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10. Ladder Match

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Continuing with innovative gimmick matches, it is a timely time to talk about what is considered the very first ladder match. WWE Money in the Bank is live this coming Sunday, and whilst matches that involve folk desperately climbing ladders are somewhat commonplace today, that hasn't always been the case.

The concept of the ladder match is thought to have been conceived in Stampede Wrestling, the famous wrestling promotion in Calgary, Canada. As for the first ladder match, well, this is considered to have taken place in September 1972, with Dan Kroffat and Tor Kamata the two men taking part. The prize they were trying to claim wasn't a title, merely a wad of money.

We've come a long way to Ambrose vs. Owens vs. Zayn vs. Cesaro vs. Jericho vs. Del Rio this Sunday.

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