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I think I’m just going to spend the day watching #SmackDown

Steel Cage Matches

Jeff Hardy took so many crazy bumps in matches he ended up losing lol. Billy Gunn launched him over the cage just for X-Pac to toss him back in before the ref saw. Funny how cage matches started with just one referee in the ring. Not the most efficient way lol #SmackDown

11/25/99

The single referee is outside the cage for this match between Al Snow vs The Rock. So basically pin your opponent for 5 seconds bc he ain’t getting in the ring that fast

#SmackDown

12/23/99

The referee trying to get into position to check if feet hit the floor, open and close the door, and count pin falls by himself #SmackDown

12/23/99

No steel cage matches on SmackDown again until 2002 but it’s Kurt Angle (with a fresh head of “hair”) vs Edge, so it was worth the wait! #SmackDown

5/30/2002

My brain every time someone on commentary says the word “steel”

Kurt Angle & Edge

Carole Baskin

Using the cage as a weapon

#SmackDown

5/30/02

It’s a miracle y’all!!!! Chris Jericho takes on Edge and believe it or not, we finally have two referees working the match! Efficiency!! #SmackDown

7/25/02

Christian, Lance Storm, Test, and Chris Jericho attack Edge after the match. John Cena and Rey Mysterio show up to help Edge. The talent in this ring rn...... #SmackDown

7/25/02

Stephanie McMahon’s hair and that laptop are in a fierce competition to look like the most 2003 thing ever

#SmackDown

3/6/03

This next steel cage match is a toss up tbh #SmackDown

3/6/03

Brock Lesnar vs Mr. McMahon with WWE Champion Kurt Angle as the special guest referee. Incoming 10 star match

#SmackDown

8/7/03

Brock Lesnar treated Kurt Angle in this match like 2020 has treated all of us #SmackDown

8/7/03

Eddie Guerrero pulling up in the low rider to take on JBL inside a steel cage for the title! This one’s gonna be good #SmackDown

7/15/04

JBL trying to climb the cage #SmackDown

7/15/04

Idk if we put enough respect on JBL’s Clothesline From Hell. That move sounds like someone ran into a truck every time! #SmackDown

7/15/04

Fly, Eddie, Fly.

#SmackDown

7/15/04

Eddie Guerrero to El Gran Luchadore #SmackDown

7/15/04

The last steel cage match, the fans loved Eddie... this time not so much. Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio in the steel cage up next! #SmackDown

9/9/05

Rey Mysterio after he realized he can’t use the 619 inside the steel cage #SmackDown

9/9/05

Eddie finally got his win over Rey and walked off like this lol #SmackDown

9/9/05

WWE tag team titles on the line inside a steel cage for the first time in six years! The champs MNM vs the challengers Batista & Rey Mysterio! #SmackDown

1/6/2006

Rey Mysterio leg kicks always look like they terrorize the back of your leg #SmackDown

1/6/06

Melina at ringside watching MNM beat up Batista and Mysterio #SmackDown

1/6/06

Mark Henry just broke through the cage door... RIP Batista and Rey #SmackDown

1/6/06

JBL vs [redacted] for the United States title. First time seeing this championship defended in the cage on #SmackDown

4/14/06

JBL thought this was a normal match until SmackDown’s greatest GM Teddy Long pulled up

#SmackDown

4/14/06

Jillian Hall at ringside. We’re blessed that she wasn’t doing any “singing” at this time #SmackDown

4/14/06

JBL cheats [redacted] out of another US Title victory #SmackDown

4/14/06

King Booker: You don’t put kings in a steel cage match. Cages are for prisoners and animals...

GM Teddy Long:
#SmackDown

6/30/06

Bobby Lashley with a title match in the main event. Let’s get back to that in current day WWE. #SmackDown

6/30/06

*Lio Rush voice*

Lashley! Lashley! Lashley! Lashley!

#SmackDown

6/30/06

Time for Kane and MVP to settle their rivalry inside the unforgiving steel cage #SmackDown

11/24/06

Kane when MVP snuck past him for the win #SmackDown

11/24/06

It’s the match that always comes to mind first when I think about SmackDown steel cage matches! Batista challenges Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship! #SmackDown

5/11/07