10 Wrestling Rules You Had No Idea Existed

[@liminal_entity1331]

Wish that tag team rule would have applied in video games, especially in the older ones. One of the most annoying match types in wrestling video games are tag matches specifically because partners have nigh unlimited run-in attempts, making actually winning a match exceedingly difficult, and frustrating if your partner's AI is dumb as a bag of rocks (looking at you PS1/N64 era, looking at you).

[@deadersurvival4716]

It's not true in most IRL rings either, don't worry.

[@fordman7775]

The solution to this for me was to turn it the victory by Ko option. But I agree to this day, I can’t stand tag team wrestling in real life because Tag matches in WWE games ruined it for me

[@alexescutia4805]

On god bro those old smack vs raw games I’d have to get them both to red health on two body parts hit his partner with my finisher then quickly run back into the ring to hit the other guy with one move and a pin. Tag matches were brutal in games

[@ValSempai]

@@alexescutia4805 saaaaame you just have to beat up the dude on the apron before you even get to the one youre suppose to be beating.

[@CasualVideoGamer]

Just invest in a submission, mate. Most of the time those don't get broken up as much by AI. At least I never had that issue.

[@fayz221]

Wait you are saying wrestlers cannot use a chainsaw without approval? That's absurd!

[@albino5995]

Terry Funk laughs at Vince’s rules lol

[@lalegende2746]

@@albino5995 *Laughs in ECW*

[@timomajere]

4:04 This only pertains to House shows or shows without a camera. Not risking someone falling from the ropes before the match started at a house show that would take them off TV for some time. Trust in the notion that accidents DO happen and many a time, your wrestler was off TV for a spell and you didn't know why. They're fine with them doing it for the TV airings.

[@dukederek]

when the "tag team klaxon" goes off, all the wrestlers are allowed in the ring

[@bradleywilkinson1097]

Simon said it, so it must be true!

[@lonewolfsurvival3453]

The rules change from week to week on a whim! No rule is concrete in pro wrestling.

[@nickfitzgerald7242]

This was about rules between wrestler and not kayfabe rules, like the stupid hand shake shit.

[@quentelhill5074]

@@nickfitzgerald7242 what hand shape

[@nickfitzgerald7242]

@@quentelhill5074 there is a hand shake wrestlers do/did to show they were in the business. Kind of a strong looking but soft thing.

[@SSJSwole]

Shoulders down for a three count = “you win” seems pretty concrete

[@nickfitzgerald7242]

@@SSJSwole so you didnt understand the video either huh. Not in ring rules, they are talking about unspoken rules. Did you watch it?

[@JB00GIE22]

I remember the "one break up per match" rule from the Undisputed Era vs Mustache Mountain match. The one with the towel that got 5 stars. That's why Trent Seven had to decide whether to throw the towel or not rather than just hopping in and breaking the submission.

[@ashydashy4383]

I was always confused about that

[@ashydashy4383]

I thought it was just because of some British tradition or rule

[@Sethsters]

Ngl I kinda like the last one. I love AEW, but sometimes it feels like the rules go out the window at the end to every Bucks or Elite tag match.

[@spudgunn8695]

Come off it, AEW ref's aren't allowed to disqualify ANYONE if it gives the win to somebody. 2 DQ's in their history, Pac for the first fall in an Ironman match, and a double DQ in a Cutler/Avalon match.

[@elliotaddler2302]

AEW and “rules” go as well together as vodka and milk

[@gojtron]

@@spudgunn8695 And the on-the-fly setup to Double or Nothing this year

[@spudgunn8695]

@@gojtron was that the preshow? I missed that one. I'll have to check it out, I hate missing things!

[@androgynousmaggot9389]

Oh cry more! Maybe you should pay more attention, they were talking about WWE rules! Beside AEW is at least consistent with their rules! Not saying they are perfect, far from that! And ofc heels are always trying to trick the ref and break the rules!

[@mr4cccc]

I remember back in the day if you threw your opponent over the top rope it was an automatic DQ

[@MrBeard17]

Classic heel move.

