The Worst Gimmick Match Concept Ever

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Anything that isn't a cage match (you can include hell in a cell as a cage match), Death Match/Last Man Standing, I Quit match, Ladder Match or No Holds Barred match.

When you add any gimmick beyond that, it is just ridiculous. I know the dudleyz and hardys had a great tables match at the rumble in 2000 for instance, but the stipulation is fucking idiotic. A guy goes through the table and he loses? What does that do for anyone? It's almost completely up to chance.

A Casket match? Okay well let's just murder fuck kayfabe and make our product look as dumb as possible.

An inferno match? What the absolute hell is that? Why are pro wrestlers on the biggest stage lighting themselves on fire?

A buried alive match?... oh wait three of these four stips have to do with the Undertaker and they're fucking stupid.

When you book a gimmick match that hinders the bell-to-bell of a match in benefits nobody and makes no sense. How can these issues not just be solved at the start by a standard wrestling match and if the feud gets heated up, a classic gimmick match like I listed in the first paragraph? Nothing needs to be on a pole, nobody needs to be stuffed in a casket and people should only lose when they actually lose... not from falling through or off of something, or bleeding.

God wrestling is dumb sometimes.

[CSL]

Originally Posted by Gorgeous Dale Newstead Anything that isn't a cage match (you can include hell in a cell as a cage match), Death Match/Last Man Standing, I Quit match, Ladder Match or No Holds Barred match. When you add any gimmick beyond that, it is just ridiculous. I know the dudleyz and hardys had a great tables match at the rumble in 2000 for instance, but the stipulation is fucking idiotic. A guy goes through the table and he loses? What does that do for anyone? It's almost completely up to chance. A Casket match? Okay well let's just murder fuck kayfabe and make our product look as dumb as possible. An inferno match? What the absolute hell is that? Why are pro wrestlers on the biggest stage lighting themselves on fire? A buried alive match?... oh wait three of these four stips have to do with the Undertaker and they're fucking stupid. When you book a gimmick match that hinders the bell-to-bell of a match in benefits nobody and makes no sense. How can these issues not just be solved at the start by a standard wrestling match and if the feud gets heated up, a classic gimmick match like I listed in the first paragraph? Nothing needs to be on a pole, nobody needs to be stuffed in a casket and people should only lose when they actually lose... not from falling through or off of something, or bleeding. God wrestling is dumb sometimes.

wrestling is dumb all of the time, especially when you break it down that much. An inferno match, a casket match, they're no worse than throwing somebody at the ropes and that person actually bouncing back towards them or all of Mark Henry's matches lasting longer than 30 seconds because he didn't just pin somebody to the floor and use his strength and weight to hold them there. It doesn't matter how stupid the gimmick is as long as it's simple and entertaining.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Originally Posted by CSL wrestling is dumb all of the time, especially when you break it down that much. An inferno match, a casket match, they're no worse than throwing somebody at the ropes and that person actually bouncing back towards them or all of Mark Henry's matches lasting longer than 30 seconds because he didn't just pin somebody to the floor and use his strength and weight to hold them there. It doesn't matter how stupid the gimmick is as long as it's simple and entertaining.

How dare you challenge me?

But actually you're not wrong.

I just find those matches don't add anything. I find you can add plenty of silliness, entertainment value and campiness with the bare bones stuff I mentioned. I find the problem with wrestling is that "It's all been done", so it's hard to make stuff mean anything. I come from the belief that in wrasslin', less is more.

But in this case, I will have to agree, if it works it works. I just find for the most part, those cheesy shitty gimmick matches don't work, because they're too convoluted and often times ruin your suspension of disbelief.