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Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels
(Wrestlemania 21)[/SIZE]

Full Match:

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I had the top 5 looking like this from the start. Maybe at times, I would be thinking about the tag match being number 1 but this match has much more significance to it. One thing is for sure, Kurt Angle dominated this ERA in wrestling. He wrestled EVERYBODY... 'cept for HHH. I bet everyone requested to work with him too. He was an unstoppable machine. Unfortunately, that kind of baggage came with a price as Angle developed a serious drug addiction that could've killed him. I wish he would return where he belongs because Angle could have some serious fun matches with today's talent like CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler.

What makes this match so special isn't just because of Kurt Angle. Though He's only half of the equation without HBK, this match wouldn't be remembered how it is today. Shawn Michaels was going into his third year of wrestling. He was doing fine with wrestling the likes of Benoit, Jericho, and HHH but he needed a new fix. That's when Kurt Angle came to play.

I really really love Wrestlemania 21. It's one of my favorite PPVs ever. What was even more exciting was the awesome build-up for many of the matches. The hollywood theme also kicked ass! Anyone remember how awesome Batista/HHH was? Or Orton's heel turn to Stacy Kiebler because he was the first to want to end Undertaker's streak?

If you don't remember those then please don't tell me that you forgot about the awesome build that was HBK vs. Kurt Angle. Let me refresh you....

Kurt Angle was dominated in the Royal Rumble match until HBK came out and cleaned house. Kurt and he went back and forth until Shawn Michaels prevailed with a sweet chin music. This got Angle pissed off so he came back and threw Shawn over the top.

I guess it ended up getting more personal because Angle didn't stop there. He locked the Ankle Lock to apply more of a beatdown on Shawn Michaels. Kurt Angle later admitted that this was about who's the best and it killed him to hear that people thought Shawn was better. Angle, with an agenda, then stated that he could do everything Shawn Michaels did in his career in 4 weeks. Thus, started a series of awesome moments where Kurt was being a great heel.

Kurt started out with a meaningless ladder match featuring two jobbers. He proved his points.

But then...

He went and claimed that he can sing HBK's theme better than HBK. Thus led to this...



And to dig the hole even deeper, he said that he can beat his old friend Marty Jannetty that led to a match so awesome that Marty Jannetty got rehired because of it. Unfortunately, I'm unable to find it. If someone could find it that would be awesome. For now, I leave you with this retarded made tribute to it.



HBK would retaliate by sneaking into Smackdown! as a camera man or something. I forget. Kurt had embarrassed who vowed revenge.

This match is probably the best match that everyone expected to be great. These men just don't know how to NOT deliver. The match starts out beautifully with Shawn Michaels actually out-wrestling Kurt Angle. This catches Kurt Angle off guard and starts pulling on HBK's hair in frustration. Both men go outside and Kurt Angle takes advantage by giving HBK an Olympic Slam against the steel post. Kurt Angle going crazy with everything he's got to put HBK down. He tries another Olympic Slam. Even an Olympic Slam off the top rope and still he couldn't put HBK down. The fans were shocked by this display and this was the beginning of future Kurt Angle matches against everyone. Though the style is super repetitive now I still enjoy them time to time.