I'd say it was the fact Undertaker took on AJ, The Good Brothers, AND those random druids and won, alongside the fact it ended with AJ being buried alive yet no follow up is made as to how he survived later on
I’m at number 17 and not seen the Dog Kennel From Hell Match, Shark Cage Match (2 wrestlers wrestling in a shark cage), the Piranha Death Match, The Doomsday Cage Match or the Japanese Bathhouse Match! All I can think is that they’re up near the top of the list (I did check that the list goes worst to best) as What Culture seems them as some of the best gimmick matches. And the WCW Chamber Of Horrors Match where they put Abdullah The Butcher in an electric chair and pulled the switch down to “electrocute” him to win the match.
Are we watching the same video? Cause I'm pretty sure he pointed out that AEW screwed up the Barb Wired Exploding Death Match, how convoluted their Casino Rumble is, how they also mess up the Special Guest Referee (with the exception of the one with Mark Briscoe but he also counted Shawn Michaels so its fair), and also how overly done the Blood and Guts match is Besides some cases are fair, I genuinely have little interest in WWE's Steel Cage matches because they actively contradict themselves as he points out in the video with the Interferences, and I HATE their escape door rule AEW I don't recall uses any escape rules which was the original point of a Cage match
I'm convinced Whatculture is owned by Meltzer. They continually orally please AEW. Virtually all WWE Casket matches suck but Darby Fukin Allen can't have a bad casket match. 1st off Shawn vs Taker Rumble 97 is better than any Darby Casket match. Plus does anyone remember anything about a Darby match other than him always crashing throught the coffin? No, but people remember those horrible WWE casket matches because of the story told.
@@punchman13 no actually they mention AEW quite a bit even in just this video. For example they said AEW did the steel cage match perfectly with one match but WWE insults the fan base with it. WWE has done probably 50× the amount of steel cage matchee AEW will ever put on so of course some will be eh but instead they literally insult WWE just to do it.
Listen, i enjoy aew, but most of this video is "this stipulation can be done great like when aew did it but most of the time its terrible and wwe does it" 🙄
wait a minute? wasnt the last ride match not a match where you win by hitting the last ride finsiher, but by putting your opponet in a hearse that leaves the arena with the loser inside, so like an ambulance matchthen.
What are talking about? It's one of the lower ranked matches, it's brought up in the first like 12 minutes or something. It's well below average based on how they ranked it.🤷♂️
5:43 So every Dynamite, Collison and Rampage match.😂😂 Whats that WhatCulture.. didn't like that? Should I stop being tribalistic and "Just Enjoy Wrestling" whilst this whole video is just taking unnecessary shots at WWE because "Tribalism bad" Just levelling the playing field. WWE is better than Arena Empty Wrestling
This could be a hot take, but I am a sucker for Last Man Standing matches. The concept has about a million possibilities for brutal, violent fun and the babyface barely moving after 6 gets me shaking in anticipation and anxiety. Announce a LMS match and I’m watching. Come at me if you want, see if I care.
The only 3 stage of match which is good to watch is Austin vs HHH 2001. The other matches are forgettable. He is listing the best gimmick matches based on overall match quality it brought and the hype and history behind it.
Last Ride matches weren't wom by the move Last Ride. They had to put their opponent in a hearse and close the door hence them going on their "Last Ride" basically an ambulance match but with an Undertaker twist.
The Royal Rumble match is the only time I invite people over to watch wrestling. It’s fun to have a drinking game where you predict the next person to go over the top rope
I'm sure someone's already said it, but at 3:49 the "Last Ride match" was not a finisher match. No one was trying to hit Undertaker's slightly elevated powerbomb on him (a move he rarely used as the Deadman anyway, that was Biker Taker's finisher). The Last Ride match was an ambulance match, except it was a hearse.
Tell me you’re an AEW mark without saying you’re and AEW mark. As much as he bashed whenever WWE got it wrong he ignored AEW Exploding Barbed Wired debacle.
A semi-well researched video that was clearly a "We need a long video that craps on the past but still lets us take a moment to wank over Bel-Hair...GOT ONE! Here we go!" scenario.
10:11 I think the better comparison is early ROH. There wasn't even a show of a countout; it'd be mentioned on commentary that the referee could throw the match out if, in his discretion, the competitors stayed outside the ring too long. Which happened like twice.
