10 Best WWE Matches of the Year 2004

#5 Triple H vs. Chris Benoit - RAW, July 2

One of RAW's best matches

For obvious reasons, this match hasn't been talked about in a long time. But even before 2007, I think this match was surprisingly overlooked. The first Iron Man match in WWE RAW history, Triple H and World Champion Chris Benoit took each other to the limit.

Going into this one, I think a lot of people thought Triple H would get it. thought Chris Benoit could beat both Shawn Michaels and Triple H in the main event of Wrestlemania XX or win the rematch at Backlash.

Then when he defended the title one-on-one with Triple H at Vengeance, most also thought Benoit would drop the title to him then too, but he still came out on top. So this Iron Man happened 2 weeks later, and everyone really thought this was it for the Rabid Wolverine.

This was a hard-hitting match, in which both worked really hard to pull off. This match really brought out Triple H's technical side, which was only really ever shown in matches with Benoit and Chris Jericho.

Triple H took a 3-1 lead for most of the match, before Benoit overcame interference from Batista and Ric Flair, to make a strong comeback. At the 3-3 mark, Benoit obtained his fourth and winning fall with a little help from Eugene.

Benoit lost the World Championship to Randy Orton a few weeks later, but it was matches like this that proved he should have been Champion even longer or at least had more reigns before he died.