30 Greatest Gimmick Match Types in WWE History
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- Lumberjack Match
The WWE has had some feuds that captivate the entire locker room, and there are times where that entire locker room gets to have an up-close and personal view to watch two superstars try to end each other.
What’s better than settling your differences by beating each other to a pulp? Having the entire locker room out there to make sure you two can’t run away from each other. That’s exactly what the Lumberjack Match is intended to do.
Most of the time, the heel involved tries to run away and he’s stopped by his fellow superstars. And those superstars having their own personal issues to work out with the heel. When it’s well done, like the match that we’ve picked, it’s the perfect use of storytelling.
The only issue is that a well-done lumberjack match is a rarity, something that has plagued it’s usage. Going forward, in this new reality era that we are currently in combined with the level of talent the WWE has, we could see more Lumberjack matches take place. As with a lot of these other matches, it needs to be used at the right time, with the right superstars or else the matches can get diluted.
Notable Match: Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose at SummerSlam 2014
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