Great short matches?

[JoeDirt 0]

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 0]

Angle vs Mysterio - summerslam 2002

 

Flair vs HHH - on raw

[Cuban Linx 0]

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]

Dynamite Kid v Nikolai Volkoff from 1985. The best sub-10 second match in recorded history.

-=Mike

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

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]

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 0]

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 0]

When the great Tag Teams were forced to face one another

 

Jeff vs. Matt Hardy

 

Edge vs. Christian

[Hoff 0]

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 0]

Goldberg vs Brad Armstrong on a PPV went about 90 seconds.

[Guest wildpegasus]

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]

Honestly, I loved Guerrero v Rios at Backlash 2000 and I am fairly certain it didn't go 10:00.

-=Mike

[Lil' Bitch 0]

Noble / Kidman on Velocity earlier this year, went about 10 minutes.

[Special K 0]

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 0]

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]

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 0]

Blue Blazer vs. Mr.Perfect at WM 5

[JST 0]

What IS the criteria for short, exactly? To me, 10 minutes sounds a bit much. Five minutes and under would be enough.

[Guest wildpegasus]

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 0]

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 0]

Rey Misterio Jr. & Billy Kidman vs. Shane Helms & Shannon Moore from Nitro the night after the Sin pay-per-view.

[Dark Age 0]

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 0]

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 0]

Taz killing UFC fighter Paul Valens is less than 3 minutes.

[Australian Pride 0]

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 0]

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 0]

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 0]

Judgment Day 2001 opener: Rikishi vs. William Regal

[JHawk 0]

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 0]

My bad. I have the Wrestlepalooza '97 DVD and Taz kills Candido rather quickly in that one as well, complete with a stretcher job.