November 1st, 2005
John Cena (c) vs. Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels - WWE Championship Match
This is an interesting one. Kurt and Shawn are each other’s self indulged worst nightmare for me. Them together has never struck me like it has for others. John Cena is clearly the best part of this. They go through the expected formula for a triple threat title match here as they do the isolate the champion routine. Angle and Michaels do stuff so the middle sucks. Cena comes firing back with an awesome comeback. It’s interesting, though because this is the time where people are starting to turn on Cena so lots of boos during his epic comeback. Crazy dive from HBK to break this thing up. Angle ends up isolating Cena in the ring with the ankle lock. Shawn breaks it up and Cena manages to recover, FU him and get the three count all while selling the ankle. Pretty great work from John boy here completely outshining his elders. An early small glimmering sign that he would surpass both of them legacy wise.
Match rating - **3/4
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