I’m at number 17 and not seen the Dog Kennel From Hell Match, Shark Cage Match (2 wrestlers wrestling in a shark cage), the Piranha Death Match, The Doomsday Cage Match or the Japanese Bathhouse Match! All I can think is that they’re up near the top of the list (I did check that the list goes worst to best) as What Culture seems them as some of the best gimmick matches. And the WCW Chamber Of Horrors Match where they put Abdullah The Butcher in an electric chair and pulled the switch down to “electrocute” him to win the match.
@@oSmokeyyyeah the Punjabi prison is pretty cool but the name was always gonna ruin it. It only makes sense if Khalil is in the match, but then Khalil is in the match. If Khalil isn’t involved it’s half decent but you’re stuck wondering “why are these two white guys in a Punjabi prison?”
bc they have opinions remember simon show is a positive person so even if he don’t like it he going hypecit but yu can’t be mad at someone bc they don’t like sum if yu like it good but can’t change someone else opinion
I still maintain that a "Roulette" Battle Royale would work better than the current Casino Battle Royale. Instead of having people come out in groups, just bite the bullet and do it one at a time every 2 minutes like a Rumble, but have a roulette wheel spin to reveal the next entrant. Make it a digital one to control who actually comes out (for planning purposes) and so you can hide the yet-to-be-known entrants. Even though we'll know it's pre-determined, it still feels like a better version of the casino themed gimmick.
Scaffold matches are the worst. Punches, no moves. Poor Bobby Eaton had to endure too many of these. And Big Bubba not catching you ruins your knees forever.
The fact that there was such an incredibly bad move as forgetting to remove the strings from a piano before having a wrestler throw somebody through said table is insane. Like, there are 264 metal strings inside of a piano, most of which are strong enough that they can be used to slice flesh or strangle. And they just- didn't take the strings out?
The casket and stretcher match can be pretty exciting. One of my favorite matches of all time is a casket match and Brock Lesnar had an entertaining meeting with Big Show in a stretcher match.
Summerslam 2002 the H.B.K comeback was one if the best matches ever infact you dont get the 2 masterpiece wrestlemania matches with H.B.K and undertaker without summerslam 2002
You can win the Casino ladder match before all participants enter. No one has done it yet, though. I think it'd be a great way to kick off a program between multiple talents.
I don’t ever understand the hate for JBL and Show’s barbed wire steel cage match. I thought it was actually pretty good and the finish was really creative
5 mins in and im bored of being told about whatd socially acceptable and whats inappropriate. I dont even disagree with any of it it's just not what im here for.
A pure rule match is possibly one the of the best things to watch seeing two wrestlers doing proper pro wrestling and the 20 count just makes for better ring side spots and even more tense double count out spots
Anybody remember that one gimmick match they had with Matt Damon where it was four briefcases suspended on separate poles and the briefcase that was picked had a movie idea in it that he had to make if he chose it? That was awesome and how we got 2016s Great Wall.
FACTS since the last time wwe did it was adam cole vs johnny gargano for the nxt championship at nxt takeover toronto and I’m kinda surprised aew has not done this type of match for a feud since they have done texas death, street fights, parking lot brawls, blood and guts aka wargames, steel cage, and anarchy in the arena matches before.
I generally agree with this channel. But omg this video is so far off. The top few are right, but everything after number 15 are in the wrong spot. So many great match types at the bottom, and so many bad ones higher
26:00 I love the Pure Style. I think that more titles should emphasize specific match types like this one, which allows for a fundamental break from the nearly anything goes nature of most wrestling matches. The contrast here makes it better and the regular type of match better.
I know TNA/Impact isn't anyone's favourite promotion but do your research The Hardys were doing cinematic matches in TNA/Impact before they were done in WWE or AEW. Plus Ultimate X deserves to be acknowledged as more than a ladder match variant. Did you even mention Monsters Ball?
I know it literally just happened and this was probably filmed a while ago, Maika and Momo Watanabe just had a pretty good 3 Stages Of Hell match. Not the level of Austin HHH or Michaels HHH but still pretty fine for Stardom's first time trying a stip like that.
