10 Wrestling Matches That Seriously Took The Piss
4. Owen Hart Vs The 1-2-3 Kid (WWE King Of The Ring 1994)
There are two sides to every story, and this was unfortunately accurate in the cases of Owen Hart and The 1-2-3 Kid at 1994's King Of The Ring. Fresh from serving Tatanka only his second on-screen pinfall in two years in the first round of the one-night tournament, Hart was well up for his semi final scrap.
Kid was less so, not least after taking a brutal baseball slide dropkick full in the face before he'd hit the ring. He was working hurt having suffered a post-match beating from Jeff Jarrett after eliminating 'Double J' earlier in the night, and Hart's horrific shot before the bell gave him the roughest start to this rocket-fuelled exhibition of the New Generation's in-ring excellence.
Going just 3:37, the pair crafted one of the greatest under-five minute matches ever, ripping the piss out of pro wrestling's possibilities as well as the ability of a Hogan-led WCW on the other side. Unlike 'The Hulkster', the style never objectively drew at the box office for the company when they desperately needed a hit, but the contest at least survives retrospective enjoyment far more than half of Hogan's latter-day output.