10 Most Overrated (And Overused) WWE Gimmick Matches
8. Last Man Standing
One of WWE's favourite fall-backs when a feud needs concluding without use of a metal surround, the Last Man Standing match became the destination for hard-hitting weapons brawls mostly kept absent from the product in the PG era.
Ironically though, despite dutifully fulfilling its role as a decider between two fierce rivals, it's one of many on this list guaranteed to rob the audience of a pinfall or submission finish in the payoff.
With the winner having to subdue the loser long enough to stay down for a ten count though, the creative well appears to have ran dry in keeping the blockbuster contest interesting.
Outside of the occasional super stunt (such as the falls Batista and Ryback took against John Cena, or that Cena himself experienced against Edge), it has become almost impossible to suspend disbelief that men will stay down for the count thanks to the bar being raised so high in regular singles matches.
Also, the frequency of use has greatly diminished anticipation too, with only ten Last Man Standing matches occurring in the gimmick's first seven years, before the floodgates opened with a whopping twenty five more in the last decade.