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European Champions: photos
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- O3 n1 h/ |, q( sThe British Bulldog became the first-ever European Champion by winning a 1997 tournament held in Germany.
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When Bulldog won the European Championship, he was also one-half of the World Tag Team Champions.
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. o( y, F4 K1 @, G! i# sShawn Michaels became the second European Champion at the One Night Only event held in Bulldog's native England.' I) b {& g4 C7 j A9 r7 z
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# _* c5 @* H% f3 vOrdered to defend the title by Commissioner Slaughter, Shawn Michaels intentionally lost the European Championship to his friend Triple H.8 ~% t8 x/ B( v/ _( x6 W
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! u6 Z$ q$ b$ yAfter 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.+ R6 B' S: [* s; x; {- j |: y
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, N; j9 {6 E5 m FD'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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- A& P3 F# @) d: k. G0 x% vThe Superstar that is arguably most closely associated with the European Championship is X-Pac.
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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.9 T3 c2 Y2 \& q0 m7 P1 _
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Following WrestleMania XV, Shane vacated the title to retire from active competition as a champion.
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+ I m; y+ R* o6 r T! CNearly three months after being abandoned, the European Championship was reactivated by Mideon when he found the title in Shane's travel bag.
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Jeff Jarrett only held the European Championship for one day.0 Y4 I* @6 K+ O3 ~! w1 h- y% J
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: w7 P- x$ U; c+ [; S+ m1 tAlready Intercontinental Champion, Jarrett won the European Championship at SummerSlam 1999.& W: B3 Y$ i6 j, }
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* r$ \% D' |) L7 ~Jarrett awarded the European Championship to Mark Henry on Raw the night after SummerSlam 1999.
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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.
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Chris Jericho won the European Championship at WrestleMania 2000, but only held the title for one day.1 J: i& {# ?, z. y' j0 p1 K* G
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* S! w1 x8 ?& |3 F: P' k, ?/ k# YEddie Guerrero won the European Championship on Raw the night after WrestleMania 2000 for his first title in WWE.
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8 j9 m9 Z8 A3 N* J# B% j) W" ]Perry Saturn defeated his former Radicalz ally Eddie Guerrero for the European Championship at Fully Loaded 2000.
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One 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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7 F* C ~5 }6 M/ O- ?William Regal became the second European to win the European Championship in October 2000.
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William Regal tied D'Lo Brown's record of four reigns as European Champion.% b+ X# m! n6 h9 h7 P( ~) O# D
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7 Q7 [- V( L; L8 \Test held the European Championship for two and a half months before losing it at WrestleMania X-Seven.3 [. w5 p0 d8 c8 F6 Y
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Matt Hardy had one of the longest reigns in the history of the European Championship, second only to The British Bulldog's first reign.7 e7 T$ {8 j( O, j; Q
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After battling with Edge over the Intercontinental Title, Christian won the European Championship in fall 2001.* l. d4 }! \' M' y
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Bang! Diamond Dallas Page defeated Christian for the European Championship on SmackDown in early 2002.
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1 Z7 [8 t- u( x ?$ SSpike Dudley spent a month as European Champion in spring 2002.
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% t8 m* x% ^8 {+ A* {2 ?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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