Crash Holly, Innovator of the 24/7 Match. Sure they weren't really any different than falls count anywhere, but the fact that one could break out in the middle of another match was crazy entertaining.
That & the locations were unique at times (a hotel room [the Mean Street Posse posed as room service], an airport baggage claim [Pete Gas briefly became champ, only for Crash to quickly take his gold back & ride the escalator down to the next floor], Funland Funhouse [the sadly defunct child's entertainment venue that used to have the Rockafire Explosion animatronic band in it, as well as a videogame arcade & the indoor kiddie play place, which the live-action Elroy Jetson lookalike, The Headbangers, Taz, the Mean Street Posse, etc. all battled within, with Crash trapping his foes in the netting of the climbing structure, before sliding down a child-size slide to eek out another victory], a circus [with the Mean Street Posse jumping Crash disguised as clowns], WWF New York/The World [its usage in the late '90s/early '00s was why it was used as an available arena setting playable within WWF Smackdown: Shut Your Mouth & WWF Smackdown: Here Comes the Pain], etc.) rather than just running throughout an arena's backstage area.
Bray had other cinematic matches too like the Haunted House of Horrors Match, the Swamp Fight, and the Firefly Inferno Match. Ring of Fire Match against Kane too at SummerSlam 2013.
Atsushi Onita invented the Exploding Barbed Wire Bat Match and even had it patented. The only way any promotion can have that kind of match in their show is if Onita himself is in it
I think Undertaker used to be heavily associated with HIAC until they started just making them a regular thing with the HIAC PPVs. So, fans who joined in like 2010 probably wouldn't associate him with it as much, but fans from the Attitude Era definitely would.
I mean, Taker has participated in more HIAC matches than anyone in history, so why wouldn't we associate it with him, especially given he was a part of the very first one & the most famous one 🤷🏻♂️
I loved raven's clockwork orange house of fun match type in TNA his run there was awesome I'm so glad the monsters ball match made it on the list that was crazy stuff going back and rewatching Abyss's TNA run.
Bray Wyatt not only had the Firefly Fun House match but also the House of Horrors match, the Swamp Fight, and the Pitch Black match. You also have Dean Ambrose and the Ambrose Asylum match and Dr. Britt Baker DMD's Tooth and Nail match against Big Swole at AEW All Out 2020.
To be fair, TNA does still usually reference the whole "locked in a dark room for 24 hours" aspect of Monster's Ball whenever a new one is done, often showing the competitors in said isolation rooms with night vision for effect. That being said, aside from some initial selling of stuff like the bright lights when they come out to the ring the actual wrestlers themselves tend to not really sell the isolation/depravation aspect too much during the matches themselves.
In Lucha Underground the "Grave Consequences" match was Mil Muertes' signature (so naturally he always lost) what made it different from a regular casket match though was that in LU it was established that being put in a casket meant actually being dead, and someone (usually Catrina) would need to travel to the underworld to bring the loser back to the land of the living
I agree, given Bios has highlighted the origins of the TLC match as being tied to E&C/Hardys/Dudleys despite many different wrestlers competing in such a match.
I’ve always found it funny most wrestlers that have had a signature gimmick match rarely if ever win those matches. Mankind with Boiler Room matches, Kane with Inferno matches, Undertaker with Casket and Buried Alive matches, the list goes on.
19:01 Cena did a interview on Chris van Vliet and apparently the firefly fun house was all Cenas idea. Don't know how true that is but that's what he said
The Undertaker also has the mortuary bag match!He had lost to the Ultimate Warrior but had made one of his signature gestures : get up even after being beaten that Kane will resume later!
I remember the first time seeing the hog pen match was for a Coliseum Home Video compilation hosted by Dok Hendrix. It was my first wrestling tape that I owned and it also featured Bret Hart vs Jerry Lawler in the Kiss My Foot Match and the Razor Ramon vs 1-2-3 Kid crybaby match.
Speaking of the Firefly Fun House Match, they should've made an Alexa's Playground Match. NXT basically stole the idea with the Devil's Playground Match.
Smoky Mountain Wrestling had a match similar to the House of Pain match, but you had to make your opponent bleed before you handcuffed them. I think it was called a Hospital Elimination Match.
One thing I find interesting about the Firefly Funhouse match is that Cena is pretty much the perfect opponent for it if you think about it. Just the nature of his character and context of his career trajectory gave them so much material to work with. It does make me wonder what a Firefly Funhouse match against other wrestlers would have looked like though. I could see Triple H and CM Punk having some really trippy ones.
