 What's good y'all? It's your boy Ross back here again with another video. So let me check out 11 shortest WWE matches of 2023. Now, we've have seen some matches that, you know, lasted over 30 minutes this year. Some of them be good. Some of them probably went a little bit too long, but we also have seen pretty much glorified squash matches that didn't last at all. There was no time to it. It was a one move hit, a finishing move hit in 123. It was over. Probably the ring entrances were longer than the actual match itself. It's probably going to be on this list. A few of them are going to be on this list. So we're going to check this out by WrestleMania, man. It happens every year. There's some long matches and then there's some short matches. Some of the short matches should probably have been a little bit longer. Some of the longer matches definitely should have been cut now. So we're going to check these out. Appreciate all love support. Let's get right into this video. It's been a year of drastic change for WWE and it's also seen some epic matches take place in the squared circle. Matches such as Gunther versus Drew McIntyre versus Sheamus at WrestleMania 39 and the bloodline Civil War at Money in the Bank will all give the appropriate time to make a statement and leave a lasting impression on the fans. However, 2023 has truly been the year of short matches with there being a considerable number of matches lasting under a minute in length. These brief matches were either designed to highlight one specific wrestler or they were drastically and somewhat negatively hindered by time constraints. The matches on this list relate to showdowns that have taken place on the main roster. So matches that took place on NXT programming aren't applicable. Join us now as WrestleMania looks at 11 of the shortest WWE matches of 2023. Be sure to subscribe and hit that notification bell for daily wrestling videos and follow us on Facebook for exclusive. Subscribe to WrestleMania if you haven't already, man. Number 11, Rhea Ripley versus Natalya, United Champions 70 seconds. I knew this was going to be on the list. One of the criticisms that have been directed towards Rhea Ripley's women's title reign is like a quality PLE matches. Ripley is presented as the top star in the women's division yet throughout 2023, there's been nobody there to compete for a spot. And this means that most of her matches, particularly those on PLEs have been incredibly predictable. When Ripley defended against Natalya at United Champions event in May, it was a given that Ripley would retain, yet nobody could have anticipated Ripley to get the win in just 70 seconds. Ripley annihilated Natalya in the match and there seemed like no reason why WWE couldn't give Rhea an extended match with one of the more talented women in the division. Number 10, apparently it was on Natalya's birthday too. So happy birthday. You're getting beaten 70 seconds. Get the fuck up out of here. That's basically how it came off. JD McDonough versus Dolph Ziggler raw May 29 60 seconds. The two matches on WWE programming 2023 lasted just one minute in length. The first of these was a match between JD McDonough and Dolph Ziggler. The match in May would have ended up in a double counter after McDonough viciously assaulted the outside. The match is notable for being Ziggler's last WWE TV match before his release. The second match of the year coming in, you really think about it that kind of sucks. That's his last WWE television match. So far, I don't know if you'll ever come back, but that's kind of wild for that to be his last match. I was not allowed to eat. That's definitely wild. They had just one minute in length. Saw Rick Boogs defeat the Miz in February on Raw. This was the portion of the year where the Miz wasn't on an extended losing streak and the former WWE champion was involved in several short matches to further his character arc. Number nine, LA Knight versus Brent Jones, a Smackdown January 20th 58 seconds. LA Knight has had a breakout year in 2023. He's gone from being a manager to main eventing a PLE against Roman Reigns. LA Knight has emerged as one of the top stars in the company and it was in January when WWE began to take LA Knight seriously as a top star. LA Knight would enter into a feud with Bray Wyatt and the builds of this match saw LA pick up a number of wins on TV, including a victory that just took 58 seconds. LA defeated Jobber Brent Jones in the aforementioned time and it was great to see WWE bring back the classic concept of the squash match and attempt to get the talent over. Number eight, Piper Niven versus Nikki Cross, Raw March 6th 55 seconds. Thankfully 2023 was the year in which Triple H decided to drop the dreadful dewdrop name and persona. Dewdrop