1 Hr. + matches from 2000 - present

[TravJ1979]

Corrections, additions, subtractions welcome ...

 

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***** 1990's*****

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*** Singles Matches ***

 

1. The Natural v. EZ Ryder == WFWA == 9/20/1990 (75 Minutes)

2. Bret Hart v. Ric Flair == WWE == 1/9/1993

3. Ricky Steamboat v. Ric Flair == WCW == 5/28/1994

4. Bret Hart v. Owen Hart == WWE == 7/8/1994

5. Bret Hart v. Owen Hart == WWE == 7/9/1994 (68 Minutes)

6. Bret Hart v. Owen Hart == WWE == 7/29/1994

7. Bret Hart v. Owen Hart == WWE == 8/6/1994

8. Toshiaki Kawada v. Kenta Kobashi == AJPW == 1/19/1995

9. Manami Toyota v. Kyoko Inoue == AJW == 5/7/1995

10. Bret Hart v. Shawn Michaels == WWE == 3/31/1996 (61 Minutes)

11. Jeff Jarrett v. Jerry Lawler == USWA == 4/15/1996

12. Toshiaki Kawada v. Kenta Kobashi == AJPW == 10/18/1996

13. Kyoko Inoue v. Kaoru Ito == AJW 5/11/1997

 

*** Multi-Man Matches (3 to 8 Participants) ***

 

1. Mitsuharu Misawa/Toshiaki Kawada/Kenta Kobashi/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi v. Jumbo Tsuruta/Masa Fuchi/Yoshinari Ogawa/Rusher Kimura == AJPW == 4/18/1992 (66 Minutes)

2. JWP v. AJW Thunder Queen == JWP == 7/31/1993

3. Shane Douglas v. Sabu v. Terry Funk == ECW == 2/5/1994

4. Heavenly Bodies v. Rock -n- Roll Express == SMW == 2/12/1994

5. Heavenly Bodies v. Rock -n- Roll Express == SMW == 3/12/1994

6. Heavenly Bodies v. Rock -n- Roll Express == SMW == 3/13/1994

7. Heavenly Bodies v. Tim Horner/Robert Gibson == SMW == 3/18/1994

8. Heavenly Bodies v. Tracy Smothers/Robert Gibson == SMW == 3/19/1994

9. Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue v. Mitsuharu Misawa/Kenta Kobashi == AJPW == 1/24/1995

10. Jerry Lawler v. Bill Dundee v. Brian Christopher == USWA == 1/30/1995

11. Mitsuharu Misawa/Kenta Kobashi/Stan Hansen v. Giant Baba/Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue == AJPW == 3/24/1995

12. Toshiaki Kawada/Abdullah the Butcher/Giant Baba/Masa Fuchi v. Stan Hansen/Kenta Kobashi/Jun Akiyama/Takao Omori == AJPW == 9/10/1995

13. Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue v. Mitsuharu Misawa/Kenta Kobashi == AJPW == 10/15/1995

14. Mitsuharu Misawa/Toshiaki Kawada/Hiroshi Hase v. Kenta Kobashi/Akira Taue/Jun Akiyama == AJPW == 9/15/1997

 

*** Multi-Man Matches (9 or more Participants) ***

 

1. Royal Rumble == WWE == 1/19/1991 (65 Minutes)

2. Royal Rumble == WWE == 1/19/1992 (62 Minutes)

3. Royal Rumble == WWE == 1/24/1993 (66 Minutes)

4. 30 Man Royal Rumble == WWE 1/17/1994 (70 Minutes)

5. 10-Man Elimination == FMW == 10/24/1998 (75 Minutes)

6. 10-Man Elimination == FMW == 11/15/1998 (68 Minutes)

 

 

 

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***** 2000's*****

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*** Singles Matches ***

 

