WWE announces "WWE Speed"

[JRH]

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10114693-video-wwe-reveals-wwe-speed-championship-for-new-show-with-3-minute-matches-on-x

Sounds like a pretty interesting premise. Not all that thrilled about it being exclusively on X though (hopefully they put it on Peacock eventually).

[Control21]

Sounds like CMLL's lightning matches to an extent

[SirEdger]

Personally, I would've gone with a 5-minute time limit rather than 3. It sure would've gotten a better flow but let's see how it goes.

[Timbo Slice]

Vince Russo is BACK, baby. 

[Robert S]

That name sounds like they are joining the drug game (or just "the game" ((c) The Wire), hmm... maybe it's an uncle Paul thing?). Though I am not sure if "WWE Speed" would work any better than IcoPro allegedly did (or rather didn't).

[El-P]

1 hour ago, Robert S said:

That name sounds like they are joining the drug game 

Glad I'm not the only one who immediately thought of this.

Making a special "show" just for fucking X in 2024 is the most WWE thing ever. Takes one to know one.

[NintendoLogic]

Wait a minute...did I just hear myself say three minutes?

In all seriousness, three-minute matches seem pretty pointless. Owen Hart/123 Kid at KOTR 1994 is probably as short as a match can possibly be while still having some substance and it went 3:37.

[Scarlet-Left]

It would be funny if a heel wins it and then just uses delaying tactics to hold onto the belt through time limit draws, though I doubt that would hold the interest of people mindlessly scrawling through Twitter. Beyond that, I find it hard to imagine it will be entertaining. I can just watch three minute edited highlights from a match that actually means something if time is of the essence.

Eh, at least with Vince gone, they'll be less likely to sabotage something if it does, miraculously, get over.

[JRH]

This must be for the people who think that current matches in WWE or for that matter AEW are too long.

[Dav'oh]

This disadvantages Larry Zbyszko. He doesn't enter the ring until the seven-minute mark.

Greg Valentine's fucked, too. How's he meant to warm-up?

[Al]

They need a version of WWE Speed just for entrances and recap packages.

[KawadaSmile]

This is meant to appease the Xwitter accounts who focus on compiling matches into the 2:20 length. Plus is represents people who can't go longer than 3 minutes.