10 OTHER Gimmick Matches WWE Needs To Revisit

10. Championship Scramble

The Championship Scramble match was the brainchild of vaunted wrestling mind Pat Patterson - but for whatever reason, it's considered the red-headed stepkid to his Royal Rumble golden boy.

The match isn't as good as the January Classic, obviously - but then again, what is? The structures are fairly similar in that action and suspense is guaranteed throughout the duration. But, unlike the Rumble, which naturally sags when the jobbers permeate the middle stretch, the Scramble match never lulled. At its best - and evidence is unfortunately fleeting - the match was all-action, fusing the best elements of the furious multi-man genre with inherent suspense and the most major of stakes.

It's not clear why WWE has failed to revisit it in recent years. The Interim Champion stuff - i.e., whomever scored the last fall was awarded the gold on a temporary basis - wasn't confusing so much as it was unnecessary. Perhaps explaining it away caused headaches, which is odd. Michael Cole, with his endless exposition, does little else.

Drawing a line under the convoluted nature of it all with a more direct approach to marketing, and perhaps the match itself (couldn't everyone just start in the ring at the same time?) would be enough to revive a promising and under-utilised (if flawed) sub-genre.