The History of WWF's Big Blue Steel Cage
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Wrestling Bios Presents - The History of WWF's Big Blue Steel Cage
The "Big Blue" WWF Steel Cage was introduced to television audiences in 1986. During the WrestleMania II show, fans witnessed the mighty King Kong Bundy take on fan favourite Hulk Hogan in this new steel structure. Typically, WWF cage matches had been held inside mesh or cyclone wire cages, but at WrestleMania 2, fans watching at home saw the reinforced blue cage for the very first time.
The Big Blue Cage would become a cornerstone in the WWF for years, finally making it's retirement way later in 2001. By that time, the cage had got a new coat of paint. On television, the cage had it's last public display in a match held in the UK featuring Edge and Christian. During it's active years, the big blue cage hosted matches featuring legends such as Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, The Ultimate Warrior, Mankind, Ravishing Rick Rude and loads more.
This mini documentary from Wrestling Bios takes a look at the complete history of WWF's big blue steel cage. Topics and matches covered include:
02:04 - The Blue Steel Cage makes it's debut at WrestleMania II
05:20 - Paul Orndorff vs Hulk Hogan Cage Match at SNME
08:07 - WWF No Holds Barred Movie / Match on Pay Per View
12:51 - Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels inside the Steel Cage
16:12 - Bret Hart vs Diesel at In Your House 6
18:07 - Mankind vs Hunter Hearst Helmsley at Summerslam 1997
19:59 - The WWF introduces a new Steel Cage in 1999
Much More!
#WWE #Documentary #Wrestling
I want to thank you for not wasting my time with fluff and nonsense in order to get to magical minute marks. If a video is 30 minutes long, it's because it needs to be. This is consistently the best wrestling channel on TH-cam.
Hands down.
I like these videos but half of every videos is fluff lokn
I love this wrestling channel
Two years later, this still rings true
You don't know that.
The old big blue cage is a piece of my childhood. You done it justice.
Oh dear what about the Roddy Piper and Rick Rude cage matches from 1989???
And the Bret Hart/Yokozuna cage match from late 94 isn't mentioned either...
I remember the Bret Hart-Isaac Yankem cage match with Jerry Lawler suspended in a shark cage. Lawler, legitimately scared of heights, started having a nose bleed (which he deliberately caused) and was hollering for Vince MacMahon to get him down. This was before Vince was revealed to be the owner and was still only thought to be a commentator.
I loved the Black Cage at St. Valentine's Day Massacre Austin vs Vince
They also had the black cage when Big Boss Man got hung by the neck. Black Cage was Awesome!
@@jugglerjoe well, actually that was a hell in a cell match not a cage match. I know the match you talking about I remember that match when big boss man was hanging rope around his neck. the undertaker vs big boss man.
jugglerjoe it was a hell in a cell match at wrestle mania 15 when big boss man was hung
Cool story bro
@@jugglerjoe nope
I love that cage. I miss that cage. What a wonderful idea to make an episode dedicated to that cage.
CAGE
Butt kisser alert. Got the heart tho.
I read that out loud; the same way you wrote that 🤙
Bret vs owen in that cage is still my favorite match. At that time what they did was game changing
zeek yes! Summerslam 1994! A great match!
I LOVE that match!
Phenomenal match, I remember watching that live as a 10 year old round my friend's house as he had Sky TV, we marked out big time when Bret won, memories, watched it again 2 years ago on an old VHS tape and forgot how good it was, my favourite cage match of all time
Bret has said he believes it was the best cage match ever with no blood.
I still hate it to this day personally but hey, to each their own
I also remember the blue cage being used in the Kennel from hell match where it was inside hell in a cell.
We don't speak of the Kennel From Hell match
@@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii 🤷🏾♂️
@@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii it was pretty good ngl
@@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii
...unless you're every TH-camr ever, doing a list of things that sucked in the Attitude years. then and *only* then can it be mentioned 😂
Yes, I came here to mention this too.
I'll always remember the blue cage match featuring Hulk Hogan and Mr Wonderful Paul Orndorff!! Classic finish lol ...
I never thought I would be interested in a Bio on an object. Good stuff.
Lol right?! But as soon we saw the thumbnail we clicked it, hahah, awesome
This guy could do a video on Doug Dillenger or jim Cornettes racket and I'd watch it.
But of course you would!
I guess I didn’t realize there was just One big blue cage. Does it still exist? Will we ever see it again, perhaps if there is ever a physical hall of game museum?
The urn???
