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European Champions: photos
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The British Bulldog became the first-ever European Champion by winning a 1997 tournament held in Germany.7 c. d% y- _2 F* Q
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When Bulldog won the European Championship, he was also one-half of the World Tag Team Champions.& l- Y1 ~# p3 e' @
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Shawn Michaels became the second European Champion at the One Night Only event held in Bulldog's native England.
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Ordered to defend the title by Commissioner Slaughter, Shawn Michaels intentionally lost the European Championship to his friend Triple H.0 P4 m4 J4 f1 S5 h5 Z; s% W
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, d' e& o6 ~# q5 x% G% ]2 ^After losing in the finals to crown the first European Champion, Owen Hart finally won the title nearly one year later by defeating Goldust, who was dressed as Triple H.
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% {% b- \& Z( `4 @9 a QD'Lo Brown held the European Championship on four occasions, a record also held by William Regal. D'Lo was also the first Superstar to hold the title simultaneously with the Intercontinental Championship.
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The Superstar that is arguably most closely associated with the European Championship is X-Pac.% a7 \* |5 E2 Q& L5 N
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X-Pac had a fierce rivalry over the title with Shane McMahon, and the two battled with the European Championship on the line in one of the marquee matchups of WrestleMania XV.
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Following WrestleMania XV, Shane vacated the title to retire from active competition as a champion.
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Nearly three months after being abandoned, the European Championship was reactivated by Mideon when he found the title in Shane's travel bag.# R& _8 m) _, C+ n/ L
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Jeff Jarrett only held the European Championship for one day.
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Already Intercontinental Champion, Jarrett won the European Championship at SummerSlam 1999.' l% ?* {5 q6 q: Y
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3 G: k- n) b. O* BJarrett awarded the European Championship to Mark Henry on Raw the night after SummerSlam 1999.! f' {! F8 t6 K+ W `' E/ I! {: a
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Val Venis won the European Championship at Armageddon 1999.
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Kurt Angle won the Intercotinental Title soon after winning the European Championship, and referred to himself as the Eurocontinental Champion. He lost both titles at WrestleMania 2000." @3 M+ _# z! O3 R1 w8 B p7 s
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Chris Jericho won the European Championship at WrestleMania 2000, but only held the title for one day." n$ T2 Q1 F2 d$ T" c
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Eddie Guerrero won the European Championship on Raw the night after WrestleMania 2000 for his first title in WWE.
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Perry Saturn defeated his former Radicalz ally Eddie Guerrero for the European Championship at Fully Loaded 2000.+ Y$ j; h8 J& I8 Z* B
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, M2 G+ D5 u; g; b9 |( Y, MOne of the most entertaining European Champions, Al Snow represented a different country in Europe during each week of his six-week reign.
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William Regal became the second European to win the European Championship in October 2000.. j4 I! N& \& \( [: D8 _8 @. f% m) _1 S
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William Regal tied D'Lo Brown's record of four reigns as European Champion.
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Test held the European Championship for two and a half months before losing it at WrestleMania X-Seven.
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3 o5 s3 L X3 ]; ]: M" c8 ~' yAfter battling with Edge over the Intercontinental Title, Christian won the European Championship in fall 2001.% m4 }! V- W j8 i, _: o
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Bang! Diamond Dallas Page defeated Christian for the European Championship on SmackDown in early 2002. P5 y/ K- k# T
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c* F, N, p4 B, m1 M- xSpike Dudley spent a month as European Champion in spring 2002.$ d# S1 z' [! K; r9 v! v
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Jeff Hardy is recognized as the final European Champion. The title was unified with Rob Van Dam's Intercontinental Championship in July 2002. |
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