Every WCW " On A Pole " Match , Explained 

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It's been north of twenty years since WCW shut its entryways and an enormous piece of the star wrestling crowd actually misses the useless advancement . All through the late ' 80s and ' 90s , WCW was the main genuine option in contrast to WWE programming . Similar as WWE , WCW could get excessively senseless for its great on occasion .RELATED : 10 Generally Crazy " On A Shaft " Matches In Wrestling History WCW had senseless trick matches all through the ' 90s . Anyway , the quantity of whacky matches saw an increase when Vince Russo began booking the card . Russo had a weakness for " On A Post " matches specifically , however he wasn't the primary WCW shot guest to book a " On A Shaft " match . Coal Digger's Glove On A Shaft In 1992 , Jake " The Snake " Roberts shockingly appeared in WCW and started focusing on Sting . They were booked to have a match at Halloween Devastation The two would at last be set in opposition to one another in a Coal Digger's Glove On A Shaft Match . Whoever got the glove off the shaft could utilize it on their adversary . The completion of this match saw Sting get the coal excavator's glove similarly as Desert plant Jack tossed Jake the sack containing his snake . Sting would utilize the glove on Jake , making the snake " chomp " Jake , permitting Sting to get the success . Seat On A Post In the late ' 90s , expert wrestling fans turned out to be more murderous . This prompted both WWE and WCW presenting No-nonsense Titles . That plan worked significantly preferable for WWE over WCW . By mid 2001 , WCW's No-nonsense Division would be to a greater degree a maverick jungle gym all things considered . On th 1/3/2001 WCW Thunder , Meng would confront Crowbar in a Seat On A Shaft Match . The
match was bowling shoe terrible . The completion saw Meng toss Crowbar into a seat in the corner and utilize the Tongan Stranglehold for the pin . Banner On A Post A Banner On A Shaft Match is presumably the most consistent of all the " On A Shaft " match choices . For the match to end , one contender needs to get their nation's banner . This match was famous in WWE in 1997 while the organization had a heel glad Canadian in Bret Hart . Banner On A Post Matches was as yet highlighted in WWE irregularly in the years to come . On the 11/22/1999 release of Monday Nitro , Senior member Malenko took on a Cana rival in Banner Match . The match was fair thinking about the members , however it was not a big deal . Malenko would get the success and be WWE limited by the beginning of 2000 . Key On A Post All through 1999 , The Disgusting Creatures and The Insurgency had been in conflict . The two corrals were continually ambushing one another . At a certain point , The Upset stole Torrie Wilson and kept her in their control . This would eventually reach a crucial stage in a Key On A Post Counterpart for Wilson . On the 11/1/1999 version of Monday Nitro , Eddie Guerrero would overcome Perry Saturn to win back ownership of Wilson . The consummation of the match saw Saturn draw near to Wilson's enclosure , permitting her to Input ...control him while Guerrero got the key . Lead Line On A Post In the last long periods of WCW , Scott Steiner was at last given the spotlight as the organization's top heel . On the 8/7/2000 episode of Nitro , Steiner would be on a path of destruction searching for Kevin Nash and Goldberg . He'd track down Sting all things considered . After a squabble that saw Sting get stifled out by Steiner and a lead pipe , a Lead Line On A Post Match was reserved for that evening .