Thank you so much for bringing back these truly wonderful memories from my childhood. It means more to me than you know. Thank you
I never thought for one moment that the blue cage (and then black cage) matches were the all done using the same cage that was used in the WM2 main event! That's a historic cage.
Will you ever cover Vince McMahon’s career as an announcer?
That would be "unbelievable!"
He was a really good announcer. When I was little I had no idea it was Vince calling the matches. I was surprised when I realized it later.
PrimusVsUnicron “what a maneuver”
“uhhh my”
Vince would get you hyped to watch wrestling with the way how ran down the card. So much excitement put into it. And don't forget his trademark... Welcome to WRESTLEMANIA!!!!!
There was also a Bret Hart vs Yokozuna in the steel cage on a coliseum video...
I remember Jim ross would always exaggerate the height of the cage, saying it was 16 foot, even though there were only 2 squares above the wrestler's heads, meaning it was only between 8 and 10 feet high.
Kinda like how they love to say that the ringside steps weigh 300/400/500 lbs depending on who is lifting them, lol.
Gorilla Monsoon would say the cage is 20 plus feet high
@@MrAac1984 theoretically it could be 20 ft from the floor, but in the viewer's head, they'll picutre it 20 ft above *the ring* -- pro wrestling is a never-ending big fish story and we love it hahahahahahaha
17:50 - One of my favorite moments of the early genesis of the The Attitude Era. Bret’s promo was absolutely incredible and the way they played it with McMahon made it seemed like there was a high level of truth behind it all. Everyone from Bret, to Austin, to UT and Micheals were at, or near, their absolute peak and the angles were awesome. 1997 was my favorite year for professional wrestling. The WWF changed significantly and NWO was still going strong in WCW.
I remember always hearing 15 feet as in " oh my this match will be contented inside of a 15 foot high steel cage"
Thank you for sharing the history of WWF's Big Blue Steel Cage :). My first exposure to that structure was from the WWF Wrestlemania Steel Cage NES video game. The first steel cage match that I saw was between Bret Hart and Owen Hart at Summerslam 94, which I also agree to be the best big blue steel cage match there is, the best big blue cage match there was and the best big blue cage match there ever will be!
I love the random content of the videos. Goes from superstars to major incidents to video games to stuff like this. I didn't even realise I missed the big blue cage lol. Nice one.
Girlfriend: what you watching?
Me: a video about a cage...
And what a cage it is!
Lmao I would say that to my woman lol
Funny
what kind of cage
Dave friend bama boy A blue cage. Now shush!!!
"Brett Hart was one of few who could get a good match out of Kevin Nash." 😃
Nash doesn't really have great matches, Scott Hall was a better wrestler than Nash but was always second fiddle to Nash.
@@jaylee8240 That's because you can't teach 6ft10 and 300 lbs.
@Daniel Olortegui Why undoubtly a G.O.A.T.!
JohnACorp782 that’s because Bret never seriously injured anyone. Even his opponents’ own bodies were like “not tonight, we’re working with Bret, he doesn’t hurt anyone he works with!”
Dont forget bout sh sh sh Shawn mutha f...... Michaels
OMG!!! U took me back to my childhood wwf when I would have my eyes glued to my mom's floor model tv !! Love ur channel
I’m so old I remember the WWF cages before the Big Blue one.
Thanks for another awesome video, WrestlingBios.
I love the intro music .. it brings back so many great wrestling memories I can’t remember if they played that music at the beginning or the end of the PPVs
Beginning
I have legit had a fascination with Big Blue since I was a kid. Can't even tell you how compelling these videos are for a wrestling geek like me.
Please please keep the Content coming.......this is 1 I never would of thought of but as soon as I saw it........I knew I had to watch it!!!
Richfield Coliseum was about 20 minutes from where I live. I know they did a ton of house shows back in the day. I wonder if any local fans have any photos of what the cage looked like.
I was there in 1991 for Hogan vs Earthquake in a stretcher match
Justin Millham I don’t have any photos but I was there for the Ric Flair vs Randy Savage cage match in the second row. The cage looks a lot smaller upfront, and that’s when I realized that it was only a couple feet taller than the wrestlers and the top rope. It’s amazing actually how TV made it look bigger
Really interesting, love having a bit of context and history to the iconic match types of days past,present and future. Thanks for taking the time to look so in depth when researching the big blue cage! ;)
Like many fans who's only access to wrestling in the 90s was cable television, I have no knowledge of what you call HOUSE SHOWS. I understand the general concept of course. However I would absolutely love a video detailing the history of the house show circuit and how they were similar/different than TV events. In particular, how did house shows work while wrestlers were also doing TV work. Could anyone get tickets to these events? I think other more casual fans would appreciate a deep dive into the concept of house shows and how they were used in major promotions.Thank you so much for creating these videos! You are very talented documentarian and your videos have been an ENORMOUS BRIGHT SPOT in my life. Keep up the good work. This is easily my favorite wrestling content on youtube!
