10 Things You Didn't Know About Shawn Michaels
6. The Rockers Phantom Tag Title Win
During the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, the WWF tag team scene was crammed full of talent like The Hart Foundation, The British Bulldogs, Demolition, The Brainbusters and, of course, The Rockers. Officially The Rockers never won the Tag Team Championships, although they kinda did.
Having defeated The Hart Foundation on a taping of Saturday Night’s Main Event, The Rockers were the new Tag Champs. The actual reason for the title switch was that Jim Neidhart hadn’t signed a new contract and was leaving the WWF. During the match a rope broke, Anvil promptly re-signed soon after, and as such the title switch was declared void with the broken rope used as the perfect excuse, keeping the belts on The Hart Foundation.
Partner Marty Jannetty tells a different story, though, claiming that the titles were taken back off The Rockers after an incident on a flight. Supposedly one passenger was annoyed by the batch of wrestlers on said flight, and so Shawn Michaels randomly put faeces down the back of the guy’s shirt. Classy. It turned out that the guy in question was part of a gnarly gang and actually planned to shoot some of the wrestlers, leading to his arrest and much ho-ha for Vince McMahon. Well, that’s Marty’s story anyway.