will revert to the Piper Niven name and Niven has had a decent run in 2023 and a tag team partnership with Chelsea Green has received positive reviews from fans. Niven's push up the card started to take shape in March as she will be booked to completely squash the once credible Nikki Cross on Raw. It would take Niven just 55 seconds to win the match and the quick match was a great showcase for Niven's powerhouse style that fans have become accustomed to in NXT UK as for Cross. She had a bizarre 2023 cross had mainly been used to put over the other women in the division. Yeah, the latest gimmick of her being in a trance isn't exactly lighting the world on fire. Yes, she's recently just been sitting in the back and I want to say it's like during Becky Lynch's segment she'll just be sitting in the back. Right. It's funny actual because you have to really notice it like to really peep it, but like the fuck they doing with her, bro. Which she would just be a creepy man. Number seven Dolph Ziggler versus Omos room on six fifty seconds on his list was given some huge matches in 2023. He's wrestled the likes of Brock Lesnar and Seth Rollins on premium live events and surprisingly these matches were well received by fans. When he's working with someone that has a talent to carry him and Lesnar and Rollins fit the bill for this role perfectly. Omos has taken part in numerous squash matches on WWE TV throughout 2023 and in March on Raw he squashed Dolph Ziggler in just fifty seconds. Although it was understandable why WWE booked the match in this way. It received vast criticism as some fans believe that WWE were continuing to miss you. Ziggler. Yeah. Number six versus Anthony Allen is okay or May 1st 49 seconds. Speaking of almost another one of his squash matches took place on May 1st and it lasted just 49 seconds. Omos was squash a local competitor as Anthony Alanis and the idea behind the squash was to get almost ready for his backlash with Seth Rollins as WWE enters into 2024. It'd be great to see almost deliver longer matches on TV as Omos has been on WWE programming for quite a while now and that's yeah. I don't know what they do with him. He's that to me he's just not that fluid in the ring. I think he's the big guy to be the big guy in a wrestling ring but he's his move set. Don't really care for his mannerisms. Don't really care for. I don't know. I don't know like I don't know what you do with him me personally. I don't know what you're doing. Not saying he doesn't belong there but I am saying you know I don't know how to create interest for him for people don't want to see Omos. We haven't seen them in a while but I don't know how you create any interest for someone that big other than they're just big and tall you know squash match formula has grown tiresome when it comes to presentation of the former tank team champion. Number five Bobby Lashley versus Mustafa Ali I think I remember this one the Almighty Bobby Lashley has been open and honest regarding how much missing WrestleMania 39 impacted him. Lashley was initially booked to face Bray Wyatt however due to white being ill was pulled from the match. Unfortunately there wasn't enough time to reposition Lashley meaning that he was absent from the card entirely night after WrestleMania on Raw WWE attempted to reposition Lashley as a threat and the way they did this was by having Lashley destroy Mustafa Ali in a squash match. Lashley would make Ali submit to the Hurtlock in just 40 seconds. This was infamously the Raw that had Vince McMahon made drastic creative alterations to and it was hardly a surprise that he wanted Lashley to look as strong as possible on the show. Number four Shayna Baszler versus Nikki Cross. Raw July 17th 19 seconds. Damn! The summer of 2023 saw WWE attempt to push Shayna Baszler up the card. Baszler would feud with Ronda Rousey in a feud which just so happened to be Rousey's final WWE feud before leaving the company. WWE attempted to make fans invested in the food yet there was just a lack of investment from the fans. Yeah because they fucking rushed it because I don't know what had happened but like one minute she was tagging with her then the next minute she turned on her and then they just kind of rushed it. So it was like if they maybe would have built up to it possibly. I think people were interested it's just people ultimately did not care because it's just it happened so quickly like the idea of it people have wanted it's just it happened so quickly plus Ronda's character was damn now unbearable. No one wanted her around actual. So I don't know man it had to makings of being something great but I did not know she fucking squash Nikki Cross like that. Did not know the fans had grown tired of rounds during a second run and it'd been