1. John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels – Ironman match - RAW, April 23, 2007

Cena showed a side of himself that hadn’t been seen much before; he wrestled like an actual wrestler, as opposed to a modern WWE ‘superstar’. We actually witnessed some chain grappling from Cena and some logical ring psychology and storytelling. These things were rare in Cena matches at the time, thanks to his opponent being Shawn Michaels.
By 2007, John Cena’s relationship with many fans had started to sour. People started turning on him for his pure-babyface persona and supposed lack of wrestling ability. But Cena proved everyone wrong with this match, which is also one of the few cases when a rematch is better than the first encounter between two wrestlers.
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As a testament to his abilities, Shawn out-wrestled Cena throughout the match, and seemed to have an answer for everything Cena threw at him. He blocked Cena’s big moves, kept getting out of Cena’s signature STF, and kept coming back no matter how much Cena out-powered him.
In an odd visual, Michaels actually felt like the underdog in this match, which actually made the closing sequence that much better. If one ever needed proof of Michaels’ mastery of ring awareness and excellent match structure ability, watch this match. Its 45-minute length will simply fly by.