What if Eddie Guerrero hadn’t passed away?

#3 Eddie Guerrero vs Shawn Michaels

We missed out on a Latino Heat vs. HBK dream match.

There are a number of great Eddie Guerrero matches and programs we never got to see, or at least never got to see fully realized. Chief among those dream scenarios that would have been entirely possible—maybe even likely—had Guerrero lived on would have been for him to square off with Shawn Michaels.

Michaels and Guerrero were a pair of complete wrestlers, each of whom was particularly great from an in-ring perspective. They’d missed each other on account of working for different promotions, Michaels’s first retirement, and then being positioned on opposite WWE brands. Had Guerrero lived on, though, one has to suspect that they would have found themselves on the same show in the years to follow—likely Guerrero moving to Raw—and WWE may have saved this showdown for a big stage like WrestleMania.

Of course, it’s hard to imagine a different ‘Mania trajectory for HBK. After all, that era saw him work memorable matches with Vince McMahon, John Cena, Ric Flair, and The Undertaker. For as iconic as these bouts were, though, Michaels vs. Latino Heat surely would have stolen the show in its own right.