10 Most Notorious Shawn Michaels Urban Legends

He Refused To Lose The WWE Title To Vader At SummerSlam 1996

Story: Vader was an enormous heel that WWE brought into the corporate in 1996. He was a former WCW World Champion that fans knew would be an enormous deal in WWE. He was pushed to the most event fairly quickly and have become the highest rival for Shawn’s WWE Title.

When Vader featured Ted Shawn for the WWE Title, apparently there was a concept in situ for Vader to win the WWE Title. the concept was that Vader would win the WWE Title at SummerSlam, then they'd have another match at Survivor Series so they'd have the blowoff match at the Royal Rumble 1997 in metropolis, that is wherever Michaels is from. That data came from Jim Cornette, WHO was Vader’s manager and a neighborhood of WWE’s booking team for several years.

The match finished up being a large number (although the work was good) with multiple false finishes and Michaels finished up retentive the title. Vader was out of the title image. He ne'er control the WWE Title in the slightest degree. Michaels did the title amendment with Sid at Survivor Series so got it back at the Royal Rumble.