Some of these gimmicks looked great on paper but were poor in execution.  Some were just fucking awful.  Today we look at 5 of the worst cage match concepts in wrestling.

5.  Punjabi Prison

You know what would make for a dangerous match?  Sticks.  No really, big long sticks surrounding the ring.  Not to say that an actual Punjabi prison would be any fun.  I picture shoots of bamboo driven underneath fingernails.  However, this match is not it.  Its also one of the only matches to be created for one person, then have that one person unable to compete in the match.  The Great Khali was not medically cleared to wrestle in this match due to high enzyme levels.  Not as high as the mind of whoever created this travesty.

4.  Electric chair match

Well, technically this was a Chamber of Horrors match.  The match ended when someone was put into the electric chair in the middle of the ring, and one of their opponents flipped the switch and “electrified” the other wrestler.  This would have looked a little more dramatic if the switch had stayed upright.  Throughout the match, referees officials and wrestlers are seen putting the switch back in the “off” position.  The fireworks were a nice touch though.  Well, probably not a nice touch on Abdullah’s skin but other than that.

3.  Tower of Doom

Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage took on the Alliance to End Hulkamania.  Yeah.  The group consisted of Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Meng, the Barbarian, Lex Luger, Kevin Sullivan, Z-Gangster (Zeus from WWF fame), and the Ultimate Solution (Bane from Batman and Robin movie).  This match happened at WCW Uncensored 1996.  The Four Horsemen and the Dungeon of Doom teamed up to eradicate Hulkamania from World Championship Wrestling.   What better way to eliminate a force than in a three tiered steel cage with new opponents in each level.  Oh, and I think there were weapons involved too.  All of this featuring wrestlers who are old now and were old then too.

2. Lion’s Den Match

Owen Hart took on UFC fighter Ken Shamrock way back at SummerSlam 1998.  At the time, WWE was the king of PPVs and people used UFC to get famous enough for WWE to notice them.  Ah, those were the days.  It was a large cage, with walls that slanted outwards.  Not that they put this around the regular wrestling ring.  No, this was a separate structure built off to the side.  Way off to the side.  It was in another building!  So all the fans had the privledge of paying to watch a show that’s taking place next door!  Oh, but its alright you get to see one shitty match live!  Its two, two terrible concepts in one!

1.  Kennel From Hell, WWE Unforgiven 1999

The “Pimp My Ride” of wrestling matches.  Yo, we heard you like cages.  So we’re going to put a cage inside of a  cage.  And in between the two cages?  Fucking dogs.  Oh, and all of this was the culmination of a feud in which the Big Boss Man cooked Al Snow’s dog, Pepper.  The Attitude Era, it wasn’t all awesome.