This tremendous list of match types was compiled by two colleagues, fellow efedders, and well simply put, friends. The two individuals brought this list together a few years ago and since then it has been adjusted, added on to and such, but had it not been for their hard work, this MASSIVE list would not be here today and for that, we at GNE are forever grateful.

Thank you Matt (Cable) and Rick (X-ecutioner)

Singles
2 opponents have a regular match compiled of basic rules.

Tag
2 teams consisting of 2 members each must utilize the tag option in switching off members to beat the other team by pin fall or submission.

Hardcore
Weapons are allowed and will not result in disqualification. Pins however must be made inside of the ring.

Battle Royal
May consist of 2 to an unlimited number of opponents where the only method of winning is by throwing your opponent(s) over the top, thus eliminating them from the match, until you are the only one standing in the ring.

Hell in the Cell
A large cell made of crossed metal fencing surrounds the ring as well as outside of the ring area. The cell can be utilized as a weapon and there are no rules whatsoever in this type of match.

Bar Room Brawl
The match takes place inside of a loaded bar room. All items, from alcohol bottles to people are up for grabs to be used as weapons in hopes of beating the opponent.

Bar Room Brawl - Variation 2
This match is held in a bar, with the last wrestler capable of drinking the winner. Wrestlers can be eliminated by being knocked out or by drinking themselves unconscious. There are no disqualifications.

Cage
Depends on the situation. The ring is surrounded by an open top steel bar cage, and the two opponents generally have to escape the cage and have both feet touch the floor, either by climbing over the side or having the ref on the outside open the door. Sometimes One Fall rules count as well.

Special Ref.
Any match can be made a special referee match when an outside individual assigned by one of the upper staff members dictates the rules of the match itself.

Table Match
The only way to win is to put your opponent through a table

Ladder Match
The item that is up for grabs, whether it be a title, pink slip, so on and so forth, is hung 18 feet above the ring. The only way to win is to climb a ladder, grab the item and have it within your possession when the bell is rung.

Buried Alive Match
You must beat your opponent to the point in which you throw them into a ditch, and then bury them alive.

Casket Match
The only way to win is to put your opponent into a casket and then close the lid.

Handicap Match
A match where one side is outnumbered by the other. It can be anywhere from 2 on 1 to 15 on 14...so on and so forth.

Holocaust Hellfire Match
Only way to win...beat your opponent senseless

Wall Mounting Match
You must mount your opponent on the wall of the cage to win.

War Games
Two rings surrounded by a cage.

House of Pain
Cage match, iron maidens in the corner of the ring, tack filled tables around the ring, small upper cage on top of larger cage

Carnage Match
Razor Wire instead of ropes, No DQ.

Grant Slam Match
No Dq, No Weapons, No Ring out Count, No Submission, 5 Count To Pin fall

Bloodbath Match
Triple Cage Set Up, Razor Wire instead of ropes, random weapons

Dome Of Pain Match
Dome shaped cage, 5 random weapons hanging inside of cage
Submission Only

Armageddon Blood-fest Match
Ring is taken away, the whole ringside are is used to recreate a destroyed city, random weapons, 20 KO count to win.

Hellfire Match
Triple Cage Match, torch hanging on top, winner is the first one setting his opponent on fire.

End Of Days Match
Electrified Cage Match, the cage remains electrified for 5 minutes and the power is off for 2 minutes.

Ultimate Punishment Match
Hell In A Cell Setup, winner if the first throwing his opponent thru the roof or the walls of the cell

War Of The Titans Match
10-Man Battle Royal, No Submission, No Rope Break, No Ring out, First Man Pinning His Opponent For The 3 Count Wins

Glass Table Match
12 Glass Tables, 3 on each side of the ring, Ladder, Tables have barb wire edges, bags of thumbtacks on each turnbuckle, weapons under the ring.
First to put their opponent through 4 tables Wins the match

Aussie Death Match
No DQ, Falls Count anywhere, but after you manage a fall, you must return to the ring by a ten-count. Usually referred to as a Mexican Death Match.

Best of
Same base rules as One Fall, except there are multiple falls, and one man must win the best of whatever number is chosen. 2 of 3, 3 of 5, and so on.

Brutality
A match type all it's own for a title of the same name. The ring is surrounded by an old school real black steel cage, topped, and wrapped with barbed wire. Strapped to and scattered around the cage will be various weapons. Anything goes. There are 4 refs on the outside, one for each side of the cage. A win comes by Last Man Standing rules.

Dog Collar
One Fall rules, except the two opponents are connected at the neck with a long chain attached to dog collars which can be used as a weapon.

