On a recent edition of his “Something To Wrestle” podcast, WWE executive Bruce Prichard labeled the Punjabi Prison as the worst gimmick match in the history of WWE.
Prichard said, “We did a Punjabi Prison match. Now, no one had seen it because I don’t think it got finished until two or three days before the event … So it gets done, they put it up and try to figure out, ‘What the f**k are we going to do with this?’ And I’m actually trying to figure out a way to set it on fire in the back and just have a match … Oh man, the Punjabi Prison … that will go down next to the Dog Kennel from Hell match. That will go down as the number one worst gimmick in the face of anything.”
There have only been three of these matches in WWE to date. The list includes The Big Show (replacing The Great Khali) vs. The Undertaker at Great American Bash 2006, The Great Khali vs. Batista at No Mercy 2007, and Jinder Mahal vs. Randy Orton at Battleground 2017.
