Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.
In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former WWF & World Heavyweight Champion, Shawn Michaels.
1988
- Twenty Men Survivor Series Elimination Match (Survivor Series) ***1/2
1989
- W/ Marty Jannetty vs. The Twin Towers (WrestleMania V) **
- W/ Jannetty & Tito vs. Rick Martel & Rougeau Brothers (SummerSlam) ***
- W/ The Warriors vs. The Heenan Family (Survivor Series) ***
1990
- W/ Marty Jannetty vs. The Orient Express (WrestleMania VI) ***
- W/ Marty Jannetty vs. Power and Glory (SummerSlam) ***
- W/ The Vipers vs. The Visionaries (Survivor Series) ***1/4
1991
- W/ Marty Jannetty vs. The Orient Express (Royal Rumble) ***3/4
- W/ Marty Jannetty vs. Haku & The Barbarian (WrestleMania VII) ***1/2
- W/ Marty & Bushwhackers vs. Nasty Boys & Beverly Brothers (Survivor Series) ***1/4
1992
- Vs. ‘El Matador’ Tito Santana (WrestleMania VIII) **1/2
- “No Hitting In The Face”: Vs. Rick Martel (SummerSlam) 1/2*
- Vs. Bret Hart – WWF Championship (Survivor Series) ****1/2
1993
- Vs. Marty Jannetty – WWF Intercontinental Championship (Royal Rumble) ****
- Vs. Tatanka – WWF Intercontinental Championship (WrestleMania IX) ***
- Vs. Crush – WWF Intercontinental Championship (King of the Ring) *3/4
- Vs. Mr. Perfect – WWF Intercontinental Championship (SummerSlam) ***
- W/ The Knights vs. The Hart Family (Survivor Series) **1/2
1994
- Ladder: Vs. Razor Ramon – WWF Intercontinental Championship (WrestleMania X) ****3/4
- W/ The Teamsters vs. The Bad Guys (Survivor Series) **
1995
- Vs. Diesel – WWF Championship (WrestleMania XI) ***1/4
- Vs. Kama (King of the Ring) **1/4
- Vs. Jeff Jarrett – WWF Intercontinental Championship (IYH 2: The Lumberjacks) ****1/2
- Ladder: Vs. Razor Ramon – WWF Intercontinental Championship (SummerSlam) *****
- Winners Take All: W/ Diesel vs. Yokozuna & The British Bulldog – WWF Tag Team, WWF IC & WWF World Championships (IYH 3: Triple Header) **3/4
- W/ Bulldog, Sid & Ahmed vs. Razor, Owen, Yokozuna & Douglas (Survivor Series) ***
1996
- Vs. Owen Hart (IYH 6: Rage in the Cage) ****
- Iron Man: Vs. Bret Hart – WWF Championship (WrestleMania XII) ****1/2
- No Holds Barred: Vs. Diesel – WWF Championship (IYH 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies) ****3/4
- Vs. The British Bulldog – WWF Championship (IYH 8: Beware of Dog) **1/2
- Vs. The British Bulldog – WWF Championship (King of the Ring) ****
- W/ Sid & Ahmed vs. Vader, Bulldog & Owen (IYH 9: International Incident) ***1/4
- Vs. Vader – WWF Championship (SummerSlam) ***3/4
- Vs. Mankind – WWF Championship (IYH 10: Mind Games) ****3/4
- Vs. Sycho Sid – WWF Championship (Survivor Series) ***1/2
1997
- Vs. Sycho Sid – WWF Championship (Royal Rumble) **
- Vs. Steve Austin (King of the Ring) ****
- Vs. The Undertaker (Ground Zero) ***3/4
- Vs. The British Bulldog – WWF European Championship (One Night Only) ****
- HIAC: Vs. The Undertaker (Badd Blood) *****
- Vs. Bret Hart – WWF Championship (Survivor Series) ***3/4
- Vs. Ken Shamrock – WWF Championship (D-Generation X) **
1998
- Casket: Vs. The Undertaker – WWF Championship (Royal Rumble) ***1/2
- Vs. Steve Austin – WWF Championship (WrestleMania XIV) **3/4
2002
- Unsactioned: Vs. Triple H (SummerSlam) *****
- Elimination Chamber Match – World Heavyweight Championship (Survivor Series) ****
- Three Stages of Hell: Vs. Triple H – World Heavyweight Championship (Armageddon) **
2003
- Vs. Chris Jericho (WrestleMania XIX) ****1/2
- W/ Booker & Nash vs. HHH, Flair & Jericho (Backlash) **3/4
- Vs. Ric Flair (Bad Blood) ***1/4
- Elimination Chamber Match – World Heavyweight Championship (SummerSlam) ***1/4
