God Bless Shawn Michaels

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Originally Posted by Fox Maybe you just don't get it. HBK's over-hamming every one of Hogan's moves is pretty much an insult. He's turning the whole contest into a cartoon, and in a way, making fun of Hogan's moveset by completely overselling some of his best moves, like the punch to the face. Even if some of the fans didn't "get it," Hogan definitely knew what Shawn was doing.

I think most people on this site got what Shawn was doing. It's the same as someone letting their opponent completely squash them, trying to make the match look bad, because they didn't want to do the job. I can't think of any recent examples, but it does happen.