WWF European Title History

 

 

1.  February 26, 1997
                British Bulldog  (Berlin, Germany)
                                - Federation Fact:  British Bulldog with other top superstars enter a tournament to beome a European Champion.  In the final he fought his tag team partner Owen Hart.  They was Tag Team Champions at this time.

2.  September 20, 1997
                Shawn Micheals  (Birmingham, ENG)
                                - Federation Fact:  Shawn Micheals was the first superstar to hold all the major WWF Titles.  These titles were WWF Heavyweight Title, Intercontinental Title, Tag Team Titles, and the European Title.

3.  December 22, 1997
                Hunter Hearst-Helmsley  (Lowell, MA)
                                - Federation Fact:  Everyone thought this would break up D-X.   They set up the match and Shawn Micheals let HHH win since Shawn already was holding another title.

4.  January 26, 1998
                Owen Hart  (Davis, CA)
                                - Federation Fact:  Owen was supposed to fight HHH but Goldust came out dressed like HHH.  D-X thought they out smarted them but Sgt. Slaughter gave Owen the title.

5.  March 17, 1998
                Hunter Hearst-Helmsley (2)  (Phoenix, AZ)
                                - Federation Fact:  HHH tricked Owen to get in the ring with him for the title match and Owen had a broken leg.  Referee stopped the match because HHH was on his broken leg.

6.  July 20, 1998
                D-Lo Brown  (Binghamton, NY)

7.  September 21, 1998
                X-Pac   (Sacramento, CA)

8.  October 2, 1998
                D-Lo Brown (2)  (East Lansing, MI)

9.  October 18, 1998
                X-Pac (2)  (Chicago, IL)

10.  February 15, 1999
                Shane McMahon  (Birmingham, AL)

11.  April 5, 1999
                VACANT
                                - Federation Fact:  Shane McMahon officially retired the title on Sunday Night Heat.

12.  June 21, 1999
                Mideon   (Memphis, TN)
                                - Federation Fact:  Mideon was awarded the belt when he found the belt in Shane McMahon's locker on Raw and asked if he could use it to keep his pants up.

13.  July 25, 1999
                D-Lo Brown (3)  (Buffalo, NY)

14.  August 22, 1999
                Jeff Jarrett  (Minneaplis, MN)

15.  August 23, 1999
                Sexual Chocolate Mark Henry  (Ames, Iowa)
                                - Federation Fact:  Jeff Jarrett awarded the title to Mark Henry.

16.  September 26, 1999
                D-Lo Brown (4)  (Charlotte, NC)

17.  October 26, 1999
                British Bulldog (2)  (Springfield, MA)

18.  December 12, 1999
                Val Venis  (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)

19.  February 10, 2000
                Kurt Angle  (Austin, TX)

20.  April 2, 2000
                Chris Jericho  (Anaheim, CA)

21.  April 3, 2000
                Eddie Guerrero  (Los Angeles, NV)

22.  July 23, 2000
                Perry Saturn  (Dallas, TX)

23.  August 29, 2000
                Al Snow  (Fayetteville, NC)

24.  October 16, 2000
                William Regal  (Detroit, MI)

25.  December 2, 2000
                Crash Holly  (Sheffield, BRITAIN)

26.  December 4, 2000
                William Regal (2)  (E. Rutherford, NJ)

27.  January 22, 2001
                Test  (Lafayette, LA)

28.  April 1, 2001
                Eddie Guerrero (2)  (Houston, TX)

29.  April 24, 2001
                Matt Hardy  (Denver, CO)