WWE History: 7 greatest babyface rivalries

Brock Lesnar and Kurt Angle
Brock Lesnar and Kurt Angle

#2 John Cena vs Shawn Michaels

Cena delivering an AA on Michaels
Cena delivering an AA on Michaels

After Shawn Michaels lost a spot in the main event of WrestleMania 23 following his elimination in the Royal Rumble match in 2007, he set his sights on WWE Champion John Cena. The two went on to meet at The Show of Shows and actually ended the PPV, with fans expecting The Undertaker vs Batista to be the headliner.

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Cena retained his title, but this was far from over. Several weeks later, the duo met on an episode of Monday Night Raw.

Shawn and Cena went on to have an instant classic. The two Superstars wrestled for an hour, in what many consider to be the greatest Raw match of all time. Michaels calls it one of his all-time favorite matches.

It's amazing how trying to do that hour-long match didn't seem like such a big mountain to climb. It really helps when you have a history with someone. John and I were coming off of the WrestleMania [23] match and because of that, we had a decent amount of story points to work around, so it was easy.

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