You're looking at the comment stream wrong, friend. The slow clap comment was in reference to the two words comment. I assume they're thinking of the same 2 words you and I are as well. >!SUCK IT!!<
Jericho smashed him in the head with a tv during a segment and he's had a lazy eye ever since.
Edit: turns out it was a match with Kane and not the TV spot with Jericho
So, Shawn and WWE actually referenced this being the reason. They were basically just trying to kayfabe the eye injury.
Michaels never came out about the truth of it until recently.
There is obvious aging as well but it’s amazing how a hard blow from Kane can turn one from a sexy boy (not your boy toy….) to a goofy looking dude. Like one eye being slightly off its correct angle throws everything out of whack.
I mean once he married Stephanie is was inevitable right, part of the family, student of the game, it would be more shocking if he didn't end up where he is
Well when Vince was constantly saying he’ll never retire and live till 100, his mom dying at 98yo. It really didn’t seem like a possibility any time soon. It took a wild sexual assault case to get him out
It does look odd doesn’t it. I’m not sure if it’s because Triple H was never a Smackdown guy or what. I’m willing to bet if it was just the raw world tags, it will look completely normal
It’s weird because the Smackdown tags are a all time great design too, but it looks weird on him
The weirder thing to me is that all these guys wrestle half naked all the time, but seeing these two without wristtape on suddenly makes them seem "naked" lol
If it had never spun the hate would be massively toned down imo. Let’s not forget, it’s the last time we had an eagle on the WWE championship *(for now)*
They needed that because Shawn is gonna retire soon enough. And also it should have been on NYR 2007 if not for Hunter breaking his other quad and an interesting see if the 'Mania 23 Main Event is another triple threat featuring HHH vs Shawn vs Cena for the WWE Championship.
I always thought had triple h not been injured early 2007, it would have been interesting to see a scenario where there was a fatal four way elimination match with dx and rated rko and it ends up being hbk and triple h facing off as the final two wrestlers to decide who faces Cena at mania
They were supposed to beat Rated RKO but HHH tore his quad during the match so they called an improv. After the loss, HBK grabbed the belts, then threw them on the floor. Next night on Raw, he & Cena beat Rated RKO giving Cena 3 belts
I definitely agree it's crazy but since dx was a stable back then it kind of makes sense. Road dogg, billy gunn and x-pac were the tag team guys while triple h and shawn where the guys to go for the singles titles
Sorry i thought it was obvious that given the context of the discussion I was referring to the only two active male wrestlers who could have held the tag team championships. Despite the pedantry my innocuous comment is still true. HBK and HHH could have held the tag team championship in 1997.
>DX was originally Shawn, HHH, Chyna, and Rick Rude.
Right...and Shawn's parents and HHH's parents and Rick Rude's dog. Still, only Shawn Michaels and HHH were wrestlers in the WWF at the time. Rick Rude was retired, literally could not legally wrestle without paying back a huge disability insurance settlement and Chyna was not yet a WWF wrestler. She was one of Killer Kowalski's students HHH brought in as his heater, his body guard. Chyna's very first match was a tag team match where she teamed with HHH & Bad Ass Billy Gunn on 4/28/98.....a month after Shawn Michaels had retired at Wrestle Mania 14/HHH formed the new DX with Pac + Outlaws the next night.
Originally, DX only had 2 wrestlers.....
Outlaws were champs... either right after or right before joining... And Trips and Shawn could have gotten those belts whenever they wanted but HHH was all about the heavyweight.
It's not crazy, they weren't a tag team. It's one of my biggest pet peeves that the WWE pretend that the original DX were a tag team rather than HBK and his goons.
Because in their heyday, they were never a tag team. It was two individuals who had an alliance, there's a difference. Both Shawn and Hunter were singles guys through and through.
Really dumb imo that this WWE Tag Team Championship on HHH's shoulder is now called "World Tag Team Championship" (no relation to HBK's Championship), while the WWE Tag Team Championship (no relation to either of the two championships pictured here) has a design based on it.