You didn't include Owen harts match type gimmick of the dungeon match Vs ken shamrock! Kinda expected to see this. As it's takes place in stew harts dungeon in their family home.
Road Warriors: Chicago Street Fight Dusty Rhodes: Bunkhouse Match Matt Hardy: Deletion Matches Bobby Heenan: Weasel Suit Match Kurt Angle: Kurt Angle Invitational Roman Reigns: Tribal Combat
Broken Matt Hardy snubbed so hard.. Create your own kind of match at your house with your family. span 3 major company's create your own mythology...yeah that doesn't rate.
@Mr_Leo_DS Or a match where you get disqualified by using wrestling moves instead of weapons. All pinfall attempts must include a fistful of tights or feet on the middle rope.
I've always wondered why we never had more parking lot matches, like Eddie vs John Cena for the U.S. Title. And since we didn't would that make It an Eddie signature match considering it was dub, Latino Heat Parking lot Brawl.
Actually, Steve Blackman had his own match type: Iron Circle. Think a close-combat parking lot brawl in which the competitors are in an enclosed space, encircled by cars. Whoever escapes the Iron Circle first after incompassitating his opponent is the winner.
You know, in retrospect, I’m wondering if the Punjabi Prison was actually a good concept that’s just been forever tarnished because of its association to a pair of main event pushes absolutely no one wanted to see. Like, give us Cody Rhodes vs. Jacob Fatu or Je’Von Evans vs. Oba Femi in the same structure and it probably kicks ass.
The Undertaker taker also had early in is career a signature match called the bodybag match where the goal was to put your opponent in a body bag to win the match he had some early in is WWF run
Before I watch, Im calling... Undertaker and and casket match, Dudleys and table match, Hardys and ladder match, and Vince Russo and FILLINBLANK on a pole match.
One thing that can be said about Sargent Slaughter's Boot Camp matches... they were acceptable at the time. Except for the ones that took place in the 90's. No excuses for those
80s kid here, a little off topic but i think my favorite matches of all time were the Mid to late 80s and early 90s royal rumbles 💯🔥 Waiting to see who was coming out next was INTENSE!! 🤔🤬🤣
Here's some that were missed this round: Final Deletion: Matt Hardy APA Bar Room Invitational: APA 5 minute White Boy Challenge: Rodney Mack Ready to Rumble 3 Story Cage Match: David Arquette Time Limit Hardcore Championship Battle Royal: Crash Holly Judy Bagwell on a Forklift Match: Buff Bagwell Musical Chairs Match: Eugene
@ That may be, but they have specific stipulations that differentiated them from their standard match type variation. The only reason Marcus Bagwell's mom was on a forklift was because they couldn't literally have her on a pole on the top rope, because she's a heavyset woman.
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Crash Holly, Innovator of the 24/7 Match. Sure they weren't really any different than falls count anywhere, but the fact that one could break out in the middle of another match was crazy entertaining.
Facts.
That & the locations were unique at times (a hotel room [the Mean Street Posse posed as room service], an airport baggage claim [Pete Gas briefly became champ, only for Crash to quickly take his gold back & ride the escalator down to the next floor], Funland Funhouse [the sadly defunct child's entertainment venue that used to have the Rockafire Explosion animatronic band in it, as well as a videogame arcade & the indoor kiddie play place, which the live-action Elroy Jetson lookalike, The Headbangers, Taz, the Mean Street Posse, etc. all battled within, with Crash trapping his foes in the netting of the climbing structure, before sliding down a child-size slide to eek out another victory], a circus [with the Mean Street Posse jumping Crash disguised as clowns], WWF New York/The World [its usage in the late '90s/early '00s was why it was used as an available arena setting playable within WWF Smackdown: Shut Your Mouth & WWF Smackdown: Here Comes the Pain], etc.) rather than just running throughout an arena's backstage area.
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Wrestle Me? This is a close number three though, cuz Cornette’s channel is also stellar. This one loses points for all the 90s worship involved.
@@shenanitims4006No that's why it's a class channel, on top of many other reasons. Go home you're drunk.
@@shenanitims4006what the blud is talking abt
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I hope yapapi strap match is listed for hogan
Vince Russo - Something on a Pole match!
Brawl for all
Glacier needed an ice box match, where you need to seal your opponent inside a freezer. 🥶
Great timing! Way to make this slow day better!
