Every WWE European Champion Ranked From WORST To BEST

In the old days, in quotes, of the Attitude Era, WWE did not have such an impressive European presence, while today we have NXT UK, a group of talents from the European Tour and like ours: the black Becky Lynch, Cesaro and finn bálor in the In the late 90s and early 2000s, WWE rarely visited these shores for an extended period of time. The company was doing so well in the United States that there was no real need to leave for the often grueling excursions that WWE took. However, it creates a special European Championship that was apparently For the benefit of its foreign fans who had just gotten hooked on the product like their American counterparts, the inaugural

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was absolutely decided in Berlin, Germany, in the main event of the 10th edition of Raw.

March 1997, in that fight the British bulldog defeated Owen Hart. In a genuine classic that gave the title instant credibility for the next five years or so, the title would suffer more ups and downs than the WWE stock price, the European Championship was on several occasions in the hands of legends and members of the Hall of Fame. Fame,

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ed at WrestleMania and placed at the center of important storylines, was also in the hands of some better-forgotten performers, with more than a couple using the belts as little more than a prop or transitional story elements. Overall, the European Championship left a complicated legacy during its brief existence in the wrestling world.

That said, determining the merits of each individual champion can be a tricky business, so who better to tackle it than a cheeky Brit with a network subscription and too much time on his hands? I'm Adam pgz from Coulter Hollow, calm down and it's time to figure it out. the good, the bad and the middle, these are all the WWE European champions

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, join us, but hey, before we start our countdown, I think it's

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to address what I will call the RVD situation No, this has nothing to do with being stopped by the highway police and having his push cancelled, but rather the end of the European Championship lineage in the summer of 2002.

RVD was on a high-flying belt unification spree , literally and figuratively, as I watch the champion win a series of unification matches and put an end to it. For the hardcore and European belts as such, RVD could be seen as the last WWE European Champion in the eyes of some, however, given that WWE does not officially recognize her as a proper Rayne and he did not defend once the damn thing, this list won't do it. Acknowledge it either and if you don't like it I'll see you in the comments section with countdown number 26 midian, we start right at the bottom of the barrel with midian and then we're most famous for covering people in pig slop and a brief spell in the one who would try to fight to achieve it.

I implore anyone curious about the naked midian trick to indulge it for the love of God. No, I didn't look for him before I discovered his passion for exposure on world television and after his tenure as a pig farmer. Phineas aye Godwin P IG Pig get it, real life Dennis Knight landed a spot in the Undertaker's Satanic Ministry of Darkness group when he wasn't kidnapping, sacrificing, or doing things that would normally lead to a hefty prison sentence. Midian could be seen. tagging with viscera and acolytes and fighting with the likes of the brood, the conspiring fortune teller won the European Championship when the visitor held on for a second, no he didn't.

Midian actually received the title from corporate ministry brothers Shane McMahon on the June 21, 1999 episode. Midian had rawly found the strap in Schano's travel bag and the title itself had been deactivated by the son. of the boss who wanted to retire will be undefeated more in that half later defended the title once on a Sunday night playoffs episode before losing it was fully loaded on July 25, 34 days after someone I assume is Vince Russo thought how we could make these championship belts mean fewer subsequent attempts by Midian to regain the title, fortunately they were unsuccessful. #25 Jeff Jarrett je double FJ to double R to double T is a legitimate WWE Hall of Famer and had great championship runs with the IC and tag team titles in his heyday.

His short run with European gold, however, was a footnote of myth because of the way he lost the belt, if you can call it. The thing is that things started quite positively with the chosen one dethroning D'Lo Brown in the first match of SummerSlam 99, a match where the Intercontinental title of them was also at stake. Mind you, Double J didn't accomplish that feat on his own with a balsa wood guitar. Mark Henry helped swing the deal with a former friend, oh why? Because DLO, an all-around good guy and a great friend, was trying to help the world's strongest man lose a few pounds and Henry felt like they were putting too much pressure on him, if you think about it. this story was a message of punishment from management to one of their most expensive signings, so you're probably right anyway the next night on Raw Jarrett simply gave the title to Henry as a thank you for helping him capture the icy title, a belt which was seen more as a stepping stone to Main Event stardom.

