Great <10 minute matches

[cheapshot]

I have just watched Dragon Lee vs Kamaitachi from Jan 24th 2015. I felt for a 6 minute match, it was a whole heap of fun. (See below)

 

 

It got me thinking, what are some great sub 10 minute matches?

 

Off the top of my head, I'd go with:

 

Hashimoto v Zangiev from 4/24/89

 

 

Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid from 8/30/80

 

 

Owen Hart vs. 123 Kid from KOTR 94 6/19/94

 

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzmseo_owen-hart-vs-1-2-3-kid-semi-final-king-of-the-ring-1994_sport

 

Daisuke Ikeda vs. Takeshi Ono from 10/26/14

 

 

KENTA vs. Ricky Marvin from 10/15/09

 

 

There's also the Lawler vs. Snowman match that was so different to anything else at the time.

 

[JerryvonKramer]

DiBiase / Duggan multi-stip and DiBiase / Flair would be standard ones to roll out.

 

Bock / Zbyszko from AWA too.

[concrete1992]

Well Necro vs Joe is about 5 seconds shy of 10 minutes so there we go.

[bradhindsight]

^ agree with concrete1992. Bell to bell it just qualifies. Great one.

[goc]

LOVE this match that only goes about 7 minutes:

 

[Sidebottom]

No expressing how gutted I am the advertised KOTR 10 minute match between Michaels and Hart with the foundation cuffed to every ring post didn't happen. That would have been bags of fun, and would have been interesting to see Bret the heel against Michaels the face at that time.

[Tim Cooke]

Snowman vs. Jerry Lawler 6/2/90 USWA

 

Rey vs. Noble 5/1/04 Velocity

 

Basham vs. Jindrak 3/26/05 Velocity

 

Arn/Tully vs. Luger/Windham 3/27/88

 

Dandy vs. Rey 11/29/97 WCWSN

 

Eddy vs. Rey 12/27/97 WCWSN

 

Juventud vs. Dandy 1/10/98 WCWSN

 

Rey vs. Kidman 3/15/99 Nitro

 

Wataru Sakata vs. Kiyoshi Tamura 7/20/98 RINGS

 

I think the 12/15/97 Juventud/Rey vs. Parka/Psicosis from 12/15/97 Nitro is under 10 but not completely sure.

[BBscout]

Pillman vs Bagwell from Main Event Aug95 pre-Clash.

 

Jericho vs Storm is a good back and forth opener from One Night Stand.

 

Michaels vs Foley from RAW Aug97

 

Sabu vs Alex Wright from Nitro Sept95

[Ready_Willing_Gable]

Angle v Mysterio at Summerslam '02 qualifies by a few seconds

[pol]

I had a list of these for a while which I wish I had kept around now.

 

A whole bunch of last year's En Busca would surely qualify. I don't really even remember specific matches because there were so many good ones.

is the playlist of all the matches Phil Schneider ranked Must See.

 

I always enjoyed these:

 

Akiyama vs. Kea (07/18/98)

 

Blue Panther vs. Virus (05/12/13):

 

[ghost]

Volk Han vs Kenichi Yamamoto (07/20/1998)

Chris Benoit vs Eddie Guerrero (11/06/1995)

Chris Benoit vs Eddie Guerrero (10/16/1995)

Butch Reed & Ron Simmons vs Arn Anderson & Barry Windham (12/16/1990)

Shinya Hashimoto vs Victor Zangiev (04/24/1989)

[elliott]

I just watched Murakami vs Ishikawa from 11/00 again and that is 8 glorious minutes.

 

Vader vs Tamura from 6/94 is still my favorite Vader in UWFi match.

 

And the Pillman vs Windham taped fist match from the first SuperBrawl.

[elliott]

How long is the Lawler vs Funk No DQ match? THat's right around 10 minutes.

 

This video that KrisZ put on youtube has a Tommy Rich vs Brad Armstrong match that is a shockingly great 5 minute match.

 

[goc]

Ugh why is there only the very end of The Bullet and Wrestling II tag match?? I don't care if they were both well past their prime by 89 that's like a dream team for me.

[cheapshot]

I've put together a YT playlist of most of the matches mentioned in this thread: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoeBY9gVL9d2f98cLHw34pV1ztz9KP0uR

[Yo-Yo's Roomie]

That Masters Vs McIntyre match from Smackdown. I think that was under 5 minutes even. Edge Vs Matt Hardy from Summerslam, and Kane Vs Matt Hardy from another Summerslam.

[fxnj]

KENTA vs Ricky Marvin 2009

KENTA vs Takashi Sugiura 2011

Jun Akiyama vs Masakatsu Funaki 2012

 

And, speaking of Funaki, how has no one mentioned the GOAT Funaki/Nakano match from 1989?

[PhilTLL]

Sub-5:00 subcategory: Kaz Hayashi vs Raven (Worldwide 3/20/99), Brian Pillman vs Norman The Lunatic (Clash VIII, 9/89).

[JNLister]

Rockers-Brainbusters from the Nov 89 SNME. I think it might actually be one second over, but that is with three falls.

[Tim Cooke]

I've put together a YT playlist of most of the matches mentioned in this thread: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoeBY9gVL9d2f98cLHw34pV1ztz9KP0uR

 

Thanks for doing this. Curated playlists are clearly the future of music and video.

[Stiva]

I believe Steiners vs. Heavenly Bodies from Summerslam 93 counts here.

[WingedEagle]

 

I've put together a YT playlist of most of the matches mentioned in this thread: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoeBY9gVL9d2f98cLHw34pV1ztz9KP0uR

 

Thanks for doing this. Curated playlists are clearly the future of music and video.

 

 

Seconded. This is *much* appreciated.

[pol]

And, speaking of Funaki, how has no one mentioned the GOAT Funaki/Nakano match from 1989?

 

That's a great one.

[BillThompson]

Well damn, I missed out on all the fun it seems. Pretty much every match I was going to nominate has been nominated already. Really though, you can't go wrong with Zangiev/Hashimoto, Joe/Necro, or Owen/Shamrock.

[bradhindsight]

That KENTA / Ricky Marvin match is even sub THREE minutes from the dive before the bell to the finish. Enjoyed plucking that one out from the playlist Allan put together.