Yeah I hate that we all need to pretend that we didn’t enjoy what the women were doing during the attitude era… It’s like we all lost our balls or transitioned into women
I mean, the Boneyard Match was technically a cinematic match from WWE. According to this video, though, it was horrible lol "You can't win the match until everyone's in the ring, which sucks" (laughs in WarGames)
I get it times have changed but (to me atleast) it comes across as virtue signalling. I reiterate, times have changed for the absolute best but lets not think that in the late 90's and 2000's most guys (and obviously some girls) were not into the women's presentation. Congrats if you had this train of thought back in its day...but i kinda doubt it.
This is one of those topics where it might have been best to just do a list of all gimmick matches rather than rank them - its one of those things that nobody will ever agree on or say something or other should have been ranked higher than it was or lower than where it was placed. Can even see a semblance of disagreement in them compiling this list where some are described as older matches were good but recent ones sucked, which is why we ranked it so low... and then a few entries later they are saying that only one match was good and the rest all sucked but because of that one good match its ranked high.
The undertaker v AJ Boneyard match was good. Don't know why the hate for it.
Because the guy who wrote it is a brainwashed tony khan fanboy i guess,how is texas deathmatch 20 places higher than a triple threat??
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I'd say it was the fact Undertaker took on AJ, The Good Brothers, AND those random druids and won, alongside the fact it ended with AJ being buried alive yet no follow up is made as to how he survived later on
I'm only at 70 so far but where's the Dog Kennel from Hell match
I’m at number 17 and not seen the Dog Kennel From Hell Match, Shark Cage Match (2 wrestlers wrestling in a shark cage), the Piranha Death Match, The Doomsday Cage Match or the Japanese Bathhouse Match! All I can think is that they’re up near the top of the list (I did check that the list goes worst to best) as What Culture seems them as some of the best gimmick matches. And the WCW Chamber Of Horrors Match where they put Abdullah The Butcher in an electric chair and pulled the switch down to “electrocute” him to win the match.
I can sum this video up quickly. This match is trash unless AEW does it, AEW's version was absolutely brilliant, but WWE blew a wet turd doing it.
Are we watching the same video? Cause I'm pretty sure he pointed out that AEW screwed up the Barb Wired Exploding Death Match, how convoluted their Casino Rumble is, how they also mess up the Special Guest Referee (with the exception of the one with Mark Briscoe but he also counted Shawn Michaels so its fair), and also how overly done the Blood and Guts match is
Besides some cases are fair, I genuinely have little interest in WWE's Steel Cage matches because they actively contradict themselves as he points out in the video with the Interferences, and I HATE their escape door rule
AEW I don't recall uses any escape rules which was the original point of a Cage match
Basically this list: "Well WWE way was bad but AEW did it better!" Holy shit, writers lol
Please don’t put this guy again. He sucks.
Nah, he's a nice guy
@@kingturtle19 nice doesnt mean good at this. Hes not good in these videos.
The fact that I could tell who wrote this list isn't surprising at all lol
It has hamphlet all over it. Giving AEW a nice bj throughout. While taking as many shots at WWE as possible.
@Muhammadwasapedo and the horrible feminist angle they took. "Any male gaze is bad and so is any match that involves it!"
Judy Bagwell on a pole about to break into the top 10
Her picture was actually in the video at 2:13 Objects on a pole above the ring section!
*Vince Russo likes this*
Some of the worse matches to watch irl are some of the most fun in the video games 🙌🏽
SO TRUE!
All the little animated bits inserted in to this video really didn't add anything to it
Because it wasn’t done by AEW
I'm convinced Whatculture is owned by Meltzer. They continually orally please AEW. Virtually all WWE Casket matches suck but Darby Fukin Allen can't have a bad casket match. 1st off Shawn vs Taker Rumble 97 is better than any Darby Casket match. Plus does anyone remember anything about a Darby match other than him always crashing throught the coffin? No, but people remember those horrible WWE casket matches because of the story told.
They're the biggest AEW drones on earth, and that's saying something.
@@PoeticPoker262 how do y’all come up with that most of this is talk about wwe n just a lil aew weird
@@punchman13 by watching the video and listening to the blatant pro AEW bias in every single video?