Fatal Four-Way
These are usually still under the One Fall rule set, except there are four people fighting.

Fatal Four-Way Tag Match
Only two men may be in the ring at any time. You can tag out to either of the men on the apron, and you can only win by pin fall or submission.

First Blood
Anything goes. The only rule is that to win your opponent has to bleed first.

Four-Corners
One man must tag all four turnbuckles in succession. Usually this match is combined with any match that has the opponents connected, IE Strap, Dog Collar, Texas Bull Rope.

I Quit
No other type of fall counts. You must win by only by making your opponent say the words, "I Quit", usually into a mic.

Last Man Standing
Anything goes. Win comes when your opponent cannot respond to a 10 count.

One Fall
The most basic match. A win consists of a pin fall, submission, count out, or disqualification.

Strap Match
One Fall rules, except the two opponents are connected at the wrist with a long leather strap which can be used as a weapon.

Street Fight/Parking Lot Brawl
These matches are anything goes. Wins come by pin fall or submission.

Submission
No other type of fall counts. You must win by Submission only.

Time Limit
Same base rules as One Fall, except there is a set time limit to score a fall or the match ends in a draw.

Tornado Tag
Same as Tag, except both members of both teams fight at once.

Triple Threat
These are usually still under the One Fall rule set, except there are three people fighting.

The Invitational match is Pay Per View ONLY. It's a match up chock full of participants with a twist. It allows outsiders to join the match with only an appearance contract. After the match they can join the federation in question full-time or leave. Each Invitational match has a "theme" and a prize.

Brutal Hell Iron Man
A match styled for Apocalyptic Dreams, this one instead showed it's ugly face at Fun-N-Games in 2004. Held in a Brutality cage and following Brutality rules, the prize was the number one contender ship to the Brutality title.

Ring Out
Set for Total Chaos, Ring Out is simple enough. Over the top rope Elimination, full roster, and anyone else who wants to join up. The size of the event, however, requires two rings instead of one. Also added is the "apron rule" where a two count on the apron gives you automatic allowance back into the ring.

Zues' Chamber of Illusions
The Match would normally start off a PPV or Show. The Ring is Set up with a Domed Chamber Placed onto the ring. With a Giant Hole in the middle of the Dome. Just above the giant hole is another one man chamber attached to a crane. The Winner of the match is the person who places his opponent inside the single cage. and raises them above the Domed Chamber. The winner then has the option to either leave the loser up there for the rest of the night or drop them to there doom .This match is great for grudge matches. There are no rules with the exception of how to win.

Ambulance Match
A no-disqualification match, in which there are no pin falls or submissions: instead, the object is to injure one's opponent to the point that they must be taken away in an ambulance.

Arm Wrestling Match
An arm wrestling contest.

Battle of Respect
This match has no winners. Two wrestlers wrestle each other for a fixed amount of time without pinfalls or submissions.

Best Two (out) of Three falls
To win, a wrestler must score two falls on his opponent before his opponent can score two on him. Sometimes each of the falls is fought under different stipulations (called Three Stages of Hell), such as one pinfall, one submissions only fall and one no disqualification fall. This type of match is almost always booked to go to the third fall. In the event that one of the three falls ends in a disqualification, the match continues, but any titles at stake will not change hands. see also: 2 out of 3 falls match

Blindfold Match
A match in which the opponents are all blindfolded and must battle it out. All basic rules of one fall apply. The match can also be set as to where only 1 of the opponents must wear a blindfold.

Blood Bath Match
Dump a bowl of red liquid over the opponent to win.

Boiler Room Brawl
The winner is the first man to escape the boiler room. Any weapons found in the room can be used.

Boxing Match
A basic boxing match, often used to start feuds and build angles at the beginning of shows.

Bra and Panties Match
A match between two (usually) women in which the winner is the first to strip her opponent down to her bra and panties.

Bunkhouse Brawl
Wrestlers may bring any item and wear any attire they wish (in the past, this has even included full suits of armor). There are no disqualifications and no count outs.

Catch-as-Catch-Can Match
Typically seen in the early 1900's, catch-as-catch-can matches allowed any hold given that hold is not intended to inflict injury. These matches thus typically contain mostly submission or amateur-style wrestling. Sometimes, this match is altered to stipulate that a wrestler may lose by going to or being forced to the arena floor, like in a battle royal.

Catfight
A match between two women, where the object is to throw one's opponent over the top rope to the floor.

Cry Baby Match
The loser of the match must wear a diaper.

Double Tables Match
This match has a cage where there is a table hooked to each side of the cage. The only way to win is put your opponent through two tables.

Duchess of Queensberry Rules Match
A singles match divided into two time based rounds where there are no submissions allowed and no disqualifications.

