WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION MAGAZINE : JANUARY 1993
MICHAELS TAKES THE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE
A LOSS FOR THE BULLDOG
Transcript Below!!!
Shawn Michaels is the WWF Intercontinental Champion. He has beat the British Bulldog for the title. Now Shawn Michaels must defend it against contenders eager for his scalp, including the British Bulldog.
“I gave Shawn Michaels a chance to win the WWF Intercontinental Title,” says the Bulldog. “I feel strongly that he owes me the opportunity for a rematch. I want to have a chance to retake what was mine.”
The match that cost the Bulldog the belt was an explosive event. Both wrestlers opened by locking up several times. Each time, the Bulldog showed his strength by powering Michaels to the canvas. The Bulldog again demonstrated strength when Michaels tried repeated shoulder blocks. The Bulldog didn’t budge. Michaels was the one who was rocked. The most awesome demonstration of the Bulldog’s strength occurred after Michaels had him on the mat in an arm scissors. The Bulldog stood up, hoisted Michaels into the air with one hand and tossed him to the mat. In doing so, the Bulldog injured his back, which Michaels then repeatedly attacked.
After a press slam and a clothesline by the Bulldog, Michaels started slugging. The two wrestlers dazzled the crowd by exchanging leg trips and counters. As they ran the ropes, Shawn managed to oust the Bulldog from the ring. Before the Bulldog re-entered, Michaels took the protective pad off the metal turn-buckle, obviously hoping to bang the Bulldog into the exposed metal.
As the battle returned to the ring, the British Bulldog used a hip toss to break out of an abdominal stretch by Michaels. But after the Bulldog missed with an elbow, he suffered a severe pounding by Michaels.
||The tempo of battle shifted all through the contest. However, Michaels captured the title when he fell atop the Bulldog after a suplex went awry.||
The momentum shifted back and forth several times. The Bulldog drove Michaels’ head to the mat and then whipped him. However, Michaels ended up springing back to his feet. Then the Bulldog monkeyflipped Shawn–and he crashed into the metal turnbuckle.
After suffering a Bulldog suplex, Michaels reversed an Irish whip. This time the Bulldog hit the exposed buckle. After the Bulldog rebounded, the two wrestlers tore into one another again. Michaels tried a whip, which was deftly reversed by the Bulldog. Shawn landed on the top buckle. Now it was time for the Bulldog to try a power move that could end the match. He climbed up and grabbed Michaels for a suplex. However, Michaels used his weight, and the Bulldog landed on the mat with his opponent atop him. Michaels got the count, and the title changed hands.
Now Michaels is more cocky than ever. “I’ve got it all,” he says, “sex appeal and the title. Everyone envies me.”
Maybe, but certainly not his many challengers. Since Michaels bagged the belt, numerous WWF superstars have stepped in line. Thus, Michaels and his title may be in grave jeopardy.
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