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5 Classic WWE, ECW and WCW matches to watch during social distancing

By Christopher Jeter

LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 08: WWE personalities Shawn Michaels (L) and Triple H throw glow sticks into the crowd at a news conference announcing the WWE Network at the 2014 International CES at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas on January 8, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The network will launch on February 24, 2014 as the first-ever 24/7 streaming network, offering both scheduled programs and video on demand. The USD 9.99 per month subscription will include access to all 12 live WWE pay-per-view events each year. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 3,200 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 150,000 attendees. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 08: WWE personalities Shawn Michaels (L) and Triple H throw glow sticks into the crowd at a news conference announcing the WWE Network at the 2014 International CES at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas on January 8, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The network will launch on February 24, 2014 as the first-ever 24/7 streaming network, offering both scheduled programs and video on demand. The USD 9.99 per month subscription will include access to all 12 live WWE pay-per-view events each year. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 3,200 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 150,000 attendees. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /
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Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H- Unsanctioned Street Fight (SummerSlam 2002)

Again, much like the previous match, it’s weird hearing the announcers – Jim Ross and Jerry “The King” Lawler in this case – talk about how WWE “wanted nothing to do” with this bout considering it aired on their PPV, but that nitpick feels insignificant when revisiting this instant classic.

This was Shawn Michaels’ first match since retiring in 1998 due to a back injury and from the opening bell, it became clear that HBK barely lost a step. He and Triple H kept the story uncomplicated – Helmsley pulverized Michaels’ back for a significant portion of the match – and within that simplicity, these two put together a nearly perfect blood war.

Sure, you could argue that Michaels didn’t get enough offense in against his opponent (though that could be explained away with either ring rust or that the onslaught he delivered made up for all the selling he did) or that the finish didn’t quite match the intensity of the feud (it was a great finish, however, and the crowd came unglued for it), but there’s little to complain about outside of that.

Michaels and Helmsley met in five more singles matches after this – each more self-serving and masturbatory than the last – but this one represented the peak of their lengthy feud.

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