Normal Matches
Single Match
A one on one match that you must pin or make your opponent Submit. Any use of weapons or any illegal objects will result in a Disqualification causing your opponent to get the win.
Tag Team Match
This match is between 2,3 or 4 teams. Competing to get the Pinfall. First team to get the Pinfall is the team to walk out of that ring the winner. Any use of weapons or any illegal objects will be a disqualification.
Elimination Tag
Elimination tag team matches are the same as a normal tag team match except that a wrestler who suffers a loss is eliminated from participation. The match continues until all members of one team are eliminated.
Handicap Match
Here a team of two wrestlers takes on one wrestler. Or a team of three wrestlers takes on one or two wrestlers. Handicapping the lesser teams..
Battle Royal
4 or more participants required. All men start in the ring at the same time. A competitor is eliminated from the match when he/she is put over the top rope and both of their feet hit the floor. The last man in the ring wins.
Triple Threat Match
This is between 3 competitors. Standard rules apply for this match. The first superstar to obtain the Pinfall or Submission gets declared the winner
Six Man Mayhem
Is a unique type of match here in the SVW that involves six wrestlers (two in the ring, four at the turnbuckles). Tags are not needed as when one wrestler leaves the ring, another can just come in. First to a pinfall or submission wins.
Falls Count Anywhere
Pinfall or submission can be decided anywhere in the arena.
Iron Man Match
An Iron Man match is a match which is set to go a specific amount of time -- usually 30 or 60 minutes -- with the competitor with the most decisions at the end of that named the victor.
Lumberjack match
A Lumberjack match is a standard match with the exception that the ring is surrounded by a group of wrestlers not directly involved in it. The wrestlers out of the ring will either beat down on the wrestlers that goes outside or gets tossed outside the ring. Or they will throw the wrestler back into the ring.
Fatal 4 Way
A four person match, first pinfall wins!
Three Way Dance
Like a Triple Threat Match, but elimination-style.
Four Way Dance
The 4 way equivalent of a Three Way Dance.
Submission Match
The first person to make their opponent tap out wins.
Four Corners Tag Team Match
A tag team match with four different teams, two people legal at any one time. Competitors can tag in anyone from any team at any point, first pinfall or submission wins the match.
Elimination Four Corners Tag Team Match
Same as a Four Corners Tag Team Match, except elimination style. Up to the booker's discretion whether just one or both members of each team have to be eliminated.
Scramble Match
This is a multi-person match that usually has a thirty minute time limit. Opponents try to score pinfalls or submissions on one another, and the last person to score either before the time runs out is the winner.
Specialty Matches
Scaffold match
A Scaffold match takes place, in whole or in part, on a piece of scaffolding erected above the ring. The match can end in one of two ways; either with one wrestler pushing another off of the scaffold to the ring below, or with a wrestler retrieving a flag from the opposite side of the scaffold and return it to theirs.
Special Guest Referee
This match is usually assigned for a certain purpose or reason. The special Guest referee usually gets assigned by the management.
Two out of Three falls
A Two out of Three Falls or Best of Three Falls match is a match where not one, but two, decisions have to be won before the match is officially over.
No Disqualification
A No Disqualification match, also known as a No Holds Barred match is a match where neither wrestler can be disqualified, allowing for weapons and outside interference.
First Blood
A First Blood match is a match where in order to win a wrestler has to make his opponent bleed.
Last Man Standing
The Last Man Standing Match is a hardcore-style match where the only way to win is by knockout. That is, a wrestler will lose the match if they are unable to answer a ten-count after being downed,
Bar Room Brawl
A Bar Room Brawl is a multi-competitor match held in a bar. They can use absolutely anything they get their hands on
Boiler Room Brawl
A Boiler Room Brawl starts in a boiler room, with the winner being the first wrestler to successfully get out.
Parking Lot Brawl
This match takes place outside in the parking lot. Win by Pinning, Knocking your opponent out or having them submit.
Ladder Match
A Ladder match is a match where a specific object is placed above the ring out of the reach of the competitors with the winner being the first person to climb a ladder and retrieve it.
TLC Match
This match is shortened for Tables, Ladders and Chairs. Anything goes in this match.
Tables match
A Tables match is a match in which to win a wrestler must put their opponent through a table. An opponent who accidentally puts themselves through a table during this match does not count as a victory for the other participant.
Cage Match
The ring is surrounded by a cage. The only way to win is you must climb out of the cage or via pinfall or submission.
