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John la Rock
05-08-2005, 09:33 PM
someone please explain the story behind this
Loose Cannon
05-08-2005, 09:45 PM
ERRRRRRR
Loose Cannon
05-08-2005, 09:54 PM
HBK didn't want to job his Title to Bret Hart at Mania. So he said he was "injured" to Vince aka "lost his smile" to the fans. He then came back like a little while later at Summerslam and everything was fine again with him. :nono:

Bret had an idea where HBK would job at Mania when Bret got him in a killer submission and snapped his ankle. Bret wouldn't shake his hand or show any kind of remorse to him. Fans would booo. Shawn would come back and take the Title. Then they would do a tag thing. HBK said it was cool. Then he did the interview about "losing his smile."
Loose Cannon
05-09-2005, 11:28 AM
45 views huh?

I bet some of those views were HBK marks. You were ashamed weren't you:cool:
McLegend
05-09-2005, 11:38 AM
No I'm proud of HBK.
Chavo Classic
05-20-2005, 04:49 PM
in other words, he was being a little bitch.
The Lone Drinker
05-21-2005, 05:41 AM
HBK almost didn't job to Austin at Wrestlemania until The Undertaker punked him out.....

Check this story out.

From http://www.armpitwrestling.com

Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels, 1998

Austin, McMahon, Undertaker and Michaels were in a meeting with other officials planning the WWE's strategy going forward.

Apparently, leading up to WMXIV, the idea was for HBK to drop the strap to Austin, which HBK initially rejected.

At this point Undertaker began to tape his fists methodically. The Deadman told HBK that it was advisable that he, HBK, change his mind about doing the job by the time that he, Undertaker, finished taping his fists or he will MAKE HBK change his mind the hard way.
Savio
05-21-2005, 12:52 PM
I have a video of this somewhere.
hb2k
06-01-2005, 07:56 AM
Shawn Michaels may have been the best in-ring performer in the world in his prime. But man was he a pain in the ass.

As has been said, HBK claimed the knee injury and did the promo vacating the belt to get out of dropping the title back to Bret Hart at Mania. He claimed the knee injury was a career ender, and when he went to get it looked at by a doctor, he was told that the injury was SO severe, that it didn't even require surgery to heal.
Extreme Angle
06-01-2005, 09:15 AM
will you post the video?
Pepsi Man
06-01-2005, 10:03 AM
HBK didn't want to job his Title to Bret Hart at Mania. So he said he was "injured" to Vince aka "lost his smile" to the fans. He then came back like a little while later at Summerslam and everything was fine again with him. :nono:

Bret had an idea where HBK would job at Mania when Bret got him in a killer submission and snapped his ankle. Bret wouldn't shake his hand or show any kind of remorse to him. Fans would booo. Shawn would come back and take the Title. Then they would do a tag thing. HBK said it was cool. Then he did the interview about "losing his smile."
In fact, Shawn was back a bit earlier than that. He won the Tag Title alongside Stone Cold Steve Austin in late May and went on to wrestle Steve at the 1997 King of the Ring.

Shawn then did something to breech his WWF contract (I can't think at the moment whether that was just missing an appearance or what.), only to return a couple of weeks later.

I believe there was speculation that Shawn wanted to get out of his WWF contract so that he could join his friends Scott Hall and Kevin Nash in WCW.
Zen v.W.o.
06-01-2005, 10:07 AM
In fact, Shawn was back a bit earlier than that. He won the Tag Title alongside Stone Cold Steve Austin in late May and went on to wrestle Steve at the 1997 King of the Ring.

Shawn then did something to breech his WWF contract (I can't think at the moment whether that was just missing an appearance or what.), only to return a couple of weeks later.

I believe there was speculation that Shawn wanted to get out of his WWF contract so that he could join his friends Scott Hall and Kevin Nash in WCW.


Yep there was that. I'm not sure if that tied in with Bret beating him backstage in Hartford though. Happened in June. They both got pulled from that raw and sent home, but HBK said he wouldnt be coming back.
Pepsi Man
06-01-2005, 10:09 AM
Yep there was that. I'm not sure if that tied in with Bret beating him backstage in Hartford though. Happened in June. They both got pulled from that raw and sent home, but HBK said he wouldnt be coming back.
I believe it did indeed stem from that incident.
Zen v.W.o.
06-01-2005, 10:15 AM
Yeah, pretty sure of it. The fact they had to strip the tag titles soon after and place it on Dude Love along with Austin nails it. Why else would they do that if not due to more negotiating and squabbles with HBK.
Pepsi Man
06-01-2005, 10:19 AM
Funnily enough, Shawn was back before the Tag Team Title Match, and there was even speculation (albeit maybe purely markish) that Shawn would be Steve's chosen partner.
redoneja
06-01-2005, 03:24 PM
Hmmm........so now do you see where Triple H learned backstage politics from?
Loose Cannon
06-01-2005, 08:24 PM
Mania was in March. Shawn came back after, not before that. He did announcing at Mania 13.
Pepsi Man
06-02-2005, 12:20 AM
Mania was in March. Shawn came back after, not before that. He did announcing at Mania 13.
By "before that", I meant before SummerSlam.
iwantviral
08-03-2005, 01:19 AM
triple h learned backstage politics by kissing hbk's ass