Here is a listing of some of the Hardcore Wrestling Federation's signature and famed gimmick/stipulation matches. This list was composed and organized by CEO/Owner Chaz Manson. This section will be updated constantly, with new matches from cards, and wrestlers' personal additions of matches. To add your match, e-mail Chaz Manson at tal9279@eohio.net, and it will be puton with the next update. So, without furthur ado...
Assault and Battery Match
Cement Blocks replace turnbuckles, thumbtacks and boards of nails around the outside of ring, ring canvas ripped up to show the plywood. Win by pinfall or submission.
Barbed-wire Cage Match
Basic cage match except cage is made of pure barbed-wire, only supported by four metal polls from each ring post. Win by escaping the cage.
Barbed-wire Cross Match
Crosses wrapped in barbwire in each corner. Win by pinfall.
Barbed-wire Ladder Match
Ladder wrapped in barbed-wire. Win by retrieving belt / or pinfall if not a title match.
Barbed-wire Ropes Match
Ropes are completely strands of barbed-wire. Win by pinfall or submission.
Barbed-wire-Woven Ropes Match
Ropes are wrapped horizontally the length of each rope set in barbed-wire. Win by pin or submission.
BBQ Bash Match
Ring ropes & apron set ablaze. Win by setting opponent on fire.
B-L-T Match
Barbed-wire-Ladders-&-Tables surround and fill ring. Win by pinfall.
Boston Death Match
An ultimate extreme match. Two caged rings side by side, a plethora of barbwire, crosses, C4, etc. placed in each ring. Win by strapping opponent to cross.
Broken Homes Match
Modified Glass Mat Matchup. Glass Mat with 400 feet of Barbedwire underneath 3 inches of Glass. Victory by pinfall - only after the Glass has been broken through.
C4 Boards Match
Boards covered in C4 scattered around ringside and in the corners. Win by pinfall.
Cactus Death Match
3'-6' cactus in each corner. Win by pinfall.
Chairshot Survival Match
Chairshots are completely legal, chairs are the focus of the match. Win by knockout or pinfall.
Chart Topper Match
Simple Ladder Match variation in where the ladder is the biggest available at the time and the reward at the top of the ladder is a Platinum Record.
Cowbell Bullrope Match
Wrestlers tied together with 10' bullrope, which has a cowbell attached at the middle. Win by touching each corner once in succession or pinfall.
Death from Above Match
Competitors are placed inside a Cell. Victory is by pinfall or submission inside the cage only. The big catch is that every 5 minutes untill 30 is up, a row of Fluorescant Light Tubes will be dropped from a machine above the cage down ontop of the helpless victims below.
Desert Death Match
Sand dumped inside ring, cactus in each corner, on occassion, a box of scorpions placed in center of ring. Win by pinfall.
Double Hell Spidernet Barbwire Exploding Ring Deathmatch
Fight on a scaffold supported by ladders on opposite corners of the ring. Barbwire Spidernet is strung under the scaffold w/ various explosives under the barbwire. Throw your opponent off the scaffold into oblivion.
Dumpster Match
Dumpster placed at ringside. Win by securing opponent in dumpster.
Exploding Ring Death Match
Ring rigged with explosives set to go off. At certain time, pyrotechnics go off and ring is rocked, leaving wrestlers battered. Win by pinfall or submission.
Falling From Grace Match
Scaffold hanging over swimming pool, covered in electrified cargo net of barbwire. Win by throwing opponent off scaffold onto barbwire cargo net.
Final Solution Match
Cage match, with 4 pits of pain surrounding ring. Over the pits are tables. Birck turnbuckles are in corners and the ropes are replaced with barbed-wire. A scaffold hangs from the ceiling, and has a noose hanging from it. Each member of match brings signature weapon to ring. To lose, you must be voted out of match be three pre-chosen staff members.
Flames of Phoenix Match
Ring sized scaffold is placed high above the ring. Combatants fight up on the scaffold, but the scaffold is enclosed on all 4 sides by 6-10 foot high plywood surroundings. The top of the Plywood Wall is lit on fire at the start of the match and the winner is the last man standing on the scaffold, therefore the opponent must be chucked off (or through the wall) and down onto the Flaming Tables Below.
Fluorescent Lights Match
Two Variations:
ONE: Fluorescent Lighting Tubes (turned on) in corners.
TWO: Fluorescent Lighting Tubes secured in mass on the ring ropes (turned on). Both variations are won by pinfall.
Four Pits of Pain Match
Four "pits" or bins on each side of ring contains a weapon choice. Usually razor blades, thumbtacks, fluorescent tubes, & rubbing alcohol. Win by submission.
Gates of Hell Match
"Lion's Den" style cage flipped upside down. Down-sized ring on top of cage with two large doors leading into the den, where a fury of flames is located. Win by throwing opponents into flames below.
Glass Cell Match
Roofed "cage" of glass, completely solid. Cage is attached to the ring apron. Win by pinfall.
Glass Tables Match
Put your opponent through a Table Covered in Glass (either a plate of glass or broken shards) to win.
