33 Awesome GIFs Telling The Stories Of 33 WWE WrestleMania Pay-Per-Views

22. WrestleMania XII

Michaels Mania 12
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Scanning the Network stream of the headlining Iron Match yielded little but rest holds and stalling, so here's a GIF of Shawn Michaels' spectacular and iconic entrance instead. Touted as a classic by WWE's spin doctors, this was the least entertaining match of HBK's vastly underrated first run with the company's top prize.

The entrance obscured also Michaels' star power; he never did become the draw a laughably hysterical Vince McMahon built him as at the booth. He would however come to define the event he couldn't live up to in 1996...

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