Is The Triple Tier Cage Match Gimmick Cursed?

Question

Within the history of wrestling, the cage match has always been a spectacle. There have been many successful incarnations and evolutions within the gimmick's history, including WarGames and h**l in a Cell, but one that has never taken off due to either how it's been booked, or simply whose been put in it has been the Triple Tier Cage Match.

Whether it be the flawed original Tower of Doom gimmick, or it's affiliation with the Dungeon of Doom, Vince Russo, David Arquette and Oliver Platt, the gimmick has never really amounted to much, aside from a publicity stunt for a mediocre movie and a Vince Russo title reign.

My question is would you ever like to see this gimmick again? And if you could rewrite history, who would have been in the original Triple Decker Cage match?

BQ: What other wrestling gimmicks (wrestlers, angles, or match types) can you think of that aren't a bad idea, but are attached to a stigma that weighs it down?

Answer 1

You hit the nail on the head...its who has been booked for it. Also...its TOO gimmicky. Most fans like the occasional ladder match but for the most part, a good old one on one in the ring with no special stipulations is the best. Perhaps this is just the wrestling world through my eyes, I dont know. Well, you know what, I take that back...I wouldnt mind seeing the Hardys in a match like that.

   And a gimmick that is weighed down? Thats easy. ECW. The new stepchild of the WWE.  Can you remember the last time you have seen a really over the top bloody extreme match on ECW? Isnt that what ECW was known for? Then WWE bought it out and now it has become a development/place to put the less popular extension of Raw/Smackdown. I don't know about you but I loved seeing sandman come in genuinely drunk before a match. I liked seeing the matches with barbed wire for ropes....now I have to watch Mark Henry make it from match to uninteresting match without dying. Where is the fun in that?

Good friggin Q! One for the intelect wrestling fan. Much better than...is batista hotter than cena or whose the best user? lol

Answer 2

I forgot the match when there was a dozen or so wrestlers and a Eleteric Chair would be dow and someone could get shocked.

Answer 3

Well you have to remember when the match debuted its second time was during the decline of WCW. People were leaving in massive amounts to go watch the WWF. People really weren't intrested in seeing DDP vs Jarrett vs DA,  it just didn't draw anybody. I know it showed up a couple more times but again nobody was watching or caring.

Also the match itself is a bit silly and complicated, I mean the first time it showed up it had Hogan and Savage going over eight guys including Flair (who got pinned btw) so it just is better being forgotten.

Oh and you will NEVER see that match showing up in WWE, Vince HATES using other peoples gimmick matches nowadays. Why do you think we have never seen a War Games match in the WWE, Vince just won't do it. I would LOVE to see a good old fashion two ring War Games match in the WWE (maybe with a more h**l In A Cellish type cage so the cage is around the ring) but it will never happen. It would be a great Survivor Series attraction but still it'll never happen.

  

Answer 4

I'd absolutely love it if WWE reincarnated the three-tiered cage. I personally like to refer to it as Three Stages of h**l. I've seen every match that I know of that involves this structure (there are three I think).