a number of years since there was a compelling character to try and present Baszler as credible heading into a SummerSlam showdown with Rousey that would work Baszler to defeat Nikki Cross on Raw in just 19 seconds. Did this do anything in terms of the excitement levels for the SummerSlam encounter. Arguably not silence from the live crowd when Baszler defeated Cross was a clear indicated what WWE were doing simply wasn't working. Number three Cameron Grimes versus Baron Corbin at SmackDown. I remember this one seconds one of the underrated stars of 2023 has been Cameron Grimes Grimes has only been given a few chances to shine on WWE TV yet when he's been given the spotlight he's been able to deliver and he's managed to connect with the audience one of Grimes' highlights in 2023 saw him defeat Baron Corbin on SmackDown in seven seconds. WWE likes to claim and market the match as lasting just three seconds which simply was in the case. WWE's questionable timings aside the match was a big moment for Grimes and we received a huge pop upon securing the victory as for Corbin, WWE had gone back to basics with his character in 2023 and his run in NXT has been excellent. Corbin remains one of the most consistently good in-ring talents WWE have. Yeah, he hasn't he's having a much better run in NXT which is crazy when you think about it. I don't know if they'll ever at some point bring him back to the main roster maybe he can carry that momentum over but yeah the main roster he was just a J.A.G. at some point man lost seven seconds that lets you know and it's easy to work out why WWE has so much faith in the talented star. Number two, Bianca Belair versus E.O. Sky at SummerSlam eight seconds. Matches that feature of money in the bank cash in are typically short and E.O. Sky's cash in at SummerSlam was no exception. Bianca Belair just won the women's title in a chaotic triple threat match and this was the perfect opportunity for Sky to cash in and capture a singles title on the main roster. Yeah, Sky winning the big one was well deserved and she was exactly what the women's division on SmackDown needed at the time. It took Sky just eight seconds to defeat Belair and capture the gold and this is actually on the shorter side when it comes to money in the bank cashins as they usually around 30 seconds on average. And number one, Becky Lynch versus Trish Stratus on Raw July 31st five seconds. One of the most disappointing storylines at 2023 was a few between Trish Stratus and Becky Lynch. On paper the feud should have been incredibly special yet due to the questionable booking decisions and awkward initial chemistry between the two the feud just failed to take off when the two legends were booked to face off on the July 31st edition of Raw. Stratus would enter the ring the bell would sound and then after five seconds so we start what interfere into the match in a DQ. They were audible groans around the world with this finish and it was yet another sign that the WWE's booking of the feud wasn't meeting the expectations of fans. This would ultimately end up being the shortest match of 2023 which is crazy when you consider the star power of the women involved. Thankfully Stratus and Lynch would slowly but surely managed to put it together and their match at payback which took place inside a steel cage received widespread critical acclaim. The match is considered to be a match of the year contended by many and some would even label it as one of the greatest women's matches in WWE history. It was a really good match. 11 of the show it was a really good match. I'm not even going to hold you. Yeah, the feud. I just didn't care bro. Trisha's a heel just did not work. I'm sorry y'all. I know some of y'all may have liked it. It just didn't work. I feel like that's a certain point in your career. You can pull that off but the fans just like you too much. It's kind of hard to pull that off believably. You know and Trisha's one of those individuals like the fans wanted to like her like her heel promos just didn't work. A lot of times the crowd is just silent. They were at the piping booze. Like I'm like, bro. No one's saying anything because no one's buying what you're saying and it doesn't work. Doesn't but that match I remember that that five seconds, bro. What was the point if you were going to just do that? I don't but at least they had some pretty good PLE matches to make up for the the lackluster build up in my personal opinion but comment down below. Let me know some other videos you guys want me to check out but I appreciate all the love and support you guys have shown on the channel. Road to 150K and I'm still getting speedy you to wrestling champion the world. Appreciate y'all getting it with me. See y'all on the next one. Peace.