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Originally Posted by ScottBattram
Much like when Flair would climb to the top turnbuckle, you always knew that 999/1000 times he was going for a toss and landing on his hip!
Although I think he did execute a top rope maneuver a few weeks before his last match!
The King even commented in disbelief!
I saw 2 great matches this afternoon on THE FIGHT NETWORK while building an upper body pad! The first was King Harley Race vs. a young David Von Erich probably circa 1980 or 81 and the second was a great match between Rick Rude and Tommy Rich.
Both matches had to go for a good 20 - 35 minutes.. todays typical match is lucky to last 7 or 8.
Although I must say last nights TNA pay per view was really well done.
BTW, Dusty was the son of a plumber!
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Yes you're right about Dusty Rhodes!
But why matches are 7 minutes long? Because people are switching channel when someone holds a hold for more than 10 seconds. So, they have "banned" the rest holds on free TV but they can do those holds on PPV to make longer matches.
Also, most young wrestlers today can't make 20 minutes matches because they don't have any experience in doing it.