involved in matches. I'm trying to get safety animals, like a dog, to basically pull the referee's leg before the count of three, little things like that. Or my dog will be carrying a weapon for me, and I would get it off his neck. Potentially if I had a female manager, and she has a cat, and the cat is maybe a good way of getting couple kids out of the audience, and I lure the kids out of the audience and the kids cause a disqualification to happen so I don't have to lose the belt, or something like that. In gimmick matches A "Pig (or Hog) Pen match" is a match that takes place in a pig pen full of pigs, placed near the stage. In 1999 the Big Boss Man wrestled Al Snow for the WWF Hardcore Championship in a Kennel from Hell match at Unforgiven '99. The match consisted of a standard steel cage with the cell placed atop it, with the object being that the wrestler would escape from both the cage and cell while trying to avoid guard dogs that were placed between the ring and cell door. This specific match has been called one of the worst gimmick matches in history, as the dogs showed no hostility toward the competitors and proceeded to urinate, defecate and even mate outside the ring. Animals as mascots The tag-team The British Bulldogs consisting of Davey Boy Smith and the Dynamite Kid had a bulldog named Matilda as their mascot. When Smith returned to the WWF in 1991, she was replaced with another bulldog named Winston. Jake "The Snake" Roberts had a pet python named Damien who was often involved in feuds and sometimes matches. "Birdman" Koko B. Ware came to the ring with a macaw named Frankie. Legality As of 2006, bear wrestling is banned in 20 U.S. states. See also Hercules (bear) Animals in sports Camel wrestling Notes References Animal welfare Animals in entertainment Professional wrestling Professional wrestling controversies Animal rights Cruelty to animals