10 Best WWE European Champions
27 men held the belt between 1997-2002...
6. X-Pac
Fresh off a FedEx firing from Eric Bischoff and WCW, Sean Waltman resurfaced in WWE the night after WrestleMania XIV, quickly aligning himself with Triple H and the New Age Outlaws to form the latest incarnation of those cheeky poop joke provocateurs, DX.
After engaging in an entertaining feud with Jeff Jarrett, the newly named X-Pac would set his sights on D’Lo Brown and his European gold, capturing the title on the September 15th, 1998 Raw.
His first reign would be short-lived, however, as Brown regained the belt two weeks later in a return match on Raw.
Proving that during this era the shorter the title reign, the better, the former 1-2-3 Kid won the belt once again at In Your House: Judgement Day in a grand match.
One of the good things about X-Pac’s reign as European Champion is that you were almost always guaranteed a good and entertaining match, whether he was in there with an ultimate fighter (Ken Shamrock), prison guard (Big Boss Man) or actual Vampire (Gangrel).
A good champion who could have done even more with the belt, had he been given the time and not had to drop it to Vince’s third favourite child.
Written by Lewis Howse
Features journalist for Cultaholic.com and script writer for the Cultaholic YouTube Channel.