10 Most Pointless WWE Title Wins
3. Shawn Michaels Defeats Davey Boy Smith
Shawn Michaels utilised his political stroke at the peak of his locker room unpopularity to wrestle away the European Title away from Davey Boy Smith in Birmingham, England despite the Bulldog dedicating his expected win to his cancer-ridden sister.
Suggesting that he could return the favour when WWE presented an April 1998 in Manchester, despised heel Michaels and his future D-Generation-X accomplices Triple H, Chyna and Ravishing Rick Rude delivered a vicious beating to Bulldog's knee, forcing the Brit to pass out in the pain of a figure four leglock.
The victory began the systematic destruction of the title, which had maintained a semblance of lustre wrapped around the waist of Davey Boy.
He suited the title as it suited him, with the belt's finest hour becoming its darkest after their 22-minute battle.
After such an emotional victory, Michaels considered the belt nothing more than a toy, even condescendingly mocking it at the very next pay-per-view in his pre-match promo before his Hell in a Cell war against The Undertaker.
Handing it to Triple H in a comedy match in December, Shawn barely defended the title, especially after he became the WWE Champion following November's Montreal Screwjob.