View Full Version : The best Shawn Michaels Wrestlemania match
Johnny Vegas
07-29-2014, 06:29 PM
Looking at this Mr. Wrestlemania HBK on Netflix, I was torn between HBK v. Angle, Bret Hart and Angle, but my goodness HBK v. Jericho was just pleasurably the best of them all. I know everyone has their own opinions and trust me, any of those, or even the HBK v. Undertaker part 1&2. Something very "watch any time" about it (not to mention the TPWW.NET sign :cool: newbies, if you haven't seen that, check that shit out brosefs).
What are your cerebral g-spots with this one??
Corndad
07-29-2014, 08:12 PM
As much as I loved HBK-Angle and HBK-Y2J (Both in my top 10 matches of all time), Taker-HBK 1 is the right answer here. It's as close to perfection you could get in a wrestling match.
#1-norm-fan
07-29-2014, 08:49 PM
Yeah, HBK-Taker 1 for me without a doubt.
The match with Flair deserves mention too. For the storytelling alone and that finish was insanely dramatic.
#1-norm-fan
07-29-2014, 08:51 PM
And a lot of people like to shit on it nowadays but I fucking love the iron man match. Of course I'm biased since HBK is my all-time favorite and seeing him win the title for the first time as a child is probably my fondest wrestling memory. But even looking back now I still enjoy it.
Bad News Gertner
07-29-2014, 08:51 PM
HBK vs Razor Ramon ladder match. Growing up it was the first time I'd seen anything like it. Was amazed.
HBK vs Bret Ironman match is the most over-rated match ever.
#1-norm-fan
07-29-2014, 08:57 PM
Oddly enough, I think the ladder match with Razor Ramon is one of the most overrated matches ever.
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Quite a display of ring mastery if you ask me. The ability to do all that while landing without hurting yourself is very skillful.
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Emperor Smeat
07-29-2014, 09:08 PM
HBK vs Taker II
I looked up the source of that image in the sig above and have saved it for some "recreational activities".
Jannettyzilla
07-30-2014, 12:37 AM
Rockers vs. Haku/Barbarian at 7.
Destor
07-30-2014, 02:12 AM
Angle/HBM for sure
James Steele
07-30-2014, 03:13 AM
HBK/Cena deserves some love also. If it wasn't for the last 2 minutes of the match, it'd be remembered as perfect.
SlickyTrickyDamon
07-30-2014, 03:54 AM
Rockers/Orient Express is a good one.
DAMN iNATOR
07-30-2014, 03:59 AM
Gonna do a slightly different thing here and just state for the record, I don't know about the rest of you guys, but my "dream" HBK WM match would be v. Rock. Of course it's probably more a pipe dream but that could have been so epic if it had been done and done RIGHT.
el bobbo
07-30-2014, 04:01 AM
I am totally biased because I was at the 1997 Hell in a Cell with Undertaker vs. HBK. That was pretty epic to a 12 year old el bobbo.
Destor
07-30-2014, 04:14 AM
I am totally biased because I was at the 1997 Hell in a Cell with Undertaker vs. HBK. That was pretty epic to a 12 year old el bobbo.
You were there but somehow forgot it wasnt a Mania match. :shifty:
#1-norm-fan
07-30-2014, 04:27 AM
HBK/Cena deserves some love also. If it wasn't for the last 2 minutes of the match, it'd be remembered as perfect.
It still wouldn't be as good at the match they had on Raw a month later. That's what tarnishes it more for me in hindsight.
Dukelorange
07-30-2014, 01:38 PM
Iron man matches are mostly overrated because it's a marathon. The match is going to be slow and plodding.
However, the Brock-Angle Iron Man Match was good...
Back to the topic, I liked the 1st HBK Taker match...
Nicky Fives
07-30-2014, 02:41 PM
HBK/Taker 1, although all his mania matches have been good.... even WM9 versus Tatanka was good....
Tough to choose, but I'll go with Shawn/Razor and Shawn/Angle as the top two.
Supreme Olajuwon
07-31-2014, 06:51 PM
HBK/Taker part I was so freaking incredible that it ruined false finishes forever.
DaveWadding
08-01-2014, 11:43 PM
HBK/Taker II. But I'm biased since I was there for that one.
Evil Vito
08-01-2014, 11:53 PM
<font color=goldenrod>HBK/Taker I certainly. There have been great matches since then but that was was the last match that truly was able to suspend my disbelief. I went into it knowing it'd be good even with a blatant outcome, and by the end of it I honestly thought HBK was winning.
Underrated part of the match: after the failed Taker dive to the outside where he landed right on his fucking head. HBK getting huge heel heat for demanding the ref to count Taker out. Taker grabs the apron and stumbles to his feet at 9 seconds.....AND THEN FALLS BACK DOWN yet still gets back in at 9.999 seconds. I swear to christ I thought they were about to end the Streak on a fucking countout. So amazingly done.</font>
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