Over the years, WWE has had some head-scratching options for gimmick matches, but one of the most infamously ridiculous was the Punjabi Prison match. The match came to an end once one wrestler escaped ...

But the match type was originally envisioned to look nothing like what eventually made its way to WWE programming. Court Baurer, the CEO of Major League Wrestling (MLW), was on WWE’s creative team ...

“They were trying different things at this time, this is when (they thought), ‘Hey, let’s relaunch ECW! Let’s try different stuff!’ So I showed Vince an Onita exploding deathmatch and he said, ‘Yeah, ...