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27 years ago tonight at 1995 Survivor Series (11/19/95), Shawn, Ahmed Johnson, British Bulldog, and Sid took on Yokozuna, Owen Hart, Razor Ramon, and Dean Douglas in a Survivor Series style match that Meltzer gave 3.5 stars. There is no full-match video of this online, so here is a highlight video instead:

 
27 years ago tonight on RAW (11/20/95); Shawn wrestled Owen in a terrific match that Meltzer gave 3.75 stars. The match is much more remembered for them shooting the angle of Owen hitting Shawn in the back of the head with an enziguri, Shawn collapsing in the ring, and the show going off the air with Shawn passed out:


 
32 years tonight at the 1990 Survivor Series (11/22/90) The Visionaries (Rick Martel, The Warlord, and Power & Glory) took on The Vipers (The Rockers, Jake Roberts, & Jimmy Snuka) in an ellimination style Survivor Series match that Meltzer gave 3.25 stars:



13 years ago tonight at 2009 Survivor Series (11/22/09); John Cena defended the WWE Title in a Triple Threat match vs. Shawn and Triple H. Meltzer gave the match 3.75 stars. This video was uploaded by WWE 2 years ago and already has 14 Million views:

 
33 years ago tonight 1989 Survivor Series (11/23/89); The Ultimate Warriors (Warrior, The Rockers, & Jim Neidhart) took on The Heenan Family (Andre, Arn Anderson, Haku, and Bobby Heenan) in an elimination style Survivor Series match that Meltzer gave 3 stars:



28 years ago tonight at 1994 Survivor Series (11/23/94); The Bad Guys (Razor, 1-2-3 Kid, British Bulldog, & Fatu) took on The Teamsters (HBK, Diesel, Jeff Jarrett, Owen Hart, & Jim Neidhart). Here is video of HBK accidentally turning on Diesel:



14 years ago tonight at 2008 Survivor Series (11/23/08); Team HBK (HBK, The Great Khali, Cryme Time, & Rey Mysterio) took on Team JBL (JBL, John Morrison, Kane, MVP, & The Miz) in an elimination style Survivor Series match. This video has 37 Million views in just 2 years on Youtube. Wow!:

 
November 24, 1997:


Overview: We are one week removed from Rick Rude making history and being on TV on RAW and Nitro at the same exact time. Tonight, they will address that and more!



Review: Out comes Harvey Whippleman dressed in a suit and out to Rude's WWF Theme music. He does the Rude shtick, but DX comes out and Shawn says, "Lord knows that was a tough spot to fill" and they throw him out of the ring:



Shawn says taking advantage of live air-time is what Shawn does. Since Survivor Series, Shawn hasn't had alot of sleep:


He never thought it would end that way. He and Bret have had their differences both personally and professionally, but he never thought it would come down to this. He wants the world to know he takes full and total responsibility for what happened at Survivor Series. Bret is still under contract with the WWF until November 30th. Bret Hart deserved better. Vince and the WWF deserved better. He and Bret have had contact with eachother without the knowledge of anyone. He and Bret tonight will settle this once and for all. It could either end with a handshake or a fight, it's up to Bret.



Later in the show, DX comes out...

Shawn introduces Bret; only for a midget wrestler in a Bret Hart mask to come out:


Shawn holds the Bret wannabe by the forehead as HHH has the mic and they taunt Bret. HHH says "Bret coming up alittle short on the offense."


Shawn puts him in the Sharpshooter as he taps. The Bret wannabe says "I quit", as they continue to mock Bret. They then put a WCW magnet on his ass:


Out comes Jim Neidhart. He says DX is nothing but low-life scum and he is the Hart Foundation and he is married to a Hart. Shawn offers Jim an opportunity that Bret never gave him. 10 years ago when Shawn came into the WWF, the Hart Foundation tag team was comprised of two men. Jim had the charisma and personality Bret never had, and the Hart family never gave him any thanks. How much of that WCW contract is Jim getting. Jim says Bulldog is having some knee surgery and Shawn hits him with this line:


Woof. He's gonna give him the opportunity to join DX. The offer will be taken off the table tonight at 11PM EST.

In the Main Event, Shawn takes on Vader, but the story here is clearly not the match. Out comes Shawn..


Shawn makes quick work of Vader. After the match, Neidhart actually does join DX! They celebrate together until..


Chyna low-blows Jim! DX then beats Jim down as RAW goes off the air to Shawn saying "DX RULES THE WRESTLING WORLD!"