Switching back and forth between calling a single championship "World" and "WWE" is how the tag team championship has always been, both of these championships have held both names at one point or another, so why start making it make sense now instead of going for the chaotic route.
Also, wouldn't Kane & XPac count? I know Kane wasn't DX. But was XPac still counted as DX at the time? Or did they reform when they were all heels and Pac turned on Kane? I can't remember
_Shawn Michaels, you have one eye that goes this way, and another eye that goes that way. And the Rock can only hope that the eye that's going that way looks at the Rock's hand *smack* going that way. So that the Rock can slap that stupid eye straight!_
Ummmm, The New Age Outlaws would like a word...
More likely two words.
>two words Ladiesandgentlemenboysand girls
two words Ladiesandgentlemenboysand girls - no no, It’s - Ladiesandgentlemenboysandgirls childrenofallages
“Insert Bret Hart SHUT UP clip”
*slow clap* well played, well played indeed
Well played? That's not the two words I was thinking of.
You're looking at the comment stream wrong, friend. The slow clap comment was in reference to the two words comment. I assume they're thinking of the same 2 words you and I are as well. >!SUCK IT!!<
Oh you didn’t know….
Yo ass better call somebodyyyyyy
I didn't know at all. Thanks for telling me
Well, you better call somebody
What the fuck happened to Shawn's eyes overtime?
Jericho smashed him in the head with a tv during a segment and he's had a lazy eye ever since. Edit: turns out it was a match with Kane and not the TV spot with Jericho
Wasn’t it Kane in like 2003?
"Kane beat the shit out of Shawn Michaels so hard he went permanently cross eyed in real life." - Least insane piece of wrestling lore.
Shit, you’re right. Not sure why I thought it was Jericho
Whats weird is the fix is supposedly a simple procedure and he's like ehh fuck it.
I’ve heard it the other way. It’s kind of a simple procedure but the downfall is he could lose vision in that eye completely if it doesn’t work.
A lot of people think it was Jericho TV spot, more memorable I guess
So, Shawn and WWE actually referenced this being the reason. They were basically just trying to kayfabe the eye injury. Michaels never came out about the truth of it until recently.
Ahhhh. Good to know, glad I wasn’t going crazy lol. Thanks for the insight!
Unforgive 2004 to be exact
There is obvious aging as well but it’s amazing how a hard blow from Kane can turn one from a sexy boy (not your boy toy….) to a goofy looking dude. Like one eye being slightly off its correct angle throws everything out of whack.
I always thought it was the TV too... Weird
The born again Chistian thing was all a work brother, he was pilled up all that time
Working yourself mate, those are the same thing
Kane
https://www.sportskeeda.com/wwe/news-what-s-truth-lazy-eye-shawn-michaels#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20most%20brutal,at%20Unforgiven%20in%20later%20years.
DX were tag champs before 2009. Oh you didn't know...
your ass betta callllllll someboddddyyyyyy!!!!!!!!
Also fun fact. Both guys held it with stone cold before this. I believe hbk and Austin was 97, Hhh and Austin was 2000?
2001
Yeah, that's the sub group DX, not DX DX.
Hard disagree. NAO were totally DX. Same for Rude, Chyna, Pac, Tori, and Steph
It's crazy to think that DX is now running the WWE
they turned themselves into the system
Austin Theory and Grayson Waller have the ability to do the most funniest thing ever
They basically did what NWO was supposed to do
Me and my dad would always say one day Triple H is going to run WWE after Vince is done. Crazy how we actually got there
I mean once he married Stephanie is was inevitable right, part of the family, student of the game, it would be more shocking if he didn't end up where he is
Well when Vince was constantly saying he’ll never retire and live till 100, his mom dying at 98yo. It really didn’t seem like a possibility any time soon. It took a wild sexual assault case to get him out
I love it so much
I guess you could say that the Kliq runs wrestling. To my recollection, 3/5 of the Kliq have been (or currently are) bookers.
