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#14 Shawn Michaels vs Bret Hart - WrestleMania XII
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Over the years, the Iron Man Match between Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart has received a lot of criticism for being too long. The match took place for over an hour and the two wrestlers had to pace themselves to last the entire time.
The match was affected by a variety of reasons. There was not a single fall in the one hour that the two men battled and apparently, there were backstage political reasons behind this. At this time, Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels were already clashing behind the scenes and didn’t trust each other. As a result, neither man was willing to let the other get a fall over them in case they then didn’t do things according to plans.
However, the match was one of the best of all time between two of the best wrestlers of all time. As a result, despite the many external factors, the match was one of the best of all time.
When neither star was able to get a fall, there was a sudden death finish where Shawn Michaels defeated Bret Hart to win the Iron Man Match and become the WWE Champion. It was an iconic moment in Michaels’ career that is still talked about to this day.
