6. Triple H Beats Shawn Michaels For The European Title
The European Title is not one of the most celebrated championships in WWE history. It had a decent run, but it's not really missed either. One of the better Euro Champs was the British Bulldog. Shawn Michaels won the title from him in England even though he didn't really need to. They needed to get the Euro Title off Shawn since he was the WWE Champion. On the December 22, 1997 edition of Raw, Michaels defended the Euro Title against his best friend and Degeneration X partner Triple H. It was set up by Commissioner Slaughter that was trying to cause tension between them since he didn't like them. It was a match that was a total joke as both guys did some excessive stretching at the start of it. After about a minute of doing nothing, they had a tie up in the center of the ring and Michaels fell flat on his back. Hunter ran the ropes four times and hit the worst splash ever. He covered Michaels to win the Euro Title. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVPe5VPLCac When the match was over, Jim Cornette ranted about it. Michaels oversold the loss by pretending to cry. It was notable because it was the same city where Michaels did his "lose my smile" speech with tears earlier in 1997.
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