1. Triple H v. Rock == WWE == 5/21/2000

2. Kodo Fuyuki v. Hayabusa == FMW == 9/26/2000

3. Kumiko Maekawa v. Momoe Nakanishi == AJW == 10/24/2001

4. Yuji Nagata v. Masahiro Chono == NJPW == 10/25/2002

5. Johnny Graham v. Shane Shadows == CPW == 11/2/2002 (67 Minutes)

6. CM Punk v. Chris Hero == IWA:MS == 12/21/2002

7. CM Punk v. Chris Hero == IWA:MS == 2/7/2003 (93 minutes)

8. Yuji Nagata v. Manabu Nakanishi == NJPW == 3/9/2003

9. Brock Lesnar v. Kurt Angle == WWE == 9/16/2003

10. CM Punk v. Chris Hero == WXW == 2/28/2004

11. Men's Teioh v. Ricky Fuji == Ricky Fuji's One Wild Night Show == 3/20/2004

12. Major Hardway v. Tony Kozina == ECCW == 4/23/3004

13. Chris Hero v. CM Punk == IWA:MS == 6/11/2004 (61 Minutes)

14. CM Punk v. Samoa Joe == ROH == 6/12/2004

15. Chris Benoit v. Triple H == WWE == 7/26/2004

16. Bryan Danielson v. Austin Aries == ROH == 8/7/2004 (75 Minutes)

17. CM Punk v. Samoa Joe == ROH == 10/16/2004

18. Super Dragon v. Joey Ryan == PWG == 10/23/2004 (66 Minutes)

19. Genki Misae v. Yoshiko Tamura == NEO == 12/19/2004

20. Davis Storm v. JAG == EPW == 1/29/2005

21. Satoshi Kojima v. Shinsuke Nakamura == NJPW == 3/26/2005

22. AJ Styles v. Christopher Daniels == PWG == 5/13/2005

23. CM Punk v. Delirious == IWA:MS == 7/2/2005

24. CM Punk v. Christopher Daniels == ROH == 7/23/2005

25. Steve Douglas v. Super Dragon == WXW == 11/12/2005 (66 Minutes)

26. Damien Wayne v. Sean Lei == NWA VA == 1/2/2006

27. Ares v. Joe E. Legend == WXW == 4/20/2006 (75 Minutes)

28. Tsubo Genjin v. Gran Naniwa == Wrestle Land == 6/30/2006 (114 Minutes)

29. Doug Williams v. Steve Corino == 1PW == 7/1/2006

30. Bryan Danielson v. Samoa Joe == ROH == 8/5/2006

31. Bryan Danielson v. Nigel McGuinness == ROH == 8/25/2006

32. Bryan Danielson v. Colt Cabana == ROH == 8/26/2006

33. Azumi Hyuga v. Yoshiko Tamura == JWP == 12/24/2006

34. Johnny Devine v. Tyson Dux == LLW == 10/27/2007

35. GENTARO v. MIKAMI == Mr. Gannosuke Produce == 6/1/2008

36. Gene Kelly v. Ryan Eagles == PWA == 6/21/2008

37. Shingo Takagi v. BB Hulk == Dragon Gate == 6/29/2008

38. Dick Togo v. Antonio Honda == Non-FIX == 7/20/2008

39. Kohei Suwama v. Taiyo Kea == AJPW == 8/31/2008

40. Naomichi Marufuji v. KENTA == NOAH == 10/25/2008

41. Big Ugly v. Timothy Thatcher == SPW == 11/16/2008

42. Billy Suede v. Kyle O'Reilly == ECCW = 12/6/2008

43. Mercedes Martinez v. Angel Orsini == WSU == 6/6/2009 (70 Minutes)

44. Judas Young v. Danny Inferno == ISPW == 8/22/2009

45. John Cena v. Randy Orton == WWE == 10/25/2009

46. Austin Aries v. Tyler Black == ROH == 12/19/2009

47. Steve Douglas v. Ares == WXW == 4/17/2010

48. Jeremy Wyatt v. Mark Sterling == 3XW == 1/7/2011

49. Jaysin Strife v. Mike Cordova == EPIC WAR == 1/8/2011 (420 Minutes)

50. Lee Valiant v. Ric Converse == CWF Mid-Atlantic == 2/19/2011 (63 Minutes)

51. Mercedes Martinez v. Lexxus == WSU == 8/6/2011 (73 Minutes)

 

*** Multi-Man Matches (3 to 8 Participants) ***

 

