Shawn Michaels WrestleMania Matches - Ranked From Worst To Best

6. Vs. Chris Jericho - WrestleMania XIX

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WrestleMania XIX marked the grand return of Shawn Michaels to the Showcase of the Immortals, and what a return it was.

Michaels went up against Chris Jericho in a classic wily veteran/cocky upstart bout, and it more than delivered. It isn't fair to call Jericho a cocky upstart at this point, as he had appeared in the main event of a WrestleMania and won all sorts of championships by this point, but the story revolved around Jericho's former idolisation of Michaels.

The match starts slow (as many classics do), but once the pace picked up it certainly didn't relent. Michaels eventually picked up the win with a rollup after a number of false finishes, including a picture-perfect Sweet Chin Music delivered by Y2J to HBK. The two embraced after the match, only for Jericho to boot Michaels in the nuts and spit on his former idol!

Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho have had a whole host of classic matches throughout their two legendary careers, and this stands up with them all as one of the best. It has technical wizardry, impressive athleticism and fantastic character work to boot. Ticking all of the boxes, this one. 

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