Russian baby number 24, Chris Jericho, you'll probably see Chris Jericho's name here on this list and think what the hell happened there. The answer, in short, doesn't sound much like Jeff Jarrett, the Ayatollah. Rock and Rollers' title reign started well with a victory over Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit at Wrestlemania 2000 in a format where Angles' IC title was also on the line. Lorain, however, ended before he really began with Jericho dropping the belt on Eddie Guerrero. The next night on Raw, similar to Jarrett's situation, Guerrero received help from someone who decided it was time to finally become a bastard.

The copper at the time was Chyna, the ninth wonder of the world, aligning herself with the Latin heat and beginning a career that was very successful for both of them, much more so than y2 J's 24-hour flirtation with the 23rd European title, the Holly's accident, the accident that is often overlooked. Holly is most famous for his run with another title, the infamous Hardcore Championship, it was with that belt worn by Elroy Jetson. -Alike was able to thrive by creating many memorable moments thanks to the original 24/7 rule, where he would defend the title

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where from airports to Funtime, USA, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, once that business had run its course. teaming up with cousins ​​bob and molly, the baddest man and the sweetest woman in the world, and managed to have brief runs with the light heavyweight and European titles, the Houdini of a difficult cause, the European triumph came in one of the PPV WWE exclusives in the UK, Rebellion 2000. scored a surprising victory over the UK's own William Regal, a shocking title change considering barely anything notable happened in those UK newspapers, views that at times seemed Being nothing more than glorifying how it is shown, less surprising was the fact that Regal won back the gold two days later. in a bra when the crew landed back in the US number 22 Bradshaw another entry that will make you sit up and say oh yeah I forgot that was something that happened once is number 22 Bradshaw prides himself on reinventing himself as a high heel level with JBL Branch Orb is a mid-career run for Carter working primarily as a babyface and generally teaming with his real-life best friend and locker room partner Ron Simmons as APA, the Big Texan took a break from the backstage hazing and rookie beatdowns to capture the Hurricane European Title on the October 22, 2001 edition of Raw, the match itself was nothing extraordinary, just Bradshaw's typical three-way loan title defense. minutes took place the night after he won it, a victory over Canyon, who is better in a Sunday night heat taping that ended with the full impact of a David Flair punch.

JBL's rain came to an end eight days later at a Smackdown taping where he lost the belt to Christian, not on the actual show, however oh no, JBL's European title and reign was such an afterthought that the change occurred during a 21st non-televised arc match with Mark Henry. You'd be forgiven for not remembering the Hall of Fame as a month-long dance with the European title. After all, this is a man who brought us the incredible Hall of Pain, those salmon-colored jackets and who had an on-screen relationship with the horny septuagenarian Mae Young. As mentioned above, Henry simply receiving the European title from Jeff Jarrett the night after SummerSlam 99, as is the case with many title runs during the winter of Rousseau's tenure, was unforgettable and was primarily used as a means. to advance a story, in this case the dispute. between Henry and D'Lo Brown Brown captured the title at Unforgiven ending Henry's 31 days as champion number 20 Spike Dudley Spike Dudley may well go down in history as one of WWE's great achievers, as he managed to achieve a lot during his relatively short time with the company, although he was obviously in the shadow of the Bubba brothers and d'von Spike's story, he was nevertheless a regular fixture on WWE television, winning the cruiserweight tag team and yes , European gold between 2001 and 2005, the runt of the Dudley litter also had a great, if brief, history with top star Stone Cold Steve Austin and also some of the nastiest bumps this side of a Mick Foley match.

The European Championship rain wasn't exactly a career-defining moment for him, but he managed to sneak in a couple of entertaining moments. televised title defenses against William Regal, the way he captured the gold definitely stood out as he intercepted Regal's brass knuckles before the bell, delivering his own punching power and taking the win in three full seconds, the pop It was considerable and the victory itself really. helped add to the spikes the 19th underdog character is test test test this is an entry about the test again, not a wildly memorable rain full of great matches and moments, are you starting to sense a theme here, but at least the test I enjoyed it more than a cup of coffee with the title he finally kept it for 69 days, in that time he successfully defended it on television and how it shows, but it never had much impact while he was recognized as the champion of all Europe, the proof was a talent that had most of the tools to be one. a serious player's height physique, a tremendously big boot, and a reputation as one of WWE's top Playboys, but he was never able to put it all together and become the star many thought he would eventually become, at least his loss of the title was memorable.

