Shawn Michaels vs. Diesel (WWF - 4/28/1996)

This is probably the premier example of Good Shawn, where his over-the-top bumping and selling get his opponent and the match over rather than putting the attention on himself at their expense. Of course, the Hogan match at Summerslam is Exhibit A for Bad Shawn. Diesel strangling Shawn over the top rope with the referee’s belt and ripping off Mad Dog Vachon’s prosthetic leg to use as a weapon come across as shocking even today. I ended up preferring the Bret match at Survivor Series, but either is a reasonable pick for Kevin Nash’s best singles match. Both matches show that Nash is at his best in a no-DQ environment with plenty of smoke and mirrors and an opponent who can keep things interesting when he goes into plodding Michael Myers mode on offense.