46. Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H WrestleMania 20
Its really hard to rank this match. On one hand, this is probably one of the three best wrestled matches and one of the five best overall to close WrestleMania. It represented the dramatic conclusion of one of WWEs better-booked angles, culminating in a heartwarming embrace between Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero, two WCW castaways who made good. On the other hand theres the heinous tragedy that renders this match (and Benoits entire career) to the scrapheap. To WWE, it doesnt exist. Solely in the interest of being complete in considering all matches, this deserves a spot. If you can stomach knowing what happened just a few years later, this is something to watch, and then immediately forget and say a quiet prayer.
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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
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