10 Best WWE Kurt Angle Matches

#4 Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels - WrestleMania 21

Best dream match ever?

While WWE often doesn't capitalize on promoting dream matches, when they do, they can be incredible matches. The Rock vs John Cena, The Rock vs Goldberg, Shawn Michaels vs Hulk Hogan, The Rock vs Hogan, they were all great in their own way, but none as perfect as Shawn Michaels vs Kurt Angle from WrestleMania 21.

This was truly amazing, as the gifted wrestlers lived up to the hype and then some. This was true wrestling, and the drama was incredible, with more than a dozen near falls, several Angle Slams, suplexes everywhere, a Sweet Chin Music that nearly took Angle's teeth out and what may be the longest Ankle Lock ever to secure the big win for the deserving Olympian. Match of the night, match of the year, and arguably match of the decade.

Kurt and Shawn would go onto have an almost as excellent rematch at Vengeance 2005 which was won by Michaels, a dazzling 30 Minute Iron Man on the RAW Homecoming show in October 2005 which resulted in a draw, and one final heart-stopping affair on RAW in January 2006 that was won by Michaels, which had also served as Kurt's last match on WWE RAW until 2018.