26 Times Wrestling Titles Have Been Disrespected

Many things about Shawn Michaels' run with the European Title didn't sit well with many.

Firstly, he used his sway to book himself into defeating Davey Boy Smith for the belt during a UK-only PPV. Bulldog was initially supposed to win, and had even told his terminally ill sister (who was in attendance) that he would be winning for her, until Michaels changed the result 30 minutes before the match.

After the match, Bulldog was beaten down in front of his family and Michaels would proceed to even say hello to them as he walked past them on the way to the back. Michaels was well above the European Title level at this point and this victory was merely a way to take a shot at Bret Hart, with Davey being Bret's brother-in-law.

When it came to dropping the belt to Triple H, it was built up as if D-Generation X were at breaking point. In a mockery of a match, HBK would allow Hunter to pin him and all would be well again the world of D-X.

Shawn politicking himself into winning the European Title was absolutely classless, but the way he lost the gold was massively disrespectful. Of course, years later Shawn would find God and so all of this stuff was then deemed "okay"...