The imposing Canadian doing the favors for Eddie Guerrero in the impeccable wrestlemania x-seven number 18 Jeff Hardy Like many multiple champions on this list the European title ranks very low on Jeff Hardy's resume as does his brother Matt more about him He could have later been a great champion, but unfortunately his career was short and came during a point in his career when he was obviously feeling exhausted and unmotivated, a week after competing in a brilliant ladder match for the undisputed title with the Undertaker, the charismatic enigma had another chance to win gold and he did. so upon defeating European champion William Regal successfully defended the belt against Regal in a rematch at the Vengeance pay-per-view but lost it the next night to Rob Van Dam who unified the title with the Intercontinental Championship despite not having the longest reign Jeff played his role in an impressive ladder match and one of the best European title matches in history.

Number 17 Perry Saturn adds the great PEZ Perry Saturn to the list of European champions who should have been, by rights, bigger stars than they were not to say that Perry was not successful, but it is a bit strange that he only managed capture this hardcore title, a belt that was held by Terry Runnels, one of the Godfather's hoes, and Shawn Stasiak. It's even stranger considering the success Perry had achieved in ECW and WCW. It was from another former WCW standout that Perry managed to capture gold by beating Eddie Guerrero in 2000 fully loaded in a decent match, while the PPV title win over a match of Guerrero's caliber may have signaled that the company had big plans for Saturn it wasn't like that he lost the title to our snow just over a month later and slowly he slid further and further down the bandwagon his European title reign would prove to be a highlight in Perry's career outside of that moment.

He had a romantic relationship with a real number 16 mop, Shane McMahon, contrary to popular belief, Shane McMahon was notneither a great wrestler nor a great champion when he captured the European title he won in February 1999, winning it from x-pac and a damn tag team match. because Vince Russo is not your typical pay-per-view title defender and house show champion Shane, to be fair to him, held his own in two very entertaining matches against Mr. Waltman at WrestleMania 15 and No Mercy in the UK edition, this is especially impressive given that Shane had barely any formal training and had competed in no other real matches to speak of Now, could it be that those title defenses look better in comparison with, for example, the truly disastrous ones?

It could be a Hell in a Cell match between Undertaker and Big Boss Man, but those matches stand out and still hold up, and Shane retired as an undefeated champion, as a rule of thumb, putting the belt on a McMahon usually means it will at least be So. memorable and Shane's short stint as European Champion is no exception 15th DDP, it's fair to say that Diamond Dallas Page's career in WWE was nothing like him or any other wrestling fan who had been paying attention from around 1995 thought it would be Broughton is the stalker of Undertaker's now ex-wife Sara, the former WCW World Heavyweight Champion, was beaten and castrated worse than my Kanellis on Valentine's Day, mistreated from the start, was seen by WWE fans as a joke to any hope of him repeating his previous WCW success faded after that threat was nullified.

Paige adopted a motivational speaker gimmick based on her true passion for positivity and habit of giving life advice to guys backstage. The character was so over-the-top and cheesy that it worked, resulting in many fun backstage segments and interview pages, and even began to regain some of the momentum it had lost during the big cut in 2001, aka The Invasion, the perspective shift. led to the capture of the European title when Paige defeated her apprentice Christian in January 2002 after successfully defending the belt in On television and on shows, Paige had her WrestleMania moment that didn't involve bringing the honky Tonk Man to the ring, another successful defense against captain charisma.

DDP lost the title to William Regal shortly after his WWE career came to an end shortly after that. a serious neck injury that kept him out of the ring for several years number fourteen parting ways with Christian is difficult, but sometimes necessary, especially if you are a tag team specialist who has singles star potential while they enjoyed a hugely successful career. like Edge and Christian. It was clear in the summer of 2001 that both members of the team could use the change of scenery and that meant going it alone. WWE obviously saw Edge, the taller, more muscular half, as future WWE Champion material and quickly made him king of the ring. and then the Intercontinental title Christian, on the other hand, captured the European crown in an attempt to distinguish himself from his brother from history and, as was usual in the case of the man who must surely be destined for the Hall of Fame, he took advantage of it by maximum having a great matches cutting entertaining promos achieving his rivalry with DDP because he held the title for a positive marathon 90 days before dropping it to yoga father number 13 Val Venis Val Venis has a very great legacy as a WWE Superstar in the Era Attitude before his cannabis addiction. and the unfortunate attempts to remain relevant by attacking trans people.

