10 INSANE Dream Wrestling Matches We’d Love To See (But Never Will)
3. Shawn Michaels Vs AJ Styles
Tale of the Tape
AJ Styles: 5ft 11ins / 218 lbs / 2x WWE Champion, First TNA Triple Crown Champion, First TNA Grand Slam Champion
Shawn Michaels: 6ft 1in / 227 lbs / First WWE Grand Slam Champion, 3x WWF World Heavyweight Champion, 1x World Heavyweight Champion, 2x WWE Hall of Famer
A battle between two generations ringmasters in the circus that is professional wrestling. Both Styles and Michaels appreciate the ring as a stage and use their bodies to tell the most compelling stories inside it. 'The Showstopper' vs. 'The Phenomenal One' is the very definition of a dream match. A bout we can crave but would never be able to account for the magic of its reality.
As an often touted dream match, AJ has addressed the possibility, commenting:
“I would have loved the opportunity to have gotten in the ring with him. I’m not sure what it is about Shawn and I that people see as like, ‘Oh wow, these guys are one and the same.’ I would like to think that there are so many great matches by Shawn and hopefully there are a lot of great matches that you see me in."
Styles also revealed he had in fact pitched the match idea to Michaels, but HBK declined. AJ recalled:
"[...] he said ‘No.’ Well, that’s on Shawn, guys. I can’t do anything about that. I would love to opportunity to do that match, but I get where he’s coming from too. It’s one of those things where, if you say you’re gonna retire — now, granted, he had a match after his retirement, one match — but I understand not really wanting to do it."