@@punchman13 no actually they mention AEW quite a bit even in just this video. For example they said AEW did the steel cage match perfectly with one match but WWE insults the fan base with it. WWE has done probably 50× the amount of steel cage matchee AEW will ever put on so of course some will be eh but instead they literally insult WWE just to do it.
@@punchman13 you couldn’t have watched the video and didn’t notice an obvious AEW bias
Listen, i enjoy aew, but most of this video is "this stipulation can be done great like when aew did it but most of the time its terrible and wwe does it" 🙄
wait a minute? wasnt the last ride match not a match where you win by hitting the last ride finsiher, but by putting your opponet in a hearse that leaves the arena with the loser inside, so like an ambulance matchthen.
yes, it was a spooky ambulance match
"The structure is cool" doesn't justify the Punjabi Prison match being so high when the fans can't *see the match inside it*
What are talking about? It's one of the lower ranked matches, it's brought up in the first like 12 minutes or something. It's well below average based on how they ranked it.🤷♂️
@@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269 It's below average. It's still ranked *too high.*
@@RobertJW Haa!
That's fair 😆👍
Wtf, last ride matches were nothing to do with the powerbomb
I actually liked the Undertaker Vs AJ Styles Boneyard Match...
Triple H in 2011 and 2013 is an amazing special guest referee.
Inferno matches in the NWA and Puerto Rico’s WWC were crazy.
Yeah sorry Bro. You speak like we are all on your side, but I do have to admit like 40% of the time I am not, so you should use a better phrasing.
43:06 “Retirements just don’t happen in wrestling” that’s true just look at Terry Funk and Ric Flair 😂
Does this guy even like wrestling??????
Down
He likes AEW.
5:43 So every Dynamite, Collison and Rampage match.😂😂
Whats that WhatCulture.. didn't like that? Should I stop being tribalistic and "Just Enjoy Wrestling" whilst this whole video is just taking unnecessary shots at WWE because "Tribalism bad"
Just levelling the playing field.
WWE is better than Arena Empty Wrestling
This could be a hot take, but I am a sucker for Last Man Standing matches. The concept has about a million possibilities for brutal, violent fun and the babyface barely moving after 6 gets me shaking in anticipation and anxiety. Announce a LMS match and I’m watching. Come at me if you want, see if I care.
Simon could done this list, haha
3 stages as low as it is is criminal in of itself
The only 3 stage of match which is good to watch is Austin vs HHH 2001. The other matches are forgettable. He is listing the best gimmick matches based on overall match quality it brought and the hype and history behind it.
Last Ride matches weren't wom by the move Last Ride. They had to put their opponent in a hearse and close the door hence them going on their "Last Ride" basically an ambulance match but with an Undertaker twist.
This is so AEW biased. Very annoying to sit through.
Cry harder you mark bitch😂😂
It's what culture..
The kings of "Just Enjoy Wrestling" and "Stop Tribalism" yet are the most biased and Tribalistic clowns ever.
The Royal Rumble match is the only time I invite people over to watch wrestling. It’s fun to have a drinking game where you predict the next person to go over the top rope
So you guys hate professional but are completely obsessed with it? Besides the virtue signaling, that's what I gathered from watching this video.
I'm sure someone's already said it, but at 3:49 the "Last Ride match" was not a finisher match. No one was trying to hit Undertaker's slightly elevated powerbomb on him (a move he rarely used as the Deadman anyway, that was Biker Taker's finisher). The Last Ride match was an ambulance match, except it was a hearse.
Tell me you’re an AEW mark without saying you’re and AEW mark. As much as he bashed whenever WWE got it wrong he ignored AEW Exploding Barbed Wired debacle.
Im really happy im not the only person who thought this about Gareth.
What entrant was the casket and buried alive matches in? I guess I missed it.
We needed this a few weeks ago when we did this as a tournament
Wild inconsistent audio...
A semi-well researched video that was clearly a "We need a long video that craps on the past but still lets us take a moment to wank over Bel-Hair...GOT ONE! Here we go!" scenario.
Just came by to see which Texas death match version they used
Where's the buried alive match??
Was i the only one who missed it??
10:11 I think the better comparison is early ROH. There wasn't even a show of a countout; it'd be mentioned on commentary that the referee could throw the match out if, in his discretion, the competitors stayed outside the ring too long. Which happened like twice.
