"DX Member, Shawn Michaels"

**NeanderCarl** · 02-20-2007, 11:51 PM

I've kinda mentioned it in a few posts here and there, but am I the only one who feels that by being associated with the DX name heading into WrestleMania, Shawn Michaels really comes across as a weak challenger?

I mean, it's strange because he has been a headline solo act for well over a decade, yet seeing him in the green and black gear, with the DX Band music and TitanTron, and even being announced on the way to the ring as "DX Member, Shawn Michaels".... it all makes him come across as one half of a tag team. Since when has one half of a tag team ever challenged for the WWE title at a WrestleMania. An active, ongoing, regular tag team I mean, of course.

There can only be one of three reasons for keeping DX alive (with HBK wearing all the gear, coming out to the DX music and video and being announced as "DX member...", shilling the DVDs etc):

i) so Triple H can keep getting a nice paycheck while he's sat on the sidelines

ii) so Triple H can turn heel on his return, and betray HBK who kept DX alive for months only to have it thrown back in his face

iii) so the group stays hot for when Triple H returns.

All of those options revolve around the same person: Triple H. The man who isn't even active at the moment, for fucks sake.

This does not benefit Shawn Michaels (who apparently dislikes the DX angle anyway), it does not benefit WrestleMania (which is traditionally WWE's biggest money-spinning event of the year and thus all promotional activities, storylines and focus should be directed towards it at this time of year), and it will only serve to benefit WWE (if it even does) many months down the line, when the damage to both Shawn and WrestleMania has already been done.

With the "one half of DX" label attached, Michaels is made to look weak. In fact, to newer WWE marks, he is probably considered the weak link of DX anyway. That's no way to build up a credible main event for WrestleMania.

It may only be the tiniest minutiae in the grand scheme of creating a main event program, but often it's the little touches that make all the difference.

02-20-2007, 11:51 PM	#1
NeanderCarl That's Not My Name Posts: 9,086	"DX Member, Shawn Michaels" I've kinda mentioned it in a few posts here and there, but am I the only one who feels that by being associated with the DX name heading into WrestleMania, Shawn Michaels really comes across as a weak challenger? I mean, it's strange because he has been a headline solo act for well over a decade, yet seeing him in the green and black gear, with the DX Band music and TitanTron, and even being announced on the way to the ring as "DX Member, Shawn Michaels".... it all makes him come across as one half of a tag team. Since when has one half of a tag team ever challenged for the WWE title at a WrestleMania. An active, ongoing, regular tag team I mean, of course. There can only be one of three reasons for keeping DX alive (with HBK wearing all the gear, coming out to the DX music and video and being announced as "DX member...", shilling the DVDs etc): i) so Triple H can keep getting a nice paycheck while he's sat on the sidelines ii) so Triple H can turn heel on his return, and betray HBK who kept DX alive for months only to have it thrown back in his face iii) so the group stays hot for when Triple H returns. All of those options revolve around the same person: Triple H. The man who isn't even active at the moment, for fucks sake. This does not benefit Shawn Michaels (who apparently dislikes the DX angle anyway), it does not benefit WrestleMania (which is traditionally WWE's biggest money-spinning event of the year and thus all promotional activities, storylines and focus should be directed towards it at this time of year), and it will only serve to benefit WWE (if it even does) many months down the line, when the damage to both Shawn and WrestleMania has already been done. With the "one half of DX" label attached, Michaels is made to look weak. In fact, to newer WWE marks, he is probably considered the weak link of DX anyway. That's no way to build up a credible main event for WrestleMania. It may only be the tiniest minutiae in the grand scheme of creating a main event program, but often it's the little touches that make all the difference.