Shawn Michaels vs. The British Bulldog (9/20/97) (1/2)

Shawn Michaels goes one on one with The British Bulldog for the European Championship at One Night Only.

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• HBK
• Shawn
• Michaels
• British
• Bulldog
• One
• Nighht
• Only
• DX
• HHH
• Chyna
• Hart
• Foundation
• Heel
• Degeneration
• Championship
• European

[perreo2209]

Shawn was in such tremendous shape at dat time!!!

[Taylorslade123]

This was one of the biggest examples of ego power-playing by Michaels. This was on Pay-per-view in the UK, Canada and other European countries, but only available to the US on VHS at a later date, so had Bulldog won like it was agreed long in advance it would not of had much impact on HBK's or DX's US image. The beatdown was certainly uncalled for. Wrestling is a work, yes but Smith was a HUGE star in the UK and to his fans, Bulldog never lost in the UK, it was against wrestling law. RIP big man

[TheChaserofSouls]

@1932Brownies Like who? The 90's guys weren't that great.

[1932Brownies]

@TheChaserofSouls I just said it didn't compare to the 90's. As in the 90's was far more crowded with talent and superstars than now. There is no way HBK would have been held back.

[1932Brownies]

@TheChaserofSouls These guys were midcards because of superstars like Hogan, Flair, Warrior, Macho Man, Dibiase, Slaughter, Yoko and Sid. Now that is an insane amount of star power.

[1932Brownies]

@TheChaserofSouls Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, Owen Hart, Curt Henning, The British Bulldog, HBK, Marty Jannety, Scott Hall, Jeff Jaret, The Dynamite Kid, and others I am sure.

[TheChaserofSouls]

@1932Brownies And now you're getting what im saying. If HBK were in their debut time period, he would have been held back.

[1932Brownies]

@TheChaserofSouls I never said they were not. They are definitely talented. However this talent does not compare to the talent pool of the early nineties.

[TheChaserofSouls]

@1932Brownies Look at Kingston, Morrison, Ziggler, Barrett & Rhodes. You're saying that none of them are talented?

[1932Brownies]

@TheChaserofSouls The talent pool back in the late 80's and early 90's was amazing.  If he would debut today with all his talents he would be over and champ within two years tops!

[1932Brownies]

@TheChaserofSouls This is simply because he didn't think he would sell as well. Look at these guys today, none of them are going to need 8 years of experience to get the belt.