00:00If you're looking for one of the most inspirational stories in WWE history, look no further than that of the heartbreak kid, Shawn Michaels.
00:09At WrestleMania 14, HBK was forced into retirement due to a severe back injury.
00:15Four years later, a vicious attack in the parking lot left HBK injured.
00:19It was you, Hunter.
00:22You're damn right it was me, Shawn.
00:25They say I'll be 100%.
00:28100% by, say, SummerSlam.
00:39Shawn Michaels has not wrestled in over four years.
00:44I didn't know physically where I was at.
00:47We locked up and did like two or three things.
00:50And I remember going like, buddy, you are fine.
00:53Let's go.
00:54Michaels off the top rope.
00:56Move, Michaels!
00:58Oh, the game, my God.
00:59My God, what a backbreaker.
01:00No, no!
01:02Michaels helpless, hanging upside down.
01:05Triple H versus Shawn.
01:06How could you go wrong?
01:08I think these are two of the best wrestlers of their generation.
01:11Shawn Michaels putting his life on the line.
01:15God, the carnage.
01:18What a match.
01:19You would have never guessed Shawn Michaels had been off for four years.
01:21It was really incredible.
01:23Shawn Michaels.
01:24Oh, for the love of God, to the elbow.
01:28I remember thinking so many times during that match, this is unbelievable.
01:33Thinking like, but has he been training the whole time?
01:35I don't understand how he can be this good.
01:37Bang!
01:38No!
01:39It's blocked!
01:40I thought he had it!
01:40It was blocked!
01:41Oh, no!
01:42That's a ring!
01:43My God!
01:43No!
01:44No!
01:44Michaels!
01:45But I'm up!
01:46Will it be?
01:46Can it be?
01:47Yeah!
01:48Yes!
01:49HBK!
01:50My God!
01:51HBK!
01:53It was mind-boggling.
01:55Still to this day, I look back on that.
01:56It's one of the greatest performances I've ever seen.
01:59In 25 years, I've never seen as much courage!
02:03The better part of the early 2000s had been dominated by the cerebral assassin, Triple H.
02:10They all bow down to the king.
02:14Triple H had been at the top of this industry for years.
02:18But one superstar who wasn't impressed with the accolades of the king of kings was, of course, John Cena.
02:24There's one thing that I got that you don't.
02:29I got this.
02:30Cena had reached an elite level, headed into the showcase of the immortals, face an opponent unlike any other.
02:37I don't think John Cena can out-wrestle Triple H here tonight.
02:42Up until this point, Triple H was like one of those people that when you think of WWE, you think of Triple H.
02:48And then in comes this new talent, and John Cena being the forefront of that.
02:53It was the beginning of the divine.
02:56Triple H is a cool wrestler.
02:58They don't root against him.
02:59Every single one of these fans are into this match, whether they're into the game, or whether they're into John Cena.
03:05So now, the line is drawn.
03:08This is an amazing atmosphere.
03:10Though he had been the champion already, this was the first time that the company had said, you're our guy.
03:17God, these two men are tough.
03:20Don't believe it!
03:21Cena made the game submit!
03:23I don't think anybody in that building thought I would tap out, and that's what this business is about.
03:29I remember being there, listening to the buzz in the crowd, and being able to actually, like, feel the atmosphere.
03:36You saw the passing of the torch, in a way, to John Cena to lead this new charge heading into the future.
03:43Ladies and gentlemen, we'll never forget this night!
03:46We'll never forget this night!
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