Bray had other cinematic matches too like the Haunted House of Horrors Match, the Swamp Fight, and the Firefly Inferno Match. Ring of Fire Match against Kane too at SummerSlam 2013.
Atsushi Onita invented the Exploding Barbed Wire Bat Match and even had it patented. The only way any promotion can have that kind of match in their show is if Onita himself is in it
Forget a "First Blood" match. Think of a "First Chin Lock" match!
The Davy boy smith invitational
That works for me brother
I’d buy that for a dollar!
But then the ref forgets the rules and it turns into a Most Chin Locks match
60 minute iron chin match
one yoy missed is Matt Hardys Final Deletion match... its like a surreal fever dream with wrestling!
He should have at least mentioned Hardy pioneering cinematic matches since he had the boneyard and funhouse matches in there
I can't be the only one who loves hearing Scott Steiner yelling "Holla if ya hear me"!!
Heard that 💪😎
"There's only 2 things in this world that I care about.. my Freaks.. n my Peaks"
::: flexs :::
Great vid! i was expecting Kennel From Hell for Al Snow/Bossman.
Same. Or Dungeon for Owen VS Shamrock or Iron Circle for Blackman VS Shamrock.
Hulk Hogan, would tell you Yapapi Strap Match was invented by him.
"That works for me, Brother!"
The Firefly Funhouse match blew my mind. One of my favorite things I've ever seen in wrestling
I think Undertaker used to be heavily associated with HIAC until they started just making them a regular thing with the HIAC PPVs. So, fans who joined in like 2010 probably wouldn't associate him with it as much, but fans from the Attitude Era definitely would.
True
I was thinking about this when taker's part was playing.
I mean, Taker has participated in more HIAC matches than anyone in history, so why wouldn't we associate it with him, especially given he was a part of the very first one & the most famous one 🤷🏻♂️
What about the "yapapi strap match" lol
One day, auto-correct changed it to Apple Pie. That's what I've called it ever since.
@@BeaconXDR911 I saw that match on VHS. That's an insult to apple pie.
The firefly fun house was less a match and more of an experience. And I must admit, it was a fun experience. RIP Bray Wyatt
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I loved raven's clockwork orange house of fun match type in TNA his run there was awesome I'm so glad the monsters ball match made it on the list that was crazy stuff going back and rewatching Abyss's TNA run.
Bray Wyatt not only had the Firefly Fun House match but also the House of Horrors match, the Swamp Fight, and the Pitch Black match. You also have Dean Ambrose and the Ambrose Asylum match and Dr. Britt Baker DMD's Tooth and Nail match against Big Swole at AEW All Out 2020.
Moxley and TDM as well
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To be fair, TNA does still usually reference the whole "locked in a dark room for 24 hours" aspect of Monster's Ball whenever a new one is done, often showing the competitors in said isolation rooms with night vision for effect. That being said, aside from some initial selling of stuff like the bright lights when they come out to the ring the actual wrestlers themselves tend to not really sell the isolation/depravation aspect too much during the matches themselves.
lol the music for the firefly funhouse description might just be a tad loud. Otherwise great video as always.
Owen Hart's Dungeon Submission Match was memorable.
In Lucha Underground the "Grave Consequences" match was Mil Muertes' signature (so naturally he always lost) what made it different from a regular casket match though was that in LU it was established that being put in a casket meant actually being dead, and someone (usually Catrina) would need to travel to the underworld to bring the loser back to the land of the living
If you want to turn a regular wrestler into a supernatural character a Buried Alive match is a perfect transition like they return from the dead.
Ooh, sweet! This should be a nice video topic!
I guess you can technically include war games because back in the 80s it was originally made to put all four members of the horsemen together
I agree, given Bios has highlighted the origins of the TLC match as being tied to E&C/Hardys/Dudleys despite many different wrestlers competing in such a match.
How about doing Wrestlers shows like Pipers Pit and The Funeral Parlor
The Barbershop
Also: Adrian Adonis's Flower Shop, Carlito's Cabana, Edge's Cutting Edge, MVP's VIP Lounge, MIZ's MIZTV, etc.
Oh hell yeah new vid and an awesome topic
I’ve always found it funny most wrestlers that have had a signature gimmick match rarely if ever win those matches. Mankind with Boiler Room matches, Kane with Inferno matches, Undertaker with Casket and Buried Alive matches, the list goes on.
