HBK losing his smile?

**Loose Cannon** · 05-08-2005, 10:54 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.

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."

**Pepsi Man** · 06-01-2005, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Loose Cannon

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.

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, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Pepsi Man

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, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Zen v.W.o.

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, 11:15 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, 11:19 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.

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05-08-2005, 10:54 PM	#1
Loose Cannon I'm all there is Posts: 31,811	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. 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."

06-01-2005, 11:15 AM	#5
Zen v.W.o. GO HABS GO! Posts: 4,018	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.

06-01-2005, 11:19 AM	#6
Pepsi Man Posts: 15,983	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.