10 Ridiculous Ways WWE Champions Lost Their Titles
9. Shawn Michaels Lays Down For Triple H
What a couple of elite tier d*ckheads Shawn Michaels and Triple H really were by the end of 1997.
Endless fawning D-Generation X documentaries would have it that this sort of patter was vital to the initial success of the group, but the nugget of truth in that still doesn't really justify the flaming hot sh*ts they dropped on everybody around them at the time. And it's worth remembering that when Steptoe & Son themselves are trying to play nice guy coaches on NXT, too.
Just months earlier, Shawn Michaels had fiddled The British Bulldog out of a home country win he'd already dedicated to his dying sister by suggesting there was money in the rematch the following April. It's amazing Vince McMahon bought the sh*t he was selling yet again, because 'HBK' himself clearly didn't.
Within weeks of securing the token European Championship, he had his eyes fixed on the top prize. When he had that, the token title was just extra hand luggage. Passing it over to his DX partner was a cute way to beat the system, but more than oceans separated the start and end of this troubled and tumultuous reign.