But to your point, where match significance does come into play is the amount of time and attention a match is given. Obviously if Eddie is only getting 3-5 minute matches for a large chunk of his career, that hurts him. I doubt many HBK matches exist that are sub-7 minutes.
I'd rather watch any "good" worker wrestle for 7 minutes than I would watch an all-time great wrestle for 3, given the same opponent. It's like trying to get Beethoven to write a commercial jingle.
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
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