10 Best WWE Matches Under 10 Minutes

Who needs time?

Kurt Angle Rey Mysterio SummerSlam 2002
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One complaint that pops up time and time again in the annual WrestleMania postmortem is that a pair of wrestlers simply weren't given enough time in the ring.

There's plenty of logic here. Almost all of the very best and most memorable matches in the industry's history have tended to go at least 20 minutes, with many of them - Kazuchika Okada versus Kenny Omega, for instance - lasting more than double that.

But do time constraints really excuse a bad match?

Just as it's true that the very best wrestlers should be able to work with any opponent, it's also the case that the very best wrestlers should be able to work with any amount of time. In other words, whether you're given five minutes or 25, you can still put on a performance.

And we've got the evidence too, because, while most of WWE's all-time great bouts have been marathons, Vince McMahon has also treated us to a handful of Usain Bolt-style sprints, each of them jam-packed with enough action to fill a one-hour Iron Man match several times over.

10. Rhyno Vs. Raven (Backlash 2001)

Kurt Angle Rey Mysterio SummerSlam 2002
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WWE's Hardcore Championship division didn't produce many five-star classics, but really, who needs five-star classics when you've got a match in which a wrestler gores a shopping trolley?

The anarchic bout shared by Rhyno and Raven at Backlash 2001 was essentially just an eight-minute exhibition in exactly what made Mankind's beaten-up title belt such a defining part of the Attitude Era.

There was no pretence of technical, mat-based wrestling here. Instead, the duo immediately went for the foreign objects, bringing into the ring - in addition to the aforementioned trolley - a chair, some trashcans, a stop sign and even an actual kitchen sink.

Needless to say, this isn't one for the purists. If you enjoy watching two of wrestling's greatest extremists trading wicked weapon shots, and taking some absolutely sickening bumps, then this one is definitely for you.

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