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An '''"I Quit" Match''' is a type of [[professional wrestling]] match in which the only way to win is to make the opponent say the words "I quit" (usually into a microphone). Generally, whenever a wrestler knocks down his opponent with a move or inflicts a submission move, he will grab the microphone and ask the opponent to say "I quit," and the opponent (at least early in the match) will make some kind of retort. "I Quit" matches are commonly used to settle [[kayfabe]] grudges and embarrass rivals, since saying "I Quit" is usually a sign of admitted inferiority.

==Matches==
==="I Quit" matches in World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment===
:{| border="1" cellpadding="1"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|No.
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Winner
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Loser
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Title
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Event
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Date and Location
|-
|align=center| 1
|[[Bret Hart]]
|[[Bob Backlund]]
|''none''
|[[WrestleMania XI]]
|April 2, 1995<br />Hartford, Connecticut
|-
|align=center| 2
|[[Stone Cold Steve Austin]]
|[[Ken Shamrock]]
|''none''
|''[[WWE Raw|WWF Raw]]''
|[[October 26]], 1998
|-
|align=center| 3
|[[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]]
|[[Mick Foley|Mankind]]
|[[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]]
|[[Royal Rumble 1999|Royal Rumble]]
|January 24, 1999<br />Anaheim, California
|-
|align=center| 4
|The Rock
|[[Triple H]]
|''WWF Championship''
|''WWF Raw''
|January 25, 1999<br />Jacksonville, Florida
|-
|align=center| 5
|[[Vince McMahon, Jr.|Vince McMahon]]
|[[Stephanie McMahon]]
|''none''
|[[No Mercy 2003|No Mercy]]
|[[October 19]], 2003<br />Baltimore, Maryland
|-
|align=center| 6
|[[John Cena]]
|[[John Bradshaw Layfield]]
|''WWE Championship''
|[[Judgment Day 2005|Judgment Day]]
|May 22, 2005<br />Minneapolis, Minnesota
|-
|align=center| 7
|[[Ric Flair]]
|[[Mick Foley]]
|''none''
|[[SummerSlam 2006|SummerSlam]]
|August 20, 2006<br />Boston, Massachusetts
|-
|align=center| 8
|[[Chavo Guerrero, Jr.|Chavo Guerrero]]
|[[Rey Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio]]
|''none''
|''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!]]''
|[[October 20]], 2006 ''(taped October 15, 2006)''<br />Los Angeles, California
|-
|align=center| 9
|Rey Mysterio
|Chavo Guerrero
|''none''
|''WWE Friday Night SmackDown!''
|September 7, 2007 ''(taped September 1, 2007)''<br />Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|align=center| 10
|[[Beth Phoenix]]
|[[Melina Perez|Melina]]
|''none''
|[[One Night Stand 2008|One Night Stand]]
|June 1, 2008<br />San Diego, California
|-
|align=center| 11
|[[Jeff Hardy]]
|[[Matt Hardy]]
|''none''
|[[Backlash 2009|Backlash]]
|April 26, 2009<br />Providence, Rhode Island
|-
|align=center| 12
|John Cena
|[[Randy Orton]]
|''WWE Championship''
|[[WWE Breaking Point|Breaking Point]]
|September 13, 2009<br />Montréal, Québec
|-
|align=center| 13
|John Cena
|[[Batista]]
|''WWE Championship''
|[[WWE Over The Limit 2010|Over The Limit]]
|May 23, 2010<br />Detroit, Michigan
|-
|align=center| 14
|John Cena
|[[The Miz]]
|''WWE Championship''
|[[WWE Over The Limit 2011|Over The Limit]]
|May 22, 2011<br />Seattle, Washington
|-
|15
|[[Alberto Del Rio]]
|[[Jack Swagger]]
|''#1 Contender for [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]]''
|[[Extreme Rules 2013|Extreme Rules]]
|May 19, 2013<br />St. Louis, Missouri
|-
|16
|John Cena
|[[Rusev]]
|''[[WWE United States Championship]]''
|[[Payback 2015|Payback]]
|May 17, [[2015]]<br />[[Baltimore, Maryland]]
|-
|17
|[[Cedric Alexander]]
|[[Noam Dar]]
|''none''
|''[[205 Live]]''
|July 11, 2017<br />[[San Antonio, Texas]]
|-
|18
|[[Kay Lee Ray]]
|[[Toni Storm]]
|[[NXT UK Women's Championship]]
|[[NXT UK]]
|February 27, 2020
[[York, England]]
|}

==="I Quit" matches in World Championship Wrestling===
:{| border="1" cellpadding="1"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|No.
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Match
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=3| Event, Date and Location
|-
|align=center| 1 || [[Bill Goldberg]] defeated [[Sid Eudy|Sid Vicious]]  || [[Mayhem 1999|Mayhem]]<br />November 21, 1999<br />Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|-
|align=center| 2 || [[Roddy Piper]] defeated [[Harris Brothers|Creative Control]] ([[Harris Brothers|Gerald and Patrick]]) ([[Professional wrestling match types#Handicap match|Handicap match]])  || ''[[WCW Monday Nitro]]''<br />December 6, 1999<br />Milwaukee, Wisconsin
|-
|align=center| 3 || [[David Flair]] defeated [[Terry Funk]] || ''WCW Monday Nitro''<br />February 7, 2000<br />Tulsa, Oklahoma
|-
|align=center| 4 || [[Dustin Rhodes]] defeated Terry Funk ([[Professional wrestling match types#Texas Bullrope match|Bullrope Match]]) || [[Uncensored 2000]]<br />March 19, 2000<br />Miami, Florida
|-
|align=center| 5 || [[Norman Smiley]] defeated [[Harold Hoag|M.I. Smooth]]<br />to retain the [[WCW Hardcore Championship]] || ''[[WCW Thunder]]''<br />August 22, 2000 ''(taped August 23, 2000)''<br />Tulsa, Oklahoma
|}