19:01 Cena did a interview on Chris van Vliet and apparently the firefly fun house was all Cenas idea. Don't know how true that is but that's what he said
The Undertaker also has the mortuary bag match!He had lost to the Ultimate Warrior but had made one of his signature gestures : get up even after being beaten that Kane will resume later!
I remember the first time seeing the hog pen match was for a Coliseum Home Video compilation hosted by Dok Hendrix. It was my first wrestling tape that I owned and it also featured Bret Hart vs Jerry Lawler in the Kiss My Foot Match and the Razor Ramon vs 1-2-3 Kid crybaby match.
Can't believe I forgot about Undertaker using the body bags early on. Man, was he terrifying to 10yo me.
Speaking of the Firefly Fun House Match, they should've made an Alexa's Playground Match. NXT basically stole the idea with the Devil's Playground Match.
Bloodline rules. Relatively new but still very much a term for a specific groups gimmick.
It is just another name for No Holds Barred tho
Smoky Mountain Wrestling had a match similar to the House of Pain match, but you had to make your opponent bleed before you handcuffed them. I think it was called a Hospital Elimination Match.
HIAC started with Undertaker, but overtime really became more of Triple H's thing
Perfect timing
Regal's match became the NXT Heritage Cup
Actually, that's more associated with Noam Dar, since he won it twice.
The Inferno Match is 🔥🔥🔥
@constablekennedy7705 I GET IT
One thing I find interesting about the Firefly Funhouse match is that Cena is pretty much the perfect opponent for it if you think about it. Just the nature of his character and context of his career trajectory gave them so much material to work with. It does make me wonder what a Firefly Funhouse match against other wrestlers would have looked like though. I could see Triple H and CM Punk having some really trippy ones.
Bray Wyatt not only have a Firefly Funhouse match, but it has a Firefly Inferno Match and a Wyatt Swamp Fight
Also the House of Horrors against Randy Orton after Orton burned the Wyatt Compound down/desecrated Sister Abigail's place of rest.
How nice to see Sheiky Baby on Wrestling Bios
You didn't include Owen harts match type gimmick of the dungeon match Vs ken shamrock! Kinda expected to see this. As it's takes place in stew harts dungeon in their family home.
I LOVE this channel! Do you have any plans of covering TNA the same way you're doing the Monday Night Wars?
The Gulf War Bootcamp match with Hulk Hogan was surprisingly excellent
It was. It's different than the typical Hogan match and the Sarge bled like crazy. Definitely a hidden gem.
The firefly fun house match is still my favorite thing WWE has ever done
Road Warriors: Chicago Street Fight
Dusty Rhodes: Bunkhouse Match
Matt Hardy: Deletion Matches
Bobby Heenan: Weasel Suit Match
Kurt Angle: Kurt Angle Invitational
Roman Reigns: Tribal Combat
I associate Dusty with the Texas Bullrope match
@ yeah but TX bill rope wasn’t his alone. Lots of people used that. The Bunkhouse match & later Bunkhouse Stampede was Dusty’s.
Broken Matt Hardy snubbed so hard..
Create your own kind of match at your house with your family. span 3 major company's create your own mythology...yeah that doesn't rate.
The Maven and Jinder video covering the Punjabi Prison match wss awesome
Funny to see how many wrestlers have losing or even records in their "signature" match. Guess it wasn't just Jerry Lynn with an F.
22:50 - Bro, hear me out, bro. Bro, what if the Monster's Ball match was a _reverse_ hardcore match, bro?
A match were you get weapons from under the ring and you purposely don't use them
@Mr_Leo_DS Or a match where you get disqualified by using wrestling moves instead of weapons. All pinfall attempts must include a fistful of tights or feet on the middle rope.
What a bunch of awesome matches
Mankind - boiler room brawls were always entertaining 😊
Great video topic
Great Khali couldn't even walk let alone wrestle
Wrestling Bios has done such a great job it's insta like and comment just to help out 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Great video
Rowdy Piper; Boxing Match 😂
I've always wondered why we never had more parking lot matches, like Eddie vs John Cena for the U.S. Title. And since we didn't would that make It an Eddie signature match considering it was dub, Latino Heat Parking lot Brawl.
That was just an extension of the Iron Circle Match that Steve Blackman pioneered in his rivalry against Ken Shamrock.
