JoeDirt Posted November 21, 2004 Report Posted November 21, 2004 What are the best matches you can think of under 5 minutes? Under 10 minutes? Here's two that come to mind for me: Owen Hart vs. 123 Kid from KOTR 94, was under 4 minutes. Angle vs. Misterio from Summerslam 2002, about 8-9 minutes, I've always loved this match. What do you think?
pgi86 Posted November 21, 2004 Report Posted November 21, 2004 Angle vs Mysterio - summerslam 2002 Flair vs HHH - on raw
Cuban Linx Posted November 21, 2004 Report Posted November 21, 2004 Ultimo Dragon vs Jushin Liger from the J*Crown tournament comes immediately to mind, i don't think you can anything more out of 2:38 than they did.
Guest MikeSC Posted November 21, 2004 Report Posted November 21, 2004 Dynamite Kid v Nikolai Volkoff from 1985. The best sub-10 second match in recorded history. -=Mike
Hunter's Torn Quad Posted November 21, 2004 Report Posted November 21, 2004 Kevin Nash v Hulk Hogan from the Georgia Dome. Hey, it might have killed WCW in GA, but at least it only lasted 60 seconds.
Guest MikeSC Posted November 21, 2004 Report Posted November 21, 2004 Matt Hardy v Zach Gowen from SummerSlam 2003. As their rematch later that year showed, the best match those two could have would involve no match and Hardy winning. -=Mike
natey2k4 Posted November 21, 2004 Report Posted November 21, 2004 Shannon Moore vs Akio from Velocity last week was about 4:30. Petey Williams vs AJ Styles from Victory Road was GREAT and under 10 minutes. London vs Kidman was amazing too but I do think that went like 4 seconds over 10 minutes.
Mrnoitaull Posted November 21, 2004 Report Posted November 21, 2004 When the great Tag Teams were forced to face one another Jeff vs. Matt Hardy Edge vs. Christian
Hoff Posted November 21, 2004 Report Posted November 21, 2004 Angle/Mysterio should be the standard by which TV matches are judged. I'm not saying it wasn't PPV quality -- it was -- but, it could easily have aired on Smackdown or Raw. It just shows that you CAN do so much with limited time.
razazteca Posted November 21, 2004 Report Posted November 21, 2004 Goldberg vs Brad Armstrong on a PPV went about 90 seconds.
Guest wildpegasus Posted November 21, 2004 Report Posted November 21, 2004 Benoit vs Juventudd Guerrera Worldwide 96 -- The best 4 minute match I can think of Benoit also has a million great under 10 minute matches.
Guest MikeSC Posted November 21, 2004 Report Posted November 21, 2004 Honestly, I loved Guerrero v Rios at Backlash 2000 and I am fairly certain it didn't go 10:00. -=Mike
Lil' Bitch Posted November 21, 2004 Report Posted November 21, 2004 Noble / Kidman on Velocity earlier this year, went about 10 minutes.
Special K Posted November 22, 2004 Report Posted November 22, 2004 I marked out when Taz destroyed Candido in like a minute. (A November to Remember?) Wasn't a good match, and the ME sucked, but it was one of my 1st exposures to E-C-Dub.
Just John Posted November 22, 2004 Report Posted November 22, 2004 I don't think the Benoit/Eddie Nitro match on the Benoit DVD went over 10 minutes and I loved it. For comedy purposes, I liked The Rock pinning the Bossman in 3 seconds at SS 98 after Bossman unfairly re-entered the tournament.
Guest BrokenWings Posted November 22, 2004 Report Posted November 22, 2004 The two which came to mind right away have already been mentioned, those being Petey -v- AJ from Victory Road and Angle/Mysterio. I also really enjoyed the Benoit -v- Matt Hardy match from the US Title tournament on SD last year. I don't believe it went over ten minutes, but the intensity shown (especially after Hardy's nose was broken) made this match really believable and entertaining.
