There were a few really entertaining moments in here, including HBK teasing DX’s inevitable reunion before elbowing Vince from the top of a ladder, but the shenanigans and lack of any real competitiveness were just too much to overcome.

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NEXT: WWE Hall Of Fame: 10 Members With The Fewest Accolades. This was Michaels’ third WrestleMania opener in a row. Shawn Michaels is perhaps the best in-ring performer in WWE history. 16. Those matches ranged from opening matches to tag team matches to legendary main events. The reason for that moniker is his unbelievable track record at the show of shows, with the majority of his bouts at WrestleMania being absolute classics. “I’m sorry, I love you” are words that will live long in the memory of pro wrestling fans in a match that probably should’ve wound up being the main event of the evening on that night in Orlando.

Triple threat matches for a world title at WrestleMania wasn’t really much of a ‘thing’ back in 2004, but even so, these three men were able to change the status quo in a way that many of us will never forget. While opening the show is a sizeable responsibility, Michaels had the potential for much more. These two men threw everything they physically had at one another, but in the end, Michaels allowed his emotions to get the better of him as Taker picked him off and won the match. It was fine but not terribly exciting and the match would be greatly outshined by other matches on this show. He won his first WWE Title at the event, and his career would end there, too. The opening match of WrestleMania VIII was Michaels’ first singles match at a WrestleMania. During his training, Hickenbottom adopted the ring name, "Shawn Michaels". The funny thing about this match is that the story was actually really intriguing, as Shawn Michaels went in search of a way to finally get the big bad boss off his back.

On this night in Detroit, many fans genuinely believed that John Cena was going to lose the WWE Championship to Shawn Michaels. Again, it says an awful lot about HBK that this is coming in at ninth place. The most LOL-worthy things the Internet has to offer.

His Intercontinental Championship match with Tatanka was the best match on an extremely poor WrestleMania. Y2J gave Shawn everything he had and so much more, with the expectation being that he was going to come out on top.

This was the coronation of Chris Benoit as a main event star as he was able to capture the World Heavyweight Championship. Shawn Michaels is known as Mr. WrestleMania and he hasn't just adopted that nickname because he really likes the showcase of the immortals. Their eventual rematch wound up being even better, but that doesn’t take anything away from this.

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As you can probably imagine, it was pretty difficult to make a final decision on the list, but one thing is for sure: when pro wrestling is nothing but a distant memory in the far, far future, Michaels will be remembered as a guy who always brought out the big guns on the big stage. Shawn Michaels Wrestlemania Matches Ranked Shawn Michaels earned many nicknames throughout his career. 10 WWE Returns That Were Completely Wasted, Why Dave Meltzer Is RIGHT About Kenny Omega, 9 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Dynamite (Oct 21), 10 Current WWE Double-Acts That Must Never Split Up. He is well-known as ‘Mr. Undertaker (WrestleMania 25) For me, there is no way this is not my personal #1 match of Shawn … The Rockers were a very popular team in the WWF in 1990. He retained his title but by the next year, he would finally have the chance to steal the show. His athleticism, talent, and charisma helped usher in a new style of wrestling in the WWF in the mid-90s when the company was still dominated by monsters and giants. Michaels took part in 17 different WrestleManias, featuring in tag team matches, ladder matches, Ironman matches and a whole lot more. HBK's career was ended early by a terrible back injury, but  he was able to return to the ring and put together a second career run that surpassed the first in terms of the consistency of his match quality. WrestleMania’. The World's Most Entertaining Car Website, Battlebowl & 9 Other Unique WCW Ideas You Forgot About, Ranking Shawn Michaels’ Last 10 WrestleMania Matches, 10 Things Shawn Michaels Never Did In Wrestling, 5 Reasons Why Shawn Michaels Is Triple H's Best Rival (& 5 Why It's The Rock), 10 Best Years Of Shawn Michaels' WWE Career, Ranked, WWE Hall Of Fame: 10 Members With The Fewest Accolades, 10 Things You Never Knew About Chris Jericho’s WWE Debut, 5 Times TNA Insulted WWE With Successful Results (& 5 Times It Failed), 10 Wrestlers Who Had Backstage Heat During The 2000s, 5 Up And Coming Children Of Wrestling Stars Who Have It (& 5 Who May Not), Spin The Wheel, Make The Deal: 5 Reasons It’s A Great Gimmick (& 5 Ways It Can Fall Flat), 10 Pictures From WWE's Developmental You Have To See, Mystery Wrestler Reveals: 5 Times They Delivered (& 5 Times They Were Big Disappointments), 10 TNA Title Contenders Who Nobody Believed Had A Chance To Win, 10 Wrestlers Who Took The Longest Time To Win Their First Title, 10 Times Vince McMahon Got Angry At WWE Wrestlers, 10 Longest Hardcore Championship Reigns In WWE History, 10 Best WWE Superstars Each Year In The 2000s, 10 WWE World Champions With The Most Intercontinental Title Reigns, Every Version Of Kevin Nash, Ranked From Worst To Best, 5 NJPW Wrestlers Vince McMahon Would Make Stars (& 5 He'd Turn Into Jobbers), Seth Rollins & 9 Others Who Donned Awesome Special White Attire, WCW's 10 Worst World Title Feuds In History, Ranked. RELATED: 10 Things Shawn Michaels Never Did In Wrestling. Alas, even though he retained the belt, this was still an incredibly fun contest between a veteran and a rising star in the business. This rivalry would, of course, escalate as time went on, but even with that being the case, Bret and Shawn still knew what it meant to be world-class stars in their own right – and that included putting on great matches with one another. The Show of Shows features the best performances of many wrestlers, and no superstar handles his WrestleMania matches like Shawn Michaels. It is admirable that even the bottom entry on this list is not what should be considered a bad match.

But how do the matches rank against each other?

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