Back in simpler times, when kayfabe was still alive and wrestlers protected the business over their own children, there was no need for wacky stipulations and over-the-top gimmicks to sell a feud, and the cage match a simple, bog standard cage match was the perfect climax to a red hot feud. There was nowhere for the slippery heel to go, and no way for their henchmen or employees to interfere: the fan favourite had the bad guy just where he wanted him. But if thats the case if the cage was intended to make sure there was nothing between the two rivals but sweat and animosity then why is escaping the cage one of the stipulated ways in which you can win a cage match? Its ridiculous. Youve got the hated heel cornered inside a structure designed to make sure he cant get away and then made him getting away one of the ways in which he can actually legally win the match. Whats more, you yourself the courageous babyface can win the match if you ignore all of the effort its taken to get your enemy here to this time and place, turn your back on him and climb out yourself. In a normal match, if the heel decides to run off, the babyface wins but not here. Its completely counterintuitive, and the rule renders the whole point of the cage match meaningless. In a match specifically designed to prevent that kind of inconclusive finish, theyve made that inconclusive finish a conclusive victory.
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