Cage Match

Cage Match is a game mode in Call of Duty 4 for only 2 people, essentially a 1-on-1 Free-for-All. You get 20 XP per kill and the first player to 10 kills wins. A popular glitch to use is for one player to find an empty cage match, then quickly invite his/her friend to the game. This lets the players gain challenges and camo over as many games as they desire, with guaranteed co-operation from their opponent. It is not uncommon to find high-level players (10th Prestige) who play this game mode, since they have more experience with gameplay and are very familiar with the maps.

This mode returns in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as 3rd Person Cage Match.

Maps

 * Backlot
 * Bog
 * Countdown
 * Crash
 * Crossfire
 * District
 * Killhouse
 * Shipment
 * Showdown
 * Vacant
 * Wet Work

Strategy

 * Dead Silence is very helpful, most of cage match gameplay is searching for the other player.
 * Try and only use Dead Silence when the other player is over level 44 (Level Dead Silence is unlocked)
 * Claymores are very useful as most inexperienced cage match players will shoot or trigger the claymore, allowing you to hear and run back to where you placed it.
 * Do not stay where you last killed the enemy, as now the opposing player knows where you are at and will run straight there.
 * The use of a silencer will help in killing an enemy that does not know your position.
 * The act of camping can be interpreted as tedious to opposing players and may result in them quitting.

Trivia

 * This mode is named for the cage matches in Professional Wrestling, in which two wrestlers (often rivals or outright enemies) fight in, as the name suggests, a cage.
 * In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex Edition, Cage Match is played with Old School rules enabled.
 * Many people in Modern Warfare 1 and 2 will change their clan tag to HS X 3 (head shot times 3) when joining this mode Meaning players will exchange 3 head shots with the weapon of their choice with each other. Talking to the other player via headset can also be told this and asked if they will agree to it.