5. He Was Supposed To Wrestle Shawn Michaels At WrestleMania 22
The Legend: That Eddie Guerrero was scheduled to clash with Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 22. Why People Believe It: The idea of Shawn Michaels versus Eddie Guerrero is a fascinating one. Both were phenomenal workers, two of the best ever in the ring, but had never wrestled against each other. No singles, tag, six man, nothing. Not even a couple of exchanged punches during a Royal Rumble. This first-time match was actually pitched to Vince McMahon by Bruce Pritchard just a couple of days before Eddie passed away in November 2005. Former WWE writer Court Bauer spoke about the plans during an MLW radio show in November 2013. Bauer said said that they were going to run with a career parallel angle:
Eddie being the heartthrob in Mexico and this mercurial figure south of the border, and the American version being HBK. They had never really worked, and you would've had such a great dynamic between the two with heel Eddie versus Shawn. That'd be your 'tear the house down,' high quality match at WrestleMania 22 in Chicago. Vince was like, 'God damn, that's really appealing. We could parallel their careers. What kind of footage of Eddie do we have outside of WCW? We could really do some impressive packages.
It's a terrible shame that WWE fans never got to see this match. It would have been a classic. Is It True: Yes, it would appear so, at least that was the preliminary plan back in November 2005. The angle would have no doubt changed and morphed before it kicked off proper at the Survivor Series or Royal Rumble (you can bet there would have been a religious element, considering both guys' faith).
