10 Most Ridiculous Variations Of WWE Matches

The original cage matches were designed so that nobody could weasel out of the fight and no one on the outside could interfere. Eventually, WWE changed it so that to win the match, you had to escape the cage first, which generated classics such as Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart at SummerSlam 1994. At some point, it was decided that cage matches could end via escape, or pinfall or submission. And since the cage has a door with an attendant, and is open-air, its function as an enclosure is completely useless.

It’s especially egregious when it’s used to blow off a feud. For example, in 2013, Triple H and Brock Lesnar finished their trilogy with a cage match at Extreme Rules. Here were two behemoths ready to kill each other, and a few minutes in, they’re trying to win by just walking out of the cage. It’s fine to have matches that are only won via escape, but the fact that WWE try to add pins and submissions to the equation means it’s hard to take cage matches seriously anymore.