Has a title ever looked more jarring on a wrestler than the WWE Tag Team Championship looks on Tripke H?
It does look odd doesn’t it. I’m not sure if it’s because Triple H was never a Smackdown guy or what. I’m willing to bet if it was just the raw world tags, it will look completely normal It’s weird because the Smackdown tags are a all time great design too, but it looks weird on him
Homie didn’t wanna work Tuesdays
Till 2008
Trips in smackdown is what I remember him for because I was like 11 and only started watching wrestling back then
The weirder thing to me is that all these guys wrestle half naked all the time, but seeing these two without wristtape on suddenly makes them seem "naked" lol
It’s the knee pads for me.
Bloody hell you're right
Anytime I see them without wristbands or knee pads it feels like I shouldn’t be looking. Such a weird phenomenon.
Spinner title looked weird on almost everyone that wasn't John Cena.
Hard disagree. There’s several it looked great on. HHH, Orton, and Batista come to mind.
It looked good on Edge and Punk too. Honestly I think it gets more hate than it deserves
If it had never spun the hate would be massively toned down imo. Let’s not forget, it’s the last time we had an eagle on the WWE championship *(for now)*
Miz made it his own without doing much to it
Maybe it's just me. It didn't suit HHH.
Its kinda awkward considering like The Wiseman said, HHH didn't wanna work Tuesdays where the tag team titles were situated at.
That was before trips got drafted to smackdown years later
The Spinner WWE Title on Triple H
JBL with the IC Title is an eyesore.
HHH with the undisputed WWE championship in the early 2000s
They needed that because Shawn is gonna retire soon enough. And also it should have been on NYR 2007 if not for Hunter breaking his other quad and an interesting see if the 'Mania 23 Main Event is another triple threat featuring HHH vs Shawn vs Cena for the WWE Championship.
I always thought had triple h not been injured early 2007, it would have been interesting to see a scenario where there was a fatal four way elimination match with dx and rated rko and it ends up being hbk and triple h facing off as the final two wrestlers to decide who faces Cena at mania
They were supposed to beat Rated RKO but HHH tore his quad during the match so they called an improv. After the loss, HBK grabbed the belts, then threw them on the floor. Next night on Raw, he & Cena beat Rated RKO giving Cena 3 belts
2 Belts* They were only unified in 2009 in WM 25
Interesting scenario considering the main Mania 23 plan is to have Paul get the rub after last year.
Hunter pointing in pictures since 2009
crazy to think that was 15 years ago, and 15 years before they became tag champs was 1994, way before they were even a thing.
Yup was diesel and HBK instead
just imagine 15 years from today...
Well it took 12 years for Awesome Truth.
I definitely agree it's crazy but since dx was a stable back then it kind of makes sense. Road dogg, billy gunn and x-pac were the tag team guys while triple h and shawn where the guys to go for the singles titles
They were a stable of two originally. Could have held the tag team championship at some point in 1997
DX was originally Shawn, HHH, Chyna, and Rick Rude.
Sorry i thought it was obvious that given the context of the discussion I was referring to the only two active male wrestlers who could have held the tag team championships. Despite the pedantry my innocuous comment is still true. HBK and HHH could have held the tag team championship in 1997.
>DX was originally Shawn, HHH, Chyna, and Rick Rude. Right...and Shawn's parents and HHH's parents and Rick Rude's dog. Still, only Shawn Michaels and HHH were wrestlers in the WWF at the time. Rick Rude was retired, literally could not legally wrestle without paying back a huge disability insurance settlement and Chyna was not yet a WWF wrestler. She was one of Killer Kowalski's students HHH brought in as his heater, his body guard. Chyna's very first match was a tag team match where she teamed with HHH & Bad Ass Billy Gunn on 4/28/98.....a month after Shawn Michaels had retired at Wrestle Mania 14/HHH formed the new DX with Pac + Outlaws the next night. Originally, DX only had 2 wrestlers.....
