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/tnaimpact/061116.html">Archived</a> from the original on July 3, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 15,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=iMPACT%21+%E2%80%93+November+16%2C+2006&rft.pub=Online+World+of+Wrestling&rft.date=2006-11-16&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlineworldofwrestling.com%2Fresults%2Ftnaimpact%2F061116.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProfessional+wrestling+match+types" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-161"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-161">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/020124.html">"SmackDown! results – January 24, 2002"</a>. Online World of Wrestling. 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