10 Relatively Unheralded Matches Worth A WWE Network Revisit

10. Shane Helms & Shannon Moore Vs. Kaz Hayashi & Yun Yang Vs. Evan Karagias & Jamie Noble - WCW StarrCade 2000

WCW was in total free-fall by the time they presented this ladder match, the bizarre set-up of which had to be transcended by the six men involved.

Despite being contested between three tag teams, who were all introduced as such, the aim of the match was to win contendership for Chavo Guerrero, Jr.'s singles Cruiserweight crown. The logic is difficult to parse, but the action is sublime to take in. Marred ever so slightly by some timing errors in the opening moments, all six men regain their composure quickly enough to assemble a thrilling collection of sequences.

Strategy is even considered by Helms and Moore, who retrieve a ladder they'd stashed under the ring as the rest of the field fight each other off in their attempts to capture their own from the entrance ramp. That's about the extent of the psychology, but they differentiate their six man ladder match from those made famous by the Hardy Boyz et al. that same year with some unique bridged ladder spots, which are atypically uncontrived.

The ladder gimmick while not the invention is nonetheless the preserve of WWE, in which it has been used to catapult some of its greatest stars to lasting stardom. While WCW always struggled with that aspect of it, their entries to the genre canon are not inconsiderable.