You really have to start wondering why there even is a cage match in wrestling anymore. The original idea was that it kept both competitors inside the ring and everyone else out, allowing the two gladiators to slug it out to a finish. It often was used to end feuds, not start them. But in recent years, we have consistently seen outsiders find their way into the cage to interfere, thus rendering the cage largely useless. Sundays WWE World Heavyweight Championship match between Seth Rollins and Randy Orton was a perfect example of this, as Kane, Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury all found their way into the ring, leading to an extremely confusing end to the match. With one stipulation already cast aside, they quickly upped the ante by having Orton hit an RKO on Kane, and Rollins hitting an RKO on Orton in a match where the RKO was supposedly banned and the referee allowing it. Even the announcers were thoroughly confused. Did Orton lose because he used the RKO first, even though it wasnt used on his opponent? Did Rollins lose because it was the move that was banned, not Orton from using it? All of this will probably set up a rematch at Payback next month, but right now, the main event of a PPV ended with more confusion than clarity. Thats rarely a good thing.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
