What gimmick matches rarely produce good matches?

[Hey_zeus]

2/3 falls or ironman

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Anything on a pole

 

[BrehWyatt]

2/3 falls or ironman

Ironman matches are awesome but you've got to find middle ground and a good story.

HBK/Bret having a match with one fall in an hour is not ideal.

However, a 60-minute match with 11 combined falls may not be ideal either (though it makes sense for higher falls).

Brock/Angle, though...

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

casket match

LU got it right only because them shyts was ultra violent

 

[Art Barr]

Nah I disagree WWE figured out the formula for multi-man matches after Rock/Angle/Taker

six pack challenge is when they figured it out in their way.

art barr

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

Blindfold match
Submission match

 

[Tryna Makit]

Anything on a pole match...always sucks

 

[Legal]

Last Man Standing matches

Yeah, last man standing matched have been trash for a while. They're laid out with too many segments where the ref starts counting, and everyone knows the guy is getting up. Additonally, at least as far as WWE goes from when I watched, they lacked the violence that the end of a last man standing match needs. The match style doesn't really work without the winner having to do some wild, borderline attempted murder type shyt to end it.

casket match

LU got it right only because them shyts was ultra violent

Also helps that they made the matches matter. Anyone who took a L in one of those was either gone for a minute, or just plain fukked up.

 

[WaveMolecules]

_____ on a pole

EASILY

 

[patscorpio]

I never liked strap matches either, especially with the touch the corner rule. shyt just doesn't usually equate to an entertaining match

sting and vader and savio vega and austin had some classic strap matches

 

[The Black Sheep]

 

[OmegaK2099]

Anything on a pole match...always sucks

Pink slip on a pole with rock and foley was pretty dope

 

[Riley Escobar]

outside of the Michaels/Benoit/HHH matches I could not name any even remotely "great" & I actually hate that "formula"

Rock/Angle/Taker from Vengeance 2002 and Cena/Rollins/Lesnar from Rumble 2015 were both piff

 

[Mike the Executioner]

I can't remember a really good Tables Match. And I don't know why the hell they came up with a Chairs Match. It's literally a no disqualification match. Then in 2014, they had a Stairs Match.

Shark cage matches are pretty useless too, unless the guy is known for interfering and has a weapon inside the cage.

 

[Dillah810]

I'm surprised at all the Triple Threat Match mentions. It's probably my favorite gimmick match. Nobody here liked Samoa Joe/AJ Styles/Christopher Daniels? ECW had good 3 way dances.