I've been vocal about hating modern day WWE cage matches for a few years now, because they're almost never entertaining. The last time I can remember seeing one I enjoyed was back in 2006. The action tends to be repetitive, the psychology is always screwy and they always seem to end on an anti-climax.
But the women's cage match on Smackdown this week really made it more obvious than ever that this stipulation needs to be retired - or at least altered dramatically. The babyface General Manager Daniel Bryan made this title match a cage match to prevent interference from La Luchadora. Which is a pretty classic reason to book a cage match.
Here's how the match ended: La Luchadora - in full view of officials - walked through the cage door and kicked Lynch in the head, which set up Bliss's victory. So the idea of the cage being there to keep people out was completely obliterated. It made Bryan and the officials look like idiots, and it made the cage come off as ridiculous and hokey. Whoever wrote that finish should consider a different field of work.
If that horrible Cena/Wyatt match wasn't the final nail in the coffin of the cage match, then this was it.