Looking at the opening round of the 2015 King Of The Ring tournament, 3 out of the 4 Quarter Final bouts lasted around 10 minutes in length. The only really short match came when R-Truth defeated Stardust, booking a slot in the Semi Finals of the competition. People expect there to be some shorter matches in any tournament presented in pro wrestling, it's just the way it is, but surely the Semi Finals - and particularly the Final itself - should have yielded way more action? Instead, both Semi Final efforts clocked in at around 5 minutes a piece, and the Final match-up between Barrett and Neville was only a few minutes longer. Being blunt, the whole thing was over relatively quickly, and didn't feel quite as grand as it should have. For example, when Bret Hart won the tournament in 1993, he did so by beating Razor Ramon, Mr. Perfect and Bam Bam Bigelow is remarkably different matches, and his effort felt like a massive achievement.
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