Val Venis was actually a pretty good professional wrestler and a notable character. One of the most extravagant characters in an extravagant era. The adult entertainment star was an important part of one of the most successful. periods in which a former IC champion venus took European gold from the British bulldog at armageddon 99 in a triple threat match that also included D'Lo Brown who held the title for 59 days the great val boesky racked up several defenses on television before quickly losing it to Kurt Angle and there's certainly no shame in that number 12 The Hurricane The ill-fated invasion story had many flops and only a few real successes Highlights included the rise of Rob Van Daan Steve Austin Kurt Angle and Vince McMahon wearing cowboy hats and hugging each other and the introduction of Hurricane Shane Helms was just another of the vapid gang of losers WWE brought in for the invasion since they couldn't afford major stars like Goldberg, Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan, that's because those guys were guaranteed a lot of fat. contracts and a poor guy like Vince McMahon didn't have the checkbook to make it happen, wink wink, rebranding himself as a comic superhero, Hurricane Helms became a much bigger star and fell in love with the fans, he also clearly outperformed management, since they gave it to them. a European title along with his Hurricane cape defeated his friend Matt Hardy on August 27, 2001 Raw, with a little help from Ivory and a lead pipe, had gone on to defend the title against Spike Dudley Kane and Big Show before losing it. a Bradshaw number 11 Shawn Michaels Shawn Michaels is one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.

Prejudice aside, there's no doubt that Heartbreak Kid could do the job between the ropes, an unrivaled performer during his prime and worthy of any title. However, as good as Michaels was from bell to bell, he could be a pretty arrogant jerk when outside the ring accusations of sabotage and politicking followed him and his fellow cliques to this day. Shawn, for his part, didn't like losing and would do it. do

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thing possible to not drop titles to other members of the roster, whether that means exaggerating an injury or simply losing your smile, aha, the story of how HBK captured the European title is another one that is mired in controversy with different Stories of what happened and what was supposed to happen circulating in a nutshell, the title changed hands in one night, just a PPV that took place in Birmingham, England, not far from the Davey boy's hometown, everything was set for the local hero to defeat the cocky DX member and the Bulldog himself had given interviews dedicating his inevitable victory to his sister Tracy, affected by cancer, so someone or a group of people talked and decided that if they really wanted to get hot a little bit and set up an even bigger rematch in the future, they shouldn't do it.

Shawn actually won the title in nefarious fashion, so that's what happened when fans threw bottles and other trash into the ring and the Hart clan looked at the stricken shoreline. Devi never got her revenge, the Montreal Screwjob sent Smith out of the company along with Brett afterwards. some defenses on television Shawn lost the title in a mock comedy match with his partner in crime Triple H, which brings us to number 10. Triple H, the Cerebral Assassin, is no stranger to championship gold having racked up an impressive 14 title reigns. world titles. and three tag team reigns, add the Royal Rumble King of the Ring and a pair of Slammys and you have an illustrious career worthy of one of the greatest to ever lace up a pair of boots before solidifying himself as world title material, although Triple H had to climb.

The ranks, like everyone else, made a change and showed that they could elevate themselves and their opponents when entrusted with the responsibility. The gang got their shot at him in the fall of '97 when he captured the European title in the aforementioned non-match with his DX tablemates. Shawn Michaels Trips initially lost the title without actually losing it, with Owen Hart defeating the artist formerly known as Goldust, don't ask who was dressed as Triple H, huge, fake schnoz and all, it wouldn't be long until the King of Kings took him out. would recover. Owen's title he held for a not inconsiderable 120 days before dropping it and quickly moving on to bigger and better things, disturbing program with Owen and the odd decent defense here and there, Triple H made the top ten, well done , dad, Full Sail.

Number nine, Al Snow, going from Triple H to Al Snow is what some would call a hard left turn, but the fact that Al has a higher rank than Hunter is not as strange as you might think, while Snow, another pillar of the Attitude Era who surpassed thanks to a novel trick. and his versatility did not hold the European Championship for long. He did what many then did much better than some do today. He made any TV time he had count after winning the title. Snow proceeded to come out every week as a new fusion. from a European stereotype there was the David Hasselhoff who loved later whores and wore sausages and ate German there was a poodle in a beret walking with a baguette eating French there was the leather jacket and glasses dressed as Greek anyway, while continental cosplay did not exactly led to a lot of upward mobility is a trick fondly remembered and also contributed to one of the most notable European title reigns of the time: #8 Owen Hart, the King of Hearts, who was definitely no nuggets and was an excellent European champion, since he combined his personality and charisma with a naturalness. wrestling ability and inherent credibility almost never happened, as as a member of the extended Davey Boy Smith family, Owen nearly quit after the Montreal Screwjob and his brother Bret moved to the land where the big boys played.

