Every WWE Gimmick Match And The Wrestlers That Defined Them
6. Iron Man Match - Bret Hart
The Iron Man Match, a very mixed proposition, remains synonymous with Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart's ambitious failure at WrestleMania X, which saw WWE's most effortlessly brilliant storytellers try too hard to position themselves as marathon men.
A deathly dull defensive match in too many definitions of the word, those tasked with the gimmick subsequently leaned too heavily in the opposite direction, crafting epics that were either entertainingly preposterous in total gimmick overload, or absorbing in spite of their inherent plot holes.
Preserving energy, or an excuse to create contrived drama?
With the possible exception of Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar, no two men have achieved the Iron Man's ideal of the best wrestling, for the most amount of time - and since they crafted better matches without the stipulation, perhaps they didn't, either.