The 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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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.
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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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D'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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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Matt Hardy had one of the longest reigns in the history of the European Championship, second only to The British Bulldog's first reign.
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The Hurricane ended Matt Hardy's long reign as European Champion.
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After battling with Edge over the Intercontinental Title, Christian won the European Championship in fall 2001.
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Bang! Diamond Dallas Page defeated Christian for the European Championship on SmackDown in early 2002.
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Spike Dudley spent a month as European Champion in spring 2002.
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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.