5 of the strangest pole matches in WCW/WWE history

WWE has been having pole matches for decades. The point of these matches is that something is suspended on a pole above the ring and the winner is then the person who can reach the object and use it.

Recently, Alexa Bliss and Bayley had a 'Kendo Stick on a Pole' match back at Extreme Rules, which saw Bliss win the match when she climbed the turnbuckle and retrieved the kendo stick so that she could legally use it as a weapon.

This week on Monday Night Raw the WWE Universe will see a 'Guitar on a Pole' match for the very first time as Elias takes on Jason Jordan with the winner then being able to use the Guitar as a weapon.

There have been many things on the line in these matches over the years, but here are some of the strangest objects to be suspended on a pole.

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#5 Fuzzy dice on a pole match

The WWE Universe has been spoilt over the past few years with some of the best women's matches that the company has ever seen, but it hasn't always been this way.

Back in 2008, the women of WWE competed in a Number One Contenders match for the Divas Championship in a Las Vegas Pole (Fuzzy Dice on a pole) match on an episode of SmackDown. The match saw the likes of Maryse, Natalya, Maria, Brie Bella and Victoria collide in a match where all five women tried to climb the turnbuckle and retrieve the dice. In the end, it was Maria who won the match but failed when she cashed in the opportunity.

#4 Necklace on a pole match

Tyson Kidd and Yoshi Tatsu feuded over a tog figures leg

One of the more recent matches on this list saw Yoshi Tatsu and Tyson Kidd collide in a Necklace on a Pole match on NXT back in 2011.

Tyson Kidd had managed to annoy Tatsu a few weeks earlier when he broke the leg off Tatsu's toy figure of himself. After a few matches between the duo in the weeks that followed, it was decided that this rivalry would be settled by a necklace on a pole match.

Yoshi made a shrine to his toy figure and the necklace had the broken leg on it, but Kidd stole it. In the end, it was Yoshi who was able to defeat Kidd by grabbing his toy figures leg at the last second to end one of the strangest feuds in WWE history.

#3 Mistletoe on a pole match

This could well have been the shortest pole match in WWE history, but it also had many of the WWE Universe wondering who actually wrote the scripts for these shows. This match saw nine divas battle it out, with the winner being given the chance to kiss whoever they wanted to if they lifted the mistletoe.

It was Brie Bella who ended up being able to climb the turnbuckle and lift the mistletoe which meant that she could kiss whomever she wanted in the WWE locker room leading up to Christmas. In an unexpected twist, Brie never actually cashed in her mistletoe, which is perhaps for the best since it was a strange concept, to begin with.

Maybe WWE was hoping the WWE Universe would forget if they stopped talking about it?

#2 Judy Bagwell on a pole match

Just when you didn't think that WCW/WWE would sink to the level where actual people could be won, this match came along.

After Kanyon had been stalking Buff Bagwell's mother for a few months and actually reached the point where he kidnapped her, it was decided that the only way to settle this was like men in a Judy Bagwell on a pole match at the New Blood Rising Pay-per-view back in 2000.

Now, even though it was a 'pole' match, Judy was actually driven to the ring on a forklift, as it was explained that there wasn't a pole that would possibly hold her. The match wasn't an instant classic as David Arquette even had a cameo to try and help Kanyon win. In the end, it was Buff who got the victory and was finally able to be reunited with his mother. Touching.

#1 Pink Slip on a pole match

The McMahon-Helmsley Era saw some of the strangest match creations in WWE history, but the pink-slip on a pole match had to be one of the most creative.

The Rock and Mick Foley (Mankind) collided in this match where the winner would get to keep his job if he climbed the pole and grabbed the pink slip.

Mankind played the face throughout the match and refused to accept the help he obviously needed to win, which was his downfall since he went on to lose the match and was fired just after Christmas.

In true WWE fashion though, this firing didn't last very long as The Rock forced the decision to be reversed and Mankind was back on TV around a week later.