This is pretty interesting to me. I just made a thread about Shawn going back to being the old HBK. I think the mic work is a good start if he's going to do that, but I went further out on a limb saying he needed to get back into better shape, get the old gear back, and turn it up a notch. I did not catch Raw tonight. After watching Shawn get beat down so bad last night, my frustrations with the Shawn Michaels we've had for a while now. I never had anything bad to say about his performance in big match situations because we all know that he can still deliver the type of matches he always used to.
As far as the DX thing goes, and the prospect of another Triple H - Shawn Michaels feud. I don't think that should happen until and if Shawn is retiring for good. If Shawn gave Flair the send-off, Triple H needs to retire Shawn being his best friend and the natural leader of the company along side Undertaker with Shawn aside.
I actually started getting worried last night after the DX - Legacy match thinking Triple H was about to level Shawn with the sledgehammer. It's been pretty anticipated, and I thought last night it might be coming to fruition. It would have been pretty good timing if you wanted and the story would have worked given the line of events. Shawn's just been getting beat up and Triple H has been saving the day. He could have hit him with the sledge, came out tonight and said he was tired of carrying Shawn and that he called for his help, not to save his ass in every match. He could come out and say that Shawn's always been the weakest link in DX, and that DX was stronger when he was the leader than anytime with Shawn at the helm which is proof. This is the best part though, Triple H could go on and say " Hey Shawn, remember when you "Lost your Smile"? Well it looks like now you've lost your balls. You used to be the Heart Break Kid and now your looking more like a Heart Broke Joke." That would be golden and set up a great feud. Shawn could in turn come out and maybe admit that he's lost a step or two, and that he hasn't been himself for quite a while, he hasn't been the real HBK, and that maybe it's over. You could then have Triple H come out and start baiting him saying there's no way Shawn is going to get out of facing him, he can't say it's over, Triple H will tell him when it's over, and that's going to be at the next Pay Per View, or something to that effect. From there you can have them meet at a Pay Per View and have Shawn get demolished, then have Triple H celebrating on Raw talking about how he was right, he's always been The Game, he's always been better than Shawn, and now HBK is dead. From there you could have Shawn on the titantron. He could talk about how humiliating his loss was and that he's tired of getting kicked around. He goes on telling Triple H that there was a time where Shawn Michaels(speaking in the third person) would have tore Triple H apart, not thought twice about it, and asked for seconds. Continuing he would say " Every now and then guys loose their hunger after being on top for a while" and credit Triple H for never loosing that, and go on with " I guess I haven't had that for a while, but after the beating I took last night, there has been a fire lit inside of me, and Triple H, you are going to feel the fire like never before. I've been taking it easy for too long, and allowed everyone else their glory while getting my face stepped on. That ends now." "Triple H, at (insert ppv) I want you in (insert match) and you are going to get a taste of the old Shawn Michaels."
That is when he would go get back in better shape, and come back like the old Shawn Michaels. I think that would be the way to go no matter what the angle they use is. Whether it is due to loosing tag titles, or a scenario like I set up above, it should be done when Shawn is ready to retire.
