10 Wrestling Moments That Should Have Been Huge (But Weren't)
8. Too Good To Be True
It's been 20 years since Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels contested arguably the most infamous match in wrestling history, but 21 since their professional fragility trampled over what could and should have been the greatest.
Exactly as the do about Randy Orton with frustrating consistency, wrestlers themselves seem to worship the WrestleMania 12 Iron Man match. Stood alone, that's not terribly surprising - Bret and Shawn are legitimately two of the best (if not the best) to ever grace the canvas, and timing, poise and athletic prowess to go at it for an hour certainly deserves grand praise.
But simply as a fan, the 60-minute shutout is a dull disappointment. There's a few potatoes thrown for those that track the insecure undercurrent between the performers, but a lack of compromise on falls scored and big spots in general seriously hurt entertainment levels that occasionally flatline. Between 1995 and 1997, the pair should have had one of wrestling's all-time classics. That they never did is the saddest coda to their fractious relationship.