10 Awesome Wrestling Matches That Ended In A Draw

7. Triple H Vs. Shawn Michaels - Royal Rumble 2004

Triple H Shawn Michaels Royal Rumble 2004
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What is it about the Royal Rumble pay-per-view that brings out the sudden need for parity among its competitors? Just a year before the infamous Cena/Batista clusterkerfuffle, and on the ten year anniversary of the Luger/Hart draw, the WWE creative team decided that neither man in the HBK versus HHH Last Man Standing Match would emerge victorious. And yet, surprisingly, the finish really didn't matter.

Despite the fact that this was a big match on a big PPV with the World Heavyweight Championship on the line, the amount of blood, sweat, and tears both guys put into this one was enough to make the result a satisfying one, especially since it meant an inevitable rematch down the road at WrestleMania. Just don't tell that to the crowd in attendance, whose chants were less than favorable that night.

Also, while Triple H was getting carted off, with the members of Evolution by his side for support, Shawn Michaels demanded the medical staff let him off the stretcher so he could walk back up the ramp on his own like a badass.

So even if you were disappointed by the way this one ended, you at least had to acknowledge that this moment was a pretty nifty way of declaring HBK the true Last Man Standing.

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