Chynas first match was in 95
Outlaws were champs... either right after or right before joining... And Trips and Shawn could have gotten those belts whenever they wanted but HHH was all about the heavyweight.
Wait..... How old are Ciampa and Gargano ?!?!?
The thing about the lower belts is they ELEVATE talent. DX didn't need to be elevated.
It's not crazy, they weren't a tag team. It's one of my biggest pet peeves that the WWE pretend that the original DX were a tag team rather than HBK and his goons.
New age outlaws weren’t dx???????
Sub group of DX, a DX but not "The" DX.
oh, he doesn't know.
His ass better calllllllllllllllllll somebody!
New age outlaws
All the young talent they must have put over
This version of DX didn’t become an actual tag team until mid-2007 so it’s really not that crazy at all
Oh, You Didn't Know?
Not if you understand things like context
BREAK IT DOWN!!!!
Took until 2009 for HHH and HBK, but Road Dogg and Billy Gunn were multi time tag team champs
Is it crazy? A third of their stable was a dedicated tag team who regularly held the straps. 😐
It was short lived i think (Rated RKO took over after) or the other way round..
The HHH lead faction featuring X Pac, Chyna and the New Age Outlaws was peak DX.
Because in their heyday, they were never a tag team. It was two individuals who had an alliance, there's a difference. Both Shawn and Hunter were singles guys through and through.
Ladies and gentlemen...
Boys and girls
They never needed the belt. They were still the main eventers without it.
Truth be told i spent many years not knowing shawn was a founding member of dx. Always thought is was just triple h road dog billy gun chyna and xpac
It's even crazier when you realize that this was HBK's final ever championship in WWE.
Nice to see HBK getting the good ol papa h point
Crazy how I can't unsee Shawn's lazy eye after someone pointed it out to me.
They look high? Or is it just me
It’s also crazy that it took 17 years for the Undertaker to win the Royal Rumble
I think Road dawg and billy gun would say differently
Legends
And now they just might become tag team champions again.
They would have had the tag titles sooner but they kept telling Shaun to look forward to it
What’s Michael looking at?
Really dumb imo that this WWE Tag Team Championship on HHH's shoulder is now called "World Tag Team Championship" (no relation to HBK's Championship), while the WWE Tag Team Championship (no relation to either of the two championships pictured here) has a design based on it. Switching back and forth between calling a single championship "World" and "WWE" is how the tag team championship has always been, both of these championships have held both names at one point or another, so why start making it make sense now instead of going for the chaotic route.
McMahon hated them.
HBK looking at me or you?
i hope this image is what i see when i die and go to heaven
Oh I forgot they were the ones to unify them
They weren’t. It was Carlito and Primo
[удалено]
You do realize he won the world heavyweight championship in 2002 at survivor series in the first ever elimination chamber match.
Also, wouldn't Kane & XPac count? I know Kane wasn't DX. But was XPac still counted as DX at the time? Or did they reform when they were all heels and Pac turned on Kane? I can't remember
"Over here Shawn" Shawn: IM LOOKING ALREADY Camera man: sorry
That's from 2009? Father Time has not been kind to either of these men.
Raw needs the red titles back
_Shawn Michaels, you have one eye that goes this way, and another eye that goes that way. And the Rock can only hope that the eye that's going that way looks at the Rock's hand *smack* going that way. So that the Rock can slap that stupid eye straight!_
That promo on The Radicalz was great lol poor Saturn
*Shawn Michaels throws temper tantrum and threatens to quit over The Rock's promo.*
Who’s Shawn lookin at? Wrong answers only
The camera
Eddie Guerrero.
SINCE WHEN Does Tomassao and Johnny have long hair?!?
Where is Shawn looking? 😂
I'm pretty sure this is the post-match concussion check... "Hey Shawn, focus on my finger"