The nostalgia with the big blue cage I'm sure I had that ring and cage as a kid had all the figures the bell damn if your childhood was late 80s early 90,s we had a blast ayy???
Shawn Michael's said in an interview that he wanted the mesh cage for Hell in the Cell as you couldn't bump off of Big Blue.
Been here since day 1 and you keep getting better bud
Same was here when he was on 200+ subs
💯
I miss the blue cage matches 😭
As a wrestling fan of 28 years, and a fellow Belfast boy.....I loved this! Learned a few things about WWF cage matches; vividly remember the more famous ones mentioned
Breakdown 98 was the first PPV I watched when I got into wrestling. I always loved that triple threat cage match, especially Foley jumping from the top of the cage.
WOW, I had no idea the RAW after WM 14 was the last big blue appearance in its original structure - I was at that show in Albany NY and can chalk up a piece of history to my live event record!
Thank you for these wonderful videos. Captures many of the best era in Pro Wrestling. Miss the "Big Blue Cage" days, and the epic Evenings watching "Saturday Night's Main Event!" Where do you find the massive database of WWF/WWE Results lists, like this 12:00? Eager to revisit the "house Shows" I saw here in Las Vegas, back in the late '80s. Thanks again for a great channel!
Thanks so much for all your content during these difficult times, man!
Another great Wrestling Bios video. On just pure habit, I stop literally every and any video I'm already watching to watch a new W.B. video
Love your videos, and I have to say the old wrestling theme at the start is magic! Keep up the good work
I’ve heard that even tho it didn’t appear on TV til the 1980s, that the cage was originally designed like that back in the 60s or 70s when Bruno Sammartino was feuding with THE SHEIK (Sabus’s Uncle) over the WWWF Title. Made it easier for them to work and for the Sheik to climb with his crazy boots.
I remember that Hogan/Orndorff SNME Cage match to this day. That was the talk of the school for days
Yet another great video my Friend! Thank you so much for all the hard work, & all the hours, & hours of research, & editing time that goes into these videos! I've said in one of your other videos, I'm a fellow TH-camr, so I understand fully the time that this takes, & especially what you do...you go above, & beyond with your research for our entertainment, & to feed our nostalgia, & I just want you to know that it's very much appreciated Bro!
Great video. I know cage matches are not what they used to be but I still enjoy seeing them today.
Request: Can you please put your recommended matches from each video in the video description? I often can’t write them down and forget to go back and take note. If not, no biggie...I’ll still watch anyway. Your videos are great, keep up the good work.
Thanks for keeping us entertained in this crucial time!
This is a great history of the cage. May interesting talking points. The traditional mesh cage is my go to because it looks more hardcore. Never a fan of the blue, but it's easier to see what's happening more clearly in the blue & black cages. You always seem to find the best vintage photos- the Hakushi photo is badass! It's odd that a good number of Diesel title matches were dark matches, even winning the title in a dark match. Great show of confidence.
Great Video. Instant watch. 2 things, surprised you didn’t mention the curtain call since that was in the big blue cage. And Lex Luger vs Tatanka was the first time they added the pinfall stipulation. I remember Luger cutting the promo about it
This is without a doubt, the best wrestling content on TH-cam.
Wow what a nice surprise! Only a few days ago I was wondering about this old style of cage used in so many good old WWF matches!
Love all your videos keep it up, You even got me watching videos on guys or programs I usually wouldn't.
Wow, you should do more videos about the props coz this was better than I would have imagined!
Now I have something to look forward to when I get off work. Thank you for all your videos
I can't believe you covered the Hogan/Bossman cage match at 8:07 and you Didn't mention Hogan's super-plex from the cage top!