[@gfear24]

That was an NWA rule. Same company had a rule for steel cage matches that you can only win via pinfall or submission. It was meant to keep the wrestlers in and everyone else out. Not shockingly, WWF/WWE completely bastardized it.

[@anklethief]

@@gfear24 I like how you can win via existing the cage though it adds something more to the match.

[@marshallrichardson3207]

I remember when you could only climb up on the top rope during a no DQ match.

[@robheon144]

I was about to say this. It was a rule in Stampede.

[@BillFinger27]

Speaking of wrestlign rules, I always get irritated when I play an Elimination Chamber match in WWE 2k19. I don't know if WWE 2k20 also has this one... Audio commentary states a fun fact that the EC only has one rule... pin or submit your opponent in the ring... A rule that the commentary claims is less than 5 years old. But in the game, you can still pin or submit someone outside the ring.

[@VROSHARD]

That caught me off guard

[@danforrester5937]

Ngl though they do the yay-boo spot pretty often so idk if that’s still a rule really

[@franklingoodwin]

Most of of these aren't rules but directives. Which is why some wrestlers ignore them without punishment

[@Dawn_Of_Justice]

On this week's Raw attacking your partner counted as a disqualification. I don't remember this rule being a thing and yet it happened in 2 matches in 1 night.

[@nervoussips2622]

Only one was A dq the other one was a count out.

[@drewski103]

@@nervoussips2622 oh that makes it so much better tm

[@drunozeko4332]

Why wouldn't it be?

[@Slapsamillion]

The 1 break-up rule should be emphasized more imo. I feel like that commentary could spin that as a strategy thing. You could make special/handicap matches that manipulate this rule.

[@DigitalTimothy]

There are rules in matches in wrestling? By watching WWE you’d never know

[@egbduf]

All companies tbf. Wwe, impact and aew dont follow these

[@nickonite]

@@egbduf I was gonna say AEW has issues with it.

[@SunzTalk]

You can just tell you’re an AEW mark. In FTRs contracts it says that the refs will enforce the rules every match meaning that in other peoples matches they don’t enforce the rules which is obvious even if you didn’t know the prior fact.

[@spudgunn8695]

WWE must have rules, I mean, how could they have so many DQ'S if there were no rules? AEW, however, seems to have a rule that no one can be DQ'd if it actually gives the win to the opponent!!

[@gojtron]

@@SunzTalk that doesn't even make sense

[@AlanHearshel]

If the comentators made that break up rule more clear for the audience, it would make the matches much more exciting

[@emeraldaly7646]

I wish the video games followed rule #1. Tag team matches are HELL in story mode.

[@DjiSoul]

okay, have to point out something, those wrestlers aren't going to the "Top Rope" it's clearly the Middle Rope. But I get what you mean..

[@c.skyrie3434]

The no closed fist shouldn't be on this list, announcer bring it up constantly about guys doing it to cheat, refs constantly are bitching at the wrestler for useing a closed fist. this is one of the most blantent "hidden" rules their are. the wearing heels rule isnt a wrestling rule, thats a city rule, same with the colour blue

[@gatesofwrestling]

Heel Jerry Lawler was always calling that out. The hand choking as well. These things aren’t as cared about any more though

[@androgynousmaggot9389]

But they still use the fists instead of open fists or elbows,like they are doing it in Japan! It takes too much out of the credibility, anyone who was ever punched or punched someone knows this all to well! xd

[@ryanswaynow]

So I live in Virginia but I spend a lot of time in both of the Carolinas. I have actually heard the baby blue rule before and my understanding in the actual area is that it was a decision based on the Tar Heel connection you mentioned.

[@ryanswaynow]

However I did not know the rule only applied on Wednesdays and why that’s the case I have no idea

[@Predreus]

I'd love to see a video about the biggest changes/overhauls in looks video. For the longest time I never knew that The Disciple was Brutus Beefcake

[@jamilmuhammad7465]

I don’t know how you all constantly come up with good list content.

[@stevelowe2647]

Research?

[@TheKyoput]

How big of a wrestling nerd am I that I knew most of these existed?