MikeJordan23 Posted November 22, 2004 Report Posted November 22, 2004 Blue Blazer vs. Mr.Perfect at WM 5
JST Posted November 22, 2004 Report Posted November 22, 2004 What IS the criteria for short, exactly? To me, 10 minutes sounds a bit much. Five minutes and under would be enough.
Guest wildpegasus Posted November 22, 2004 Report Posted November 22, 2004 Blue Blazer vs. Mr.Perfect at WM 5 Still could be under 10 min but in case you didn't know that match is clipped.
Australian Pride Posted November 22, 2004 Report Posted November 22, 2004 Owen Hart vs Steve Austin - 97 Survivor Series. They were both injured (Austin/neck, Owen/brain bruise) and they went in there for 3 minutes and did everything they could in that time. Austin had another match a month later with Rocky Maivia which lasted about 6 minutes and was pretty good for the amount of time.
LoRisk Posted November 22, 2004 Report Posted November 22, 2004 Rey Misterio Jr. & Billy Kidman vs. Shane Helms & Shannon Moore from Nitro the night after the Sin pay-per-view.
Dark Age Posted November 22, 2004 Report Posted November 22, 2004 Not really great, but Jamie Noble and Spanky had a ROCKING little 4 minute match on SD last year. The second match they had, in case anyone's wondering. I can't remember the time, but Frankie Kazarian and Chris Sbain had a sweet match on the Super X Cup show last year (about 7 minutes, I think). Nick Dinsmore vs Doug Basham (sometime in 2001) was probably the best 5 minute match I've ever seen. Booker T vs Lance Storm in 2000 was only about 4 minutes I think.
JHawk Posted November 24, 2004 Report Posted November 24, 2004 The Owen Hart-123 Kid KOTR 94 match. That is the beginning and end of the sub-5:00 conversation right there. For under 10 minutes there are a few choices. Angle-Mysterio has been mentioned, and Blue Blazer-Mr. Perfect from WMV goes less than six minutes (and that's the full version and not the clipped one). Throw in pretty much any Austin-Steamboat match from their 1992 TV title feud where the "10-minute time limit" included the intros and cut the matches to about 8-9 minutes.
razazteca Posted November 24, 2004 Report Posted November 24, 2004 Taz killing UFC fighter Paul Valens is less than 3 minutes.
Australian Pride Posted November 24, 2004 Report Posted November 24, 2004 Anyone remember Raven/Goldberg for the US title? My memory is sketchy but I remember it being really hot and only going for about 5 minutes.
Just John Posted November 26, 2004 Report Posted November 26, 2004 Eddie Guerrero and Arn Anderson vs. Ric Flair and Randy Savage from Slamboree 1996 was a pretty fun match that only went about 5 minutes.
B. Brian Brunzell Posted November 26, 2004 Report Posted November 26, 2004 I marked out when Taz destroyed Candido in like a minute. (A November to Remember?) Wasn't a good match, and the ME sucked, but it was one of my 1st exposures to E-C-Dub. I'm pretty sure that was Wrestlepalooza '97 or Cyberslam '97. I was PISSED when Goldberg beat Raven for the US Title in such little time. Of course, that's just because I'm a Raven mark and never got on the Goldberg bandwagon. Thanks for bringing back angry memories.
TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe Posted November 26, 2004 Report Posted November 26, 2004 Judgment Day 2001 opener: Rikishi vs. William Regal
JHawk Posted November 27, 2004 Report Posted November 27, 2004 I marked out when Taz destroyed Candido in like a minute. (A November to Remember?) Wasn't a good match, and the ME sucked, but it was one of my 1st exposures to E-C-Dub. I'm pretty sure that was Wrestlepalooza '97 or Cyberslam '97. Hardcore Heaven 1999.
B. Brian Brunzell Posted November 27, 2004 Report Posted November 27, 2004 My bad. I have the Wrestlepalooza '97 DVD and Taz kills Candido rather quickly in that one as well, complete with a stretcher job.
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