Stomping Grounds was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE . It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw , SmackDown , and 205 Live brand divisions . The event took place on June 23, 2019, at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington . It was a one-off event that replaced Backlash for 2019 as Backlash was reinstated in 2020 .
172-734: Nine matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. In the main event, Seth Rollins defeated Baron Corbin in a no countout , no disqualification match to retain Raw's Universal Championship with Lacey Evans as the special guest referee . In other prominent matches, Kofi Kingston defeated Dolph Ziggler in a Steel Cage match to retain SmackDown's WWE Championship , Ricochet defeated Samoa Joe to win Raw's United States Championship , and Roman Reigns defeated Drew McIntyre . WWE 's established event Backlash
344-615: A Curb Stomp on Ambrose through cinder blocks , giving him a kayfabe injury. On September 21, at Night of Champions , a scheduled match between Rollins and Reigns ended in Rollins being declared the winner via forfeit since Reigns developed a legitimate incarcerated hernia which required surgery prior to the event. He was then attacked by a returning Ambrose. Shortly after, Rollins adopted Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury as bodyguards, being named "J&J Security". The feud between Rollins and Ambrose culminated on October 26 at Hell in
516-428: A Mortal Kombat -style cinematic match that saw The Karate Man "kill" Page in what would be Page's last appearance with Impact before leaving for AEW. Some matches have a container stationed in or near the ring, with the object of the match being to trap the opposing wrestler in it. All of these matches are fought under hardcore rules, and many of these matches take the name of the container, such as Ambulance match and
688-570: A DDT on Rollins on the steel chair, only for Rollins to counter and performed a "Falcon Arrow" to Corbin onto the steel chair. Rollins attempted a pin on Corbin only for Evans to refuse. An irate Rollins turned his attention to Evans, who slapped and performed a low-blow on him, allowing Corbin to perform the "End of Days" on Rollins. Before Evans could count the pin, however, Lynch ran out and brawled with Evans. Referees emerged and separated Lynch and Evans, one of them being John Cone , who in turn replaced Evans as referee, much to Corbin's dismay. In
860-467: A Winner Takes All Extreme Rules match mixed tag team match . Afterwards, Rollins lost the title to Lesnar, who cashed in his Money in the Bank contract, ending his reign at 98 days. The following night on Raw , Rollins won a ten-man battle royal for the right to face Lesnar for the championship at SummerSlam by last eliminating Randy Orton. At the event on August 11, Rollins defeated Lesnar to regain
1032-425: A Winner Takes All match , but in some cases each superstars' title is not contested in the match or only one title is on the line. During WWE's second brand extension , this type of match was frequently used at Survivor Series , with both titles not defended, up until 2021, with the champion vs. champion matches being replaced by WarGames . This type of match has now been used at Crown Jewel since 2024 , with both
1204-882: A heel alongside Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns , attacking Ryback during the triple threat main event for the WWE Championship , allowing CM Punk to pin John Cena and retain the title. The trio declared themselves The Shield , vowed to rally against "injustice" and denied working for Punk, but routinely emerged from the crowd to attack Punk's adversaries. This led to a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 16, where The Shield defeated Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan and Kane ) and Ryback in their WWE debut match. The Shield continued to aid Punk after TLC, attacking both Ryback and The Rock (at Royal Rumble ) in January 2013. It
1376-441: A stunner on Woods to win the match. After that, Samoa Joe defended Raw's United States Championship against Ricochet. The end came when Ricochet performed a Recoil and a 630° senton on Joe to win the title. Immediately after the match, Ricochet was congratulated backstage by Seth Rollins, Curt Hawkins , Zack Ryder , Carmella , Charlotte Flair, Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker), and WWE Chief Operating Officer Triple H . In
1548-587: A sunset flip powerbomb . The injury required surgery and it was estimated it would take Rollins out of action for approximately six to nine months, therefore he was forced to vacate the WWE World Heavyweight Championship the next day, ending his reign at 220 days. WWE recognizes his reign as lasting 219 days. On the December 21 episode of Raw , Rollins made a special appearance to accept his Slammy Award for 2015 Superstar of
1720-454: A tables match . On the January 5, 2015 episode of Raw , The Authority regained control over WWE. At Royal Rumble on January 25, Rollins failed to win a triple threat match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Cena and champion Brock Lesnar . At Fastlane on February 22, Rollins, Big Show and Kane defeated Ziggler, Erick Rowan and Ryback. After the match, Orton returned and attacked Noble, Mercury and Kane, while Rollins fled
1892-478: A " Boiler Room Brawl " that was largely pre-taped, incorporating props and unorthodox camera angles. In 2016, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, now Impact Wrestling) held a match entitled the "Final Deletion" between brothers Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy for the July 5 episode of Impact Wrestling , which was filmed at Matt Hardy's compound. It was a hardcore wrestling match with falls count anywhere. The sequel
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#17328019088102064-536: A 5-on-3 handicap Tables, Ladders and Chairs match, but Reigns was replaced over an illness concern by Kurt Angle and they won the match. Ambrose and Rollins lost the titles back to Cesaro and Sheamus on the November 6 episode of Raw due to SmackDown's The New Day distracting the champions, ending their reign at 78 days (WWE recognizes their reign as lasting 79 days). At Survivor Series on November 19, The Shield defeated The New Day. In December, Ambrose suffered
2236-425: A Cell , where Rollins defeated Ambrose in a Hell in a Cell match after Bray Wyatt interfered and attacked Ambrose. Following Hell in a Cell, tension began growing between Rollins and Randy Orton due to The Authority's preferential treatment of Rollins. After defeating Orton on the November 3 episode of Raw , Orton attacked The Authority but was overpowered, resulting in Rollins performing a Curb Stomp on Orton onto
2408-678: A House of Horrors match between Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt. Similar to the "Final Deletion" match in TNA, this one was held at an abandoned house, but instead of falls count anywhere, this match had to end in the ring in the arena that the event was held in (the House of Horrors scenes were pre-taped, while the in-ring portion was live). The next cinematic match would occur on the March 19, 2018 episode of Raw , which featured Matt Hardy, who had returned to WWE and became "Woken" Matt Hardy, against Bray Wyatt and
2580-412: A No Disqualification match following interference from Big Show. At Hell in a Cell on October 27, Rollins and Reigns failed to regain the titles in a triple threat match also involving The Usos. At Survivor Series on November 24, The Shield teamed with Antonio Cesaro and Jack Swagger , facing Rey Mysterio , The Usos, Cody Rhodes and Goldust in a traditional Survivor Series match . Although Rollins
2752-574: A No Holds Barred elimination match, in which no members of The Shield were eliminated. On the June 2 episode of Raw , Rollins turned on Ambrose and Reigns to rejoin The Authority, turning heel once again. On June 29, Rollins won the Money in the Bank ladder match at the titular event after interference from Kane. Rollins defeated Ambrose at Battleground on July 20 via forfeit after their match
2924-421: A Spear on McIntyre only for Shane to pull the referee out of the ring during a pinfall attempt. Shane performed a Coast-to-Coast on Reigns and McIntyre scored a nearfall. In the end, as McIntyre attempted a "Claymore", Reigns countered with a superman punch and performed a spear to win the match. In the penultimate match, The New Day's Kofi Kingston defended SmackDown's WWE Championship against Dolph Ziggler in
3096-504: A Steel Cage match. In the end, as Ziggler was attempting to crawl out of the cage door, Kingston jumped over Ziggler and through the door to escape the cage first to retain the title. In the main event, Seth Rollins defended the Universal Championship against Baron Corbin, who revealed the special guest referee to be Lacey Evans. Throughout the match, Evans favored Corbin as a way to redeem herself from her loss earlier in
3268-630: A brawl which saw Rollins come out on top. At Clash at the Castle on September 3, Rollins defeated Riddle. On the September 19 episode of Raw , it was announced that they would have a rematch in a Fight Pit match at Extreme Rules on October 8, where Rollins lost to Riddle by submission. Triple threat match Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s Many types of wrestling matches , sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in
3440-518: A cinematically produced singles match between Edge and Randy Orton at Backlash (billed as "The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever") also in June, and a Wyatt Swamp Fight between Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules in July. Following the introduction of the WWE ThunderDome and Capitol Wrestling Center (CWC) staging arenas in August and October, respectively,