[@davidfitzpatrick2684]

8:29 I call bullshit on that because when i see tag team matches on TV I see multiple pin attempts breakups all the time.

[@meekgoc]

I see it to bro

[@devnarang7325]

That's Aew for you.

[@B3Band]

Yeah, I guess the guys who actually worked there don't know what they're talking about...

[@98nh3609]

@@devnarang7325 I think in this context it's a wwe rule. So AEW wouldn't follow it

[@davidfitzpatrick2684]

@@devnarang7325 oh i was talking both AEW and WWE matches.

[@MatadorMedia]

having grown up in north carolina, the unc vs duke rivalry is pretty serious. wearing baby blue is siding with unc.

[@StageRight123]

I got a good laugh at how he mispronounced Carmel By The Sea.

[@benbrown1431]

Mate ask a yank to To try and pronounce any place in england🤣

[@willkayl8793]

I do love some good carmel by the sea. Sounds delicious

[@aleiterful]

The triple h Stephanie thing was actually suggested by Vince so I mean there is an exception because it was his idea that she “be with someone like hunter”

[@gatesofwrestling]

Vince was also unsure about it at first. So he separated them just to see if it was true love. Guys crazy😂

[@RFP15]

Ric Flair is not a North Carolina native. He was born in Tennessee and raised in Minnesota.

[@TwinBladeFury]

I feel like that tag rule should be mentioned by commentary a LOT more. In my 15 years of watching wrestling I never knew that was a thing. One time JR mentioned the Young Bucks would normally be disqualified for breaking up pinfalls if it wasn't a no-DQ match and I legit couldn't figure out why.

[@sunniedunbar6889]

So if no baby blue trunks on Wednesday, in North Carolina… does that mean Rick Flair could never win on Wednesday in that State?! My….. Gosh!

[@Scaramanga7]

He had white, black, green, yellow and purple trunks he used regularly, so I think Naitch was okay. It has more to do with not igniting the UNC-NC State-Duke triangle of terror, as fandom runs deep and can screw with the reactions they want to get.

[@DJDoubleCee]

No Yea-Boo spots? Never heard of that rule.

[@boyankovachev7982]

That's WWE rule, bro. They even say that it came to be bcz of Cena cuz the fans booed him and not the heels. 😅😂😂

[@Ted_Sheckler]

I actually did know some of these rules existed. Because Wrestlelamia put out a very similar list last month.

[@screamingboyproductions988]

They should tell their video games about the one pin break up per tag match....

[@Acerthorn]

Is the baby blue ban in North Carolina an actual LAW, or is it just something WWE has decreed? Because if it's the former, I'd like to know how in the baby blue hell that law can be considered constitutional.

[@Hawkeye26]

Ironically, my friend Faith uses #1 quite often in her cyberwrestling tag team matches (usually in matches when no referee is assigned, in order to avoid chaos).

[@gatesofwrestling]

Most wrestlers, even some of my favorites like Jeff Hardy, throw the worst punches. It’s so rare that a wrestlers good at it. I think Triple H, Stone Cold and Samoa Joe are the best at it. Any other ones y’all can think of? (WWE only)

[@titanhades4331]

Bret Hart was great at it. Really made them look real.

[@gatesofwrestling]

@@titanhades4331 facts! Truly the excellence of execution

[@TheLastOutlawSaulGoode]

Taker threw solid punches

[@jeromechopard3629]

Whats about Ups and Down‘s for nxt ???

[@MetalED]

Cancelled. The lack of views didn't justify continuing with it.

[@covagotnextgaming]

Some crazy rules here

[@RedRanger_]

That North Carolina/Baby Blue rule is fucking wild lmao

[@BlackHeart37498]

With the exceptions of Chicara CZW WWC where the use of weapons is extremely encouraged

[@Deanyomac]

Rule 1 needs to be brought into wrestling video games 🤣

[@360entertainment2]

Definitely explains why we haven’t seen nunchucks in pro wrestling since the 90’s. Also I get Matt Riddle can’t be a heel in California since he’ll most likely be high!