RELATED : Scott Steiner's Last 10 WCW Matches , Positioned Most obviously terrible To Best The actual match was a speedy three - minute undertaking that was strong . Eventually , Rick Steiner would emerge and divert Sting enough for Scott to get the success . After the match , Sting would get placed in a Steiner Chair with the lead pipe . Crowbar On A Post In late 1999 , Jewel Dallas Page and Ric Style entered a fight that would ultimately develop to incorporate Page's better half Kimberly and David Energy . The quarrel would eventually prompt David Energy " snapping " and going off the deep end when DDP obliterated his father at Halloween Devastation 1999. After some senseless bookin Kimberly and David Energy , a Crowbar On A Post Match was reserved among Page and Style . At Starrcade 1999 , Page and David had a match where whoever recovered the crowbar could utilize it on his rival . After a shockingly decent yet short match , DDP would hit a Precious stone Shaper for the success . Shockingly , the crowbar never truly became possibly the most important factor during the match . Stickball Bat On A Shaft By late 2000 , WCW was as poor , innovatively talking , as it had at any point been . The booking was out of control and scarcely any things seemed OK . The Stickball Bat On A Shaft Match among Reno and Large Vito on the 9/11/2000 release of Monday Nitro is an extraordinary illustration of that . In late WCW design , the stickball ba became possibly the most important factor during the match . Large Vito attempted to utilize it one time however was
beat him with his Good tidings From Asbury Park finisher before the jug might at any point be utilized as a weapon . 49ers Dash for unheard of wealth Match By late 2000 , the issue at hand was obvious to everyone for WCW . On the 10/2/2000 episode of Nitro , fans that tuned in got a particularly awful match as the 49ers Goldrush Match between Booker T and Jeff Jarrett . The match was for the WCW Title that Vince Russo had won and abandoned . In this match , there would be posts in each side of the ring with boxes on top . Just a single box contained the WCW Title . It was basically as senseless as it s The match's feature , or lowlight , came when Booker T at last got the right box , just for the title to drop out of it . Calfskin Coat On A Post In late 1999 , UFC contender , Tank Abbott was brought into WCW for a potential enormous cash quarrel with Goldberg . Besides the fact that that quarrel never emerge would , however Abbott's whole WCW run would be a catastrophe . There's maybe no finer illustration of this than Abbott's SuperBrawl 2000 Calfskin Coat On A Post Match against Huge Al . RELATED : 10 Things You Disregarded Tank Abbott's WCW Vocation 0 The match was incredibly hard - hitting and intense to watch . Eventually , Abbott would get his coat off the post for the dominate After the game , an apparently furious Abbo would threaten to use a blade on Large Al directly before the camera Astonishing yet not totally the camera . Astonishing yet not totally surprising for late - stage WCW . Piñata On A Post Heading into the new thousand years , the WCW Cruiserweight Division was effectively being covered by WCW the executives . This was on full presentation during the hostile Piå'ata On A Post Match that occurred on the 11/8/1999 release of Nitro . On that show , Vince Russo had the splendidly bigoted plan to toss all his Mexican grapplers in a coordinate where the goal was to snatch a piñata with a $ 10,000 really take a look at inside . The match would separate into a skirmish very quickly . Eventually , the match was only a method for presenting " Dr. Passing " Steve Williams and Oklahoma . What The members of this five - way match were Silver Ruler , El Dandy , Psychosis , Juventud Guerrera , and Villano V. It brought about a no challenge . Viagra On A Post In the mid year of 2000 , Torrie Wilson turned on Billy Kidman . She would ultimately work together with Shane Douglas . This would set off a fight among Kidman and Douglas . The fight got somewhat whacky when sex tapes and execution issues were composed into the storyline however that was good enough for this time of WCW . On the 7/31/2000 episode of Monday Nitro , Kidman and Douglas would get down to business in a Viagra On A Shaft Match . The wrestling in the match was nice , yet the perfo were prevented by the senseless limitation . Eventually , Douglas would dominate the game as Kidman was left laying in a heap of Viagra . Judy Bagwell On A Forklift In 2000 , Buff Bagwell and Kanyon were in a warmed quarrel . Kanyon would increase pressure on Buff when he started following Buff's mom , Judy . In the long run , Kanyon would snatch Judy , prompting a match among Buff and Kanyon for the ownership of Judy Bagwell . That is the means by which the notorious Judy Bagwell On A Shaft Match was conceived . At Fresh blood Rising 2000 , Buff and Kanyon battled as Judy Bagwell was roosted on top of a forklift . The match would highlight a run - in by David Arquette , yet Buff would eventually win and get back have his mom . Wince - commendable doesn't actually start to portray this booking .In-your-face Title On A Post WCW's No-nonsense Division never satisfied its true capacity . Rather than being a vehicle for making stars , the division turned into a limbo for low - level entertainers . This is clear during the 4/1/2000 episode of WCW Saturday Night which included an In-your-face Title On A Post Match . The match included the hero Brian Knobbs , Norman Smiley , and a lot of generally obscure entertainers . The session was a weapons fest group . Eventually , Knobbs endure the free - for - all to hold his unimportant title .