3612-434: A decision which was negatively received by critics and fans. On October 31, at Crown Jewel , Rollins lost the Universal Championship to The Fiend in a falls count anywhere match , ending his second reign at 80 days. Rollins was selected as the captain for Team Raw against Team SmackDown and Team NXT on November 24 at Survivor Series , where Team SmackDown emerged victorious. The following night on Raw , Rollins berated
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#17328019088103784-474: A developmental contract with WWE and was assigned to their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) in September. On September 14, Black made his WWE debut in a dark match prior to the SmackDown taping by defeating Trent Barreta . Lopez debuted for FCW on September 30 under the name Seth Rollins , in a loss to Michael McGillicutty . Rollins then faced Hunico on November 4 in
3956-431: A double-deep, double-wide casket, sometimes specially designed for specific opponents The Undertaker takes on), ambulances , dumpsters , hearses (known as a "Last Ride match", also connected to The Undertaker gimmick), and stretchers . An Ambulance match is fought under hardcore rules, no pinfalls, no submissions, no disqualifications, no countouts and the only way to win is for one wrestler to force their opponent into
4128-414: A feud between the two and disbanding The Shield once again. Rollins and Ambrose lost the titles on the November 5 episode of Raw , when Rollins lost a handicap match to AOP ( Akam and Rezar ). On November 18, at Survivor Series , Rollins defeated United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura in an interbrand champion vs. champion match. On December 16, at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs , Rollins lost
4300-476: A feud with Kane, turning face in the process. At WrestleMania XXX on April 6, The Shield defeated Kane and The New Age Outlaws ( Billy Gunn and Road Dogg ). The Shield then feuded with Triple H, the COO of WWE and leader of The Authority, who reformed Evolution with Batista and Randy Orton to take on The Shield. The Shield defeated Evolution at Extreme Rules on May 4, and again on June 1 at Payback in
4472-411: A feud with Triple H leading into WrestleMania. On January 28, Rollins appeared at NXT TakeOver: San Antonio , interrupting the show and demanding to confront Triple H, who came out only to order security to remove Rollins from the ring. On the January 30 episode of Raw , Rollins confronted Stephanie McMahon and once again called out Triple H, demanding answers for his betrayal. Later that night, Rollins
4644-548: A first-round match and then Claudio Castagnoli, Colt Cabana , Delirious , Chris Hero and Roderick Strong in the finals to win the 2009 Survival of the Fittest tournament , earning him a ROH World Championship match. On December 19, at ROH's first live pay-per-view, Final Battle , Black wrestled then ROH World Champion Austin Aries to a 60-minute time limit draw. Because of this draw, then ROH commissioner Jim Cornette booked
4816-640: A later time, typically for a pay-per-view event. They are also usually filmed on-location or at a custom built set. While not considered a cinematic match at the time, the Hollywood Backlot Brawl between Roddy Piper and Goldust at WrestleMania XII in 1996 is considered an early cinematic match by the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE ), as it used techniques now featured in cinematic matches. Unlike future cinematic matches (which typically air during one segment),
4988-819: A loss to The Latin American Xchange ( Homicide and Hernandez ) on Impact! in October 2006. On May 25, 2007, while in a match with then Full Impact Pro (FIP) Tag Team Champions The Briscoe Brothers ( Jay and Mark Briscoe ) in Melbourne, Florida , Black's tag team partner Marek Brave suffered a legitimate back injury, leading Black to pursue a singles career by competing in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he defeated Joey Ryan in his debut on June 10. At PWG's Life During Wartime on July 6, 2008, Black and Jimmy Jacobs won
5160-481: A one-ring, over-the-top-rope elimination. A typical battle royale, except this one features tables covered with barbed wire, thumbtacks, and light bulbs on the outside of the ring, which may catch wrestlers as they are thrown out of the ring. The National Wrestling Alliance 's (NWA) Bunkhouse Stampede involved wrestlers wearing what was described as "bunkhouse gear"—cowboy boots, jeans , T-shirts—instead of their normal wrestling tights and not only allowed but encouraged
5332-504: A predecessor to Extreme Championship Wrestling . Generally used in TNA / Impact Wrestling , a reverse battle royale begins with wrestlers surrounding the ring instead of inside it. At the start of the match they battle for half of them to get into the ring, at which point a standard last person standing wins the battle royale. The Cage Reverse Battle Royale is another TNA variation of this match type. This actually has three stages; It begins
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5504-526: A rematch. On the following episode of Raw , Rollins attacked and laid out Rhodes during his match for the United States Championship against Theory . The following week, Rhodes challenged Rollins to a match at Hell in a Cell , inside the namesake structure, which Rollins accepted. At the event on June 5, Rollins lost to Rhodes, ending their feud. The match received a five-star rating by esteemed wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer of
5676-541: A second chance at the ROH World Championship at Death Before Dishonor VI in New York City , when he faced McGuinness, Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli in a four-way elimination match , but McGuinness retained the title. At Final Battle in December, after Black lost a number one contender match to Austin Aries, Jacobs turned on him, and Black was then attacked by Aries. At Full Circle, Black
5848-512: A six-man tag team match on the April 22 episode of Raw , which The Shield won. On the May 13 episode of Raw , The Shield's undefeated streak in televised six-man tag team matches ended in a disqualification loss in a six-man elimination tag team match against John Cena, Kane and Daniel Bryan. On May 19, at Extreme Rules , Rollins and Reigns defeated Team Hell No in a tornado tag team match to win
6020-559: A six-man tag team match. Two nights later on Raw , The Shield was defeated by the trio in a rematch, with Ambrose walking away from his teammates after their defeat. On the October 22 episode of Raw , Reigns took a hiatus due to his legitimate returning leukemia . Later that night, Rollins and Ambrose defeated Ziggler and McIntyre to win the Raw Tag Team Championship (making Rollins a double champion), only for Ambrose to turn on Rollins as he attacked him, igniting
6192-551: A six-man tag team qualifying match to enter the Elimination Chamber match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, but lost the match via disqualification after The Wyatt Family ( Bray Wyatt , Erick Rowan and Luke Harper ) interfered and attacked Cena, Bryan, and Sheamus. At Elimination Chamber on February 23, The Shield were defeated by the Wyatt Family in a rematch. Later in March, The Shield began
6364-552: A style that mimics the early days of MMA and catch wrestling . It is common for Bloodsport competitors to have some knowledge in other combat sports and/or MMA, as well as professional wrestling, as these one on one matches often appear stiff and have a feel of classic Shoot-style wrestling fights. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic wrestling promotions were forced to hold events behind closed doors from March 2020 onwards. WWE introduced Raw Underground in August that year. It
6536-493: A teenager, he was an introvert who lived a straight edge lifestyle and was a big fan of rock and heavy metal music. He trained at a wrestling school owned by Danny Daniels on the borders of Chicago and Oak Park . Lopez made his debut at the age of 19 on August 21, 2004, wrestling in the Iowa independent scene under the ring name Gixx. He then joined Ian Rotten 's Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South (IWA) under
6708-434: A title match. Rollins continued his feud with Orton after WrestleMania, which led to a steel cage match for the championship with Kane residing as special guest "gatekeeper" at Extreme Rules on April 26, where Rollins retained after interference from the latter. At Payback on May 17, Rollins successfully defended the title against Orton, Reigns, and Ambrose in a fatal-four-way match after pinning Orton. Rollins retained
6880-656: A torn biceps , sidelining him for approximately nine months, putting The Shield on hiatus. On the December 25 episode of Raw , Rollins and Jason Jordan won the Raw Tag Team Championship from Cesaro and Sheamus. At the Royal Rumble on January 28, 2018, Rollins entered at #18 in the Royal Rumble match, but was eliminated by Reigns. Right after the Royal Rumble match, they lost the titles back to Cesaro and Sheamus, ending their reign at 34 days. After their tag team dissolved due to Jordan having neck surgery, Rollins
7052-620: Is a five-time world champion in WWE, having won the WWE Championship twice, Universal Championship twice, and World Heavyweight Championship once, being the inaugural champion. He has also held the Intercontinental Championship and the United States Championship twice each, making him WWE's 29th Triple Crown Champion and 19th Grand Slam Champion , as well as the second wrestler to accomplish
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7224-427: Is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until only one is left. Typical battle royales begin with 20 or more participants all in the ring at the same time, who are then eliminated by being thrown over the top rope and having both feet touch the venue floor. The Battlebowl is a two-ring variation on a battle royale. In these matches, the wrestlers start in one ring and try to throw wrestlers into
