9 Forgotten Times Shawn Michaels Was Pinned

4. Vs. Tatanka - WWF Superstars Of Wrestling 1993

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Tatanka has pinned the Intercontinental Champion! Tatanka has pinned the Intercontinental Champion! Tatanka has pinned the Intercontinental Champion!

Luckily, this match took place in 1993 as opposed to 2013, and as such we don't have to hear Michael Cole screaming as though such a thing has never happened before. In fact, the only video footage of this match I can find is on YouTube, and comes with French commentary courtesy of Raymond Rougeau.

Tatanka pinned Shawn Michaels, then Intercontinental Champion, clean as a whistle way back in February 1993. Tatanka was steamrolling everything in his sight at the time, still undefeated in the company, and his victory led to a match between the two at WrestleMania IX.

The match aired on WWF Superstars of Wrestling, and needless to say this wasn't a stellar episode. The main event? Giant Gonzalez vs. Dan Farren, Louie Spiccoli, and Scott Bazo.

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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.