Top 5 WrestleMania matches of Shawn Michaels

There is nobody that can come close to string of having great WrestleMania matches than Shawn Michaels. The HeartBreak Kid is often referred to as the greatest wrestler of all time, taking into account all of the pressures of being Shawn Michaels on WrestleMania and continually having great matches, that alone makes him one of the greatest of all time.Michaels not only had more great matches, but probably influenced more top WWE superstars over the last several years than anyone has in decades. He wrestled his last match at WrestleMania 26 against The Undertaker in a Streak vs Career match and the loss sent the Heartbreak Kid into retirement. In honor of the greatness known as Shawn Michaels, I take a look back at the Heartbreak Kid’s greatest WrestleMania matches.

#5 Shawn Michaels vs Bret Hart, Wrestlemania XII

This was a Sixty minutes Iron-Man match, Shawn was the rising star in the company for two full years. Bret had been carrying the company essentially since just before Hulk Hogan took off for the acting world and WCW. These two wrestled a great match for a full sixty minutes. Neither one had pinned the other. Neither one had made the other submit. Bret tried to walk away with the title.

Gorilla Monsoon, the commissioner at the time, told Howard Finkel to announce that there must be a winner. They wrestled a sudden death overtime where Michaels nailed Bret with Sweet Chin Music and picked up the pinfall victory. No one would want to see two men wrestle for an hour, and no one could put up a good enough match to go sixty minutes until they are Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart. Despite their differences, they wrestled an incredible match and one that is considered by many to be the best main event match of all time.