7396-568: Is a singles match in which both competitors can stay outside of the ring without being counted out. A well-known example is at Vengeance (2003) between Stephanie McMahon and Sable , which Sable won. A pure wrestling rules match originally appeared in Ring of Honor (ROH), and still exists as the "official rules" for the ROH Pure Championship . Under the rules, each wrestler is allowed only three rope breaks; once they are all used,
7568-519: Is obtained by pinfall , submission , knockout , countout , or disqualification . One of the most common variations on the singles match is to restrict the possible means for victory. In a blindfold match, the two participants must wear a blindfold over their eyes for the entire duration of the match. A well-known example of this match is the WrestleMania VII match between Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Rick Martel . A no count-out match
7740-539: Is one in which the object is for one wrestler to throw his opponent into a grave dug out of a large mound of soil placed outside the ring. Once in the grave, the wrestler must bury his opponent in dirt and soil to the referee's discretion. Equipment ranging from shovels and wheelbarrows to bulldozers are often made available to completely bury the opponent. The Buried Alive match is one of three of The Undertaker 's signature matches (the Casket and Last Ride matches being
7912-491: Is reduced to two, and there is a subsequent episode where the final two compete, in this case, "AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring". In New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), the 2021 New Japan Rumble at Wrestle Kingdom 15 was conducted as a semi-final battle royale. Chase Owens , Bad Luck Fale , Tetsuya Bushi , and Toru Yano were the final four that competed in a championship match the next day. The tag team battle royale consist of designated tag teams of wrestlers with two members on
8084-588: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter , making it the first WWE main roster match to receive a five-star rating since 2011, and the first match of Rollins's career to receive such a rating. Rollins then began a feud with Matt Riddle , setting up a match between the two at SummerSlam . However, the match was postponed after Riddle suffered an injury following an attack by Rollins on the July 25 episode of Raw . Despite this, both Rollins and Riddle appeared at SummerSlam on July 30, engaging in
8256-520: The 2015 Slammy Award for Superstar of the Year , and the 2019 Royal Rumble match . He is an overall nine-time Slammy Award winner. All totaled, he has won 16 championships in WWE (with all but one on the main roster). Praised for his in-ring skills and ability to reinvent his on-screen character, Rollins is regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers active today and of his generation. Rollins topped Pro Wrestling Illustrated ' s PWI 500 list of
8428-632: The FCW Florida Tag Team Championship , which they later dropped to Big E Langston and Calvin Raines. In July 2011, Rollins began a feud with Dean Ambrose . Ambrose and Rollins had their first match for the FCW 15 Championship in a 15-minute Iron Man match on the August 14 episode of FCW , which ended in a draw with neither men scoring a fall and, as a result, Rollins retained his title. A subsequent 20-minute rematch for
8600-552: The Gold Rush Tournament to crown the inaugural NXT Champion where he defeated Jinder Mahal in the tournament finals on the August 29 episode of NXT . On the October 10 episode of NXT , Rollins had his first successful defense of his title against Michael McGillicutty. On the January 2, 2013 episode of NXT , Rollins successfully defended the NXT Championship against Corey Graves , before losing it
8772-424: The Money in the Bank pre-show on July 14, and against The Prime Time Players ( Darren Young and Titus O'Neil) at Night of Champions on September 15. At Battleground on October 6, the recently ( kayfabe ) fired Cody Rhodes and Goldust reclaimed their jobs by defeating Rollins and Reigns in a non-title match. On the October 14 episode of Raw , Rollins and Reigns lost the titles to Rhodes and Goldust in
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#17328019088108944-801: The PWG World Tag Team Championship by defeating Roderick Strong and El Generico , a replacement for Jack Evans . At FIP's event on December 20, Black defeated Go Shiozaki to win the FIP World Heavyweight Championship . At FIP's event on May 2, 2009, Davey Richards was awarded the FIP World Heavyweight Championship by forfeit when Black was unable to compete. At the Ring of Honor (ROH) pay-per-view taping of Man Up on September 15, 2007, Black made his debut alongside Jimmy Jacobs and Necro Butcher , with
9116-624: The Royal Rumble on January 26, as the final entrant, but was eliminated by eventual winner Drew McIntyre. Rollins and Murphy retained the titles against The Street Profits at Super ShowDown on February 27, but lost the titles to them on the March 2 episode of Raw . Rollins and Murphy failed to reclaim the championship from the Street Profits at Elimination Chamber six days later. At WrestleMania 36 on April 4, Rollins lost to Owens in No Disqualification match , ending
9288-652: The WWE Tag Team Championship . On the June 14 episode of SmackDown , The Shield suffered their first decisive loss in televised six-man tag team matches against Team Hell No and Randy Orton when Bryan made Rollins submit. Rollins and Reigns successfully retained the WWE Tag Team Championship against Bryan and Orton at Payback on June 13. In August, The Shield began working for Chief operating officer Triple H and The Authority . They retained their titles against The Usos at
9460-459: The jargon of the business , are performed in professional wrestling . Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline . Throughout professional wrestling's decades-long history , some gimmick matches have spawned many variations of the core concept. The singles match is the most common of all professional wrestling matches, which involves only two competitors competing for one fall . A victory
9632-491: The wild card rule , in order to earn a rematch against Bayley for the title at Stomping Grounds. Bliss, however, won the match, thus Bliss earned the title match. At WrestleMania 35 , Roman Reigns defeated Drew McIntyre . Reigns was then drafted to SmackDown in the Superstar Shake-up , while McIntyre joined forces with Shane McMahon , but lost another match to Reigns by disqualification when Reigns appeared on
9804-445: The "footage looked awfully familiar"; in reality, repurposed footage of Simpson's infamous Bronco chase was actually used as part of the match.) The match eventually ended in the ring live, when Piper stripped Goldust down to women's lingerie and kissed him as part of "making him a man". WrestleMania XII featured a second cinematic match between " The Huckster " and " Nacho Man ". At SummerSlam 1996 , The Undertaker faced Mankind in
9976-723: The 1970s fought between Dusty Rhodes and Ivan Koloff . The coffin match was revived as one of The Undertaker 's signature matches and first appeared on television at the Survivor Series as the coffin match against Kamala . Prior to that, at a house show on July 14, 1991, the Ultimate Warrior defeated the Undertaker in a casket match in St. Louis, Missouri at Busch Stadium. There have been 17 casket matches, 11 of which have been won by The Undertaker. The 20th edition
10148-530: The 5-on-5 elimination match on Team Raw and won the match as the sole survivor after eliminating Jeff Hardy . On the October 25 episode of Raw , Rollins defeated Finn Bálor, Kevin Owens, and Rey Mysterio in a fatal four-way ladder match to become the #1 contender for the WWE Championship against Big E at Day 1 on January 1, 2022. Over the following weeks, Owens and Bobby Lashley were also added to
10320-461: The Casket match. A similar type of match aims to restrain opposing wrestlers somehow, and the match often takes the name of the restraining device – for example, the Stretcher. None of these matches can end in a pinfall, submission, countout, or disqualification. Common containers used for these matches are caskets (connected to The Undertaker 's Deadman persona, either using a typical coffin or
10492-532: The Firefly Inferno match between Orton and The Fiend at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in December, where Orton set The Fiend's entire body on fire, and an intergender match between Orton and Bliss at Fastlane in March 2021, where Bliss used supernatural powers. Since the resumption of live touring in July 2021, WWE ceased producing cinematic matches. AEW also incorporated cinematic matches during pandemic restrictions in 2020 and 2021, most notably
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#173280190881010664-534: The Grave Consequences (subsequently Graver Consequences) match. Another toned-down version of the Casket Match is when a victory is not obtained by placing the opponent in the coffin but by pinfall or submission. However, the defeated wrestler is then placed into the coffin. The Last Rites match is a Total Nonstop Action Wrestling variation where a casket is lowered into the center of the ring, and
10836-584: The Intercontinental Championship to Ambrose, ending his reign at 119 days. Rollins failed to regain the championship from Ambrose on several occasions, including in a Falls Count Anywhere match when Lashley interfered, and in a triple threat match where Lashley won the championship after pinning Ambrose. At the Royal Rumble on January 27, 2019, Rollins won his first Royal Rumble match by lastly eliminating Braun Strowman. The following night on Raw , Rollins challenged Brock Lesnar for
