10 Wrestling Messages Hidden In Plain Sight
6. Kliq 4 Life
The gesture of unity often shared by Diesel, Shawn Michaels, Razor Ramon, The 1-2-3 Kid and Hunter Hearst Helmsley rarely appeared on camera during the 1994-1996 period of the crew's locker room and on-screen dominance, mostly because their infamous friendship wasn't part of then-protected canon.
As evidenced by the punishment doled out to Triple H after the Madison Square Garden "Curtain Call", such acknowledgements weren't to be focused upon if they weren't in service of storylines or the characters. The only two from the group to hold the WWE Championship during that era did manage to give each other the nod during April's In Your House: Good Friends, Better Enemies though.
The show was the final resting place for 'Big Daddy Cool' and 'The Bad Guy' ahead of Kevin Nash and Scott Hall's move to WCW. In celebration and commiseration of the changes, Diesel and Shawn Michaels flashed the horns one last time during their entrances ahead of their incredible No Holds Barred main event.
It's the sort of thing that is already starting to feel draconian as pro wrestling continues to acknowledge friendships and even marriages that directly contradict the kayfabe lives of its performers, but the sign was more defiant there as any time it appeared on the other side of the curtain.