Talking about the Taipei Deathmatch, they completely missed a chance to show footage from the Jean Claude Van Damme movie, Kickboxer
I’m at number 17 and not seen the Dog Kennel From Hell Match, Shark Cage Match (2 wrestlers wrestling in a shark cage), the Piranha Death Match, The Doomsday Cage Match or the Japanese Bathhouse Match! All I can think is that they’re up near the top of the list (I did check that the list goes worst to best) as What Culture seems them as some of the best gimmick matches. And the WCW Chamber Of Horrors Match where they put Abdullah The Butcher in an electric chair and pulled the switch down to “electrocute” him to win the match.
The best gimmick match will always be the classic steel cage.
The briscos vs f.t.r ,the fiend and daniel Bryan piper and valentine all masterpieces
I love a special referee match. The fact that it is that much lower than the Punjabi Prison is crazy.
the Punjabi prison is a very cool match idea and concept. the execution was terrible because of who was involved in the matches
@@oSmokeyyyeah the Punjabi prison is pretty cool but the name was always gonna ruin it. It only makes sense if Khalil is in the match, but then Khalil is in the match. If Khalil isn’t involved it’s half decent but you’re stuck wondering “why are these two white guys in a Punjabi prison?”
Do any WC presenters (besides Simon) actually enjoy wrestling? It doesn’t feel like it at times
bc they have opinions remember simon show is a positive person so even if he don’t like it he going hypecit but yu can’t be mad at someone bc they don’t like sum if yu like it good but can’t change someone else opinion
Judy Bagwell on a pole match is number 1
I still maintain that a "Roulette" Battle Royale would work better than the current Casino Battle Royale.
Instead of having people come out in groups, just bite the bullet and do it one at a time every 2 minutes like a Rumble, but have a roulette wheel spin to reveal the next entrant.
Make it a digital one to control who actually comes out (for planning purposes) and so you can hide the yet-to-be-known entrants. Even though we'll know it's pre-determined, it still feels like a better version of the casino themed gimmick.
Scaffold matches are the worst. Punches, no moves. Poor Bobby Eaton had to endure too many of these. And Big Bubba not catching you ruins your knees forever.
The fist one I saw was with the NWA and Puerto Rico’s WWC.
“A good ref is almost invisible” tell that to Jessica Carr.
The fact that there was such an incredibly bad move as forgetting to remove the strings from a piano before having a wrestler throw somebody through said table is insane. Like, there are 264 metal strings inside of a piano, most of which are strong enough that they can be used to slice flesh or strangle. And they just- didn't take the strings out?
So...did you really hate the Last Ride cinematic match? Edit Boneyard match.
A lot of these matches should have been higher.
Rhea Ripley's and Charlotte Flair's empty arena match at Wrestlemania 36 was great.
Shingo catching flowers out of nowhere!
Man, whoever worked on this video did NOT do any research at all.
The casket and stretcher match can be pretty exciting. One of my favorite matches of all time is a casket match and Brock Lesnar had an entertaining meeting with Big Show in a stretcher match.
Summerslam 2002 the H.B.K comeback was one if the best matches ever infact you dont get the 2 masterpiece wrestlemania matches with H.B.K and undertaker without summerslam 2002
Last time I was this early my girlfriend told me it happens to all guys
You can win the Casino ladder match before all participants enter. No one has done it yet, though. I think it'd be a great way to kick off a program between multiple talents.
A lot of here have been watered down due to a PPV being themed around them like HiaC, TLC, and MitB.
7:31 I thought that wasn't someone's toe at first
The AEW glazing is at an all time high with this one. Wouldn’t be surprised if Tony Khan proofread the script. Meltzer would be proud lol
What about a rank of the best match from every gimmick
2:54 Ya, because AEW's so serious isn't it?! Do marks only see what they want to see?!
The Last Ride match was an Ambulance match but with a hearse instead
My favourite match stip is TNA's Monsters Ball
I don’t ever understand the hate for JBL and Show’s barbed wire steel cage match. I thought it was actually pretty good and the finish was really creative
MCMG vs. Young Bucks had very solid empty arena match
So basically everything Aew does is amazing and everything any other company does is terrible
It was long but worth a watch.
5 mins in and im bored of being told about whatd socially acceptable and whats inappropriate. I dont even disagree with any of it it's just not what im here for.
