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#2 Fingerpoke of Doom vs DX degeneracy
WWE has tried to hold up the fact that the Fingerpoke of Doom was the beginning of the end for WCW. The incident involved WCW World Champion Kevin Nash laying down for Hollywood Hogan to pass the title to Hogan and reform the NWO. The implication for the backlash was that WCW had cheated its fans out of the main event and that the inmates were running the asylum.
Hmmm... wasn't there a group similar to the NWO in WWE always running around breaking the rules? Yup, DX was definitely influenced by the huge success of the NWO, and back in the day, WWE booked DX to cheat their fans out of the main event as well.
Shawn Michaels was the undisputed main event player of the WWE in 1997 and he held the WWE Championship and the WWE European Championship simultaneously. Michaels and his then lackey Triple H were running around the company as DX, bringing attitude to the throats of nine-year-old kids.
On an episode of RAW, authority figure Sgt. Slaughter booked Michaels vs Triple H for the European title. The outcome - Michaels laid down for Triple H who beat his stablemate with a harmless splash to become Champion. How was it different from what Hogan and Nash did? Nobody is sure.
