8 Most Legendary Shawn Michaels Performances In Defeat

7. Shawn Michaels vs Sycho Sid €“ Survivor Series 1996

At Survivor Series 1996, Shawn Michaels defended the WWE Championship against friend turned foe Sycho Sid. Sid previously won a #1 contender match the previous month, and through a few errant super kicks he became a mortal enemy of The Heartbreak Kid. Sid was just the monster Shawn couldn€™t conquer. With his electric charisma, he was easy to get behind even as heel. Even with Shawn Michaels being at his athletic zenith, and the clear star of WWE, after 7 months there was a bit of staleness in his reign. This loss humanized him and let fans know that even he could not defeat everyone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSdqNoeIaLo Additionally, this win truly made Sid the master and ruler of the world, and set him on his road to headlining 3 of the next 4 PPV€™s, including the Royal Rumble and WrestleMania 13. He would hold this title until giving it back to Shawn in San Antonio, TX in Jan 1997, where the Alamodome was filled to see their hometown guy climb the mountain again. Furthermore, this was Sid€™s best match of his career thanks to HBK, and it showed Shawn€™s only true weakness at the time, which was his emotions, as Jose Lothario was attacked. Shawn sold Sid€™s offense like only he or Dolph Ziggler years later could. A must watch.