At the PPV WCW Slamboree 2000, I saw one the greatest match types ever, the Tower of Doom (3 tier-cage, whatever you want to call it.) This match gave a more death-defying feeling than the Hell in a Cell or the Elimination Chamber ever could. Now that the WWE is back with the USA network, almost everything is uncensored. This match would be perfect to have as a main event for Survivor Series, Armageddon or WrestleMania. The possible bumps that the wrestlers could take are unimaginable. Now obviously if this match was used in the WWE, Triple H would probably be given some special treatment in this cage. I have only ever seen this match used three times. The first at the Slamboree Pay-Per-View, the second in the Vince Russo War Games match on Nitro. The third was much more spectacular.

I shall not promote the company by revealing its name. The two wrestlers were Rob Jeffrey and Gavin Mates. British wrestling was resurrected in this one match. The two were on the top tier and slugging it out for nine minutes tops. Jeffrey and Mates had taken huge bumps from the top tier to the roof of the first tier and the cage was visibly weakening with every bump. Six stacked-up tables had already been set up on the floor inside the first tier and were under the section of the cage that took the bumps. These tables also had chairs and barbed wire on top. Jeffrey and Mates were visibly tired and clearly wanted to end the match quickly. So Jeffrey got Mates in position for his finishing move, the jackhammer. The plan was that Jeffrey would basically throw Mates to the roof of the first tier, Mates would go through the roof and through and Jeffrey would win the heavyweight title. But, it all went horribly wrong. Jeffrey held on to Mates and they fell 30ft to the roof of the first tier, which collapsed on impact, and through the six tables.

In true wrestling style, the first words which came out the 2,000 fans that fitted into the arena was `Holy Sh*t!!`. The commentators, promoters and the fans were all visibly shocked by what they had seen. Jeffrey and Mates got up and battled on after 10 long minutes of lying in the wreck of six tables, six chairs and about 10 metres long of barbed wire. They climbed back to the top of the tower and battled again. The match had its scariest moment when Jeffrey Demon-Bombed Mates through the roof and all the way to the ring, and Mates went through the ring on impact!

Yet again the chants of `Holy Sh*t` rang through the arena. Jeffrey won the Heavyweight title. He then climbed down the sixty-foot cage and went into the ring to check on Mates. After ten long minutes of the paramedics checking Mates, he got up and saluted the crowd, which was going mental with chants of `thank you Jeffrey` and `thank you Mates`. He then saluted his long time friend, Jeffrey. The two men were brought to tears of not only immense pain because the numerous broken bones they had suffered, but the reaction of crowd.

If we could get moments like this in the WWE with chants of maybe `thank you JBL or thank you Batista or even thank you Triple H`, then the WWE could be the industry that it used to be at its peak, and, as ironic as it may seem, all with the help of WCW.

by Michael Griffin-O'Mara ..