10 Best Old School WWE Cage Matches

10. Edge Vs. Christian (Rebellion 2001)

Following St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the WWF returned to the more ominous and violent-looking mesh cage, the black bars apparently not providing enough attitude for their new demographic. Coupled with the more frequent use of Hell in a Cell, it seemed that the blue-barred cage was consigned to the past with Virgil.

However, there was still one more old school cage match left for the history books. For the U.K.-only pay-per-view Rebellion in November 2001, Intercontinental champion Edge was booked against his then-storyline brother Christian inside a cage. As Edge has since recounted, the WWF had yet to get one of the new mesh cages to the UK, so the pair had to go old-school.

It was a dispiriting way to see out the old cage, on one of the neglected UK-only pay-per-views as part of a disappointing feud. But, Edge and Christian were two of the best workers in the company and they sent the old school cage out on a high with a big-bumping match. It was a far cry from the structure's loft legacy which had seen it headline WrestleMania, but in a world of ever-more complicated cage stipulations, the simple effectiveness of the old school cage is missed.