10 WWE WrestleMania Matches That Were Just Too Long

2. Bret Hart Vs. Vince McMahon (WrestleMania 26)

If you're going to have 52-year-old post-stroke victim Hart annihilate McMahon to pay off real-life angst in a cartooned story, the quicker you can do it, the better it's going to be for everyone. Hart obviously won't be taking any moves or strikes due to his precarious health, so it's just going to be Hart wailing away on Vince before locking on the Sharpshooter.

With all due respect to Hart, one of the bravest and most prodigious wrestlers ever, why was this 11 minutes? After the third or fourth minute, you felt awful for Hart, as he shambled around the ring throwing a loop of clubbing blows, with the Sharpshooter situated many miles up the road.

If Hart had bashed Vince in the head and then locked on the hold, making him submit in 45 seconds, would anyone have felt cheated?

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Justin has been a wrestling fan since 1989, and has been writing about it since 2009. Since 2014, Justin has been a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine. Justin also writes for History of Wrestling, and is a contributing author to James Dixon's Titan series.