Glass Mat Match
Ring canvas replaced with glass (usually 1'-3'). Win by throwing opponent through glass.
Glass Platform Match
Wooden-made platform surrounds ring, covered in sheets of glass. Win by pinfall or submission.
Hangman's Noose Match
Hangman's Noose hanging above ring. Win by placing opponent's head in noose.
Hell in a Cell Match
Standard massive chain-link cage that fits enter ringside area. Win by pinfall or submission.
Hell Over High Water Match
Fighters Battle it out on TOP of a Hell In a Cell. Surrounding the cell on the floor are tables - double stacked for a crashzone. The aim is to throw your opponent off the cage and through the tables. However if you go THROUGH the cage, into the ring you aren't eliminated - you must muster your strength and climb back up. If Tag Team rules apply, the match is not over untill only one (or two if it's the team) wrestler is standing on the roof.
House Rules Match
Each participant is allowed 3 weapons to bring to the ring. A table is leaned against each set of turnbuckles. Obviously, there are no DQ's. You must pin the man to a count of 5. After you pin them, they have 10 seconds to reach their feet. If they do not reach their feet, they lose the match. Anyone who interferes faces the loser in a 'House Rules' match at a later date.
Kosan Death Match
Modified cage around a pit of mud. Opponents own wrists are joined by 2' long straps, and an extended cat walk atop the cage is patroled by lumberjacks.
Last Man Standing Match
No Disqualification. Once opponent is pinned or submits, he has 10 seconds to get to his feet. If he meets the count, the match continues. If he doesn't meet the count, the match s over.
Long Shot Death Match
Former HWF wrestler, Long Shot, made this match with a steel cage. Inside the cage were trash cans full of tons of weapons. Above the ring were balloons filled with thumbtacks, which exploded after a certain time period.
Mirror Death Match
Mirrors attached to corners. Win by pinfall.
Pit of Hell Match
Hell in Cell Engulfed in Flames. Win by Pinfall.
Rafter Match
Match takes place in rafters of area (roughly 30' above floor). Cardboard boxes filled ith gravel are placed below. Win by throwing opponent off rafters and onto the cardboard oxes below.
Reckless Abandon Match
Cell over the ring area, razorwire woven through the chain link cell. Replace the ropes with barbwire, turnbuckles replaced with cement blocks. Canvas ripped up until the plywood is explosed. Tables around the outside of the ring. Gasoline cans assorted in the cell. Chairs, canes, cans, forks, pizza cutters, guitars [both wooden (country) and fiberglass (rock)], brooms, shovels, whatever else. The winner is the last man standing, meaning if you don't get up after the ten count, you're gone.
Ring of Death Match
Burning dumpsters surround the ring and ringside area. The ring itself is lifted up 15 feet above the dumpsters by chains attatched to the ring posts. First team to throw the opposing team into a burning dumpster below wins.
Scaffold Match
Standard scaffold hanging over ring (roughly 20' above ring mat). Win by throwing pponent off scaffold, to ring below. A popular variation is to stack tons of tables in ring as "landing zone." This variation is commonly referred to as "High Incident."
Shattered Dreams Match
(Variation of Glass Mat & Hell in a Cell Matches) Hell in a Cell over ring, glass mat. Win by throwing opponent through glass.
Showtime/Enlightener Match
Hell in a Cell modification. Inside the cage are tables galore - set up. On the outside of the cage are weapons galore. Fight starts on the outside and to win you must put your opponent through the top of the cell and through the tables below. Special Mod is to grab the Gascan and Matches from above the cage and light the tables before sending your opponent through.
Sleep Forever Match
The match location can be in serveral different places such as a graveyard, a boiler room, a junkyard, mostly anywhere but in the ring. Everything is legal and somewhere around where the match started is a casket. You must put your oppenent into the casket and light it on fire to win the match.
Smackdown! Division Matchup.
This match takes place whenever the Smackdown! Title is on the line - or a Smackdown Division match talkes place. Smackdown Division matches run with a 30 minute timelimit. In that time limit there's two options. Be the one with the most amount of points at the end of the limit to win - 2 points are awarded for FIRST Blood, 1 point is awarded for SECOND blood, 2 Points are awarded for putting your opponent through a table, 3 points for a pinfall, 3 points for a submission, 5 points for a knock out/TKO. OR there is a ladder outside of the ring and the Smackdown title always hangs above the ring. If someone scales the ladder in the course of 30 minutes and grabs the title: regardless of where they stand in the points race, the match is over and they win the match/title.
Stairway to Hell Match
(Variation of Ladder Match) Ladder Match premise. Singapore Cane {a.k.a. kendo stick} is hanging above ring instead of belt.
Standard Mixed Martial Arts Match
Infinte 2 Minute Rounds - fight ends when opponent is KO'd.
Thumbtacks Galore Match
Thousands and thousands of thumbtacks scattered all over the ring and ringside. Win by infall.
Tower of Babel Match
Starts with 7 tables - chairs placed under them - c4 spread on various ones - each conesuctive layer there are less tables - a scaffold on one side to climb up.