The Elimination Chamber
A six-person elimination match that takes place in a specially constructed round cage, with a metal floor at ring height between the ring apron and the wall of the cage. Two of the six participants start in the ring, while the other four are initially locked up in holding cells within the cage, and are released at intervals ranging anywhere from 5 minutes to 8 minutes. A wrestler who has been eliminated in the usual manner (pin or submission) is forced to leave the cage until one remains.

Elimination Match
A match that usually involves 6 to 8 wrestlers. Wrestlers are eliminated by pin fall, submission, count out or disqualification, and the winner is the last man in the ring.

Evening Gown Match
A match between two women in evening gowns; the winner is the first to remove her opponent's gown.

Finisher Match
The first wrestler to perform their finishing maneuver wins.

Gorilla/Body Slam Match
A wrestler must body slam his opponent to win. Pin falls and submissions count in this match.

Splash Match
A variation of the Finisher Match or Body Slam Match in which the only way to win is to successfully score some type of splash on your opponent.

Chokeslam Challenge
A version of the Finisher Match where the only way to win is for someone to perform a chokeslam on his/her opponent.

First Blood Match
This match has no disqualifications. The only way to win is to make your opponent bleed

Flag Match
Each wrestler has a flag that they must retrieve and one that they must defend. They must get their flag from the opponents' corner before the opponents can get their flag. There is also a tag-team variation of this match.

Flaming Tables Match
Related to a Tables Match, but the table is set on fire. The only way to win is to plunge your opponent through a flaming table.

Four Corners Match
In this match two wrestlers positioned as in a tag team match and two wrestlers wrestling in the ring. The two wrestlers in the ring can tag any of of the two standing on the apron. It is an advantage to be in the ring as you cannot win on the apron. There is only one winner

Gauntlet Match
This match pits one initial wrestler against another in a normal rules contest. If said wrestler wins, another opponent takes his place until all set opponents are defeated or the initial wrestler loses. Sometimes this match can be in a series (one different opponent per day until all are defeated).

Good Housekeeping Match
A singles match in which household appliances and kitchenware can legally be used as weapons.

Handcuff match
Handcuff opponent to win.

Hangman's Horror Match
In this match, on every rope there is a dog collar and your goal is to hang your opponent until he cant go on.

Hog Pen Match
A match where the loser is the first wrestler to be thrown into a pig pen.

Iron Man Match
This match is a contest with a fixed time limit, usually sixty minutes (or one hour), and the wrestler with the most amount of pinfalls, submissions, opponent disqualifications, and opponent count-outs is the winner. Main Article: Iron man match

I Respect You Match
Related to an "I Quit" match, that means, anything goes. In order to win, you have to hurt your opponent so badly that it leaves him no other choice but to say, "I respect you" into the mic.

Jailhouse Match
The loser of the match is jailed for a night in the local prison. All other usual rules apply.

Junkyard Invitational
This match takes place in a junkyard. First wrestler to escape the junkyard wins the match.

Stairway to Hell Match
A match with barbed wire hanging above the ring; whoever reaches it first (using a ladder) can use it as a weapon. The winner can defeat their opponent by pinfall or submission. This type of match was common in ECW.

Luchas de Apuestas
Any match where both wrestlers have put something on the line such as a title or mask. They are more popular in Mexico but they do happen from time to time in Japan and the United States. Some variations follow. In any case of a draw, both wrestlers lose what they put up.

Hair v. Mask Match
A wrestler with hair, usually long hair, wrestles a masked wrestler. The loser is either unmasked or their head is shaved. This usually takes place in Mexico, where it is called Máscara contra Cabellera.

Hair v. Hair Match
The loser of the match gets his head shaved. In Mexico, this is called Cabellera contra Cabellera.

Mask v. Mask Match
The loser of the match is unmasked. In Mexico, this is called Mascara contra Mascara. In Mexico it is the most important match in a wrestler's career, since almost every wrestler begins their career masked. Only a few of the greatest wrestlers will keep their mask their whole career, such as Mil Mascaras and El Hijo del Santo. In Mexico, once you are unmasked, you may never wear a mask as that character again. The Box y Lucha commisions fine heavily for infractions and have supsended licenses. However, there are occasional gimmick shows where wrestlers are allowed to wear their masks if they had lost them.

Last Man Standing Match
A no disqualification, no count-out match with no pinfalls. Whenever a wrestler is knocked down, they must regain their feet within a ten count or they will lose the match.

