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Originally Posted by CSL
it comes into play when you say "we know exactly where things are gonna stand in 58 minutes". The booking possibilities aren't really thin. If that's the case then that pretty much applies for all matches (they certainly can't "end at any moment") you know for the most part when the finish in most matches is coming, only difference with iron man matches is that there's a countdown to the end of the time limit, the finish still usually takes place at some point during the final minute (aka the equivalent of going home in a normal match) as opposed to bang on the limit
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The story during the match can go a few places but it's a story we know is leading to the final minute or so of the 60 minutes being the deciding fall. Kinda makes you think "Who gives a shit?" when it comes to the rest of it.
And obviously I wasn't being literal when I said it "can end at any moment". Obviously Steamboat-Flair or HBK-Taker or Punk-Cena isn't gonna end 3 minutes in. There's still some build. But it's building toward a climax that, once it hits that peak, could end out of the blue.
Say you've got a CM Punk vs John Cena iron man match. It's 20 minutes in and the pace is picking up. Who cares? You can turn away for 35 minutes and you know when you turn back, you'll be seeing them going at it for 5 more minutes with someone trying to get the deciding fall.
Now say it's a regular match. There's no way you're gonna turn away at that 20 minute mark. The finish could come at any point. It could even still come 40 minutes from now. But you'll keep watching. And they'll keep you on the edge of your seat with a ton of false finishes which just aren't really possible in an iron man match until the end.