Thread: QUESTION - Should Shawn Michaels defeat Taker, win MITB, and then win the WWE title?
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Old 03-01-2010, 09:04 PM   #32
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I don't like this idea at all. I would have accepted Shawn Michaels in Money in the Bank if he didn't get his match with Taker, and the Dead Man was also World Heavyweight Champion or something. And I can understand how HBK beating The Undertaker could be that final nudge towards immortality on a grander scale for perhaps the greatest of all-time. But what you have suggested is just a bit too much, in my opinion.

1) Shawn Michaels ending The Undertaker's streak is enough. He has been obsessed with it to the point where even World Titles don't matter to him. I could understand HBK beating and then deciding he wants to be a champion; but the way it happens is a little too fast.

2) It makes whoever Shawn Michaels replaces looks like a little bitch. The only one I could see it happening with is Kane. HBK confronts him backstage after beating his brother, and then saying he did what he couldn't do. Kane just walks off, and HBK clips his leg with a lead pipe, or something, and then beats him down.

3) HBK winning Money in the Bank, even the way you have described it happening, makes everyone in the match look dumb, and makes HBK look like a bit of a fluke winner. No one is "made" by the match, which is what it is a perfect opportunity to do.

4) HBK winning a World Title (most likely the WWE Championship) would be cool, but it means we get John Cena's count boosted again for no reason at all. It might lead to a cool rematch on RAW, where Cena wins the title back; but it's just silly. It's giving a redundant amount to a guy who will at least be taking time off after WrestleMania.

5) After WrestleMania XXV, The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels made the WWE come to the realisation that they need to create new stars. Making WrestleMania the Shawn Michaels show x3 is going in an exact opposite direction of where they want to.

6) So HBK retires after he does this? Fucking stupid. He gets three wins at WrestleMania in one night, becomes the WWE Champion and ends The Undertaker's streak -- something NO ONE has been able to do in like 20 years. So HBK is like "Yeah, I don't have it anymore. See ya." Bullshit.

7) I would have no problem with HBK walking out of WrestleMania as the World Heavyweight Champion. Don't get me wrong. But they should have had him win the Royal Rumble and earn his title match. We could have been building up Shawn Michaels challenging The Undertaker since the Royal Rumble. HBK winning the World Heavyweight Title for the first time in 7+ years this way would be fine with me. But they took the WHT off The Undertaker for a reason. And they had HBK get the long, tired way to get here for a reason. The story here is Shawn Michaels is winding down -- not the best he has ever been in anyone's career ever.
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