Analysis: This is peak DX. The midget Hitman and Harvey Whippleman acting as Rude, and then having Neidhart join DX only to swerve him. The good old days. I typed this up last week. Just here to post this real quick. Have a Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
 
34 years ago tonight at Survivor Series (11/24/88); was the epic 10 man Tag Match with The Rockers teaming with The Hart Foundation, The British Bulldogs, The Powers of Pain, and The Young Stallions taking on Demolition, The BrainBusters, The Bolsheviks, The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers, and Los Conquistadors in a match Meltzer gave 3.5 stars:



29 years ago tonight at 1993 Survivor Series (11/24/93), The Hart Family took on Shawn Michaels and his Knights:

 
30 years ago tonight at Survivor Series 1992 (11/25/92); Shawn, the IC Champion, took on Bret, the World Champion, in a really good, underrated match that Meltzer gave 4.5 stars:



23 years ago tonight at an MSG House Show (11/25/89); The Rockers took on The Hart Foundation, in one of my favorite Tag Team Matches of all time:



20 years ago tonight on RAW (11/25/02); Shawn defended the WHC in a match against RVD:

 
31 years ago tonight at 1991 Survivor Series (11/27/91); The Rockers and The Bushwhakcers teamed up to take on The Nasty Boys and The Beverly Brothers in a Survivor Series Elimination Style Match. They really started to push the Shawn & Marty heat here and their breakup in 2 months. Meltzer gave the match 3.5 stars:


17 years ago tonight at 2005 Survivor Series (11/27/05); Team RAW (HBK, Big Show, Kane, Chris Masters, and Carlito) took on Team Smackdown (Rey Mysterio, Batista, Bobby Lashley, JBL, and Randy Orton) in a Survivor Series Elimination Style Match that Meltzer gave 3.75 stars:

 
December 1, 1997:



Overview: We are at the go-home show to In Your House: D-Generation-X where Shawn Michaels will defend the WWF Title against Ken Shamrock.

Before DX comes out, Raw goes to commercial and we are met with this familiar graphic, if you were watching back then:


Review: Out comes DX and Shawn is in a wheelchair being wheeled out by Triple H as they stop on the stage. Shawn says DX is always one step ahead of the pack. Jim Neidhart, just like Bret, DX showed the world that DX can play anyone for a sucker. Tonight, Triple H is going to finish what DX started as Triple H gets on the mic. He says in the back, the wrestlers call him the "white rhyno" and that Neidhart has to be the biggest idiot he's ever seen. He says nothing good comes of Neidhart thinking. He says that Sgt. Slaughter can make their match at IYH whatever kind of match they want. He says there is one piece of artilery he's not gonna use, and he's gonna save it for Slaughter's old lady, and that's the big bazooka.

Shawn says he knows everyone is wondering why he's in a wheelchair, but he's not injured. Chyna has been putting him in some hard workouts to get ready for Shamrock. Shawn says that Ken lives and dies with the ankle-lock, so he's been in the gym training his legs and his pain tolerance is at an all-time high. So, Triple H kranks Shawn's leg all the way around to show that Shawn is ready, in clearly some kind of magic trick or something:



Shawn finishes it out by saying you make the rules, and DX will break them.

In the main-event, Triple H beats Jim Neidhart and beats him up after the match and spray paints WCW on Neidhart's back as Jim makes his final WWF appearance and is on his way to (sadly) flounder in WCW for a couple of years.

Analysis: Watching this back, I'm surprised they didn't do more with the Shawn/Shamrock match here on the go-home show here. Sure, Shamrock was never gonna win the Title at In Your House: DX, which is all the more reason to me that they should shine Shamrock up during the build to make us believe that maybe he does have a chance. But instead, they didn't do anything. I guess the positive here, on the flipside, is they didn't make him look bad in the build, either, because they barely had any face to face interactions. Oh, well. At least the match itself is good, as we will see in six days from now.
 
29 years ago tonight at a WWF House Show in Utica, NY(12/1/93); Shawn took on Bret in a Steel Cage Match that is one of those Coliseum Home Videos:



19 years ago tonight on RAW (12/1/03); Shawn, RVD, & Goldberg took on Randy Orton, Batista, & Kane in a fun 6 man tag match:

 
31 years ago tonight (12/2/91); Shawn took on his favorite wrestler of all time; Ric Flair, in a short, but fun match. The title of the Youtube video says the match took place 2 weeks later than today (12/16/91), but that is when it aired on Prime Time Wrestling. It was filmed/took place on today's date of December 2nd:

 
Here is a short, minute long promo that Shawn cut on Macho Man 30 years ago today! He talks about how Macho is past his prime and it's Shawn's time to take the torch from Savage if he's not gonna pass it to him. Little did we know how right Shawn wound up being!:

 
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