Wrestling Bios release while I’m off from work, quarantined?! Yessuh! 😂
The close up of the wear 'n' tear on the cage makes it awesome
16:04 A still picture of Rene Goulté grabbing Jerry Lawler. Hahaha! 😂 I always remember seeing Goulté in stretcher jobs or when "security was needed" but I remember seeing him wrestle SD Jones way back in the day so I thought when wrestlers retired that they were forced to be security!😂
Roy Martin Goulét*
Great video!. Thanks for posting this. This was fun. I still love the Big Blue Cage. That Hogan vs. Mr. Wonderful and Hart vs. Hart matches are still some of my favourites.
You missed the kennel from hell match which utilised the old blue cage. I know that match gets flack but I loved the concept and honestly thought it could be refined n done better 🤷♂️
Lone Wolf Urbex UK I came to write this too. Apparently the match was a flop because the dogs they got were not trained properly and freaked out.
@@jfr45er didn't they poop all over the place?
@@JohnDoe-le7ml I heard this about the match.
Damn Vince BRING THE AWESOMENESS of this back it's been 30 years and whats on now DOESN'T EVEN COME CLOSE !!!
That rage in the cage hart vs diesel is my earliest memory of watching wwf. I recently had a distant memory of someone busting through from under the mat in a cafe match but couldn’t remember what it was and after a little bit of searching I was able to find it and watch a match that was so spotty in my memory which was a huge blast. That’s all lol I have a history of telling worthless stories, so if you read this you know how my loved ones feel lol
Everytime i think of the blue cage,I think of Hogan’s superplex on the Bossman from the top of the cage!
You gotta do a video on scott steiner's math promo 😂😭, screw it ALL OF HIS PROMOS
Brandon Gonzalez YES!
You get no sympy
In 1st grade 92-93, I used to draw cage matches with big blue. I wish I still had those.
I LOVE your videos. I've been binging on your videos. By the way, your content deserves millions of subs.
Great video! Thanks a lot! I knew that there were 2 different cages, but never gave it that much thought. To hear the full history of the big blue cage was very interesting! Nice work!
I loved that old blue cage. I also agree that having pinfall and submission's in the cage is just bleh.
IDK it always seemed weird to me that you work to get locked into a cage with your rival and the way to end the feud is to essentially run away. I've personally always preferred pins and submissions in cage matches. The sniveling heel should be made to get his comeuppance with his shoulders pinned or by tapping out rather than not being able to escape which is what they usually did every time leading up to the cage being booked. It's all semantics though, if the match was quality the finish could be anything and still be good.
@@Mayhem5150 That makes sense
@@Mayhem5150 In the carny days and early territory days, that was actually the idea of the cage. They didn't use the cage itself as a weapon back then (well I'm sure they did but that wasn't the draw), but it was a common heel tactic to just run away from the babyface and lose the match by count out to either prevent a championship loss or for the heel to just taunt the face and work up the crowd. The cage was intended to force a definitive end to the feud.
I believe the "escape the cage" rule was created by Vince Sr as a way to have Bruno lose a match without getting pinned.
The Big Blue was easier for Hogan to climb, and was also easier to get a handheld camera between the bars to get a good shot, and in general was easier for wide cameras to focus on the wrestlers. The ability to drop the cage from ceiling was a game changer. Before that, any cage match required a lengthy intermission to set up. As my dad commented to me after the Snuka/Muraco cage match (Buffalo, NY edition), It took twice as long to set up the cage as it took to have the match.
Hey man. I enjoy the content. You're filling my sixteen-year-old mind with so much wrestling knowledge...
I do have a question though...
I do want to start posting videos on my channel very soon. And one of the main focuses of that is wrestling documentaries. Could you possibly give me some advice on how I should go about this?
It would be much appreciated...
I subbed
@@Daniel-xo5ej Thanks man
@@the_zen_one We don't know each other, I'm from Germany
Great video.. I always loved the Big Blue Cage.. Was lucky enough to see a few live matches at the los angeles sports arena back in the day.. Ringside seats costed $18.00 back early 1990s.
I was at a house show in Philadelphia in may 2004 and they used the big blue cage. Pretty sure it was hbk vs randy orton. From what I remember they brought one over that was sitting at the spectrum. Guess they forgot to bring a cage. If I ever find the photos Ill post them. But I vividly remember marking out because they were using the old blue cage.
Wrestling Bios in quarantine > Wwe in quarantine
The Prism shows were house shows at the Spectrum in Philly. It was a premium cable channel owned by Spectacor, before they became Comcast. They also aired all the home games for all of the local sports teams except the Eagles. They used to air some of the house shows a few weeks later.
I was looking for this comment before posting it myself. I’m not so sure the narrator knows Prism was Philadelphia.