1. Masahiro Chono/Hiroyoshi Tenzan v. Manabu Nakanishi/Osamu Nishimura == NJPW == 6/5/2002

2. Low Ki v. Christopher Daniels v. Doug Williams v. Spanky == ROH == 7/27/2002

3. Super Dragon v. Bobby Quance v. Jardi Frantz == APW == 12/27/2002

4. Daisuke Ikeda/Takashi Sugiura v. Kintaro Kanemura/Tetsuhiro Kuroda == WEW == 1/31/2003 [NOT TAPED]

5. Kensuke Sasaki/Hiroshi Hase v. Toshiaki Kawada/Satoshi Kojima == AJPW == 7/27/2003

6. James Gibson/Brandon Thomaselli/Trik Davis/Josh Abercrombie v. Jimmy Jacobs/BJ Whitmer/Vito/Sal Thomaselli == IWA:MS == 5/21/05 (65 Minutes)

7. Ares v. Doug Williams v. Emil Sitoci v. Murat Bosporus == WXW == 8/18/2007

 

*** Multi-Man Matches (9 or more Participants) ***

 

1. Royal Rumble == WWE == 1/21/2001 (61 Minutes)

2. Royal Rumble == WWE == 1/20/2002 (69 Minutes)

3. Super Surround Force == KAIENTAI DOJO == 2/23/2003 (69 Minutes)

4. Royal Rumble == WWE == 1/25/2004 (61 Minutes)

5. 29 Man Battle Royal == APW == 3/13/2004 (65 Minutes)

6. 10-Man Cage Death Gauntlet == ZERO-ONE == 10/17/2004

7. Toreno Cibernetico == CHIKARA == 10/30/2004 (76 Minutes)

8. NJPW v. Black NJPW == NJPW == 1/26/2005 (65 Minutes)

9. Toreno Cibernetico == CHIKARA == 10/22/2005 (104 Minutes)

10. Toreno Cibernetico == IWRG == 7/26/2007 (100 Minutes)

11. Toreno Cibernetico == IWRG == 11/17/2005 (94 Minutes)

12. 30 Man Rumble == 3CW == 1/21/2006 (65 Minutes)

13. Royal Rumble == WWE == 1/29/2006 (62 Minutes)

14. Toreno Cibernetico == AAA == 10/7/2007 (61 Minutes)

15. 20 Man Gauntlet == APW == 10/4/2008 (71 Minutes)

16. Global Gauntlet == CHIKARA == 10/19/2008 (64 Minutes)

17. Toreno Cibernetico == CHIKARA == 11/15/2008 (76 Minutes)

18. Toreno Cibernetico == IWRG == 7/16/2009 (105 Minutes)

19. 108 Man Battle Royal == BJW/DDT/Kaientai Dojo == 12/31/2009 (85 Minutes)

20. 37 Man Rumble Match == MEXICO == 3/19/2010 (85 Minutes)

21. 10 Man Gauntlet == NECW == 11/6/2010 (72 Minutes)

22. Royal Rumble == WWE == 1/30/2011 (69 Minutes)

23. Toreno Cibernetico == IWRG == 6/16/2011 (87 Minutes)

24. 20 Man Gauntlet == NWA RPW == 10/2/2011 (64 Minutes)

 

 

Edit: 11/3/2011 -- Split everything into three categories. I will now add Battle Royals to the Multi-Man section for completeness. Added 1990's.

 

Took these out after FLIK verified they weren't legit:

 

GENTARO v. Munenori Sawa == Mr. Gannosuke Produce == 12/29/2009 (61 Minutes)

Timothy Thatcher v. El Chupacabra == SPW == 8/15/2010 (157 Minutes)

[Loss]

Was Kawada/Kojima in 2/05 an hour, or just close to an hour? I don't remember.

[Ditch]

Was Kawada/Kojima in 2/05 an hour, or just close to an hour? I don't remember.

It came just short.

