Favorite Under 5 Minutes Matches
 

What are your favorite under five minute matches?

Regal vs. Danielson from NXT comes to mind. It was only about 2:30 but was great.

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I can't really think of any, so I'm going to cheat a little bit. The CM Punk/Rey Mysterio match from Wrestlemania this year was like 7 minutes long, and was probably the best 7 minute match I've ever seen.

Regal v. Goldberg is good for the wrong reasons.

I'm sure there are other ones, but I loved Brock Lesnar vs. Big Show at Survivor Series 2002. I wasn't a fan of Brock losing his undefeated streak that way, but I just felt like the match was perfectly booked until the finish. It was quick, got to the point, crowd was hot, and the "can Brock hit the F5" hype was answered within like 3 minutes. It woulda been much more memorable if Lesnar would have won IMO.

<s>Chris Benoit</s> Rick Rude's victory over Orlando Jordan in 25.5 seconds. Mostly because of the vignettes later, but I'm counting it.

I know I might be breaking the rules but about 15-30 seconds here but this is one of my favorite short matches ever. It managed to tell such an in depth story and have all the major workings of a big time match in only around 5-6 minutes. Lesnar and Heyman were PERFECT in this. The whole thing just came off great.

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Actually, upon inspection, that match was concluded under the 5 minute mark.

How long was Kurt Angle vs Tazz at the Royal Rumble 2000?

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lol damnit, didn't see this before I posted mine. Anyway, yeah. In agreement with this post.

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Oh, and James Steele and I both agree on this one.

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How about when Kurt Angle played the switcharoo on Lesnar using his brother as a decoy?
It wasn't much of a match. It was more of a storyline development, but technically it was a match and advanced it's story well.

kurt also switched with his brother at survivor series 2000

3 min and 16 seconds

I loved that angle.

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Match Length 4:49. Try to look past the crazy afro and the Japanesse commentary. Akiyama Jun vs. Mohammed Yone, 3/4/07, Pro Wrestling Noah.
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Found the best one, wasn't sure if it was under 5 minutes, but it is at 4:58. This one is definitly my favorite, 4/20/98, Goldberg vs. Raven (c), WCW.

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You know you are the man when you can get a great match out of this guy.

Matt Hardy vs Edge Summerslam 2005

I believe the match comes to under five minutes.

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When I think of quick matches, I always think of this for some reason! Action starts at around 35 secs.

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any goldberg squash matches or the HHH/Ultimate Warrior squash at WM 12.

oh and Benoit vs OJ at Summerslam 05, made me laugh when he did a segment of him making a cup of coffee with the match on screen. he did more but i forgot them.

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