Owen was thinking about joining him. provided he could get out of his contract, unfortunately for Owen, he couldn't as Vincent Kompany decided he was too valuable an asset to let him go to the competition now that he would be staying, although WWE knew they had to do something with the rocket and started . Plans to make him champion when he became European champion Owen immediately improved the perception of the title. Owen, his good matches as champion were guaranteed and the person who took it from him would also be elevated in the eyes of the fans, while many of our title defenses of wins took place on smaller shows like Shotgun on Saturday at night against luminaries like Jesus Kass, still oh yeah, it wasn't really his feud with the future Mr.

Stephanie McMahon either, that made him a great champion in the short time he was

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number seven. Kurt Angle. The meteoric rise of Kurt Angle was something to behold at the dawn of the new millennium, the Olympic gold medalist took the plunge into professional wrestling. like a duck to water displaying incredible athleticism, charisma and natural instincts and timing, given his pedigree and how quickly fans hated the man who preached the three eyes, it was no surprise that WWE continued to decorate a man who would become in one of the best. to put on a pair of boots in the midst of an impressive Angle Feld Val Venis undefeated streak for the European Title on the February 10, 2000 episode of SmackDown it wasn't until 17 days later at the No Way Out PPV focusing on Europe The reign would blossom with the Hall of Famer defeating Chris Jericho for the Icy Belt and becoming the European Continental Champion.

Angle was a hoot as the clean but arrogant double champion and defended both titles in the same match, as shown when he tried the same at WrestleMania 2000, he became Titleist after Jericho and Chris Benoit were pinned in successive falls where Angle neither He wasn't even involved in the decision, all of which gave Angle more to complain about as he continued to get under the skin of WWE fans. on Route 2, an unparalleled run at #6 x-pac, fresh off a firing of Eric Joff and WCW Sean Waltman by Fed Ex, resurfaced in WWE the night after WrestleMania 14, quickly aligning himself with Triple H and the New Age Outlaws to form the latest incarnation. of those shameless poop joke teasers Degeneration X after engaging in an entertaining feud with Jeff Jarrett, the newly minted first reign would be short-lived, however, as Brown regained the belts two weeks later on Monday nights, proving that during this era, the shorter the title reign, the better brother, the former 1-2-guy. 3 won the belt once again on his home Judgment Day in a beautiful One of the good things about x-pac's reign as European champion is that you will almost always be guaranteed a good and entertaining match, whether he was there with an Ultimate Fighter , a prison guard or a real vampire.

X-pac was, overall, a good champion who could have done more with the belt if he had been given the time and not had to drop it to Vince's third favorite number five kid, Eddie Guerrero Eddie Guerrero had an auspicious start in the WWE after jumping off the sinking ship that was WCW Guerrero. with Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn caused a stir by attacking WWE wrestlers and being treated as a genuine threat from theAt first, then the next time they appeared on television, the quartet lost all their matches and, worse still, poor Eddie dislocated his elbow while performing a frog routine, well, routine for him, it was a daunting situation, the pain and worry appeared on his face, but you know what they say, you can't hold back a good Warrior, and Eddie recovered and took on his own personality while temporarily on the sidelines.

When he returned to the ring, he quickly captured the European Championship from Chris Jericho and began an on-screen relationship with China, the two going together as Bray Wyatt and the Bad Book. Eddie was a champion wrestler who defended the Bell in good matches against eclectic opponents such as Rikishi sa Rios and his fellow radicals. His reign of over 100 days, his European champion is certainly a fondly remembered part of his early days in the WWE. Number 4 Matt Hardy, the sensei of Matta 2, has proven time and time again that he can make anything mean something, whether it's a fight angle or a title as long as he is given the time and will to overcome his early days as a WWE superstar.

