5 ridiculous stipulation matches you didn't know about

#1 Island death match

Watching this match will take off two hours from your life...gone forever.

Imagine a rivalry so heated that you and your foe travel to a deserted island to settle the score. All of the earth around you is your battleground and anything goes because this is a death match after all. The battle will go on for as long as necessary until a winner has been declared. Also, imagine this match being utterly boring.

There have been several instances of these insanely long island matches occurring and they’re mostly all way longer than any wrestling match has a right to be. One of the more well-known Island Death Matches happened between Antonio Inoki and Masa Saito on Ganryugima Island.

The contest was over two hours long and if rest holds after rest holds are how you like your death matches, then this one is for you. Some of the later incarnations of the Island Death Match were far more enjoyable to watch and considerably cut back on their duration, which was a wise move.

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