3. Sid Attacks Shawn Michaels
Date: April 3rd WrestleMania 11 was a bad night for Shawn Michaels. He challenged Diesel for the big man's WWF Title in the show's main event, but was unsuccessful. His bodyguard, Sid, had accidentally distracted Earl Hebner after Michaels hit Diesel with Sweet Chin Music, which allowed for Diesel to recover and win the match with a Jackknife Powerbomb. The following night, during an in-ring interview, Michaels told Sid that he was giving him the night off at the next pay-per-view, and Sid took great offense to that. After yelling that Michaels can't give him the night off, he attacked Shawn from behind, hitting him with three Powerbombs. Just like that, Michaels was a face, and he had a brand new monster coming after him. It was a well done segment, and it was memorable because of how quickly it happened. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi5geLcu9hY As mentioned earlier, Sid had only returned to the company six weeks earlier, and now, the duo had already split up. It helped to give Sid his biggest push yet, as he would really live up to the "Sycho" part of his new name, and it would certainly help to give Michaels his biggest push yet, with his scrappy underdog status being cemented. Difficult to ask for much more than that from a team split.
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