- Vs. Randy Orton (Unforgiven) ***1/4
- W/ Team Ausin vs. Team Bischoff (Survivor Series) ****1/4
- Vs. Batista (Armageddon) **3/4
2004
- Last Man Standing: Vs. Triple H – World Heavyweight Championship (Royal Rumble) ***1/2
- Vs. Triple H vs. Chris Benoit – World Heavyweight Championship (WrestleMania XX) *****
- Vs. Chris Benoit vs. Triple H – World Heavyweight Championship (Backlash) ****3/4
- HIAC: Vs. Triple H (Bad Blood) ***1/4
- No DQ: Vs. Kane (Unforgiven) ***1/2
- Vs. Triple H – World Heavyweight Championship (Taboo Tuesday) ***1/4
2005
- Vs. Edge (Royal Rumble) ***1/4
- Vs. Kurt Angle (WrestleMania 21) *****
- W/ Hulk Hogan vs. Muhammad Hassan & Daivari (Backlash) **
- Vs. Kurt Angle (Vengeance) ****1/2
- Vs. Hulk Hogan (SummerSlam) **1/2
- Vs. Chris Masters (Unforgiven) **3/4
- Vs. John Cena vs. Kurt Angle – WWE Championship (Taboo Tuesday) ***1/4
- W/ Team RAW vs. Team SmackDown (Survivor Series) ***1/4
2006
- Elimination Chamber Match – WWE Championship (New Year’s Revolution) ***
- No Holds Barred: Vs. Vince McMahon (WrestleMania 22) ***1/4
- W/ “God” Vs. Vince & Shane McMahon (Backlash) **3/4
- W/ Triple H vs. The Spirit Squad (Vengeance) **1/2
- W/ Triple H vs. Vince & Shane McMahon (SummerSlam) ***
- Handicap HIAC: W/ HHH vs. Big Show, Vince & Shane (Unforgiven) **3/4
- W/ Triple H vs. Rated-RKO (Cyber Sunday) ***
- W/ Team DX vs. Team Rated-RKO (Survivor Series) ***1/4
2007
- W/ Triple H vs. Rated-RKO – World Tag Team Championship (New Year’s Revolution) ***1/2
- W/ John Cena vs. Batista & The Undertaker (No Way Out) ***1/2
- Vs. John Cena – WWE Championship (WrestleMania 23) ****1/4
- Vs. John Cena vs. Edge vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (Backlash) ****1/4
- Vs. Randy Orton (Judgment Day) **
- Vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (Cyber Sunday) ***
- Vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (Survivor Series) ****1/2
- Vs. Mr. Kennedy (Armageddon) ***1/2
2008
- RAW’s Elimination Chamber Match (No Way Out) ***1/2
- Career Threatening: Vs. Ric Flair (WrestleMania XXIV) ****1/2
- Vs. Batista (Backlash) ***1/4
- Vs. Chris Jericho (Judgment Day) ****1/4
- Stretcher: Vs. Batista (One Night Stand) ***1/2
- Vs. Chris Jericho (The Great American Bash) ***3/4
- Unsactioned: Vs. Chris Jericho (Unfogiven) ****
- Ladder: Vs. Chris Jericho – World Heavyweight Championship (No Mercy) *****
- W/ Team HBK vs. Team JBL (Survivor Series) ***
2009
- Vs. JBL (No Way Out) **
- Vs. The Undertaker (WrestleMania XXV) *****
- W/ Triple H vs. The Legacy (SummerSlam) ****
- Submissions Count Anywhere: W/ Triple H vs. The Legacy (Breaking Point) ***
- HIAC: W/ Triple H vs. The Legacy (Hell in a Cell) ***1/2
- W/ Team RAW vs. Team SmackDown (Bragging Rights) ***1/4
- Vs. John Cena vs. Triple H – WWE Championship (Survivor Series) ***3/4
- TLC: W/ Triple H vs. JeriShow – Unified WWE Tag Team Championship (TLC) ***1/4
2010
- Career vs. Streak: Vs. The Undertaker (WrestleMania XXVI) *****
2018
- W/ Triple H vs. The Undertaker & Kane (Crown Jewel) **3/4
TOP FIVE
5. Triple H (SummerSlam 2002)
4. Kurt Angle (WrestleMania 21)
3. The Undertaker (WrestleMania XXV)
2. The Undertaker (WrestleMania XXVI)
1. The Undertaker (Badd Blood 1997)
Average rating per year
- 1988 – 3.5
- 1989 – 2.67
- 1990 – 3.08
- 1991 – 3.5
- 1992 – 2.5
- 1993 – 2.85
- 1994 – 3.38
- 1995 – 3.46
- 1996 – 3.89
- 1997 – 3.5
- 1998 – 3.13
- 2002 – 3.67
- 2003 – 3.43
- 2004 – 3.88
- 2005 – 3.31
- 2006 – 2.94
- 2007 – 3.56
- 2008 – 3.86
- 2009 – 3.47
- 2010 – 5
- 2018 – 2.75
Overall average rating
3.40/5
Don’t miss the next article here on Rating The Champ, looking back at former WWF/E Undisputed Champion, Hulk Hogan.