Matt had to work to distinguish himself from his brother Jeff, if not the rest of his co-workers, as with Edge and Christian's management clearly always saw the ultra-singular Jeff as the potential singles star, while questions persisted about the fact that that the comparatively conservative Matt would prove to be a worthy singles champion. Matt had a great run with the European title in the spring and summer of o1, taking it from Eddie. Guerrero, who is enjoying a second brief battle with gold, a true fighting champion, wonderful. Matt's title defenses were ever-present and while he never had a classic match while he held it, he had countless good ones, plus the fact that he actually defended and caring about the title meant fans ended up doing so;

It's not that difficult, is it WWE? When the hurricane finally took it away after 122 days, it was seen as a bigger problem than it could have been. efforts from the elder Hardy, number three, D'Lo Brown, to number three and you're looking at the real deal, now you're looking at a man who's going to kick your sorry ass down the street. I'm sure you used to think. that you own the streets but you should probably pack your bags because your ass is dead meat, that's right it's D'Lo Brown, unlike many of the entries on this list, DLO is probably the one most likely to be remembered due to his European championship. glory, not despite it for a joint record of reigns by DLO, who really is underrated by almost everyone not named Jim Ross, defended the title in a series of great matches, in fact, many were show stealers in an era that isn't exactly remembered for an abundance of Big lasting action highlights included the aforementioned series of matches with of DLO was the wobbly head chest protector gimmick and the fact that he was the first in You're a continental champion, that's true, while that wily Olympian Kurt Angle may have made a bigger deal about it, he was chosen to the achievement by Brown if you want to see the European Champion when it meant something, look at D'Lo Brown when he held the belt or I will kick your ass in the streets number 2 William Regal as a British wrestling fan of a certain era, obviously I love to William Regal, whether he was a real man's man peeing his tea or kissing a billionaire's bare butt, he was always good value and made you want to see whatever was involved in Regal coming back for the company to have the career it did is something of a minor miracle. given that issued substance abuse had hampered his initial career in '98 and subsequently led to a pink slip from WCW and, hey, if WCW decided your personal demons were too bad to do business with you, you knew you had a bit of a problem, but Regal knew it too.

He needed help and to help himself, so he quickly went back to work cleaning up and improving his value in WWE's developmental leagues after a while to shake off the ring rust. Regal reappeared on television as the snobbish goodwill ambassador Now that WWE had a true European star eager to prove himself in its ranks, it made sense for him to seek the title most closely aligned with his homeland after defeating Al Snow by the royal belt, he quickly set about fending off all contenders and briefly found himself in the main bout. The fact that Nick was competing with Steve Austin the Rock and Kurt Angle was up there with the best in the business boded well for both Regal and the championship he held, whether he won the matches or not, spoiler of course, he didn't win any.

In those bouts, Regal would lose the belt by pinning Holly Intest before being elevated to the Intercontinental level, but returned to the European title scene once again in 2002, having half-decent matches in the days of ruthless aggression, an excellent champion and an excellent man, and if not I don't believe it, I'll have my dad knock you out number one, the British bulldog, so here we are, the greatest European champion of all time, saving the best for last. Well, actually, we're saving the first one for last because the first one is the. best and that is the inaugural title holder, British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith, a true superhero for children in the UK.

Smith was already well established by the little Owen Hart, defeated in the final of the tournament in Germany. Davey Boy had previously become a legend when he defeated Bret. Hart for the gold frozen on these shores in the stupendously good main event of SummerSlam 92 in the time between those two wins Bulldog had left the company for a while in Atlanta he returned bouncing up and down the card formed a successful tag team with Owen and headlined several European tours it seems obvious that the European title was dreamed up with Davey Boy in mind and for good reason he was already done, he was marketable and could work, plus you know the belt looked really cool around his waist you could argue that Davey Boy isn't the greatest European champion of all time because the belt was rarely defended on television and was mainly used as a house show attraction, but you'd be arguing with yourself or in the comments section because this is my list and my rules and I've got the mic, although his reign ended in less than ideal circumstances, aka Shawn Michaels, fucking a creative bulldog, would get a second bite of the European title cherry when he returned to the company in 1999 and a reign The not-exactly stellar 44 Days was clearly hampered by Smith's decision. injuries that had previously destroyed his back when the WCW brass decided it would be a good idea to have a painful trap door in the middle of the Ring for the surprise entrance of the Ultimate Warrior because, of course, they did it, but there was something perfect about see that man.

With the belt the British Bulldog gets the nod as WWE's number one European champion due to his classic matches with Owen and Michaels, the length of his reign and most of all what he meant to European fans at that time. moment. cheerio