WarGames match

The WarGames match is a match used originally in Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) and later held annually in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), usually at their Fall Brawl pay-per-view event in September. Dusty Rhodes is cited with coming up with the idea. The match usually involved 2 teams of either four, five, or more wrestlers locked inside a steel cage that encompassed two rings.

The setup of the cage consists of 2 rings side by side with a ring-encompassing rectangular cage that covered both rings, but not the ringside area. Doors are placed at far corners of the cage, near where the opposing teams wait to enter, so the teams do not contact each other before they enter the match. The match begins with 1 member of each team entering the cage. After 5 minutes, a member from one of the teams would enter the cage, giving his team the temporary 2-on-1 handicap advantage. After 2 minutes, a member from the other team would enter to even the odds for the next 2 minutes. Entrants alternate between teams every 2 minutes, giving the 1 team the temporary advantage in terms of numbers, before giving the other team the advantage with the freshest man and even odds. Teams continue to alternate during the 2 minute periods until all participants are in the ring. When all competitors have entered the ring, a roof is lowered onto the top of the cage, with various weapons hanging from it. Both teams wrestle each other in the cage until any participant either submits, surrenders, or is knocked unconscious. There are no pinfalls, no count-outs, and no disqualifications.