Did I miss Buried Alive match here and Title for Title?
13:21 Boneyard Match, actually decent though.
A pure rule match is possibly one the of the best things to watch seeing two wrestlers doing proper pro wrestling and the 20 count just makes for better ring side spots and even more tense double count out spots
Anybody remember that one gimmick match they had with Matt Damon where it was four briefcases suspended on separate poles and the briefcase that was picked had a movie idea in it that he had to make if he chose it? That was awesome and how we got 2016s Great Wall.
Feast or Fired.
I love 3 Stages of Hell and i really want to see it coming back with a great story behind it.
FACTS since the last time wwe did it was adam cole vs johnny gargano for the nxt championship at nxt takeover toronto and I’m kinda surprised aew has not done this type of match for a feud since they have done texas death, street fights, parking lot brawls, blood and guts aka wargames, steel cage, and anarchy in the arena matches before.
I would definitely put Akebono vs. Big Show in the Top 10, maybe Top 5.
I generally agree with this channel. But omg this video is so far off. The top few are right, but everything after number 15 are in the wrong spot. So many great match types at the bottom, and so many bad ones higher
WWE - world wrestling ENTERTAINMENT
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I love the Pure Style.
I think that more titles should emphasize specific match types like this one, which allows for a fundamental break from the nearly anything goes nature of most wrestling matches. The contrast here makes it better and the regular type of match better.
No no no do not let this guy do these videos hes bloody awful 😭 ffs
Hoping some of the shootstyle formats are included in this list.
Why dont this guy and the AEW get a room ASAP!!!
I know TNA/Impact isn't anyone's favourite promotion but do your research
The Hardys were doing cinematic matches in TNA/Impact before they were done in WWE or AEW.
Plus Ultimate X deserves to be acknowledged as more than a ladder match variant. Did you even mention Monsters Ball?
Did I miss Heritage Cup match? I can't remember seeing it on the list, and I'm sure Noam Darr will be very disappointed....
Most favourite gimmick match: Ladder
Least favourite gimmick mach: Hell in a Cell.
I know it literally just happened and this was probably filmed a while ago, Maika and Momo Watanabe just had a pretty good 3 Stages Of Hell match. Not the level of Austin HHH or Michaels HHH but still pretty fine for Stardom's first time trying a stip like that.
This dudes gimmick sucks... turns every video into some virtue signaling
Facts.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
And he speaks like a moron
Yeah I hate that we all need to pretend that we didn’t enjoy what the women were doing during the attitude era…
It’s like we all lost our balls or transitioned into women
HHH got beat by Henry Godwin not Phinius
Am i imagining or did he put strap over triple threat??!
They should let Gareth do NXT Ups and Downs again.
"I Want It."
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I mean, the Boneyard Match was technically a cinematic match from WWE. According to this video, though, it was horrible lol
"You can't win the match until everyone's in the ring, which sucks" (laughs in WarGames)
1. Royal rumble
2. Mitb
3. Elim chamber
4. Hell in cell
5. Tlc
Was ultimate x and king of the mountain on here?
Halftime Heat was great when I was a kid. Lol
"BRAR N PUNTEEZ"
Gotta separate goofy ones vs those that were meant to be serious
So the boneyard match was dreadful? what a hack.
I get it times have changed but (to me atleast) it comes across as virtue signalling. I reiterate, times have changed for the absolute best but lets not think that in the late 90's and 2000's most guys (and obviously some girls) were not into the women's presentation. Congrats if you had this train of thought back in its day...but i kinda doubt it.
Are you telling me you hated playing the Better than u topia matches in SVR '09/SVR '11 or watching Undertaker vs AJ Styles?
What is the consensus definition of “plunder spot?”
This is one of those topics where it might have been best to just do a list of all gimmick matches rather than rank them - its one of those things that nobody will ever agree on or say something or other should have been ranked higher than it was or lower than where it was placed.
Can even see a semblance of disagreement in them compiling this list where some are described as older matches were good but recent ones sucked, which is why we ranked it so low... and then a few entries later they are saying that only one match was good and the rest all sucked but because of that one good match its ranked high.
Maybe I missed it... but did they skip the Bullrope Match???
Presumably it's lumped in with strap match (just with added cowbell)