 

From Japan:

Chono & Tenzan vs Nakanishi & Nishimura, 6/5/02

Nagata vs Chono, 10/26/02

Kanemura & Kuroda vs Ikeda & Sugiura, 1/31/03 (untaped)

Nagata vs Nakanishi, 3/9/03

Kojima vs Nakamura, 3/26/05

Shingo Takagi vs BB Hulk, 6/29/08

Suwama vs Kea, 8/31/08

Marufuji vs KENTA, 10/25/08

Gentaro vs Sawa, 12/29/09 (61 minutes)

 

edit: Several battle royals have, so they count?

 

There was an 8-man tag on a small IWA-MS show in like 2005 that went 60+. Pretty sure it had Jamie Noble in it.

 

Pretty sure Maekawa vs Momoe Nakanishi on 10/24/01 went 60.

[Ricky Jackson]

Even though it was only two years ago, I totally forgot the Cena/Orton match ever happened. Was it any good?

[TravJ1979]

Added everything into the master list.

 

Don't think I would count battle royals.

 

I heard Chris Hero mention a 60 minute match he had with Cash Flo ... anyone know the date?

 

EDIT: I found these that weren't quite an hour

 

Chris Hero v. Cash Flo == IWA:MS == 11/17/2001 (59:57)

Chris Hero v. CM Punk == IWA:MS == 11/26/2004 (59:04)

[Boon]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't HBK-Cena from the UK an hour?

[Boon]

Also, Chikara have had hour plus Cibernectico...

[TravJ1979]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't HBK-Cena from the UK an hour?

55 Minutes I think.

[Phil Schneider]

I am pretty sure that the womens fed run by DOI had multiple hour plus matches with Mercedes Martinez which I imagine were claw out your eyes bad. Also pretty sure there was an indy which ran a 7 hour or something match. I remember trying to taunt SLL into watching it for Segunda Caida

[goodhelmet]

Cody Save sent me a DVD with an Iron Man match.

[MikeCampbell]

Oh yeah, the 3XW 70+ Iron Man Match. Good stuff, that was.

[FLIK]

I am pretty sure that the womens fed run by DOI had multiple hour plus matches with Mercedes Martinez which I imagine were claw out your eyes bad.

6/6/2009 (WSU Title - 60 Minute Iron Woman) Mercedes Martinez © vs Angel Orsini

Just watched this a few weeks back. Believe me I went in just as skeptical as you but they legit had a great match. The commentary from Missy Hyatt is slice your ears off bad but if you can ignore it or watch on mute then it's worth seeing. They get a little repetitive down the stretch but with overtime they went 71 mins so I could forgive them a little on that, other wise they did a hell of a job pulling it off, big props to both.

 

Some others

 

FMW 9/26/2000 (WEW Title, 60 Minute Iron Man) Kodo Fuyuki © vs Hayabusa

 

APW 12/27/2002 (APW Internet Title) Super Dragon vs Bobby Quance vs Jardi Frantz

 

NEO 12/19/2004 (NEO & NWA Pacific Title vs TWF Title) Genki Misae vs Yoshiko Tamura

 

NWA VA 01/21/2006 (60 Min Iron Man) Damien Wayne vs Sean Lei

 

JWP 12/24/2006 (JWP Title vs NEO Double Titles) Azumi Hyuga (JWP) vs Yoshiko Tamura (NEO) - Hosting this on my .ditch sub site. One of the best matches this decade imo.

 

SPW 10/28/2007 (60 Min Hardcore Iron Man) Adam Thornstore vs Rik Luxury

Full thing on youtube here, one of the best matches i've ever seen live http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvHdSOcu6Hc

 

SPW 11/16/2008 (60 Min Hardcore Iron Man) Big Ugly JD Bishop vs Timothy Thatcher

Maybe better then the 07 version

 

SPW 12/13/2009 (60 Min Hardcore Match) Sir Samurai vs Dante vs Mr Frost

[smkelly]

I am pretty sure that the womens fed run by DOI had multiple hour plus matches with Mercedes Martinez which I imagine were claw out your eyes bad. Also pretty sure there was an indy which ran a 7 hour or something match. I remember trying to taunt SLL into watching it for Segunda Caida

I can't imagine watching something like that.

