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Hi Scott,

I was reading through your review of the World Class dvd (the WWE produced one) and you mentioned a match idea that Dory Funk had called a “German First Blood Match”. It’s like a normal first blood match but instead of trying to bust the person open first, you try to fill up a towel with your opponent’s blood and the first person to do so wins. Obviously this isn’t something that the WWE would use nowadays b/c of the whole PG thing but I thought that was a really cool idea and would be a great feud ender. What other neat concept matches have you heard wrestlers/journalists propose over the years or have thought up yourself that haven’t been tried yet? Feel free to post this on the blog for discussion.

 

I think we’ve mostly milked the cow dry as far as gimmick matches go.  TNA has certainly perfected the art of overcomplicating things with reverse battle royales and cage matches with ladders inside and such.  Anyway, I’ve always like the simple idea of the penalty box match from World Class, where you do a six-man tag match but the ref catches you cheating, you get locked in a small cage for a minute, thus giving the other team a 3-on-2 advantage.  It’s basic risk-reward psychology and makes small things seems much more meaningful. 

Readers? 

The SmarK Legacy Rant for Monday Night RAW - July 5 1993

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