MATCH TYPES FOR THE ROUGH DIAMOND DIVISION:
- Barbed Wire Board match: The mats covering the arena floor around the ring are removed and replaced with boards covered with barbed wire.
- Bed of Thumbtacks match: The mats covering the arena floor around the ring are removed and replaced with boards covered with thumbtacks.
- Brass Knux On A Pole match: Brass Knux are placed on a pole that extends from one of the four turnbuckles on the ring with the wrestlers battling to reach it first. However, reaching the Brass Knux doesn't usually end the match; it simply allows that wrestler to use it as a weapon. This is not a no-disqualification match; the weapon on the pole is merely an exception to the disqualification rule. However, this is sometimes a no-disqualification match in which any weapon, plus the one on the pole, can be used.
- Chain match: In a Chain Match the wrestlers are chained by their wrists at opposite ends of a chain. The restraint, and anything tied to it, can be used as a legal weapon. Because the restraint can be used as a way to choke the opposing wrestler, submissions are typically not permitted. A disqualification occurs if either wrestler frees themselves from the restraint before the match is won. There are often two ways to win: pinfall is permitted, or alternately, the first to touch all four top turnbuckles in succession wins.
- Dog Collar match: The competitors are placed on the opposite ends of a restraint to keep them in close physical proximity. They are connected at the neck by dog collars.
- Dog Collar Table match: The competitors are placed on the opposite ends of a restraint to keep them in close physical proximity. They are connected at the neck by dog collars. And the object of the match is to put your opponent through a table.
- Falls Count Anywhere match: A Falls Count Anywhere match is a match where only pinfalls can take place in any location, negating the standard rule that they must take place inside the ring and between the ropes. As such, this also eliminates the usual "countout" rule. As the match may take place in various parts of the arena, the "Falls Count Anywhere" provision is almost always accompanied with a "No Disqualification" stipulation to make the match a hardcore match, so as to allow wrestlers the convenience to use any objects they may find wherever they wrestle.
- First Blood match: A First Blood match is a no-disqualification match where in order to win a wrestler has to make his opponent bleed.
- I Quit match: An "I Quit" Match is a type of professional wrestling match in which the only way to win is to make the opponent say the words "I quit"[1] (usually into a microphone). It is a variation of submission match, as it can only be won by submission, but is special in that the submission has to take the form of the forfeiting opponent actually saying "I quit." Generally, whenever a wrestler knocks down his opponent with a move or inflicts a submission move,the opponent will be asked - either by the referee or the opponent - to say the words into a microphone.
- Ladder match: A ladder match is a match where a specific object (usually a title belt) 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.
- Nightstick match: A nightstick is suspended above the ring and can be used as a weapon once it was retrieved.
- Random Gimmick match: Pretty much what it says. The roulette wheel is spun again.
- Singapore Cane match: A Singapore cane match is a standard weapons match with a kendo stick being the only legal weapon. Often, the ring will be lined with many kendo sticks for the wrestlers to use.
- Steel Cage match: A steel cage match is a match fought within a cage formed by placing sheets of mesh metal around, in, or against the edges of the wrestling ring. The ways to win a steel cage match are by pinfall, by submission or by escaping the cage, either over the top of the cage wall and having both feet touch the arena floor, or by escaping through the cage door with both feet touching the arena floor.
- Strap match: A Strap match, is one where the competitors are placed on the opposite ends of a restraint to keep them in close physical proximity. By definition the strap — and anything tied to it — are considered legal and in play weapons. The most common rule for victory is for one wrestler to have to go around the ring, touching all four corners in order and without stopping, although they can also end in pinfalls.
- Stretcher match: In the stretcher match, one wrestler must incapacitate their opponent to such an extent that they are able to get them onto a stretcher and roll them to the finish line; usually past a line at the top of the entrance ramp. It cannot end in a pinfall, submission, count-out, or disqualification.
- Table match: A Tables match is a match in which, to win, ones opponent must somehow be driven through a table by their opponent. It can only be won with an offensive maneuver.
- Taped Fist match: For a Taped Fist match the wrestlers are allowed to tape and/or wrap their hands to allow them to punch harder without damaging their hands.
- California Death match (aka Last Man Standing): 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. To avoid losing, the downed wrestler must be on his or her feet by the count of 10, but he can't lose by leaving the ring for 10-count.
