Sabu vs. Sandman - Stairway To Hell match - ECW House Party (1998)
Even ECW had their own variation to a simple ladder match going in the late 90's to early 00's. The match was called a "Stairway To Hell" match and was much more like a pole match than a ladder match as the object was to retrieve a weapon hanging above the ring for use, but the retrieval did not end the match. The weapon of choice, of course, was a big ball of barbed wire.
This is ECW's first Stairway To Hell featuring the cane wielding, beer drinking, cigarette smoking, Sandman versus the homicidal, genocidal, and incredibility suicidal, Sabu.
Abyss & Chessman vs. Extreme Tiger & Jack Evans - AAA Tag Titles TLC match - AAA Heroes Immortales (2011)
Here's a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match from AAA in Mexico. It's Chessman (not "Cheeseman") and TNA's Abyss taking on the masked high-flyer, Extreme Tiger and the "P-Town" homeboy, Jack Evans. Tiger & Evans are the champs while Abyss & Chessman are the challengers. Enjoy!
Indie rock poppers, Sleeping Bag (IN) & Rozwell Kid (WV) have teamed up to show the world that cool collaborations are for not just for the big name pop stars. And by teamed up, I mean they sent each other music via e-mail.
This song itself is about eating dogfood because there's no more chips left.
Ric Flair vs. Edge - TLC match for the WWE Championship - Raw (2006)
While maybe overlooked by wrestlers such as Shawn Michaels and The Hardy Boyz when it comes to who's who of ladder matches, Edge is definitely a pioneer of the ladder match in his own right. He was in the very first tag team ladder match, the first ever triangle ladder match, the first three TLC tag team matches, seen here in the first ever singles TLC match, participated and won the first ever Money in the Bank ladder match, and has (as of right now) been in more TLC matches than anyone else. Looking at it that way, Edge should definitely not be overlooked when it comes to ladders and wrestling. His opponent in this first ever TLC match for the WWE title on the other hand, had never been in a TLC match, let alone a ladder match. Edge's opponent was familiar with one thing in this match of firsts however, and that was championship gold... his opponent was the "Nature Boy" Ric Flair after all, a 16 time World Champion. And it was also Flair's home state of North Carolina.
This match between Edge and Ric Flair is a PPV quality match that replaced the death-defying spots that the tag team TLC matches were praised for with pure brutality. I almost forget this match is even a ladder match until at least 10 minutes in. Someone eventually climbs the ladder and retrieves the title, but who?
Fun fact: This is the only TLC match where someone blades... You'll never guess which one did that *Cough* Flair *Cough*.
Since it's the month of TLC, WWE's PPV dedicated to Tables, Ladders, and Chairs-related matches, it's only fitting that this week's theme be anything to do with those three things. Anything goes as longs as there's either a ladder, table, chair, combination of those three, or all three weapons used in a match.