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Match Focus: Iron Man Match

At Wrestlemania 12, WWE introduced a new match type as a way to make a big deal out of HBK's boyhood dream to be WWE Champion. The Iron Man match had been used once or twice off TV, but it became the match stipulation for the highly anticipated Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels bout. It has rarely been used in WWE since, and often they use 30 minutes instead of 60 when they do.

This blog will break down this match, and debate when we might next see a 60-minute Iron Man Match on PPV.

 

Are high scoring Iron Man matches good or bad?

This depends on who you ask. There are pros and cons of each but for me... the booking of the first Iron Man Match was perfect. Neither Bret or Shawn could find a way to get a single fall on each other in 60 minutes. This put both men over as true gladiators, as the match was designed to do, particularly for HBK.

Later incarnations of the match have been very high scoring. This helps to keep fans interested during the middle of the match. Triple H vs The Rock ended 6-5, and in the true spirit of the attitude era, was like a free-for-all.

Imagine if Bret vs Shawn had been 6-5? Bret Hart defeated 6 times in an hour?? Unfathomable for the excellence of execution. That's how you ruin the credibility of a champion in my opinion. Luckily, they booked WM12 perfectly and it remains one of my all time favourite matches.

Was Triple H vs The Rock a more entertaining 60 minutes? Many would say yes. The name of the company is WWE now and the "E" stands for entertainment. All Iron Man matches since the 1st one have been quite high scoring. But in an effort to keep the 60 minutes as enthralling and entertaining as possible, does the character of the "champion" suffer slightly in the minds of the audience with so many falls happening?

For me it does.

I consider the first Iron Man match to be head and shoulders above the rest. You can have a great enthralling match without falls and Bret and Shawn proved this at WM12.

 

My top three Iron Man Matches

3. Kurt Angle vs Brock Lesnar (Smackdown 2003). Brock won 5-4.

2. Triple H vs Rock (Judgment Day 2000). HHH won 6-5. Shawn DQ's Rock a few seconds overtime because of the Undertaker's interference.

1. Bret vs HBK. WM12. HBK wins 1-0 in overtime, after being trapped in the Sharpshooter but being saved by the 60 minute bell.

 

Will we see another Iron Man match in the future?

I hope so. It's been 5 years since Cena beat Orton 6-5 in 2009 Bragging Rights. But if we see another Iron Man Match the #falls need to be much, much lower. They should have a max of 5 falls in total (not 11). If CM Punk ever returns I think he and Daniel Bryan could put on a terrific Iron Man match.

For the match to work, you need two superstars who are suited to each other (such as punk and Bryan) and also capable of lasting an hour.

Of the existing roster, Randy can do it, and has done so before. Cena and Sheamus are also capable. Of the Shield, I get the impression Seth Rollins would have plenty in the tank to last the hour.

 

PPV

I'd say we might never see an Iron Man Match at Wrestlemania again, because of its length, and mainstream audiences might not all like it. On a three hour regular pay per view, an Iron Man match also takes up a lot of time, but I hope we will see it again.

Now that there is a unified champion, perhaps the main event every year of the Night of Champions PPV could be an Iron Man Match. Each title gets defended. Tag, Divas, IC, US, and WWE WHC. 5 matches. While extra feuds would fill in time, there is scope to have an Iron Man match at this PPV if WWE want. The concept of the Night of Champions PPV is supposedly to highlight the champions in the WWE in an attempt to give credibility to the titles. What better way than with an Iron Man Match for the WWE WHC every year?


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