Shawn Michaels WrestleMania Matches - Ranked From Worst To Best

4. Vs. Kurt Angle - WrestleMania 21

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If this list was an entirely personal and subjective one, I think this match would take top spot. In 2005, WWE was still in its brand-split phase, and this meant that a lot of dream matches could be saved for the biggest show of the year. Shawn Michaels vs. Kurt Angle was one of these, and it met every single lofty expectation levied at it.

Simply put, Michaels and Angle are two of the greatest professional wrestlers ever to grace this glorious sport. Both were able to bring their A games here, and their chemistry was as magnetic as any two performers could wish for. Looking at the second half of his career, Michaels was involved in classic after classic after classic at 'Mania, truly cementing his reputation as Mr. WrestleMania. 

This is one of my all-time favourite matches. The timing is perfect throughout, and some of the counters Angle manages to throw out truly embed him at the top of any and all 'all-time' lists. The match builds to a most dramatic finish, as Michaels desperately attempts to escape from the Ankle Lock to no avail. 

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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.