After rewatching the match...I'll go with ****1/4, MOTY for Raw (not sure if it was better then Jericho/HBK at Mania, but bleh.) and definately a great way to end a somewhat passe year. An awesome story with bits and pieces of intresting psychology (HBK's back injury, HHH's quad injury, etc.), crowd heat off the charts, and everyone getting that good old feeling of marking out when HBK "won" the title. Only thing I didn't care for was HBK chopping so much, but what are you gunna do? For a free match on TV, this was beyond awesome. 
  
I hope they have a rematch at Rumble...I might actually be intrested in the show. And this is coming from a Bret Hart fan, but damn I'm becoming a fan of HBK's by the day. He just keeps pulling out awesome matches since he came back. 
  
Edit: Is this also the first time there has been some type of MOTYC so close to the end of the year?