5 Wrestling Dream Matches That Lived Up To The Hype

#2 Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels - WrestleMania 21

Wrestling wise, best dream match ever!

While WWE often don'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 Kurt'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 on to have several rematches, a match almost as excellent as this one at Vengeance 2005, a solid 30 minute Iron Man on the RAW Homecoming show and one final 'rubber' match, which turned out to be Kurt's final match on RAW, which was also thrilling.