EAW Match Types

Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" are performed in professional wrestling. Some of them occur relatively frequently, while others are developed so as to advance an angle, and such match types are used rarely. The promotion being previously known as Extreme Answerz Wrestling meant that every single match featured on a show had a stipulation to it. Now with its name change, the stipulations are still current however they are less frequent.

Below are a list of professional wrestling match types that originated, and are contested in, Elite Answers Wrestling.

Singles matches
The singles match is the most basic of all professional wrestling matches, which involves only two competitors competing for one fall. Victory is obtained by pinfall, submission, countout or disqualification.

Team matches
Matches are often contested between two (or more) teams, with most cases consisting of two members to each team.

Tag team match
On most occasions, one member of the team competes in the ring with one of more of his/her teammates) standing behind the ropes. Wrestlers switch positions by "tagging" one another, usually similar to a high five and, as a result, these teams are referred to as tag teams.

Promotions usually have established tag teams that most often compete in team matches rather than singles matches, though teams will often break up to pursue a singles career, usually via a turn. Teams can consist of real-life friends of relatives. On other occasions, teams are booked together by promoters based on their face or heel alignment in order to increase the amount of wrestlers on the card or to advance multiple storylines at once.

EAW's tag team division has been lacking tag teams over the past couple of years despite the promotion have its own Tag Team Championship. Every year the company holds the Grand Prix Tag Team tournament where people can sign up with another individual for the sole purpose of pursuing the EAW Tag Team Championships. In most cases, however, most teams do not continue as a tag team once eliminated.

In other rare cases, EAW also can have three (triple threat) or four (fatal 4-way) tag teams going against one another, but only two teams have legitimate shots of winning a match as one team has both members not tagged into the match.

Tornado tag team match
Matches in which the entire team competes at once is often referred to as a tornado tag match. Matches can be held under standard rules or as a specialty match, such as a steel cage match or a ladder match.

Elimination tag team match
Tag team matches are occasionally held under elimination rules; that is, the losing wrestler is eliminated from the match, but his/her team is allowed to continue with their remaining members until all members of one team is eliminated.

EAW's annual live event Territorial Invasion commonly holds matches such as these where teams of four or five compete under the elimination rules. Occasionally, stipulations can be added to certain matches to help build drama or as a lead up to an angle. All other standard rules apply, and team members may tag in and out in any order. While some teams are already established stables, others may need to recruit members for their team.

Handicap match
A handicap match is any match where one wrestler or team of wrestlers face off against a team of wrestlers with numerical superiority such as two against one, three against two etc. Normally the babyfaces are outnumbered with the heels having more members on their team to provide an unfair advantage. In some two-on-one handicap matches, the team with superior numbers act under tag team rules, with one person in the ring at a time. In others, such as tornado tag team matches, all competitors are in the ring at the same time.

Iron Man match
An Iron Man Match is a multiple-fall match with a set time limit. The match is won by the wrestler who wins the most falls within the said time limit, by either pinfall, submission, disqualification, or countout.

Cash in the Vault match
The Cash in the Vault match is a multi-person ladder match that takes place at EAW's Pain For Pride event annually. The prize in the match is a briefcase containing a contract for a championship match, which can be "cashed in" by the holder of the briefcase at any point in the year following their victory. If the contract is not used within the year of winning it, it will be invalid, but this has yet to happen.

24/7 Contract Battle Royal
The 24/7 Contract Battle Royal is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until only one is left, with the prize being the 24/7 contract. This match takes place at EAW's Pain For Pride event annually. This match has no specific amount of wrestlers competing in it, but the rules remain the same where each competitor attempts to throw their opponents over the top rope and having both feet touching the venue floor.

Grand Rampage match
The Grand Rampage match is based on the classic Battle Royal match type, in which a number of wrestlers (usually 30) aim at eliminating their competitors by tossing them over the top rope with both feet touching the venue floor. The winner of the event is the last wrestler remaining after all others have been eliminated.

The Grand Rampage differs from the classical Battle Royal as the contestants do not enter the ring at the same time but instead are assigned entry numbers, usually via a lottery, although desirable spots are occasionally assigned by other means, the most common being winning a match. The match begins with the two wrestlers who have drawn entry numbers one and two, with the remaining wrestlers entering the ring at regular timed intervals, either 90 seconds or two minutes, according to their entry number.

Extreme Elimination Chamber match
The Extreme Elimination Chamber is a large, circular steel cage that surrounds the ring entirely, including creating a grated floor area on the apron. Inside the cage, at each turnbuckle, is a clear "pod" where four of the six competitors in the match must wait to be released to join the two who start the match at the opening bell. This match has been known to feature more than six competitors in very rare cases. As the name implies, wrestlers are eliminated one-by-one via pinfall or submission until only one remains. Each competitor is allowed to bring a weapon of their own choosing into the match to use to their advantage.