Shawn Michaels WrestleMania Matches - Ranked From Worst To Best

5. Vs. Triple H Vs. Chris Benoit - WrestleMania XX

Michaels Taker Elbow
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One year after making his WrestleMania return, Shawn Michaels found himself straight back into the main event of the show. It was his longtime friendship/rivalry with Triple H that brought him there, as he did battle against his former DX cohort and Royal Rumble winner Chris Benoit for the World Heavyweight Championship. 

This was Benoit's night, but the role Michaels played as the wildcard element in the triple threat can not be downplayed. The match ticks all of the classic triple threat boxes, but the quality of all three performers adds extra spice to them all. Michaels is particularly impressive with his timing here, most memorably with a saving Sweet Chin Music delivered to a Rabid Wolverine who was moments away from making The Game tap to the Sharpshooter.

History has forgotten this match because you know why, but it still stands up as arguably the greatest singles triple threat of all-time, and one of the greatest WrestleMania main events in history. 

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