11008-445: The July 4, 2023 episode of NXT between Eddy Thorpe and Damon Kemp , for which Thorpe sought the help of Gable Steveson (Kemp's real life brother) to train him. Thorpe won the match. On the December 26, 2023 episode of NXT, Thorpe defeated Dijak in the second NXT Underground match. The first women's NXT Underground match took place on week 2 of NXT Spring Breakin' (2024) , where Lola Vice defeated Natalya . The battle royale
11180-495: The May 14 episode of SmackDown , Sami Zayn , who appeared via the wild card rule, became involved in Kevin Owens ' feud against The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E , and Xavier Woods ). The following week, Kingston defeated Zayn. On the May 28 episode, Kingston defeated Owens in a non-title rematch from Money in the Bank. The following week, Woods and Kingston defeated Owens and Zayn. On the June 11 episode, The New Day defeated
11352-585: The May 6 episode of Raw via the wild card rule. At Super ShowDown, Shane defeated Reigns thanks to a Claymore from McIntyre while the referee was incapacitated. Afterwards, another match between Reigns and McIntyre was scheduled for Stomping Grounds. At Money in the Bank, Becky Lynch retained the Raw Women's Championship against Lacey Evans , who in turn caused Lynch to lose her SmackDown Women's Championship to Charlotte Flair that same night. After more feuding on Raw , another match between Lynch and Evans for
11524-465: The October 5 episode of Raw , Murphy attacked Rollins after he refused to apologize to him, thus ending their alliance. As part of the 2020 WWE draft in October, Rollins was drafted to the SmackDown brand . On the November 20 episode of SmackDown , Rollins lost to Murphy to end the feud. At Survivor Series two days later, Rollins was a part of Team SmackDown, but was the first person eliminated by Sheamus after "sacrificing" himself and his team lost
11696-474: The ROH World Championship with him to WWE and refused to put the championship at stake in a match with Davey Richards on August 28, which he then lost by submission . On September 11, at Glory By Honor IX , in his final ROH appearance, Black lost the ROH World Championship to Roderick Strong in a no disqualification match with Terry Funk as a guest enforcer , ending his reign at 210 days after seven successful title defenses. On August 8, 2010, Lopez signed
11868-485: The ROH World Championship. On April 3, Black retained the title in a three-way elimination match against Austin Aries and Roderick Strong at The Big Bang! pay-per-view. He also retained the title against Davey Richards on June 19 at Death Before Dishonor VIII . Black turned into a villain at the August 20 tapings of Ring of Honor Wrestling after news broke that he had signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He threatened to take
12040-501: The Raw Women's Championship was scheduled for Stomping Grounds. At Super ShowDown, Kofi Kingston defeated Dolph Ziggler to retain the WWE Championship thanks to interference from fellow New Day member Xavier Woods . Following the match, an irate Ziggler claimed he would have beaten Kingston had it not been for Woods and then challenged Kingston to a Steel Cage match for the title at Stomping Grounds and Kingston accepted. On
12212-411: The Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brands, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw , SmackDown Live , and the cruiserweight -exclusive 205 Live . During Seth Rollins ' Universal Championship defense against Baron Corbin at Super ShowDown , Corbin got into an argument with referee John Cone , allowing Rollins to roll-up Corbin to retain the title. After
12384-429: The SmackDown tag team division on the May 28 episode of SmackDown , Heavy Machinery ( Otis and Tucker ) interrupted and challenged the champions to a title match, which was accepted but for a later time. On the June 11 episode, Bryan and Rowan were set to have a title unification match with the kayfabe Yolo County Tag Team Champions, a couple of "local" wrestlers with cardboard belts. Heavy Machinery came out before
12556-590: The Stadium Stampede match at Double or Nothing 2020 , which was a 5v5 empty arena match in the TIAA Bank Field stadium. During that period, AEW featured at least one cinematic match at each of their PPVs: a "Tooth and Nail match" at All Out 2020 between Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. and Big Swole at Baker's real-life dental office, a match entitled "The Elite Deletion" at Full Gear 2020 , featuring Matt Hardy against Sammy Guevara and similar to
12728-521: The United States Championship from Cena in a steel cage match. At Hell in a Cell on October 25, Rollins retained the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Kane and per the match stipulation, Kane was fired as Director of Operations. On November 4, during a match against Kane at a WWE live event in Dublin, Ireland , Rollins tore the ACL , MCL and medial meniscus in his knee while attempting to execute
12900-484: The Universal Championship against him on May 19 at Money in the Bank . Rollins successfully defended the title against Corbin at Super ShowDown on June 7, and at Stomping Grounds on June 23; the latter title defense featured Lacey Evans as special guest referee . He won with assistance of his real-life wife and Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch to overcome the biased refereeing from Evans. Rollins and Lynch defeated Corbin and Evans at Extreme Rules on July 14 in
13072-411: The Universal Championship at WrestleMania 35 . Soon after, Rollins reconciled with Ambrose and the recently returned Reigns to reform The Shield for the third time, defeating McIntyre, Lashley and Baron Corbin on March 10 at Fastlane . At WrestleMania 35 on April 7, Rollins defeated Lesnar to win the Universal Championship for the first time. Rollins then entered a feud with AJ Styles, retaining
13244-483: The Universal and Raw Women's championships being scheduled for Extreme Rules . Roman Reigns faced Shane McMahon and Drew McIntyre in a handicap match . Shane and McIntyre dominated Reigns until The Undertaker came to his aid, setting up a no holds barred tag team match at Extreme Rules. On SmackDown , Dolph Ziggler faced WWE Champion Kofi Kingston in a two out of three falls match in order to be inserted into
13416-480: The WWE Championship inside the namesake structure after being eliminated by Lesnar. Rollins then unsuccessfully attempted to find a spot on the card at WrestleMania 38 , until Mr. McMahon announced that Rollins would face an opponent of his choosing on the March 28 episode of Raw . At Night 1 of WrestleMania on April 2, Rollins' opponent was unveiled as the returning Cody Rhodes , who defeated Rollins. At WrestleMania Backlash on May 8, Rollins lost to Rhodes in
13588-435: The WWE Championship match at Day 1, making it a fatal four-way match, which Rollins lost after Brock Lesnar was added to the match and won the title. That month, he began to work as Seth "Freakin" Rollins. At the Royal Rumble on January 29, Rollins faced SmackDown's Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship, winning the match by disqualification but not the title. On February 18, at Elimination Chamber , he failed to win
13760-609: The WWE World Heavyweight and the United States Championships after interference from Jon Stewart , making him the first and only wrestler to hold both championships simultaneously. At Night of Champions on September 20, Rollins lost the United States Championship back to Cena but was able to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Sting later that night. At Live from Madison Square Garden on October 3, Rollins failed to regain
13932-437: The Year . At Extreme Rules on May 22, 2016, Rollins returned from injury, attacking Roman Reigns with a Pedigree after his WWE World Heavyweight Championship defense against AJ Styles . The following night on Raw , Shane McMahon scheduled a match between Reigns and Rollins for the title at Money in the Bank . At the event on June 19, Rollins defeated Reigns to win his second WWE World Heavyweight Championship, becoming
14104-423: The adjacent Daily's Place . The audience in attendance watched the first half of the match on video screens before the action spilled into the amphitheater. This would be AEW's final cinematic match produced before the company resumed live touring in July that year. Impact Wrestling would also return to producing cinematic matches in 2021 when Ethan Page wrestled his alter ego "The Karate Man" at Hard to Kill in
14276-432: The arena look more full during the television broadcast of the event. Stomping Grounds would be a one-off event for WWE, as Backlash was reinstated for June the following year. The following night on Raw , a brawl broke out between Universal Champion Seth Rollins, Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch, Baron Corbin, and Lacey Evans. This led to a last chance winners take all mixed tag team extreme rules match for both
14448-406: The arena. On March 29, at WrestleMania 31 , Rollins lost to Orton. Later that night, Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract during Lesnar and Reigns' WWE World Heavyweight Championship match, turning it into a triple threat match and pinned Reigns to win the title for the first time in his career, making him the first man to cash in his Money in the Bank contract at WrestleMania and during
14620-407: The back of an ambulance and close the door. The first ambulance match took place at Survivor Series 2003 where Kane defeated Shane McMahon . The second one took place at Elimination Chamber (2012) which also involved Kane as one of the competitors. His opponent was John Cena, who won the match, where an additional rule was added in that the ambulance has to leave to win. The third Ambulance match
