10 OTHER Gimmick Matches WWE Needs To Revisit

Bear with me here.

Both Punjabi Prison matches were only good if you're particularly disposed to enjoying cr*p wrestling. It really didn't help that the two bamboo cages converged to form a structure that almost completely obscured the actual wrestling. That might have been for the best.

Moreover, the aura surrounding it is one of face-palming failure, given that the man around whom it was built - the Great Khali - was both a) spectacularly ill-suited to climbing and b) didn't even turn up for the debut iteration because he had elevated enzymes in his liver.

The Punjabi Prison was conceived as a "demonic structure" of which WWE is so enamoured, but really, it was just hell to sit through both versions without tongue wedged firmly in cheek. But all is not lost. WWE has a new top villain of Indian descent in dire need of a more powerful brand beyond his tired anti-American spiel, and exhuming the Prison as his signature match might yet put him over as a special attraction - provided WWE doesn't give up on his push after a couple of months.

Jinder Mahal isn't very good between the ropes. He managed to botch a twelve minute match opposite super-worker Sami Zayn. But he can climb, and he isn't totally immobile, so he might get something out of a stipulation with only the faintest glimmer of promise.

Probably more than a straight singles match, anyway.