On this date in WWF history: Shawn Michaels wins his first-ever WWF singles title
by Jesse Holland on Nov 8, 2011 10:01 AM EST
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PrintOn November 8, 1992, former "Rocker" Shawn Michaels, not even a year into his villainous heel turn, won his first-ever singles title under the WWF banner by defeating the British Bulldog during a taping of Saturday Night's Main Event.
It's just unfortunate it had to come with such an ugly finish.
Pinning Davey Boy Smith won him the Intercontinental Championship, a title he would hold two more times throughout his illustrious career.
Any "Heartbreak Kid" fans out there remember marking out for this win? Or were you cheering for the British Bulldog?
Be honest!
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sad.
I was so depressed when this happened. I hated HBK and Bulldog was my favourite. Typical 7 year old I guess. Bulldogs run was especially depressing, although it was never really in the cards…Bret sheds a lot of light on the situation in his book.
That finish was way less ugly than I expected after reading your description. At least it was clean.
Clean, but pretty damn ugly. Sad they never gave Davey Boy a WWF title run.
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by mountaineers101 on Nov 8, 2011 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
I think a better finish would have been
After Davey hits his back on the exposed turnbuckle and Michaels is across the opposite turnbuckle, instead of a superplex Davey should have tried his running powerslam but act as if his back hurts allowing Michaels to slip off and hit a Superkick as he turns around.
As a side I do miss the days when two guys could work an audience like these two. I’m not sure if it was just easier to do back then or if today’s wrestlers just don’t know how to for the most part. I also miss the style of wrestling where it’s enough to get the audience invested, but they’re not taking too many bumps or working stiff either.
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I think today’s wrestlers don’t work the audience like they used to. I don’t know if it’s because they don’t know how, or because the promoters tell them to put on brief, meaningless spotfests. There are and always have been workers who could hit spots and tell stories at the same time, but the stupid booking in WWE makes it difficult to pull that off.
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