14792-591: The brand's first draft pick. At Battleground on July 24, Rollins unsuccessfully competed in a triple threat match against Ambrose and Reigns for the newly renamed WWE World Championship, which became exclusive to the SmackDown brand . Because of this, the WWE Universal Championship was introduced the following night on Raw . Rollins lost the inaugural title match against Finn Bálor on August 21 at SummerSlam . After Bálor relinquished
14964-626: The bringing of weapons . In 1988 the NWA named a pay-per-view after the Bunkhouse Stampede , headlined by a Bunkhouse Stampede match held inside a cage . Recently, the match has been revitalized by Ricky Morton of the Rock n' Roll Express at his wrestling academy in Chuckey, Tennessee. A battle royale with hardcore rules (no disqualifications and no count-outs) involving several competitors in
15136-488: The championship after enlisting the help of a returning Dean Ambrose. The next night on Raw , Rollins reformed The Shield with Ambrose and Roman Reigns, preventing Strowman from cashing in his Money in the Bank contract for the Universal Championship against Reigns. At Hell in a Cell on September 16, Rollins and Ambrose failed to win the Raw Tag Team Championship from McIntyre and Ziggler. At Super Show-Down on October 6, The Shield defeated McIntyre, Ziggler and Strowman in
15308-422: The championship against Ambrose on May 31 at Elimination Chamber after getting himself disqualified, and in a ladder match at Money in the Bank on June 14. At Battleground on July 19, Rollins retained the title by disqualification against Brock Lesnar after The Undertaker attacked Lesnar. On August 23, Rollins defeated United States Champion John Cena in a Winner Takes All match at SummerSlam for both
15480-465: The championship against The Miz at Backlash on May 6 and Elias on June 17 at Money in the Bank , before losing it to Dolph Ziggler the following night on Raw after a distraction by Ziggler's ally, Drew McIntyre , ending his reign at 71 days. Rollins failed to regain the title from Ziggler in a 30-minute Iron Man match at Extreme Rules on July 15 after interference from McIntyre. On August 19, at SummerSlam , Rollins defeated Ziggler to regain
15652-570: The championship match at Extreme Rules, but was unsuccessful. Nikki Cross apologized to Alexa Bliss, feeling that it was her fault that Bliss lost. On SmackDown , wild card guest Cross defeated Bayley to earn Bliss a rematch for the SmackDown Women's Championship at Extreme Rules. Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker) earned another opportunity for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship at Extreme Rules by defeating
15824-436: The championship, making him the second wrestler to hold the Universal Championship more than once. He also became the first superstar to defeat Lesnar at both WrestleMania and SummerSlam. On the August 19 episode of Raw , Rollins won his record-tying fifth Raw Tag Team Championship along with Braun Strowman when they defeated Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows . At Clash of Champions on September 15, Rollins and Strowman lost
15996-422: The climax, after Nese was pushed out of the ring, Gulak performed an Argentine neckbreaker on Tozawa to win the title. The actual pay-per-view opened with Becky Lynch defending the Raw Women's Championship against Lacey Evans. In the end, Lynch forced Evans to submit to the "Dis-Arm-Her" to retain the title. Next, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn faced The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods). In the end, Owens performed
16168-464: The climax, as Corbin attempted another "End of Days", Rollins countered into a superkick and followed up with "The Stomp" to retain the title. The event received mostly positive critical reactions. Jason Powell of Pro Wrestling Dot Net described Stomping Grounds as a "straight forward show" that ended in a "polarizing" main event. Though the "wrestlers worked hard", the show featured "bad title feuds" that Powell wished would end. The main event angle
16340-410: The entire Raw roster for "dropping the ball" and failing to win at the pay-per-view. These comments later drew the attention of Kevin Owens, who attacked Rollins and challenged him to a match, which ended in a disqualification after AOP (Akam and Rezar) attacked Owens. On the December 9 episode of Raw , despite earlier denying an alliance with AOP, Rollins joined them by attacking Owens, turning heel for
16512-467: The event on August 21, Rollins lost to Edge by submission, but won their rematch on the September 10 episode of SmackDown . As part of the 2021 Draft , Rollins was drafted to the Raw brand. On the October 8 episode of SmackDown , Edge demanded a Hell in a Cell match between them, which was made official for Crown Jewel . At the event on October 21, Rollins was defeated by Edge, ending their feud. At Survivor Series on November 21, Rollins took part in
16684-630: The event was livestreamed on the WWE Network . Tacoma Dome was the site of World Championship Wrestling (WCW)'s Spring Stampede PPV in 1999 and the failed WCW re-launch that occurred on July 2, 2001, broadcast of Raw is War between Booker T and Buff Bagwell for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship . The event comprised nine matches, including one on the Kickoff pre-show, that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on
16856-647: The event, giving the Rollins-Corbin match the highest grading of A+, quoting "This was an outstanding example of the theatricality of professional wrestling and a throwback to an era when storytelling was as integral a part of any given match as the ring work itself", and the SmackDown Tag Team Title Match and the New Day vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn both received the second-highest grade of A. The Raw Women's Championship Match received
17028-458: The feud. At Money in the Bank on May 10, Rollins unsuccessfully challenged McIntyre for the WWE Championship. The next night on Raw , Rollins attacked Rey Mysterio and injured his eye with the steel ring steps. On the May 18 episode of Raw , Rollins recruited Austin Theory as a member of his faction. Mysterio eventually returned and challenged Rollins to an Eye for an Eye match , where
17200-479: The first ever FCW 15 match under 15-minute Iron Man rules where they fought to a 1–1 draw. Following this, Rollins, along with Hunico, Richie Steamboat and Jinder Mahal , participated in the FCW 15 Jack Brisco Classic tournament. On January 13, 2011, Rollins defeated Hunico in the finals to win the tournament and became the inaugural FCW Jack Brisco 15 Champion . At a house show on March 25, Rollins and Steamboat defeated Damien Sandow and Titus O'Neil to win
17372-440: The first stage as an inside-out battle royale with 15 or more wrestlers involved. The first seven to enter the ring over the top cage will advance to the second stage which is a gauntlet match. When it gets down to the final stage, only two wrestlers will battle in a singles match which is decided by pinfall or submission. A semi-final battle royale consists of a battle royale where when a specific number of wrestlers are remaining,
17544-414: The first time since 2016. After this, Rollins began calling himself the "Monday Night Messiah" while stating that he was "sacrificing" his opponents for "the greater good" and created a faction with AOP and Buddy Murphy . Rollins and Murphy defeated The Viking Raiders to win the Raw Tag Team Championship on the January 20, 2020 episode of Raw , becoming a record six-time champion. Rollins competed in
17716-454: The first wrestler to legitimately defeat Reigns in singles competition on the main roster, only to lose the title minutes later to Dean Ambrose, who cashed in the Money in the Bank contract he won earlier that night. In July, Rollins failed to regain the renamed WWE Championship from Ambrose on both Raw and SmackDown . During the 2016 WWE draft on July 19, Rollins was drafted to Raw as
17888-407: The fourth match, Daniel Bryan and Rowan defended the SmackDown Tag Team Championship against Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker). In the end, Tucker performed a cross-body on Rowan on the outside of the ring. Bryan then pinned Tucker with a small package to retain the titles. Next, Bayley defended the SmackDown Women's Championship against Raw's Alexa Bliss (who was accompanied by Nikki Cross ). During
18060-414: The latter twice under the revised 2015 format . He is also the only wrestler to have won the WWE Championship, Universal Championship, World Heavyweight Championship, and NXT Championship, in addition to being the only wrestler to compete in the match to decide the inaugural champion of three WWE championships (NXT, Universal, and World Heavyweight). Rollins also won the 2014 Money in the Bank ladder match ,
18232-464: The lowest grading of C, quoting "This was a match in which it never felt like the competitors were on the same page. The action was disjointed, the psychology wonky at times and the finish came from out of nowhere". The event received 11,000 pay-per-view purchases, but live attendance was one of the lowest of WWE's PPV history. Due to the low attendance, the TV side of the arena was tarped off in order to make
18404-603: The main roster as a member of The Shield alongside Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns . He won his first main roster championship, the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship , with Reigns in May 2013; he went on to hold the title a record six times with Ambrose and various partners. After leaving The Shield in 2014, he joined The Authority , establishing his on-screen character as a leading villain. Since then, he has headlined numerous major PPV and livestreaming events for WWE, including WrestleMania XL . Rollins