[Jingus]

I can't imagine how they possibly did it. I wouldn't wanna watch that match, ever, but I wouldn't mind someone else summarizing it for us. I know that in terms of physical endurance, such a thing is definitely possible; your average triathlon, for example, usually goes for much longer than seven hours. But how could you possibly make such an insanely long match into something fun to watch? Even the best pros tend to run out of shit to do after about forty minutes or so, and most hour matches have a hell of a lot of laying-around-in-holds in order to kill time.

 

EDIT: come to think of it, didn't Chono and Takayama have an hour match sometime early in the decade?

[shoe]

Cody Save sent me a DVD with an Iron Man match.

Iron Man Match: Jeremy Wyatt vs. Mark Sterling 1/7/11

[Ditch]

EDIT: come to think of it, didn't Chono and Takayama have an hour match sometime early in the decade?

God no. They went like 38 once, and another time had a double-KO draw.

 

Also, I gotta say that using the ironman stip somewhat feels like cheating....

[smkelly]

Dunno about that, seems more realistic to me.

 

 

I guess if the review for a seven hour match read like something I'd like to see, I'd give it a try. I'm just trying to imagine what they could possibly fit into seven hours that would be anything worth while after the first hour or so. The hard part is that I can't envision any worker I'm familiar with being able to have an entertaining wrestling match for seven hours. Let alone, physical conditioning. I understand the notion that certain athletes are capable of working at an apex level, but I have a hard time believing that a sizable percentage of pro wrestlers could manage that type of exertion for seven hours. I think if they did they would have gone the spectrum of wrestling. It'd be a MOVES~ match. It'd have epic Indy selling. Imagine what a submission hold would look like three or four hours into a match. They'd sit in 'em for like twenty minutes a piece. But I digress, if someone (I vote for SLL too) wants to watch something like that, review it, and then do up a fantastic write job for me to read, I'll watch it too.

 

(I wonder if the workers got paid extra that night?)

[smkelly]

The longest recorded pro wrestling match in history...as "Dangerous J" Jaysin Strife defeated "RockStar" Mike Cordova 14 falls to 13 in a SEVEN HOUR IRONMAN MATCH in Murrieta,CA for the EPIC WAR promotion.

http://wfigs.proboards.com/index.cgi?board...p;thread=202621

 

There are some good back and forths. They wrestled it to break a world record for 'longest wrestling match'.

[MikeCampbell]

The Danielson/Aries 8/04 match was orginally supposed to go nearly three hours. They wanted 2/3 falls with a one-hour time limit for each fall.

[NintendoLogic]

Here's sort of a mini-recap of the seven-hour iron man match:

 

http://www.socaluncensored.com/board/showthread.php?t=18042

 

Looks like it was an absolute train wreck, almost like a parody of a bad indy match. And I can't even begin to express what an awful name for a move "Hanoi High-Five" is. Doubly so since as far as I can tell, the guy's gimmick has nothing to do with Vietnam.

[Indikator]

Adjust for years/decades

[FLIK]

From Ricky Fuji's One Wild Night show 3/20/2004 Men's Teioh vs Ricky Fuji went 60 mins (can't remember if it was an iron man or not)

 

65. GENTARO v. Munenori Sawa == Mr. Gannosuke Produce == 12/29/2009 (61 Minutes)

Worked number, they actually only went around 52 mins

 

67.Timothy Thatcher v. El Chupacabra == SPW == 8/15/2010 (157 Minutes)

Falls count anywhear match. This was one of those deals whear they started fighting earlier in the show, went out of the building, disapeared for a while then showed back up at the end of the show. Not a literal 2 hour + match

[Al]

What an awful idea. One of the reasons professional wrestling is worked in the first place is because no one wants to sit through a five hour match.

[Loss]

That is absolutely insane. I don't think I could even watch a full show that lasted that long, much less a single match.

[S.L.L.]

I am pretty sure that the womens fed run by DOI had multiple hour plus matches with Mercedes Martinez which I imagine were claw out your eyes bad. Also pretty sure there was an indy which ran a 7 hour or something match. I remember trying to taunt SLL into watching it for Segunda Caida

It's was actually TomK, but yeah. I was gonna do it, but the whole thing wasn't up on YouTube at the time. Checking back back now....it is.

 

Fuck.