As my fellow HBK fans are already aware of, the story between Shawn Michaels and Diesel starts with Shawn watching WCW, seeing the terrible acting of Kevin Nash portraying the "Vinnie Vegas" character. Shawn gives Vince a call, Nash gets his release from WCW, shows up in the WWF, and the rest is history.
Their chemistry was natural, and the body guard angle (when it wasn't overdone and poorly executed) helped establish Shawn Michaels as a top heel ready to break into the main event scene. However, we all know that it was actually Diesel who ended up winning the WWF Championship first, and holding it for a year. I'll admit, seeing Shawn fuck up one too many times and finally seeing Diesel snap and go after him was awesome at the time, and it still is watching now.
Really though, looking back, does it seem kind of weird to anyone that Nash was the first of the two to hold the WWF Championship? Shawn gets him a job, and less than two years later, he's holding the strap for an extended period. And I'm honestly surprised, knowing Shawn's ego, that someone has come public about Shawn throwing a bitch fit about the guy he got a job getting the Title first.
Who knows, maybe a heel Diesel winning the Title FOR Shawn, like an Andre - DiBiase type way would have been cool. Diesel continues doing the dirty work for Shawn, until he eventually gets fed up, turns face, and takes the Title from him at Wrestlemania XI? Or maybe I'm just getting ahead of myself. Thoughts on the situation and their partnership?
Their chemistry was natural, and the body guard angle (when it wasn't overdone and poorly executed) helped establish Shawn Michaels as a top heel ready to break into the main event scene. However, we all know that it was actually Diesel who ended up winning the WWF Championship first, and holding it for a year. I'll admit, seeing Shawn fuck up one too many times and finally seeing Diesel snap and go after him was awesome at the time, and it still is watching now.
Really though, looking back, does it seem kind of weird to anyone that Nash was the first of the two to hold the WWF Championship? Shawn gets him a job, and less than two years later, he's holding the strap for an extended period. And I'm honestly surprised, knowing Shawn's ego, that someone has come public about Shawn throwing a bitch fit about the guy he got a job getting the Title first.
Who knows, maybe a heel Diesel winning the Title FOR Shawn, like an Andre - DiBiase type way would have been cool. Diesel continues doing the dirty work for Shawn, until he eventually gets fed up, turns face, and takes the Title from him at Wrestlemania XI? Or maybe I'm just getting ahead of myself. Thoughts on the situation and their partnership?