10 Greatest WWE TV Matches Ever

10. Shawn Michaels & Diesel Vs. Razor Ramon & 1-2-3 Kid - Action Zone (October 30, 1994)

This whirlwind of a match is almost as easy to dislike as it is to get swept up in.

The Kliq were a toxic backstage faction, all four members of which were very good to exceptional in their own right - but they were incredibly selective about how much of their talent they were given to show off. It depended entirely on who they perceived as a threat, but since this tag team dynamic represented a chance to prove why they felt themselves worthy of terrorising the locker room, they went and wrestled an almost irritatingly brilliant minor classic which broke all rules of pacing and content.

The amount of action in it is almost - almost - ridiculous. Diesel even bumped like a madman for Kid in the early exchanges, highlighted by a vintage opening face shine and a stupidly early false finish. He and Michaels, as per traditional psychology, assumed control with lightning-paced blind tags and devastating double team moves absorbed by Razor in a classic face in peril performance.

There was just enough of an absorbing story underpinning it all to excuse the amount of sh*t all four Kliq members were compelled to get in; the friction between Michaels and Diesel was explored superbly with a teased and delivered-upon mistaken Superkick before Michaels kicked out everything at the last second for about ten consecutive times.

It is the closest thing you'll ever get to the platonic, interfacing ideal of wrestling heaven shared between Jim Cornette and Vince Russo - the definition of a hidden gem.