10 Worst Simultaneous WWE Heavyweight Champions
8. The Big Show (WWE) & Shawn Michaels (World) - 2002
The good will felt almost entirely isolated to the hallowed halls of Madison Square Garden when a Shawn Michaels unexpectedly scooped a final World Title win in the second of his two impactful 2002 return efforts at November's Survivor Series.
It was easy to be cynical - despite these strong showings, Michaels' comeback wasn't yet fleshed out as the real deal, and the glad-handing of Raw's top prize between Triple H and his best buddy (at the expense of a roster 'The Game' had started to systematically destroy at the time) overpowered their programme in the end.
SmackDown was at least a welcome distraction to some of the horsesh*t on Raw. Astutely penned by Paul Heyman and his team, the blue brand offered up slabs of banter so broad that Vince McMahon was too heart-eyed to notice the quality pro wrestling taking place elsewhere under his banner. Brock Lesnar was front and centre of the uprising, but his undefeated streak's termination at the typewriter-hands of The Big Show felt entirely unearned.
'The Beast' was working hurt and needed babyfacing before WrestleMania the following year, but (as with 'HBK's own reemergence on the same show), thinking about the future shouldn't have (yet again) involved visions of the distant past.