Last Ride Match
Related to the ambulance match, but unlike the ambulance match, a hearse is used instead. The opponent who gets beaten up so severely that there is nothing left for him or her to do, and gets thrown into the back of hearse that will be driven to the funeral home loses the match. As a result, it is also called a Hearse Match.

Lion's Den Match
The aim of the match was to knock out your opponent or to make him submit inside an octagonal cage. The rules are made to mimic mixed martial arts matches, and the octagonal cage is meant to mimic the cage used by the Ultimate Fighting Championship league.

Loser Leaves Town Match
The loser of the match must leave the town the match was held in and not return. This was often held in regional promotions when a wrestler was leaving the company to explain their disappearance.

Lumberjack Match
A match where the ring is surrounded by a group of "lumberjacks", normally fellow wrestlers. When one participant in the match leaves the ring for any reason, the lumberjacks are supposed to return him to the ring as soon as possible. The lumberjacks are generally a combination of faces and heels, who sometimes fight among themselves outside the ring. Sometimes, as part of a storyline, a face will wrestle a heel with a group of lumberjacks consisting entirely of heels. A variation of this match is called a Canadian Lumberjack Match, in which the lumberjacks are equipped with leather straps. Usually a gimmick match.

Lumberjill Snowbunny match
A Lumberjack match with female lumberjacks, held in a pit of snow.

Monster's Ball Match
A 3-way hardcore match held after the wrestlers are locked in darkened rooms for 24 hours without food or water.

Mud Match
A female wrestling match that takes place in a mud pool.

Coal Miner's Glove Match
A variation of the typical "Object on a Pole Match" in which the object in question is a coal miner's glove, which can be used on one's opponent upon retrieval.

"Over the Top, Off with the Top" Match
A singles match between two wrestlers, where, for every time one wrestler is thrown over the top rope to the floor, the female accompanying that wrestler must remove an item of clothing. Also known as a Holiday Topless Top-Rope Match.

Parking Lot Brawl
This match is a regular match with the exceptions of no disqualification and it takes place in a parking lot. Other variations include a Bar Room Brawl which takes place in a bar.

Pillow Fight
A match between two women in which pillows and a bed are placed in the ring. The pillows may be used as weapons, and standard wrestling rules apply, although this kind of match ordinarily features little to no wrestling.

Lingerie Pillow Fight
A variation on the pillow fight wherein the participants wear lingerie (this is actually more common than the non-lingerie form).

Pin Only
A match in which only pinfalls count as a win. There are no submissions or count-outs, and there may or may not be disqualifications. Also known as a Final Curtain match.

Rage in a Cage
A match held in an oval-shaped cage. It is typically used as the arena for the "blowoff match" of a feud. It can be used for a tag team or singles match. In this match, wins are usually by pinfall.

Retirement Match
The loser of this match must retire from professional wrestling. Often, the loser doesn't actually "retire," but instead leaves to either fulfill another obligation (filming a movie, for example) or simply to take a break from wrestling. Sometimes a retirement match is used to give a wrestler the opportunity to return with a new gimmick.

San Francisco 49er Match
Four boxes are placed in the four corners of the ring, one with the championship belt and the other three with weapons. You must find box with the belt to win the match and the championship. To date, this match is only known to have happened in a major wrestling federation once (Booker T. defeating Jeff Jarrett to become the WCW World Heavyweight champion on October 2, 2000).

Scaffold Match
This match takes place on a scaffold above the ring. The two ways to win the match are to push the opponent off of the scaffold so that he/she hits the mat or to grab the flag from the opponent's home base of the scaffold and return it to one's own home base. Some variations include putting weapons or objects into the ring for when the opponent lands, for example card tables.

Scaffold Cage Match
Another variation, called a Scaffold Cage Match, is when the wrestlers beat each other until one is knocked off of the scaffold and into the ring. The ring is surrounded by a high steel cage and the only way to win is by pinfall.

Short Leash Match
This match has two wrestlers tied together with a short leash (making the opponents one foot away from each other) and the only way to win is by either submission or knock-out. Another variation is called a Chain Match, a submissions-only match with no disqualifications.

Silver Dollar Match
In this match, rolls of silver dollars are considered legal weapons, and are used as fist loads. Closed fists are also legal. The wrestlers attack each other with punches until one can not answer the ten count.

Six Pack Challenge
A match pitting six singles competitors against one another, with the first pinfall or submission winning the match.

Six Sides of Steel
A Steel Cage match held inside a hexagonal ring.

Asylum Match
A chain link cage in the shape of a circle placed in the middle of the ring. Victory occurs only by submission.

Stinkface Match
The winner is the first wrestler to perform a Stinkface. All other usual rules apply.