Jerry Flynn should of spent time training in the Mufug Dojo
Actually, Steve Blackman had his own match type: Iron Circle. Think a close-combat parking lot brawl in which the competitors are in an enclosed space, encircled by cars. Whoever escapes the Iron Circle first after incompassitating his opponent is the winner.
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Maybe not wrestler specific, but the Texas Bullrope Match was almost always associated with the Rhodes' family.
Also Stan Hansen.
Were was Bobby heaven's wheesal suit natch?
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Definitely Body Bag Match, HIAC, and Concrete Crypt for Undertaker, and Ambulance Match for Kane.
You know, in retrospect, I’m wondering if the Punjabi Prison was actually a good concept that’s just been forever tarnished because of its association to a pair of main event pushes absolutely no one wanted to see.
Like, give us Cody Rhodes vs. Jacob Fatu or Je’Von Evans vs. Oba Femi in the same structure and it probably kicks ass.
Nowadays, a drive fŕom Anaheim to that part of Los Angeles is like a 2.5 hour drive one way
King of the mountain marches come to mind from TNA. That was a Double J creation wasn’t it?
Ugh Kane was so dang cool man. I loved the original Kane!
The Undertaker taker also had early in is career a signature match called the bodybag match where the goal was to put your opponent in a body bag to win the match he had some early in is WWF run
TNA is a gold mine for this topic!
I'd be interested in seeing the Queensbury rules series get its own vid. I'd never heard of that in wcw before 😁
Before I watch, Im calling... Undertaker and and casket match, Dudleys and table match, Hardys and ladder match, and Vince Russo and FILLINBLANK on a pole match.
One thing that can be said about Sargent Slaughter's Boot Camp matches... they were acceptable at the time.
Except for the ones that took place in the 90's. No excuses for those
Jeff Hardy’s swanton in that monsters ball… no matter how many times I see it, just… Christ 😂
Dude! Jeff Jarrett and the King of the Mountain match!
Does tna exist on dvd? Preferably like a 'season' based format??
That's the best I could find.
Frankly, the greatest part of the Arkansas Hogpen Match happened off-screen.
Mr. Kennedy - mic check
Jarret - king of the mountain
80s kid here, a little off topic but i think my favorite matches of all time were the Mid to late 80s and early 90s royal rumbles 💯🔥 Waiting to see who was coming out next was INTENSE!! 🤔🤬🤣
Vince Russo with the anything on a pole match
This was a great video but the music on the Firefly fun house segment was way too loud. Made it hard to hear you.
You should do a video on Talk show segments like Pipers Pit and the Highlight Reel
The King of the Mountain match is mostly associated with Jeff Jarrett.
One of my first thoughts was Wahoo McDaniel and the strap, or Indian strap match.
Most unusual lion's den match would have to be Triple H vs Big Bossman since neither were MMA trained
The match was also part of Triple H's 'punishment' for The Curtain Call Incident.
Here's some that were missed this round:
Final Deletion: Matt Hardy
APA Bar Room Invitational: APA
5 minute White Boy Challenge: Rodney Mack
Ready to Rumble 3 Story Cage Match: David Arquette
Time Limit Hardcore Championship Battle Royal: Crash Holly
Judy Bagwell on a Forklift Match: Buff Bagwell
Musical Chairs Match: Eugene
Judy Bagwell On a Forklift is just an extension of Vince Russo's [Insert Item Here] On a Pole Match.
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@TherealRNOwwfpooh but if that's the case then Raven's rules shouldn't have been mentioned or Slaughter's boot camp since they're just no DQ matches
@ That may be, but they have specific stipulations that differentiated them from their standard match type variation. The only reason Marcus Bagwell's mom was on a forklift was because they couldn't literally have her on a pole on the top rope, because she's a heavyset woman.
Dusty Rhodes and Ivan Koloff had a casket match in the 1970s
No mention for Bray's other match types? Firefly Inferno, Swamp Fight and House of Horrors?
I can’t remember which tribute to the troops it was but Dean Ambrose in a bootcamp match
So were the Queensbury rules matches a precursor to the Heartige Cup matches in NXT today?
Ayyyy, LFG!
What about the Crypt Keeper match for Undertaker?
You're fired dead Vince 0 The end you 're fired pinches Vince 0
Would like to see a in depth video on the ultimate warrior or randy savage
I don't know if I would really consider bone yard to be added as a seperate from hurried alive but alright.
What bout the fight pit or whatever they called it in NXT. Both matches i think had matt riddle and were similar to the lions den
Raven will always be my favourite