The Undertaker's 10 Greatest Wrestling Matches Of All Time

3. Vs. Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania XXVI)

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The second greatest match in WWE history? Not quite, but a worthy sequel to an untoppable encounter. The fact the two even attempted to replicate their 'Mania 25 magic spoke of the confidence the two had in their collective chemistry.

What it lacks of the year prior's technical mastery it compensates for with emotional pull. With Shawn Michaels' career on the line, even his missteps suffuse the narrative with finer detail, hinting that the magnitude of the occasion was getting to him. The albatross of 25's masterpiece hanging round the match's neck offer a subtle piece of storytelling; it's perfectly clear that, a year older and a touch slower, this is the end of the line for HBK.

And indeed it was. When Undertaker mercifully called time on his opponent's legendary run, with a closing sequence just the right side of melodrama, he immediately became an irrelevance. This night belonged to the loser - but it wouldn't have meant half as much without a winner in the shape of The Undertaker.

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