[@MistarZtv]

can we just take a moment to appreciate ricochet is trunks?

[@jonathanrankin58]

I stay in NC and I didn’t know that rule existed……..but apparently in my town on Sunday its illegal to wear a red dress-_-

[@christiancalero7593]

Don't forget about wcw rules, you can't jump off the top rope, you can't throw your opponent over the top rope, and you can't smash your opponent on the ring post and guard rail

[@Kingofbussup]

I’m form North Carolina and Mr. McMahon was born in Greenville,NC Big daddy V from my hometown Goldsboro,NC but that a weird rule for NC

[@MiguelGarcia-oj9ol]

That tag team break up should be in the games it gets annoying af when they keep breaking up the pin

[@JruGordon]

4:48 Rick the Sign Guy spotted

[@Ragamuffin-Guesses-cgc-grades]

that tag team rule is news to me.

[@jeffreyheffner908]

Might have to do with where Vince went to college. He went to ECU and North Carolina takes their choice of college pretty seriously lol

[@jasonschwartz9481]

Still absurd.

[@Surreal469]

This is more a mix of kayfabe rules and shoot guidelines.

[@MikeMaduxx]

You see what my profile pic is, I mean I'm from North Carolina and I really have no idea why no "Baby Blue" on a Wednesday while in the State of N.C. 🤔 Gotta be an interesting story behind it involving Flair or U.N.C. or something.. If not, then it's not even a funny, interesting rule and just plain weird!! (Like WWE execs) 🙄

[@kylemartin3746]

I'm gonna say the top rope entrance rule is so that dont bbq another wrestler with pyro

[@seanmansfield4853]

Yeah and remember in 2014 they tried to get it over that a champion has to defend their belt at least once every 30 days

[@martinrubio9412]

I like the kendo sticks

[@nickbrooks2408]

You damn right! Brock is gonna Brock! And if anyone that doesn't like Brock Brocking......you can go Brock yourself!

[@MrHarris73]

The Tar Heels wear Carolina Blue - not baby blue. Maybe Vince is a Duke fan.

[@anonamatron]

Where's the rule that says all wrestling youtube channels must be British?

[@jasonschwartz9481]

Just because a fist is closed doesn't mean that you're actually throwing a closed fist punch. Go to any MMA/school and you'll see tons of fists that look "closed". They ARE...You just don't squeeze the fist shut at the point of contact. It "hurts" a bit, but more like a slap.

[@lamjianhua2884]

The tag rope rule is not a meaningless one. It is to ensure fairness in the match. The rule states that the wrestler have to be in contact with the tag rope in order to be able to tag into a match. Hence having one tag rope being longer wld give an unfair advantage to a team.

[@MDW1101]

I thought he said Camel by the Sea.

[@wickedencounter110]

No dating officials. Vince apparently doesn't like that one.

[@TerryBollea1]

You missed the top rope. Theres a reason why the ref is "supposed" to count. Your not allowed to climb the ropes, and your not allowed to jump off them for offense either.

[@EiferBrennan]

Let's be honest that Dallas rope rule was created to give somebody's idiot brother-in-law a job, that even *he* can hold down.

[@dilloncompton6102]

Uh I’m sure 99 percent of us figured weapons had to be approved 😂😂😂😂🤷‍♂️

[@multiyapples]

Honestly some of these make sense.

[@joekurr6030]

It actually annoys me that whatculture is stil going on about the supposed house show rule book, when there was never anything authenticating it and it was largely debunked on reddit.

[@muhammadmeheran9508]

You mean, baby blue trunks are not allowed in NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORTH CAROOOOOOOOLINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA......

[@imjusthere750]

Is this recycling week from you guys? Almost every top 10 video this channel has posted this week is almost identical to a video from a couple years ago with just a word changed in the title. Do better!

[@redkritter1225]

Trust me there are no wrestling events at Carmel by the sea.

[@jyesucevitz]

how does a city or town ordinance qualify as number 4 a wrestling rules video?

[@REALGotTheGlock]

This wwe rules not wrestling rules and this is stuff that makes sense

[@Mascifin]

I wish the last rule applied to the video games.