Straitjacket Match
The first wrestler to successfully put his or her opponent into a straitjacket is the winner. Generally, there are no disqualifications and no countouts.

Street Fight
This match cannot end in a disqualification. Otherwise, all of the normal rules apply. A variation of this match is called a Southside Scuffle in which two wrestlers fight in a back alley with either sides blocked off by other wrestlers. Another variation of this match is called a Harbor Brawl in which the wrestlers battle near or on a dock. The first wrestler to either win by knockout or throw their opponent in the water is declared the winner.

Stretcher Match
Strap your opponent to a stretcher to win. Some rules state that you must push your opponent a certain distance or into an ambulance.

Ultimate Submission Match
This match is a variation of an Iron Man Match. The variation is that the wrestler with the most submissions at the end of the match is the winner.

Sumo Match
The ropes are removed from the ring and standard sumo wrestling rules apply: the first to step outside of the ring or to touch the mat with any part of their body but the soles of the feet is the loser. As would be expected, these matches are much shorter than standard professional wrestling bouts.

Texas Bullrope Match
Two wrestlers are tied to the opposite ends of a bullrope, usually with a cowbell in the middle. The cowbell is a legal weapon. The first man to touch all four turnbuckles consecutively with no offense from the other wins. No disqualifications or count-outs but if either man unties himself from the rope, he is disqualified. Some variations can include a chain (sometimes called a "Russian Chain Match") or leather strap instead of a bullrope (otherwise called an "Indian Strap Match"). Pinfalls can be permitted depending on the promotion but there's usually no submission. Another variation is a regular strap and fight until one wrestler touches all four corners successfully (called a Strap Match).

Dog Collar Match
Identical to a Texas Bullrope Match but using two dog collars around each wrestler's neck connected to a chain. Normally used when at least one wrestler has a canine-related gimmick; both The British Bulldog and Junkyard Dog were frequently booked in such matches. This was also a common staple used by The Pitbulls in Extreme Championship Wrestling.

Texas Death Match
Cross between a Last Man Standing match and a Hardcore Match. When an opponent is pinned he is administered a ten count. If they are able to answer the count, the match continues.

Three Strikes, You're Out!
The idea for this match is to get three victories in a specific order; pinfall, submission and knock out. First wrestler to get all those done, wins. Often combined with Street Fight rules.

Three Way Dance
Identical to a Triple Threat Match, but with the loser of a fall being eliminated from the competition. The last wrestler remaining is victorious. This match was a specialty of Extreme Championship Wrestling. There is also another variation called a Four Way Dance or Collision Course Royal Rumble in which the match starts out as a typical Battle Royal or Royal Rumble but when there are four wrestlers remaining, a referee gets into the ring and the match turns into a Fatal Four Way Elimination Match.

T.L.C. - Tables, Ladders, and Chairs Match
Same rules as a ladder match except that tables and chairs are readily available as weapons. Usually this match features tag-teams of wrestlers (but no tag rules apply).

TLCC Tables, Ladders, Chairs and Canes
This match is the same as above but with the addition of Singapore Canes.

Full Metal Mayhem
This match is the same as the TLC match but chains are added.

Total Conquest Match
This match has two wrestlers fighting throughout a house until a pinfall is made.

Triangle Match
A three-way, one-fall tag match wherein one of the competitors must remain outside the ring to await a tag from one of the other combatants before replacing him in the ring. Being tagged out is a serious disadvantage as one cannot win from this position.

Triple Cage Match
Also known as the Doomsday Cage. This match, a specialty of the WCW, involved three cages constructed on top of each other. The object is to climb up to the top of the third cage to grab an object, much like a ladder match.

Tuxedo Match
The chronological predecessor to the evening gown match, and contested between two men in outfits resembling men's formal wear. Most such matches have involved non-wrestling performers (announcers or managers).

Ultimate X Match
A triple threat or four way match. An X is formed above the ring with wires from metal poles outside the ring in each corner. It has also been a four man elimination event, starting out as a tag team match. Then, when one man is pinned, it turns into a Triple-Threat match, where the ropes come into play. Similarly to the Ladder match, a championship belt or some other reward is then placed in the center of the X. The winner is the first person to take possession of the object. This match was created for, and is a centerpiece of, the X Division of Total Nonstop Action. So far, the only items held from the ropes has been the X Division Championship and a big red X. Past winners(of the match, not the belt) include: Michael Shane (twice), Chris Sabin (twice), Frankie "The Future" Kazarian (co-holder with Michael Shane), AJ Styles, and "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels, who is the most recent winner of the match and current X Division champion. This match is also referred to as "The Ultimate X", "X match", "Ultimate X Challenge", "X Challenge", and "X2".