9 Worst Abuses Of Creative Control In Wrestling

9. Shawn Michaels At One Night Only 1997

Shawn Michaels was - allegedly - guilty of flexing his creative muscles twice in the run up to his European Title match with The British Bulldog at Birmingham's One Night Only in September 1997.

First, it was reportedly the 'Heartbreak Kid's lobbying that saw his match - a secondary title bout, albeit one featuring the home-country hero - get the main event billing, ahead of Bret Hart's WWF Championship defence against The Undertaker (which, no Brits or not, was perhaps still the bigger pay-per-view draw).

Despite, according to reports, being assured he would win, Bulldog then suffered the indignity of a loss on his home turf after Michaels apparently refused to do the job. A little childish, true, but try and find a better heel performance anywhere this side of 2000.