Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine readers nominated Shawn for Match of the Year honours an unprecedented 11 times during his career.
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WWE legend and Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels is a bonafide superstar who is supremely talented in the ring. In fact, he is so good that he was once ranked as the top WWE superstar of all time. He is a 3 time World Champion and 1 time WWE champion. He had so many good matches at WrestleMania that he earned himself the nickname of Mr WrestleMania.
The matches that he had with the likes of Triple H, The Undertaker stand out as some of the best matches in the history of the sport. Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine readers nominated him for Match of the Year honours an unprecedented 11 times during his career. For a superstar of such high calibre and quality, it’s natural that he had some awesome rivalries during his career. In this article, we take a look at some of them.
Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels have a chequered history with a lot of ups and downs. Both men first fought against each other as members of The Rockers and The Hart Foundation. After Michaels won the Intercontinental title in 1992, he challenged Bret Hart who was the World Champion for a match at Survivor Series that year.
The defining moment came at WrestleMania XII when Shawn defeated Bret to win his first WWE title. That moment is infamously known as the Montreal Screwjob. They both weren’t on talking terms for a lot of years after that incident but put things behind them in 2010.
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We all know that Triple H and Shawn Michaels are best friends and have been for a very long time. Both men have been with each other during tough periods in their lives and their friendship has stood the test of time. They also formed the legendary faction that we’ve come to know and love as D-Generation X.
However, Michaels and Triple H have had their fair share of battles as well. When HBK returned to the WWE in 2002, The Game turned on him and attacked which led to the two of them having an intense match at SummerSlam of that year. The two had an on-again, off-again rivalry for the better part of two years.
Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker went head to head on many occasions and had epic matches together. Their first match was in 1997 when the two fought in the very first Hell In A Cell match.
Towards the end of their careers, Michaels and Taker went head to head at consecutive WrestleMania’s and as a result, had five-star matches that fans can’t forget till now. Their rivalry was truly special as it lasted for almost two decades.
