10 Shortest WWE WrestleMania Main Events Ever

3. Randy Savage Vs Ted DiBiase (WrestleMania IV) - 9:27

Randy Savage had worked three times before the opening bell rang for his WWE Championship clash with Ted Dibiase. The Million Dollar Man had gone in there twice too. The pair were only required to do the basics at this point, and the company were already on to the next year's worth of programming within seconds of the closing count.

Kicking off a year-long arc in magnificent fashion, the celebration between Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan is tinged with tension. Savage used help he didn't technically ask for but couldn't have survived without. Help solicited by Miss Elizabeth no less. Did he already see lust in his newfound friend's eyes?

Subjectively spellbinding and objectively awesome (their payoff match one full year later at WrestleMania broke all box office records), the story is one of the best the company has ever told. Far from a finale, this nine minute main event was actually a patient prologue before the real tale began.

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