10 SmackDown Vs. Raw Matches WWE Got Right

Since the day Shawn Michaels returned to the ring in 2002, wrestling fans everywhere were drooling over the prospect of seeing him lock horns with Kurt Angle, who, by an act of cruel fate, had made his wrestling bow not long after the Heartbreak Kid was struck down by a back injury.

Being assigned to opposing brands kept them apart for three long years before we finally saw them match up at WrestleMania 21. The set-up was nothing special - "you eliminated me from the Rumble, you b*stard!" has been done to death - but the match itself didn't disappoint. Angle's amateur background was the perfect foil for Shawn's high-risk style, and the two put on an unforgettable wrestling clinic, which comfortably dwarfed the evening's nominal main events.