12 Best WWE Matches Ever: Shawn Michaels vs Undertaker, Hulk Hogan vs Ultimate Warrior

12 Best WWE Matches Ever: Shawn Michaels vs Undertaker, Hulk Hogan vs Ultimate Warrior

Babajide Orevba
updated at August 30, 2023 at 11:38 AM
  • Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker in 1997 is ranked among the best wrestling matches ever
  • In 1990, The Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan had a thrilling WrestleMania clash in Canada
  • CM Punk defeated John Cena by pinfall to become the new WWE Champion in the year 2001

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) remains a giant of the professional wrestling industry and has indisputably produced some of the greatest bouts to grace the squared circle.

With weekly matches on RAW and Smackdown, plus new additions like NXT, wrestling lovers are entertained to the fullest with premium and highly entertaining fixtures.

Although some will argue that many of these matches are insignificant, there are those cases where wrestling stands alone as something more akin to art than a sport.

The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, WWE, Steve Austin
Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker of 1997 is one of the greatest wrestling matches ever. Photo: FAYEZ NURELDINE
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The wrestling world has witnessed some massive bouts, including the legendary clash between Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior that took place on April 1, 1990, at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Here, Sports Brief ranks the best twelve WWE matches of all time, per Wrestling Junkie:

12 greatest WWE matches of all time

12. Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena vs. Seth Rollins - Royal Rumble 2015

Date: January 15, 2015

Venue: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Result: Brock Lesnar won by pinfall to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

11. 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin vs. Triple H - Three Stages of Hell match - No Way Out 2001

Date: February 25, 2001

Venue: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas

Result: Triple H defeated Steve Austin by two falls to one.

10. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart - steel cage match - SummerSlam 1994

Date: August 29, 1994

Venue: United Center, Chicago

Result: Bret Hart won by escaping the cage to retain the WWF Championship.

9. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart - WrestleMania X

Date: March 20, 1994

Venue: Madison Square Garden, New York City

Result: Owen Hart won via pinfall.

8. Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker - No DQ Streak vs. Career match - WrestleMania XXVI

Date: March 28, 2010

Venue: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona

Result: The Undertaker won, forcing Shawn Michaels to retire.

7. Edge and Christian vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. The Dudley Boyz - TLC match - WrestleMania X-Seven

Date: April 1, 2001

Venue: Reliant Astrodome, Houston

Result: Edge and Christian won to become the new WWF Tag Team Champions.

6. CM Punk vs. John Cena - Money in the Bank 2011

Date: July 17, 2011

Venue: Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois

Result: CM Punk won by pinfall to become the new WWE Champion and John Cena was kayfabe fired.

5. Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels - ladder match - WrestleMania X

Date: March 20, 1994

Venue: Madison Square Garden, New York City

Result: Razor Ramon won to become the Undisputed WWF Intercontinental Champion.

4. Ultimate Warrior vs Hulk Hogan - WrestleMania 6

Date: April 1, 1990

Venue: SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Result: Ultimate Warrior won by pinfall.

3. Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker - WrestleMania 25

Date: April 5, 2009

Venue: Reliant Stadium, Houston

Result: The Undertaker won by pinfall.

2. Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker - Hell in a Cell match - Badd Blood: In Your House

Date: Oct. 5, 1997

Venue: Kiel Center, St. Louis

Result: Shawn Michaels won to become No. 1 contender for the WWF Championship.

1. Bret Hart vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin - No DQ submission match - WrestleMania 13

Date: March 23, 1997

Venue: Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois

Result: Bret Hart won by referee stoppage.

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