Why is it called a lumberjack match?

[Sephiroth]

What does getting pumelled by wrestlers surrounding the ring have to do with chopping down trees?

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I want to say that Jerry Lawler of all people explained on Raw one time that it was because in the old logging camps the other lumberjacks would surround two guys fighting so that neither of them could get away and there had to be a winner.

[thegatewaydrug]

Edit: nevermind, beaten to it.

[hargh]

It's a lumberjack match and it's ok. They sleep all night and they work all day.

[Mozenrath]

Mar 23, 2015 19:23:30 GMT -5 @akeem said:

I want to say that Jerry Lawler of all people explained on Raw one time that it was because in the old logging camps the other lumberjacks would surround two guys fighting so that neither of them could get away and there had to be a winner.

That works. I figured it was either that or they'd roll guys back in the ring like logs, but yours makes more sense.

[Clawley Race]

It is Scott Norton, John Nord, and was Matt Osborne's signature match.

[Johnny B. Decent]

Mar 23, 2015 19:23:30 GMT -5 @akeem said:

I want to say that Jerry Lawler of all people explained on Raw one time that it was because in the old logging camps the other lumberjacks would surround two guys fighting so that neither of them could get away and there had to be a winner.

I think there could be a movie premise in secret, underground Lumberjack fighting competitions.

[Mozenrath]

Mar 24, 2015 9:04:01 GMT -5 Johnny B. Decent said:

Mar 23, 2015 19:23:30 GMT -5 @akeem said:

I want to say that Jerry Lawler of all people explained on Raw one time that it was because in the old logging camps the other lumberjacks would surround two guys fighting so that neither of them could get away and there had to be a winner.

I think there could be a movie premise in secret, underground Lumberjack fighting competitions.

Sort of makes me picture Gangs of New York, but with more flapjacks.

[RowdyRobbyPiper]

Jesse Ventura said what Lawler said while introducing a lumberjack match on one of the early Coliseum Videos.

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I wish the red flannel shirts were still a thing. That was the best part of lumberjack matches.

[tigermaskxxxvii]

Mar 24, 2015 9:04:01 GMT -5 Johnny B. Decent said:

Mar 23, 2015 19:23:30 GMT -5 @akeem said:

I want to say that Jerry Lawler of all people explained on Raw one time that it was because in the old logging camps the other lumberjacks would surround two guys fighting so that neither of them could get away and there had to be a winner.

I think there could be a movie premise in secret, underground Lumberjack fighting competitions.

One lumberjack has his elbow injured with a cross armbar in a fight and as his elbow cracks out of place he screams "Ahhh!!! That's my ax swinging arm!"

Mar 24, 2015 10:52:58 GMT -5 @wvguitar said:

I wish the red flannel shirts were still a thing. That was the best part of lumberjack matches.

If I owned a promotion the red flannel would be mandatory for lumberjack matches and if I was a wrestler I'd keep a red flannel shirt in my gear bag in case I'm conscripted into lumberjack duty. Also, Lumberjack matches should have a "capture the flag" element where if you strip a lumberjack of their flannel then they're out of the match!

[Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks]

Mar 24, 2015 11:32:00 GMT -5 tigermaskxxxvii said:

Mar 24, 2015 10:52:58 GMT -5 @wvguitar said:

I wish the red flannel shirts were still a thing. That was the best part of lumberjack matches.

If I owned a promotion the red flannel would be mandatory for lumberjack matches and if I was a wrestler I'd keep a red flannel shirt in my gear bag in case I'm conscripted into lumberjack duty.

We thought Mick Foley was being cheap and unfashionable, but all this time he was just planning ahead.

[Rumble McSkirmish]

Mar 24, 2015 11:32:00 GMT -5 tigermaskxxxvii said:

Mar 24, 2015 9:04:01 GMT -5 Johnny B. Decent said:

I think there could be a movie premise in secret, underground Lumberjack fighting competitions.

One lumberjack has his elbow injured with a cross armbar in a fight and as his elbow cracks out of place he screams "Ahhh!!! That's my ax swinging arm!"

Mar 24, 2015 10:52:58 GMT -5 @wvguitar said:

I wish the red flannel shirts were still a thing. That was the best part of lumberjack matches.

If I owned a promotion the red flannel would be mandatory for lumberjack matches and if I was a wrestler I'd keep a red flannel shirt in my gear bag in case I'm conscripted into lumberjack duty. Also, Lumberjack matches should have a "capture the flag" element where if you strip a lumberjack of their flannel then they're out of the match!

If that was the rule the heel in that match could get tremendous heat by stealing all of the baby face's red flannel shirts thus having his fellow heels as the remaining legal lumberjacks.

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

Mar 23, 2015 21:36:22 GMT -5 hargh said:

It's a lumberjack match and it's ok. They sleep all night and they work all day.

So halfway through it turns into a bra & panties match?

[Macho Pichu]

Nobody brings it up very often, but in addition to pinfall and submission, a Lumberjack match can also be won by cutting down a tree.

[TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out]

Originally the winner of the match was awarded a plate of 298 pancakes.

[berlynwright]

Hogan was on a match of such variety. he's a one big lumber jack brother dude!

[Beantown33]

I think we need to go back to the days of picking your own lumberjacks. It was so cool seeing Shawn Michaels lead Diesel's lumberjacks to battle. Having the team element makes it that much cooler than every guy we didn't book will just stand around the ring in their gear