==="I Quit" matches in Extreme Championship Wrestling===
:{| border="1" cellpadding="1"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|No.
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Match
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=3| Event, Date and Location
|-
|align=center| 1 || [[Terry Funk]] defeated [[Eddie Gilbert]]<br />([[Professional wrestling match types#Last Man Standing match|Texas Death match]]) || ''ECW Show''<br />January 23, 1993<br />Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|-
|align=center| 2 || [[Tommy Dreamer]] defeated [[The Sandman]]  || ''ECW Show''<br />[[October 1]], 1994<br />Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|-
|align=center| 3 || [[Shane Douglas]] defeated [[Gary Wolfe|Pitbull#1]]<br />to retain the [[ECW World Television Championship]] || ''ECW Hostile City Showdown''<br />March 15, 1997<br />Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|-
|align=center| 4 || Tommy Dreamer defeated [[C.W. Anderson]] || [[Guilty as Charged 2001|ECW Guilty as Charged]]<br />January 7, 2001<br />New York, New York
|}

==="I Quit" matches in Ring of Honor===
:{| border="1" cellpadding="1"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|No.
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Match
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=3| Event, Date and Location
|-
|align=center| 1 || [[Alex Shelley]] defeated [[Jimmy Jacobs]] || [[ROH Joe vs. Punk II]]<br />[[October 16]], 2004<br />Chicago Ridge, Illinois
|-
|align=center| 2 || [[Jimmy Rave]] defeated [[Nigel McGuinness]]<br /><small>The referee stopped the match after McGuinness refused to say "I Quit" when Rave attempted to break his leg</small> || [[ROH Battle of the Icons]]<br />January 27, 2007<br />Edison, New Jersey
|-
|align=center| 3 || [[Austin Aries]] defeated Jimmy Jacobs || [[ROH Rising Above 2008]]<br />November 22, 2008<br />Chicago Ridge, Illinois
|-
|align=center| 4 || [[Colt Cabana]] defeated [[Steve Corino]]||[[ROH Richards Vs. Daniels]]<br />[[October 16]], 2010<br />Chicago Ridge, Illinois
|}

==="I Quit" matches in [[National Wrestling Alliance]]===
:{| border="1" cellpadding="1"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|No.
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Match
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=3| Event, Date and Location
|-
|align=center| 1 || [[Magnum T.A.]] defeated [[Tully Blanchard]] || ''[[Starrcade 1985|Starrcade '85: The Gathering]]''<br />November 28, 1985<br />Greensboro, North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia
|-
|align=center| 2 || [[Ric Flair]] defeated [[Terry Funk]] || ''[[Clash of the Champions#Clash of the Champions IX: New York Knockout|Clash of the Champions IX: New York Knockout]]''<br />November 15, 1989<br />Troy, New York
|}

==="I Quit" matches in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling===
:{| border="1" cellpadding="1"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|No.
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Winner
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Loser
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Title
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Event, Date and Location
|-
|align=center| 1
|[[Booker Huffman|Booker T]]
|[[William Mueller|Jethro Holliday]]
|''none''
|[[TNA Impact!]]<br />May 14, 2009 ''(taped)''<br />[[TNA Impact! Zone]]
|-
|align=center| 2
|[[A.J. Styles]]
|Booker T
|[[TNA Legends Championship]]
|[[Sacrifice 2009|Sacrifice]]<br />May 24, 2009<br />Orlando, Florida
|-
|align=center| 3
|[[Brian Kendrick]]
|[[Douglas Williams]]
|''none''
|[[TNA Impact!]]<br />July 12, 2010 (taped)<br />[[TNA Impact! Zone]]
|-
|align=center| 4
|A.J. Styles
|[[Tommy Dreamer]]
|''none''
|[[No Surrender 2010|No Surrender]]<br />September 5, 2010<br />Orlando, Florida
|-
|align=center| 5
|A.J. Styles
|Christopher Daniels
|''none''
|[[Bound for Glory 2011|Bound for Glory]]<br />[[October 16]], 2011<br />Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|-
|6
|[[Kurt Angle]]
|[[D'Lo Brown]]
|none
|Impact Wrestling
May 2, 2013

[[Indiana, Pennsylvania]]
|-
| align="center" | 7
|Gunner
|James Storm
|''none''
|[[Sacrifice 2014]]<br />April 27, 2014<br />Orlando, Florida
|}

==Trivia==
*At One Night Stand, the match between Beth Phoenix and Melina was the first ever Divas "I Quit" Match.
*John Cena, A.J. Styles, Ric Flair and The Rock, have undefeated streaks in "I Quit" Matches, Cena with 5-0, Styles with 3-0, and Flair and The Rock with 2-0.
*John Cena has won the most "I Quit" matches with 5 victories.
*Stephanie did not say the words "I Quit". Her mother threw a towel into the ring.
*The Over the Limit PPV held the most I "Quit" matches than any other PPV.
*Rusev did not say "I Quit". His valet/manager Lana says "He Quit".

== See also ==
*[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Events_with_I_Quit_matches?cb=1583117516082 Events with I Quit matches]

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