Iron Man match

Iron Man matches generally operate under the same rules as a regular professional wrestling bout, but instead of the match having to be over before a time limit is up, the Iron Man match goes the full length of the allotted time, with each wrestler attempting to score as many falls in that time as possible. The wrestler who has the most decisions at the end of the match is then the winner. There are 15-second rest period after each fall, regardless of how it occurred.
Should the match result in a tie, sudden death overtime occurs. After Shawn Michaels and Kurt Angle tied 2–2 in a 30-minute iron-man match, Michaels begged Angle to go sudden death, but Angle walked off, to the heavy boos of the audience who wanted to see how it would end.
Sudden deaths are especially common in the event of a title match. This is because, in the event of a draw, the champion will always retain the title, meaning that sudden death is the only way to truly determine a winner. Commissioner Gorilla Monsoon ordered sudden death (after onscreen President Rowdy Roddy Piper had stated that there "must be a winner").
Iron Man matches are almost always two-sided (that is, no more than two sides, such as 1v1 or tag team, as opposed to triple-threat or fatal-four-way). However, it is possible for there to be a Triple Threat Iron Man, with the wrestler scoring the plurality of decisions being the winner.
The "Ultimate Submission" match is a variation of the Iron Man match where only submissions are counted for scoring.
== Iron Man match history ==
=== World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) ===
#	Match (Length) 	Title 	Score	Event, Date and Location 	Arena
1	Shawn Michaels defeated Bret Hart (c) (1:00:00) 	WWF Championship 	3–2 	WrestleMania XII
March 31, 1996
Anaheim, CA	Arrowhead Pond
2	The Rock (c) drew with Triple H (1:00:00) 	WWF Championship 	5–5 	Backlash
April 30, 2000
Washington, D.C.	MCI Center
3	Chris Benoit defeated Kurt Angle (30:00)
"Ultimate Submission match"	None 	4–3 	Judgement Day
May 20, 2001
Sacramento, CA	ARCO Arena
4	Brock Lesnar defeated Kurt Angle (c) (1:00:00) 	WWE Championship 	5–4 	SmackDown
September 18, 2003
Raleigh, NC	RBC Center
5	Chris Benoit (c) defeated Triple H (1:00:00) 	World Heavyweight Championship 	4–3 	RawJuly 26, 2004, Pittsburgh, PA	Mellon Arena
6	Kurt Angle drew with Shawn Michaels (30:00) 	None 	2–2 	Raw
October 3, 2005
Dallas, TX 	American Airlines Center
7	John Cena (c) defeated Randy Orton (1:00:00)
"Anything Goes Ironman match"	WWE Championship 	6–5 	Bragging Rights
October 25, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA	Mellon Arena
8	Bayley (c) defeated Sasha Banks (30:00) 	NXT Women's Championship 	3–2 	NXT TakeOver: Respect
October 7, 2015
Winter Park, FL	Full Sail University
9	Chris Hero (c) defeated Shinsuke Nakamura (1:00:00)	WWE Intercontinental Championship	6–5 	Summerslam
August 18, 2020 	O2 Arena
=== World Championship Wrestling (WCW) ===
#	Match (length) 	Title 	Score	Event, date and location	Arena
1	Ricky Steamboat defeated Rick Rude (30:00) 	None 	4–3 	Beach Blast
June 20, 1992
Mobile, AL	Mobile Civic Center
2	Dustin Rhodes and Rick Rude fought to a draw (30:00) 	Vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Championship 	1–1 	Beach Blast
July 18, 1993
Biloxi, MS	Mississippi Coast Coliseum
3	A.J. Styles (c) defeated Christopher Daniels (31:37) in sudden death overtime 	 	2–1 	SuperBrawl
February 13, 2005	
4	A.J. Styles (c) defeated Christopher Daniels (30:00) 	WCW X Division Championship 	1–0 	Halloween Havoc
October 23, 2005
Terre Haute, Indiana	Hulman Centre
5	Kurt Angle defeated Samoa Joe (30:00) 	To determine the No. 1 contender for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship	3–2 	Sin
January 14, 2007
Bristol, Tennessee	Viking Hall
6	Douglas Williams (c) drew with A.J. Styles (15:00 + 5:00 sudden overtime) 	WCW World Television Championship 	1–1 	ThunderDecember 23, 2010
Orlando, Florida	Soundstage 21
7	Bobby Roode (c) defeated A.J. Styles (30:00) 	WCW World Heavyweight Championship 	4–3 	Starrcade
December 11, 2011	
8	The Wolves (Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards) defeated Dirty Heels (Austin Aries and Bobby Roode) (30:00)	WCW World Tag Team Championship 	3–2 	Bash at the Beach
July 15, 2015
Fargo, North Dakota	Fargo Dome
9	Lashley defeated Eddie Edwards (c) (30:00) 	WCW World Heavyweight Championship 	3–2 	Genesis
January 29, 2017	
=== All Elite Wrestling (AEW) ===
#	Match (length) 	Title	Score	Event, date and location	Arena
1	Kenny Omega defeated PAC (30:00)	None 	2–1 	AEW Dynamite
February 26, 2020
Independence, Missouri	Silverstein Eye Centers Arena
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