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The Undertaker Proclaims WrestleMania 25 Encounter With Shawn Michaels His Best Match Ever

Originally posted on SE Scoops | By Anutosh Bajpai | Last updated 3/29/24

The Undertaker has named the proudest moment of his wrestling career.

The Dead Man has had many memorable encounters throughout the years. His matches with rivals such as Mick Foley and Kane are still remembered by fans multiple decades later.

However, when asked what is the greatest event he has ever been a part of during a recent Patreon Q&A, Taker picked his encounter with Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 25 as his greatest match ever:

The Last Outlaw was asked if he thinks the Michaels match was maybe the greatest ever in history of wrestling. While he shied away from making any such claims, the WWE Hall of Famer did reveal that WWE originally wanted to put the match very early in the card. They threw a fit about it backstage and then both performers went into the ring with the intention of stealing the show:

You know me I don't like to put myself over in those kind of answers but that match was pretty close to...in spite of Dave Meltzer only giving it four stars. I don't remember him taking too many bumps. I don't really have a lot of stock in what he says. I can't even believe I just gave him credit. I did say his name and I'm regretting that right now. We might have to edit that out.

There was just so many special factors, starting with Shawn and I's relationship. How it had come full circle and to where now we care for each other as friends and not just competitors and people working for the same company. We are genuine friends at that point.

We don't like where we have been put on the card. So we both have chips on our shoulders. He was from San Antonio, I'm from Houston, we're in Texas. Everything lined up perfectly for that match and that night and it'll still probably be my proudest moment."

My Greatest Matches: The Undertaker

The Undertaker later discussed how WrestleMania 25 was start of a series that ended with the memorable 'End of An Era' match with Triple H four years later. According to Taker, the pressure shifted completely on him after the first bout but the whole series is probably his greatest achievement as a performer:

"Then even then, leading into the two with Triple H. That was the continuation of those first two matches. Those all just kind of fell together. You're talking about pressure though. The first one was us proving a point. The second one, the pressure was on me because I'm getting Shawn Michaels' retirement match.

That's a heavy heavy responsibility. Cause you want, you know, for somebody who has had a career like Shawn, you wanna make sure that they go away thinking 'yeah, I can walk away from this. I am ok because we just tore the house down' So that pressure was huge.

And then now I go into the next two with Triple H. Like I've just had two freaking banger matches and now we're continuing the story with the best friend who is stepping in and completely different styles. Those were four really, really fun years.

There is my run with Mick [Foley] and the things that I got to do with Mick and obviously, the greatest story maybe ever told was me and Kane and I hold those in really high regard. But as far as storytelling, match quality and all of that, those four matches are probably I feel like four of my greatest matches."

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