Hello all! There have been a lot of great threads on here, but this one finally made me sign up. I agree with a lot of what has been said in here, some great opinions. So here's my 2 cents:
Steel Cage Match -- overused, but the way it is used is terrible. The door exit should not even exist in my opinion. It was always the cheapest exit for the heel to take. The true winner of this match should be the one who has the strength to climb up and over. There should be no pinfalls in this match either. The deal is you must escape from the cage, and be in some shape to do it, and beat the snot out of your opponent to where they cannot stop you. No door!
Last Man Standing -- overused, I agree. We only see this match with main event level players (of course), but I think the problem with the match is who is in it. If I see HHH or Cena in another I turn the channel. Slow, boring matches.
Triple Threat -- I forget who said it, but they hit the nail on the head when they mentioned the 3rd Man is always the one to take the fall (They mentioned HHH vs. Orton, HHH vs. Orton, then HHH vs. Orton vs. Cena with Orton pinning Cena). We usually know who the fall man is, and that makes the match creditless. What would spice up that match and make if far more credible is if one had to pin/submit BOTH the other competitors. If someone is beaten twice, they are eliminated and must leave the ring.
Ex. HHH vs. Cena vs. Orton.
HHH pins Orton first, meaning HHH only needs to pin Cena to win the match. Orton will do anything to stop it. Orton pins HHH. Now both are gunning for Cena. Cena pins Orton. Orton is elminated and must leave--no surprise run ins. Cena pins HHH, thus winning. THAT is a good match, and gives ring psychology immediately.
Fatal Four Way -- bad idea. One pin and this is over? No way. I remember they did it right at WM XX. Four opponents. If one is pinned, they are eliminated and sent to the back. There are 3 falls in this match, not one. Or else this is glorified version of the bad triple threat. Even if you have one pin, don't make it cheap. I mean, was anyone else ticked off at TNA Sacrifice that Foley didn't LOSE the TNA title? What a scam. That is why I don't buy TNA anymore.
Elimination Chamber -- good idea, and I do agree it should not be for a title. It should be on a fixed PPV to make a #1 contender. A test by trials. It should be used once a year only.
Ladder Match -- I love them. Yes they are used too often and they are getting a little predictable. This is one brutal match, and scary. This is probably the most injury-prone match in the entire scope of matches. This is the match where my heart has stopped due to fear for the competitors (ahem...Shelton Benjamin MITB at WM...dude, I thought you killed yourself). While the spots are getting harder to be unique, I think the problems with the match are with who is in it. AJ Styles/RVD/Christian/Hardyz/Edge = great at them. Remember the Edge/Cena ladder match from a few years ago? Cena=bad at ladder matches. That is why he hasn't been in one since. Mark Henry in a ladder match at WM?...um...can he even climb a ladder? You get my point.
Iron Man: Definitely needs to be used more. Whether it is 30 or 60 minutes, it is a test of who can survive and who has the heart/stamina. Hart/HBK was a great match, and there have been more since. The planning for this kind of match is torturous to the performers. But when pulled off, the entire crowd is on its feet and both men get credibility. Out of all the wrestlers, I want to see CM Punk and Jeff Hardy try this one. They want to prove who is better/who deserves the title? Will Hardy burn out before time is up? Can CM Punk beat a pissed off Hardy? Do this at NoC or SS.
Stuff on a pole match -- meh. It was never good. Ditch them all together.
War Games -- now THIS was a great concept. McMahon supposedly hates it. Why they cannot pull off this match is obvious....no factions. They need factions with 4 or 5 members strong to pull it off. It does eat up about 40 minutes as well (20 to get people in the ring, 20 to finish). But I saw War Games 1 and 2 a few years ago and was just blown away.
Hell In A Cell -- Use it less. Once a year at most. When it first was introduced, we were treated to awesome matches. Now it is just a match inside of a cage. When the action goes to the outside of the ring, the crowd loses interest. No one goes on top of the cage anymore, and no one gets thrown off the cage anymore. Great for videogames, but boring in real life as long as its PG 13. Although Edge vs. Taker in a cell was awesome.
Table Match -- do you only need the Dudleys/Team 3D to have this match?? Get the tables! More tables!
No DQ matches -- aka cheap loss match. They use one chair, the championship belt, maybe a ring bell...then Legacy or some other heel comes in, beats the snot out of the face, and they lose. Its the standard title change match. This kind of match only had integrity when the Hardcore title was still around, because you would know that everything under the sun would be used. This is the most overused gimmick match in the past 5 years.
Handicap matches -- no problem with them. They are meant to make the heels have the advantage. But it gets stupid with 3 vs 1 matches, or 4 vs 2. There should only be a one person difference, or something with meaning. A 5 vs. 2 (ahem Spirit Squad vs. DX with DX winning....) is just ******ed.
Scramble match: Unique idea, but screwjob city. Always always always there is someone who takes away the win from the rightful winner in the last 3 seconds. (*cough* Triple H *cough*). To give this some integrity have someone get the pin and hold off the rest for the last 5 minutes.
Buried Alive/Inferno Matches -- these are wrestler specific, just like Casket Matches. You need Taker or Kane. No one else can do them. These are few and far between. Although I would love to see Cena get buried alive by Taker...or The Miz...haha
I Quit Match -- having a mic held up every 5 seconds is annoying. Just tapping out in a good ol' submission match is all you need. To fill it with dialogue sometimes kills it. We audience/viewers should understand the story in the ring without it. Rey/Chavo tried it, meh. Jeff/Matt tried it. Remember Foley vs. Rock like 10 years ago? It was such a setup with the pre-recorded "I Quit I Quit I Quit" dubbed in. Nice try, not a success. Just tap out. Not overused, just not necessary.
I think I hit em all...This concludes my rant.
