Match Types
2 out of 3 Falls - First person to score two victories wins. Gimmicks may
apply to this match (Cage, Hardcore, etc.).
Ambulance - First person to throw their opponent into the back of an ambulance
wins.
Bar Room Brawl - Hardcore match which starts in a bar.
Battle Royal - Throw your opponent over the top rope, last man standing is the
winner. There can also be Tag Team Battle Royals, where if one member of a tag
team is eliminated, the whole team is eliminated.
Bikini Match - Women only, judges vote for the winner.
Boiler Room Brawl - First person to escape from the Boiler Room wins. Hardcore
rules apply.
Bra and Panties (Evening Gown) - Women only, strip your opponent down to her
bra and panties or evening gown to win.
Buried Alive - First person to bury their opponent in a hole (grave size) is
the winner.
Cage - Match takes place in a 15 foot steel cage with an open top. Winner may
climb over the top or escape from the door to win. In some cases, pinfalls and
submissions are allowed.
Casket - First person to throw their opponent in a casket and shut the lid is
the winner.
Chain (Strap, Collar) - Wrestlers are tied together somehow. First person to
touch the four turnbuckles is the winner.
Dumpster - Lock your opponent in the dumpster and you're the winner. You can
also have tag team dumpster matches were you lock a tag team in the dumpster,
and a flaming dumpster match were you lock your opponent in and set it
un-fire.
Elimination - When a wrestler is pinned he loses and goes backstage, while the
others continue until there is one winner. You can also have tag team
elimination, where if one member of a tag team is eliminated, the whole team
is eliminated.
Empty Arena - Hardcore match in an empty arena with no fans live.
Falls Count Anywhere - Pins or Submissions apply anywhere. Hardcore rules
usually apply.
Fatal Four-Way - First person to score a pinfall/submission wins. Elimination
rules may apply.
First Blood - First person to bleed loses.
Flag - First person to capture the other opponent(s) flag is the winner.
Gauntlet - A wrestler (or tag team) has to face several wrestlers, one on one,
until all of them are eliminated. If the wrestler is 'running the gauntlet',
and is eliminated by another person, he loses.
Hardcore (No Holds Barred) - Must force your opponent to submit or pin them.
You can use any weapon you want, anything goes.
Hell in a Cell - Defeat your opponent in a twenty foot high cage (with a roof)
via pinfall or submission. Cage surrounds the ring.
I Quit - Force your opponent to say the words "I Quit" to win.
Inferno - Fire surrounds the ring. Set your opponent un-fire to win.
Inter-gender Tag - Regular tag team match, however it's man/woman vs.
man/woman. In some cases, the women can only fight the women, and the men can
only fight the men.
Iron Man - Most wins (pinfalls/submissions) in a specified period of time
wins. Match is usually an hour long.
Ladder - Wrestler has to climb the ladder and retrieve the item (belt or money
usually) to win.
Last Man Standing (Death Match) - Match continues until a wrestler can't get
up after ten seconds. Hardcore rules apply.
Lions Den - Wrestlers fight in the Lions Den (UFC Octagon Cage). Opponent must
submit for wrestler to win.
Lumberjack - Other wrestlers surround the ring. When a wrestler is sent out of
the ring, the lumberjacks (wrestlers on the outside) can beat the wrestler up.
One on One - Standard match, winner may win via DQ, count-out, pinfall or
submission.
Pole - There is a pole on one of the turnbuckles with an object hanging
from/sitting on a platform. Retrieve the item (and in some cases, use it) and
you win.
Pool (Gravy Bowl, Mud, Eggnog, etc.) - Women only, pin your opponent in a pool
filled with water (gravy, mud, eggnog, jello, whatever) to win.
Scaffold - Fight on a catwalk high above the ring until a person falls off.
Winner is the wrestler left standing.
Submission - Force your opponent to tap out and you win.
Table - Put your opponent(s) through a table to win. In a tag team table
match, both members of a tag team have to be put through a table. When one
member from the tag team has been put through the table, he can't do anything
to help his partner.
Tag Team - Two teams of two wrestlers face each other, while only one member
from each team can face one member from the other team. Interference from the
other member will not disqualify the team, however they will be sent back to
the corner.
TLC (Tables, Ladders and Chairs) - Hardcore match with various tag teams.
First person to get the belts hanging above the ring wins.
TLCC (Tables, Ladders, Chairs and Canes) - Refer to TLC match.
Triple Cage - Wrestler must climb to the top of three cages stacked on top of
each other to win the match (and/or the belt).
Triple Threat - One fall match, three wrestlers fight all at once. First
person to score a pinfall/submission is the winner.
Turmoil - Multiple Tag Team (or Wrestler) match. There cannot be more than two
wrestlers (one from each team) in the ring at a time. A new team enters after
one has been eliminated, until there is one final team.
War Games - Cage match with a bunch of wrestlers. Tag team rules may apply as
well.
