10 Best Ever Shawn Michaels Matches
4. Vs. Kurt Angle (WrestleMania 21)
Shawn Michaels versus Kurt Angle - the Showstopper against the Olympic Gold Medalist - was the match everyone wanted to see from the very moment HBK made his return from injury in 2002.
But we had to wait a torturous three years for WWE to pull the trigger on it, after the pair were separated by the brand extension for the initial portion of Shawn's second run. It turned out it was well worth the protracted build-up, though.
In fact, their match was so good that it has practically become the standard-bearer for great WrestleMania matches, against which all future bouts are held up.
Frustratingly, Kurt Angle around this time was headed into the final stretch of his WWE contract, and their paths would only cross a couple more times before he headed off to TNA.