10 Wrestlers Who Didn't Know What To Do With Title Belts
6. Shawn Michaels (European Championship)
If you're of a certain age, thinking of Shawn Michaels' relatively brief stint with the European Championship in late-1997 is enough to make you seethe for longer than it took for 'HBK' himself to get bored of the belt.
Michaels was calling the tertiary title a "piece of tin" on television just days removed from talking Vince McMahon into going over Davey Boy Smith in England long after the British Bulldog had dedicated the match to his terminally ill sister. Convincing the Chairman that it'd get great heat and tee up a rematch in Manchester the following April, Michaels got what he wanted yet again before predictably moving right past that old toy and onto the next one.
Handing it off to Chyna half the time before almost literally doing the same in a pantomime job to best friend Triple H in December, Michaels' disdain for the strap completely devalued a prize that was still in its infancy. This was irrelevant to 'The Heartbreak Kid' - he'd avoided getting pinned once again, and that's all that mattered.