- Towel match: An associate of each participant will be at ringside and if they feel you have had enough then they will "throw in the towel" on your behalf and it will count as a submission.
- Bed of Thumbtacks match: The mats covering the arena floor around the ring are removed and replaced with boards covered with thumbtacks.
- Brass Knux On A Pole match: Brass Knux are placed on a pole that extends from one of the four turnbuckles on the ring with the wrestlers battling to reach it first. However, reaching the Brass Knux doesn't usually end the match; it simply allows that wrestler to use it as a weapon. This is not a no-disqualification match; the weapon on the pole is merely an exception to the disqualification rule. However, this is sometimes a no-disqualification match in which any weapon, plus the one on the pole, can be used.
- Chain match: In a Chain Match the wrestlers are chained by their wrists at opposite ends of a chain. The restraint, and anything tied to it, can be used as a legal weapon. Because the restraint can be used as a way to choke the opposing wrestler, submissions are typically not permitted. A disqualification occurs if either wrestler frees themselves from the restraint before the match is won. There are often two ways to win: pinfall is permitted, or alternately, the first to touch all four top turnbuckles in succession wins.
- Dog Collar match: The competitors are placed on the opposite ends of a restraint to keep them in close physical proximity. They are connected at the neck by dog collars.
- Dog Collar Table match: The competitors are placed on the opposite ends of a restraint to keep them in close physical proximity. They are connected at the neck by dog collars. And the object of the match is to put your opponent through a table.
- Falls Count Anywhere match: A Falls Count Anywhere match is a match where only pinfalls can take place in any location, negating the standard rule that they must take place inside the ring and between the ropes. As such, this also eliminates the usual "countout" rule. As the match may take place in various parts of the arena, the "Falls Count Anywhere" provision is almost always accompanied with a "No Disqualification" stipulation to make the match a hardcore match, so as to allow wrestlers the convenience to use any objects they may find wherever they wrestle.
- First Blood match: A First Blood match is a no-disqualification match where in order to win a wrestler has to make his opponent bleed.
- I Quit match: An "I Quit" Match is a type of professional wrestling match in which the only way to win is to make the opponent say the words "I quit"[1] (usually into a microphone). It is a variation of submission match, as it can only be won by submission, but is special in that the submission has to take the form of the forfeiting opponent actually saying "I quit." Generally, whenever a wrestler knocks down his opponent with a move or inflicts a submission move,the opponent will be asked - either by the referee or the opponent - to say the words into a microphone.
- Ladder match: A ladder match is a match where a specific object (usually a title belt) 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.
- Nightstick match: A nightstick is suspended above the ring and can be used as a weapon once it was retrieved.
- Random Gimmick match: Pretty much what it says. The roulette wheel is spun again.
- Singapore Cane match: A Singapore cane match is a standard weapons match with a kendo stick being the only legal weapon. Often, the ring will be lined with many kendo sticks for the wrestlers to use.
- Steel Cage match: A steel cage match is a match fought within a cage formed by placing sheets of mesh metal around, in, or against the edges of the wrestling ring. The ways to win a steel cage match are by pinfall, by submission or by escaping the cage, either over the top of the cage wall and having both feet touch the arena floor, or by escaping through the cage door with both feet touching the arena floor.
- Strap match: A Strap match, is one where the competitors are placed on the opposite ends of a restraint to keep them in close physical proximity. By definition the strap — and anything tied to it — are considered legal and in play weapons. The most common rule for victory is for one wrestler to have to go around the ring, touching all four corners in order and without stopping, although they can also end in pinfalls.
- Stretcher match: In the stretcher match, one wrestler must incapacitate their opponent to such an extent that they are able to get them onto a stretcher and roll them to the finish line; usually past a line at the top of the entrance ramp. It cannot end in a pinfall, submission, count-out, or disqualification.
- Table match: A Tables match is a match in which, to win, ones opponent must somehow be driven through a table by their opponent. It can only be won with an offensive maneuver.
- Taped Fist match: For a Taped Fist match the wrestlers are allowed to tape and/or wrap their hands to allow them to punch harder without damaging their hands.
- California Death match (aka Last Man Standing): 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. To avoid losing, the downed wrestler must be on his or her feet by the count of 10, but he can't lose by leaving the ring for 10-count.
- Towel match: An associate of each participant will be at ringside and if they feel you have had enough then they will "throw in the towel" on your behalf and it will count as a submission.