Gimmick Matches
Hell In A Cell
Hell in a Cell match is a match with a steel cage erected around the ring, with a roof on top, and room between the Cell and the ring. Victory is achieved by pinfall or submission.
Elimination Chamber
2 superstars start off in a ring surrounded by steel. 4 other superstars are held in a shatterproof pod until released. The one who survives and gets the final pinfall wins.
Triple Cage
A Triple Cage match involves three cages stacked on top of each other, with each cage decreasing in size from the bottom up. Two variations exist, in one competitors begin in the ring inside the lowest cage and must make their way to the roof of the third cage where an object is suspended, with the winner being the first competitor to obtain the object. A new wrinkle was added in 2010 where the top cage holds a guardian, whom is chosen at random. The guardian can only win the match when they have made physical contact with someone in the match. Otherwise they can not claim the championship.
Gauntlet
A Gauntlet Match is, in a sense, a quick series of one-fall one-on-one matches. Here, two wrestlers begin the match, and are replaced whenever one is eliminated (by normal means), with the last person standing being named the winner.
Hardcore Matches
Barbed Wire Massacre
A barbed wire deathmatch where the ring ropes are replaced with barbed wire (as opposed to wrapped in it), with barbed-wire boards outside the ring
Prison Of Punishment
Hell in a Cell with weapons attached to it. The only way to win by pinfall or submission. There are no rules beyond that.
Crimson Masks Match
In order to win, you must cover your opponent's face in blood.
Caged Rage
15 foot steel cage with two Cables stretching on either sides of it to form a X, the tag titles are hanging in the middle of the X. first member of a team to climb the cables and retrieve both belts wins
War Games
Two rings side by side enclosed in a steel cage with a roof. Two teams of four enter. The first two enter, and every two minutes, a coin toss determines which team gets to send their next man in. After all four men are in, the match beyond begins! The only way to win is by pinfall or submission, only after all team members of both teams are inside.
Gold Rush Match
Three bags hang above the arena, one over the ring, one over the ramp, one over the entrance. To win, you must use the ladder to climb to the right bag and grab the title! The match continues till someone has retrieved the championship belt amongst the two fakes.
Taipei Deathmatch
Both competitors dip their hands and forearms into a container full of superglue, and then into a container full of broken glass. The glass sticks to the superglue on their forearms, and the object is to beat the hell out of the opponent to a pinfall victory.
Barbed Wire & Brimstone
One of the most brutal match types around. Takes place inside a barbed wire steel cage, filled with weapons, tables, and cans of gasoline. Any number of people can enter, and are eliminated by pinfall or submission.
Metal Mayhem
A match in which the ring has barbed wire ropes, barbed wire boards surrounding the ring, as well as steel chairs, lead pipes, and bags of thumbtacks scattered around, along with other metal objects.
Two Out Of Three Brawls Match
A Two Out Of Three Falls Match, except the falls are Parking Lot, Bar Room, and Boiler Room Brawls, in any order. Invented by Crazy Crazy Millar.
Mexican Deathmatch
A match which doesn't end after a pinfall or submission. After a pinfall or submission, the superstar who has just been pinned/submitted has ten seconds to be standing in the middle of the ring, otherwise they lose. The pinfall or submission counts anywhere in the arena, however the following ten count will not start until the person who scored the pinfall/submission is themselves standing in the center of the ring.
Sicilian Deathmatch
One of the most brutal matches possible, devised by the Pazzini Sisters, Camilla & Isabella. The match takes place over three rounds, with a five minute rest period in between each round... each round adding another brutal factor to the mix making it more violent than the last. The first round sees a cage made out of barbed wire lowered over the ring. The competitors then fight, until the round is decided by a pinfall. The second round sees the cage temporarily raised during the rest period, and tables and cans of gasoline are placed in the cage, before the cage is lowered for the start of the round. The object of this round is to be the first to put your opponent through a flaming table, the barbed wire cage obviously still playing a factor. The final round, if needed, has a C4 explosive attatched to each turnbuckle. It is decided by pinfall, once again, but a pinfall cannot be achieved until all four explosives have been blown up. The barbed wire cage is still in place, as are the cans of gasoline and tables.
Drop Zone Match
The ring is placed on a platform. Every five minutes, the ring is elevated by ten feet into the air. Tables surround the ring on all sides. The only way to win is to send your opponent through one of the tables. Pinfalls and submissions do not count.
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