10 Forgotten WWE Match Types

2. Bodyslam Challenge

One of the highest profile matches from the very first WrestleMania was a Bodyslam Challenge where Big John Studd, managed by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, challenged Andre The Giant. Similar to the Finishing Move Match discussed earlier, this match would only end when one man bodyslammed the other. Studd and Heenan also put up $10,000 saying that Andre could have it if he was able to slam Studd, which he, naturally, did end up doing. Although technically not a single "match", Yokozuna allowed a number of fellow superstars and athletes from other professional sports to try and bodyslam the WWF Champion on the USS Intrepid on July 4, 1993. This was the big kickoff to Lex Luger's huge babyface push as an All-American patriot after he was the first wrestler to ever bodyslam Yokozuna on WWE television. Vince McMahon has always loved big men, so it's surprising to see this match type not utilized more often. Like most stipulation matches, this isn't one that should be rolled out every few months, but this is a unique event that, for a unique character, would help to establish the selected superstar as the next big monster of WWE. It's a simple and quick angle that always has impact and it features a superstar-making moment built-in as an eventual payoff.