10 Things You Didn't Know About Shawn Michaels
5. Defeated The British Bulldog For Three Separate Titles
After defeating Bret Hart for the Intercontinental Championship in one of the greatest matches of all time at Summerslam ’92, the British Bulldog had finally captured the prestigious Intercontinental Title. A long, strong run with the belt was to follow, right? Wrong. Having been revealed to be on Human Growth Hormone, Bulldog was released from the WWF and dropped the IC Title to Shawn after just a 2 1/2 month reign.
Fast forward to 1997, Bulldog and Owen Hart were Tag Team Champions and doing wonders as a pairing. In order to further a larger story though, the belts were switched to the thrown-together duo of Steve Austin and, yep, Shawn Michaels.
Later that year, Bulldog had been crowned the first ever European Champion and was supposed to retain the belt against Shawn during a UK PPV. Smith even told his terminally-ill sister that the win was to be dedicated to her. Then came a classic case of Shawn being Shawn, with Michaels using his sway to needlessly win the title before then going on to drop it to pal Triple H in a mockery of a match.
Whether it was a shot at Bret, something more or just coincidence, Davey Boy Smith was always left lying when up against Shawn Michaels.