18576-465: The match aired during several segments in between matches inside the ring, and featured both pre-taped segments outside the Arrowhead Pond of the two fighting as well as Piper "chasing" Goldust's solid gold Cadillac in a white Ford Bronco in an obvious reference to the then-ongoing O. J. Simpson murder case . ( Vince McMahon mentioned on commentary without completely breaking kayfabe that
18748-570: The match and accused Bryan and Rowan of avoiding their challenge. Bryan said that Heavy Machinery needed to earn the opportunity and had them instead face the enhancement talent, who Heavy Machinery quickly defeated. Bryan and Rowan were then scheduled to defend the SmackDown Tag Team Championship against Heavy Machinery at Stomping Grounds. During the Stomping Grounds Kickoff pre-show, Tony Nese defended 205 Live's WWE Cruiserweight Championship against Drew Gulak and Akira Tozawa. In
18920-592: The match and the official champion. The most famous example is the Hardcore Title Battle Royal from WWF's WrestleMania 2000 . A last blood battle royale is essentially a multi-competitor First Blood match . All competitors start at the same time and wrestlers are eliminated when they start bleeding. The winner is the last wrestler in the match not bleeding. This match was held in the Tri-State Wrestling Association,
19092-402: The match ends, and those that remain are placed in a standard wrestling match for the prize at stake. An example of this occurred on a January 2024 episode of NXT , where 20 women competed in a battle royal that became a Fatal 4-Way once there were four competitors remaining. In All Elite Wrestling (AEW), it is known as a Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale , as twelve competitors compete until it
19264-433: The match, Bayley performed a suicide dive on Cross. In the end, Cross inadvertently distracted Bliss. Bliss attempted "Twisted Bliss" , however, Bayley countered by raising her knees. Bayley performed a "Bayley-to-Belly Suplex" on Bliss to retain the title. After that, Roman Reigns faced Drew McIntyre (accompanied by Shane McMahon). During the match, Shane attempted to distract Reigns on numerous occasions. Reigns performed
19436-596: The match, Corbin attacked Rollins with the "End of Days" and a title rematch was scheduled for Stomping Grounds. On the following Raw , Corbin revealed that he was able to convince WWE officials to allow him to choose a special guest referee for their rematch, since he felt that it was Cone's fault for him losing at Super ShowDown. Corbin was going to choose Elias , but he was attacked by Rollins, who followed suit and continued to attack Corbin's other potential choices: EC3 and Eric Young on Raw , and The B-Team ( Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas ) on SmackDown . Corbin's decision on
19608-408: The match. At the Royal Rumble on January 31, 2021, Rollins entered at #29, but was eliminated by eventual winner Edge . On Night 1 of WrestleMania 37 on April 10, Rollins lost to Cesaro, but won a rematch at Hell in a Cell on June 20. On the July 9 episode of SmackDown , Rollins defeated Cesaro again to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match at the titular event on July 18, which
19780-410: The match. On February 23, 2012, Rollins defeated Leo Kruger to become the new FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion . Rollins lost the championship to Rick Victor at a house show on May 31. When WWE rebranded FCW into NXT in August 2012, Rollins' NXT TV debut took place on the second episode of the rebooted NXT at Full Sail University on June 27, when he defeated Jiro . Rollins entered
19952-399: The men's and women's world title holders facing each other for a commemorative Crown Jewel Championship. This event consists of a unique ruleset compared to a traditional pro wrestling event, in that every match must end in either a knockout or submission. The traditional wrestling ring is replaced by a ring canvas with no ropes or turnbuckles. This event features worked shoot matches in
20124-540: The middle of the ring for the victory. This was one of The Undertaker ’s early gimmick matches; he had one of these matches in 1992 against The Ultimate Warrior at the Madison Square Garden . The casket match (also known as the Coffin match ) has a casket near the ring, with the objective of the match being to trap the opposing wrestler inside. The casket match began its life as a one-off coffin match in
20296-898: The name Tyler Black, and entered the Ted Petty Invitational Tournament , defeating Sal Thomaselli before being eliminated by Matt Sydal in the quarterfinals in Hammond, Indiana on September 23, 2005. He soon joined NWA Midwest and won the promotion 's tag team championship with Marek Brave. The two retained the NWA Midwest Tag Team Championship against Ryan Boz and Danny Daniels, Brett Wayne and Hype Gotti and Jayson Reign and Marco Cordova several times in early 2006. He briefly appeared in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and teamed with Jeff Luxon in
20468-446: The next week on NXT to Big E Langston in a No Disqualification match. After losing the title, Rollins continued to feud with Graves and attacked him during his number one contender's match for the NXT Championship with Conor O'Brian. Rollins then accepted Graves' challenge and defeated him in a lumberjack match to end the feud. On November 18, 2012, at the Survivor Series pay-per-view , Seth Rollins made his main roster debut as
20640-507: The night against Becky Lynch, Rollins' real-life girlfriend. After Rollins performed a powerbomb on Corbin through the English announcers' table, Evans counted up to 9 before changing the stipulation of the match to a No Countout match . Corbin then attacked Rollins with a steel chair that Rollins brought earlier. Rather than disqualifying Corbin, Evans added that the match was now also a No Disqualification match . Corbin attempted to perform
20812-516: The number one contender against Tony Nese for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship on the Stomping Grounds Kickoff pre-show. The match, however, ended with both Gulak and Tozawa scoring a double pin. The following week, 205 Live General Manager Drake Maverick decided that Nese would defend the title against both Gulak and Tozawa in a triple threat match. On the June 10 episode of Raw , United States Champion Samoa Joe
20984-655: The number one contender to the WWE Universal Championship also involving Bálor, Joe, Reigns and Wyatt, which Joe won. On the July 10 episode of Raw , Rollins saved Dean Ambrose from an attack by The Miz and the Miztourage (Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas ). After failing to gain Ambrose's trust for several weeks, the two argued in the ring on the August 14 episode of Raw and brawled with each other before fighting off Cesaro and Sheamus , reuniting
21156-407: The objective is to get your opponent into the casket, which is raised to the ceiling following the match. The first Last Rites match was done between Sting and Abyss . Vince Russo came up with this match; it was perceived to be a disaster because neither wrestler could work properly due to the placement of the casket in the center of the ring, which limited and obstructed their workspace. The match
21328-469: The only way to win was to extract the opponent's eyeball. At The Horror Show at Extreme Rules on July 19, Rollins won the match after using the ring steps to remove Mysterio's eye. Over the following weeks, Rey's son Dominik Mysterio confronted Rollins about the attacks on both him and his father. At SummerSlam on August 23, Rollins defeated Dominik in a Street Fight . On August 30, Rollins and Murphy lost to Rey and Dominik Mysterio at Payback . On
21500-469: The other "Deletion" matches involving Hardy, and a tag team street fight pitting Darby Allin and Sting against Team Taz ( Brian Cage and Ricky Starks ) at Revolution 2021 , which was held at an abandoned warehouse somewhere in Atlanta , Georgia. At Double or Nothing 2021 the Stadium Stampede match was a hybrid cinematic match with the first half recorded at TIAA Bank Field, then concluding live at
21672-416: The others). A cinematic Buried Alive match was held between The Undertaker and AJ Styles for WrestleMania 36 , referred to as a "Boneyard match" . The match took place outdoors in a cemetery-like setting near an abandoned warehouse rather than in a traditional ring. A Body Bag match is a no-disqualification match where the objective is for a wrestler to put an opposing wrestler in a body bag situated in
21844-410: The ring at the same time. The match could last for either 15 or 20 minutes. All participants are not eliminated by being thrown out of the ring and both feet touching the floor. Pinning or forcing to submit whoever was current Hardcore champion would result in the victorious participant becoming the interim champion. Whoever the person held the title at end of the time limit would be declared the winner of
22016-798: The ring name Tyler Black for Ring of Honor (ROH) and was part of the Age of the Fall stable with Jimmy Jacobs . During his time in ROH, he held the ROH World Championship once and the ROH World Tag Team Championship twice (with Jacobs) and won the 2009 Survival of the Fittest tournament. He also wrestled for various independent promotions including Full Impact Pro , where he was a one-time FIP World Heavyweight Champion , as well as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla , where he
22188-517: The same night. Colby Daniel Lopez was born in Davenport, Iowa , on May 28, 1986. He is of Armenian, German, and Irish descent. He gained the Lopez surname from his Mexican-American stepfather, whom he considers his true father. He has a brother and a sister, but did not know this until their existence was revealed by a DNA test in 2019. He graduated from Davenport West High School in 2004. As
