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Post by CeilingFan on Jan 26, 2022 10:04:49 GMT -5
I see room for main events that aren't grandiose epics, but five minutes? No way. If I'm paying for tickets to a show with a main event title match from a promotion on NOAH's level and it runs for less time than Don't Fear the Reaper does, why the hell didn't I just stay home and listen to Blue Oyster Cult's Agents of Fortune instead? There's no reason it can't go on a few more minutes and build up the story a bit more first. Ten minutes? Sure, you can tell a really good story in ten minutes. Sub-5 isn't happening. The 3:58 the match went? Nope. At a point that's not even an issue of just diverging ideas, your audience literally isn't prepared emotionally for that result. Keno's last title match was 19 minutes. One before that was 30. Time limit draw the time before. I totally get paying money to see that card and being frustrated it offered a match that could fit almost five times inside of the dude's last defense when 19 minutes isn't even a huge epic match length. Don't Fear The Reaper needs more cowbell.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Jan 26, 2022 15:24:54 GMT -5
It’d be even more controversial if we were talking about stateside performers, because I know there’s historical context to Funaki getting a quick win since in kayfabe he’s accustomed to the Pancrase/UWFI style where the match can end in any minute. I also think the blow is lessened by Kenoh getting that Budokan win over Funaki last year.
I recall really loving a Hiromu/Kushida match at a Sakura Genesis show where Hiromu won in about two minutes, though it wasn’t the show closer and there was a ton of story involved it still had the feel of a “real title fight”.
It depends on the plot to me, there’s the right time and a wrong time for the big short match. Like with Brock/Kofi, I feel still that was the time for a longer match going fifteen minutes or so to give the Kofi run a *proper* finale. But for Brock/Goldberg II, Lesnar’s “I’m the final boss who can kill you at any point” factor was perfect for the story there, and it made for an amazing encounter.
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