10 Wrestling Matches That Deserved To Become Cult Classics (But Didn't)

10. A Five Minute Hardcore Clinic (WWE Raw, 2001)

Stepping into the squared-circle opposite another performer who can quite honestly be classed as One of a Kind in his own right, Rob Van Dam put his recently won Hardcore belt on the line against Tajiri on the July 30, 2001 edition of Raw - and the end results were about as wonderful as you can imagine.

During a five minute or so sprint of a contest, the pair brilliantly showed off their mesmerising martial arts prowess, laced in a few cheeky character beats - including an R-V-D taunt being met by a sweetly timed superkick - and the sort of jaw-dropping innovation you'd expect of these two creative souls.

Rather than completely pulverising each other with relentless high spots and excessive chair shots, the opponents picked their spots marvellously, with both a lovely chair-assisted baseball slide corner dropkick and handspring kick from The Japanese Buzzsaw leaving the fans in attendance in a state of brief euphoria.

The duo were even able to sneak a bit of technical brilliance on the mat, too!

In the age of bite-sized content, you'll struggle to find a five-minute piece of action as rewarding as RVD and Tajiri's Monday Night should-be cult classic rush.