[@zanethind]

Some rules just don't make sense honestly

[@hendrixlynch5918]

I don’t understand why Roman reigns purposely misses by at least a foot when using the Superman punch. Does anyone know?

[@corrosivecabal]

Flair, a North Carolina native?

[@markmagician2471]

I didn't know bout rule 7

[@syxodude91]

Is number 4 even a "wrestling Rule"?

[@spudgunn8695]

No more than one break up in a tag team match? I take it that's per person, not per team, or 80% of the tag matches I've seen in the WWE have broken that particular "rule!" Or maybe it's more of a guideline!!

[@dwtunchained217]

Many a "persons" foot. Lmao.

[@TerranMcCall]

In Ontario, Canada, until the early 2000's, wrestlers and the entire show had to be licensed. The show could only be called an "exhibition." And, there was an actual governing body to enforce a whole whack-load of ludicrously outdated rules. However, they only really cared about those three, because of heavy fines, and even shutting down the entire show could be used as penalties. It was all just a major cash grab, as licensing had to be done annually for wrestlers. One of the reasons WWF/E didn't do that many shows there.

[@knightshousegames]

I know wrestling commissions do sort of exist in different states in America, like I've heard...I THINK in Maryland they are pretty strict about blood in matches, New York had a really funny rule, I can't remember. Bill Alfonso's original character in ECW was that of a member of the Pennsylvania Wrestling Commission who tried to enforce more obscure and ridiculous rules to keep matches "safe"

[@SnuuSnuu]

In Kentucky they have a commission and with blood it has to be done with approval and previous blood work done. If there is blood in a match the person has to get to the back and stop the bleeding and then he is able to come back out. If not then yea it's done for. Oh and you only have 30 seconds to get out of there because of it. Another rule in Kentucky is every show has to be recorded in case there is an instance where a commissioner isn't there and there was an incident that cause result in fines. The mandatory camera is both for the promoter and fans at that point.

[@johnwise1096]

They need to ban surprise roll up

[@anthonymacomo4443]

nxt ups and downs?????

[@anthonymacomo4443]

nxt ups and downs ?

[@kamarichristie4346]

Hey whatculyure

[@3eyenewsnetwork702]

This video was trash 🗑️ every single thing he pointed out happens in every single company give me My time back

[@jawill24]

Damn every thing on this list is really just shots at wwe lol

[@edgecrusher018]

I find many if not most of these to be clearly nonexistent.

[@abdielgarcia5899]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@GrymmSoul]

Congratulations! You're wrong. These are rules which exist....and much like the rule that you cannot murder people in literally every country on the planet, you may "find many" who do not follow the rules. Note how the video title wasn't "Rules Every Wrestler Must Abide By"🙄 Gee, it's as if Garret not only states how often these rules are broken, but actually shows physical proof from WWE's in-house rules, huh? Ffs....

[@TheNath87]

In the photos of Jeff Hardy, Randy Orton and Sheamus there not standing on the TOP rope though there standing on the MIDDLE rope.

[@SolidSonicTH]

:\ I kind of thought this would be kayfabe.

[@kamarichristie4346]

,new vid yes!

[@mikeattard3543]

"No one is to do the Yay-Boo stuff except John Cena." Yeah, I'm pretty sure the crowd didn't get that memo. Stupid stupid stupid rule.

[@connorp8408]

The talent needs to stay the heck off Twitter and stop trying to smart up the fans.

[@charlitemtationofficialMCMXVI]

I came for justin Gabriel

[@kamarichristie4346]

No dating officials lol

[@kamarichristie4346]

Fire 🔥 🔥 channelA

[@Sin337Gaming]

FTR = Follow The Rules

[@TheTrixster690]

Is WWE the only company that have these stupid rules ?

[@kamarichristie4346]

He's 🔥 🔥

[@reality_is_sin]

Yep

[@jasonbooysen9697]

But aj uses close fist

[@Adz907]

Like 80% of them still and always have climbed thr ropes during an entrance so what are talking about?