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Matches with extremely unique rules: photos
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( ]. ~2 L# t% m# i/ O2 ?In 1993, The Steiner Bros. put their World Tag Team Titles on the line against The Quebecers in a Province of Quebec Match.) r( @ h; \, q0 P. W9 _+ M( c6 `
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$ P# B7 T$ V' {* e3 uPer the rules, piledrivers, throwing opponents over the top rope and performing maneuvers off the top each constituted a disqualification.* K0 o) Y/ q( J" B3 g
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- {# u- O; n+ p M7 r, ?The goal of the King of the Road Match between Dustin Rhodes and The Blacktop Bully, which was fought on an 18-wheeler, was to be the first Superstar to blow a horn located near the front of the trailer.
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6 y g3 \6 R" ?7 Y' SRaw took on a football motif for the first and only Raw Bowl in 1996.* l9 l$ g5 \" m( Y1 ^9 @
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A precursor to Four-Way Elimination Matches, the Raw Bowl featured gridiron-inspired rules, including the allowance of one timeout per team.
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Chris Jericho didn't have a chance against crooked WWE Commissioner William Regal in Regal's match of choice, a "Duchess of Queensbury" rules match.
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The Duchess, seated in a ringside throne, changed the rules on the fly to favor Regal.
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* J6 W" i/ _, l6 B( Y- O7 lAt WrestleMania XIV, Cactus Jack & Terry Funk challenged The New Age Outlaws in a Dumpster Match. The objective of the match was to lock both opponents inside a dumpster.
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Although this ECW brawl between Chavo Guerrero and CM Punk looked like a standard, come-dressed-as-you-are street fight, the overarching goal was to hurl the opponent into the Gulf of Mexico.
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