22360-540: The second ring, after which they can be eliminated by being thrown out of that ring. The last remaining wrestler in the first ring can rest until only one wrestler is left in the second ring, after which they fight in both rings until one is eliminated and a winner is declared, in similar fashion to a double elimination tournament . This was held by World Championship Wrestling at the 1991 Starrcade event, but future Battlebowl matches were contested under normal battle royale rules. The battle zone features any number of men in
22532-477: The show's history. Six days later, at Elimination Chamber , Rollins was the fifth man eliminated by Braun Strowman in the match. At WrestleMania 34 on April 8, Rollins defeated Finn Bálor and The Miz in a triple threat match to win the Intercontinental Championship for the first time in his career. With his win, Rollins became the twenty-ninth Triple Crown Champion and the eighteenth Grand Slam Champion in WWE history, respectively. He successfully defended
22704-466: The special guest referee remained unknown before Stomping Grounds. At Money in the Bank , Bayley won the women's Money in the Bank ladder match and later that night cashed in the contract on Charlotte Flair to win the SmackDown Women's Championship . On the June 4 episode of SmackDown , Flair competed in a triple threat match against Carmella and Raw's Alexa Bliss , who appeared via
22876-409: The steel ring steps, kayfabe injuring him. At Survivor Series on November 23, Rollins captained Team Authority in a five-on-five elimination tag team match against Team Cena, in which he was the sole survivor for his team and the last man eliminated by Dolph Ziggler , resulting in The Authority being ousted from control of WWE. At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 14, he lost to Cena in
23048-453: The team in the process. At SummerSlam on August 20, Ambrose and Rollins defeated Cesaro and Sheamus to win the Raw Tag Team Championship, successfully defending the titles in a rematch at No Mercy on September 24. On the October 9 episode of Raw , Rollins and Ambrose reunited with Roman Reigns. The newly reformed Shield was due to face Braun Strowman, Cesaro, Kane, The Miz and Sheamus at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on October 22 in
23220-455: The team of Austin Aries and Bryan Danielson . At Take No Prisoners on May 30, Black unsuccessfully challenged Nigel McGuinness for the ROH World Championship . At Up For Grabs, Black and Jacobs won an eight-team tournament to win their second ROH World Tag Team Championship. The two lost the championship at Driven on November 14 to the team of Kevin Steen and El Generico . Black had
23392-505: The team of Dolph Ziggler, Owens, and Zayn. On the following Raw , wild card guests The New Day defeated the team of Owens (also appearing via the wild card rule), Zayn, and Baron Corbin in a two out of three falls match . A tag team match between New Day's Big E and Woods against Owens and Zayn was then scheduled for Stomping Grounds. On the June 11 episode of 205 Live , a fatal four-way match between Drew Gulak , Humberto Carrillo , Oney Lorcan , and Akira Tozawa occurred to determine
23564-585: The team of Kevin Owens and Dolph Ziggler. On 205 Live , Tony Nese defeated Akira Tozawa to earn a rematch against Drew Gulak for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship at Extreme Rules. Seth Rollins Colby Daniel Lopez (born May 28, 1986) is an American professional wrestler . He is signed to WWE , where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Seth "Freakin" Rollins . Prior to signing with WWE, he wrestled under
23736-414: The team. This match uses the normal battle royale rules, teams may be eliminated when either one or both partners are thrown over the top rope with both feet touching the floor. This match is conducted similarly to a battle royale but in these cases, both wrestlers are considered active at the same time and there are no tags using the tornado tag team stipulation. This variation of the tag team battle royale
23908-490: The three attacking The Briscoe Brothers, and hanging Jay Briscoe from light rigging fashioned as a noose. The three formed a stable called The Age of the Fall . The angle was so controversial that ROH decided to remove the footage from the pay-per-view that was being taped at the event. Black later made his ROH in-ring debut later that night in a dark match , wrestling Jack Evans to a no contest . At Glory by Honor VI in November, Black defeated Alex "Sugarfoot" Payne, but
24080-465: The title from Owens at Clash of Champions on September 25 and Hell in a Cell on October 30 due to several interferences from Chris Jericho . At Survivor Series on November 20, Rollins formed part of Team Raw with Owens, Jericho, Braun Strowman and Reigns in a losing effort to Team SmackDown. At Roadblock: End of the Line on December 18, Rollins defeated Jericho. In January 2017, Rollins started
24252-448: The title the following night on Raw due to a legit shoulder injury sustained at SummerSlam, Rollins faced Big Cass , Kevin Owens and Roman Reigns in a four-way elimination match for the title, but Triple H interfered and attacked Rollins, allowing Owens to win the championship. On the September 5 episode of Raw , Rollins attacked Owens during his celebration ceremony, turning face for the first time since 2014. Rollins failed to win
24424-406: The title two weeks later resulted in a similar 0–0 draw. A second 30-minute rematch for the title on the September 18 episode of FCW went to a time limit 2–2 draw and the match was sent into sudden death overtime , where Rollins scored a pinfall to win the match 3–2. On September 22, Rollins lost the FCW 15 Championship to Damien Sandow by disqualification after Ambrose attacked Sandow late in
24596-470: The title, so the title doesn't change hands if the champion loses the match. It can be announced by name, as a non-title match or as a singles match. It was also used in a tag team format. World TV Champion Arn Anderson vs. Paul Orndorff at Clash of the Champions XI was one example. Though Orndorff won the match, Anderson remained champion. A champion vs. champion match can also be referenced to
24768-415: The titles to Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode . Later that night, Rollins retained the Universal Championship against Strowman but was attacked by "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt after the match. At Hell in a Cell on October 6, Rollins defended his title against The Fiend in a Hell in a Cell match that ended in referee stoppage after The Fiend was buried under several weapons and hit with a sledgehammer by Rollins,
24940-485: The top 500 wrestlers in the world in 2015, 2019, and 2023, was voted as the PWI Wrestler of the Year in 2015 and 2023 and was named Wrestler of the Year by Sports Illustrated in 2022. He was the first wrestler to cash in a Money in the Bank contract at a WrestleMania event and holds the record for the longest televised match in WWE history, performing for 65 minutes whilst defeating Reigns and John Cena in
25112-422: The two in a rematch between February 13, 2010 for the company's Eighth Anniversary Show. The booking saw Cornette set up a judging panel with himself on and one person picked by each competitor, in order for there to be a decisive winner in case of another draw. Aries picked King while Black picked Strong, whom he guaranteed an ROH World Championship title shot should he win. At the event, Black pinned Aries to win
25284-491: The two that occurred at WrestleMania 36 ; a Boneyard match between The Undertaker and AJ Styles , which was a Buried Alive match held at a custom built cemetery set in the Orlando area, and a Firefly Fun House match between John Cena and "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt. (Although the match ended with The Fiend pinning Cena in a ring, the match itself was a dream-like sequence of Cena's career, showing his perceived character flaws;
25456-524: The use of cinematic matches was greatly reduced, as these new staging arenas allowed fans to attend the events virtually. To go with the Halloween -theme at NXT : Halloween Havoc in October, a Haunted House of Terrors match was held between Dexter Lumis and Cameron Grimes , which was similar to the House of Horrors match from Payback 2017. Matches involving Randy Orton, "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt, and Alexa Bliss have also used cinematic techniques, such as
25628-459: The various segments were filmed at WWE's Titan Towers headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut ). Following this, cinematic matches occurred at Money in the Bank in May, which was the event's eponymous ladder matches that occurred at WWE's headquarters, a Backlot Brawl between Adam Cole and Velveteen Dream in the parking lot of Full Sail University at NXT TakeOver: In Your House in June,
25800-497: The wrestler cannot use the ropes to escape pins or submissions. Closed fists are illegal, and the first offense (if seen by the official) results in a warning. A second offense results in disqualification. The wrestlers must shake hands before and after the match. A special challenge match was often used in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) to refer to a singles match in which the champion is not defending
25972-404: Was a brawl between The Broken Hardys and Decay titled "Delete or Decay". The Broken Hardys and Decay continued their feud at Bound for Glory , where Decay lost their TNA World Tag Team Championship to The Hardys in "The Great War". The Hardys issued an open tag team invitational at their compound on the December 15 episode of Impact Wrestling , titled Total Nonstop Deletion . The main event
