WWE Stomping Grounds 2019 - Grading each match at the PPV

#8 Steel Cage match for the WWE Championship - Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler

Kofi Kingston and Dolph Ziggler had the usual WWE Steel Cage match

Like the match between Ricochet and Joe, I guess I just expected more from this match. It featured two of the best Superstars in WWE in terms of endurance. Instead of setting it apart from other Steel Cage matches, this felt like it could have easily been on an episode of RAW or SmackDown.

The match did have its moments like battling atop the cage and pulling each other off of it when each man attempted to climb out and escape. But nothing really set it apart to make it special. Ziggler attempted to immobilize the champ with an ankle lock, which makes sense and Kingston had to climb the cage to break the hold since a rope-break didn't force Ziggler to break the hold.

But other than the interesting way in which Kingston won the match - diving out through the middle rope to the ground while Ziggler was crawling out - this was your typical WWE Steel Cage match. It wasn't brutal or physically taxing like Kingston's matches for the title were. There was also little chance of Kingston losing the title here.

Match Grade - B-