7 Wrestling Cage Matches That Did Nothing For The Winner
They may have survived their surroundings but that's about it....
On the June 27 edition of Smackdown Live, current WWE champion Jinder Mahal announced that he would be defending his title against Randy Orton in a punjabi prison match, to the excitement of very few, if any dedicated WWE fans who've had to live through the past two editions of this cage match.
A creation of The Great Khali -- who didn't even participate in the original match due to elevated liver enzymes -- the punjabi prison debuted at The Great American Bash 2006. The following year, Khali finally stepped into his own playground in a losing effort to Batista at No Mercy, a 14-minute contest that did nothing for either competitor.
With the bamboo-style cage match returning after a decades hiatus, it seems only fit to look back at some other cage matches where, despite claiming victory, the winner didn't come out smelling like a rose.
7. Bobby Lashley - Extreme Elimination Chamber (December To Dismember '06)
This match, as well as this entire pay-per-view was doomed almost from the start due to poor booking. It stands as the worst bought PPV in WWE history, with just 52,000 buys and for just reasoning.
The story goes, in the main event, Paul Heyman had booked CM Punk winning the ECW Title in the chamber match, but Vince said no, he wanted Lashley. Heyman succumbed, but wanted it to at least come down to Punk and Lashley. Vince said no, as it had to be Lashley dominating.
In the end, Punk was eliminated first and Lashley won, to the disdain of Heyman as well as the fans, in what was a sluggish, sloppy display that also featured Test, The Big Show, Hardcore Holly and... oh right.... Rob Van Dam.