WWE: 10 Most Inappropriate Stipulation Matches Ever

3. Scaffold Match

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3uvo4_dreamer-v-brian-lee-scaffold-match_news What better way to maintain the safety of the wrestlers that work for you than by putting them on an inches-wide scaffold some 30-feet in the air and ending the match when one man crashes to the mat below? It sure seemed like a good idea for an attraction in 1971 when Jerry Jarrett defeated Don Greene in Memphis. That territory introduced and popularized the match, promoting three of them before any of the other, more prominent companies in North America even attempted to. Jarrett and Greene, along with Koko B Ware, Bill Dundee and "Dirty" Dutch Mantell, helped lay the groundwork for the contest while it was the Midnight Express and the Road Warriors that took it national with their bout at Starrcade 1986: Night of the Skywalkers. Over the years, promotions such as WCW and ECW promoted Scaffold matches but Vince McMahon's WWE distanced themselves from it. Why subject talent to a match in which more could go wrong than right? The fact of the matter is that the Scaffold match is among the most dangerous in professional wrestling history. The fall from the narrow platform could badly injure or even kill a man if they hit the mat the wrong way. What if the rigging gave way? How would a promotion spin the story to the press when they have to explain why two (or more) of their stars are laid up in the hospital with serious injuries due to a match that never should have happened in the first place? At one time, before health and safety of the wrestlers was of the utmost importance, it was a great way to draw a house and make money. But today, promoters and smarter and recognize the importance of keeping their stars healthy and available. Scaffold matches are a thing of the past and that most certainly is not a bad thing.