10 Dumb Stipulation Matches WWE Should Never Book Again

The Great Khali wasn't enough of an attraction on his own, it seems.

WWE booked the 7-foot Indian superstar like an absolute monster when he burst onto SmackDown! in 2006. Khali beat everyone from Mark Henry to the Undertaker, blazing a path through the roster like a man of his stature should. But when he and Taker were set to faceoff at that year's Great American Bash, WWE creative escalated the feud to a groan-inducing level with the introduction of the Punjabi Prison.

Basically a double cage match, with the bars being made out of "steel-reinforced bamboo" (whatever that means), the Punjabi Prison had an extremely complicated escape scenario involving four doors open for only 60 seconds each and a slew of primal weapons for combatants to torture each other with. It was also impossible to see through. When the match finally made it to pay-per-view, Khali wasn't even cleared to compete, and Big Show replaced him in one of the most frustratingly shot matches to air on WWE programming.

WWE seem to have realized how innately silly the concept is. When they revived it in 2017 to help put over the Randy Orton vs. Jinder Mahal WWE Championship match, there was an element of absurdity in the presentation. The Punjabi Playboy even made a cameo, but he's not looking as menacing in his middle age. Neither is his signature match, so maybe it's time to relegate the bamboo to the WWE warehouse for good.