Gimmick Some Lovin': WarGames

The Rules

As with lots of Dusty Rhodes' innovations, the rules are a bit convoluted, but in this case, they build tension like no other.

Each War Games Match seems to have its own minor tweaks to the rules, so we'll take a look at the rules for this particular contest, the first in its long history.

Three men would start the match: two members of a team who won the coin toss (which, in most incarnations of the match, would be the heels because of Dusty Rhodes) and one member of the opposing team. At regular intervals the teams would alternate sending a new man into the cage; no pinfalls or submissions would count during the War Games portion, and any assault was legal inside the cage.

Once both teams had all their men inside, The Match Beyond commenced, and the first team to force a member of the opposing team to submit or surrender would be declared the winners.