Hogan suplexing Big Boss Man on SNME off the cage was a great moment.
Another great video i didn't know i wanted to see. Kudos brother. Nailed it!!
Bret pushing Vince down and screaming at him with the blue cage half taking down is of my favorite RAW moments
C'mon, help me understand why someone would disliked this wonderful production and content?
WWF's "Big Blue Steel Cage" is, was and will always be my favorite cage! So many great matches in that cage, so many great memories! Macho King vs Ultimate Warrior - Ultimate Warrior vs Rick Rude - Bret Hart vs Owen Hart. I just loved this cage and it fit in pefectly during that era of the WWF it was used in! Long live the "Big Blue Steel Cage"...And "WWF"
I had the WWF ring toy from the 80's and it had the blue steel cage. I thought that was sick.
Finally. Some worthy mentions of Paul Orndorff. Warming us up for a full video I hope!
Well done. Also, Piper and Rude had a great cage match in '89 at MSG.
Sprang to my mind too...... th-cam.com/video/evxQw3P74s0/w-d-xo.html
I grew up a NY WWF wrestling fan. The Big Blue Cage meant BUSINESS! When you heard 'steel cage' the excitement was palpable. The very sight of the cage on match day was awe inspiring & you knew something special & brutal was about to happen.
Years later while watching NWA I was so disappointed that their "steel cages" were simply large panels of backyard fencing. I couldn't believe it & to me as a little kid that fence 'cage" was just oh sooo lame.
And now we can say the most recent appearance of the blue steel cage was tonight during the Firefly Funhouse match at WrestleMania 36
This was a well needed video. Thank you for keeping me busy during rona
damn, this channel is awesome!!! covers all my favorite era's of wrestling
I'll mark out at the next Hell in a Cell if someone had a sign saying "we want Big Blue"
just want to say,love your content,been watching for a while but only just subbed ^_^ keep it coming
You forgot about the Kennel from Hell match between Al Snow and Big Boss Man. That used the old cage and the Hell in a Cell.
The big blue was also used inside the Kennel From Hell match
This is the sort of niche content that is needed, well done!
Havnt even watched vid yet but I remember watching Warrior v Rude with my dad, (who wasn't a wrestling fan). Warrior did his usual run around the ring and my dad burst out laughing. I asked what so funny and he said " The dozy hippy cant find the door". Well I was an absolute mark so there was a lot of friction in my house that night. Good times. Thanks for making a vid on the cage my friend.
I’m 41 and you made me ache to have back my LJN figs, ring, and most importantly my LJN Big Blue Cage(assembly required). What a toy to have! :) Thanks for the vids man. Excellent. BTW...house burning down is why I no longer have my Fig Fed. :(
I'm not really into wrestling as much as i was but these videos are insightful and interesting. I enjoy them
8:39 wow just 11:95, good times calling my local cable company & ordering events before my mom kicked my ass. Fun fact, I used to own the CASSETTE TAPE of that wrestlemania theme song. Macho man's song was dope too. Jake, boss man had decent songs too
Unintentionally funny?! I'm 100% sure the "What's that smell?" Was absolutely meant to be to the hokiest and most ham thing ever. To this day, I still laugh uncontrollably when I see it.
This has to be my favourite channel hands down. Your videos, information and delivery is all on point. What is the name of the site that you use to reference wrestling dates and matches? Please keep up the good work as I always look forward to your content
Great video! Loved the blue cage as a kid
Hi Guys. Quick correction. The Summerslam Spectacular 93 cage match that you referenced aired on the date that you said but actually happened on 8/16/93 in the Mid Hudson Civic Center during an extended Monday Night Raw taping. It was the same Night Macho came out in the American Flag outfit with the Macho Midget. I only remember because it was my 13th birthday present and I remember the match and the event well. Awesome videos and keep up the good work!!!
I feel the hell in a cell is used too much and I feel the standard steel cage should return to take it's place in matches that don't require things taken to that extreme. Great video 👍
Loved this video alot i like how you do these different videos would love to see more of em weather diff stipulations video games merchandise ect....
I was there at the WWF Rebellion 2001 PPV all the way up in the nosebleeds, and I didn’t realise the cage was an old one and not the modern one, so thanks for telling me that.
I was at a raw house show in 2004 in philly and Chris Jericho fought Tyson Tomko in a cage and it was the blue steel cage, so they still had a blue version of it hanging around at that point.
Sweet Memories 😁..Love the classic Blue Cage..and Wrestling Bios tooo ✌😇