26144-462: Was a guest on The Miz 's "Miz TV", only to get interrupted by Braun Strowman , Bobby Lashley , Ricochet , and Cesaro , each stating a claim to challenge Joe for his title. The following week, a fatal five-way elimination match between Strowman, Lashley, Ricochet, Cesaro, and Miz occurred to determine Joe's challenger for the title at Stomping Grounds, which was won by Ricochet. After SmackDown Tag Team Champions Daniel Bryan and Rowan berated
26316-409: Was a one-time PWG World Tag Team Champion (also with Jacobs). Lopez signed with WWE in 2010 and was sent to its then-developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where he was renamed Seth Rollins and became the inaugural FCW Grand Slam Champion . After WWE rebranded its developmental brand from FCW to NXT , he became the inaugural NXT Champion . In November 2012, he debuted on
26488-494: Was ambushed from behind by the debuting Samoa Joe , who choked him out in the Coquina Clutch . Rollins signed a contract to compete against Triple H in a non-sanctioned match on April 2 at WrestleMania 33 , which he won. Rollins defeated Joe at Payback on April 30 to give Joe his first singles loss on the main roster. At Extreme Rules on June 4, Rollins competed in a fatal five-way Extreme Rules match to determine
26660-604: Was attacked by The Briscoe Brothers following the match. He appeared with The Age of the Fall in their match against The Briscoe Brothers during the main event. At Final Battle on December 30, Black and Jacobs defeated The Briscoe Brothers to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship . They lost the championship one month later on January 26, 2008, to the No Remorse Corps (Davey Richards and Rocky Romero ) when competing in an Ultimate Endurance match also involving The Hangmen 3 ( Brent Albright and B. J. Whitmer ), and
26832-414: Was called off by Triple H after a pre-match attack by Ambrose on Rollins backstage, as well as at SummerSlam on August 17 in a lumberjack match after hitting him with his Money in the Bank briefcase following interference from Kane. The following night on Raw , Rollins defeated Ambrose once again in a Falls Count Anywhere match by referee stoppage after Kane interfered again and helped Rollins execute
27004-464: Was called the "Ultimate Deletion;" this was just like the "Final Deletion," including being held at Matt's compound. Cinematic matches became more frequent in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic ; the pandemic began affecting the professional wrestling industry in March that year, forcing promotions to hold events behind closed doors . WWE would hold several cinematic matches at their pay-per-views between March and August, being highly praised for
27176-481: Was eliminated by Mysterio, Reigns won the match for the team. At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 15, The Shield lost to CM Punk in 3-on-1 handicap match after Reigns accidentally speared Ambrose. On January 26, 2014, at the Royal Rumble , Rollins entered his first Royal Rumble match at #2, gaining three eliminations before he was eliminated by teammate Reigns. The next night on Raw , The Shield competed against Daniel Bryan, Sheamus and John Cena in
27348-459: Was given a non-title match against then-ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness on January 16, 2009, where Black was victorious. The following night, Black faced McGuinness in a title match, which ended in a time limit draw . On June 26, at Violent Tendencies, Black defeated Jimmy Jacobs in a steel cage match to end their feud . In September 2009, Black took a hiatus after receiving surgery on his neck. On October 10, Black defeated Kenny King in
27520-548: Was held at Halloween Havoc and the first following the retirement of The Undertaker involving Grayson Waller vs. Apollo Crews in which Crews won. WWE held its first women's casket match on the October 29, 2024 episode of NXT involving Tatum Paxley and Wendy Choo in which the Paxley won. In addition to WWE, the casket match has been adopted for use in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , All Elite Wrestling , and Lucha Underground , with Lucha Underground denominating it as
27692-421: Was hosted and commentated by Shane McMahon in Raw's third hour and didn't take place in the arena, but rather in a warehouse environment, with only wrestlers and dancers present. The matches were short work shoot style and could end by knockout, submission or McMahon's call. Raw Underground segments aired from August 3 to September 21, 2020 in 8 episodes of Raw. The first NXT Underground match took place on
27864-484: Was judged more worthy of a Raw than a pay-per-view, Kingston-Ziggler "suffered from it being so difficult to believe that Ziggler was a threat", and Reigns-McIntyre was "very good", but McIntyre "still seems like he's just another guy they are feeding to Reigns rather than someone they have a real plan for". Also, "WWE has been labeling Ricochet as a sensation and this win is the first time they've actually made him feel like it". Erik Beaston of Bleacher Report praised
28036-601: Was left standing. A cinematic match is not technically a match type itself, but rather, it is a term used to refer to matches that are produced with various cinematic techniques . The rules vary from match to match, but generally have a basis in hardcore wrestling. Unlike a normal wrestling match, which is done in one take and typically in front of a live audience, cinematic matches are shot over several hours with various scenes filmed, similar to filmmaking, with higher-budget production involved. The final product (the complete match) generally lasts from 20 to 40 minutes and airs at
28208-550: Was named as a competitor in the Elimination Chamber match to determine the #1 contender for the Universal Championship. On the February 19 episode of Raw , Rollins competed in a seven-men gauntlet match to decide who would enter the Elimination Chamber match last, but was ultimately eliminated by Elias . Rollins wrestled for one hour and five minutes, marking the longest performance in a match by any wrestler in
28380-649: Was originally scheduled to be held on June 16, 2019, in San Diego, California . On April 29, however, it was announced that Backlash had been canceled and would instead be a house show while a pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event titled Stomping Grounds would instead be held on June 23, 2019, at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington . Stomping Grounds featured wrestlers from the Raw , SmackDown , and 205 Live brand divisions . In addition to airing on PPV,
28552-504: Was part of Three Stages of Hell match at WWE Payback on June 16, 2013, in Rosemont, Illinois between John Cena and Ryback for the WWE Championship . The most recent was at NXT Halloween Havoc in October 2024, between Ridge Holland and Andre Chase . The famous 2017 Lucha Underground "Hell of War" bout between Dante Fox ( A.R. Fox ) and Killshot ( Swerve Strickland ) was that promotion's only ambulance match. A buried alive match
28724-587: Was revealed on the January 28 episode of Raw that Punk and his manager Paul Heyman had been paying The Shield and Brad Maddox to work for them. The Shield then quietly ended their association with Punk while beginning a feud with John Cena, Ryback and Sheamus that led to a six-man tag match on February 17 at Elimination Chamber , which The Shield won. On April 7, they defeated Sheamus, Big Show and Randy Orton at WrestleMania 29 . The following night on Raw , The Shield attempted to attack The Undertaker , but were stopped by Team Hell No. This set up
28896-465: Was such a failure that during the match, the enraged crowd screamed "Fire Russo!" so loudly that the commentators had to yell into their microphones to be heard. In 2023, TNA Wrestling brought back the Last Rites match, but modified it to be more of a basic casket match. A dumpster match is a no-disqualification, no-submission, no-countout, no-fall hardcore match in which the only objective to win
29068-505: Was the "Tag Team Apocalypto" where The Hardys last defeated Decay. Although not contested as a match, WWE followed this up shortly after and filmed a cinematic-style brawl between The New Day ( Big E , Kofi Kingston , and Xavier Woods ) and The Wyatt Family ( Bray Wyatt , Erick Rowan , and Braun Strowman ) that was held at The Wyatt Family Compound and shown on the July 11, 2016 episode of WWE Raw . WWE then taped their own cinematic match for their 2017 pay-per-view Payback , called
29240-564: Was used at the WrestleMania XV as well. Created by WCW in 1995, the World War 3 battle royale involved a three-ring setup and 60 competitors; 20 wrestlers started in each of the three rings, in which they would wrestle under regular battle royale rules. Once there were 30 competitors remaining (except in 1997, where the number was 20), all competitors would enter the center ring and continue under regular rules until only one wrestler
29412-425: Was used during the 2011 WWE Draft on April 25, 2011; where the wrestler's team has to eliminate all members of the opposing team, much like an elimination tag team match where the losing wrestler of a team, who just got thrown over the ring ropes with both feet touching the floor, must return to their locker room. The team winner receives a #1 draft pick for their respective brand. Another notable version of this match
29584-405: Was won by Big E . Later that night, Rollins interfered in the main event where Roman Reigns was defending the Universal Championship against Edge, distracting the referee to cost Edge the match. Over the following weeks, Rollins and Edge confronted and attacked each other until the August 6 episode of SmackDown , where Edge challenged Rollins to a match at SummerSlam , which Rollins accepted. At
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