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The WWE European Championship is a former professional wrestling title competed for in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The title was created on February 26, 1997. [1] The first champion was The British Bulldog who defeated Owen Hart in a tournament final. [2]
The WWE European Championship was a professional wrestling championship competed for in World Wrestling Entertainment.During the late 1990s and early 2000s, multiple wrestlers held the European and WWE Men's Intercontinental Championships within short spans of each other, [1] [2] and four held both simultaneously, becoming "Eurocontinental champions".
Owen James Hart (May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999) was a Canadian-American professional wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
On the April 28 edition of Raw is War, Owen defeated Rocky Maivia to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship, making both him and Smith double champions, as Smith held the European Championship. On the May 26 edition of Raw is War, they lost the tag team titles to Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels.
He defeated Bret Hart for the WWF Intercontinental Championship in the main event of SummerSlam 1992 at London's original Wembley Stadium; he also has the distinction of being the inaugural and longest reigning WWF European Champion in a total of 206 days, and to have held the title on the sole occasion where a match for that championship ...
The WWF European Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the first-ever WWF European Champion. [5] ... Owen Hart and the British Bulldog: The Headbangers
On December 17, AEW revealed that there would be both a men's and women's version of the tournament, [2] and the respective winners would receive a trophy called "The Owen Cup" [1] as well as championship belts modeled after the old Stampede Wrestling North American Championship. Based on the Hart Family pink and black, the Women's winner ...
To close the show, Michaels challenged The British Bulldog for the WWF European Championship, as part of his ongoing feud with The Hart Foundation. The WWF Tag Team Championship was also defended on the card, with Los Boricuas members Savio Vega, and Miguel Pérez, Jr. challenging champions, The Headbangers.