Test never recovered from Triple H stealing his spot and storyline wife in 1999, but had done enough in the time that followed to warrant the odd perfunctory singles push every few months. A WrestleMania dud with Eddie Guerrero did little to help his argument for the next one, though.
The two didn't mesh at all during their eight minute European Championship battle, made most obvious by a badly botched spot in the middle of the match in which Test found himself trapped upside down in the ropes.
Neither the referee nor Eddie could free his trapped foot for what felt like an eternity - made worse by the audible collective laugh from the crowd when 'Latino Heat' fell through the gap between the top and middle strand. It was the lone low (and high) light of the entire encounter.
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